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 Wind . ' I am just on my way there to dry the clothes for the wedding which is to take place . If he is fleet of foot he can go with me . ' Out ran Halvor . ` You will have to make haste if you mean to go with me , ' said the West Wind ; and away it went over hill and dale , and moor and morass , and Halvor had enough to do to keep up with it . ` Well , now I have no time to stay with you any longer , ' said the West Wind , ` for I must first go and tear down a bit of spruce fir before I go to the bleaching-ground to dry the clothes ; but just go along the side of the hill , and you will come to some girls who are standing there washing clothes , and then you will not have to walk far before you are at Soria Moria Castle . ' Shortly afterwards Halvor came to the girls who were standing washing , and they asked him if he had seen anything of the West Wind , who was to come there to dry the clothes for the wedding .
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