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The Bride's mother then repeated her question to the goat family, who denied any knowledge of the Trolls with a series of terrified bleats. "There is only you, then," said the Bride's mother to the old horse. "You have served us faithfully, and we have been kind masters to you. Tell me: do you know anything of Terli or the Wood-Trolls?" "I do," said the old horse with dignity.
The marriage ceremony was soon over, and as the newly-wedded pair stepped out upon the terrace again, Terli drew from his pocket a little jar of water, and splash! fell some drops from it right in the eyes of the Bride and Bridegroom. "It is beginning to rain! I saw the clouds gathering!
"The Church Fountain is broken, and Terli has escaped," said the good folks the next morning and the old people shook their heads gravely, in alarm but I suppose Terli had had a good lesson, for he never troubled the village any more. He was a wicked-looking Imp, and he lived in a bed curtain. No one knew he was in the house, not even the master and mistress.
It gives me the toothache!" wailed the Troll, but the Bride's mother was a wise woman, and determined that now she had caught their tormentor she would keep him safely. "I've got the toothache in every joint!" shouted Terli. "Let me out, and I'll never tease you any more."
I'm being suffocated. I'll promise anything," cried the horse. Terli withdrew his hands immediately, sinking down to the bottom of the trough with a chuckle that made the water bubble furiously; and the old horse, without waiting to drink, trotted off with an activity that surprised his master.
Several of the cleverest old women of the village, who had on several occasions seen Terli dancing about the country, agreed to hang a little pot of the Church water in the doors of their houses; and once or twice the Troll, on attempting to enter in order to teaze the inhabitants, had suddenly caught sight of the water, and rushed away with a scream of rage and disappointment.
"Elena has often annoyed me in the past," laughed Terli, "so it is only fair I should try and annoy her in the future" and he sat down cross-legged at the bottom of a water trough to arrange his plans quietly in seclusion. An old horse came by, dragging a creaking waggon, and the driver stopped to allow the animal to drink.
The old horse then went on to explain what Terli had done on the wedding day, while the Bride's mother jumped up from the water-bucket with a cry of delight. "All will be well now. You have done us the greatest possible service, and shall live in leisure for the rest of your life," she said; and ran out of the stables towards the house, before the astonished animals could recover themselves.
Down from heaven, from heaven so high, Of angels there came a great companye With mirth, and joy, and great solemnitye; They sang terli terlow, So merryly the shepherds their pipes can blow. Such songs were taken home by the audience and sung for a season, as a popular tune is now caught from the stage and sung on the streets; and at times the whole audience would very likely join in the chorus.
This was all very pleasant to Terli, and at night he would hurry back to his relations in their cave under the stones of the torrent, and enjoy a good laugh at the day's adventures. There was only one thing that worried him.
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