A Maypole had been set up on the estate, and peasant and landlord, servant and master danced about it. Yet this was not the month of May, for "Maj" (mȧī) means "green leaf" in Swedish. The Maypole was wound with green leaves and on the top were blue and yellow flowers, the colors of the country.
Far into the weirdly lit night, the wedding guests danced and sang, and above all the voices sounded that of a little human nightingale—one who was too happy to go to bed.
THE END
PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY
| Copenhagen | kō´p'n-hā´gĕn |
| Dalecarlia | dä´lĕ-kär´lĭȧ |
| Falun | fä´lûn |
| Göta | yû´tä |
| Gothenburg | gŏt´ĕn-bûrg |
| Gustavus Vasa | gŭs tā´vŭs vä´sȧ |
| Hälsingborg | hĕl´sĭng-bŏr´y' |
| Hälsingland | hĕl´sĭng-länd |
| Jönköping | yûn´chû´-pĭng |
| Kiruna | chee-ro͝on´ȧ |
| Läcko | lĕck´ō |
| Linnaeus | lĭ-nē´ŭs |
| Lutfisk | lo͝ot´fĭsk´ |
| Maj | mȧī |
| Mälar | mâ´lȧr |
| Nobel | nṓ bĕl´ |
| Scania | skā´nĭ-ȧ |
| Smaland | smō´länd |
| Uppsala | ŭp´sȧ-lȧ |
| Vadstena | vaud´stān-ȧ |
| Valhalla | văl-hăl´ȧ |
| Valkyrie | văl-kĭr´ĭ |
| Väner | vĕ´nẽr |
| Varmland | vĕrm´länd |
| Vätter | vĕt´tẽr |
| Visby | vēs´bü |
| Walpurgis | väl po͝or´gḗs |
