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 23
2 Tales from the Fjeld fitted than that; for he that would keep the kingshares must be light and lissom, and no lazy-bones,and when the hares began to skip and frisk therewould be quite another dance than loitering aboutfrom house to house. Well, it was all no good:Peter wculd go, and must go, so… … to an old wife, who stood there with her nose stuckfast in a log of wood, and pulled and pulled at it; andas soon as he saw how she stood dragging and pullingto get free he burst into a loud fit of laughter. Dont stand there and grin, said the old wife, but come and help an old cripple; I was to…
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