`` Oh ! you miserable creature , now you will soon know what it is to shudder , '' he cried , `` for you must die . '' `` Not so quickly , '' answered the youth . `` If I am to die , you must catch me first . '' `` I shall soon lay hold of you , '' spoke the monster . `` Gently , gently , do n't boast too much , I 'm as strong as you , and stronger too . '' `` We 'll soon see , '' said the old man ; `` if you are stronger than I then I 'll let you off ; come , let 's have a try . '' Then he led him through some dark passages to a forge , and grasping an axe he drove one of the anvils with a blow into the earth . `` I can do better than that , '' cried the youth , and went to the other anvil . The old man drew near him in order to watch closely , and his white beard hung right down . The youth seized the axe , cleft the anvil open , and jammed in the old man 's beard . `` Now I have you , '' said the youth ; `` this time it 's your turn to die . '' Then he seized an iron rod and belabored the old man till he , whimpering , begged him to leave off , and he would give him great riches . The youth drew out the axe and let him go . The old man led him back to the castle and showed him in a cellar three chests of gold . `` One of these , '' said he , `` belongs to the poor , one to the King , and the third is yours . '' At that moment twelve struck , and the spirit vanished , leaving the youth alone in the dark . `` I 'll surely be able to find a way out , '' said he , and groping about he at length found his way back to the room , and fell asleep at his fire . The next morning the King came , and said : `` Well , now you 've surely learned to shudder ? '' `` No , '' he answered ; `` what can it be ?
My dead cousin was here , and an old bearded man came , who showed me heaps XXXXX money down below there , but what shuddering is no one has told me . ''
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