The
story
begins
with
a
rattrap
peddler
who
is
in
a
(
1
)
condition
.
He
is
dressed
in
rags
and
is
very
frail
and
looks
(
2
)
.
We
learn
he
has
no
home
and
sometimes
even
begs
and
steals
to
survive
in
the
world
.
He
leads
a
lonely
life
with
no
one
to
care
about
him
.
One
fine
day
,
it
strikes
to
him
that
this
whole
world
is
a
(
3
)
itself
.
If
we
touch
it
,
it
will
trap
us
and
never
let
us
go
.
He
goes
on
to
think
that
there
are
people
out
there
who
are
already
in
this
rattrap
and
reaching
for
the
(
4
)
.
On
one
cold
evening
,
he
reaches
at
a
cottage
to
ask
for
shelter
.
An
old
crofter
lived
in
that
cottage
who
took
in
the
peddler
.
The
crofter
needed
company
so
he
welcomes
the
peddler
.
He
gives
him
hot
food
and
even
(
5
)
to
smoke
.
They
play
cards
and
start
talking
.
The
peddler
learns
that
the
crofter
got
thirty
kronor
for
selling
his
cow
,
which
he
keeps
in
a
pouch
on
the
window
frame
.
The
peddler
leaves
the
next
day
but
after
seeing
the
crofter
leave
his
(
6
)
,
he
comes
back
to
steal
the
pouch
of
money
.
After
stealing
it
,
he
takes
the
woods
to
remain
(
7
)
.
In
the
wood
,
the
peddler
meets
an
ironmaster
who
mistakes
him
to
be
his
old
(
8
)
.
He
invites
him
over
for
Christmas
but
he
refuses
.
After
that
,
the
ironmaster's
daughter
,
Edla
visits
him
and
insists
him
to
stay
with
them
.
In
between
,
he
feels
sorry
for
stealing
the
crofter's
money
.
They
help
the
peddler
get
a
makeover
and
dress
him
in
nice
clothes
and
shave
his
beard
off
.
After
this
,
the
ironmaster
realizes
he
has
made
a
mistake
;
the
peddler
was
not
his
comrade
.
Thus
,
the
ironmaster
thinks
he
is
a
(
9
)
and
decides
to
turn
him
in
.
However
,
Edla
insists
on
letting
him
stay
and
(
10
)
Christmas
with
them
.
Her
father
agrees
,
and
they
celebrate
Christmas
together
.
Next
day
,
the
ironmaster
and
Edla
learn
that
the
peddler
was
a
(
11
)
through
the
church
about
the
incident
at
the
old
crofter's
.
They
(
12
)
home
in
a
hurry
thinking
he
must
have
stolen
all
the
silver
.
However
,
to
their
surprise
,
the
peddler
did
not
steal
a
thing
.
He
left
a
note
for
Edla
in
the
form
a
tiny
rattrap
.
There
was
also
a
note
(
13
)
her
for
her
(
14
)
which
saved
him
from
the
rattrap
he
got
caught
in
.
Most
importantly
,
he
also
left
the
crofter's
(
15
)
asking
to
return
it
to
him
.