XI 



THE GUEST 



AN old hag lived in a house with her grandson. 

 She was a very bad woman who thought of noth- 

 ing but playing mischief. She was a witch and 

 tried to harm everybody with witchcraft. 



One time a stranger came to visit some friends 

 who lived in a house near the old woman. The 

 visitor was a fine hunter and went out with his 

 host every morning and they brought home a 

 great deal of game. It made the old woman en- 

 vious to see her neighbor have so much to eat, 

 while she had little, and she determined to kill the 

 visitor. 



She made a soup of wolfs and man's brains, 

 which was the most poisonous food she could 

 think of. Then she sent her grandson to invite 

 the stranger to eat supper at her house. 



" Tell him that I desire to be polite to the guest 

 of my neighbor, but be sure you do not tell him 

 what I have cooked." 



The boy went to the neighboring hut and said, 

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