“But you’d never fit a whole village in here,” Emil says. I explain to him that the houses in the past were not as big as our houses today. There were fewer rooms, for instance. In most cases, people and animals lived under the one roof.
“And so what? Bella lives at home with us too,” Emil answers. “No, you idiot. I mean animals like cows or pigs.” Emil turns his nose up.
“So why is the wall only on the one side?” asks Emil. I take him by the hand and lead him to the ledge. In front of us is a four-metre drop. Emil holds on to me tightly. I laugh: “The enemy won’t find it that easy to get up here. Unless they are good climbers.”
“Yes, like Spiderman,” Emil replies excitedly.
We walk on. As we walk, we think about what signs of past times might still lie beneath the forest floor. Emil points to a hill: “Is that just a mound, or is there an exciting story hiding behind it?”
