East o' the sun and west o' the moon, with other Norwegian tales (1912)
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885, Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882, joint author, Thorne-Thomsen, Gudrun, b. 1873 · [New York] Row, Peterson & Company · leaf 163
sister smiled and nodded her head,and when midnight came, and the moon washigh in the sky she said good-bye to nerbrothers, and went to the great, wide moor,where the witches lived. There stood a greatcrop of thistles, all nodding and nodding inthe breeze, while the down floated and glis-tened like… … The Princess began to pluck and gather as fast as she could The Twelve Wild Ducks 163 wicked faces all looking at her. Her heartstood still then and she grew icy cold, bntnever a sound did she utter, only plucked andgathered until her bag was full; and when shegot home at break of day she set to…
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