Everything loved him.
The dull rocks and the gray old mountains met him with a smile.
The flowers opened, the birds sang and the water sparkled when they saw his face.
One night he dreamed that he must soon leave Asgard and all the things that he loved.
The next night he dreamed that he was living in the gloomy underground world.
The third night, when the same terrible dream came to him, he was greatly troubled.
He told Odin, his father, and Frigga, his mother, about it.
Odin, in great fear, called together his wisest heroes.
They shook their heads but could do nothing to help him.
Frigga cried, “It shall not be! I, his mother, will save him.”