Two young men living in a small village fell in love with the same girl. During the winter, it was all night
except for an hour or so about noon, when the darkness seemed a little less dark, and then they used to see which
of them could tempt her out for a sleigh ride with the Northern Lights flashing above them, or which could
persuade her to come to a dance in some neighbouring barn. But when the spring began, and the light grew longer,
the hearts of the villagers leapt at the sight of the sun, and a day was fixed for the boats to be brought out,
and the great nets to be spread in the bays of some islands that lay a few miles to the north. Everybody went on
this expedition, and the two young men and the girl went with them.
They all sailed merrily across the sea chattering like a flock of magpies, or singing their favourite songs. And
when they reached the shore, what an unpacking there was! For this was a noted fishing ground, and here they
would live, in little wooden huts, till autumn and bad weather came round again.
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The plan that he hit upon could not be carried out for some months; but the longer the young man thought of it,
the more pleased he was with it, so he made no sign of his feelings, and waited patiently till the moment came.
This was the very day that they were all going to leave the islands, and sail back to the mainland for the
winter. In the bustle and hurry of departure, the cunning fisherman contrived that their boat should be the last
to put off, and when everything was ready, and the sails about to be set, he suddenly called out:
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'Oh, dear, what shall I do! I have left my best knife behind in the hut. Run, like a good fellow, and get it for
me, while I raise the anchor and loosen the tiller.'
Not thinking any harm, the youth jumped back on shore and made his way up the steep hank. At the door of the hut
he stopped and looked back, then started and gazed in horror. The head of the boat stood out to sea, and he was
left alone on the island.
Yes, there was no doubt of it--he was quite alone; and he had nothing to help him except the knife which his
comrade had purposely dropped on the ledge of the window. For some minutes he was too stunned by the treachery of
his friend to think about anything at all, but after a while he shook himself awake, and determined that he would
manage to keep alive somehow, if it were only to revenge himself.
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So he put the knife in his pocket and went off to a part of the island which was not so bare as the rest, and had
a small grove of trees. :From one of these he cut himself a bow, which he strung with a piece of cord that had
been left lying about the huts.
When this was ready the young man ran down to the shore and shot one or two sea-birds, which he plucked and
cooked for supper.
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In this way the months slipped by, and Christmas came round again. The evening before, the youth went down to the
rocks and into the copse, collecting all the drift wood the sea had washed up or the gale had blown down, and he
piled it up in a great stack outside the door, so that he might not have to fetch any all the next day. As soon
as his task was done, he paused and looked out towards the mainland, thinking of Christmas Eve last year, and the
merry dance they had had. The night was still and cold, and by the help of the Northern Lights he could almost
sea across to the opposite coast, when, suddenly, he noticed a boat, which seemed steering straight for the
island. At first he could hardly stand for joy, the chance of speaking to another man was so delightful; but as
the boat drew near there was something, he could not tell what, that was different from the boats which he had
been used to all his life, and when it touched the shore he saw that the people that filled it were beings of
another world than ours. Then he hastily stepped behind the wood stack, and waited for what might happen next.
Their sharp eyes soon discovered the form of a man crouching behind the bundles of sticks, and at first they felt
a little frightened, and started as if they would run away. But the youth remained so still, that they took
courage and laughed gaily to each other. 'What a strange creature, let us try what he is made of,' said one, and
she stooped down and gave him a pinch.
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Now the young man had a pin sticking in the sleeve of his jacket, and the moment the girl's hand touched him she
pricked it so sharply that the blood came. The girl screamed so loudly that the people all ran out of their huts
to see what was the matter. But directly they caught sight of the man they turned and fled in the other
direction, and picking up the goods they had brought with them scampered as fast as they could down to the shore.
In an instant, boat, people, and goods had vanished completely.
In their hurry they had, however, forgotten two things: a bundle of keys which lay on the table, and the girl
whom the pin had pricked, and who now stood pale and helpless beside the wood stack.
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