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He could not comprehend, poor boy, why everything he said provoked such uncontrollable mirth. He surely had no intention of being funny. So, taken aback a little, he repeated to himself, half wonderingly, with an abrupt pause after each word, "Sit down Ola Klemmerud sit down!"
On the afternoon of the second wedding day for peasant weddings in Norway are often celebrated for three days a notorious bully named Ola Klemmerud took it into his head to have some sport with the big good-natured simpleton. So, by way of pleasantry, he pulled the tuft of hair which hung down upon Bonnyboy's forehead. "Don't do that," said Bonnyboy.
Ola Klemmerud chuckled, and the next time he passed Bonnyboy, pinched his ear. "If you do that again I sha'n't like you," cried Bonnyboy. The innocence of that remark made the people laugh, and the bully, seeing that their sympathy was on his side, was encouraged to continue his teasing.
But Ola Klemmerud, instead of sitting down, hit Grim repeatedly about the face and head, and it was evident that the elder man, in spite of his strength, was not a match for him in alertness. This dawned presently upon Bonnyboy's slow comprehension, and his good-natured smile gave way to a flush of excitement.
This speech struck the company as being immensely funny, and they laughed till the tears ran down their cheeks. At this moment Grim entered, and perceived at once that Ola Klemmerud was amusing the company at his son's expense. He grew hot about his ears, clinched his teeth, and stared challengingly at the bully.
Bonnyboy, who had scarcely taken in the situation; jumped up and screamed, "Sit down, Ola Klemmerud, sit down!" The effect of this abrupt exclamation was so comical, that people nearly fell from their benches as they writhed and roared with laughter. Bonnyboy, who had risen to go to his father's assistance, paused in astonishment in the middle of the floor.
They did, to be sure, make fun of him occasionally; but sometimes he failed to understand it, and at other times he made clumsy but good-humored attempts to repay their gibes in kind. They took good care, however, not to rouse his wrath, for the reputation he had acquired by his treatment of Ola Klemmerud made them afraid to risk a collision.
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