"Now I have a plan," Eric suddenly said. "Would it not be pleasant to see other feast halls as we sail along the coast?"
"Oh! it would be a beautiful sight," his men said.
"Well," said Eric, "I am going to try to bring back some neighbors from Iceland. Now we must have a name for our land. How does Greenland sound?"
His men laughed and said:
"It is a very white Greenland, but men will like the sound of it. It is better than Iceland."
So Eric and all his people sailed back and spent the winter with his friends.
"Ah! Eric, it is good to hear your laugh again," they said.
Eric was at many feasts and saw many men, and he talked much of his Greenland.
"The sea is full of whale and seals and great fish," he said. "The land has bear and reindeer. There are no men there. Come back with me and choose your land."
Many men said that they would do it. Some men went because they thought it would be a great frolic to go to a new country. Some went because they were poor in Iceland and thought: