Summary
How adventurous Himmelsberg is! The first evening, Anna Lena, a girl from Frankfurt, discovers the 1020-year-old dance linden tree, which can talk and promises to tell her the village's many stories. A lively friendship unfolds between the wise, occasionally obstinate old tree and the curious little girl. Anna Lena explores the village, tries on a traditional costume, finds a treasure, sees a wild man, strolls along secret paths and goes to a hidden place. However, her parents' constant fighting overshadows her stay. Once Anna Lena can't bear it anymore, she runs away. She realizes it's time to start growing up …
Index
- The kraken tree
- The wild man
- Duties and stories
- A great surprise
- The treasure
- Traditional costumes and peacock feathers
- The bread miracle
- Bread farts
- Grain shacks, fleeing mice and pecking contests
- On secret paths
- The secret place
- Escape
- Returning home
- The end and the beginning