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Speaker 1: There were, in very ancient times two brothers, one of

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whom was rich and the other poor. Christmas was approaching,

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but the poor man had nothing in the house for

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a Christmas dinner, so he went to his brother and

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asked him for a trifling gift. The rich man was

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ill natured, and when he heard his brother's request, he

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looked very surly. But as Christmas is a time when

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even the worst people give gifts, he took a fine

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ham down from the chimney where it was hanging to smoke,

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threw it at his brother, and bade him begone and

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never show his face again. The poor man thanked his

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brother for the ham, put it under his arm, and

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went his way. He had to pass through a great

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forest on his way home, and when he reached the

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thickest part of it, he saw an old man with

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a long white beard, hewing timber. Good evening, said the

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poor man. Good evening returned the old man, raising himself

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from his work, and looking at him. That is a

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fine ham you are carrying. On. Hearing this, the poor

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man told him all about the ham and how it

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was obtained. It is lucky for you, says the old man,

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that you have met with me. If you will take

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that ham into the land of the Dwarfs, the entrance

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to which lies just under the roots of this tree,

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you can make a capital bargain with it, for the

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dwarfs are very fond of ham and rarely get any.

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But mind what I say. You must not sell it

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for money, but demand for it the old hand mill,

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which stands behind the door. When you come back, I'll

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show you how to use it. The poor man thanked

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his new friend, who showed him a door under the

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stone below the roots of the tree. And by this

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door he entered the land of the Dwarfs. No sooner

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had he set foot in it than the dwarfs swarmed

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about him, attracted by the smell of the ham. They

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offered him queer old fashioned money and gold and silver

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off for it, but he refused all their tempting offers

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and said that he would sell it only for the

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old hand mill behind the door. At this the dwarfs

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held up their little old hands and looked quite perplexed.

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We cannot make a bargain, it seems, said the poor man,

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So I'll bid you all good day. The fragrance of

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the ham had by this time reached the remote parts

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of the land. The dwarfs came flocking around in little troops,

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leaving their work of digging out precious oars. Eager for

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the ham. Let him have the old mill, said some

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of the newcomers. It is quite out of order, and

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he does not know how to use it. Let him

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have it, and we will have the ham. So the

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bargain was made. The poor man took the old hand mill,

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which was a little thing, not half so large as

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the ham, and went back to the woods. Here the

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old man showed him how to use it. All this

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had taken up a great deal of time, and it

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was midnight before he reached home. Where in the world

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have you been, said his wife. Here I have been

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waiting and waiting, and we have no wood to make

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a fire, nor anything to put in the porridge pop

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for a Christmas supper. The house was dark and cold,

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but the poor man bade his wife wait and see

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what would happen. He placed the little handmill on the

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table and began to turn the crank. First out there

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came some grand lighted wax candles, and a fire on

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the hearth, and a porridge pot boiling over it. Because

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in his mind, he said they should come first. Then

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he ground out a tablecloth and dishes, and spoons, and knives,

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and forks and napkins. He was himself astonished at his

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good luck, as you may believe, and his wife was

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almost beside herself with joy and astonishment. Well, they had

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a capital supper, and after it was eaten, they ground

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out of the mill every possible thing to make their

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house and themselves warm and comfortable. So they had a

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merry Christmas even morning, made merrier by the thought that

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they need never want again. When the people went by

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the house to the church the next day, they could

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hardly believe their eyes. There was glass in the windows,

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in seas of wooden shutters, and the poor man and

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his wife, dressed in new clothes, were seen devoutly kneeling

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in the church. There's something very strange in all this,

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said everyone. Something very strange. Indeed, said the rich man

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when three days afterwards he received an invitation from his

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once poor brother to a grand feast. And what a

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feast it was. The table was covered with a cloth

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as white as snow, and the dishes were all of

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silver or gold. The rich man could not in his

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great house, and with all his wealth, set out such

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a table or serve such food. Where did you get

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all these things? Exclaimed he His brother told him all

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about the bargain he had made with the dwarfs, and,

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putting the mill on the table, ground out boots and shoes,

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coats and cloaks, stockings, gowns and blankets, and bade his

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wife give them to the poor people that had gathered

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about the house to get a sight of the grand

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feast the poor brother had made for the rich one,

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and to sniff the delightful odors that came from the

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The rich man was very envious of his brother's good

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fortune and wanted to borrow the mill, intending for he

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was not an honest man, never to return it again.

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His brother would not lend it, for the old man

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with the white beard had told him never to sell

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or lend it to any one, no matter what inducements

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might be offered. Some years went by, and at last

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the possessor of the mill built himself a grand castle

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on a rock by the sea, facing west. Its windows,

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reflecting the golden sunset, could be seen far out from

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the shore, and it became a noted landmark for sailors

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strangers from foreign parts often came to see this castle

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and the wonderful mill, of which the most extraordinary tales

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were told. At length. A great foreign merchant came, and,

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when he had seen the mill, inquired whether it would

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grind salt. Being told that it would, he wanted to

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buy it, for he traded in salt, and thought that

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if he owned the mill, he could to bly all

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his customers without taking long and dangerous voyages. The man

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would not sell it, of course. He was so rich

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now that he did not want to use it for himself.

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But every Christmas he ground out food and clothes and

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coal for the poor, and nice presents for the little children.

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So he rejected all the offers of the rich merchant, who, however,

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determined to have it. He bribed one of the man's

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servants to let him go into the castle at night,

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and he stole the mill and sailed away in triumph,

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feeling certain that his fortune was made. He had scarcely

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got out to sea before he determined to set the

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mill to work. Now, mill grind salt, said, he grind salt.

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With all your might, salt salt, and nothing but salt.

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The mill began to grind, and the sailors to fill

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the sax, but these were soon full, and in spite

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of all that could be done, it began to fill

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the ship. The dishonest merchant was now very much frightened

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what was to be done. The mill would not stop grinding,

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and at last the ship was overloaded, and down it went,

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making a great whirlpool where it sank. The ship went

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to pieces. But the mill stands on the bottom of

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the sea and keeps grinding out salt, salt, nothing but salt.

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That is the reason, say the peasants of Denmark and Norway,

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why the sea is salt.