Next morning early, Two-Legs set to work. He built a big scaffold, which rose high in the air. At the top, he fixed four broad sails, which were covered with hides and fastened to an axle, so that they could whirl round and round easily. That was the cap of the mill. The mill-stones were put down at the bottom and were connected with the sails, by means of poles and ropes, in such a way that, when the sails whirled round and round, the stones turned. Two-Legs’ children stood wondering and looking at it.
“We are not ready yet,” said Two-Legs.
He arranged the cap so that it could turn and the sails catch the wind, whichever side it came from:
“Now we’ll grind,” said Two-Legs.
And the wind came and turned the sails; and the mill ground that it was a joy to see. They poured the grain into the top of the mill and the fine, white flour dropped into sacks which they fastened underneath.
“I caught you again, friend Wind,” said Two-Legs.
“I shall blow the other way to-morrow,” said the wind.
“Indeed, I thought of that,” said Two-Legs. “I don’t mind if you do.”
When evening came, he turned the cap round. The next morning the wind came from the other side and had to grind just as briskly as the day before.