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THE SONG MEAD.
of the cellar. Bauge pretended to have bored through. But when Odin blew into the hole, the chips flew into his face.
Bauge bored again. This time the chips flew the other way. Then Odin changed himself into a worm and crept through. Before Gunlad knew he was there, he had drunk every drop of the mead.
After drinking the mead, Odin, with all his power could not remain a worm. He changed at once to a beautiful bird, and flew away. When he reached Asgard, he sang such songs as the gods had never heard.
