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And as he was cold, he lighted himself a fire, but at midnight

the wind blew so sharply that in spite of his fire, he could not

get warm. And as the wind knocked the hanged men against each

other, and they moved backwards and forwards, he thought to

himself: 'If you shiver below by the fire, how those up above

must freeze and suffer!' And as he felt pity for them, he raised

the ladder, and climbed up, unbound one of them after the other,

and brought down all seven. Then he stoked the fire, blew it, and

set them all round it to warm themselves. But they sat there and

did not stir, and the fire caught their clothes. So he said:

'Take care, or I will hang you up again.' The dead men, however,

did not hear, but were quite silent, and let their rags go on

burning. At this he grew angry, and said: 'If you will not take

care, I cannot help you, I will not be burnt with you,' and he

hung them up again each in his turn.