"You don't say so. That's she, is it?" said the South Wind.

"Well, I have blustered about in most places in my time, but that far I
have never blown; however, if you will, I'll take you to my brother the
North Wind; he is the oldest and strongest of all of us, and if he
doesn't know where it is, you'll never find anyone in the world to tell
you. You can get on my back and I'll carry you thither."

Yes, she got on his back, and away he went from his house at a fine
rate. And this time, too, she was not long on the way. When they got
near the North Wind's house he was so wild and cross that cold puffs
came from him.

"Heigh, there, what do you want?" he bawled out to them ever so far off,
so that it struck them with an icy shiver.

"Well," said the South Wind, "you needn't be so put out, for here I am
your brother, the South Wind, and here is the lassie who ought to marry
the Prince who dwells in the castle that lies East o' the Sun and West
o' the Moon. She wants to ask you, if you ever were there, and can tell
her the way, for she would be so glad to find him again."

"Yes, I know well enough where it is," said the North Wind. "Once in my
life I blew an aspen leaf thither, but I was so tired I couldn't blow a
puff for ever so many days after it. But if you really wish to go
thither, and aren't afraid to come along with me, I'll take you on my
back and see if I can blow you there."

"Yes! and thank you," she said, for she must and would get thither if it
were possible in any way; and as for fear, however madly he went, she