ring in as if I wanted to blow down the whole castle,
and when the Prince who is to have your Queen comes out to see what is
astir, just take him by the throat and fling him out, and then I will
try to carry him away from court.'

As the North Wind had said, so did the King. He stood on the stairs, and
when the North Wind came howling and roaring, and caught the roof and
walls of the castle till they shook again, the Prince went out to see
what was the matter; but as soon as he came the King took him by the
neck and flung him out, and then the North Wind laid hold of him and
carried him off. And when he was rid of him the King went into the
castle. At first the Queen did not know him, because he had grown so
thin and pale from having travelled so long and so sorrowfully; but when
she saw her ring she was heartily glad, and then the rightful wedding
was held, and held in such a way that it was talked about far and
wide.(12)

(12) From J. Moe.

THE VOICE OF DEATH

ONCE upon a time there lived a man whose one wish and prayer was to get
rich. Day and night he thought of nothing else, and at last his prayers
were granted, and he became very wealthy. Now being so rich, and having
so much to lose, he felt that it would be a terrible thing to die and
leave all his possessions behind; so he made up his mind to set out in
search of a land where there was no death. He got ready for his journey,
took leave of his wife, and started. Whenever he came to a new country
the first question that he asked was whether people died in that land,
and when he heard that they did, he set out again on his quest. At last
he reached a country where he was told that the people did not even know
the meaning of the word death. Our traveller was delighted when he heard
this, and said:

'But surely there are great numbers of people in your land, if no one
ever dies?'

'No,' they replied, 'there are not great numbers, for you see from time
to time a voice is heard calling first one and then another, and whoever
hears that voice gets up and goes away, and never comes back.'

'And do they see the person who calls them,' he asked, 'or do they only
hear his voice?'

'They both see and hear him,' was the answer.

Well, the man was amazed when he heard that the people were stupid
enough to follow the voice, though they knew that if they went when it
called them they would never return. And he went back to his own home
and got all his possessi