Thorfinn and Einar desire the power of a horse to efficiently clear the vast forest, but nobody is willing to lend a horse to a couple of slaves. While the two are at a loss, they meet an eccentric old man named Sverkel.
Twice a year, Ketil sends an absurd
 amount of tribute to him.
يُرسل كتيل كمّيّة هائلة 
.من الخراج له مرّتين في السّنة
Mein Sohn Ketil entrichtet ihm zweimal
jährlich stattliche Tributzahlungen.
Deux fois par an,
Ketil lui fait parvenir
Ketil, due volte all’anno,
Duas vezes por ano, o Ketil manda uma
quantidade absurda de tributos para ele.
Сын-то мой, Кетиль,