Jacob and the Raven BB

with a great yearning for the open country,
and the wholesome air, and the clouds fly-
ing before the wind. And Krawk was so
clever that even if he were to fall into her
clutches he would surely manage to get out
of them again! The woman smiled, for
she saw that she had nearly got her will,
and just at that moment Jacob looked at
her. Then he said to himself—

‘“She is a wicked woman, and she wants
to make me as bad as herself, but that she
shall not do. It was my own fault coming
here, and not Krawk’s, and he ought not
to be the one to suffer.” And he stood
up as stiff as if he were a soldier, and
said boldly, ‘No, I will not call him.”

When she found herself baffled, she was
furious.

“Oh, ho, we shall see!” she cried, ‘we
shall see whose will is strongest. Lie with
the rats to-night, and starve to-morrow.”

With that she thrust him into a horrible
outhouse, which he had always dreaded,

and where, true enough, the rats raced
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