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Updated: September 9, 2025
In a few moments Mr. Sun was riding up in the sky, as big as life. "'Ho, ho! said Mr. Sun, 'who laughs last, laughs best. "Then old Giant Northwind grew madder and madder, madder than a hornet, yes, just as mad as Mother Wyandotte when Wienerwurst chased her into the brook. "He took a deep breath, did Giant Northwind, so deep that he almost burst his lungs.
And again he pointed to the shadow on the wall. "The Giant Northwind has got in our house!" But the Toyman only laughed, hugging him tighter. "That's not old Northwind, that's only my shadow," he explained. Then Marmaduke laughed too. "Tell me a story, Toyman," he asked, "'bout that ole Giant Northwind." "It might scare you," the Toyman answered. Marmaduke only shook his head.
It gathered together all its forces in its own corner of the earth, and then rushed forth upon this man who was walking along a country-road. The wind blew and blew, and it seemed as if the traveller's coat would be blown from his back or torn to tatters. But the harder the northwind blew the tighter the man drew his coat about him, and the wind could not get it off his back.
Those big lions just couldn't put the little fires out. "Beside himself with rage was old Northwind now. So he sent them all out, wolves and tigers and lions wild, and he rushed on at their head. "But never, never can they put the little fires out, so you needn't worry at all." The Toyman stopped and Marmaduke listened. "Hark!" Yes, there were the grey wolves now, howling down the chimney.
And so the tigers too slunk back to the cave, with their heads hanging down and their tails between their legs. "Once more the Northwind stalked forth and hunted through the highest mountains he could find, so high that people called them 'the Roof of the World. Ten thousand lions he caught, the fiercest in all the Earth.
Freeze the iron mountains till they burst in sunder; freeze Wuoksi and Imatra, but do not try to harm me, for I will sing thine origin and make thee powerless. For thou wert born on the borders of the ever-dismal Northland, and wert fed by crawling snakes. The Northwind rocked thee to sleep in the marshes, and thus thou grew, a thing of evil, and at last the name of Frost was given thee.
It was hard to dress properly that morning and particularly hard to wash behind one's ears. Jehosophat put on one stocking inside out; Marmaduke his union suit outside in; and one of his shoes was button and the other lace. But they were all covered up, anyway, and Ole Northwind couldn't nip their flesh, and the Constable couldn't arrest them, so it was sufficient, I suppose.
"Bigger even than his brother was Northwind. Strong were his muscles, and his whiskers and hair were covered with icicles. When he breathed, millions of snowflakes danced from his mouth. "Brrrrrrr!! how one shivered when he was around. "Then the old King's hand trembled and the big cane dropped to the floor. He laid him down in the cavern and breathed his last.
"And the clouds came hurrying out of the mountains and covered the sky so you couldn't see the Sun and his fine suit at all. "'Ho, ho! laughed the Northwind. Now you will laugh on the other side of your mouth, Mr. Sun. "Then he sat him down in his cave to enjoy himself. "But what was that! "There was a little hole in the clouds. Through the chink he saw gold shining. Then more and more gold.
He then, with his son, ate an enormous and intricate lunch and drank champagne out of crystal engraved with the name "Northwind," served to him by a ceremonious person in white gloves. Charlie was somewhat taciturn, but over the coffee he seemed to brighten up. "Well, what do you think of the old hulk?" "She must need an awful lot of men," said Mr. Prohack. "Pretty fair.
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