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Friday, September 14, 2012

How was Lake Mill (Veskijärv) formed?



Once upon a time was a Giant who lived in West-Estonia, in the present parish Nõva. He had a beautiful house which had a huge majestic fence around it. There were a lot of trees, bushes and flowers. Other people couldn`t stand him because he was very big, ugly and they didn`t have as beautiful a house as he had. The Giant was very adventurous and  one day  he went to travel around the world. On his journey he found many people who were similar to him and  he became friends with them.  After four years he returned home. There were lots of windmills where his home used to be. People had cut down all the trees, bushes and flowers that used to grow in his garden. His picturesque house was gone, too.                
 The Giant was very angry for the damage that people had caused, but he was good-hearted enough not to hurt people. Then he broke down all the windmills and stumped the remains into the ground. So suddenly there was a big hole instead of his home. The Giant was very sad because he didn`t have a home anymore and he started to cry. He cried until the hole got filled with his tears. Soon the Giant left West-Estonia, but nobody knew where he went. People were happy that he had left and now they got a new lake to swim in. They named it Lake Mill.
Author: Evita Lohu, 8B
Teacher: Eva Pedaja
Translated by the author.
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