loved it thank you sweet for all you do. kisses missi > > THE FIDDLER AND THE SEA NYMPH - Sweden > > MANY YEARS ago a dancing society of Brasta, a village in the parish of Stora > Mellosa, planned a great Christmas festival, to which, on the appointed day, > old and young flocked from far and near, knowing that Sexton Kant, of > Norrbyas, would be there with his fiddle, and assured that fun would run > riot. Kant, it is related, was no ordinary fiddler, not a little proud of > his skill, and ready at the least word of praise to laud himself to the > skies. > > When the merry making had gone well into the night and the pleasures were > at their height, some one remarked that not many could measure themselves > with Father Kant, when he let the bow leap over the strings and played in > "tour voices," as he himself called it. Nothing further was needed. Kant, > always ready to begin where the others left off, declared that the devil, > good player as he was reputed to be, could not compete with him in the waltz > which they had just heard. This boast came near costing Kant dear. When the > dance ended and he set out in the night on his way home, he met, near the > hill of Bjurbacka, a young woman clad in white, who saluted him and > addressed him as follows: > > "If you will play a polka for me, Father Kant, I will dance for you." > > So said, so done. Father Kant sat himself upon a stone and applied the bow > to the strings of the instrument. Instantly he lost all control of himself. > Such a polka as now came from his fiddle he had never expected to hear, much > less play. The tones seemed to come without help from him. The how hounded > over the strings and his arm was forced to follow. One melody followed > another; his arm became numb, but the music continued in the same wild > measure. > > Kant now understood that something was wrong. Finally he burst forth: > > "God forgive me, poor sinner. What have I brought upon myself?" > >

Thank you Missi~! :-) kath > loved it thank you sweet for all you do. > kisses > missi > > > > > > THE FIDDLER AND THE SEA NYMPH - Sweden > >