The bride promised to be careful , but in a little while , when there was nothing left for her to do , she began to wonder what could be in the chest , which was opened by the key . As everybody knows , if we once begin to think we soon begin to do , and it was not very long before the key was no longer in the maiden 's hand but in the lock of the chest . But the lock was stiff and resisted all her efforts , and in the end she had to break it . And what was inside after all ? Why , nothing but a serpent 's skin , which her husband , who was , unknown to her , a magician , put on when he was at work ; and at the sight of it the girl was turning away in disgust , when the earth shook violently under her feet , the palace vanished as if it had never been , and the bride found herself in the middle of a field , not knowing where she was or whither to go . She burst into a flood of bitter tears , partly at her own folly , but more for the loss of her husband , whom she dearly loved . Then , breaking a sprig of rosemary off a bush hard by , she resolved , cost what it might , to seek him through the world till she found him . So she walked and she walked and she walked , till she arrived at a house built of straw . And she knocked at the door , and asked if they wanted a servant . The mistress said she did , and if the girl was willing she might stay . But day by day the poor maiden grew more and more sad , till at last her mistress begged her to say what was the matter . Then she told her story -- how she was going through the world seeking after her husband . And her mistress answered her , ` Where he is , none can tell better than the Sun , the Moon , and the Wind , for they go everywhere ! ' On hearing these words the damsel set forth once more , and walked till she reached the Golden Castle , where lived the Sun . And she knocked boldly at the door , saying , ` All hail , O Sun ! I have come to ask if , of your charity , you will help me in my need . By my own fault have I fallen into these straits , and I am weary , for I seek my husband through the wide world . ' ` Indeed ! ' spoke the Sun . ` Do you , rich as you are , need help ?
But though you live XXXXX a palace without windows , the Sun enters everywhere , and he knows you . '
As On So before for if in than till under