the
East Wind's house, but at last she did reach it, and then she asked
the East Wind if he could tell her the way to the _Prince_ who dwelt
east of the sun and west of the moon. Yes, the East Wind had often
heard tell of it, the _Prince_ and the castle, but he couldn't tell
the way, for he had never blown so far.

"But, if you will, I'll go with you to my brother the West Wind, maybe
he knows, for he's much stronger. So, if you will just get on my
back, I'll carry you thither."

Yes, she got on his back, and I should just think they went briskly
along.

So when they got there, they went into the West Wind's house, and the
East Wind said the lassie he had brought was the one who ought to have
had the _Prince_ who lived in the castle _East of the Sun and West of
the Moon_; and so she had set out to seek him, and how he had come
with her, and would be glad to know if the West Wind knew how to get
to the castle.

"Nay," said the West Wind, "so far I've never blown; but if you will,
I'll go with you to our brother the South Wind, for he's much stronger
than either of us, and he has flapped his wings far and wide. Maybe
he'll tell you. You can get on my back, and I'll carry you to him."

Yes! she got on his back, and so they travelled to the South Wind, and
weren't so very long on the way, I should think.

When they got there, the West Wind asked him if he could tell her the
way to the castle that lay _East of the Sun and West of the Moon_, for
it was she who ought to have had the _Prince_ who lived there.

"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 so far
have I never blown; but if you will, I'll take you to my brother the
North Wind; he is the oldest and strongest of the whole lot of us, and
if he don't know where it is, you'll never find any one 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 wasn't long on her way.

So when they got to the North Wind's house, he was so wild and cross,
cold puffs came from him a long way off.

"BLAST YOU BOTH, WHAT DO YOU WANT?" he roared 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 foul-mouthed, for here
I am, your brother, the South Wind, and here is the lassie who ought
to have had the _Prin