It's night. The old farmstead and everyone who lives there is asleep. Everyone except the gnome. He keeps watch. He peeks into the barn and the stable, the pantry and the shed. He quietly slips between the buildings, leaving tiny footprints in the snow. He lives in the attic and comes out at night, when people are asleep. Sometimes, when they wake up in the morning, they can see his tiny footprints in the snow. But none of them have seen the gnome yet...
Astrid Lindgren's text is a paraphrase of Viktor Rydberg's 1881 poem "Tomten" (The Dwarf), a popular poem in Sweden, which went through numerous editions, including those with illustrations by Harald Wiberg. These illustrations appealed to a German publisher, who, however, was reluctant to publish Rydberg's philosophical poem. Lindgren wrote a prose text for the German edition in 1960. It was not published in Sweden until 52 years later, along with illustrations by Kitty Crowther, winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
Astrid Lindgren's text is a paraphrase of Viktor Rydberg's 1881 poem "Tomten" (The Dwarf), a popular poem in Sweden, which went through numerous editions, including those with illustrations by Harald Wiberg. These illustrations appealed to a German publisher, who, however, was reluctant to publish Rydberg's philosophical poem. Lindgren wrote a prose text for the German edition in 1960. It was not published in Sweden until 52 years later, along with illustrations by Kitty Crowther, winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
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It's night. The old farmstead and everyone who lives there is asleep. Everyone except the gnome. He keeps watch. He peeks into the barn and the stable, the pantry and the shed. He quietly slips between the buildings, leaving tiny footprints in the snow. He lives in the attic and comes out at night, when people are asleep. Sometimes, when they wake up in the morning, they can see his tiny footprints in the snow. But none of them have seen the gnome yet...
Astrid Lindgren's text is a paraphrase of Viktor Rydberg's 1881 poem "Tomten" (The Dwarf), a popular poem in Sweden, which went through numerous editions, including those with illustrations by Harald Wiberg. These illustrations appealed to a German publisher, who, however, was reluctant to publish Rydberg's philosophical poem. Lindgren wrote a prose text for the German edition in 1960. It was not published in Sweden until 52 years later, along with illustrations by Kitty Crowther, winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
Astrid Lindgren's text is a paraphrase of Viktor Rydberg's 1881 poem "Tomten" (The Dwarf), a popular poem in Sweden, which went through numerous editions, including those with illustrations by Harald Wiberg. These illustrations appealed to a German publisher, who, however, was reluctant to publish Rydberg's philosophical poem. Lindgren wrote a prose text for the German edition in 1960. It was not published in Sweden until 52 years later, along with illustrations by Kitty Crowther, winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
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