. East of the sun and west of the moon : old tales from the North . ere lay the duck, and swam about backwards andforwards, just as the Giant had said. So the Pri?ice stoodand coaxed it, till it came to him, and he grasped it inhis hand \ but just as he lifted it up from the water theduck dropped the egg into the well, and then Boots wasbeside himself to know how to get it out again. Well, now you must call on the salmon to be sure,said the Wolf; and the kings son called on the salmon,and the salmon came and fetched up the egg from thebottom of the well. Then the Wolf told him to squeeze the e
. East of the sun and west of the moon : old tales from the North . ere lay the duck, and swam about backwards andforwards, just as the Giant had said. So the Pri?ice stoodand coaxed it, till it came to him, and he grasped it inhis hand \ but just as he lifted it up from the water theduck dropped the egg into the well, and then Boots wasbeside himself to know how to get it out again. Well, now you must call on the salmon to be sure,said the Wolf; and the kings son called on the salmon,and the salmon came and fetched up the egg from thebottom of the well. Then the Wolf told him to squeeze the egg, and assoon as ever he squeezed it the Giant screamed out. Squeeze it again, said the Wolf; and when thePrince did so, the Gia7it screamed still more piteously,and begged and prayed so prettily to be spared, saying hewould do all that the Pri7ice wished if he would only notsqueeze his heart in two. Tell him, if he will restore to life again your sixbrothers and their brides, whom he has turned to stone,you will spare his life, said the Wolf. Yes, the Giant 128. lie tank a luiiii. long jarcx^cll of the Frinccss, and iclun lie yol out of the Giantsdoor, there stood the Wolf zvaiting for him. Page 127 Mk Mk Stk Stk SJ^ S6t St^ S6t Stk Stk S6k 99^ ^^W ^Q^ ^S^ CS^ CgFo c-^JNi t^*0 c^0 c^S-M -^Tn* was ready to do that, and he turned the six brothers intokings sons again, and their brides into kings daughters. Now, squeeze the egg in two, said the f^o/f. SoBoots squeezed the egg to pieces, and the Giant burst atonce. Now, when he had made an end of the Giant, Bootsrode back again on the JVolf to the Giants house, andthere stood all his six brothers alive and merry, with theirbrides. Then Boots went into the hill-side after his bride,and so they all set off home again to their fathers you may fancy how glad the old king was when hesaw all his seven sons come back, each with his bride—* But the loveliest bride of all is the bride of Boots, afterall, said the king, and he
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