was a kind Wind after all, and when his brother the West Wind
told him the story, he became quite fatherly, and said he would
do what he could, for he knew the Land East of the Sun and West
of the Moon very well. But, he said, "It is a long way off; so
far off that once in my life I blew an aspen leaf there, and was
so tired with it that I couldn't blow or puff for ever so many
days after." So they rested that night, and next morning the
North Wind puffed himself out, and got stout, and big, and
strong, ready for the journey; and the maiden got upon his back,
and away they went to the country East of the Sun and West of
the Moon. It was a terrible journey, high up in the air, in a
great storm, and over the mountains and the sea, and before they
got to the end of it the North Wind grew very tired, and
drooped, and nearly fell into the sea, and got so low down that
the crests of the waves washed over him. But he blew as hard as
he could, and at last he put the maiden down on the shore, just
in front of the Enchanted Castle that stood in the Land East of
the Sun and West of the Moon; and there he had to stop and rest
many days before he became strong enough to blow home again.

Now the wife of the White Bear sat down before the castle, and
began to play with the golden apple. And then the wicked
Princess with the nose three ells long opened a window, and
asked if she would sell the apple? But she said "No;" she would
give the golden apple for leave to spend the night in the
bed-chamber of the Prince who lived there. So the Princess with
the long nose said "Yes," and the wife of the White Bear was
allowed to pass the night in her husband's chamber. But a
sleeping draught had been given to the Prince, and she could not
wake him, though she wept greatly, and spent the whole night in