FAIRY TALE S 215

when he was Where no one could see him, he put on the magical coat and shoes again, and wished to be placed before the third sister’s house.

In a moment, as it seemed, he found himself in front of a grand house. He knocked at the door, and his sister opened it. She, like the others, did not know him, and would not believe him until he had told her about their father and mother. Then she was just as glad to see him as his other sisters had been.

“And where is my brother-in-law?” the prince asked.

The sister pointed toward a grey goose in a field nearby.

“That is my husband,” she said; “he turns himself into a grey goose whenever he wishes. He knows that you are here, and he will be home in a moment.”

The grey goose at once rose into the air and flew straight to them. When he touched the ground, he became a fine looking man.

“I am glad you have come to us, my brother- in-law,” he said to the prince.

The prince visited his sister and brother-in- law a few days. He was now a young man, and his thoughts had begun to turn to adventure. One morning he said to his sister:

“I must go now in search of adventures.”

The sister said:

“I know of a beautiful princess you might