1 Read the text and put the phrases in the right place. A it had not been included
B pulled against his chains
C she had to go and empty it
Dhe was not a giant either
E stay there until the end of the world
F sometimes they were also mean
Loki's Fate
The ancient Norse people believed that the world was controlled by two tribes a tribe of gods and a
tribe of giants. Loki was not a god and 1 He was something in between
Loki was a trickster. He liked to play tricks on people and start quarrels. His jokes were often funny but
2 One day Loki decided to play a trick on Baldur, a popular god who everybody loved. Baldur
was protected by a magic spell; no living thing could hurt him, except for the mistletoe plant, which
was so small and harmless that 3 Loki made an arrow out of this plant and told a blind god to
throw it at Baldur as a joke. As a result, Baldur died
Everyone was very sad about the death of Baldur and the gods decided to punish Loki. They chained
him to three giant rocks, deep in a cave and hung a huge snake above him so that it would drip poison
onto his face. Loki would have to 4
His wife decided to help him. She sat beside him and caught the poison in a bowl as it fell from the
mouth of the snake When the bowl became full, however, 5 While she was gone, the poison fell
onto Loki's face. When the poison touched him, he writhed in pain and 6 Every time this
happened, Loki struggled so much that it made the earth tremble and shake violently
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