It was a castle, with many lights, and it shone with silver and gold.
The white bear gave to the girl a silver bell, and said to her, "Ring this bell when you want anything."
Then he went away.
Every night, when all the lights had been put out, the bear came and talked with her. He slept in a bed in the great hall.
But it was so dark that she could never see him, or know how he looked, and when she took his paw, it was not like a paw. It was like a hand.
She wanted so much to see him! but he told her she must not.
At last she felt that she could not wait any longer.
So one night, when he was asleep, she lighted a candle and bent over and looked at him.
What do you think she saw?
It was not a bear, but a prince, and the most beautiful prince that was ever seen!