She thanked the Moon, and took the egg; and then the North Wind
came by; and she said to the North Wind:

"Hast thou not seen a White Dove? for thou passest through all
the boughs, and shakest every leaf under heaven."

"No," said the North Wind, "I have not seen one; but I will ask
my brothers, the East Wind, and the West Wind, and the South
Wind."

So he asked them all three; and the East Wind and the West Wind
said, "No, they had not seen the White Dove;" but the South Wind
said--

"I have seen the White Dove; he has flown to the Red Sea, and
has again been changed into a Lion, for the seven years are up;
and the Lion stands there in combat with an Enchanted Princess,
who is in the form of a great Caterpillar."

Then the North Wind knew what to do; and he said to the
Princess--

"Go to the Red Sea; on the right-hand shore there are great
reeds, count them, and cut off the eleventh reed, and beat the
Caterpillar with it. Then the Caterpillar and the Lion will take
their human forms. Then look for the Griffin which sits on the
Red Sea, and leap upon its back with the Prince, and the Griffin
will carry you safely home. Here is a nut; let it fall when you
are in the midst of the sea, and a large nut-tree will grow out