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36 THOR AND GEIRROD. Loke put on Freya's falcon plumage and flew away to Jotunheim. As he flew about amusing himself, he came to the home of the giant Geirrod.

He perched on the roof and looked in through an opening.

Geirrod saw the bird and sent a servant to catch him. The Avail was high and slippery. Loke laughed to see how much trouble the servant had to climb up.

He thought he would fly away when the servant had almost reached him. But when he tried to fly away, his feet were fast. So he was caught and taken to Geirrod.

As soon as Geirrod looked into the falcon's eyes he knew he was not a bird. The giant asked Loke many questions, but Loke would not answer a word.

Geirrod locked him in a chest for three months without food.

At last Loke confessed who he was. To save his life, he promised to get Thor to go to Geirrod's house without his hammer and belt.