The people of Vadso were very proud of their champion , and thought that there was no one like him in the world , till , by-and-by , it came to their ears that there dwelt among the mountains a Lapp , Andras Baive by name , who was said by his friends to be even stronger and swifter than the bailiff . Of course not a creature in Vadso believed that , and declared that if it made the mountaineers happier to talk such nonsense , why , let them ! The winter was long and cold , and the thoughts of the villagers were much busier with wolves than with Andras Baive , when suddenly , on a frosty day , he made his appearance in the little town of Vadso . The bailiff was delighted at this chance of trying his strength , and at once went out to seek Andras and to coax him into giving proof of his vigour . As he walked along his eyes fell upon a big eight-oared boat that lay upon the shore , and his face shone with pleasure . ` That is the very thing , ' laughed he , ' I will make him jump over that boat . ' Andras was quite ready to accept the challenge , and they soon settled the terms of the wager . He who could jump over the boat without so much as touching it with his heel was to be the winner , and would get a large sum of money as the prize . So , followed by many of the villagers , the two men walked down to the sea . An old fisherman was chosen to stand near the boat to watch fair play , and to hold the stakes , and Andras , as the stranger was told to jump first . Going back to the flag which had been stuck into the sand to mark the starting place , he ran forward , with his head well thrown back , and cleared the boat with a mighty bound . The lookers-on cheered him , and indeed he well deserve it ; but they waited anxiously all the same to see what the bailiff would do . On he came , taller than Andras by several inches , but heavier of build . He too sprang high and well , but as he came down his heel just grazed the edge of the boat . Dead silence reigned amidst the townsfolk , but Andras only laughed and said carelessly : ` Just a little too short , bailiff ; next time you must do better than that . ' The bailiff turned red with anger at his rival 's scornful words , and answered quickly : ` Next time you will have something harder to do . ' And turning his back on his friends , he went sulkily home . Andras , putting the money he had earned in his pocket , went home also . The following spring Andras happened to be driving his reindeer along a great fiord to the west of Vadso . A boy who had met him hastened to tell the bailiff that his enemy was only a few miles off ; and the bailiff , disguising himself as a Stalo , or ogre , called his son and his dog and rowed away across the fiord to the place where the boy had met Andras .
Now the mountaineer was lazily walking along the sands , thinking of the new hut that he was building XXXXX the money that he had won on the day of his lucky jump .
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