The Son Of Thunder

The son of thunder made a contract with the devil for seven years, according to which the devil serves him as a servant and inevitably in everything pieces of the Lord's will should be fulfilled; as a reward for loyal service the son of thunder promised to give him his soul. The devil did his debt to his master, he did not shy away from the gravest Work and never grumbled about the food because he knew what kind Wages he should legally receive after seven years. Six years were over, and the seventh had begun, but the son of thunder had absolutely no desire to sell his soul so cheaply to the evil spirit To leave the purchase, and therefore hoped through some trick To escape the clutches of the enemy. Already when the contract was concluded He played a trick on the old fellow by telling him instead of his own the blood of cocks was used as a seal, and the short-sighted one had it didn't notice the fraud. And yet that was precisely why the bond was what the soul of the son of thunder should be inextricably entangled quite easily became n. Although the end of the service period was getting closer and closer, The son of thunder still hadn't come up with a trick that would stop him could make free. Then it happened that on a hot day at noon A black weather cloud rose from here, signaling the outbreak of a severe storm There was a threat of thunderstorms. The old fellow immediately crawled into the depths the earth, for whatever purpose he always found a loophole under a stone had ready. “Come on, brother, and keep me company until that.” "The storm is over!" the devil asked his master with honeyed sweetness Tongue. "What do you promise me if I fulfill your request?" asked the son of thunder. The devil said that we could agree on this below, because he didn't want to discuss the conditions up here anymore because they... Cloud threatened to descend on him at any moment. The Donnersohn thought: today the fear has worn the old boy down made; Who knows whether I won't be able to break free from him. So he went with him into the cave. The thunderstorm lasted a very long time Crash followed crash, so that the earth trembled and the rocks trembled. With every shock, the old fellow pressed his fists against himself his ears and his eyes closed tightly; cold sweat covered his his limbs trembling and he couldn't utter a word. Towards evening, When the storm was over, he said to the son of thunder: “If the old one Father didn't make so much noise and noise every now and then, so could I could get along with him and live peacefully because I had his Arrows underground can't do any harm. But his horrible noise attacks me in such a way that I immediately lose consciousness and nothing more knows what I'm doing. The one who delivered me from this tribulation, I would reward him richly." The Son of Thunder replied: "There is none Better advice than keeping the thunder device secret from old dad "I would take it away," replied the devil, "If the thing were possible, but the old =Kõu= is always vigilant, He never takes his eyes off the thundering instrument, day or night, as it were Is there a possibility of theft?" But the son of thunder stuck to the fact that they were thing could be done. "Yes, if you would help me," he cried Hell, “Then the attack could perhaps succeed, I alone come "Don't let that get going." The son of thunder now promised to be his accomplice to become, but demanded no less reward than that the devil can undo the purchase of souls. "For my sake, take three souls, "If you free me from this terrible distress and fear!" he cried Devil happy. Now the son of thunder explained to him in which way He thinks the theft is possible if they both work together unanimously and got to work with combined forces. "But," he concluded, "we have to wait until the old dad feels so bad again so tired that he falls into a deep sleep, because he usually sleeps like the hare with its eyes open."

Some time after this meeting a severe thunderstorm broke out lasted a long time. The devil sat again with the son of thunder in his Hiding place under the stones. The old fellow was so afraid stunned that he did not hear a word of what his companion said. At the But in the evening they both climbed a high mountain, where the old boy Thunderson lifted himself onto his shoulders and then himself by magic ever higher, singing:

»Lift yourself up, little brother,
Grow, my friend, upwards!”

until it had grown up to the edge of the clouds. As the son of thunder over the When he looked over at Wolkenrand, he saw Papa =Kõu= sleeping peacefully Head propped on clustered clouds, but right hand rested stretched across the thunder device. You couldn't play the instrument take away because touching the hand woke the sleeping person would. The son of thunder now crawled in from the old boy's shoulder the clouds in, crept closer quietly like a cat and looked for itself to help through cunning. He pulled a louse out from behind his ear and... She put it on daddy =Kõu='s nose to tickle. The old man took it immediately the hand to scratch his nose, but at the same moment he grabbed it the son of thunder picked up the thunder tool that had become free and jumped off The edge of the cloud falls back onto the devil's neck, which takes him up the mountain ran down as if he had fire behind him. The old fellow stopped nor until he had reached hell. Locked here He thanked him for his robbery in an iron chamber behind seven locks Donnerson for the excellent help and gave full support to his soul Waiver.

But now disaster has befallen the world and people, which the son of thunder could not have foreseen: the clouds didn't provide a drop of moisture anymore, and everything withered away drought. -- I carelessly have this unexpected misery brought to the attention of the people, I must seek to make the matter, as far as possible, to make amends, - thought the son of thunder and thought about how need to be remedied. He moved north to the Finnish border, where a famous magician lived, discovered the robbery and also stated where the thunder tool is currently hidden. Then the magician said: »First, the old father =Kõu= must be told where his thunder device is is held, he then finds ways and means to get back to it to get to his property." And he sent to the old cloud father Message from the Eagle of the North. Came the very next morning =Kõu= to the magician to thank him for clearing the trail of the theft had proven. Then the Thunderer turned into one Boy, sought out a fisherman and hired himself out as a fisherman summer worker. He knew that the devil often came to the lake, to catch fish and hoped to meet him there one day. Anyway now the boy =Pikker= not a single eye from his nets day or night relatives, a while passed before he saw the enemy became. The fisherman had long since noticed that they often do so at night Nets left in the lake were pulled up empty in the morning, but he couldn't explain the cause. His boy, of course, knew quite well who the fish thief was, but he didn't want to talk until he could could also show his master the thief.

One moonlit night when he came to the lake with his master To look at the nets, it happened that the thief was just there was work. As they looked over the edge of their boat into the water, They both saw the old fellow catching fish from the mesh of the net took it out and stuffed it into his shoulder bag. Went the following day The fisherman asked a famous magician for help and asked him to save the thief through his art he is so tied to the internet that he has no will the owner couldn't get rid of it. That's exactly what happened according to the fisherman's wish. When the net was taken out of the lake the following day As the old fellow came up, he also came to the surface and became brought to the shore. Hey! what he said about the fisherman and the fisherman's boys was tanned! Since he can't get off the net without the magician's will If he couldn't get away, he had to calmly accept all the blows. The fishermen probably smashed a load of sticks on his body, without to look at which part of the body the blows fell on. Of the old one The boy's head was bleeding and swollen, his eyeballs were bruised from their caves, -- it was a horrible sight -- but the fisherman and his boy had no mercy on the martyred devil, but just rested from time to time to start thrashing again. When pitiful pleading didn't help, the old fellow finally offered a high one Ransom, yes, he promised the fisherman half of his possessions and more more if the spell were lifted. But the angry fisherman gave in not to enter into the trade until the last of his strength ran out, so that he could no longer move a stick. Finally came after a contract closed, the old fellow was removed from the net with the help of the magician off, whereupon he asked the fisherman to come with him and his boy come to collect the ransom money. Who knows if he wasn't hoping for her nor to deceive by any trick.

A magnificent celebration was prepared for the guests in the Höllenhofe lasted a week and nothing was missing. The old innkeeper showed the guests his treasure troves and mysterious devices, and gave the fisherman the most beautiful of his minstrels to amuse him play up ways. One morning the boy said =Pikker= secretly to Fischer: “If you are entertained and honored again today, please do so from the fact that the instrument should be brought back, which is in the iron chamber seven castles." At the table, when the men had already half an hour When he was intoxicated, the fisherman asked that the instrument be taken away from him show secret chamber. The devil was willing and got it I brought the instrument over and started playing it myself. Alone though he blew into it with all his might and ran his fingers up and down the tube moved, the sound he produced was no better than that Screaming of a cat getting its tail pinched, or that Squeal of a piglet being taken on a wolf hunt. Laughing said the fisherman: “Don’t torture yourself in vain! I can see that well You won't have a bagpipe player anymore. It became my guardian boy “Oho!” cried the devil. -- »You might think so Blowing on the bagpipes is a bit like playing a flute Willow cane, and think it's child's play? Come on, friend, try it first, and if you or your guardian boy hear something like a sound on which instruments can be produced, I no longer want them “Try it!” he shouted and handed over the instrument to the boy. The boy =Pikker= took it, but when he put his mouth to it He placed the tube and blew into it, and the walls of hell shook The devil and his servants fell unconscious and lay there as if dead. Suddenly in the boy's place stood old Father Donnerer himself next to the fisherman, thanked him for his help and said: “In the future, when When my instrument sounds again from the clouds, it will reach your nets “The gift will be granted.” Then he hurriedly returned home.

On the way the son of thunder met him, fell on his knees and repented his guilt and humbly asked for forgiveness. The father =Kõu= said: »Often Man's carelessness violates the wisdom of man enough heaven; So thank your luck, son, that I have power again, to erase the traces of the misery that your folly has brought upon them brought people.” With these words he sat down on a stone and blew the thundering instrument until the rain gates opened and soaked the earth. The old =Kõu= took the son of thunder as a servant, and he still has to be there.