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 with the money that he had won on the day of his lucky jump . He wandered on , his eyes fixed on the sands , so that he did not see the bailiff drive his boat behind a rock , while he changed himself into a heap of wreckage which floated in on the waves . A stumble over a stone recalled Andras to himself , and looking up he beheld the mass of wreckage . ` Dear me !
I may find some use for that , ' he said ; and hastened down to the sea , waiting till he could lay hold XXXXX some stray rope which might float towards him .
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