Meanwhile the giant’s daughter was waiting and waiting for him
(тем временем дочка великана /все/ ждала и ждала его) to come back (вернуться = чтобы он вернулся = когда он вернется). And she went up into a tree to watch for him (и она поднялась вверх на дерево, чтобы высматривать его = поискать его;Meanwhile the giant’s daughter was waiting and waiting for him to come back. And she went up into a tree to watch for him. The gardener’s daughter, going to draw water in the well, saw the shadow of the lady in the water and thought it was herself, and said: ‘If I’m so bonny, if I’m so brave, why do you send me to draw water?’ So she threw down her pail and went to see if she could wed the sleeping stranger. And she went to the hen-wife, who taught her an unspelling charm which would keep Nix Nought Nothing awake as long as the gardener’s daughter liked. So she went up to the castle and sang her charm and Nix Nought Nothing was wakened for a while and they promised to wed him to the gardener’s daughter.