East o' the sun and west o' the moon, with other Norwegian tales (1912)
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885, Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882, joint author, Thorne-Thomsen, Gudrun, b. 1873 · [New York] Row, Peterson & Company · leaf 58
standhere all alone and hew, do you? Yes, here Fve stood and hewed and hackedfor hundreds of years, waiting for you, saidthe axe. Well, here I am at last, said Boots, as hetook the axe, pulled it off its haft, and stuffedboth head and haft into his wallet. When he got down again to his… … A spade that stood digging and delving Boots and His Brothers 57 road passed under a steep spur of rock, wherethey heard something digging and shovelling. I wonder now, said Boots, what is dig-ging and shovelling up yonder at the top ofthe rock. Ah, youre always so clever with your won-dering,…
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