A Happy Boy

on his mother's lap than he laughed, and when the candle was lit in the evening

e will come of that

oat belonging to Oyvind; it was kept there that it might not wander away, and Oyvind bore leaves and grass up to it. One fine day the goat leaped down and was off to the cliff; it went straight u

ly-killy-k

m the brow of the hill, putting it

goat there was knee

oat yours?

h and eyes, thrust both han

are

the house, granddaughter to Ola Nordistuen of the Heidegards, fo

ng a long breath, for he had not ventu

yours?" she

lied he, rai

king to the goat;-you w

eed I wi

him, and presently she said: "But if I give you

his life, that was when grandfather came to his house, and he had never

the bun firs

cing a large twisted bun

ed she, and tosse

care. He could not help tasting of the very smallest morsel, and it was so good that he

belongs to me,

there laughing, and the goat stood by her side, with its whit

heart beginning to throb. Then the girl laughed

e fastened it around its neck. Oyvind watched her. She rose to her feet and began to tug at the goa

a!" said

he garter with the other, and said prettily: "Come, now, goat, you sh

en she

y's prett

alf, my

e, mewin

s snowy

ks, from y

h, helter

ves, eve

feathers

ss is s

't will

gh early 't is

ill be the n

uber Forestier

the bo

rn, and it had never occurred to him that he could lose it; but

pails she had been scouring; she saw the boy sitting on the g

akes yo

goat-m

t?" asked the mother,

ome back any mor

how can

d not confe

fox carri

sh it wer

nses!" cried the mother. "W

unlucky. I sold it

hat it was to sell the goat for a bun; he had

thinks of you now, since you were w

ly sure that he never could know happiness more in th

He fell asleep lying there, and he dreamed that the goat had reached heaven. There the Lord was sitting, with a long beard, as in the Catechism, and the goat stood munching at the leaves of a shining t

t were a brother. He pulled it by the beard, and was on the point of going in to his mother with it, when he heard some one behin

ho have brou

ands, and said, "I was not allowed to k

at her, a sharp voice from t

up to Oyvind, thrust one of her dirt-covered hands into h

er, and, flinging herself on t

r keep the goat," falter

r, from the hill; and Marit got up and

and bestowed a glance, first on the garter, then on him. Finally she fo

ook her by the hand, a

me for," she answered, and, d

goat roaming about near him; but he wa