Heideschijn
At home, we used to hear the story of a little man who lived underground. At night, he could turn into a handsome young man. One evening, while he was out walking on the moor, he met a girl. They chatted for a while and liked each other so much that they decided to meet up more often. But he always arranged to meet her in the dark. They got on really well and it became more than just a thing. One night, he popped the question and made her swear not to break the wedding vow. It was a lovely night in the middle of summer. They ended up spending the whole night on the heath, until sunrise. The young man eventually got up and said he really had to go now. She watched him leave and, to her dismay, saw that he had transformed into a little man and disappeared into a hole in the ground. She realised that he was a dwarf who'd asked her to marry him. But then again, she had promised to marry him, and you can't go back on a promise. The next evening, she went back to the heath, where the handsome young man came walking towards her. She said to him: "You never told me your name. What's your name?" But he didn't want to tell her. She replied: "If you don't want to tell me, then I want to be released from my promise of marriage." He answered: "There's only one way to get out of your promise to marry me, and that's if you know my name." The girl then went home, but at midnight she crept back to where they'd been sitting. She saw that just in front of the cave where the young man had disappeared into as a dwarf the previous night, a fire was burning, and around it the dwarf was dancing and singing. He sang: I dance here around the burning fire, for Ana, she is mine. No one knows my name, it is Heideschijn. so fine, yes Heideschijn." She walked back home very softly and as quietly as she had come. The next evening, she was waiting on the heath again when the handsome young man came to take her away. But she said, "I don't want to." "But," he said, "you know you promised to marry me, and you won't be released from that oath until you know my name." She looked at him triumphantly and shouted: "Then I'm free." And she called his name. "Your name is Heideschijn." And suddenly the young man turned into that little man, he raged and stormed, he was so angry, and finally he rushed into the burrow under the ground. She never saw him again.
Heideschijn
At home, we used to hear the story of a little man who lived underground. At night, he could turn into a handsome young man. One evening, while he was out walking on the moor, he met a girl. They chatted for a while and liked each other so much that they decided to meet up more often. But he always arranged to meet her in the dark. They got on really well and it became more than just a thing. One night, he popped the question and made her swear not to break the wedding vow. It was a lovely night in the middle of summer. They ended up spending the whole night on the heath, until sunrise. The young man eventually got up and said he really had to go now. She watched him leave and, to her dismay, saw that he had transformed into a little man and disappeared into a hole in the ground. She realised that he was a dwarf who'd asked her to marry him. But then again, she had promised to marry him, and you can't go back on a promise. The next evening, she went back to the heath, where the handsome young man came walking towards her. She said to him: "You never told me your name. What's your name?" But he didn't want to tell her. She replied: "If you don't want to tell me, then I want to be released from my promise of marriage." He answered: "There's only one way to get out of your promise to marry me, and that's if you know my name." The girl then went home, but at midnight she crept back to where they'd been sitting. She saw that just in front of the cave where the young man had disappeared into as a dwarf the previous night, a fire was burning, and around it the dwarf was dancing and singing. He sang: I dance here around the burning fire, for Ana, she is mine. No one knows my name, it is Heideschijn. so fine, yes Heideschijn." She walked back home very softly and as quietly as she had come. The next evening, she was waiting on the heath again when the handsome young man came to take her away. But she said, "I don't want to." "But," he said, "you know you promised to marry me, and you won't be released from that oath until you know my name." She looked at him triumphantly and shouted: "Then I'm free." And she called his name. "Your name is Heideschijn." And suddenly the young man turned into that little man, he raged and stormed, he was so angry, and finally he rushed into the burrow under the ground. She never saw him again.
