so they sailed away from the ' land of nod , ' and in a little while hercules and the flea were on the shores of asia away at the other end of the world , where the ice sea flows through behring straits into the pacific ocean . a long way off in the winter mist they could see the explorer nordenskiold with his ship vega trying to find an opening between the ice . it was so cold , so cold ; the great icebergs glittered strangely , and the huge whales now lived under the ice , for they could not make a hole through with their awkward heads . all around on the dreary shore there was snow and snow as far as the eye could see ; little grey men in shaggy skins moved about , and drove in small sledges through the snow drifts , but the sledges were drawn by dogs .
sailed away from the land of nod .
what did little lasse and the dream-boy do when they played with each other ?
what did little lasse and the dream-boy do when they played with each other ?