prepared to depart, "you who wished to live forever shall have that wish granted now." Thereupon he turned one of them into a cedar tree and the other into a gray rock.
"Now," said he to the others, "you may go."
They went on their way trembling, and said to one another, "We were fortunate to get away at all, for the Prince told us he was an evil spirit."
They had not gone far when they heard the beating of the sky. As they went nearer and nearer to the edge it grew deafening, and strong gusts of wind blew them off their feet. When they reached the very edge everything was dark, for the sky had settled down, but it soon lifted and the sun passed but a short distance above their heads.
It was some time before they could get courage enough to jump through the space. White Cloud and his friend at last gave a great leap and landed on the plain of which they had been told.
"Leap, leap quickly," called White Cloud to the others, "the sky is on its way down."
They reached out timidly with their hands, but just then the sky came down