There was once an old woodsman and his wife who had an only son named Mikko. As the mother lay dying the young man wept bitterly. “When you are gone, my dear mother,” he said, “there will be no one left to think of me.” The poor woman comforted him as best she could and…
Category: Finland
THE TRUE BRIDE (MIGHTY MIKKO A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) BY PARKER FILLMORE
The Story of Ilona and the King’s Son There were once two orphans, a brother and a sister, who lived alone in the old farmhouse where their fathers before them had lived for many generations. The brother’s name was Osmo, the sister’s Ilona. Osmo was an industrious youth, but the farm was small and barren…