Hmm! ( denmark says in the end, pretending to think and consider the morals of the tale; he's also going for the cheese and breaking a smaller piece off with his fingers, which he tosses into his mouth with relish. )

When I was a kid I didn't think he was so dumb, ( he says with his mouth full, almost apologetically like it's a moral failing, ) but I wonder how the people who told the sagas knew even back then! Those guys were pretty clever!