--- title: The Friendly Rivals — The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North · full text with trees description: The Friendly Rivals, «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: Northward, northward, along the low-lying seashore, Ilmarinen pursued his course, never pausing, never faltering. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/21/) [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 Friendly Rivals # The Friendly Rivals The Friendly Rivals of «The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 60 sentences and 992 words. 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Northward, northward, along the low-lying seashore, Ilmarinen pursued his course, never pausing, never faltering.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") All night long he travelled in the moonlight and the starlight.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") All day, from dawn till evening twilight, his brave gray racer flew over the half-frozen earth; and the cuckoos chattered on the dashboard, and the bluebirds sang their sweetest songs.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") For two short nights and one long day the journey was continued with never slackening speed.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Then, as the sun was rising on the second morning, the hero looked out toward the gray sea, and what did he behold?[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") Quite close to the shore, so close that Ilmarinen might have thrown a stone upon its deck, a little ship was becalmed in the smooth waters.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Its prow was like gold, its deck was plated with silver, and its sails were of rainbow colors.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") The Smith drew hard upon the reins; his racer ceased speeding, and the sledge runners grated on the beach.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") A pause was made in the journey.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") “Hail, ho!” shouted Ilmarinen.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") The captain of the fairy vessel looked up.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") His eyes were full of wonder and his face grew sour with vexation.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") “Hail, ho!” he answered; but there was no heartiness in his tones, the words labored in his mouth before they could escape from his lips, they fell coldly, like ice on a stormy shore.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") “Whither are you sailing, brave Minstrel?” asked the Smith kindly, but with a sense of victory.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") The Minstrel was overcome with surprise.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") The winds would not serve him, the waves would not waft him away from the shore.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") He felt that he was at the mercy of his pursuer.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") All his magic would not avail him.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") So he dissembled his feelings and with his tongue made glad answer while his heart was burning with disappointment.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") “O my dearest friend and brother, how happy I am to see you\![20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") I have long been thinking of you, wishing for you; and fain would I have you as my companion to sail with me up and down this pleasant coast.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") Leave now your sledge and your travel-worn steed and come hither and sit by me on the deck of this fairy little vessel.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") The voyage back to Wainola will be as pleasant as a summer holiday.”[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") “Never will I sail in your enchanted vessel,” answered the Smith half angrily, and he rose in his sledge and shook the furry robes from his shoulders.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") “Ah, Ilmarinen, prince of wizards,” said the Minstrel, still flattering, still dissembling, “how like a prince you appear\![25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") Whither are you journeying so gayly, so fleetly, so like a bridegroom going to his wedding?”[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") “You know where I am going,” said Ilmarinen.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") “All your cunning is in vain, friend Wainamoinen.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") All your magic shall come to naught, for you shall never steal the Maid of Beauty from her home land, never put her in your magic vessel, never carry her over the treacherous sea.”[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") The Minstrel saw now that he was beaten; he felt that all his secret plans had been discovered, and so he concealed his bitter feelings while he acknowledged defeat.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") “Wisest of smiths,” he said, “we are friends and brothers, and therefore we must not fall out and quarrel.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Let us still be lovers as of old.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") I assure you, I swear to you, I will do nothing to offend you.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") Ride on and woo the Maid of Beauty, and I will return alone to our dear home in the Land of Heroes.”[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") The heart of the Smith was touched by the generosity of his friend.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") He felt that he must not be less generous, and in an instant all his anger vanished.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") “O brother, tried and true!” he answered, “I know the thoughts of your heart, I know your great ambition.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") Let us agree each to woo this maiden honorably as a man and a hero would woo her.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") Let her freely choose one of us, or let her a second time refuse us both.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") Do you agree to this, my elder brother?”[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") “Truly, I do,” said the Minstrel heartily.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") “I promise—yes, I swear to you that I will do naught that is dishonorable or unfair.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") If the maiden shall prefer you, I will not be envious; for your good luck will be my good fortune, and my success will be your triumph.”[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") “I thank you, Wainamoinen!” shouted the Smith, waving his hand.[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") “I thank you, Ilmarinen!” returned the Minstrel, bowing to his friend.[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") Then with speed each resumed his journey, one travelling by sea, the other by land.[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") Swiftly the gray racer flew along the shore; fleetly the boat of magic skimmed over the wrinkled waters.[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") The hills and forests rang with the clattering hoofs of Ilmarinen’s wizard steed.[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") The white waves danced and trembled in the wake of Wainamoinen’s gold-beaked vessel.[49](49/ "tree and pragmatics") The cuckoos twittered, the bluebirds sang merrily, and the birchwood runners of the enchanted sledge whizzed over the sand and then glided through the new-fallen snow.[50](50/ "tree and pragmatics") The South Wind breathed on the sails of blue and red, and the West Wind whispered joy in the nostrils of the fleeting gray racer.[51](51/ "tree and pragmatics") “Good luck to my steed, good luck to my sledge, good luck to me!” shouted the hero Smith.[52](52/ "tree and pragmatics") “O Jumala, kind protector, helper, guide\![53](53/ "tree and pragmatics") Be my safeguard in this journey, lead me rightly on my way!”[54](54/ "tree and pragmatics") And the Minstrel, standing at the prow of his fairy vessel, shouted words of magic to the winds and waves, while he too prayed for guidance and help.[55](55/ "tree and pragmatics") “O Jumala, just and true, think not hard of me if I have gone astray\![56](56/ "tree and pragmatics") Pardon me if I have been false to my friend.[57](57/ "tree and pragmatics") Give me fair winds and a gentle sea, and guide me safely to my journey’s end.[58](58/ "tree and pragmatics") Good luck to me, good luck to my boat, good luck to everybody!”[59](59/ "tree and pragmatics") Thus the two heroes journeyed onward, the one by land, the other by sea.[60](60/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [The Unexpected Journey](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/20/) - next →: [The Barking Dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/22/) - ↑ back to [The Sampo: A Wonder Tale of the Old North](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66819/)