Chapter 9

Frida had been standing by the bear forest right after school.

Now she was excited about why!

Finally Pine came!

Hi! Sa Frida.

Come on, let's show you something! Sa Furu.

Ok? Sa Frida. But she did not manage to say more before she met run after Furu.

After a long run, they came to a giant pine!

It was curly and old, but squirrels and birds climbed and flew up and down so that it could not be dead.

Pine interrupted her thoughts: Here I live!

Here!? Frida said without knowing what she had said.

Yes! Said Furu and began to climb upwards.

Frida followed, and at last she saw a small weed in all the green.

Wow! She said.

Pine opened the hatch and went inside.

Come in! He said, moving so that it was possible.

When Frida went in she got a happy sight! On the ceiling hung a lamp that almost glowed from transparent stone as if it were water upstairs. Therefore, it gave a calm and pleasant sound.

The tree smelled like damp spruce even though it was a pine tree.

The walls were the tree trunk itself, and it was filled with beautiful pictures and paintings.

And there was a table with two chairs and a similar stove.

This had to be the kitchen.

The floor was made of planks and there was a ladder down to another floor.

They went downstairs and got to see the bathroom.

There was a carpet of some weird fabric on the floor, but it was still nice to walk on.

And then there was a bathtub of a tree stump and a toilet.

Here there was also a staircase downstairs.

They climbed down to the first floor and Frida saw a small hammock and a bookshelf.

How lucky you are! Cried Frida with joy. You have the elf house itself!

Thanks! Sa Furu. But that's not all.

He pushed away the bookshelf and opened a hatch. He went into it and Frida followed.

Inside sat a bear cub! Frida wanted to run and scream, but at the same time not, so she asked why Furu had a bear in her house.

Yes, I found it without his mother. He said.

How do you know your mother was not right around the corner? Frida asked.

Yes, it told me so. He explained. I can communicate with animals.

Cool!! Sa Frida. I've always wanted it!

It was only getting darker and darker, and Frida had to come home before any of her parents noticed that she was gone.