Stories of the Nibelungen for Young People

Any one who put this cap on could make himself invisible, or assume any form he desired

Fafner was the eldest; I was the youngest. Otto,

my second brother, was very fond of fishing, and liked nothing better than to spend whole days at the sport.

race of dwarfs called the Nibelungs

In the doorway stood the smith himself in his leathern apron—a little, odd, misshapen dwarf named

But one fine morning, while the king and queen were still asleep, he quietly took his hat, and stole out of the castle, for he had made up his mind to go out into the wide world to seek his fortune.

sorrow than a joy

willful and disobedient

handsome, well-built lad, with eyes as blue and sunny as the sky above on a fair spring morning