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land, from the green isle, that Gylfe ploughed
from Sweden. “What dear thing do you
wish shall happen, or not happen! – tell us
the wish!” – “If the oracle speaks well for me,”
said he, “then I will tell you the silent wish
and prayer, with which I bind these knots on
the grass straw; but if I have no better success
than you have had, I will then be silent!” and
he bound straw to straw, and as he bound, he
repeated: “it signifies nothing!” He now
opened his hand, his eyes shone brighter, his
heart beat faster. The straws formed a square!
“It will happen, it will happen!” cried the
young girls. “What did you wish for?”
“That Denmark may soon gain an honourable
peace!”
“It will happen! it will happen!” said the
young girls; “and when it happens, we will
remember that the straws have told it
before-hand.”
“I will keep these four straws, bound in
a prophetic wreath for victory and peace!”
said the stranger; “and if the oracle speaks truth,
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