Hi-Hana

"You should have seen her back then," Eckbert added hastily,  "her youth, her beauty, and the incredible charm that her solitary upbringing gave her.  She appeared to me like a miracle, and I loved her indescribably.  I had no fortune of my own, but through her love I came into one; we moved here and since then we have not regretted our union for even one second." "But thanks to our chatter," Bertha began again, "we have neen kept awake long into the night--we should all go to sleep." She stood and walked to her bedroom.  Walther wished her a good night with a kiss on the hand and said:  "D

Presently we climbed up a hill that was populated by birches, and from whose top one could gaze into a green valley full of birches.  Below, amidst the trees lay a little hut.  A cheerful barking rose to greet us and soon a nimble little dog jumped up at the old woman and wagged his tail, then he came over to me, observed me from all angles, and happily turned back toward the old woman. As we walked down the hill, I heard a wondrous song that seemed to come from the hut, as if sung by a bird, and which sounded like this: Secluded forest That brings me bliss, Today and Tomorrow And evermore, Oh how I love The secluded forest These few