But he gave her a pair of shoes , in which , he told her , she would be able to walk a hundred miles with every step , Then she walked through the air till she reached a star , and she said : ` Tell me , star , have you seen the white wolf ? ' And the star answered : ' I have been shining all night , and I have not seen him . ' But the star gave her a pair of shoes , and told her that if she put them on she would be able to walk two hundred miles at a stride . So she drew them on , and she walked to the moon , and she said : ` Dear moon , have you not seen the white wolf ? ' But the moon answered , ` All night long I have been sailing through the heavens , and I have only just come home ; but I did not see him . ' But he gave her a pair of shoes , in which she would be able to cover four hundred miles with every stride . So she went to the sun , and said : ` Dear sun , have you seen the white wolf ? ' And the sun answered , ` Yes , I have seen him , and he has chosen another bride , for he thought you had left him , and would never return , and he is preparing for the wedding . But I will help you . Here are a pair of shoes . If you put these on you will be able to walk on glass or ice , and to climb the steepest places . And here is a spinning-wheel , with which you will be able to spin moss into silk . When you leave me you will reach a glass mountain . Put on the shoes that I have given you and with them you will be able to climb it quite easily . At the summit you will find the palace of the white wolf . ' Then the princess set out , and before long she reached the glass mountain , and at the summit she found the white wolf 's palace , as the sun had said . But no one recognised her , as she had disguised herself as an old woman , and had wound a shawl round her head . Great preparations were going on in the palace for the wedding , which was to take place next day . Then the princess , still disguised as an old woman , took out her spinning-wheel , and began to spin moss into silk . And as she spun the new bride passed by , and seeing the moss turn into silk , she said to the old woman : ` Little mother , I wish you would give me that spinning-wheel . '
-LSB- Illustration : The Bride wishes XXXXX buy the Spinning-Wheel -RSB- And the princess answered , ' I will give it to you if you will allow me to sleep to-night on the mat outside the prince 's door . '
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