Lyma ! ' The girl started and looked up , but could see nothing , and in a moment the voice came again . ` Be careful -- take no notice , fill your buckets , but listen carefully all the while , and we will tell you what to do so that you may escape yourself and set free the reindeer also . ' So Lyman bent over the well lower than before , and seemed busier than ever . ` You know , ' said her brother , ` that when a Stalo finds that anything has been dropped into his food he will not eat a morsel , but throws it to his dogs . Now , after the pot has been hanging some time over the fire , and the broth is nearly cooked , just rake up the log of wood so that some of the ashes fly into the pot . The Stalo will soon notice this , and will call you to give all the food to the dogs ; but , instead , you must bring it straight to us , as it is three days since we have eaten or drunk . That is all you need do for the present . ' Then Lyma took up her buckets and carried them into the house , and did as her brothers had told her . They were so hungry that they ate the food up greedily without speaking , but when there was nothing left in the pot , the eldest one said : ` Listen carefully to what I have to tell you . After the eldest Stalo has cooked and eaten a fresh supper , he will go to bed and sleep so soundly that not even a witch could wake him . You can hear him snoring a mile off , and then you must go into his room and pull off the iron mantle that covers him , and put it on the fire till it is almost red hot . When that is done , come to us and we will give you further directions . ' ' I will obey you in everything , dear brothers , ' answered Lyman ; and so she did . It had happened that on this very evening the Stalos had driven in some of the reindeer from the pasture , and had tied them up to the wall of the house so that they might be handy to kill for next day 's dinner . The two Sodnos had seen what they were doing , and where the beasts were secured ; so , at midnight , when all was still , they crept down from their tree and seized the reindeer by the horns which were locked together . The animals were frightened , and began to neigh and kick , as if they were fighting together , and the noise became so great that even the eldest Stalo was awakened by it , and that was a thing which had never occurred before . Raising himself in his bed , he called to his youngest brother to go out and separate the reindeer or they would certainly kill themselves . The young Stalo did as he was bid , and left the house ; but no sooner was he out of the door than he was stabbed to the heart by one of the Sodnos , and fell without a groan . Then they went back to worry the reindeer , and the noise became as great as ever , and a second time the Stalo awoke .
` The boy does not seem XXXXX be able to part the beasts , ' he cried to his second brother ; ` go and help him , or I shall never get to sleep . '
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