for he did not drink much.
Now came the fourth daughter, with a large harp to play
upon; and when she struck the first chord, every one lifted up
the left leg (for the goblins are left-legged), and at the
second chord they found they must all do just what she wanted.
"That is a dangerous woman," said the old goblin; and the
two sons walked out of the hill; they had had enough of it.
"And what can the next daughter do?" asked the old goblin.
"I have learnt everything that is Norwegian," said she;
"and I will never marry, unless I can go to Norway."
Then her youngest sister whispered to the old goblin,
"That is only because she has heard, in a Norwegian song, that
when the world shall decay, the cliffs of Norway will remain
standing like monuments; and she wants to get there, that she
may be safe; for she is so afraid of sinking."
"Ho! ho!"said the old goblin, "is that what she means?
Well, what can the seventh and last do?"
"The sixth comes before the seventh," said the elf king,
for he could reckon; but the sixth would not come forward.
"I can only tell people the truth," said she. "No one
cares for me, nor troubles himself about me; and I have enough
to do to sew my grave clothes."
So the seventh and last came; and what could she do? Why,
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