King Valemon, the White Bear
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away far and farther than far; and when they had gone deep, deep into the wood, he asked her as he had asked the others, whether she had ever sat softer or seen clearer?
"No, never," she said.
"Ah!" he said, "you are the right one."
So they came to a castle which was so grand, that the one her father had was like the poorest place when set against it. There she was to be and live happily, and she was to have nothing else to do but to see that the fire never went out. The bear was away by day, but at night he was with her, and then he was a man. So all went well for three years; but each year she
