And now she wishes to ask you if you have ever been there , and can tell her the way , for she would gladly find him again . '' `` Yes , '' said the North Wind , `` I know where it is . I once blew an aspen leaf there , but I was so tired that for many days afterward I was not able to blow at all . However , if you really are anxious to go there , and are not afraid to go with me , I will take you on my back , and try if I can blow you there . '' `` Get there I must , '' said she ; `` and if there is any way of going I will ; and I have no fear , no matter how fast you go . '' `` Very well then , '' said the North Wind ; `` but you must sleep here to-night , for if we are ever to get there we must have the day before us . '' The North Wind woke her betimes next morning , and puffed himself up , and made himself so big and so strong that it was frightful to see him , and away they went , high up through the air , as if they would not stop until they had reached the very end of the world . Down below there was such a storm ! It blew down woods and houses , and when they were above the sea the ships were wrecked by hundreds . And thus they tore on and on , and a long time went by , and then yet more time passed , and still they were above the sea , and the North Wind grew tired , and more tired , and at last so utterly weary that he was scarcely able to blow any longer , and he sank and sank , lower and lower , until at last he went so low that the waves dashed against the heels of the poor girl he was carrying . `` Art thou afraid ? '' said the North Wind . `` I have no fear , '' said she ; and it was true . But they were not very , very far from land , and there was just enough strength left in the North Wind to enable him to throw her on to the shore , immediately under the windows of a castle which lay east of the sun and west of the moon ; but then he was so weary and worn out that he was forced to rest for several days before he could go to his own home again . Next morning she sat down beneath the walls of the castle to play with the golden apple , and the first person she saw was the maiden with the long nose , who was to have the Prince . `` How much do you want for that gold apple of yours , girl ? '' said she , opening the window . `` It ca n't be bought either for gold or money , '' answered the girl . `` If it can not be bought either for gold or money , what will buy it ? You may say what you please , '' said the Princess .
`` Well , if I may go XXXXX the Prince who is here , and be with him to-night , you shall have it , '' said the girl who had come with the North Wind .
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