The Changeling Of Sogn

The farm was once inhabited by two farmers; Halbhofbauer had a son who was believed to be not quite clever, because he could neither read nor write nor otherwise, but always lay in bed and ate as the People seemed to be the best for two. he was a changeling, but it took quite a while until was quite sure of that.

When he had reached the age of ordination, it happened once in Winter, that all the people, except him, had left the bathhouse, to pursue their occupations, but he lay in his bed, as he used to do. Halbhofbauern was in childbed, and next to her lay the child. When the People had gone out, the weekly heard that the young such a violent yawn overcame her that she began to feel uncomfortable and began to tremble when she saw his sinister behavior. she heard him start to toss and turn in bed and stretch; then she saw that he sat up in bed and high so that it reached the ceiling of the bathroom. but on one side a gallery, and high up in the rafters were small crossbeams. Then he started to yawn again, and He leaned his head against a crossbeam so that he was in the middle in the throat when he yawned, such that the upper part of his mouth on top, but the lower part was under the beam; he was also so terribly ugly and disgusting to look at that the woman was frightened to death and screamed in fear about what she had seen, and because she was alone with him in the bathroom knew; and long after that sinister face she was very But hardly the woman had expelled this scream collapsed as if hit by a bullet and crawled into bed and before the people came back in.

From that day on, there was no longer any doubt that the boy was a changeling.