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 72
like an osier; and then heasked if she were ready with the land-tax. Yes, she dared not do anything else, and foundso many pence as he thought he could carry in hisscrip. And now he started for home with the land-tax;but, as soon as he was off, Old Nick came back.When he heard that Grumblegizzard… … He must and would have the land-tax. Grumblegizzard 53 used his wings, while Grumblegizzard had to keepto the ground under the weight of the big scrip; but,just as Old Nick was at his heels, he began to run andjump as fast as he could; and he held his club behindhim to keep Old Nick off. And so…
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