The mound then opened , and his youngest daughter came out of it , and said , ` Why , father ! why are you not coming in to see me ? ' ` Oh , ' said he , ` if I had known that you lived here , and had seen any entrance , I would have come in . ' Then he entered the mound along with her . The troll came home soon after this , and his wife told him that her father was come , and asked him to go and buy some beef to make broth with . ` We can get it easier than that ! ' said the troll . He fixed an iron spike into one of the beams of the roof , and ran his head against this till he had knocked several large pieces off his head . He was just as well as ever after doing this , and they got their broth without further trouble . The troll then gave the old man a sackful of money , and laden with this he betook himself homewards . When he came near his home he remembered that he had a cow about to calve , so he laid down the money on the ground , ran home as fast as he could , and asked his wife whether the cow had calved yet . ` What kind of a hurry is this to come home in ? ' said she . ` No , the cow has not calved yet . ' ` Then you must come out and help me in with a sackful of money , ' said the man . ' A sackful of money ? ' cried his wife . ` Yes , a sackful of money , ' said he . ` Is that so very wonderful ? ' His wife did not believe very much what he told her , but she humoured him , and went out with him .
When they came XXXXX the spot where he had left it there was no money there ; a thief had come along and stolen it .
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