The Viking did not return on that day, nor the next; he
was, however, on the way home; but the wind, so favorable to the
storks, was against him; for it blew towards the south. A wind in
favor of one is often against another.
After two or three days had passed, it became clear to the
Viking's wife how matters stood with the child; it was under the
influence of a powerful sorcerer. By day it was charming in
appearance as an angel of light, but with a temper wicked and wild;
while at night, in the form of an ugly frog, it was quiet and
mournful, with eyes full of sorrow. Here were two natures, changing
inwardly and outwardly with the absence and return of sunlight. And
so it happened that by day the child, with the actual form of its
mother, possessed the fierce disposition of it
