THE LITTLE RAVEN AARON FOLLOWS HIS HEART E-Book

Gabriele Fränzl

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Serie: THE LITTLE RAVEN AARON
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 69

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Beschreibung

The greatest wish of Aaron, the little raven who lives in the magic forest, is to fly to the human land. He could already see them once, these human beings. They walked upright on two legs, they could not fly and somehow, he liked them. There were tall and short ones, fat and thin ones, young and old ones, they were all different. His heart jumps for joy every time he just thinks of them. One evening he talks to his best friend, the little hedgehog, about his dream of flying to the human land, even though the wise owl had advised him not to do so. But Aaron follows his heart and starts his way to the human land. His journey into the unknown begins. FOR JOURNEYS INTO THE SUBCONSCIOUS AND WORLDS OF FANTASY

Leseprobe

Author: Gabriele Fränzl

Translation from German: Christina Purrer, MA

Typography and Layout: Ing. Reinhard Bergmann

Cover design: Gabriele Fränzl

I dedicate this book to my grandson Arthur, who was born in 2019. Just like the little raven Aaron, may Arthur always follow his heart.

Table of Contents

Foreword

In the Magic Forest

Depart from the Magic Forest

In the Human Land

To the Secret Place

The Journey Home

A Surprise for Ali

The Balloon Basket

The Squirrel

Jole's Heart's Desire

Departure

Arrival in the Magic Forest

Back in the Magic Forest

By the Golden Lake

In the Valley of Dragonflies

To Aaron’s Birthplace

Rana

The Animals of the Magic Forest

The Little Hedgehog

The Ceremony

The Unicorn

Back to the Human Land

At Home with Walpurga

Visit from the Unicorn and the Little Hedgehog

Rana's Arrival

The Kitten Ice Bear

Departure into the Human Forest

At Luna’s Place

Rana follows her Heart

Ice Bear in the Mirror

Walpurga

Foreword

To all mothers, fathers, grandparents, educators, teachers, children, and those who are interested:

I never had a talent for drawing, I felt that even as a small child. Later in elementary school, I admired all the others who could draw so well. I would like to share with all those who are holding this book in their hands a memory from back then: I drew a house, trees, a fence, my family, and the sun. I tried to be as precise as possible, even used my ruler to draw the house nice and straight. Again and again, I erased and improved my picture, coloured it without painting beyond the edge. I was very satisfied with the result and proudly handed it over to the teacher. To this day, I remember her reaction exactly. She said to me, "You can’t be serious, you drew that so badly on purpose!"

Even today I feel my emotions from back then when I think of these words and since then I haven’t enjoyed drawing. Although I have a connection to shapes and colours, I never managed to use this quality positively for myself and so my admiration continued to be for the ones who could do so. But still pictures interested me and in my children Marlene and Sebastian I recognized the talent for painting, wherefore I always motivated them to draw. It is just a gift.

Now that I am older, I thought it was time to sit down and draw in my own book myself. I put my whole heart into every character I drew. I drew with love and without fear because I just cannot do better, but it does not matter. The upper part of my picture shows the love runes for respect, trust, right action, celebration, goal, challenge, inner peace, and perseverance. On the front page you can see the wise owl, the little hedgehog, the cheeky squirrel Kiki, the unicorn, and the little raven Aaron, who follows his heart and flies to the human land.

My message goes to all those who, because of an evaluation of others, have no longer dared to live out their own possibilities.

Therefore, my call: Do not compare yourself with others, because you are unique.

Gabriele Fränzl

In the Magic Forest

In the magic forest, a little raven lives far away from the human beings. He loves to fly over the trees of this magic forest. His foster mother, a wise owl who has been taking care of him for a long time, advises him:

"Stay in our magic forest where your friends are. The little hedgehog, the deer, the dragonflies, the other birds; we all would miss you very much. People also claim that ravens are not good animals, but we know better. You, my little raven, are a good-hearted bird, clever, skilful and you even understand the language of humans. But listen to me and stay in the magic forest, here you are safe and in good hands." The little raven hears the words of the wise owl, but deep inside he is so curious and especially people interest him very much. He loves them even though he does not know any of them personally. Once he ventured out of the magic forest and there, he saw them, these humans. They walked upright on two legs, they could not fly, and he liked them. They were tall and short, young and old, they were all different. His heart jumps with joy just thinking of them. Then he feels it again, that longing.

Time passes and his desire to visit the humans and fly to the human land grows from day to day.

One evening he talks about it with his best friend, the little hedgehog. He listens carefully, then sighs deeply and smiles at the little raven. "You have to follow your heart," he says, "and if this is your greatest wish, then fly to the human land tomorrow before the sun rises. I will tell the other animals about our conversation. They are certainly afraid, but they will understand you. I have something else for you here. Take this magic whistle out of my spines, it will help you in case you get into any trouble. Look, I will tie it under your wing. If you are in danger, just say: 'Hedgehog, hedgehog, magic spell, help me to be well!' Then I will help you together with the wise owl." The two hug each other, and the little hedgehog’s spines feel so soft. Tears of joy run down the little raven’s cheeks from his sparkling eyes; he is infinitely grateful for his very best friend, the little hedgehog.

Depart from the Magic Forest

Even before the sun rises, the little raven flies out of the magic forest over the trees he knows so well. He is excited and full of anticipation to finally fly into the human land. With a loud "KRAA KRAA KRAA" he says goodbye to all his friends.

In the distance, the little raven recognizes a house and a large stable. A little boy walks in front of the house, carrying a basket full of mushrooms. Since the little raven has always been very curious, he sits down on a branch close by to better observe the little boy. He sees the boy handing over the basket to his mother. Feeling full of joy, a loud "KRAA KRAA KRAA" escapes the little raven and the boy looks directly at him. The little raven remembers the words of the wise owl: "People are convinced of the fact that ravens are no good animals." Thinking about this, the little raven’s heart becomes sad and heavy. But then he sees the boy walking towards the tree and shouting: "Hey little raven, where are you from? I'm Simon!" The little raven is frightened, because the owl was right – indeed he can understand the language of the people. Very excited, he answers: "KRAA KRAA KRAA. I'm a little raven." "I can see that, but what's your name?" laughs Simon. "Little raven," he replies sheepishly. "But you need a name so that I can address you. Wait, what could I call you?" Simon puts a hand on his chin and bends his head to the side as he walks around the tree. "Hmmm... what could I call you? Aaaahh exactly! Aaron! That's your name! You are Aaron, yes!" Full of joy, Simon jumps from one leg to another. "Dear Aaron, are you staying here?" asks Simon. "I ... just visit the human land," stutters the little raven.

"Human land?" laughs Simon again. At that moment, his mother comes out of the house and calls out to Simon, "Will you help me clean the mushrooms?" "Yes Mom, I'm on my way," he calls back. Then he turns back to the little raven: "Aaron, please wait for me here. After dinner, I'll show you the human land. Please stay and don't fly away, I've always wanted a raven to move in with us, because I love ravens."

The little raven would have loved to tell his friends in the magic forest about this encounter.