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Lisbeth Longfrock

by Aanrud Hans

Literature & Fiction » Contemporary

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Smaller (4.5 X 7 in.), 149 page, green tweed cloth hardcover, containing 6 black-and-white plates.

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...everythinglistened. Then from the farmhouse the tuneful clanging of a deep-tonedbell was heard, and in a moment this was answered by such a joyfullowing and bellowing, such a sniffing and rattling of chains, that itseemed as if a thunderstorm were passing over the farm; for when theanimals recognized the sound of that deep-toned bell, which they hadnot heard since they were shut up in the cow house the autumn before, they knew that the time for being let out into the open air was closeat hand. A formal procession now issued from the farmhouse. Kjersti marched atthe front, carrying the big iron-bound cow collar to which thedeep-toned bell was fastened; next came the head milkmaid, followed bythe under-milkmaid; then the girls who worked in the farmhouse; andthen the two farm hands, with thick sticks, which they afterwards dealtout to the company, giving one to Lisbeth as well as to the rest. Lastof all came Bearhunter, who also wanted to have a part in what wasgoing on. When the...