could never move away afterwards; but every moment a burning drop from
his tongue fell down on Loki's shuddering face.

In all the world there was only one who pitied him. His kind wife ever
afterwards stood beside him and held a cup over his head to catch the
poison. When the cup was full, she was obliged to turn away to empty
it, and the deadly drops fell again on Loki's face. He shuddered and
shrank from them, and the whole earth trembled. So will he lie bound
till the Twilight of the Gods be here.






MYTHS OF INDIA




THE BLIND MAN, THE DEAF MAN, AND THE DONKEY

ADAPTED BY M. FRERE


A Blind Man and a Deaf Man once entered into partnership. The Deaf Man
was to see for the Blind Man, and the Blind Man was to hear for the
Deaf Man.

One day they went together to an entertainment where there was music