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The legend of the Blue lake
Long, long ago, amidst the lonely forests of Kandergrund, there
was a lake which was colourless, just like any other lake. The petrified
firs in its depths greyly reflected the gigantic rocks which surrounded
it. Only wild duck swam on its surface and timid deer slaked their
thirst from it.
A young couple spent many moonlit summer evening on its banks, dreaming
of young love. Once, the lad brought a boat and took his love for
a sail on the still lake where they revelled in the prospekt of
their future together. But one day, the body lad fell over a cliff
while collecting wild hay. The news and the body were brought down
to the valley. The heartbroxen girl knelt by the corpse of her loved
one and that night she fled to the still lake where she cast off
the boat, striking around wildly with the oars in her grief, until
she drifted exhausted, finally slipping silently into the cool waters
of oblivion. As she died, the little lake took on the blue of her
eyes and its waters have remained as blue as the sky every since,
guarding the secret of this great love.
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