. Tales of fantasy . angry at mycompassion, and opposed my order. I then said to my steward, Make the sacrifice your-self ; the lamentations and tears of the animal haveovercome me. The steward was less compassionate, and sacrificedher. On taking off the skin we found hardly anythingbut bones, though she appeared very fat. Take heraway, said I to the steward, truly chagrined, and ifyou have another very fat calf, bring it in her returned with a remarkably fine calf, who, as soonas he perceived me, made so great an effort to come tome, that he broke his cord. He lay downat my feet, wit
. Tales of fantasy . angry at mycompassion, and opposed my order. I then said to my steward, Make the sacrifice your-self ; the lamentations and tears of the animal haveovercome me. The steward was less compassionate, and sacrificedher. On taking off the skin we found hardly anythingbut bones, though she appeared very fat. Take heraway, said I to the steward, truly chagrined, and ifyou have another very fat calf, bring it in her returned with a remarkably fine calf, who, as soonas he perceived me, made so great an effort to come tome, that he broke his cord. He lay downat my feet, with his head onthe ground, as if he endeav-ored to excite my compassion,and to entreat me not tohave the cruelty to take awayhis life. Wife, answered I, Iwill not sacrifice this calf, Iwish to favor him: do notyou, therefore, oppose , however, did not agreeto my proposal; and continued to demand his sacrificeso obstinately, that I was compelled to yield. I boundthe calf, and took the fatal knife to bury it in his. 84 Tales of Fantasy throat, when he turned his eyes, filled with tears, sopersuasively upon me, that I had no power to executemy intention. The knife fell from my hand, and Itold my wife I was determined to have another tried every means to induce me to alter my mind;I continued firm, however, in my resolution, in spiteof all she could say; promising, for the sake of appeas-ing her, to sacrifice this calf at the feast of Bairarn onthe following year. The next morning my steward desired to speak withme in private. He informed me that his daughter, whohad some knowledge of magic, wished to speak withme. On being admitted to my presence, she informedme that, during my absence, my wife had turned theslave and my son into a cow and calf, that I hadalready sacrificed the cow, but that she could restoremy son to life, if I would give him to her for her hus-band, and allow her to visit my wife with the punish-ment her cruelty had deserved. To these proposals Igav
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