Northern Lights: Fairy Tales of the Peoples of the North by E. Zheleznova

Author:E. Zheleznova [Zheleznova, E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Google: 6mYCtAEACAAJ
Amazon: B000KE3PAS
Published: 2022-12-16T01:52:33+00:00

The mother was frightened by what she had done and began 128

trying to light the fire again. She tried very hard, she blew and she blew, but to no avail.

The baby cried on, and, thinking to get a light from her neighbours, the mother ran to their tent. But the moment she opened the door the fire in the neighbour’s hearth went out. The women tried to light one, but not a spark was left burning, and there was nothing they could do. The mother rushed to the tent of another of her neighbours, but there too the same thing happened: the moment she opened the door the fire in the hearth went out.

Not bothering to come inside, the mother shut the door and ran to a third tent. She opened the door only a crack, but the fire in the hearth went out at once just as it had in the first two tents. She hurried home then, but on the way saw a light coming from her grandmother’s tent that stood some distance apart from the rest.

She rushed there and pushed open the door, but the moment she was inside the fire began to sputter and smoke and then went out altogether.

“What’s this? What’s this?” the grandmother cried in chiding tones. “No sooner do you come in than the fire goes out.

Now, why should it do that? You have hurt the feelings of the Mistress of Fire, that’s what you have done, you silly frog you!”

The granddaughter began to cry. There was no fire anywhere in the camp, no one could light one, and it was dark and cold in the tents.

“Come, let us go to your tent, frog, for I want to see what you have done,” the grandmother said.

They went there together, and it was colder than ever in the tent, and the baby was crying loudly and very nearly drowning in tears.

The grandmother took two pieces of wood and rubbed them against each other in an effort to start a fire, but though she tried very, very hard, nothing came of it. She dropped down on her knees and stared at the hearth, but it was very dark and at first she could see nothing. Then, gradually, she made out the faint outlines of a woman who seemed to be crouching there. All at once the

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.