1. The
Rattrap •
Crofter at
Ramsj ironworks
key Phrases • able to do day labour
•
that
bossy was
extraordinary
•
went around
selling Rattraps •
thirty kronor in
payment
•
at odd moments •
seemed incredulous
•
resort to both
begging and
Petty thievery •
took down the leather
pouch
•
to
keep body S soul
together
•
three wrinkled ten -
kronor bills
•
Hunger gleamed in his
eyes
• held
up
before the
eyes
•
sad and monotonous •
nodding knowingly
•
plods along the road •
stuffed them back
•
left to his own meditation •
got up
in
good season
•
fallen into a line of
thought •
to milk his cow
•
struck
by the idea •
there
upon
each went his own
way
•
to set bait for
people
• stood
again before the door
•
Offered riches and
joys ,
shelter and food • smashed a
pane
heat &
clothing exactly like the
rattrap
•
stuck in his hand
offered cheese and pork .
•
got hold of the
pouch
•
It gave him unwonted joy
•
thrust it into his own
pocket
•
a cherished
pastime •
felt
quite pleased with his smartness
•
caught in the
dangerous snare •
must turn off the road
•
circling around the bait •
into the woods
•
trudging along the road •
for Pt was a
big confusing forest
•
sour faces •
the paths twisted back and forth
•
porridge pot on fire • Let himself be fooled by a bait
•
carved off • whole forest ,
with its trunks and branches ,
•
played
'
mjiilis
'
its thickets and fallen
logs ,
closed
upon
•
generous with his confidences him like an
impenetrable prison
•
in his
days of
prosperity
•
darkness was
already descending over the
forest
2. •
and increased also his
gloom and
despair .
•
the brick -
tiled roof
•
he saw no
way
out •
until he stood close
up to the furnace
•
he sank down on the
ground •
attracted to the
forge by the
glow of light
•
a hard
regular thumping .
•
escaped through the
sooty panes
•
He raised himself •
warm themselves in front of the fire
•
Hammar strokes •
glanced only casually and
indifferently
•
summoned all his
strength at the intruder.
•
staggered in the direction of the sound •
a
long beard , dirty , ragged and with a bunch
• a
large plant ,
with smelter , rolling mill of
rattraps dangling on his chest
and forge •
nodded a
haughty consent
•
long lines of
heavily loaded
barges and •
owned
by a
very prominent ironmaster
scows slid down the canal •
watched both
night and
day
•
a large inland lake •
nightly rounds of inspection
•
coal dust which sifted down from the big •
tall ragamuffin
charcoal crates .
•
so close to the furnace that steam rose from
• sat in the dark forge near the furnace his wet
rags .
•
waiting for the
pig T
ron •
hardly deigned to look at the
stranger
• to be
ready
to
put on the anvil •
tore off his slouch hat
• stir the
glowing mass
•
But of course it is
you ,
Nils Olof
•
dripping with
perspiration
•
throw him a
couple of kronor
•
a long shirt & a
pair
of wooden shoes .
•
want to undeceive him all at once .
•
big bellows groaned •
God knows
things have
gone
downhill
• the
burning coed cracked with me
•
fire boy shovelled charcoal •
You should not have
resigned fromthe regiment
•
the Maw of the furnace •
If only I had still been in the service at the
•
a
great deal of clatter time it never would have
happened
•
outside roared the waterfall •
along up
to the manor house
•
a
sharp
north wind
whipped the rain
3. •
did not
please
the
tramp
•
either he has stolen something or else he
•
looking quite alarmed has
escaped from
jail
•
throwing himself voluntarily intothe lion's •
rattrap peddler must have felt confidence
den in her
•
sleep here in the forge •
I will come at once
•
sneak
away as
inconspicuously as
possible •
Handed him with a
deep bow
•
The ironmaster assumed he
felt embarrassed •
without
granting the astonished blacksmiths
because of his miserable clothing so much as a
glance
•
it was too bad that we didn't have
any
•
He had evil
forebodings
company
•
Now I am
sitting in the
trap
•
help us make the chirstmas food disappear
•
thought with satisfaction of his old
a little faster regimental comrade whom he had run
•
It looks as though Captain von Stahle across
preferred to
stay with
you tonight ,
•
he
gets a little
flesh on his bones
stqernstriim .
•
run around the
country selling rattraps
•
turned on his heel •
It is
queer that
things have gone
•
the sound of
carriage wheels outside downhill with him as
badly as that
•
she would have better
powers
of
persuasion
• The
tramp manners will fall
away from him
•
followed
by a valet with the
tramp clothes
•
The stranger had stretched himself out •
He wore a white shirt and a starched
on the floor collar and whole shoes
•
pig Tron under his head •
Ironmaster did not seem pleased
•
his hat
pulled down over his
eyes
.
He looked at him with
puckered brow
•
used to
sleeping with one
eye open
•
broad daylight
•
He
jumped up abruptly and seemed to •
no
attempt to dissimulate
be quite frightened • the
spied our had come to an end
•
bring you
home to us
• I
pleaded and begged to be allowed to
•
looked at him compassionately stay in the
forge
4. •
Ican
put on
my rags again and
go away
•
hesitating a little
•
struck the table with his fist
•
This world is
nothing but a
big rattrap
•
she
thought how homelike and Christ
massy
• She had interceded for the
Vagabond
•
he is chased
away
•
he is afraid of
being arrested and cross
examined
•
mumbled
something in his beard
• we have
promised Christmas cheer
•
You do preach worse than a Parson
•
he
only sat down and
helped himself
•
slept at one stretch
•
his share of the good Christmas fare
•
blinking as
though candlelight hurt
him
•
no evil would befall him
•
in boundless
amazement
•
hung her head even more
dejectedly
than usual
•
was so
badly done
up
•
She
gave a little cry
of
joy
•
written in
large ,
jagged characters
•
a bait for
poor Wanderers
•
he got power
to clear himself
•
written with
friendship and
high regard