` My dear , ' said she to her husband , when she was beginning to recover , ' I think I 'd feel better if I was to see my father and mother and sisters once more . If you give me leave to go home for a few days I 'd be glad . ' ` Very well , ' said he , ' I will do that , and whenever you feel inclined to return , only mention your wish when you lie down at night . ' The next morning when she awoke she found herself in her own old chamber in her father 's palace . She rang the bell , and in a short time she had her mother and father and married sisters about her , and they laughed till they cried for joy at finding her safe back again . In time she told them all that had happened to her , and they did n't know what to advise her to do . She was as fond of her husband as ever , and said she was sure that he could n't help letting the children go ; but still she was afraid beyond the world to have another child torn from her . Well , the mother and sisters consulted a wise woman that used to bring eggs to the castle , for they had great faith in her wisdom . She said the only plan was to secure the bear 's skin that the prince was obliged to put on every morning , and get it burned , and then he could n't help being a man night and day , and the enchantment would be at an end . So they all persuaded her to do that , and she promised she would ; and after eight days she felt so great a longing to see her husband again that she made the wish the same night , and when she woke three hours after , she was in her husband 's palace , and he himself was watching over her . There was great joy on both sides , and they were happy for many days . Now she began to think how she never minded her husband leaving her in the morning , and how she never found him neglecting to give her a sweet drink out of a gold cup just as she was going to bed . One night she contrived not to drink any of it , though she pretended to do so ; and she was wakeful enough in the morning , and saw her husband passing out through a panel in the wainscot , though she kept her eyelids nearly closed . The next night she got a few drops of the sleepy posset that she saved the evening before put into her husband 's night drink , and that made him sleep sound enough . She got up after midnight , passed through the panel , and found a Beautiful brown bear 's hide hanging in the corner . Then she stole back , and went down to the parlour fire , and put the hide into the middle of it till it was all fine ashes . She then lay down by her husband , gave him a kiss on the cheek , and fell asleep . If she was to live a hundred years she 'd never forget how she wakened next morning , and found her husband looking down on her with misery and anger in his face . ` Unhappy woman , ' said he , ` you have separated us for ever ! Why had n't you patience for five years ?
I am now obliged , whether I like or no , XXXXX go a three days ' journey to the witch 's castle , and marry her daughter .
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