Leran
Wholesome, friendly Adventures wanted
It was the first somewhat warm night of the year. The last winter full moon, nature was already sprouting left and right. Life returned to the little village on the forest’s edge.
The villagers had been celebrating all day, it was Fairies Feast or also called Fairy Housing. The evergreen branches, which were the winter decorations of all houses, were brought back outside. With those branches surviving, spring survived. Winter might had frozen the life outside, but if people took care of it, spring would return. With knives and sickles the village had freed the fallow fields from weeds and shrubs, making space for the fairies. Together with the evergreen branches, the proud owners of fields and gardens-built fences around the fallow of the year. Many weaved in ribbons, trinkets and other decorations or constructed little gate arches for the fairies.
It was in everyone’s interest, that the fairy houses looked good, nobody wanted them to skip their fallow land. After all, they were the reason why after the years break, those fields would bare fruit again! While families and elders built their fences, the young and unmarried ones sat on the village square, busy with their own tasks: fairy servants, little straw puppets with an evergreen branch as a crown, a belt, or a staff. Two puppets for each house, taking care of the fairies so that they had time to focus on replenishing the soil.
Many young couples were eager to make sure they constructed almost twins. This evening, they’d had to guard a field with the person whose fairy servants were similar.
On the edge of the group, carefully working, sat Thomas. He was also very eager in his construction effort: he wanted to make the most hideous puppet he could think off, so nobody would match him, and he’d be allowed to stay at home tonight. Every year he made two headed, three legged or undefinable puppets, so that the elders choosing the pairs, were convinced the charcoal maker must be the most untalented wood worker in the world.
But this year, at nightfall when the elders walked through to inspect the puppets, they actually found a match for the little straw-cat, Thomas decided to make…
The villagers had been celebrating all day, it was Fairies Feast or also called Fairy Housing. The evergreen branches, which were the winter decorations of all houses, were brought back outside. With those branches surviving, spring survived. Winter might had frozen the life outside, but if people took care of it, spring would return. With knives and sickles the village had freed the fallow fields from weeds and shrubs, making space for the fairies. Together with the evergreen branches, the proud owners of fields and gardens-built fences around the fallow of the year. Many weaved in ribbons, trinkets and other decorations or constructed little gate arches for the fairies.
It was in everyone’s interest, that the fairy houses looked good, nobody wanted them to skip their fallow land. After all, they were the reason why after the years break, those fields would bare fruit again! While families and elders built their fences, the young and unmarried ones sat on the village square, busy with their own tasks: fairy servants, little straw puppets with an evergreen branch as a crown, a belt, or a staff. Two puppets for each house, taking care of the fairies so that they had time to focus on replenishing the soil.
Many young couples were eager to make sure they constructed almost twins. This evening, they’d had to guard a field with the person whose fairy servants were similar.
On the edge of the group, carefully working, sat Thomas. He was also very eager in his construction effort: he wanted to make the most hideous puppet he could think off, so nobody would match him, and he’d be allowed to stay at home tonight. Every year he made two headed, three legged or undefinable puppets, so that the elders choosing the pairs, were convinced the charcoal maker must be the most untalented wood worker in the world.
But this year, at nightfall when the elders walked through to inspect the puppets, they actually found a match for the little straw-cat, Thomas decided to make…