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小强盗

　　“Oh, Kay, little Kay! sighed Gerda.

　　“Lie still, said the robber-girl, “or I shall run my knife into your body.

　　In the morning Gerda told her all that the wood-pigeons had said; and the little robber-girl looked quite serious, and nodded her head, and said, “That is all talk, that is all talk. Do you know where Lapland is? she asked the reindeer.

　　“Who should know better than I do? said the animal, while his eyes sparkled. “I was born and brought up there, and used to run about the snow-covered plains.

　　“Now listen, said the robber-girl; “all our men are gone away,— only mother is here, and here she will stay; but at noon she always drinks out of a great bottle, and afterwards sleeps for a little while; and then, I’ll do something for you. Then she jumped out of bed, clasped her mother round the neck, and pulled her by the beard, crying, “My own little nanny goat, good morning. Then her mother filliped her nose till it was quite red; yet she did it all for love.

　　When the mother had drunk out of the bottle, and was gone to sleep, the little robber-maiden went to the reindeer, and said, “I should like very much to tickle your neck a few times more with my knife, for it makes you look so funny; but never mind,—I will untie your cord, and set you free, so that you may run away to Lapland; but you must make good use of your legs, and carry this little maiden to the castle of the Snow Queen, where her play-fellow is. You have heard what she told me, for she spoke loud enough, and you were listening.