After the mother of the Wind had given the Princess a chicken to eat , and had warned her to take care of the bones , she advised her to go by the Milky Way , which at night lies across the sky , and to wander on till she reached her goal . Having thanked the old woman with tears in her eyes for her hospitality , and for the good news she had given her , the Princess set out on her journey and rested neither night nor day , so great was her longing to see her husband again . On and on she walked until her last pair of shoes fell in pieces . So she threw them away and went on with bare feet , not heeding the bogs nor the thorns that wounded her , nor the stones that bruised her . At last she reached a beautiful green meadow on the edge of a wood . Her heart was cheered by the sight of the flowers and the soft cool grass , and she sat down and rested for a little . But hearing the birds chirping to their mates among the trees made her think with longing of her husband , and she wept bitterly , and taking her child in her arms , and her bundle of chicken bones on her shoulder , she entered the wood . For three days and three nights she struggled through it , but could find nothing . She was quite worn out with weariness and hunger , and even her staff was no further help to her , for in her many wanderings it had become quite blunted . She almost gave up in despair , but made one last great effort , and suddenly in a thicket she came upon the sort of house that the mother of the Wind had described . It had no windows , and the door was up in the roof . Round the house she went , in search of steps , but could find none . What was she to do ? How was she to get in ? She thought and thought , and tried in vain to climb up to the door . Then suddenly she be-thought her of the chicken bones that she had dragged all that weary way , and she said to herself : ` They would not all have told me to take such good care of these bones if they had not had some good reason for doing so . Perhaps now , in my hour of need , they may be of use to me . ' So she took the bones out of her bundle , and having thought for a moment , she placed the two ends together . To her surprise they stuck tight ; then she added the other bones , till she had two long poles the height of the house ; these she placed against the wall , at a distance of a yard from one another . Across them she placed the other bones , piece by piece , like the steps of a ladder .
As soon as one step was finished she stood upon it and made the next one , and then the next , till she was close XXXXX the door .
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