But how astonished Fir-Twister was when the little insignificant dwarf sprang up at him, and belabored him so with his fists that he could not defend himself, but fell on the ground and gasped for breath.
When they came nearer they saw a dwarf with an old withered face and a Snow-White beard a yard long.
When the smoke had circled about the cavern, suddenly a little black dwarf stood before him, and said, "Lord, what are your commands?
" So he set out, and when he had ridden forth a little distance, a dwarf stood there in the road who called to him and said, "Whither away so fast?
Who knows, replied the black dwarf.
As he is thus going about in his trouble, he meets a little dwarf, who says, man, what ails you, that you are always in such trouble.
And the seventh dwarf slept with his companions, one hour with each, and so passed the night.
When she had gone inside, a little dwarf came to meet her, who said, my child, what are you looking for.
Her body was much larger than those animals ever are, and on this account it was much more hideous in appearance; for she looked like a wretched dwarf, with a frog's head, and webbed fingers.
We must have all the old demons of the first class, with tails, and the hobgoblins and imps; and then I think we ought not to leave out the death-horse,3 or the grave-pig, or even the church dwarf, although they do belong to the clergy, and are not reckoned among our people; but that is merely their office, they are nearly related to us, and visit us very frequently.
When he found a dwarf who's beard was caught in a tree branch.
She sang,— "On the summit of mount Olympus, in a forest of dwarf firs, lay an old stag.
Gaunt ice-covered rocks and dark clouds hung over a valley, where dwarf willows and barberry bushes stood clothed in green.
