Popular Tales from the Norse by George Webbe Dasent
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Good, by my troth! Buttercup broth, said the old hag. Good, by my troth! Daughter broth, said Buttercup down the chimney, but no one heeded him. So the old hag's husband, who was every bit as bad as she, took the spoon to have a taste. Good, by my troth! Buttercup broth, said he. Good, by my troth! Daughter broth, said Buttercup down the chimney pipe. Then they all began to wonder who it could be that chattered so, and ran out to see. But when they came out at the door, Buttercup threw down on them the fir-tree root and the stone, and broke all their heads to bits. After that he took all the gold and silver that lay in the house, and went home to his mother, and became a rich man. |
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