Fundevogel

By Itellyouastory

There was once  a forester who  went into the  forest to hunt,  and ashe entered it he heard a sound of screaming as if a little child werethere. He followed the sound, and at last came to a high tree, and atthe top  of this a little child  was sitting, for the  mother had fallenasleep  under the tree with the child, and a bird  of prey had seen itin her arms,  had flown down, snatched it away, and set it on the hightree.

The forester climbed up, brought the  child down, and thought tohimself: «You will take him  home with you,  and bring him up  with yourLina.»  He took it home, therefore,  and the two children  grew uptogether. And  the one, which he had found  on a tree was  calledFundevogel, because a  bird had carried it away. Fundevogel and  Linaloved each other so dearly  that when they did not see each other theywere sad.

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