"If you hide this stone in the palm of your hand no one will see you. I
have not many more things to offer you, or that would be of any value to
you. I will, however, give you a firestone for your amusement."
He took the stone out of his purse, and with it a steel point. The stone
was triangular, white on one side and red on the other, and a yellow
border ran round it. The dwarf said--
"If you prick the stone with the point in the white side there will come
on such a hailstorm that no one will be able to look at it. If you want
to stop the shower you have only to prick on the yellow part, and there
will come so much sunshine that the hail will melt away. If you prick
the red side then there will come out of it such fire, with sparks and
crackling, that no one will be able to look at it. You may also get
whatever you will by means of this point and stone, and they will come
of themselves back to your hand when you call them. I can give you no
more of such gifts."
Thorston then thanked the dwarf for his presents, and returned to his
men; and it was better for him to have made that voyage than to have
stayed at home.