Now I beg one last favour of you ; can your daughter , the Moon , tell me where my husband is ? ' ` She can not tell you that , my child , ' replied the goddess , ` but , if you will travel towards the East until you reach the dwelling of the Sun , he may be able to tell you something . ' Then she gave the Princess a roast chicken to eat , and warned her to be very careful not to lose any of the bones , because they might be of great use to her . When the Princess had thanked her once more for her hospitality and for her good advice , and had thrown away one pair of shoes that were worn out , and had put on a second pair , she tied up the chicken bones in a bundle , and taking her baby in her arms and her staff in her hand , she set out once more on her wanderings . On and on and on she went across bare sandy deserts , where the roads were so heavy that for every two steps that she took forwards she fell back one ; but she struggled on till she had passed these dreary plains ; next she crossed high rocky mountains , jumping from crag to crag and from peak to peak . Sometimes she would rest for a little on a mountain , and then start afresh always farther and farther on . She had to cross swamps and to scale mountain peaks covered with flints , so that her feet and knees and elbows were all torn and bleeding , and sometimes she came to a precipice across which she could not jump , and she had to crawl round on hands and knees , helping herself along with her staff . At length , wearied to death , she reached the palace in which the Sun lived . She knocked and begged for admission . The mother of the Sun opened the door , and was astonished at beholding a mortal from the distant earthly shores , and wept with pity when she heard of all she had suffered . Then , having promised to ask her son about the Princess 's husband , she hid her in the cellar , so that the Sun might notice nothing on his return home , for he was always in a bad temper when he came in at night . The next day the Princess feared that things would not go well with her , for the Sun had noticed that some one from the other world had been in the palace . But his mother had soothed him with soft words , assuring him that this was not so . So the Princess took heart when she saw how kindly she was treated , and asked : ` But how in the world is it possible for the Sun to be angry ? He is so beautiful and so good to mortals . ' ` This is how it happens , ' replied the Sun 's mother . ` In the morning when he stands at the gates of paradise he is happy , and smiles on the whole world , but during the day he gets cross , because he sees all the evil deeds of men , and that is why his heat becomes so scorching ; but in the evening he is both sad and angry , for he stands at the gates of death ; that is his usual course . From there he comes back here . ' She then told the Princess that she had asked about her hus-band , but that her son had replied that he knew nothing about him , and that her only hope was to go and inquire of the Wind . Before the Princess left the mother of the Sun gave her a roast chicken to eat , and advised her to take great care of the bones , which she did , wrapping them up in a bundle .
She then threw away her second pair of shoes , which were quite worn out , and with her child on her arm and her staff XXXXX her hand , she set forth on her way to the Wind .
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