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Tales from the fjeld : a series of popular tales from the Norse of P. Ch. Asbjörnsen (1917)

Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885, Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896, Smith, J. Moyr, ill · New York : Putnam's · leaf 137

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and moans asthough some one were at Deaths door. So he went up to see who it wasthat needed help,and then heheardthat the noisecame from undera great flat stonewhich lay uponthe heap. It was soheavy it would havetaken many a man tolift it. But the manwent down again intothe wood and cut downa tree,… … The Way of the World 117 it was shameful thanklessness in him to want to eathim up. May be, said the Dragon, but you might verywell know I must be starved when I have been herehundreds of years and never tasted meat. Besides,its the way of the world—thats how it pays itsdebts. The man pleaded his…

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