. East of the sun and west of the moon : old tales from the North . ast it became lighter, and when they had gotout of the forest altogether they came to a long bridge,which they had to cross. But on that bridge a bearstood on guard. He rose on his hind legs and cametowards them, as if he wanted to eat them. What shall we do now? said the captain. They say that the bear is fond of meat, said thesoldier, and then he threw a fore quarter to him, and sothey got past. But when they reached the other end ofthe bridge, they saw a lion, which came roaring towardsthem with open jaws as if he wanted to
. East of the sun and west of the moon : old tales from the North . ast it became lighter, and when they had gotout of the forest altogether they came to a long bridge,which they had to cross. But on that bridge a bearstood on guard. He rose on his hind legs and cametowards them, as if he wanted to eat them. What shall we do now? said the captain. They say that the bear is fond of meat, said thesoldier, and then he threw a fore quarter to him, and sothey got past. But when they reached the other end ofthe bridge, they saw a lion, which came roaring towardsthem with open jaws as if he wanted to swallow them. I think we had better turn right-about, we shallnever be able to get past him alive, said the captain. Oh, I dont think he is so very dangerous, said thesoldier; I have heard that lions are very fond of bacon,and I have half a pig in my wallet; and then he threwa ham to the lion, who began eating and gnawing, andthus they got past him also. In the evening they came to a fine big house. Eachroom was more gorgeous than the other ; all was glitter 176. The Trull i^iis qiiilc zcilliiitj. and before loiu/ he fell asleepand began snorimj. Page 1S4 S& SSk Slbk SIbk SBBk SDk ^D^ ^D^ ^n^ ^n^ and splendour wherever they looked ; but that did notsatisfy their hunger. The captain and the lieutenantwent round rattling their money, and wanted to buy somefood; but they saw no people nor could they find acrumb of anything in the house, so the soldier offeredthem some food from his wallet, which they were not tooproud to accept, nor did they want any pressing. Theyhelped themselves of what he had as if they had nevertasted food before. The next day the captain said they would have to goout shooting and try to get something to live to the house was a large forest where there wereplenty of hares and birds. The lieutenant was to remainat home and cook the remainder of the food in thesoldiers wallet. In the meantime the captain and thesoldier shot so much game that they we
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