` If only I were not so far away from my father and my mother ! ' But the wolf answered : ` At the end of a year we will pay a visit to your father and mother . ' And at these words the white furry skin slipped from his back , and the princess saw that he was not a wolf at all , but a beautiful youth , tall and stately ; and he gave her his hand , and led her up the castle stairs . One day , at the end of half a year , he came into her room and said : ` My dear one , you must get ready for a wedding . Your eldest sister is going to be married , and I will take you to your father 's palace . When the wedding is over , I shall come and fetch you home . I will whistle outside the gate , and when you hear me , pay no heed to what your father or mother say , leave your dancing and feasting , and come to me at once ; for if I have to leave without you , you will never find your way back alone through the forests . ' When the princess was ready to start , she found that he had put on his white fur skin , and was changed back into the wolf ; and he swung her on to his back , and set out with her to her father 's palace , where he left her , while he himself returned home alone . But , in the evening , he went back to fetch her , and , standing outside the palace gate , he gave a long , loud whistle . In the midst of her dancing the princess heard the sound , and at once she went to him , and he swung her on his back and bore her away to his castle . Again , at the end of half a year , the prince came into her room , as the white wolf , and said : ` Dear heart , you must prepare for the wedding of your second sister . I will take you to your father 's palace to-day , and we will remain there together till to-morrow morning . ' So they went together to the wedding . In the evening , when the two were alone together , he dropped his fur skin , and , ceasing to be a wolf , became a prince again . Now they did not know that the princess 's mother was hidden in the room . When she saw the white skin lying on the floor , she crept out of the room , and sent a servant to fetch the skin and to burn it in the kitchen fire . The moment the flames touched the skin there was a fearful clap of thunder heard , and the prince disappeared out of the palace gate in a whirlwind , and returned to his palace alone . But the princess was heart-broken , and spent the night weeping bitterly . Next morning she set out to find her way back to the castle , but she wandered through the woods and forests , and she could find no path or track to guide her . For fourteen days she roamed in the forest , sleeping under the trees , and living upon wild berries and roots , and at last she reached a little house .
She opened the door and went in , and found the wind seated in the room all by himself , and she spoke XXXXX the wind and said : ` Wind , have you seen the white wolf ? '
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