"I'm Thumbietot, Morten Goosey-gander's comrade," he continued.

It would probably be best if Morten goosey-gander never found out about this, he thought, though he wondered, at the same time, how the white one had the heart to leave the gray goose.

"I can at least talk with Akka and Morten goosey-gander about the matter," thought he.

Morten Goosey-Gander will doubtless hurry along and pick me up.

he called, and was rather surprised that Morten Goosey-Gander was not already at his side.

Not for a second did it occur to him that folk like Akka and Morten Goosey-Gander would abandon him.

Morten Goosey-Gander turned to the wild geese to hear what they thought of this; but they stood gazing into the air, as though they were thinking of something else.

" The crowds around Morten Goosey-Gander grew larger and larger.

He hissed with rage, flew straight at Morten Goosey-Gander and tore out a few feathers.

"I'll teach you a lesson, wild goose," he shrieked, "so that you'll not come again to the swans, togged out in this way!" "Fly, Morten Goosey-Gander!

Morten Goosey-Gander defended himself as best he could, by striking and biting.

While the wild geese and Morten Goosey-Gander and Dunfin were chattering excitedly, trying to tell how she had been rescued, Prettywing and Goldeye came running.

They themselves had suitors, but theirs were only common gray geese, and, since they had seen Morten Goosey-Gander, they thought them so homely and low-bred that they did not wish even to look at them.

"Morten Goosey-Gander is dying!

" "Do you wish me to ask Morten Goosey-Gander to meet the strange bird?" asked Dunfin.

Before the eagle could spread his wings, Morten Goosey-Gander rushed up to him.

"It's lucky for you that I never fight with geese, or you would soon be done for!" Morten Goosey-Gander thought the eagle considered himself too good to fight with him and flew at him, incensed, biting him on the throat and beating him with his wings.

Morten Goosey-Gander is being torn to pieces by an eagle.

When they arrived on the scene Morten Goosey-Gander was badly torn, and bleeding, but he was still fighting.

Helen Morten Searcy.

" He wrung his hands and cried aloud, and then I knew that he had been but a tool in the hands of that devil, Morten.

(He had hanged himself, some said because of ill-treatment from Morten, in whose service he was.

But Morten was the stronger, and Niels had to do as he was ordered.

After this was done, Morten took a spade and gave the head of the corpse two crashing blows, one over the nose, the other on the temple.

" "Well, then, I'll dare it myself," said Morten.