the goodman listened to this long story in silence , shaking his head meanwhile , and , when it was finished , all that he answered was : " and what the better are ye for all your dancing ? ye'd have been a deal more comfortable at home . " at the next new moon the old wife went off again for the night ; and when she returned in the morning she told her husband how , on this occasion , she and her friends had taken cockle - shells for boats , and had sailed away over the stormy sea till they reached norway . and there they had mounted invisible horses of wind , and had ridden and ridden , over mountains and glens , and glaciers , till they reached the land of the lapps lying under its mantle of snow .
go off again for the night .
what did the wife do at the next new moon ?
what did the wife do at the next new moon ?