` Show me them . My mind is all a heap of confusion . ' ` Look for the half of our marriage ring , that hangs at your neck , and fit it to this . ' He did so , and the same moment the charm was broken . His full memory came back on him , and he flung his arms round his wife 's neck , and both burst into tears . Well , there was a great cry outside , and the castle walls were heard splitting and cracking . Everyone in the castle was alarmed , and made their way out . The prince and princess went with the rest , and by the time all were safe on the lawn , down came the building , and made the ground tremble for miles round . No one ever saw the witch and her daughter afterwards . It was not long till the prince and princess had their children with them , and then they set out for their own palace . The kings of Ireland and of Munster and Ulster , and their wives , soon came to visit them , and may every one that deserves it be as happy as the Brown Bear of Norway and his family . From ` West Highland Tales . ' Little Lasse There was once a little boy whose name was Lars , and because he was so little he was called Little Lasse ; he was a brave little man , for he sailed round the world in a pea-shell boat . It was summer time , when the pea shells grew long and green in the garden . Little Lasse crept into the pea bed where the pea stalks rose high above his cap , and he picked seventeen large shells , the longest and straightest he could find . Little Lasse thought , perhaps , that no one saw him ; but that was foolish , for God sees everywhere . Then the gardener came with his gun over his shoulder , and he heard something rustling in the pea bed . ' I think that must be a sparrow , ' he said . ` Ras ! Ras ! '
but no sparrows flew out , for Little XXXXX had no wings , only two small legs .
Ireland Lars Lasse Munster Norway Ras Ulster pea sparrow stalks