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110 he didn't care particularly for them either. No, far from it! "I don't want to be human," bawled the boy. "I want to go with you to Lappland. That's why I've been good for a whole week!" "I don't want to forbid you to come along with us as far as you like," said Akka, "but think first if you wouldn't rather go home again. A day may come when you will regret this."

"No," said the boy, "that's nothing to regret. I have never been as well off as here with you."

"Well then, let it be as you wish," said Akka. "Thanks!" said the boy, and he felt so happy that he had to cry for very joy—just as he had cried before from sorrow.