'Brother,' said the poor man, 'We have nothing to eat in the house, no food to celebrate the holiday. Lend me a little meat, so that I and my wife may also celebrate.'

'I knew it!' shrieked the rich man's wife at her husband. 'I knew your brother would come begging one day. Throw him out!'

The poor man ignored his brother's wife. 'Please, brother,' he said, looking at the rich man.

'Oh very well,' grumbled the rich man. 'Take this - and go to Hiysi!' And he threw a cow's hoof at the poor man.

The poor man thanked his brother, and wrapping the cow's hoof in his tattered cloak began walking back to his house. As he walked he thought, 'My brother did not give me the cow's hoof. He has told me to take it to Hiysi. So this piece of meat is not mine to eat, but Hiysi's. I must take it to Hiysi.'

Hiysi the Wood-Goblin lived deep in the forest. So the poor man turned around and started walking towards the forest. The forest was dark and gloomy, but the poor man was determined to deliver the cow's hoof to Hiysi. So he walked and he walked through the trees.

After a while he met some woodcutters.

'Where are you going, so deep in the forest?' asked the woodcutters.

'To Hiysi the Wood-Goblin's,' replied the poor man. 'I have this cow's hoof for him. Can you tell me how to find his hut?'

Why the Sea is Salt cont'd... 
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