Norse fairy tales by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: London : George Routledge & Sons ; Philadelphia : Lippincott

said he wasn't so badly off, and he would go home and fetch the money, and when he came again at even he had a bigger sack even than the attorney— it must have been at least a bushel and a half—and put it down on the bench. So it was soon settled that he was to have the Mastermaid; but they had scarce gone to bed before the Mastermaid said she had forgotten to bring home the calf from the meadow, so she must get up and drive him into the stall. Then the sheriff said that should never be, and, stout and fat as he was, up he jumped as nimbly as a kitten.

" Well, only tell me when you've got hold of the calf's tail," said the Mastermaid.

" Now I have hold of it," said the sheriff.

" May you hold the calf's tail, and the calf's tail you," said the Mastermaid, " and may you make a tour of the world together till day dawns."

Well, you may just fancy how the sheriff had to stretch his legs; away they went, the calf and he, over high and low, across hill and dale, and the more the sheriff bellowed and roared, the faster the calf ran and jumped. At dawn of day the poor sheriff was well-nigh broken-winded, and so glad was he to let go the calf's tail, that he forgot his sack of money and everything else. As he was a great man, he went a little slower than the attorney and the constable ; but the slower he went the more time people had to gape and stare at him ; and I must say they made good use of their time, for he was terribly tattered and torn after his dance with the calf.

Next day was fixed for the wedding at the palace, and the eldest brother was to drive to church with

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