The next night the Frost Giant flew into the house while Thor was
asleep.
He took the hammer and flew away with it.
When Thor woke, he put out his hand to get the hammer. It was gone.
He said, "Loki, the hammer is gone. The Frost Giants have taken it. We
must get it back."
[Illustration: THE FROST GIANT FLEW INTO THE HOUSE WHILE THOR WAS
ASLEEP.]
Loki said, "I can get it back, if Freyja will let me have her falcon
suit."
So he went to Freyja and said, "Will you let me have your falcon suit?
I can get the hammer back if you will." Freyja said, "Yes, of course I
will. If I had a gold suit you could have it. Any thing to get the
hammer back."
* * * * *
people city Thrym
strange buried eight
miles deep falcon
Loki took the falcon suit and put it on. He flew over the city. All
the people saw him flying. They said, "What a strange bird!" They did
not know that it was Loki going for the hammer.
[Illustration: LOKI BORROWS THE FALCON SUIT.]
When Loki came to the city of the Frost Giants, he took off the falcon
suit. He walked and walked until he came to Thrym's house. Thrym was
the giant who took the hammer.
Thrym was sitting on the porch, making gold collars for his dogs.