miles off; he is lord over all the birds of the air.
Ask him. When you reach his house, just turn the shoes so that the
toes point this way, and they'll come home of themselves." So when the
_King_ reached the house, he turned the shoes as the lord of the
beasts had said, and away they went home of themselves.

So he asked again after Whiteland, and the man called all the birds
with a blast of his horn, and asked if any of them knew where
Whiteland lay; but none of the birds knew. Now, long, long after the
rest of the birds came an old eagle, which had been away ten round
years, but he couldn't tell any more than the rest.

"Well, well," said the man, "I'll lend you a pair of snow-shoes, and,
when you get them on, they'll carry you to my brother, who lives
hundreds of miles off; he's lord of all the fish in the sea; you'd
better ask him. But don't forget to turn the toes of the shoes this
way."

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 other pair. After that, he
asked again after Whiteland.

So the man called the fish with a blast, but no fish could tell where
it lay. At last came an old pike, which they had great work to call
home, he was such a way off. So when they asked him he said:

"Know it? I should think I did! I've been cook there ten years, and
to-morrow I'm going there again; for now the queen of Whiteland, whose
king is away, is going to wed another husband."

"Well!" said the man, "as this is so, I'll give you a bit of advice.
Hereabouts, on a moor, stand three brothers, and here they have stood
these hundred years, fighting about a hat, a cloak, and a pair of
boots. If any one has these three things he can make himself
invisible, and wish himself anywhere he pleases. You can tell them you
wish to try the things, and, after that, you'll pass judgment between
them, whose they shall be."

Yes! the _King_ thanked the man, and went and did as he told him.

"What's all this?" he said to the brothers. "Why do you stand here
fighting for ever and a day? Just let me try these things, and I'll
give judgment whose they shall be."

They were very willing to do this; but, as soon as he had got the hat,
cloak, and boots, he said:

"When we meet next time, I'll tell you my judgment," and with these
words he wished himself away.

So as he went along up in the air, he came up