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In i dais e auld lang sin, afr i Nmmezse stid in i norn airts e Lemunanm (i Mtcha
wurd fur ai lans). e stid in ldeimm, a wei tn in Rnum. Is stre tels quhit e flitit fur
"Am gi hungurt" a schilpit hintur sais, e luics er te eis breur "cin wi n eit in? jist in?
Wi hai nai meit fur te tac haim te ur auld leil miur, sicur i pi fur hintin a Serolferoc cane bi se
sair? ur jist lic i deir wud hint gin ur wis oni"
"Nau Fomhiuhi" i breur sais, " i Serolferoc ur haile craitchurs it hai i souyls e ur
frbairs, i pi fur hintin wan is alevle, n awau we sic fchts"
at wei bleir feinischt iniur hint we nuhin hinteid. i twau breurs gaid haim on dai we
tm weims an houps e a betur hint n i mrns mrn. Bit ai houps wur sttn awau we ilca
nicht fur i deirseis numirs wur dratm we ilca dai fur er sin i f speirit Nhah iwlwn et maist e i
deirs in mlomn lang sin, ur wisne ench left fur i Sumn te hint, garin mine e i Sumn te
lei ur vaigin lif an sti in dnsets, a pucil flt bit...fur a quhils bit.
i twau breurs creid dn in ur wei butinben, fur quhils e hud nai meit, e hud a
brau faur te warm ur souyls. n lang eftur e wur sleitm an draimin.
Fomhiuhi draimt it e wis in eis wid hs tchouyn n wers gres. E swaleid i wers scran
quhin e herd i dwame sn e i Fmhfyml sttn in i cwait nichts air, ner wis msic se bne, an
ner wis msic se doue. Fomhiuhi leid eis hs te seic i bardinar sn, hercnin we eis lugs e
wis airteid te a murc wid we tren stanin tau. Jist is i msic wis gitin ldur e sein wei flchts
amang i tren. A gaid furit te sei it ai flchts wur faurs arun a mucul hau, we a pipur plain
i bne, doue msic. Fomhiuhi waucit furur n an sein fc dansin an gein it lolde n plat
grun te i bneyst, blifist msic, e cuidne bt bit dans cante we um an suin funt eissel dansin
we a sttur e a lase caud Pinhr, we har brn is a simur dai. igeiur e loupit au er we smilin
ein. Bit Fomhiuhi sncit cuicit meit cumin fe i mucul hau an i hungur dingit eis weim sair. E
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leid i lase an gaid in i hau we houps e quheischtin eis hungur. er e funt a quhein e fc eitn
mair meit an dringc in eid er sein. E gaid te quhaur i meit wis cuitng an speirt i wif cuic fur
a pucul scran. "A!" Schi sais, schi geid um a aschet we i braust, sapeyst meit "Goan git at dn
er fraipul!". Fomhiuhi et wan wei bit, fur jist at wan wei bit gart eis mf dumfnurt we
guste. "quhits is meit it er cuitng?" Fomhiuhi speirt i wife.
" ons Serolferoc"
Fomhiuhi wacint.

E ran twe i hs an hercint te i mrns air...nai msic, e ceicit i wids n far fe eis
hs...nai mucul hau... "Ach, jist a draim, is wis i meit a et..i Serolferoc meit...am mair
hungurt n"
"Hauw Fomhiuhi' goan rid ersel fur i hint idai" eis breurs vs tchibit i mrns air
lic a craus screic. E gt eissel ride an set t fur i hint. Is i houplis breurs seicit fur deir in i
cauld an tm forest, Fomhiuhis hungur gart um hingc abt eis draim...hou gid i Serolferoc
wis, hou it fitit eis hungur. E cent it wis rang, e cent it i Serolferoc wur haile speirits, e cent
it ur wis a alevle pi fur onibde it dars hint sic a haile craitchur...bit...e wis
jist...se..hungurt. lic istrein ur wis nai deir fur hintin...ur wis a mucul herd e Serolferoc
bit, jist girsin. Nai min ur beist geid um i feir fur naibde dar hint um, a hail herd e um, jist
girsin...
Fomhiuhi sais te eis breur "Gaun flit er te on nou an luic er i lan, e micht sei a pucul
deir at wi, al sti heir an luic fur deir dn heir, 's at auricht?"
"a, sn, al sei e eftur" sais i breur.
N alain we nuhin bit eis hungur an bau an ara, Fomhiuhi waucit n far fe quhaur i
Serolferoc wur girsin. We a shge han e tain an ara an draun eis bau an etilt fur wan mucul
quhit, haile craitchur. i Serolferoc pit up its heid an luicit it Fomhiuhi, we a glaicit luic it
a waind gei a bagaun bardinar hing. Fomhiuhi hud afpit...bit asai a sair, houtng
hungur...e cuidne fl i hungur oni langur...it tain eis min an tain awau au afpit...an gart um
schuit i Serolferoc. i Serolferoc geid a ausum screic is i ara dingit i haile craitchur. its screic
filt i air ein eftur it deid, i screic stteid in ben i forest an wids, ben i hs quhaur i hinturseis
miur wis cuitng a puir deinur. i screic dirlt in Fomhiuhis cist. Richt awau eis breur cum

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runin dn i nou te sei quhit i stsche in i air wis. Eis breur caim te fin a blek an sre sicht, e
sein Fomhiuhi tac eis bluide ara t i deid craitchur
"Sei!, 's jist a deir, a mucul quhit deir f e meit! Wul eit brau i dai! i hail veilijl eit brau
we is wan Serolferoc!"
"Fomhiuhi! Sei ! quhit d'e dai! am sair blacafruntit!, a Serolferoc!"
"'S meit Twlorc, ma breur, meit! A hail quhein e meit! dine tel mi it i hungur isne
houtng it er ain weim i n, gaun bt mi caire is haim se it wi cin eit!"
Se blacafruntit is e wis, Twlorc cuidne fl i hungur anau. An is i deir wis deid oniwi,
Twlorcs shilpit min fcht id jist bi se weil te eit i deid haile craitchur. Se igeiur e caireid i
deir haim an cuicit it, e et lic schilpit dugs an fur wans ur weims wur f an blif. i cuitng
geid a snc it vaigit arun i hail veilij. Suin ur wis fc it ur duir speirin i hinturs quhit e
sncit, i twau breurs telt um it e funt a herd e deir be i nou an hinteid a pucul deir, an it
ur wis ench meit fur aibde. on nicht i veilij n mineid quhit hungur wis, aibde wis se
blif it ur wis dansin, singin an laichtur, an aibde sleipit we houp in ur herts.
i mrn eftur wis a ungca in. cwait it wis...er cwait. i burds wurne tchitng, i win wisne
blaun, i baubeis wurne greitn, i wains wurne letng, nai cuitng faur wid bren. i veilij hud a
ungca fast feilin in ur herts bit naibde cuid sai quhit it wis...aibde bar twau breurs hud a
scbe. Bit i cwait wis brecit bi a lang screitng, ausum gouyl it gart i air itsel dirl an pit it feir
in ein i tchchtist hert...in it wis cwait anen. Aibde gaiurt t in i veilij te sei quhit it wis bit
nuhin wis sein. i twau breurs cent bit, n we mis n blint we hungur e cent it ur pi wis
cumin, bit e darne tel onibde quhit on meit wis. Fomhiuhi tmd eis mf te spic te eis
breur
"bre..."
"Fooooomhiiiiiuuuuuuhiii"
Afr e cuid feinisch wan wurd iniur screic geid ur lugs a sair dunt. Bit we it a mucul
cauld win blaun it jist abt tain aibde af ur feit.
"am sr..."
" Foooooomhiiiiiiiiuuuuuuuhiiiiiii"
Twlorc luicit er te eis breur, bit au e sein wis Fomhiuhi runin ben i veilij an te ur hs,
Twlorc fleid um ben.
"Heir, gaun bt mi hid is Serolferoc meit, meibe gin wi hid it i screitngl stap"
Fomhiuhi sais te eis breur we i feir in eis vs

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"A telt e i pid bi alevle, am n btn e hid onihin, a didne hint i Serolferoc, it wis
it schuitit it, n mei!"
Afr Fomhiuhi cuid pit in iniur wurd ur wis frichtsum gouyls anen. Bit n it wis i
veilijurs it macit i sn. Fomhiuhi an Twlorc wur stuc fast we i feir. Baif um tgaid i hs te
fin i veilijurs runin awau, n a souyl bar i twau breurs wur left.
"Quhit i'e runin fe?..."
e birlt arun an sein a gute blin, an in i gute blind wis a Serolferoc we bluid in its har,
stanin echt fit tau an mucul caiburs it wur ein heichur. It jist staneid an luicit it i hintur an
geid a houl an ld bela it amaist sais Fomhiuhi. in we i raic e a weintur win it scelpit i
grun we its huifs an ran fur Fomhiuhi. i hintur pit eis airms afr um an schut eis ein, waitin
fur i caiburs te graloch um, i pnin huifs wur gitin neirur an neirur...bit ur wis cwait
anen...Fomhiuhi pit eis hans dn an sein it i Serolferoc wis gn.
"Ach, n se..."
"FOOOOOOOMMHIIIIUUUUHIIIIII"
in i blin twau mucul bricht ela ein wur scheinin, i craitchur ahin on ein wis se mucul
it it gart i breurs luic lic wei mseis neist te mucul ber. Fe its mf i craitchur blaun a
oudindrift it birit i veilij in quhit snau, an freist i breurs se cwic it afr e cuid sai jings,
crivins, help ma bb, e wur twau, frsint, cauld, deid, is statchs.
Bi is tim i veilijurs hud a fair deistins atweim aim an i veilij. Quhin e stapit fur a reist
e stairteid te wunur hou ur veilij wis steicit. i breurseis auld mam, blacafruntit, telt aibde
it i nicht afr e au et Serolferoc meit, hinteid bi ur ain sins. e ner did ge bac te ur veilij,
bit raiur flein aist an sf, it wis a sair vaig anau, we nai bigins te ceip i win af um mine deid
in i cauld nicht, ein Fomhiuhis ain miur. Mair in hauf deid, bit i ins it flt vaigit te
Lemunanm an macit a dnset. Quhaur i Nmmezse sti te is dai. An nai maitur hou
hungurt e wur, nain e um hinteid ur et a Serolferoc anen.

Wei Jotins
i laseis naim Pinhr cums fe i Auld Sumr naim Pie etlin 'ur its blif'
i Fmhfymls a Sumric msic einstrumint its a tau an peile-wale hrn it streitcheis up i wi abn i blauyrs heid,
i en quhaur i er cums ts aftin schaipit lic a deir
i Nmmezse veilij naim ldeimm cums fe i Auld Sumr ildr etlin 'il dair' an -mm its a airt naim matng sufics,
itself a weiyr wurd fur 'camtmsteid'

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i furst name Fomhiuhi jist abt ersets is 'naf'.

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