uld not be kept in the box any
longer. It ran after the girl wherever she went, and drank out of the
milk-pails, as she milked the cows. This the house mother (the
farmer's wife) objected to, and she said the snake should be killed to
prevent further mischief; but the snake was not killed, and further
mischief did occur. It became so big that it was not satisfied with
what was given it, but seized the cattle, one after another, and ate
them. It soon became the terror of the district. A wise woman,
however, advised that a bull calf should be reared with fresh milk and
wheat bread, to destroy the Lindorm. Meanwhile it had attained such a
size, that every day a cow had to be given it, or an old horse, to
prevent its taking the more valuable cattle. When, however, the bull
calf was three years old, it was strong enough to combat the Lindorm,
and killed it; but when the combat took place, the snake struck a
large stone with its tail, and cut thereby a furrow in it, and the
stone is shown to this day as a proof of the legend."

"A very interesting legend," said Hardy. "Are there more?"

"There is a remarkable one," replied Pastor Lindal, "as one of the
legends of the old cathedral at Aarhus. Many years ago, it was
observed that the bodies buried in the churchyard, then belonging to
the cathedral, were taken away, no one knew how. At last, it was
observed that a Lindorm had its habitation under the cathedral, and
came out every night, and devoured the corpses. As it was feared that
not only this would continue, but also that the foundations of the
cathedral might be undermined by the excavations made by the Lindorm,
it was determined to seek means to destroy it. At this time a glazier
came to Aarhus, and when he heard the danger in which the cathedral
was placed, he promised to help the town councillors to get rid of the
Lindorm. He made a box of looking-glass so large that he could himself
go into it, and to which there was only one opening, and which was not
larger than that he could use his sword with effect. He had this box
taken into the cathedral by daylight, and when midnight came he
lighted four wax candles, which he placed in the four corners of the
box. When the Lindorm came up the aisle of the cathedral and saw its
reflection in the looking-glass, it thought that it was another
Lindorm, with whom it could pair, and was so occupied in its
contemplation that the glazier had the opportunity of cutting its
throat with