content: but , as you may think , it was a dreary feast , for everyone was thinking so much about the terrible thing that was to happen on the morrow , that no one could eat or drink . and when it was all over , and everybody had retired to rest , save the king and his old kemperman , the king returned to the great hall , and went slowly up to his chair of state , high up on the dais . it was not like the chairs of state that we know nowadays ; it was nothing but a massive kist , in which he kept all the things which he treasured most . the old monarch undid the iron bolts with trembling fingers , and lifted the lid , and took out the wondrous sword sickersnapper , which had belonged to the great god odin .
answer: the wondrous sword sickersnapper .
question: what did the king take out ?
target: what did the king take out ?
references: what did the king take out ?