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WILDERNESS WOMAN FROM HOCHSCHWAB
ALONGSIDE KIND-HEARTED AND HELPFUL MOUNTAIN FAIRIES, IN EARLIER TIMES IN THE AREA OF HOCHSCHWAB ALSO LIVED WILDERNESS WOMEN. THEY WERE MAGNIFICENT BEINGS WHO ENJOYED VISITING FARMERS' SERVANTS AND SHEPHERDS IN THEIR ALPINE COTTAGES.
ONE DAY A WILDERNESS WOMAN CAME TO THE SHEPHERD IN HIS COTTAGE. IN ONE HAND, SHE HELD A SMALL CHILD, AND IN THE OTHER, A HUGE BAG OF GOLD COINS. GRUMPILY, SHE SPOKE TO THE MAN: “YOU ARE THE FATHER OF THIS CHILD. NOW QUICKLY CHOOSE: DO YOU WANT THIS CHILD OR MY MONEY?” THE SHEPHERD THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT AND FINALLY ASKED FOR HIS CHILD. TO THIS, THE WILDERNESS WOMAN SAID: “YOU ARE A GOOD MAN AND YOU HAVE CHOSEN WELL. IF YOU HAD PREFERRED THE MONEY, I WOULD HAVE TORN YOU INTO THOUSANDS OF PIECES.”
WITH THESE WORDS, THE WILDERNESS WOMAN DISAPPEARED FOREVER. AND BECAUSE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WERE COMING TO THE MOUNTAINS AND CAUSING ALL KINDS OF TROUBLES THERE, ALL THE OTHER MOUNTAIN FAIRIES LEFT THE HOCHSCHWAB MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH HER.