What have you done ?!? You have made us both unlucky, for had you held out only this one year, I had been freed. For I am the White Bear by day and a man by night. It is a wicked witch who has bewitched me; and now I must set off from you to her. She lives in a castle which stands East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, and there are many trolls and witches there and one of those is the wife I must now have." [pause]

[hopelessly] Yes, you may do that, but there is no way to that place. It lies East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon and thither you can never find your way. [pause]

[trying to sound insulting and not so relieved] Ah! You're none of you worth a straw, you can't wash. Why there sits a beggar lassie, I'll be bound she knows how to wash better than the whole lot of you. [encouragingly] Come here, lassie. Can you wash the shirt clean, lassie? [pause] [confidently] Yes; you are the lassie for me. [pause]