But when he was shown the end he threw the stuff over his shoulders and vanished . At last he saw another set of men , who were struggling for the possession of a pair of shoes . ` Why ca n't you leave that pair of old shoes alone ? ' said he . ` Why , you could not walk a yard in them ! ' ` Yes , they are old enough , ' answered they ; ` but whoever puts them on and wishes himself at a particular place , gets there without going . ' ` That sounds very clever , ' said the youth . ` Let me try them , and then I shall be able to tell you whose they ought to be . ' The idea pleased the men , and they handed him the shoes ; but the moment they were on his feet he cried : ' I wish to be in the castle on the Banka ! ' And before he knew it , he was there , and found the Sister of the Sun dying of grief . He knelt down by her side , and pulling a pin he stuck it into the palm of her hand , so that a drop of blood gushed out . This he sucked , as he had been told to do by the old woman , and immediately the princess came to herself , and flung her arms round his neck . Then she told him all her story , and what had happened since the ship had sailed away without him . ` But the worst misfortune of all , ' she added , ` was a battle which my father lost because you had vanished with his magic sword ; and out of his whole army hardly one man was left . ' ` Show me the battle-field , ' said he . And she took him to a wild heath , where the dead were lying as they fell , waiting for burial . One by one he touched them with the end of his staff , till at length they all stood before him . Throughout the kingdom there was nothing but joy ; and THIS time the wedding was REALLY celebrated . And the bridal pair lived happily in the castle on the Banka till they died . -LSB- Lapplandische Mahrchen . -RSB-
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