Wow, some translations aren't half bad...

[kattahj]

"On the night that Ronia was born a thunderstorm was raging over the mountains, such a storm that all the goblinfolk in Matt's Forest crept back in terror to their holes and hiding places. Only the fierce harpies preferred stormy weather to any other and flew, shrieking and hooting, around the robbers' stronghold on Matt's mountain. Their noise

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[naomichana]

Huh. I loved that book. Why do I not own a copy?

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[kattahj]

It was one of my absolute favourites as a kid. And I don't own a copy either, because the copy I read then was my sister's. I do have Madicken and Emil and a few others...

[love2loveher]

HEY! you gave me that book!
and I recognized the passage :)
I remember enjoying it a lot.......

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[kattahj]

Yes I did. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :-)

I *didn't* remember that passage, not in English, just in Swedish. And it works well in English too. *grin*