RECAP

This story is true
You can ask anyone
Old Wenzesla heard it from her mam
Who was older than the hills

Mother Mountain and Father Cloud had a child
She was rumiany and markotny
Yes they got it right the first time
Things were better back then

This girl made a big noise
There wasn’t anything that scared her
Everyone knew her name
Even the snakes

In this time
Lands had power
Forests were deep and dark
And swallowed all sound

This girl said one day
“I’ll go to the deaf forest"
“I’ll make some noise there”
That’s what she did

In one hand was red fire
In one hand was blue steel
This would always keep her safe
She knew both very well

This forest was silent
It tried to steal her voice
But she shouted so loud
“I know you’re in there!”

And it was in there
This old oak was fat and tall
Tall from a thousand stolen sounds
Fat and greedy for more

It reached for her
But she chopped all the branches
It smothered her
But she burned all the leaves

She only took one swing
And this old oak fell
No one heard of course
This huge fight that happened

Now who was scared?
“You can have it back
“Your voice, and all the sounds”
That’s what this old oak said

That’s not all though
“You can have firewood
“You can have axehandles”
It didn’t want to die

But even in this time
Things couldn’t be trusted
So she had to warn it
“Don’t you forget!”

She gave it back this branch
So it could grow again
This girl was markotny and rumiany
She knew it had enough

That’s how I heard this story
And how you tell it
Anyone will agree
This story is true