“Get on my back and I’ll reward you.”
Helli did so and the Grouse, rising high in the air, flew far away. On, on it flew until it reached the broad [!-- original location of Ocean illustration --] [!-- blank page --] Ocean. Over the Ocean it flew until Helli could see nothing but water in whatever direction he looked.
On it flew until it reached the broad Ocean
“Ha!” he said to himself with a shudder, “I hope I can hold on!”
As he spoke, the Grouse slipped from beneath him and he fell down, down, down. However, before he touched water the Grouse swooped under him and caught him up again high into the air. He had this same terrible experience a second time and a third time and each time he thought his last moment had arrived.
“Now,” the Grouse told him, “you know what my feelings were when you threatened three times to shoot me with your arrow.”
“You have taught me a lesson,” Helli said.
After that the Grouse flew on and on. At last it said: