THE BIRCH AND THE STAR

A Traditional Finnish Story

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The children were separated from their parents and their home by the war in their homeland.

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Soon the longing for their parents and their homeland grew so strong that it made them flee their foster home.

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The birds, which were the children's guardian angels, showed them the way to their childhood home.

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The siblings rowed across lakes and wandered over mountains.

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When the siblings saw the birch and the star they understood that they had found their way back home.

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At last they got to see their father and mother again. They were all so happy to be together again!