steal our beautiful gold? It cannot make him happy, for no one can ever
be truly happy who does not know love."

They often sat upon the rocks in the dusk of the evening and cried as if
their hearts would break because they had lost their gold.

"The black waves surge in sorrow through the depths, And all the Rhine
is wailing in its woe."


A CASTLE ON THE RHINE

On a mountain-side, above the banks of the Rhine, lived a family of
splendid giants.

The greatest of the giants was Wotan. He was the king.

They had always lived out of doors, because the king had never been
able to find a giant who was large enough to build such a grand castle
as he wanted for his family.

But one day there came to the mountainside the largest giant Wotan had
ever seen.

His name was Fafner.

He was many times larger than Wotan.

Wotan told Fafner how much he wanted a wonderful castle.