And Loki said, "Oh, nobody else can make such things as my little
dwarfs."
A little dwarf, named Brok, was standing near by. He heard Loki say
that. Then he stepped up and said, "My brother can make just as good
things as these."
Loki laughed and said, "If you can get three things as wonderful as
these, I will give you my head."
[Illustration: BROK TELLS LOKI THAT HIS BROTHER CAN MAKE BETTER GIFTS]
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anywhere misses
spear mark
Brok went down into the ground where his little dwarfs were working.
Brok's brother was named Sindre. He said to his brother, "Loki says
that you can't make such nice things as his dwarfs can. He said that
he would give me his head if I could get him such wonderful things as
his."
This made the dwarfs angry. Their eyes grew big. They said, "He will
see what we can do."
Sindre wanted to know what the wonderful things were.
Brok said, "Loki has a golden crown that will grow like real hair. A
ship that can go anywhere. A spear that never misses the mark."
"We will show him," said the dwarfs.
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burning blow pigskin
bellows blew blowing
The dwarfs soon had the fires burning. Then Sindre put a pigskin into
the fire.