"Above us," he says, "is the sky, below us the earth." "Look again; what is on the right hand and on the left?" "On the right hand is an open plain, on the left stands a house." "We will fly thither," said the Eagle; "my youngest sister lives there." They went straight into the courtyard. The sister came out to meet them, received her brother cordially, and seated him at the oaken table. But on the King she would not so much as look, but left him outside, loosed greyhounds, and set them at him. The Eagle was exceedingly wroth, jumped up from table, seized the King, and flew away with him again. Well, they flew and flew. Presently the Eagle said to the King, "Look round; what is behind us?" The King turned his head, looked, and said, "Behind us is a red house." "That is the house of my youngest sister--on fire, because she did not receive you, but set greyhounds at you." They flew and flew. Again the Eagle asked: "Look again, my lord King; what is above us, and what below us?" "Above us is the sky, below us the earth." "Look and see what is on the right hand and on the left." "On the right is the open plain, on the left there stands a house." "There lives my second sister; we'll go and pay her a visit." They stopped in a wide courtyard. The second sister received her brother cordially, and seated him at the oaken table; but the King was left outside, and she loosed greyhounds, and set them at him. The Eagle flew into a rage, jumped up from table, caught up the King, and flew away farther with him. They flew and flew. Says the Eagle: "My lord King! look round! what is behind us?" The King looked back. "There stands behind us a red house." "That's my second sister's house burning!" said the Eagle. "Now we'll fly to where my mother and my eldest sister live." Well, they flew there. The Eagle's mother and eldest sister were delighted to see them, and received the King with cordiality and respect. "Now, my lord King," said the Eagle, "tarry awhile with us, and afterwards I will give you a ship, and will repay you for all I ate in your house, and then--God speed you home again!" So the Eagle gave the King a ship and two coffers--the one red, the other green--and said: "Mind now! don't open the coffers until you get home. Then open the red coffer in the back court, and the green coffer in the front court."