Journeys through Bookland - a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922) (14596644918)

Identifier: journeysthroughb01sylv (find matches)
Title: Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: Chicago : Bellows-Reeve
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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n itsuse was explained to him, and instantly invitedeverybody to take a sail with him. Wait, commanded Odin. We have not seenthe gifts of Brock. Theyll have to be very wonder-ful to please us more than do these. Unafraid, the dwarf stepped forward. From this ring, he said, handing the ring toOdin, will drop, every ninth night, eight other ringsas round and as heavy and as precious as itself. Good! replied Odin. I can scarce wait untilthe ninth night comes round that I may see thiswonder. I like it even better than Lokis spear. Then Brock shook his sack and out came Gold-bristle, the boar. This is for Frey, he said. On it he can ride The Wonderful Gifts 375 through air and water more swiftly than ever horsegalloped or ship sailed. And no matter how darkit is, Frey will always ride in the light, for the bristlesof this magic steed give out light like the sun. I vote for Brock, too; I like Gullin-bursti betterthan Skidbladnir, cried Frey, who could pronouncethose hard names quite easily.
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BROCK GAVE THE HAMMER TO THOR 376 The Wonderful Gifts And for Thor, went on Brock, I have this.And he presented the stub-handled hammer. Thor did not seem very v^^ell pleased as he lookedfrom the heavy, ugly hammer to Sifs golden hair;it was plain which he liked better. Wait, wait, cried Brock. Dont speak untilyou know all about the hammer. No mountain isso hard that this hammer will not split it; no giantis so big or so strong that this hammer will not killhim. Yet it will never hurt you, and no matter howfar you throw it, it will always fly back to your handof its own accord. Then indeed all the gods set up a great shout, forthe giants were their worst enemies, and they wantednothing else quite so much as protection againstthese enemies. We can overcome the giants, they cried; Brockhas won! Brock has won! Let him have hisreward! And now for your head, said the delightedBrock, turning to where Loki had stood but amoment before. But behold! he had disappearedutterly, and in vain Brock