I like
magic! Early next morning I was dreaming. That is I believed I was dreaming. As
on the previous days, some early morning birds were chirping so I am not sure.
When I turned around in bed, the small box was there once again. Nothing
rattled inside. I opened the box. There were some sheets of paper. I started
reading chapter 9.
9. ADOLF
HITLER
- Adolf Hitler,
John said. – I feel a chill creeping down my spine when uttering that name. It
is as if the sun disappears behind a black cloud and raindrops of blood start
falling.
- There he
is, Jill cried. – The time traveller!
The air
grew misty, the landscape dissolved for a few moments. Then it reappeared, but
everything had changed. Bumblebees were buzzing, and dragonflies were hovering.
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Where
you brought us today, John asked.
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Do
you like the place? This is the Daeli Lake or Dælivannet as they say in Norway.
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Yes,
it is nice, very nice. Adolf Hitler was of the same opinion when he visited the
lake together with Vidkun Quisling. Adolf had heard about the lake when he had
plans of being a painter back in Vienna. Together with Quisling he visited
Fleskum farm and together they walked down to the lake. It was a summer’s day
just like today. Do you see the blue damselflies paddling over the water
lilies? Hitler was enthralled with what he saw.
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I
can very well understand why he liked the place, Jill said. - It has an air of tranquillity
and peace even today. Why did he not stay?
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He
had small money, and Quisling would not help because probably he had no money,
too. This was where and that was why their friendship ended just here.
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Only
a small amount of money could have changed history and the lives of millions of
people?
Jill was
surprised.
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Yes,
the time traveller said. – This is how things work.
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I
think I want to go for a swim.
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That
is exactly what Hitler and Quisling did. The water was lukewarm and yellow and
white waterlilies were clinging to their arms on the way out to the deep part
of the lake.
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Then
Hitler went back to Vienna, Jill asked. - He met Stalin in Café Central, and
things unknown at the time to the persons present happened?
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Yes.
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I
have never heard that Hitler visited Norway?
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He
did not tell, and nobody cared.
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So
if Quisling had some money to spare, it is possible that he had stayed in
Norway. It is weird to think that these bluewinged damselflies are the
offspring of the damselflies from more than a hundred years ago.
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You
know, said the time traveller, - that almost everything is interconnected at
some level. It is like magic.
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At
some level, Jill asked.
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Most
people want to find reasons for everything. They ask why, and they eventually
find answers all the time. It is amazing.
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Do
I really want to go swimming in the same lake where Hitler and Quisling were
enjoying a swim long time ago?
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Up
to you, Jill, the time traveller said.
A second
later Jill went head first into the water between the water lilies.
End of
chapter 9. To be continued in chapter 10.
