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Cat/Thor and Monkey/Bheema - Light lifting is heavy

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The first story is from Norse mythology. In it, the Norse god of thunder, Thor, ends up in the palace of Utgard-Loki, the King of the Frost Giants. Utgard-Loki gives Thor three challenges. The first challenge was to drain a drinking horn in three sips. Thor attempted to drink it, but each time he was only able to drain at most an inch. The second challenge was to lift Utgard-Loki's cat. Thor, considered the mightiest and strongest of all the gods, lifted with all his might, but he could only get one paw off of the ground. The third challenge was to wrestle an old woman. Again, Thor was considered the mightiest and strongest of all the gods. However, he was still only able to bring the woman to one knee. Thor had been given three seemingly easy challenges, especially for a god such as him. However, he had failed each and every one of the challenges, leaving him ashamed. However, later, it is revealed to Thor that the drinking horn was no ordinary drinking horn, the cat was no ordina