
A quiet childhood memory unfolds around a beloved grandmother who filled evenings with songs, prayers, and simple fairy‑tales. When she passed, the house fell silent, yet one story lingered—a tender narration of the night Jesus was born. The narrator carries that fragment forward, recalling how the old woman's voice seemed to make the past itself glow.
The remembered legend begins on a cold Christmas night when a desperate father roams the dark countryside seeking fire for his newborn. He stumbles upon a distant blaze surrounded by sleeping white sheep and an ancient shepherd, while three great dogs lie at the shepherd’s feet, their mouths open yet mute. The scene is painted with a hushed reverence, hinting at a world where ordinary needs meet the miraculous.
Now, as an adult, the narrator gathers similar Christ‑centered legends from distant lands, weaving them with personal loss and wonder. Listeners are invited to step into that intimate blend of memory and myth, feeling the warmth of a fire that still burns in the quiet corners of the heart.
Language
de
Duration
~5 hours (311K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2018-08-29
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1858–1940
A master of Swedish storytelling, she blended folklore, fantasy, and everyday life in books that still feel vivid and inviting. In 1909, her imaginative work made literary history when she became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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