"Good evening to you," said the white bear.
"The same to you," said the man.
"Will you give me your youngest daughter? If you will, I'll make you as rich as you are now poor," said the bear.
Well, the man would not be at all sorry to be so rich; but still he thought he must have a bit of a talk with his daughter first; so he went in and told them how there was a great white bear waiting outside, who had given his word to make them so rich if he could only have the youngest daughter.
The girl said "No!" outright. Nothing could get her to say anything else...
(Which was a fairly sensible response to my mind)
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Last night I once again had the pleasure of hearing Giles Abbott tell the story East of the Sun and West of the Moon. There was a bear, winds of all accents and exploding trolls. And it was good.
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