Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian by Various
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"I wish I had that dog as a companion in this wood. Then there would be no danger." The old man said-- "I came because I wished you to see my dog, for I well know you would like to have him." The lad was ready enough, and the bargain was made. So he got the big dog, giving his last hog for it. The old man then departed, saying-- "I think you will be satisfied with your bargain. The dog is not like other dogs. He is called Quick-ear, and so quick does he hear, that he knows all that takes place, be it ever so many miles away. Why, he hears even the trees and the grass growing in the fields!" Then the old man went off, and the lad felt very happy, for he thought he had nothing now to be afraid of. As evening came on the boy went home, and his mother was sorely grieved when she found her son had parted with her all; but he told her to bid farewell to sorrow, saying that he would see she had no loss. The lad spoke so well that the old woman was quite pleased. At daybreak the lad went out a-hunting with his two dogs, and in the evening he came back with as much game as he could carry. He hunted till his mother's larder was well stocked, then he bade her farewell, telling her he was going to travel to see what fortune had in store for him, and called his dogs to him. |
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