He could even see the bear's cubs curled up like balls in the hollow trunks of trees.
III.
| seal | reindeer | monkeys | crept |
| huge | dashing | elephants | hollow |
"Look to the north," said the fairy.
And then the happy boy looked away over the great round world. He saw strange lands and strange people. Far off in the north he could see the land of snow and ice. There were the homes of the seal, the reindeer, and the white bear.
Children dressed in fur crept out of snow houses. They went dashing over the snow in sleds drawn by dogs.
Again the happy boy looked, and the wonder lands of the south lay before him. Gay flowers blossomed everywhere. Bright-colored birds found a safe home in the great forest.