to-day, and
we will remain there together till to-morrow morning.'

So they went together to the wedding. In the evening, when the two were
alone together, he dropped his fur skin, and, ceasing to be a wolf,
became a prince again. Now they did not know that the princess's mother
was hidden in the room. When she saw the white skin lying on the floor,
she crept out of the room, and sent a servant to fetch the skin and to
burn it in the kitchen fire. The moment the flames touched the skin
there was a fearful clap of thunder heard, and the prince disappeared
out of the palace gate in a whirlwind, and returned to his palace alone.

But the princess was heart-broken, and spent the night weeping bitterly.
Next morning she set out to find her way back to the castle, but she
wandered through the woods and forests, and she could find no path or
track to guide her. For fourteen days she roamed in the forest, sleeping
under the trees, and living upon wild berries and roots, and at last she
reached a little house. She opened the door and went in, and found the
wind seated in the room all by himself, and she spoke to the wind and
said: 'Wind, have you seen the white wolf?'

And the wind answered: 'All day and all night I have been blowing round
the world, and I have only just come home; but I have not seen him.'

But he gave her a pair of shoes, in which, he told her, she would be
able to walk a hundred miles with every step, Then she walked through
the air till she reached a star, and she said: 'Tell me, star, have you
seen the white wolf?'

And the star answered: 'I have been shining all night, and I have not
seen him.'

But the star gave her a pair of shoes, and told her that if she put them
on she would be able to walk two hundred miles at a stride. So she drew
them on, and she walked to the moon, and she said: 'Dear moon, have you
not seen the white wolf?'

But the moon answered, 'All night long I have been sailing through the
heavens, and I have only just come home; but I did not see him.'

But he gave her a pair of shoes, in which she would be able to cover
four hundred miles with every stride. So she went to the sun, and said:
'Dear sun, have you seen the white wolf?'

And the sun answered, 'Yes, I have seen him, and he has chosen another
bride, for he thought you had left him, and would never return, and he
is preparing for the wedding. But I will help you. Here are a pair of
shoes. If you put these on you will be