But the man turned out to be the white bear. Upon lighting the candle one night, she sees a man in her bed. On a visit to her family she had received a flint and candle that was said to be able to withstand the strongest winds. Unable to light the darkness with lanterns to see who her visitor is, she becomes quickly confused, and angered. Rose becomes comfortable in this new castle but a strange visitor kept sneaking into bed with her every night just as the lights would go out. Rose decides to leave her family and go with the white bear, even after protests by her father and sickly sister.Thus leaving the farm, Rose is taken to a castle in the side of a mountain where she is not allowed to leave. In exchange for Rose's companionship, he will cure the family and give them wonderful fortune. One after another of her siblings die, and like a miracle, the white bear comes to there door with a deal. In the beginning, terrible illness and famine stick down on Rose's family and farm. The Book, East is about a girl named Ebba-Rose.
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