Chapter 7

THÉ HAMMER LOST AND FOUND.

evèrýthing

plannèd

Thé Frost Ĝîánts did not lîkè thé sunshînè. They did not lîkè tó^tö see thé flõwerś. They did not lîkè tó^tö hėàŕ thé birdś sing. They wanted^wontéd tó^tö spoil evèrýthing.

Thé Frost Ĝîánts wanted^wontéd tó^tö get intö Aśgard. But they did not knôw how. They werè áfraid of^uv Thor and hiś hammer. They sãìd, "If wê can ônlý get thé hammer, wê can get intö Aśgard."

They tålkèd and plannèd åll night. At last one^wőnè Frost Ĝîánt sãìd, "Î knôw how wê can get thé hammer. Î will dress in a bird süìt. Then Î will flŷ up tó^tö Thor's housè and get thé hammer."

Freyja

Thé next night thé Frost Ĝîánt flew intö thé housè whîlè Thor wáś^woś ásleep.

Hê tōōk thé hammer and flew áway with it.

When Thor wôkè, hê pūt out hiś hand tó^tö get thé hammer. It wáś^woś gonè.

Hê sãìd, "Lôkï, thé hammer iś gonè. Thé Frost Ĝîánts havè tâkén it. Wê must get it back."

Lôkï sãìd, "Î can get it back, if Freyja will let mê havè her falcón süìt."

Sô hê went tó^tö Freyja and sãìd, "Will yöü let mê havè yøùr falcón süìt? Î can get thé hammer back if yöü will." Freyja sãìd, "Yes, of^uv cøùrsè Î will. If Î had a gôld süìt yöü cōūld havè it. Ãný thing tó^tö get thé hammer back."

pêòplè	çitý	Thrym
strânĝè	burièdberid	eĩght
mîlèś	deep	falcón

Lôkï tōōk thé falcón süìt and pūt it on. Hê flew ôver thé çitý. Åll thé pêòplè saw him flŷing. They sãìd, "Whåt a strânĝè bird!" They did not knôw that it wáś^woś Lôkï gôing for thé hammer.

When Lôkï câmè tó^tö thé çitý of^uv thé Frost Ĝîánts, hê tōōk off thé falcón süìt. Hê wålkèd and wålkèd until hê câmè tó^tö Thrym's housè. Thrym wáś^woś thé ĝîánt whö tōōk thé hammer. Thrym wáś^woś sitting on thé porch, mâking gôld collàŕś for hiś dogś.

When hê saw Lôkï, hê sãìd, "Whåt dö yöü want^wont?"

Lôkï sãìd, "Î havè cőmè for thé hammer."

Thé ôld ĝîánt lāùghèd^lāùfèd and sãìd, "Yöü will never get that hammer. It iś burièd^berid eĩght mîlèś deep in thé ground.

"But theŕè iś one^wőnè way yöü can get it. Î will givè yöü thé hammer if yöü get Freyja for mŷ wîfè."

clôthèś

shōōk

neckláçè

Sô Lôkï went back tó^tö Aśgard.

Thor sãìd, "Well, did yöü get thé hammer?"

"Nô, but wê can get it if Freyja will bê Thrym's wîfè."

Then they went tó^tö Freyja's housè. They sãìd, "Pūt on yøùr verý best clôthèś and cőmè with us. Yöü must bê Thrym's wîfè."

Freyja sãìd, "Dö yöü thiñk Î will bê thé Frost Ĝîánt's wîfè? Î wôn't bê hiś wîfè."

Thor sãìd, "Wê can get thé hammer back if yöü will."

But Freyja sãìd, "Nô, Î will not bê hiś wîfè."

Lôkï sãìd, "Yöü will havè tó^tö, if wê get thé hammer back."

Still Freyja sãìd, "Î will not gô." And shê wáś^woś verý añgrý. Shê shōōk sô hard that shê brôkè her neckláçè and it fell tó^tö thé flòor.

brîdè	braidėd	wagón
vail	servánt	goat

Then thé godś sãìd, "Thor, yöü must dress lîkè Freyja. Yöü will havè tó^tö play yöü arè thé brîdè."

Thor sãìd, "Î wôn't dö it. Yöü will åll laugh^lāf at mê. Î wôn't dress up lîkè a girl."

They sãìd, "Well, that iś thé ônlý way wê can get thé hammer back."

Thor sãìd, "Î dö not lîkè tó^tö dress lîkè a girl, but Î will dö it." Then they dressèd Thor up lîkè Freyja.

They pūt on Freyja's dress, neckláçè and vail, and braidėd hiś hãir.

Lôkï sãìd, "Î will dress up töö, and bê yøùr servánt."

They got intö Thor's goat wagón and went tó^tö thé Ĝîánts' hômè.

dinner	salmón	mead
whôlè	thirstý	barrélś

When thé Frost Ĝîánts saw them cőming, they sãìd, "Get reàdý, hėŕè cőmèś thé brîdè! Wê will sit down tó^tö thé tâblè aś söön aś they cőmè."

Thé dinner wáś^woś reàdý on tîmè. Thé tâblè wáś^woś fūll of^uv gōōd thingś. Åll sat down.

Thé brîdè âtè a whôlè ox and eĩght salmón bėforè thé őtherś had a bîtè.

"Shê must bê verý huñgrý," thé Frost Ĝîánts sãìd.

"Yes," Lôkï sãìd, "shê wáś^woś sô glad tó^tö cőmè. Shê haśn't eatén ãnýthing for eĩght dayś."

Then they brøùght in thé mead.

Thé brîdè drañk three barrélś of^uv mead.

"How thirstý shê iś!" sãìd thé Frost Ĝîánts.

Lôkï sãìd, "Yes, shê iś verý thirstý. Shê wáś^woś sô glad tó^tö cőmè. Shê did not driñk ãnýthing for eĩght dayś."

kiss	steppèd	whirlèd
liftėd	shonè	lap

Ôld Thrym sãìd, "Î had evèrý thing Î wanted^wontéd but Freyja. Now Î havè Freyja."

And Thrym went tó^tö kiss thé brîdè. Hê liftėd her vail, but her èŷèś shonè lîkè fîŕè.

Thrym steppèd back. Hê sãìd, "Whåt mâkès Freyja's èŷèś shînè sô?"

Lôkï sãìd, "Ôh, shê wáś^woś sô glad tó^tö cőmè. Shê did not sleep for eĩght nights."

Then Lôkï sãìd, "It iś tîmè for thé hammer. Gô and get it and pūt it in thé brîdè's lap."

Aś söön aś thé hammer wáś^woś in hiś lap, Thor torè off thé vail.

Hê tōōk thé hammer and whirlèd it áround. Fîŕè flew fróm it. Thé fîŕè burnèd thé housè and thé Frost Ĝîánts ran áway.

Sô Thor got hiś hammer back.