--- title: The Unexpected Journey — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · full text with trees description: The Unexpected Journey, «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: In his smoky smithy Ilmarinen was toiling alone, fashioning crude bits of metal into forms most delicate and beautiful. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old No…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/) / The Unexpected Journey # The Unexpected Journey The Unexpected Journey of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 157 sentences and 2335 words. 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In his smoky smithy Ilmarinen was toiling alone, fashioning crude bits of metal into forms most delicate and beautiful.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") His face and arms were begrimed with sweat and black soot, his eyebrows were gray with ashes, his shoulders and head were besprinkled with dust and flaky cinders.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") Like a weird elf, or some uncanny dweller in the underworld, he stood in the lurid light of his forge and deftly wielded his heavy hammer.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") His bellows roared and his anvil tinkled sweet music, and a song burst from his lips as he welded and wrought and gave shape to wonderful things.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") So busy, indeed, was the master Smith that he heard nothing, saw nothing, thought of nothing, save the work which he had in hand; therefore, when his sister Anniki came suddenly to the outer door and called to him, he did not hear her.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") “Ilmarinen, dearest brother!” she repeated.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") But the Smith, invisible in the midst of the smoke, did not hear her.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") He kept on singing and hammering and blowing his bellows, altogether forgetful of everything save the work in hand.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") Anniki called a third time, a fourth, “Ilmarinen\![9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") O Ilmarinen!”[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") But the hammer continued to strike, the anvil kept on singing, the fire in the forge flamed higher, and there was no pause in the Smith’s sweet singing.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") His thoughts were centred on the trinket he was forging and shaping, but his song was of a maiden in a far-away land.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Anniki called a fifth time.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, losing patience, she ran through the thick of the smoke and seized her brother’s arm just as he was taking a fresh bit of glowing metal from the fire.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") “Ho! little sister of the morning!” he cried in surprise.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") “What now?[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") Have you finished your washing?[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") Have you brought me something from the shore?”[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") “Yes, yes, dear brother!” she answered, still breathless from running and excitement.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") “I’ve brought you a great secret.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") What’ll you give me for it?[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") It’s about Wainamoinen and the Maid of Beauty.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") Would you like me to tell it to you?”[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") “Well, if it’s anything important I will listen,” said Ilmarinen.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") “So, out with it quickly, before this piece of metal gets cold.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") Tell me your wonderful secret.”[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") “Oh, but it is too important to give away,” said his sister.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") “It concerns you, and the Maid of Beauty, and the Frozen Land, and the Sampo, and, and—Well, wouldn’t you like to know what it is?”[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") “Tell me all about it, Anniki.”[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") “What will you give me if I do?”[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") “A kiss, dear sister.”[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") “Bah! kisses are for lovers.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") Will you make me a finger ring?”[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") “I will make you a dozen.”[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") “Of gold?”[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") “No, of iron.”[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") “Fie, fie\![37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") None of your jesting;” and Anniki stamped her foot angrily, while she gave her brother a look which told him more plainly than words that this was no unimportant matter.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") “I tell you that the Maid of Beauty is in great danger.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") Now, if you wish to know more you must make me a gold ring—yes, six gold rings to grace my pretty fingers.”[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") Pouting and haughty, she turned as if going away; but Ilmarinen held her by the hand.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") “You shall have the six gold rings, my sister,” he said—“yes, I will make you seven this very day.”[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") “And four or five pretty girdles inlaid with silver?”[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") “Oh, certainly, Anniki—anything that you wish.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") But make haste and tell me the secret.”[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") “Will you make me a pair of gold earrings with blue stones in them?”[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") “If your secret is worth so much.”[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") “And a brooch of woven silver?”[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") “I will make it.”[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") “And a golden comb for my hair?”[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") “I promise it.”[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") “Then, if you will surely keep your promise, I will tell you all that I know, and tell you truly.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") Is it a bargain?”[53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") Ilmarinen looked down into his sister’s dark eyes and answered, “If what you tell me is worth anything I will give you all that you have asked for—finger rings, earrings, brooch, comb, and five or six beautiful girdles.[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") If you are fooling me, you shall have no trinket nor ring nor precious jewel—for I will teach you not to hinder me with trifles.”[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") “I bring you no trifles,” said Anniki; “and I shall hold you to your promise.”[56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, in a few words plainly spoken, she told her brother all that she had seen and heard that morning.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") She told him of the Minstrel’s magic boat, and of the voyage which he had planned, and of his cunning scheme to gain possession of the Maid of Beauty.[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") “And now, brother,” she added, “why do you toil here in the smoke and the heat while your false friend is hurrying northward to rob you of the treasure that ought to be your own?”[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") “He shall not rob me,” said the Smith coolly, earnestly.[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he heaped more fuel upon his fire and blew his bellows till the flames leaped up to the roof of his smithy.[61](61/ "tree and pragmatics") “Anniki, your news is worth the price.[62](62/ "tree and pragmatics") I will fashion the pretty girdles for you, I will make the rings and the earrings and the brooch and the comb, and I will bring them all to you before the sun goes down.”[63](63/ "tree and pragmatics") “That’s a good brother!” cried the maiden.[64](64/ "tree and pragmatics") “I knew you would do it.[65](65/ "tree and pragmatics") Now I am sure that a great resolve is in your heart, and you will do something worthy of your name and fame.[66](66/ "tree and pragmatics") How can I help you?”[67](67/ "tree and pragmatics") “Hasten home and heat the bath house for me,” answered Ilmarinen.[68](68/ "tree and pragmatics") “Heap the wood around the big bath-stones; put plenty of dry kindlings underneath, then lay hot coals around and make a roaring fire.[69](69/ "tree and pragmatics") Fetch water and fill the pails and the tubs, for I shall need not a little of it.[70](70/ "tree and pragmatics") Make a handful of soap, for nothing else will cleanse my smoky, grimy visage.[71](71/ "tree and pragmatics") Get everything ready, and tell mother that I am going on a long journey.”[72](72/ "tree and pragmatics") “Yes, brother,” said Anniki.[73](73/ "tree and pragmatics") “I know what is in your mind, and everything shall be done as you desire;” and then with hasty steps, smiling and proud, she ran out of the smithy and hurried to her mother’s house in the village.[74](74/ "tree and pragmatics") “Mother!” she cried, “Ilmarinen is coming home early to-day.[75](75/ "tree and pragmatics") I think he must be going on a journey, for he wishes to take a bath.”[76](76/ "tree and pragmatics") “Well then, my daughter,” said good Dame Lokka, “it is for you to make the bath house ready.[77](77/ "tree and pragmatics") Put plenty of wood around the bath-stones and build a roaring fire.[78](78/ "tree and pragmatics") See that the water is ready, and put everything needful in the right place.[79](79/ "tree and pragmatics") And you should see that his clothes are mended and brushed and fit for him to wear.”[80](80/ "tree and pragmatics") “Yes, mother!” answered the dutiful maiden.[81](81/ "tree and pragmatics") Anniki ran into the forest and gathered armloads of pine-knots, dry and resinous and impatient to be burned.[82](82/ "tree and pragmatics") She carried them into the bath house and heaped them up on the big hearth; she brought hot coals from the kitchen and made a roaring fire.[83](83/ "tree and pragmatics") She filled the pails and the great kettles with water.[84](84/ "tree and pragmatics") She placed the bath-stones where they would heat the quickest.[85](85/ "tree and pragmatics") She dipped some sprigs of white birches in wild honey and threw them into the water.[86](86/ "tree and pragmatics") Then she ran again to the kitchen and brought a handful of reindeer fat.[87](87/ "tree and pragmatics") She mixed this with milk and ashes, and thus made a magic soap that was pure and white and cleansing.[88](88/ "tree and pragmatics") “My brother will have a good bath when he comes home,” she said.[89](89/ "tree and pragmatics") “It will not be my fault if he doesn’t come out of it clean.”[90](90/ "tree and pragmatics") Meanwhile the master Smith was toiling steadily at his forge, making the ornaments which he had promised to give to his sister.[91](91/ "tree and pragmatics") First, he hammered out the finger rings of gold and the precious earrings.[92](92/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he made six girdles of rare and most wonderful beauty; nor did he forget the comb and the brooch and some golden pins which he knew would please Anniki’s fancy.[93](93/ "tree and pragmatics") He finished all these quickly, skilfully.[94](94/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he raked the coals from his forge; he laid his hammer down in its place beside the anvil; he took off his leather apron and hung it on a peg; he went out of his smithy and closed the door behind him.[95](95/ "tree and pragmatics") With long, impatient strides he hurried home and laid the precious gifts in his sister’s hands.[96](96/ "tree and pragmatics") “Here are your wages, Anniki,” he said.[97](97/ "tree and pragmatics") “Oh, brother, I thank you,” she answered.[98](98/ "tree and pragmatics") “They are even more beautiful than I expected.[99](99/ "tree and pragmatics") Now make haste and take your bath.[100](100/ "tree and pragmatics") The bath-stones are hot, and the fire burns low; your soap, your brushes, your combs—all are ready.[101](101/ "tree and pragmatics") And your best clothes, they are hanging on the pegs, close by the bath-kettle.”[102](102/ "tree and pragmatics") Ilmarinen surely needed a washing.[103](103/ "tree and pragmatics") Grimy with soot and gray with ashes, he quickly obeyed his sister.[104](104/ "tree and pragmatics") He stepped into the bath house.[105](105/ "tree and pragmatics") Out of doors the sun was shining; by the window a cuckoo was calling; in the air sweet voices were sounding.[106](106/ "tree and pragmatics") He looked, he listened, his heart throbbed with joy as he disrobed himself and poured the water slowly upon the red-hot bath-stones.[107](107/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon the house was filled with a mighty steam; the Smith was lost to view in the dense hot vapor.[108](108/ "tree and pragmatics") An hour passed by, the sun went down, and at length the Smith came forth from his bathing.[109](109/ "tree and pragmatics") Who would have known him?[110](110/ "tree and pragmatics") Who would have thought that a bath could work such wonders?[111](111/ "tree and pragmatics") His hair was a golden yellow; his cheeks were as ruddy as cranberries in the late days of autumn; his eyes sparkled like two full moons when the sky is clear and the winds are at rest.[112](112/ "tree and pragmatics") And he was clothed, oh, so beautifully\![113](113/ "tree and pragmatics") His coat was of linen, dyed yellow and beautifully embroidered by his mother.[114](114/ "tree and pragmatics") His trousers were of soft flannel, scarlet-colored.[115](115/ "tree and pragmatics") His vest was of crimson silk.[116](116/ "tree and pragmatics") His stockings, too, were silken and very long.[117](117/ "tree and pragmatics") His shoes were made of softest leather—leather tanned from the skin of a reindeer.[118](118/ "tree and pragmatics") Over his shoulders he wore a sky-blue shawl, thick and soft.[119](119/ "tree and pragmatics") Around his waist was a magic girdle fastened with gold buckles.[120](120/ "tree and pragmatics") His hands were incased in reindeer gloves of wondrous warmth and beauty; and on his head was the finest cap that had ever been seen—a cap which his father and grandfather had worn in their youth when they went wooing.[121](121/ "tree and pragmatics") Anniki clapped her hands for joy when she saw her brother thus arrayed, and Lokka, his mother, threw her arms around his neck and wept for very pride and happiness.[122](122/ "tree and pragmatics") “O my beautiful boy!” she cried.[123](123/ "tree and pragmatics") “Never was your father more handsomely dressed.[124](124/ "tree and pragmatics") Never was any bridegroom more fitly arrayed.[125](125/ "tree and pragmatics") Good luck to you\![126](126/ "tree and pragmatics") Good luck to you!”[127](127/ "tree and pragmatics") Ilmarinen put her off gently, kissing her on the cheek and thanking her for her words of praise.[128](128/ "tree and pragmatics") “Now bring me the horse,” he said.[129](129/ "tree and pragmatics") “Harness my trusty steed and hitch him to my enchanted sledge.[130](130/ "tree and pragmatics") I am going to the North Country, to the Frozen Land and the dreary shores of Pohyola.[131](131/ "tree and pragmatics") Long will it be ere I again return to home and country.”[132](132/ "tree and pragmatics") “Which steed shall it be?” asked the serving-man.[133](133/ "tree and pragmatics") “There are seven racers in your stables, all trusty and true—seven fleet-footed steeds of rare strength and mettle.[134](134/ "tree and pragmatics") Which shall it be?”[135](135/ "tree and pragmatics") “The gray is the best,” answered Ilmarinen.[136](136/ "tree and pragmatics") “Hitch the gray steed to my enchanted sledge.[137](137/ "tree and pragmatics") Put in food and feed for seven days’ journey—yes, for eight days of wintry weather.[138](138/ "tree and pragmatics") Remember, too, the big bearskin and the soft fur robes to be wrapped about me, for in the North Country the air is always chilly and the winds are always cold.”[139](139/ "tree and pragmatics") “Everything shall be done as you wish, my master,” said the serving-man.[140](140/ "tree and pragmatics") Very soon the fleet-footed gray steed and the enchanted sledge were brought to the door.[141](141/ "tree and pragmatics") The soft fur robes, the skins of two great bears, blankets in plenty were put in their proper places; a jar of reindeer meat, a string of smoked herring, food for many days, were stowed beneath the seat; everything was done to speed the traveller on his way.[142](142/ "tree and pragmatics") The hero had bidden his mother good-bye, he had kissed Anniki’s lips and whispered a word of magic in her ear, and he had sent messages of love to all his friends.[143](143/ "tree and pragmatics") Now he stepped out of the door, clad in his beautiful garments, princely in form and bearing.[144](144/ "tree and pragmatics") He climbed quickly into the sledge and sat down upon the great bearskins.[145](145/ "tree and pragmatics") They wrapped the warm robes around him and put the long reins in his hands.[146](146/ "tree and pragmatics") The last good-byes were spoken.[147](147/ "tree and pragmatics") The hero cracked his whip, and the gray racer bounded forward and sped swiftly away.[148](148/ "tree and pragmatics") Like the wind he flew through the woods and the marshes and along the pebbly shores of the sea; and the heart of the brave Smith was cheered with courage and hope.[149](149/ "tree and pragmatics") Then in the dim evening twilight the hero perceived six cuckoos perched on the dashboard before him, and beside them seven small bluebirds were sitting.[150](150/ "tree and pragmatics") They had been placed there by the trusty serving-man, and now they all began twittering and singing, and the faster they travelled the louder was their sweet music.[151](151/ "tree and pragmatics") “They are omens of good fortune!” cried Ilmarinen.[152](152/ "tree and pragmatics") “’Tis thus that the merry springtime journeys to the Frozen Land\![153](153/ "tree and pragmatics") Good luck, good luck, good luck!”[154](154/ "tree and pragmatics") Then he cracked his whip again and shouted loudly, joyfully.[155](155/ "tree and pragmatics") The gray racer neighed shrilly and flew onward with redoubled speed.[156](156/ "tree and pragmatics") The waves of the sea rippled with joy upon the sands, and the very stars in the sky twinkled and danced as the enchanted sledge glided like a swift meteor toward the frozen North Country.[157](157/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [The Maid of the Morning](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/19/) - next →: [The Friendly Rivals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/21/) - ↑ back to [The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/)