'Hullo!' he said, 'another half is wanting here; this is too little.' The noise began again, and, amidst shrieks and howls, the other half fell down. 'Wait a bit,' he said; 'I'll blow up the fire.' When this was done, and he looked round, the two halves had come together, and a hideous man sat in his place. 'We didn't bargain for that,' said the Youth. 'The bench is mine.' The man wanted to push him out of the way, but the Youth would not have it, flung him aside, and took his own seat. Then more men fell down the chimney, one after the other, and they fetched nine human shin bones and two skulls, and began to play skittles. The Youth felt inclined to join them, and cried: 'I say, can I play too?' 'Yes, if you've got any money.' 'Money enough,' he answered, 'but your balls aren't quite round.' Then he took the skulls and turned them on the lathe till they were quite round. 'Now they will roll better,' he said. 'Here goes! The more, the merrier!' So he played with them, and lost some money, but when it struck twelve everything disappeared. He lay down, and was soon fast asleep. Next morning the King came again to look after him, and said: 'Well, how did you get on this time?' 'I played skittles,' he answered, 'and lost a few coins.' 'Didn't you learn to shudder?' 'Not I. I only made merry. Oh, if I could but find out how to shudder.' On the third night he again sat down on his bench, and said quite savagely: 'If only I could shudder!' When it grew late, six tall men came in, carrying a bier, and he said: 'Hullo there! That must be my cousin who died a few days ago.' And he beckoned and said: 'Come along, cousin, come along.' The men put the coffin on the floor, and he went up and took the lid off, and there lay a dead man. He felt the face, and it was as cold as ice. 'Wait,' he said; 'I will warm him.' Then he went to the fire and warmed his hand, and laid it on his face, but the dead man remained cold. He took him out of the coffin, sat down by the fire, and took him on his knees, and rubbed his arms to make the blood circulate. But it was all no good. Next, it came into his head that if two people were in bed together, they warmed each other. So he put the dead man in the bed, covered him up, and lay down beside him. After a time the dead man grew warm, and began to move. Then the Youth said: 'There, you see, cousin mine, have I not warmed you?' But the Man rose up, and cried: 'Now, I will strangle you!' 'What!' said he, 'are those all the thanks I get? Back you go into your coffin then.' So saying, he lifted him up, threw him in, and fastened down the lid. Then the six men came back and carried the coffin away. 'I cannot shudder,' he said; 'and I shall never learn it here.' Just then a huge Man appeared. He was frightful to look at, old, and with a long white beard. 'Oh, you miserable wight!' he cried. 'You shall soon learn what shuddering is, for you shall die.'