human
Now I am going to carry away the pretty girls in this land, that is what I have come for, said he.
gpt
You are too big, but Little Beate is surely going to be mine. I'll carry her far, far away, at least to the pine woods and perhaps even to the pasture, and you shall never see her any more, in all your life.
human
You are a naughty boy, and give us nothing but trouble, that is what Mother said too, the other day, said Beate.
gpt
Little Beate has done you no harm, she hasn't even said a word to you.
human
Has not done anything to me? said the viking.
gpt
Didn't she stand on the flower pot yesterday under the big geranium, when I came and put my horse there? Don't you think I saw that she pushed my horse so that he fell down and broke his left hind leg? If I did what she deserves, I should cut her head off,
human
Oh! you are a terrible boy, said Beate,
gpt
But I know a place where I shall hide you well so that he shall never find you,