So they sailed away from the ` Land of Nod , ' and in a little while Hercules and The Flea were on the shores of Asia away at the other end of the world , where the Ice Sea flows through Behring Straits into the Pacific Ocean . A long way off in the winter mist they could see the explorer Nordenskiold with his ship Vega trying to find an opening between the ice . It was so cold , so cold ; the great icebergs glittered strangely , and the huge whales now lived under the ice , for they could not make a hole through with their awkward heads . All around on the dreary shore there was snow and snow as far as the eye could see ; little grey men in shaggy skins moved about , and drove in small sledges through the snow drifts , but the sledges were drawn by dogs . ` Shall we land here ? ' asked the dream-boy . ` No , ' said Little Lasse . ' I am so afraid that the whales would swallow us up , and the big dogs bite us . Let us sail instead to another part of the world . ' ` Very well , ' said the dream-boy with the red cap and the silver band ; ` it is not far to America ' -- and at the same moment they were there . The sun was shining and it was very warm . Tall palm trees grew in long rows on the shore and bore coconuts in their top branches . Men red as copper galloped over the immense green prairies and shot their arrows at the buffaloes , who turned against them with their sharp horns . An enormous cobra which had crept up the stem of a tall palm tree threw itself on to a little llama that was grazing at the foot . Knaps ! it was all over the little llama . ` Shall we land here ? ' asked the dream-boy . ` No , ' said Little Lasse . ' I am so afraid that the buffaloes will butt us , and the great serpent eat us up .
Let us travel to another part XXXXX the world . '
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