"for thee, thou witch," he replied, and gave her a blow with it. but she pretended not to feel it, laughed scornfully, and said, "early to-morrow morning thou shalt arrange all the wood in one heap, set fire to it, and burn it." he rose at break of day, and began to pick up the wood, but how can a single man get a whole forest together? the work made no progress. the maiden, however, did not desert him in his need.