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Peer.
That's right, don't spare your tongue;
That does no one any harm.
Now it's shelving up again
Åse.
Don't you drop me!
Peer.
Heisan! Hop!
Now we'll play at Peer and reindeer;—
[Curvetting.
I'm the reindeer, you are Peer!
Åse.
Oh, I'm going clean distraught!
Peer.
See now—we have reached the shallows;—
[Wades ashore.
Come, a kiss now, for the reindeer;
Just to thank him for the ride
Åse
[Boxing his ears.]
This is how I thank him!
Peer.
Ow!
That's a miserable fare!
Åse.
Put me down!
Peer.
First to the wedding.
