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 236
id not so much as smile at him once. Sothey took him, and cut three broad red stripes out ofhis back, and sent him home again. Taper Tom 215 Well! he had hardly got home before his secondbrother wanted to set off. He was a schoolmaster,and a wonderful figure of fun besides ; he was lop-sided, for… … So when he came to the kings grange, and said hewished to make the princess laugh, the king thought itmight not be so unlikely after all. But Heaven helpyou, he said, if you dont make her laugh. We arefor cutting the stripes broader and broader for everyone that tries. Then the schoolmaster strode…
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