Took her up out of the gutter and carried her as high and as carefully
as I could. [With a growling laugh.] And do you know what I got for
my reward?


MAIA.

No. What did you get?


ULFHEIM.

[Looks at her, smiles and nods.] I got the horns! The horns that you
can see so plainly. Is not that a comical story, madam bear-murderess?


MAIA.

Oh yes, comical enough! But I know another story that is still more
comical.


ULFHEIM.

How does that story go?


MAIA.

This is how it goes. There was once a stupid girl, who had both a