Mighty Mikko; a book of Finnish fairy tales and folk tales . The Story of the Hero Who Released the Sun LOG. There was once a poor couple whohad no children. Their neighborsall had boys and girls in plenty butfor some reason God didnt send themeven one. If I cant have a flesh and bloodbaby,* the woman said one day, Im going to havea wooden baby. She went to the woods and cut a log of alder justthe size of a nice fat baby. She dressed the log inbaby clothes and put it in a cradle. Then for threewhole years she and her husband rocked the cradleand sang lullabies to the log baby. At the end of th
Mighty Mikko; a book of Finnish fairy tales and folk tales . The Story of the Hero Who Released the Sun LOG. There was once a poor couple whohad no children. Their neighborsall had boys and girls in plenty butfor some reason God didnt send themeven one. If I cant have a flesh and bloodbaby,* the woman said one day, Im going to havea wooden baby. She went to the woods and cut a log of alder justthe size of a nice fat baby. She dressed the log inbaby clothes and put it in a cradle. Then for threewhole years she and her husband rocked the cradleand sang lullabies to the log baby. At the end of three years one afternoon, when theman was out chopping wood and the woman was driv-ing the cows home from pasture, the log baby turnedinto a real baby! It was so strong and hearty thatby the time its parents got home it had crawled out ofthe cradle and was sitting on the floor yelling lustilyfor food. It ate and ate and ate and the more it ate 69 70 MIGHTY MIKKO the faster it grew. It wasnt any time at all in passingfrom babyhood to childhood, from childhood to youth,and from youth to manhood. From its b
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