flew, and look!--a man was coming along hopping on one leg, with the other leg tied tightly to his ear. "Good-day, uncle; what are you hopping on one leg for?"--"Why, if I were to untie the other I should stride half round the world at a single stride."--"Come and sit with us." The man sat down, and they flew on. They flew and flew, and look!--a man was standing with a gun and taking aim, but at what they could not see. "Good-day, uncle; at what are you aiming? Not even a bird is to be seen."--"What! I am shooting at short range. I could hit bird or beast at a distance of one hundred leagues. That's what I call shooting!"--"Sit down with us." This man also sat with them, and they flew on further. They flew and flew, and look!--a man was carrying on his back a whole sack-load of bread. "Good-day, uncle; whither are you going?"--"I am going," he said, "to get some bread for dinner."--"But you've got a whole sack-load on your back already!"--"That! Why I should think nothing of eating all that at a single mouthful."--"Come and sit with us." The Gobbler sat in the ship, and they went flying on further. They flew and they flew, and look!--a man was walking round a lake. "Good-day, uncle; what are you looking for?"--"I want to drink, but I can find no water."--"But there's a whole lake before you, why don't you drink of it?"--"That! Why that water would not be more than a mouthful to me!"--"Then come and sit with us." He sat down, and again they flew on. They flew and flew, and look!--a man was walking in the forest, and on his shoulders was a bundle of wood. "Good-day, uncle; why are you dragging about wood in the forest?"--"But this is not common wood."--"What sort is it then?"--"It is of such a sort that if you scatter it, a whole army will spring up."--"Sit down with us then." He sat down with them, and they flew on further. They flew and flew, and look!--a man was carrying a sack of straw. "Good-day, uncle; whither are you carrying that straw?"--"To the village."--"Is there little straw in the village then?"--"Nay, but this straw is of such a kind that if you scatter it on the hottest summer day, cold will immediately set in with snow and frost."--"Won't you sit with us, then?"--"Thank you, I will."