" For you
know, no one could say "Nay" to what he asked.
But the sheriff begged them not to let him have leave to touch a string,
else it would be all over with them altogether. If the lad leave, he
begged them to bind him to the birch that stood there.
Little Freddy was not slow in getting his fiddle to speak, and all that
were there fell a-dancing at once, those who went on two legs, and those
who went on four. Both the dean and the parson, the lawyer and the
sheriff, masters and men, dogs and pigs--they all danced and laughed and
barked and squealed at one another. Some danced till they lay down and
gasped, some danced till they fell in a swoon. It went badly with all of
them, but worst of all with the sheriff; for there he stood bound to the
birch, and he danced till he scraped the clothes off his back. I dare
say it was a sorry looking sight and a sore back.
But there was not one of them who thought of doing anything to Little
Freddy, and away he went with his fiddle and his gun, whither he chose,
and he lived merrily and happily all his days, for there was no one who
could say "Nay" to the first thing he asked for.
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