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Sweden
She told him that when De would reach
a certain hili. che BegEarnau would come
down from the sky iu a cloud. that he
would see the whole world between the
beggnrmnn's legs and nothing above rs
head II ever he nuds himself beaten"
she said. che goes up into tho sky in
mist aud stays there 90 refresh himself
You may l,t him 50 up once but " you
let him so up the SECOND ume he will
surely kll YOU when hc comes down Re
member chat. " you are alive when thc
hght is over come go see me. ~ you are
dead ! viii SO 10 sec you
The AmHdau thanked her. parted with
h,r. ana Travelled away and away before
him until he reached tine am which she
had told him - Ana when be came there
he saw a great cloud that shot out Of the
Shy desc cuaing ON the hili and when %
came down ON the hiI aud melted away.
there IL LETT the Bcsgatman Of the king
Of Sweden standing and between his legs
the Amndau saw thr whole world ana
nothing over his head.
And with q roar and a run the Beggnr-
man made Tor the Amndau. aud the roar
Of him ratified the stars in the sky
tie asked the Amadan who h. was ami
what h. had done 10 have tho impotence
60 come there aud meet him.
tas Dough. and / have killei Stat Nor.
Stat Mari Stat Eelg. the Cailuach Of the
Rocks and her four Eadaehs the Black
Bull of the Brown Wood aud the Whit.
Wethsr Of the IAN or the waterfalls. ana
before night I'u have killed the Bcggar-
man Of the kins of sweden
That sou never viii. sou miserable
object" snys the Hogsarman. You're
going 90 die now. ana nm give you your
choice TO die either hy hard squeeze Of
wrestling or "a stroke ~ the sword
well" says the Amadau. ~ have
20 die. Ia sooner die by stroke Of the
sword
AN risnt says the Boggarman, aui
drew ti. sword.
but the Amadan drew his sword at the
same time. ana both went 10 a. And "
his nights before had been hard. this one
was harder aud greater ana more terrible
than tho others put together They mao"
th, hard ground into soft. aud the SOFT
into spring wells: they made she rocks
into pebbles. and the pebbles into gravel.
and tho gravel frll over the country Ike
halistoutr An the birds 81 the air from
the lower end Of the world To- the u-nor
end of the world. and an the Wild beasts
aud lame from the four ends q the 'arth.
came rklug 10 r.c the nght ana az
length the nght was putting SO hard upon
tie BegRarman. aud ne Was getting 20
weak. that be whistied. and the mist came
around him and he went up into the Sky
b. fore the Amadan knew. tie remained
more until he refreshed himself ana then
came down again. and az % again he
went for the Amadan. ana fought harder
ana harder than before. ana again " Was
putting too hard on him. and he whistler
as before for the mist 10 come down @na
take him up
But the Amadan remembered what the
rod woman had warned him. be- save one
leap into the afr. and coming down. drove
his sword through the Beseafmen heuIi'
aud the Bcggarman fen dead
But before he died he put seasa on the
Atnsdan 10 meet and night the silver cat
u the Seven Glcns.
The Amadan rubbed his wounds with
the focshlninte. ana he was as fresh ana
haIo as when he had begun the hght ana
hen he set out and when night was fall-
ing. he reached the hut that had no shell
er within or without, only one ieather
over 81. and the rough rcd woman was
standing Ia the door
Right glad she WIS 10 see the Amadan
.onlng back alive. and she welcomed him
right heartily and asked him The news.
10 told her that he had killed the Beg
german. ana said be was now under gea-
sa 20 meet and hight the silver Cat OF the
seven Glens.
.Wen" she said I'm sorry Tor you.
FOR no one ever before went 90 meet the
silver Cat and came back alive. But.
she say. you're both tired ana hungry
eomc In and rest and sleep
So in the Amndan went and had hear
IS supper and soft bed. and in the morn
ing she called him up early. aud she gave
him directions where 10 meet the cat, ana
how 90 md o. and enc told him there was
only one vital spot ON that Cat. and ~
vas a black speek on the bottom OF the
cats stomach and unless he could hap
pen 40 run hiss sword right through that
cine Cor would surely kin him. She said
My poor Amadau. I'm very much afraid
vou'u not come back alive I cannot so
60 help You myself or I would. but there
Is we'll IN my garden. ana by watching
that well. ] will know how the fight goes
with YOU While there is honey on top Of
the we'll ! will know YOU are getting the
beiter OF tine Cat. but % the blood comes
on top. then the Cat rs getting the better
OF YOU. and II the blood stays there
viii know. my poor Amadan, that you are
dead"
The Amadan babe her g0odby. ana a.,
out 70 travel 70 whore the Seven Gicns
met az the sea. Here there was q preci-
plce. ind under che precipice a cave. In
this cave. the Silver cat lived. and once
day u came out to sun itself on the
rocks
The Amadan let himself down over the
prscipice by rope and De waited until
the Cat came out 20 sun itself
When the Cat came out at u o'clock
aud saw the Amadan she let roar out
Of her that drove back the waters Of the
sea and piled them up quarter OF n mile
high. and she asked him VINO he was aud
how he hnd the impotence to come there
20 meet her.
The Amndan said: They call me the
Amadan Of the Dough and I have killed
Stat Nor. STAT Mari stat BeaE. the cal
hach Of the Rocks and her four Badachs
the Black Bun Of the Brown Wood the
White wcthcr OF tho Hil Of the Water
falls. the Bogglrman Of the King Of swe-
den. and before night I viii have killed
the Silver Cat OF the Seven Glcns."
That you never WILL says she. for
n dead man YOU win b. yourself" And
az him she sprang
But the Amadan raised his sword and
strulk az her. and both Of them fell 20
tho fight and a great, great night they
had They made the hard ground into
soft. and the soft into spring wells. they
made the rocks into pebbles. and the peb-
b.es into gravel. and the gravel fen over
the country like hailstones All the birds
OF the air from the lower end Of the world
to the upper end Of the world. and all the
Wild beasts and tame from the four ends
Of the earth. came Rocking 20 rec the
nrht and ~ the lights that the Amadan
Rad had on the other days were grea,
and terrible this one was tar greater aud