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On one starlit night I went to
watch the skies with my father.
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We sat beneath a big tree.
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My father told me
that the tree had always been them, -
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and little by little a forest
had started to farm around it.
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I did not believe him, and so I asked
where the forest was now, -
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as there was only one tree left.
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Thus my father then began
to tell me tales about the old forest, -
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tales about how it had all started
and what had happened in the forest.
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Those tales were born a long time ago.
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TALE OF A FOREST
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The ancient Finnic people believed
that before the forests were created, -
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there existed a lone, big tree that was
growing at the center of the world.
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The sky was the lid of the world and it
revolved around the great big tree.
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The tree held the sky in place.
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It supported and protected the universe.
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It was the world tree.
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The Siberian jay
was the first to arrive in the forest.
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It was quiet and trustful.
Its sound resembled that of a troll -
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playing its flute
made of reindeer bones.
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In the old tales Siberian jays
were soul birds -
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into which the souls
of dead hunters settled.
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Seeing a Siberian jay before
a hunting trip brought good luck.
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But some thought seeing a Siberian jay
was an omen for bad times.
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Indeed, its Latin name
means 'a blabber that brings bad luck'.
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The Siberian jay stays near its nest
all the year round.
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It comes around to see what kind of
guests have arrived in the forest.
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It has its own alarm sound
for each guest.
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The forest used to signify
a distant edge or border for people.
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It was a strange realm
with its own rules and laws.
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There were elves and hobgoblins
living in the forest.
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They took care
of the forest's inhabitants.
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The forest of the elves
did not belong to humans, -
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but in order to survive
people had to visit there.
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That is why a permission was required
for passing the forest edge, -
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and one had to show respect
in the foreign realm.
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The elves either helped or teased
the arrivals.
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They were in control
over the luck of the visitors.
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Some of the inhabitants of the forest
sleep through the winter -
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and others hibernate.
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The rest do their best
to survive the harsh cold.
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They have only a few bright hours during
which they must gather their food.
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The big grouses are only able to
find food on tree branches -
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during the winter.
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The Black Grouse can eat birch buds -
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but the Wood Grouse will have to eat
the needles of a fir tree.
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The needles are full of resin
and they taste bad, -
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but it is all
that is available for them.
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The biggest bird in the forest
was named after its habitat.
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It lived in the middle of the forest,
in the big Metsola.
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The Wood Grouse, or ''metso'',
was the forest elf's magic bird -
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and one was not allowed to mock it.
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Squirrels and the
Great Spotted woodpeckers -
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eat pine needles or fir needles.
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If there aren't many cones to be found,
they might leave their home forest-
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and travel to places
where there is plenty of food available.
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The tiny Willow Tits have made food
stores for themselves in the autumn.
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They have hid seeds, maggots
and insects in the holes in tree bark.
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The squirrels
have their hidden stores, too, -
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but they don't always
remember their location -
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and will occasionally steal food
from other animals' hidden places.
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The small weasels also store their prey
to he on the safe side.
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They might not even have time
to eat all the voles during the winter.
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The Boreal Owl
is also dependent on voles.
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If they are not available,
it will not breed the next summer.
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People were afraid of some birds
and wanted them to stay away.
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Otherwise accidents
were prone to happen.
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Owls lived in the dark amongst
witches and hobgoblins.
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People believed they hated light.
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One could see the owls very rarely, -
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and they were able to fly
silently.
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Maybe that is why people thought
they were mysterious, but also wise.
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The Black Woodpecker was also
a jinxed bird, a messenger of death.
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People feared it cry,
as it caused rain and thunder, -
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if nothing worse.
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All other birds took part
in creating the world -
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except the Black Woodpecker.
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Because it did not want
to partake in the creation, -
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it was only allowed to drink water
from the leaf of an aspen.
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If there was a long period
without rain, -
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the Black Woodpecker
became awfully thirsty.
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Then it started shrieking.
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The Provider of Water heard its cries,
and soon it started to rain -
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and the bird could drink
from the aspen leaf.
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A holy place of the old days
was located in the forest, -
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and people gathered there
to enjoy festive meals -
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and to make sacrifices
to the gods of nature.
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Hiisi, the greatest of the forest elves,
lived there.
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It set up traps and looked over
the untouched forest-
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to make sure that
not a single branch was broken.
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Trees were to be respected,
as in their shadow lived the elves -
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that protected people's homes.
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When a tree was thriving,
it predicted good fortune, -
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but when a tree fell,
the elf was left homeless -
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and one's house was protected no more.
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What happened to the tree
also happened to the people.
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The northern coniferous forest
started forming after the ice age, -
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approximately 9000 years ago.
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Around that time elk migrated
to Finland, among the first mammals.
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People followed them,
as elk were important prey for them.
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Elk hunting
was the most challenging hunt, -
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but it was also the most rewarding.
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When one had caught
the biggest mammal of the forest, -
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one could be certain his success.
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Soon people started painting
pictures of elk on rock walls.
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The spring was a promise
of the following summer's fortune.
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The Water Spirits that lived
in streams and torrents -
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made sure that the water drops
remained clear and clean.
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The flowing water was to bring health,
joy and lightness.
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Water was the prerequisite for life.
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People believed that many birds
spent the winter in the Bird Home, -
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where they recovered and
renewed themselves for the coming year.
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They enjoyed themselves,
while in the North it was cold and dark.
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The Bird Home was a paradise,
an island in the middle of an ocean.
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One found its way there
by following the Milky Way -
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that was shining up in the sky.
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It was the nightly guide
for the migratory birds.
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It was also a long-lasting belief
that frogs lived for centuries -
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buried inside rocks and tree trunks, -
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until they appeared again in the spring
to spawn in the lakes.
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In reality frogs dig themselves in the
bottom muds of trenches and lakes -
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in the autumn.
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Thousands of frogs might gather up
in a good hibernation place.
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They breath through their skin
underwater and survive the winter -
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if the temperature does not fall
below zero degrees celsius.
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Some trees became holy. Pictures
of gods were carved into them, -
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and sacrifices were made
in their honor.
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The trees were to he worshiped
and appeased.
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In addition to the trees, gorges,
clefts in the rocks and caves -
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also became
important places of assembly.
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The deeper one ventured into the forest,
the easier it was to get lost.
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The forest looked chaotic
and even scary.
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That was why there was a need for places
that made navigating easier.
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The vanishing of the bear in the autumn
was a mystery.
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Even more mysterious was
that it appeared back in the forest -
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in the spring with its small cubs.
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That was why the bear
was of a supernatural origin:
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it died in its nest in the autumn,
and was born again in the spring.
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Many northern people regarded the hear
as their ancestor.
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The bones of a killed bear
were returned back to the nature.
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The skull was lifted on a branch
of a pine tree.
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The soul of the bear was able
to return to heaven with its mother-
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and be born again.
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A feast called ''peijaiset'
was arranged for the dead animal.
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That was how highly it was regarded.
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Another reason
for the sacrificial offerings -
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was to apologize for
killing the animal for food.
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The ant nest was called
the castle of the forest.
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The hobgoblins lived in it.
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The hobgoblins were very small,
about the size of an ant.
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They built tunnels
under the untouched woods -
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so that they could take care of
all the creatures underground.
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They took care of the hibernating bear,
among others.
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People could make friends
with the hobgoblins -
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if they did them favors in return.
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But one had to he careful
not to harm or anger them, -
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because they easily grew vengeful.
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The little creatures seduced people
under their spell -
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with their beautiful singing
and playing.
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People were carried into
an odd state of mind.
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Everything became different
than in our world.
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The left turned right,
the right turned left.
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The Earth turned the other way round.
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One person had fallen into
the cover of the forest.
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He disappeared from sight
and could not he found -
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although others passed right by him
and called after him.
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No one heard his cries for help,
for the cries were mere whispers.
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The snakes gathered together
after hibernating.
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They held a court where they agreed
on the issues of the upcoming summer.
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The ceremony was led by
the king of the snakes -
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who had a golden crown on his head.
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The other snakes had spread out
into a mat in front of him, -
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and in the middle
was an oval snake stone.
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The snake stone had magic powers.
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One could heal
even the worst of diseases with it, -
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but few were the ones
that dared to steal the precious stone -
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from among the poisonous,
sharp-toothed snakes.
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My father called it a virgin forest -
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but he told that the old forest
has many other names too.
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Natural forest, everforest, backwoods
and wilderness, -
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among others.
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It had been there forever and ever.
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It just stood there
and it had no goals to reach.
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Then the same thing happened to it
which always happens to old forests.
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What happened
to the animals of the forest?
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Did they all die'!
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Was that single tree
everything what was left'!
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The storm did not cut down
all the trees.
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Some of the old forest got destroyed
and some animals fled.
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They had to find new homes elsewhere, -
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but others came hack
and brought new guests with them.
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Chance plays a big part
after a storm or a forest fire.
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How will the seeds
of the plants spread -
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and which of them will start to sprout'!
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Which seedlings will grow fastest?
Which animals are able to adapt?
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The small animals usually
get along better than the big ones.
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After the trees fall, more light, rain,
warmth and moisture -
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gets to the forest ground.
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The dead trees will decompose
and many insects and fungi -
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will use the rotting trees
as their source of nutrition.
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The death of the trees is a natural part
of the forest's circle of life.
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The forest can now begin its new,
richer life.
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The most generous
of the forest elves was Tapio.
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If one wanted to
keep on his good side, -
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one had to take care
not to break any promises made to him.
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Tapio and his partner Mielikki
were easily offended -
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if one made a racket on their land
or mistreated their pets.
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Tapio had a beard of moss and
a hat made of pine twigs, -
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and sometimes he appeared
by the bonfire for a little chat.
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He was the size of a big tree, his head
on level with the tops of the trees.
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But when he left the forest
he wanted to be invisible, -
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and so he made himself tiny.
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The Siberian jay was in alliance
with the forest elves.
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Its task was to mislead the hunters -
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so that the inhabitants of the forest
could live in peace.
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Early in the summer
the mother birds work long and hard.
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The small birds need food
and the tits, for instance, -
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visit their nests
hundreds of times a day.
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They need to have lots of food nearby, -
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otherwise they don't have
enough time to do it.
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Bigger birds will feed their hatchlings
much more infrequently.
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Sometimes only a couple of times a day.
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In addition to the food service,
the mother birds have to make sure -
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that the nests are clean.
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They carry away
the stool of the small birds.
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Plants rose from sea to ground
450 million years ago.
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Even after that,
it took millions of years -
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for the first trees to emerge
on the earth.
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I imagined I was in the old forest
during the Carboniferous period.
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The trees were huge,
thirty meters high, -
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and there were no people anywhere.
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What kinds of animals
would have run there?
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A giant frog'!
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Or maybe a two-meter-long centipede'!
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A terrifying viviparous lizard?
A slithering slow worm'!
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The most important elf
for the ancient Finns was Ukko.
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He walked with big steps
up above the clouds, -
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examined the world from above and,
if needed, -
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threw lightning
accompanied by the sound of thunder.
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He rode on a rocky road with his cart,
whose iron wheels sent sparks flying -
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when they hit the rocks.
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They were fiery rods
sent as a punishment to Earth, -
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and they were to be feared.
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People saw Ukko
curled up in a fiery fur.
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The trolls, pixies and other
little fiends ran for their lives -
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and hid in the shade of the forest
or inside buildings.
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People shut their windows
and doors during the thunderstorms, -
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because Ukko
threw lightning in their hideouts.
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Ukko was respected,
and people bowed to him -
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because he created rain.
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The rain made agriculture possible,
and it made plants grow -
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and flowers bloom.
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The plants brought good luck.
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Lilies-of-the-valleys were hung upon
walls, on doors and in the barn -
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to bring protection
against the curses of spiteful people.
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The scent of the flowers banished evil.
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If one saw a bracken bloom, -
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he would learn the language of the birds
and the skills of a conjurer.
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And if one saw the blossom
on midsummer's night, -
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the location of a hidden treasure
was revealed to him.
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The treasure had to be dug up
at midnight -
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from a place indicated by the
flickering flame of a will-d-the-wisp.
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When twilight arrived,
the forest started to move.
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A bear had been seen to circle the area.
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The word "forest"
meant the same thing as a bear.
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No one dared to say
the bear's name aloud, -
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for people feared
it would hear itself being called.
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People gave the bear numerous other
names that it could not recognize.
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Teddy, grey-beard, resin-eye, -
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thin-hair, nectar-paw,
the apple of the woods, -
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bluetail, smoothsnout,
the golden king of the forest.
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My father told me how the forest
gets quiet in midsummer.
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Soon it will be time for the cubs
to leave their nests.
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The shady dweller of the forest,
the stripe-faced rascal, -
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sniffs the air carefully
before it rouses itself.
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The badger is shy
and its eyesight is weak.
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The badger's nest
is an enormous cave system -
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which has been passed on from one
generation of badgers to another.
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Ten members of a badger family
might live there simultaneously.
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In the old times it was believed
that squirrels moved -
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from one habitat to another by
sailing with a boat made of tree hark.
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The squirrel of the old forest
can also go fetch food -
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from near a human habitat.
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In its nest there are
eight baby squirrels waiting for it.
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It is getting crowded in the nest
of the Northern Goshawk.
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The baby birds are training to fly -
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and they get into fights
about almost every little thing.
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Many small birds nest
near the Northern Goshawk.
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Even though the Goshawk sometimes
catches a bird for food, -
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it also keeps away the small
predators that are stalking the birds.
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The flying squirrel also nests
near the Northern Goshawk.
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It has already given birth
to the second litter of the summer.
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The babies are leaving the nest, -
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and they have to watch out
for owls and pine martens.
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A tiny Goldcrest baby
is moving outside its nest-
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for the first time.
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It looks around in panic,
searching for its mother.
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What if the mother
has already abandoned it?
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01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:39,927
The Long-tailed Tit has
many mouths to feed this summer.
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It has ten babies.
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01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:02,289
The siblings still find safety
in each other's company, -
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but soon their mother
will abandon them.
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01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:09,807
After that they will have to
get along on their own.
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The old forest remained the same
for centuries, -
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and when one returned there they
could he sure that nothing had changed.
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All the phases of life
could he seen in one glance.
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The longer one stayed in the forest, -
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the easier it was to feel part
of the big cycle of life.
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As time went by, people learned
to seek refuge in the forest.
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It was a shelter
against the wicked world.
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Like a womb, the lap of a mother.
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People respected
the animals and the plants -
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because they had lived
on the earth longer than us.
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They understood human speech -
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and had taught us all
the necessary skills back in the day.
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The animals had taught us
to talk, to walk, -
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to swim, to hunt,
to fish and to gather our food.
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01:04:33,560 --> 01:04:37,531
Spells, pleas and appeals were
directed straight to the entity -
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that one wanted to
discuss with equally.
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01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:44,846
To the forest, the water,
the wind and the sun.
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01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:50,086
To the trees and the plants.
To the hears and other animals.
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01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:55,207
People understood that they had
to live in harmony with the forest.
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In the old forest the trees
got to grow to their full length, -
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01:06:37,280 --> 01:06:40,602
to grow old and to die in peace.
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01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:45,971
A spruce might have lived for 400 years,
a pine for almost a thousand.
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01:06:54,800 --> 01:06:59,886
People feared that one day
the world tree would fall.
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01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:03,966
It would mark the end of man as well.
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01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:14,163
Ancient Finnish tales tell
that when Väinämöinen -
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rose from the sea to the ground,
he looked at the moon -
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and gazed at the stars.
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01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:23,801
There was nothing of interest
on the earth hack then.
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01:07:24,320 --> 01:07:27,847
He decided to summon an elf
only as tall as a thumb, -
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Sampsa Pellervoinen,
and told him to plant some trees.
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01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:42,168
“Fir-trees sows he on mountains,
pine-trees also on the hill-tops, -
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many shrubs in every valley,
birches sows he in the marshes.'
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So forests were born.
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01:08:12,200 --> 01:08:18,606
On one summer's day
I went into the forest with my father.
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01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:26,843
I walked through the forest, -
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01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:31,642
climbed up and rose
among the trees tops.
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01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:38,089
I imagined I was a bird,
a flying squirrel-
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or maybe a forest elf.
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01:09:02,720 --> 01:09:08,090
Then I waited, wondering if the forest's
dwellers would come and greet me.
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That was my first trip to the forest.
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