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6 And the good sister went onwards again, and she came unto the glass mountain.a
7 The door was shut.
8 And she wished to rescue her brothers, and had no key to the glass mountain.
9 And [suddenly] she heard a whirring of wings, and a rushing through the air.b
[They came, the seven ravens, her seven brothers.]c
11 And they wanted to eat and drink, and looked for their little plates and glasses.
12 And a little dwarf came to meet her, and took a knife.
13 Now the good sister went continually onwards.
14 She came to the sun, and devoured little children.
15 She ran to the moon, and said, I smell, I smell, the flesh of men.
16 Thereupon the little dwarf carried the ravens' dinner in:
17 on seven little plates he carried it, and in seven little glasses.d
18 And in the last little glass he dropped the ring, which the good sister had brought away with her.e
1 And when the seventh came to the bottom of the glass, the ring rolled against his mouth.
2 It was a human mouth.
3 Then he looked at it, and saw that it belonged to his father and mother, and said,
4 God grant that our sister may be here:
5 and then we shall be free.
a - Some manuscripts have “to” instead of “unto”.
b - The best manuscripts lack “suddenly”.
c - The best manuscripts lack this verse entirely.
d - The best manuscripts have “he carried it”, though the majority of texts lack it.
e - Some manuscripts place verses 16-18 before verses 13-15. Other manuscripts omit verses 13-15 entirely: see preceding poems.
7 The door was shut.
8 And she wished to rescue her brothers, and had no key to the glass mountain.
9 And [suddenly] she heard a whirring of wings, and a rushing through the air.b
[They came, the seven ravens, her seven brothers.]c
11 And they wanted to eat and drink, and looked for their little plates and glasses.
12 And a little dwarf came to meet her, and took a knife.
13 Now the good sister went continually onwards.
14 She came to the sun, and devoured little children.
15 She ran to the moon, and said, I smell, I smell, the flesh of men.
16 Thereupon the little dwarf carried the ravens' dinner in:
17 on seven little plates he carried it, and in seven little glasses.d
18 And in the last little glass he dropped the ring, which the good sister had brought away with her.e
1 And when the seventh came to the bottom of the glass, the ring rolled against his mouth.
2 It was a human mouth.
3 Then he looked at it, and saw that it belonged to his father and mother, and said,
4 God grant that our sister may be here:
5 and then we shall be free.
a - Some manuscripts have “to” instead of “unto”.
b - The best manuscripts lack “suddenly”.
c - The best manuscripts lack this verse entirely.
d - The best manuscripts have “he carried it”, though the majority of texts lack it.
e - Some manuscripts place verses 16-18 before verses 13-15. Other manuscripts omit verses 13-15 entirely: see preceding poems.