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East of the Sun and West of the Moon. 239 wasn't a bit afraid. But they were not so very far from land either, and the north wind had just sufficient strength left to reach the shore and put her off just under the windows of the castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon ; but he was then so tired and worn out that he had to rest for many days before he could start on his way home again. Next morning she sat down under the castle windows, and began playing with the golden apple, and the first one she saw was the princess with the long nose, whom the prince was going to marry. " What do you want for that golden apple of yours? " she asked and opened the casement. — " It is not for sale, neither for gold nol money," said the girl. — " If it isn't for sale for gold or money, what do you want for it then ? " said the princess; "Fil give you what you ask ! " — " Well, if I to-night may sit in the arm-chair by the bedside of the prince who lives here, you shall have it," said the girl who came with the north wind. — Yes, she might do that, there would be no difnculty about that So the princess got the golden apple ; but when the girl came up into the prince's bedroom in the evening, he was fast asleep ; she called him and shook him, and now and then she cried and wept ; but no, she could not wake him up so that she might speak to him. Next morning, as soon as the day dawned, the princess with the long nose came and turned her out of the room. Later in the day she sat down under the castle windows and began carding with her golden carding-comb, and then the same thing happened again. The princess asked her what she wanted for the carding-comb, and she told her that it wasn't for sale neither for gold nor money, but if she might get leave to sit in the arm-chair by the prince's bedside that night, she should have it. But when she came up into the bedroom she found him fast asleep again, and for all she cried and shook him, for all she wept, he slept so soundly tbat she could not get life into him ; and when the day dawned in the early morning, in came the princess with the long nose and turned her out of the room again. So as the day wore on, she sat down under the castle windows