The crofter was a lonely man. He was more than happy when the peddler knocked at his door. He shared his confidence with him and told him that he had thirty kronor in a leather pouch. The peddler stole thirty kronor from the crofter’s house, but he realized that he dare not continue on the…
The kind, understanding and generous behaviour of Edla, the ironmaster’s daughter, finally changed him. OR The world had never been kind to the peddler. It made the peddler a petty thief. However, the Ironmaster’s daughter proved to be an angel in his life. When her father came to know that the peddler was not one…
The poorly dressed, starving peddler wanders from place to place, making small rattraps, which is a way to earn his living other than begging and stealing. He has never been treated with kindness because of which he has a grudge against world. To imagine others ensnared in the giant rattrap that the world is, gives…
The peddler left a rattrap with three ten-kronor notes and a letter of regret for robbing the crofter. He signed himself as Captain von Stahle to show his gratitude to Ms. Wilmansson for treating him like a captain. OR As a Christmas gift, the peddler left a package for Edla Willmansson. It contained a rattrap,…
Edla was happy to see the gift left by the peddler because he had not let her down. She realised that she had succeeded in bringing about a transformation in the peddler. Seeing the thirty kronors in the gift and the peddler asking for them to be returned to the crofter, restored Edla’s faith in…
Edla was basically trusting and compassionate. She wanted the peddler to enjoy and be at peace. She did not want to turn away the guest on a Christmas Eve. It was her kind gesture to reform the peddler.
Edla pleaded with her father not to send the vagabond away because she wanted him to stay there for the Christmas celebration. She understood how hard it must have been for him to wander from place to place and be homeless, she wanted him to stay and enjoy at least one day of peace, comfort…
The ironmaster spoke kindly to the peddler and invited him home because he thought that he was an old acquaintance of his. Due to the dim light and the peddler’s unkempt appearance, he mistook him for Nils Olof, someone he had known a long time back. He thought he could spend Christmas Eve with him….
The crofter showed the thirty kronors to the peddler because the crofter felt proud of the cow that gave him enough milk to support him. The peddler was not convinced that the crofter could possess so much money. The only way to convince him was to show it to him. Besides, the crofter was a…