four-in-one

Updated: June 17, 2025

The boy, standing on the shore of the lake, called out: "Four-in-one, pray hand me my ball." "No, indeed," they answered, setting up a grim laugh which curdled their four dark faces all at once, "we shall not;" and with their fishing-spears they thrust the ball under the ice. "Good!" said the boy-man, "we shall see."

Cornelius Mathews - The Indian Fairy Book: From the Original Legends