East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North

Yes! she might; that could be done. So the _Princess_ got the gold apple; but when the lassie came up to the _Prince's_ bed-room at night he was fast asleep; she called him and...

So when the day of trial came, which the king had fixed, there was such a crowd of princes and knights under the _Glass Hill_, that it made one's head whirl to look at them, and...

Some time after, the _Foster-mother_ had to go away again, and she charged the Lassie, who by this time was half grown up, most earnestly that she mustn't try to go into, or to...

The _King_ was full of thanks, got on the shoes, and when he came to the man who was lord over the fish of the sea, he turned the toes round, and so off they went home like the...

But when the lad came up the battle had begun, and the _King_ was in a sad pinch; but no sooner had the lad rushed into the thick of it than the foe was beaten back, and put to...

For some time they had fair wind and fine weather, but after that they lay wind-bound under a rocky island. So the sailors went ashore and strolled about to spend the time, and...

"Aye, aye, here is the right one after all," said the youngest _Princess_ as soon as she saw him, and so she tossed the other one out of the window, and held her wedding with _H...

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"Yes, just think! A raven came flying past here with a thigh-bone, which he dropped down the chimney," said the _Princess_. "I threw it out, but the raven brought it back again....