once, and when he does come, he takes him away on his horse, and tells

him stories as they ride along. He knows only two stories. One of

these is so wonderfully beautiful, that no one in the world can

imagine anything at all like it; but the other is just as ugly and

frightful, so that it would be impossible to describe it." Then

Ole-Luk-Oie lifted Hjalmar up to the window. "There now, you can see

my brother, the other Ole-Luk-Oie; he is also called Death. You

perceive he is not so bad as they represent him in picture books;