The Little Water Sprite by Otfried Preussler

Author:Otfried Preussler
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781590179406
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2015-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

A few green shadows whisked by – they were trees. Some white blurs rushed past overhead – they were clouds. Far away he could hear the roar of the water plunging into the mill, behind the wooden partition.

The roar came nearer, it swelled, it grew louder and louder and louder. The noise made the little Water Sprite’s head ring. “This is the end of me!” was his last thought. He gathered himself together, held his breath, and waited …

Now!

A wooden wall came flying towards him – opened and swallowed him up.

Everything was dark. There was – a thundering, boiling, hissing noise. The little Water Sprite felt himself being whirled through the air. He turned head over heels and tumbled back into the water.

He had gone over the mill-wheel.

It would have been very dangerous for an ordinary boy to go over the mill-wheel. He would have been lucky to have escaped unhurt. At the very least he would have broken several ribs, and probably his neck too.

But water sprites are made of stronger stuff. Their necks are not so easily broken, especially not by falling into the water – and where else was the little Water Sprite to fall when he shot off the mill-wheel? He was tossed up out of the water and tumbled straight back again – which was lucky for him.

Of course, he was terrified at first, not knowing what had happened to him. He swam to safety as quickly as possible. His first thought was to get out on the other side of those wooden walls, into the open air and the sunlight.

His second thought was that the slide over the mill-wheel hadn’t been so bad after all. In fact, quite the opposite. Now it was over, he decided it had really been quite fun.

“Just suppose,” thought the little Water Sprite, “just suppose I had another go …?”

That was his third thought.

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