George Webbe Dasent, Popular Tales from the Norse — Well Done and Ill Paid (1912)
“ Once on a time there was a man, who had to drive his sledge to the wood for fuel. So a bear met him. "Out with your horse," said the Bear, "or I'll strike all your sheep dead by summer." "Oh! heaven help me then," said the man; "there's not a stick of firewood in the house; you must let me drive home a load of fuel, else we shall be frozen to death. I'll bring the horse to you to-morrow morning." ”
George Webbe Dasent, Popular Tales from the Norse — Well Done and Ill Paid (1912)
“ Well, the man thought that good advice; so he took two fleet red hounds, put them into a sack, and set off with them. "Have you brought the wether?" said the Fox. "Yes, come and take it," said the man, as he untied the sack and let slip the hounds. "HUF!" said the Fox, and gave a great spring; "true it is what the old saw says, 'Well done is often ill paid;' and now, too, I see the truth of another saying, 'The worst foes are those of one's own house.'" That was what the Fox said as he ran off, and saw the red foxy hounds at his heels. ”
George Webbe Dasent, Popular Tales from the Norse — Well Done and Ill Paid (1912)
“ I gave him my word I would." "Wether, indeed," said the old dame; "never a one shall that thief of a fox get. Haven't we got Dobbin safe and the bear into the bargain; and as for the fox, I'll be bound he's stolen more of our geese than the wether is worth; and even if he hasn't stolen them, he will. No, no; take a brace of your swiftest hounds in a sack, and slip them loose after him ”
