This fairy could take any shape she pleased. All the day long she flew about in the form of an owl, or crept about the country like a cat; but at night she always became an old woman again.
Henda álva kundi broyta skap, sum henni lysti. Dagin langan fleyg hon runt í ugluskapi ella kreyp kring um í landinum, sum ein køttur; men á kvøldi gjørdist hon altíð ein gomul kona aftur.