the churchyard wall, and the person for whom it was intended would get
it.

The troll then went away in great haste, and with him the letter went
entirely out of the man's mind. But when he was come back to Zealand he
sat down by the meadow where Tiis lake now is, and suddenly recollected
the troll's letter. He felt a great desire to look at it at least, so he
took it out of his pocket and sat a while with it in his hands, when
suddenly there began to dribble a little water out of the seal. The
letter now unfolded itself and the water came out faster and faster, and
it was with the utmost difficulty the poor man was able to save his
life, for the malicious troll had enclosed a whole lake in the letter.

The troll, it is plain, had thought to avenge himself on Kund church by
destroying it in this manner, but God ordered it so that the lake
chanced to run out in the great meadow where it now stands.




THERE ARE SUCH WOMEN.


There was once upon a time a man and his wife, and they wanted to sow
their fields, but they had neither seed nor money to buy it with.
However, they had one cow, and so they decided that the man should drive
it to the town and sell it, so that they might buy seed with the money.
When the time came, however, the woman was afraid to let her husband
take the cow, fearing he would spend the money in drink. So she set off
herself with the cow, and took a hen with her also.