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Then look round and thou wilt see a griffin, winged like bird,

sitting by the Red Sea; jump on to his back with thy beloved one

as quickly as possible, and he will carry you over the waters to

your home. I will also give thee this nut,' continued the

night-wind. 'When you are half-way over, throw it down, and out

of the waters will immediately spring up a high nut-tree on which

the griffin will be able to rest, otherwise he would not have the

strength to bear you the whole way; if, therefore, thou dost

forget to throw down the nut, he will let you both fall into the

sea.'

So our poor wanderer went forth, and found all as the night-wind

had said; and she plucked the eleventh rod, and smote the dragon,

and the lion forthwith became a prince, and the dragon a princess

again. But no sooner was the princess released from the spell,

than she seized the prince by the arm and sprang on to the

griffin's back, and went off carrying the prince away with her.