East o' the sun and west o' the moon : with other Norwegian folk tales (1912)
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885, Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882, Thorne-Thomsen, Gudrun, Mrs., b. 1873 · Chicago, Row, Peterson & company · leaf 124
drowned in the broth. Away he ran as fast as his legs would carryhim to his brothers house, and begged himin heavens name to take back the mill, andthat at once, for, said he, If it grinds onlyone hour more, the whole parish will be swal-lowed up by herrings and broth. So the poor brother took back… … ^■^\>^W./^j^^^^ With the herrings and brothat his heels Why the Sea Is Salt 123 he covered it with plates of gold. And, asthe farm lay by the seaside, the golden housegleamed and glistened far away over the sea.All who sailed by put ashore to see the richman in the golden house, and to see the…
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