By Andrew Lang
ReadOasis Step 2
(Part 2)

At first he was puzzled, for he did not know which direction to go. Then, he suddenly remembered that the elders said that the Land of Souls lay to the south. And so, filled with new hope and courage, he started walking south.

For many, many miles, the land looked the same as it did around his own home. The forests, the hills, and the rivers all seemed the same as the ones he left behind. The only thing that was different was the snow. It lay thick upon...