And then the folding doors of the hall were burst open ( : ), and the King of Elfland rushed in ( ).
Strike then ( ), Bogle (; bogle , , ; , , ), if thou darest ( ), shouted out Childe Rowland ( ), and rushed to meet him ( : ) with his good brand ( ) that never did fail ( ). They fought ( ; to fight ), and they fought, and they fought ( ), till Childe Rowland beat the King of Elfland down on to his knees ( ), and caused him to yield ( ) and beg for mercy ( ). I grant thee mercy ( ), said Childe Rowland ( ); release my sister from thy spells ( ) and raise my brothers to life ( = ), and let us all go free ( ), and thou shalt be spared ( ).
I agree ( ), said the Elfin King ( ), and rising up (, ) he went to a chest ( ) from which he took a phial ( ) filled with a blood-red liquor ( - ). With this he anointed the ears ( ), eyelids (), nostrils (), lips (), and finger-tips ( ) of the two brothers ( ), and they sprang at once into life ( = ; to spring , ; ), and declared that their souls had been away ( , ), but had now returned ( ). The Elfin King then said some words to Burd Ellen ( - ), and she was disenchanted ( ), and they all four passed out of the hall ( ), through the long passage ( ), and turned their backs on the Dark Tower ( ), never to return again ( ). So they reached home ( ) and the good queen their mother ( , ), and Burd Ellen never went round a church widershins again ( : ).
yield [ji:ld], phial [faıəl], liquor [`lıkə]
Just at that moment they heard the noise of someone approaching, and a loud voice was heard saying:
Fee, fi, fo, fum,
I smell the blood of a Christian man,
Be he dead, be he living, with my brand,
Ill dash his brains from his brain-pan.
And then the folding doors of the hall were burst open, and the King of Elfland rushed in.
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Strike then, Bogle, if thou darest, shouted out Childe Rowland, and rushed to meet him with his good brand that never did fail. They fought, and they fought, and they fought, till Childe Rowland beat the King of Elfland down on to his knees, and caused him to yield and beg for mercy. I grant thee mercy, said Childe Rowland; release my sister from thy spells and raise my brothers to life, and let us all go free, and thou shalt be spared.
I agree, said the Elfin King, and rising up he went to a chest from which he took a phial filled with a blood-red liquor. With this he anointed the ears, eyelids, nostrils, lips, and finger-tips of the two brothers, and they sprang at once into life, and declared that their souls had been away, but had now returned. The Elfin King then said some words to Burd Ellen, and she was disenchanted, and they all four passed out of the hall, through the long passage, and turned their backs on the Dark Tower, never to return again. So they reached home and the good queen their mother, and Burd Ellen never went round a church widershins again.
Molly Whuppie ( )
ONCE upon a time () there was a man and a wife ( = - ) who had too many children ( ), and they could not get meat for them ( : ), so they took the three youngest ( ) and left them in a wood ( ). They travelled and travelled ( : ) and could never see a house ( = = - ). It began to be dark ( ), and they were hungry ( ). At last they saw a light ( : ) and made for it ( ); it turned out to be a house ( ). They knocked at the door ( ), and a woman came to it ( / /), who said ( ): What do you want ( )? They said ( ): Please let us in (, ) and give us something to eat ( - ). The woman said ( ): I cant do that ( ), as my man is a giant ( ), and he would kill you ( ) if he comes home ( ). They begged hard ( : ). Let us stop for a little while ( ), said they ( ), and we will go away ( ) before he comes ( ). So she took them in ( ), and set them down before the fire ( : ), and gave them milk and bread ( ); but just as they had begun to eat ( ), a great knock came to the door ( ), and a dreadful voice said ( ):
Fee, fie, fo, fum,
I smell the blood of some earthly one ( - ).
Who have you there, wife ( , )?
Eh, said the wife ( ), its three poor lassies ( ) cold and hungry ( ), and they will go away ( ). Ye wont touch, em, man ( , ; em = them). He said nothing ( ), but ate up a big supper ( ), and ordered them to stay all night ( ). Now he had three lassies of his own ( ), and they were to sleep ( ) in the same bed ( ) with the three strangers ( ). The youngest of the three strange lassies ( ) was called Molly Whuppie ( ), and she was very clever ( ). She noticed that before they went to bed ( , ) the giant put straw ropes round her neck ( : ) and her sisters ( ), and round his own lassies necks ( ) he put gold chains ( ). So Molly took care ( : ) and did not fall asleep ( ), but waited till she was sure ( , ) everyone was sleeping sound ( ). Then she slipped out of bed ( ), and took the straw ropes off her own and her sisters necks ( ), and took the gold chains off the giants lassies ( ). She then put the straw ropes on the giants lassies ( ) and the gold chains on herself and her sisters ( ), and lay down ( ). And in the middle of the night ( ) up rose the giant ( ), armed with a great club ( ), and felt for the necks with the straw ( ). It was dark ( ). He took his own lassies out of the bed on to the floor ( ), and battered them until they were dead ( , ), and then lay down again ( ), thinking he had managed finely (, ). Molly thought it time she and her sisters were off and away ( , : ), so she wakened them ( ) and told them to be quiet ( ), and they slipped out of the house ( ). They all got out safe ( ), and they ran and ran ( ), and never stopped ( ) until morning ( ), when they saw a grand house before them ( ). It turned out to be a kings house ( ); so Molly went in ( ), and told her story to the king ( ).
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earthly [`ə:Tlı], stranger [`streınGə], straw [stro:]
ONCE upon a time there was a man and a wife who had too many children, and they could not get meat for them, so they took the three youngest and left them in a wood. They travelled and travelled and could never see a house. It began to be dark, and they were hungry. At last they saw a light and made for it; it turned out to be a house. They knocked at the door, and a woman came to it, who said: What do you want? They said: Please let us in and give us something to eat. The woman said: I cant do that, as my man is a giant, and he would kill you if he comes home. They begged hard. Let us stop for a little while, said they, and we will go away before he comes. So she took them in, and set them down before the fire, and gave them milk and bread; but just as they had begun to eat, a great knock came to the door, and a dreadful voice said:
Fee, fie, fo, fum,
I smell the blood of some earthly one.
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Who have you there, wife?
Eh, said the wife, its three poor lassies cold and hungry, and they will go away. Ye wont touch, em, man. He said nothing, but ate up a big supper, and ordered them to stay all night. Now he had three lassies of his own, and they were to sleep in the same bed with the three strangers. The youngest of the three strange lassies was called Molly Whuppie, and she was very clever. She noticed that before they went to bed the giant put straw ropes round her neck and her sisters, and round his own lassies necks, he put gold chains. So Molly took care and did not fall asleep, but waited till she was sure everyone was sleeping sound. Then she slipped out of bed, and took the straw ropes off her own and her sisters necks, and took the gold chains off the giants lassies. She then put the straw ropes on the giants lassies and the gold chains on herself and her sisters, and lay down. And in the middle of the night up rose the giant, armed with a great club, and felt for the necks with the straw. It was dark. He took his own lassies out of the bed on to the floor, and battered them until they were dead, and then lay down again, thinking he had managed finely. Molly thought it time she and her sisters were off and away, so she wakened them and told them to be quiet, and they slipped out of the house. They all got out safe, and they ran and ran, and never stopped until morning, when they saw a grand house before them. It turned out to be a kings house; so Molly went in, and told her story to the king.
He said ( ): Well, Molly, you are a clever girl (, , ), and you have managed well ( ); but, if you would manage better ( ), and go back ( ), and steal the giants sword ( ) that hangs on the back of his bed ( ), I would give your eldest sister my eldest son to marry ( : ). Molly said she would try ( , ). So she went back ( ), and managed to slip into the giants house ( ), and crept in below the bed ( ). The giant came home ( ), and ate up a great supper ( ), and went to bed ( = ). Molly waited until he was snoring ( , ), and she crept out ( ), and reached over the giant ( ) and got down the sword ( ); but just as she got it out over the bed ( , ) it gave a rattle ( : ), and up jumped the giant ( ), and Molly ran out at the door ( ) and the sword with her ( ); and she ran ( ), and he ran ( ), till they came to the Bridge of one hair ( ); and she got over ( ), but he couldnt ( ) and he says ( ), Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie ( , )! never ye come again ( ). And she says ( ): Twice yet, carle ( , ), quoth she ( ), Ill come to Spain ( ). So Molly took the sword to the king ( ), and her sister was married to his son ( ).
Well, the king he says (, , ): Yeve managed well, Molly ( , ); but if ye would manage better ( ), and steal the purse ( ) that lies below the giants pillow ( ), I would marry your second sister to my second son ( ). And Molly said she would try ( , ). So she set out for the giants house ( ), and slipped in ( ), and hid again below the bed ( ), and waited till the giant had eaten his supper ( , ), and was snoring sound asleep ( , ). She slipped out ( ) and slipped her hand below the pillow ( ), and got out the purse ( ); but just as she was going out the giant wakened ( , , ), and ran after her ( ); and she ran ( ), and he ran ( ), till they came to the Bridge of one hair ( ), and she got over ( ), but he couldnt ( ), and he said ( ), Woe worth ye ( ), Molly Whuppie! never you come again ( ).
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Once yet, carle ( , ), quoth she, Ill come to Spain ( ). So Molly took the purse to the king ( ), and her second sister was married to the kings second son ( ).
rattle [rætl], woe [wəu], purse [pə:s]
He said: Well, Molly, you are a clever girl, and you have managed well; but, if you would manage better, and go back, and steal the giants sword that hangs on the back of his bed, I would give your eldest sister my eldest son to marry. Molly said she would try. So she went back, and managed to slip into the giants house, and crept in below the bed. The giant came home, and ate up a great supper, and went to bed. Molly waited until he was snoring, and she crept out, and reached over the giant and got down the sword; but just as she got it out over the bed it gave a rattle, and up jumped the giant, and Molly ran out at the door and the sword with her; and she ran, and he ran, till they came to the Bridge of one hair; and she got over, but he couldnt and he says, Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie! never ye come again. And she says: Twice yet, carle, quoth she, Ill come to Spain. So Molly took the sword to the king, and her sister was married to his son.
Well, the king he says: Yeve managed well, Molly; but if ye would manage better, and steal the purse that lies below the giants pillow, I would marry your second sister to my second son. And Molly said she would try. So she set out for the giants house, and slipped in, and hid again below the bed, and waited till the giant had eaten his supper, and was snoring sound asleep. She slipped out and slipped her hand below the pillow, and got out the purse; but just as she was going out the giant wakened, and ran after her; and she ran, and he ran, till they came to the Bridge of one hair, and she got over, but he couldnt, and he said, Woe worth ye, Molly Whuppie! never you come again.
Once yet, carle, quoth she, Ill come to Spain. So Molly took the purse to the king, and her second sister was married to the kings second son.
After that the king says to Molly ( ): Molly, you are a clever girl (, ), but if you would do better yet ( ), and steal the giants ring that he wears on his finger ( , ), I will give you my youngest son for yourself ( ). Molly said she would try ( , ). So back she goes to the giants house ( ), and hides herself below the bed ( ). The giant wasnt long ere he came home ( : , ), and, after he had eaten a great big supper ( , - ), he went to his bed ( ), and shortly was snoring loud ( ). Molly crept out ( ) and reached over the bed ( ), and got hold of the giants hand ( ), and she pulled and she pulled ( , ) until she got off the ring ( ); but just as she got it off ( , ) the giant got up ( ), and gripped her by the hand ( ) and he says ( ): Now I have caught you ( ), Molly Whuppie, and, if I had done as much ill to you ( ) as ye have done to me ( ), what would ye do to me ( )?
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Molly says ( ): I would put you into a sack ( ), and Id put the cat inside wi you ( ; wi = with), and the dog aside you ( ), and a needle ( ) and thread ( ) and shears ( ), and Id hang you up upon the wall ( ), and Id go to the wood ( ), and choose the thickest stick I could get ( , ), and Iwould come home ( ), and take you down ( ), and bang you till you were dead ( , ).
needle [ni:dl], thread [Tred], shears [Sıəz]
After that the king says to Molly: Molly, you are a clever girl, but if you would do better yet, and steal the giants ring that he wears on his finger, I will give you my youngest son for yourself. Molly said she would try. So back she goes to the giants house, and hides herself below the bed. The giant wasnt long ere he came home, and, after he had eaten a great big supper, he went to his bed, and shortly was snoring loud. Molly crept out and reached over the bed, and got hold of the giants hand, and she pulled and she pulled until she got off the ring; but just as she got it off the giant got up, and gripped her by the hand and he says: Now I have caught you, Molly Whuppie, and, if I had done as much ill to you as ye have done to me, what would ye do to me?
Molly says: I would put you into a sack, and Id put the cat inside wi you, and the dog aside you, and a needle and thread and shears, and Id hang you up upon the wall, and Id go to the wood, and choose the thickest stick I could get, and Iwould come home, and take you down, and bang you till you were dead.
Well, Molly (, ), says the giant, Ill just do that to you ( = ).
So he gets a sack ( ), and puts Molly into it ( ), and the cat and the dog beside her ( ), and a needle and thread and shears ( , , ), and hangs her up upon the wall ( ), and goes to the wood to choose a stick ( , ).
Molly she sings out (, : ): Oh, if ye saw what I see (, , ).
Oh, says the giants wife ( ), what do you see, Molly ( , )?
But Molly never said a word but ( , ), Oh, if ye saw what I see (, , )!
The giants wife begged ( ) that Molly would take her up into the sack ( ) till she would see what Molly saw ( , ). So Molly took the shears and cut a hole in the sack ( ), and took out the needle and thread with her ( ), and jumped down ( ) and helped the giants wife up into the sack ( // ), and sewed up the hole ( ).
The giants wife saw nothing ( ), and began to ask to get down again ( ); but Molly never minded ( : ), but hid herself at the back of the door ( ). Home came the giant ( ), and a great big tree in his hand ( - ), and he took down the sack ( : ), and began to batter it ( ). His wife cried ( ), Its me, man ( , ); but the dog barked and the cat mewed ( , ), and he did not know his wifes voice ( ). But Molly came out from the back of the door ( - ), and the giant saw her ( ) and he ran after her ( ); and he ran, and she ran ( , ), till they came to the Bridge of one hair ( ), and she got over but he couldnt ( , ); and he said ( ), Woe worth you ( ), Mollie Whuppie! never you come again ( ).
Never more, carle ( , ), quoth she, will I come again to Spain ( ).
So Molly took the ring to the king ( ), and she was married to his youngest son ( ), and she never saw the giant again ( ).
sew [səu], bark [ba:k], mew [mju:]
Well, Molly, says the giant, Ill just do that to you.
So he gets a sack, and puts Molly into it, and the cat and the dog beside her, and a needle and thread and shears, and hangs her up upon the wall, and goes to the wood to choose a stick.
Molly she sings out: Oh, if ye saw what I see.
Oh, says the giants wife, what do you see, Molly?
But Molly never said a word but, Oh, if ye saw what I see!
The giants wife begged that Molly would take her up into the sack till she would see what Molly saw. So Molly took the shears and cut a hole in the sack, and took out the needle and thread with her, and jumped down and helped the giants wife up into the sack, and sewed up the hole.
The giants wife saw nothing, and began to ask to get down again; but Molly never minded, but hid herself at the back of the door. Home came the giant, and a great big tree in his hand, and he took down the sack, and began to batter it. His wife cried, Its me, man; but the dog barked and the cat mewed, and he did not know his wifes voice. But Molly came out from the back of the door, and the giant saw her and he ran after her; and he ran, and she ran, till they came to the Bridge of one hair, and she got over but he couldnt; and he said, Woe worth you, Mollie Whuppie! never you come again.
Never more, carle, quoth she, will I come again to Spain.
So Molly took the ring to the king, and she was married to his youngest son, and she never saw the giant again.
The Red Ettin ( )
THERE was once a widow (- ) that lived on a small bit of ground ( ), which she rented from a farmer ( ). And she had two sons ( ); and by and by it was time ( ) forthe wife to send them away ( ; wife . = woman) to seek their fortune ( ). So she told her eldest son one day ( ) to take a can and bring her water from the well ( ), that she might bake a cake for him ( ); and however much or however little water he might bring ( = ), the cake would be great or small accordingly ( ), and that cake was to be all that she could give him ( , = , ) when he went on his travels ( ).
The lad went away with the can to the well ( ), and filled it with water ( ), and then came away home again ( ); but the can being broken ( , = ), the most part of the water had run out (ó : ) before he got back (, ). So his cake was very small ( ); yet small as it was ( : , ), his mother asked him ( ) if he was willing ( ) to take the half of it with her blessing ( // ), telling him that ( , ), if he chose rather to take the whole ( ), he would only get it with her curse ( ). The young man ( ), thinking he might have to travel a far way (, ), and not knowing when or how ( , ) he might get other provisions ( ), said he would like to have the whole cake (, ), come out of his mothers malison what might ( ); so she gave him the whole cake ( ), and her malison along with it ( ). Then he took his brother aside ( ), and gave him a knife to keep ( : ) till he should come back ( ), desiring him to look at it every morning (, ), and as long as it continued to be clear ( , ), then he might be sure that the owner of it was well ( // , ); but if it grew dim and rusty ( ), then for certain some ill had befallen him (, - //; to befall , , , ).
accordingly [ə`ko:dıŋlı], knife [naıf], continue [kən`tınju:]
THERE was once a widow that lived on a small bit of ground, which she rented from a farmer. And she had two sons; and by and by it was time forthe wife to send them away to seek their fortune. So she told her eldest son one day to take a can and bring her water from the well, that she might bake a cake for him; and however much or however little water he might bring, the cake would be great or small accordingly, and that cake was to be all that she could give him when he went on his travels.
