The chronicles of Mittland Part 02 Time of the dragons

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Chapter IV.

After LILIAN and RAS had covered some miles, they slowed their ride down. RAS led them on narrow ways more deeply into the forest inside. Finally they left these paths at a small clearing also. The forest became ever closer, and the branches hang always further down. So they were forced to descend off the horses.

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After some time they achieved again a small clearing. A small hut expected them a this place. Before the hut a man sat on a bank. When he saw the two coming, he rose and limbed them against. He had lost his right leg below the knee and carried instead of its one from wood. His mouth disappeared nearly under his long black beard.

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He greeted joyfully the both arriving people, „hello, RAS, what a fine surprise! And what pretty attendance you bring along us. “„Also I greet you, estimated uncle. Is father there? “„He is as usual in the forest. But say, who is your attractive companion? “ The bearded man helped LILIAN to descend from the horse.

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„That is LILIAN, the daughter of my master. When does father come back? I have to communicate to him and also to you some important news. “The bearded man headered surprised the brows and answered with a long-drawn-out „Neeeews? You make me correctly curious. I hope that your old father will return soon. Now follow me. You are certainly hungry and thirsty. “ They followed the one-leg man, bounded the horses to a stake and entered the hut.

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„How do you get these splendourful horses?“ The uncle in going asked the young man. „Such beautiful animals I did not see for a long time. “„That is a long story“, his nephew answered. „I will tell it, when father will be in again. “

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LILIAN regarded inside interested the equipment. The interior was very much more largely, than the hut let it suspect from the outside. On a crate an old violin and a flute lay. LILIAN reached for the flute. It was already very old. „Do you play it? “„No, for a long time no more. Those are memories to a nearly forgotten time “, answered the man with pain in his voice.

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„I may? “„How could I reduce a so beautiful woman a request. “ LILIAN set the flute to its lips and began to play. She let ring out wonderful songs, which fulfilled the whole room. RAS and his uncle were captured by the music. Nobody noticed, how over the play the time elapsed, and the dusk fallow.

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Steps approached from the outside, and the door was opened. A man with snow-white hair came in here. When it RAS recognized, his eyes flashed, „RAS, my boy, what a joy! Did your master give you vacation, in order to visit your old father? Or which circumstances drive you to such an unusual time to us? “

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 „A very bad situation, into which I brought my master, LILIAN and me. But I want to tell from the outset… “, and thus RAS began to report to his father and to his uncle from the tax collector and the soldiers.

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After RAS had ended his story, he looked at his father for a long time. This one was silent the first while. Then his father began to speak, „my boy, I see that the education, which you received let you ripen to a good human. The pervasive fear wich captured the humans in these days did not seize your heart. I am proud on you - and your real father would be it also! “