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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
275
On
the
third
evening
Kjartan
advised
that
a
large
fire
should
be
made
in
the
hall,
and
a
little
fire
in
another
and
smaller
room.
This
was
done,
and
things
then
went
on
in
this
fashion,
that
Thorodd
and
the
others
sat
beside
the
big
fire,
while
the
household
contented
themselves
with
the
little
one,
and
this
lasted
right
through
Christmas-tide.
By
this
time
there
was
more
and
more
noise
in
the
pile
of
fish,
and
the
sound
of
them
being
torn
was
heard
both
by
night
and
day.
Some
time
after
this
it
was
necessary
to
take
down
some
of
the
fish,
and
the
man
who
went
up
on
the
pile
saw
this
strange
thing,
that
up
out
of
the
pile
there
came
a
tail,
in
appearance
like
a
singed
ox-tail.
It
was
black
and
covered
with
hair
like
a
seal.
The
man
laid
hold
of
it
and
pulled,
and
called
on
the
others
to
come
and
help
him.
Others
then
got
up
on
the
heap,
both
men
and
women,
and
pulled
at
the
tail,
but
all
to
no
purpose.
It
seemed
to
them
that
the
tail
was
dead,
but
while
they
tugged
at
it,
it
flew
out
of
their
hands
taking
the
skin
off
the
palms
of
those
who
had
been
holding
it
hardest,
and
no
more
was
ever
seen
of
the
tail.
The
fish
were
then
taken
up
and
every
one
was
found
to
be
torn
out
of
the
skin,
yet
no
living
thing
was
to
be
found
in
the
pile.
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