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 ELFIN-MOUNT with his young bride, and exchanged boots with her, because that is not so vulgar as exchanging rings.

'Listen, the cock is crowing!' exclaimed the lady-house-keeper. 'We must make haste and shut the window-shutters close, or the sun will scorch our complexions.'

And herewith Elfin-mount closed.

But outside, in the cloven trunk, the lizards kept running up and down, and one and all declared, 'What a capital fellow that old Norwegian Trold is!' 'For my part, I prefer the boys,' said the earth-worm; but he, poor wretch, could see nothing either of them or of their father, so his opinion was not worth much.

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