SIEGFRIED
[Looks round and gazes at Fafner in astonishment. He laughs.
My horn with its note
Has allured something lovely;
A jolly companion wert thou.
FAFNER
[At the sight of Siegfried has paused on the high ground, and remains there.
What is that?
SIEGFRIED
If thou art a beast
Who can use its tongue,
Perchance thou couldst teach me something.
Here stands one
Who would learn to fear;
Say, wilt thou be his teacher?
FAFNER
Is this insolence?