ce_ who dwells in the castle that lies _East of
the Sun and West of the Moon_, and now 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. 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 thither."

Yes! with all her heart; she must and would get thither if it were
possible in any way; and as for fear, however madly he went, she
wouldn't be at all afraid.

"Very well, then," said the North Wind, "but you must sleep here
to-night, for we must have the whole day before us, if we're to get
thither at all."

Early next morning the North Wind woke her, and puffed himself up, and
blew himself out, and made himself so stout and big, 'twas gruesome to
look at him; and so off they went high up through the air, as if they
would never stop till they got to the world's end.

Down here below there was such a storm; it threw down long tracts of
wood and many houses, and when it swept over the great sea, ships
foundered by hundreds.

[Illustration: The North Wind goes over the sea.]

So they tore on and on--no one can believe how far they went--and all
the while they still went over the sea, and the North Wind got more
and more weary, and so out of breath he could scarce bring out a puff,
and his wings drooped and drooped, till at last he sunk so low that
the crests of the waves dashed over his heels.

"Are you afraid?" said the North Wind.

"No!" she wasn't.

But they weren't very far from land; and the North Wind had still so
much strength left in him that he managed to throw her up on the shore
under the windows of the castle which lay _East of the Sun and West of
the Moon_; but then he was so weak and worn out, he had to stay there
and rest many days before he could get home again.

Next morning the lassie sat down under the castle window, and began to
play with the gold apple; and the first person she saw was the
_Long-nose_ who was to have the _Prince_.

"What do you want for your gold apple, you lassie?" said the
_Long-nose_, and threw up the window.

"It's not for sale, for gold or money," said the lassie.

"If it's not for sale for gold or money, what is it that you will sell
it for? You