Mighty Mikko; a book of Finnish fairy tales and folk tales . returned. Feed me for another year, it said to Helli, andIll reward you. His wife raised an awful to-do over this, but Helliwas firm and for another year he fed and petted theGrouse. At the end of the second year the Grouse grew asilver feather in its tail which it dropped in the door-yard. Then it disappeared. One silver feather! Hellis wife cried. So thatsall you get for feeding that thankless bird a wholeyear! And now its escaped! But it hadnt. It returned the very next day. Feed me for another year, it said to Helli, andIll rewar
Mighty Mikko; a book of Finnish fairy tales and folk tales . returned. Feed me for another year, it said to Helli, andIll reward you. His wife raised an awful to-do over this, but Helliwas firm and for another year he fed and petted theGrouse. At the end of the second year the Grouse grew asilver feather in its tail which it dropped in the door-yard. Then it disappeared. One silver feather! Hellis wife cried. So thatsall you get for feeding that thankless bird a wholeyear! And now its escaped! But it hadnt. It returned the very next day. Feed me for another year, it said to Helli, andIll reward you. At the end of the third year the Grouse grew a goldenfeather in its tail and when it dropped that in the door-yard the scolding wife hadnt so much to say, for agolden feather was after all pretty good pay for afew handfuls of grain. For a day the Grouse disappeared and then whenit returned it said to Helli: Get on my back and Ill reward you. Helli did so and the Grouse, rising high in the air,flew far away. On, on it flew until it reached the broad. On it flew until if reached the broad Ocean THE ENCHANTED GROUSE 149 Ocean. Over the Ocean it flew until Helli could seenothing but water in whatever direction he looked. Ha! he said to himself with a shudder, I hopeI can hold on!* As he spoke, the Grouse slipped from beneath himand he fell down, down, down. However, before hetouched water the Grouse swooped under him andcaught him up again high into the air. He had thissame terrible experience a second time and a third timeand each time he thought his last moment had arrived. Now, the Grouse told him, V^u know what myfeelings were when you threatened three times to shootme with your arrow. You have taught me a lesson, Helli said. After that the Grouse flew on and on. At last itsaid: Look straight ahead, master, and tell me what yousee. Helli shaded his eyes and looked. Far, far ahead I see what looks like a coppercolumn. Good! the Grouse said. That is the home of myoldest si
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