great-grandfather. I thank you for telling the boy stories, but you

must not confuse his ideas. The stars cannot be taken down from the

sky and polished; they are spheres like our earth, which is a good

"Thank you, old great-grandfather," said Ole-Luk-Oie. "I thank

you; you may be the head of the family, as no doubt you are, but I

am older than you. I am an ancient heathen. The old Romans and

Greeks named me the Dream-god. I have visited the noblest houses,

and continue to do so; still I know how to conduct myself both to high