` Canst thou tell me the way to Soria Moria Castle ? ' ` No , ' said the Moon , ` that I ca n't , for when I shone there , there was a cloud before me . ' ` Wait a little longer , ' said the old woman to Halvor , ` for the West Wind will presently be here , and he will know it , for he breathes gently or blows into every corner . ' ` What ! have you a horse too ? ' she said when she came in again . ` Oh ! let the poor creature loose in our bit of fenced-in pasture , and do n't let it stand there starving at our very door . But wo n't you exchange him with me ? We have a pair of old boots here with which you can go fifteen quarters of a mile at each step . You shall have them for the horse , and then you will be able to get sooner to Soria Moria Castle . ' Halvor consented to this at once , and the old woman was so delighted with the horse that she was ready to dance . ` For now I , too , shall be able to ride to church , ' she said . Halvor could take no rest , and wanted to set off immediately ; but the old woman said that there was no need to hasten . ` Lie down on the bench and sleep a little , for we have no bed to offer you , ' said she , ` and I will watch for the coming of the West Wind . ' Ere long came the West Wind , roaring so loud that the walls creaked . The old woman went out and cried : ` West Wind ! West Wind ! Canst thou tell me the way to Soria Moria Castle ? Here is one who would go thither . '
` Yes , I know it well , ' said the West XXXXX . '
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