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the nixies send sickness, and the gnomes starve the
cattle. And it was so that year. Never had the spring
flood carried so much destruction with it. Ekeby
mill and foundry were not the only victims. Little
streams that in the old days had possibly had
strength enough to carry away an empty barn made
a bold assault upon whole farmsteads and swept
them away. Never had the thunder-squalls done so
much damage before midsummer—after midsummer
they came no more. Then came the drought.
During all the long days of summer there fell no
rain. From the middle of June till the beginning
of September, the parish of Löfsjö was bathed in
unclouded sunshine.
The rain refused to fall, the wind to blow,the earth
to nourish the harvest. Sunshine alone streamed
over the earth. Oh, the beautiful sunshine, the
life-giving sunshine! how can I tell of its evil work?
Sunshine is like love. Who does not know the misdeeds
it has done, and who can refuse to forgive it?
The sunshine was like Gösta Berling; it gave joy
to every man, therefore they were all silent about
the ill it had caused.
A drought after midsummer such as this would
hardly have been so ruinous in other districts. But
the spring had come late in Värmland. The grass
had not attained any height and would not grow
taller; the rye received no nourishment just when it
ought to bloom and broaden in the ear; the spring
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