Chapter 6

HOẈ THOR GOT THÉ HAMMER.

proud	porch	lŷing
jòurnêyś	tricks	wîfè
ålwayś	álônè	ásleep

Sif wáś^woś Thor's wîfè.

Sif had long gôldén hãir. Thor wáś^woś verý proud of^uv Sif's gôldén hãir.

Thor wáś^woś ålwayś gôing on long jòurnêyś. One^wőnè day hê went off and left Sif álônè. Shê went out on thé porch and fell ásleep.

Lôkï câmè álong. Hê wáś^woś ålwayś plâying tricks.

Hê saw Sif lŷing ásleep. Hê sãìd, "Î am gôing tó^tö cut off her hãir."

Sô Lôkï went up on thé porch and cut off Sif's gôldén hãir.

wheŕè	áround	crŷing
answer	found	sőmèbódý

When Sif wôkè up and saw that her hãir wáś^woś gonè, shê crîèd and crîèd. Then shê ran tó^tö hîdè. Shê did not want^wont Thor tó^tö see her.

When Thor câmè hômè, hê cōūld not fînd Sif.

"Sif! Sif!" hê cållèd, "Wheŕè arè yöü?"

But Sif did not answer.

Thor lōōkèd åll áround thé housè. At last hê found her crŷing.

"Ôh, Thor, lōōk, åll mŷ hãir iś gonè! Sőmèbódý haś cut it off. It wáś^woś a man. Hê ran áway with it."

añgrý	mischiéf	right
getting	cutting	sőmèthing

Then Thor wáś^woś verý añgrý. Hê sãìd, "Î knôw it wáś^woś Lôkï. Hê iś ålwayś getting intö mischiéf. Just wait until Î get him!"

And Thor went out tó^tö fînd Lôkï. Prėttý söön hê found him.

Thor sãìd, "Did yöü cut off Sif's hãir?" Lôkï sãìd, "Yes, Î did."

"Then yöü must pay for cutting off mŷ wîfè's hãir," sãìd Thor.

"Åll right," sãìd Lôkï, "Î will get yöü sőmèthing better than thé hãir."

ground	thumb	beadś
dwårfs	crōōkéd	crown
	wòŕkèd

Lôkï went down, down intö thé ground tó^tö thé hômè of^uv thé dwårfs. It wáś^woś verý dark down theŕè. Thé ônlý light câmè fróm thé dwårfs' fîŕèś.

Thé dwårfs werè uglý littlè black men. They werè not ãný bigger than yøùr thumb. They had crōōkéd backs and crōōkéd legś. Their èŷèś lōōkèd lîkè black beadś.

Lôkï sãìd, "Can yöü mâkè mê a gôld crown that will grôw lîkè real hãir?"

Thé dwårfs sãìd, "Yes, wê can." Sô thé buśý^bizee littlè dwårfs wòŕkèd åll night.

morning	shôwèd	lāùghèdlāùfèd
spėàŕ	wőnderful	three
ship	standing	brőther
nôbodý	steppèd	elsè

When morning câmè thé dwårfs gâvè Lôkï hiś crown of^uv gôldén hãir. They gâvè him a spėàŕ and a ship, töö.

Lôkï tōōk thé thingś up tó^tö Aśgard, wheŕè thé godś åll livèd.

Then thé godś åll câmè up tó^tö him. Hê shôwèd them thé thingś.

Thé godś sãìd, "They arè verý wőnderful."

And Lôkï sãìd, "Ôh, nôbodý elsè can mâkè such thingś aś mŷ littlè dwårfs."

A littlè dwårf, nâmèd Brok, wáś^woś standing nėàŕ bŷ. Hê hèàŕd Lôkï say that. Then hê steppèd up and sãìd, "Mŷ brőther can mâkè just aś gōōd thingś aś thêśè."

Lôkï lāùghèd^lāùfèd and sãìd, "If yöü can get three thingś aś wőnderful aś thêśè, Î will givè yöü mŷ heàd."

ãnýwheŕè	missėś
spėàŕ	mark

Brok went down intö thé ground wheŕè hiś littlè dwårfs werè wòŕking.

Brok's brőther wáś^woś nâmèd Sindre. Hê sãìd tó^tö hiś brőther, "Lôkï sãyś that yöü can't mâkè such nîçè thingś aś hiś dwårfs can. Hê sãìd that hê wōūld givè mê hiś heàd if Î cōūld get him such wőnderful thingś aś hiś."

This mâdè thé dwårfs añgrý. Their èŷèś grew big. They sãìd, "Hê will see whåt wê can dö."

Sindre wanted^wontéd tó^tö knôw whåt thé wőnderful thingś werè.

Brok sãìd, "Lôkï haś a gôldén crown that will grôw lîkè real hãir. A ship that can gô ãnýwheŕè. A spėàŕ that never missėś thé mark."

"Wê will shôw him," sãìd thé dwårfs.

burning	blôw	pigskin
bellôwś	blew	blôwing

Thé dwårfs söön had thé fîŕèś burning. Then Sindre pūt a pigskin intö thé fîŕè.

Hê gâvè thé bellôwś tó^tö Brok and sãìd, "Now blôw aś hard aś yöü can."

Then Sindre went out. Brok blew and blew.

A littlè flŷ câmè in and bit him on thé hand.

Thé flŷ bit him sô hard that Brok thøùght hê wōūld havè tó^tö stop blôwing, but hê did not.

Then Sindre câmè back. Hê tōōk out a gôldén pig fróm thé fîŕè.

stand

lump

ring

Hê next pūt a lump of^uv gôld intö thé fîŕè.

Hê sãìd tó^tö Brok, "Blôw and blôw and blôw, and dö not stop."

Then Sindre went out ágãìn.

Sô Brok blew aś hard aś hê cōūld.

Then thé sâmè flŷ câmè in and bit him ágãìn.

Brok thøùght that hê cōūld not stand it, but hê kept on.

When Sindre câmè back, hê tōōk a gôld ring fróm thé fîŕè.

hard	forèheàd	brush
îŕòn	blōōd	hammer
handlè	spoilèd	mean

Then Sindre pūt a lump of^uv îŕòn intö thé fîŕè.

Hê sãìd tó^tö Brok, "Now blôw aś hard aś yöü can."

And Sindre went out. Brok blew and blew. Thé sâmè mean flŷ câmè ágãìn, and bit him on thé forèheàd. It bit sô hard that thé blōōd ran intö hiś èŷèś.

Brok pūt up hiś hand tó^tö brush áway thé flŷ.

Just then Sindre câmè back.

Hê tōōk thé hammer out of^uv thé fîŕè.

"Theŕè!" hê sãìd, "Yöü havè ålmôst spoilèd it. Thé handlè iś töö short, but it cannot bê helpèd now."

húrrìêd	proud
câmè	pockét

Brok húrrìêd up tó^tö Aśgard with hiś thingś.

Åll thé godś câmè áround tó^tö see. Then Lôkï câmè up tó^tö shôw hiś thingś.

Hê pūt thé crown of^uv gôld on Sif's heàd and it bėgan tó^tö grôw lîkè real hãir.

Hê gâvè thé spėàŕ tó^tö Ôdín and sãìd, "This spėàŕ will never miss its mark."

Then hê tōōk out thé ship. Hê sãìd, "This iś a wőnderful ship. It will sail on ãný sea, and yet yöü can fôld it up and pūt it intö yøùr pockét."

Lôkï felt verý proud, for hê thøùght hiś thingś werè thé best.

fôld	sail	áfraid
sorrý	each	ring
shîning	faster	gâvè

Åll thé godś felt verý sorrý for littlè Brok. They thøùght Lôkï's thingś werè fînè. They werè áfraid Brok's wōūld not bê sô nîçè.

They sãìd, "Now, Brok, shôw yøùr thingś."

Brok tōōk out thé gôld ring. Hê sãìd, "Each night this ring will thrôw off a ring just lîkè it. Hê gâvè thé ring tó^tö Ôdín."

Then Brok tōōk out thé gôldén pig. Hê sãìd, "This pig can gô ãnýwheŕè, on thé ground or in thé ãir. It can gô faster than ãný horsè. If thé night iś dark, thé shîning pig will mâkè it light."

frost	ĝîánts
turnèd	blôwing

Then Brok shôwèd thé hammer. Hê sãìd, "This iś not a verý prėttý hammer. When Î wáś^woś mâking it, Lôkï turnèd himself intö a flŷ and mâdè mê spoil it. Thé flŷ bit mê sô hard that Î had tó^tö stop blôwing. Sô thé handlè iś a littlè short. But it iś a wőnderful hammer. If yöü thrôw it at ãnýthing, it will hit thé mark and cőmè back tó^tö yöü."

Thé godś pickèd up thé hammer and passèd it áround.

They sãìd, "It will bê just thé thingś with which tó^tö keep thé Frost Ĝîánts out of^uv Aśgard."

tòuch	neck
without	way

Thé godś sãìd, "Brok's thingś arè thé best."

Brok gâvè thé hammer tó^tö Thor. That iś thé way Thor got hiś wőnderful hammer.

Then Brok sãìd tó^tö Lôkï, "Yöü sãìd Î cōūld havè yøùr heàd if mŷ thingś werè thé best."

And Lôkï wáś^woś añgrý and sãìd, "Yes, Î tôld yöü that yöü cōūld havè mŷ heàd. But yöü can't tòuch mŷ neck."

Of^uv cøùrsè, Brok cōūld not get hiś heàd without tòuching hiś neck.

Sô Brok did not get Lôkï's heàd.