Assignment 4

The Ullfall Murder

Per Olsson was born on September 24, 1797, at a crofter’s holding
in Gustava, as the 5th child in a hard working family. He grew up
in Gustava a small place in the near of Hagfors in Northern Wermland.
The family lived in a red cottage situated in the forest, consisting of
a room and a kitchen. There was a wood stove in the kitchen, the
only heating to warm up. Water was brought out of a spring in the
garden. Five hens picking up seed in the garden supplied the house-
hold with eggs. Two cows supplied milk fulfilling the family’s request.
According to current rules, people were obliged to have four cows,
if having a horse. Per’s father was anyway keeping a horse to care
out the forestry. At that time, men living in Gustava worked as
farmers, black-smiths and craftsmen, while the women worked with
household duties.

After nine years at school Per Olsson starts to work as a farmer’s hand
at Mathew Olsson’s crofter’s holding Ullfallet in Gustafa. Mathew is
married to Lisa. Per starts to help Mathew carrying through different
duties at his small farm. Mathew has an austere look. Even his wife is
afraid of him. As Mathew and Lisa doesn’t have any children by their
own, Tom, a young shepherd boy, is living together with them. Mathew
and Per are working hard together for a long time reaching good agree-
ment. Mathew is content with their team-work and good co-operation.
However, Per keeps a secret in his mind, namely to buy a rowing-boat,
enable him to go out fishing. But, there is a problem, because he has
neither got any money nor earning much. One day, he asks Mathew:
“Please, could you lend me 30 rixdollar?” Mathew answers: “Why,
do you want me to borrow you 30 rixdollar?” Per says: “Because, I’ve
got a dream. The money makes it possible to buy a rowing-boat.”
Mathew says: “I’ll think it over. You’ll get an answer within a week”.
As Mathew is satisfied with the work Per executes at his farm, he is
afraid missing him and anxious to meet his wishes. After three days
Mathew contacts Per informing: “Yes, I’ll lend you 30 rixdollar, if
you promise to repay the money plus an interest of 2 % within a
period of three months. ”Happy to hear Mathew admitting the loan,
Per confirms: “I promise you to repay the 30 rixdollar plus 2% interest
according to due date.

Whistling happily Per goes away buying a rowing-boat. Since that day
Per goes fishing early in the mornings. As a matter of fact, Pers’ salary
doesn’t make it possible to save money for the loan. Consequently,
after three months he has almost 30 Rixdollar to repay. Matheus is
disappointed hearing Per can’t repay the loan as agreed upon. But,
he promises Per to wait for another month. When even this month is
passed Mathew becomes furious and emphasises to Per: “ It’s an
agreement and you’ve promised me to repay and settle the amount on
due date.” Per answers: “Yes, but you haven’t paid enough salary enabling
me to repay and settle the loan. I really, want to settle the loan.”

After that day, as soon as Mathew meets Per he reminds him about
the outstanding amount. Of course, Per wants to repay the money,
but he just doesn’t earn enough as Mathew is a skinflint. Per gets
tired hearing Mathew reminding him time after another. He starts
to avoid and to keep away from Mathew to be spared from hearing
his reminders. One day, when Per is scythe working out in the fields,
Mathew turns up again threatening him saying: “You’ll have to hand
in a resignation, if not settling the loan of 30 rixdollar excluding 2%
interest within soon. I’ll get you scolded in the farmers’ neighbourhood,
if you can’t keep your promise paying back your debt.”

At this time Per has been working at Mathews’ farm for a couple of
years. Still, he is a bachelor and has the intention to move out from
Mathews’ house and take over Gummen, a crofter’s holding in Gustava.
A friend of Per, Lars Olsson, has promised Per to be his farm-hand,
carrying through different duties at the crofter Gummen.

From now on, Per has gone tired almost mad of Mathews’ nagging about
the loan as soon as meeting him. Late one evening Per brings Lars with
him to Mathews’ farm to give notice and inform Mathew, that he still
doesn’t have the money and is unable to repay the loan. Before, going
to Mathews’ farm they have some fun and drink a bottle of liquid. There-
after, being somewhat drunk, they decide to follow the way through the
wood to Mathews’ farm. Per wishes he had got the money to repay the loan,
but he hasn’t. As a matter of fact, Per likes Mathew, but he can’t stand
him claiming the debt all the time.

He has to do something thoroughgoing to get rid of all nagging about
money. In the middle of the night arriving in front of Matheus’ house,
he opens the door and steps brave inside. Per is a tall and thin guy, but
not weak. He isn’t aggressive in any way, even if always keeping a knife
in one of his long trouser pockets as a precautionary measure. Coming
inside Per gets furious, when once again hearing Matheus’s voice reminding
him about due date of the debt.

Per can’t stand hearing the claim any longer. Violently, he raises the right
hand in which he holds a knife. Suddenly, he cuts Mathew deep in the throat
and short thereafter his wife, Lisa. Mathew takes out his hands to protect
himself, while the blood gushes from the deep wound at the same time as it
red-colours his shirt. In vain, he tries to say something. The blood in his
throat just enables him to groan a little. When he tries to talk, there is a
a gurgling sound. After some minutes he collapses and falls to the floor,
where he remains lying. For some minutes his body shakes somewhat.
A few minutes thereafter, he lies pale, still and calm on the floor. The
only person, participating during the brutal murder is Tom, the shepherd
boy, who gets a shock and runs away.

When Per and Lars understand, that Mathew and his wife are brought
to death they become confused and start to shout to each other: “What’ve
we done?” “After this deed, we’ll get our throats cut off.”
Calming down they get aware of having to get rid of two human
beings’ bodies. To remove evidence they get an idea and decide
to put the Ullfallet farm on fire. Executing the idea, Per becomes
scared and starts running into the wood in order to hide the murder
weapon, his knife. Having run for two hours Per and Lars get tired
and lay down to rest in a barn, but before doing that, they pick some
eggs in the poultry-yard to appease the hunger, not having eaten
since yesterday.

Afraid, hiding in the barn they are aware of, that the police force
within soon would search for them. They didn’t want to appear in
public. When dark had fallen they were sneaking like Indians into
the food cellar of a house situated not far from there, where they had
stolen some bread and ham. In the dark they had seen how the Ullfallet
farm was on fire. Per understood, that he couldn’t go on behaving like
this much longer. After some days the people in the neighbourhood
should know all about what had happened at the Ullfallet and was on
the look out for Per and Lars. Having eaten Per and Lars decide to go
to the police to confess, what they had been up to.

Well, arriving to the police Per and his friend Lars were arrested. They
were informed by the police, that their case was planned to be handled
within a week. Spending the days in the arrest the police executed cross-
examination technique. At once, Per admitted the committed murder of
Mathew and Lisa, his wife and Lars assisting the crime. As a matter of
fact, there was a witness to the crime, Tom, the shepherd boy working
for Mathew and Lisa, who witnessed the crime. During the legal proceeding
Per admitted the murder of Mathew and his wife Lisa. Lars admitted being
his assistant. The Supreme Court made the final judicial decision sentencing
Per Olsson and Lars Olsson to death by beheading. At this time beheading
was a popular entertainment.

On December 20, 1823, Per Olsson and Lars Olsson were beheaded outside
Ullfallet, the crofter’s holding. The parish clergyman read some lines out
of the bible before the action was executed. After the beheading Pers’ and
Lars’ heads were placed with public views on poles in front of the house
Ullfallet. As actions like this was a very popular entertainment, people
round about Gustava participated the execution of the two persons, who
had committed murder.

Svea Hovrätt was handling the Ullfall murder case at the Court of Justice
Legislation: Rättegångsbalken 2nd chapter 5§ 1734 Law

Assignement no 3

Limericks
A man from N.Y.
There was a young man from N.Y.,
Who went from there to Cork,
To see his beautiful girl Philly,
But when arriving there, she was filly,
Which unable him to try his pork.

An honest young man called Bill,
Was supposed paying his bill,
Friends around the table looking tall,
Seeing if he was supposed to fall,
While feeling sorry as he falls down the hill.

There once was a girl named Sarah,
Whose legs were as long as the Sahara,
She went out one day
While having something to say
As she came back the other day saying: “Ah!”

The late Mr A Graham Bell,
Once tried to jump into a well,
But there he was the nasty bishop,
Who had made the rubber cord-shop
So he falls and falls and his last words is: “bloody hell!”

A man called George
There once was a muscular man from George,
He was a struggling Hi-man working in his forge
Always he tried to be alert
Sitting on his post dressed in a yellow skirt.
Participating in a war the soldier’s name was George

Yes, he loved his girl
Because she was like a pearl
He wrote her a poem
Which sounded like a Chorus.
She was his girl from Söul.

He was a data nerd
Spiritually allied to the bird
He said:”Put out your tongue
And I’ll write you a song,
While finding a queen of world.”

The young girl would make
Advances to snake after snake.
She said: “I’m not vicious,
But so superstitious!
I do it for Grand mama’s sake”.

Poetry
Observation Power
I just went out looking for something,
Saw the sky was blue and the sun shining,
It was like an ordinary Swedish summer day
Very alike one between two seasons.

The first odour my nose smelled
Was the smoke from an ashtray
Aware of inhaling the smoke was unhealthy
Well witnessed by that, I did it anyway.

There he stood, the guardian of knowledge
Immovable he stood there big and strong
In front of the university being a symbol
Donated by Herman Reijers, a big artist.

A Gift
Watch up, I’m going to cut my hand
On the sharp knife you gave me.
Yes, I ought to know, what to do:
I’ve to bandage the wound myself
And hide the blood from you.

Is it a murderer’s knife?
How often you’ve warned me:
For if looking for pity
Or trying a persuader’s note
I must either restore it
Or through it into my throat.


Children
You were a daredevil and I was shy:
There were eager and curious eyes.
You took a nap on the lawn among the roses,
And counting the stars across a summer sky
Flashed by volleys when he chooses.

None spoke with you, I alone adored you,
Child of the wave, child of the morning dew,
And in my dreams went hunting here and there
A fugitive beacon – your moon- your blond hair.









Sonnets
A Praise to Life

The day is clear at the sky’s rand.
Wake up, wake up my beautiful land!
Father’s craft surrounds your walls.
Please, go your way in justify
And opening the gate-way to felicity!

Spring has breaking out of darkness and ice.
Wake up, wake up heart in praise and price!
Father, Father, solace all what suffers.
Bring us into love, wipe away tears of sorrow-time.
Wake up soul of sun and spring-time!


“The Emergency Care”
Suddenly, the Emergency Care gets an alarm.
Rescue vehicles call for attention, is it an accident?
Or is it someone, who’s sprained his arm?
Is it an accident or just an ordinary incident?

Someone calls the Emergency Care for immediate care.
An ambulance well equipped and of a new yellow brand,
Blue lights twinkling violently in an attempt being there.
The man might die lying there helpless on the sand.

No man was upon the strand helping an injured man.
An aristocratic from the upper class, you smell it in the air.
A nurse reached him just in time, according to a plan.
Upon the strand, a girl kisses a wounded man’s hair.
Now, his weakness is evident, you see it of his pale face.
When the ambulance nurse brought him away from the place.
















Ballad

My Dear Little Pet
I still feel the pain deep in my heart
And a heart which is broken
Now he is gone for ever
I can’t see him any longer
I can’t see him any longer

I ask myself did it hurt?
And has he been suffering?
Yes, I think he suffered
But, now he is gone for ever
But now he is gone for ever

Whenever, I close my eyes
The murderer is there
He is sitting on the driver’s seat
I can see him in front of my eyes
I can see him in front of my eyes

I can hear the wheels of the car
The four are furious screaming
When the murderer breaks brake linings
And it happened in the middle of the night
And it happened in the middle of the night

I cry, because there he was just a minute ago
And now laying on the pavement unmovable
Yes, he is lying unmovable in the street
And now my little pet is gone for ever
And now my little pet is gone for ever
Karlstad, August 3, 2008

A dialogue between two old ladies

A dialogue between two old ladies
The background is two old ladies, who are starting
to chat with each other, while they are feeding the
ducks by a fishpond just outside the city core of
London. Yes, they've met once before, but it was
ages ago in a quite different part of the world.
At first they don't recognize each other. As they
are standing quite in the near of each other the
following discussion takes place:

Mary: "Hello, my name is Mary. I'm glad not
being alone, while feeding the ducks. You see,
I use to visit this place each afternoon bringing
some pieces of bread, which has been left over
the last day. Usually, I'm all alone here."

France: "Hello, please call me France. Nice meeting
you. It's the first time I'm visiting this pond. I use
to go to the pond in the North end of the park, but
today I just wanted to change the routine and do
something different. Therefore, I went looking around
in the surroundings in the South end of the park.
You see, I'm curious and want to know and have a
look if other ponds look alike."

Mary: “You see, during that time, when my husband
and I were living and moving to different places abroad,
I often went searching if there was any fishpond in the
neighbourhood and usually I found one. Even if I’ve
returned back to Sweden, I keep this somewhat curious habit.
I don’t know why!”

France: “Living abroad, where were you living then?”

Mary: “At that time, we, my husband and I, were living in
Bombay, India. You see, my husband was appointed and
working as the Chief of Formation for the English Regiment
in Bombay. Of course, being his wife I’d to accompany him.
We stayed for ten years in Bombay, India.”

France: “What a coincident! May I introduce myself? My complete
name is France Austin. Do you happen to be Mary Ford?”

Mary: “How did you know my second name?”

France: “My husband happened to be the Ambassador of Bombay
and I think we’ve met at a great number of parties during these
days. Don’t you recognize me?”

Mary: “Naturally, now I remember you and your husband. It’s
true, when mentioning it we often met at that time participating
in common parties. Have you returned to England too?”
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France: “Yes, for two and a half years ago we came back to
England, because we longed for our children and back to
London both of us. My husband was then retired on a pension
and didn’t want to stay in Bombay during his last days in life.
You see, Bombay is a city being very hectic and everybody
forces the pace. We only wanted to stay in peace and quit.”

Mary: “We felt exactly the same way and were lucky, when
getting an apartment just outside the city core of London or
more exactly in Surrey. We really like being back in England.
Where do you live?”

France: “As a matter of fact, we are also living in Surrey.
What a meeting! We are living on Liberty Street 11 quite in
the near of the huge Art Gallery.”

Mary: “ We are living on the street intersecting the Liberty
Street. The address is Roomer Street 21. Our apartment
consists of three rooms. There is a small kitchen, two bed-
rooms, a living-room and a big balcony. There are central
heating in the apartment. That’s nice, I think. However,
the rent we are charged for this flat is quite expensive. But,
both of us have actually retired on a pretty well pension
and my husband, while working was well-paid, so I think,
we’ll manage paying the rent.”

France: “Yes, I think so too. We are also paying a high
rent for the flat. The Embassy arranged the flat for us,
so we didn’t have to search for one ourselves. We’ve also
a flat, which consists of three rooms and a kitchen. The flat
has been newly-repaired. That’s nice!”

Mary: “Now, when we occasionally have met, you’ve to
come and visit us in our flat, especially when you’re living
quite in the near. I can’t imagine, what a coincident. I think,
your husband George and my husband Percy reached very
well agreement. I know, that George has thought about
trying to find out, where your husband lives today. Recently,
he talked about him. Now I can make him happy, telling him
that I’ve met his wife and that we are going to see each
other within soon. This might be the beginning of a wonder-
ful time!”
Karlstad, July 24, Nilla

Dialogue no 3

Dialogue no 3

A Dialogue between two peopele, not knowing each other

On Sunday afternoon a person calls one of the emergency
operatorsby dialling 112, to get a piece of advice, when not feeling well.
The operator recommends a visit at the hospitals’ emergency room,
the so called the E.R., for consulting, where the following dialogue
takes place between a doctor and his patient:

The patient: “Good afternoon! I’m glad you’re taking your
time to look at me, because I don’t feel very well.
I’ve no idea what’s the matter with me."
The doctor: “Good afternoon! As a matter of fact I’ve finished
off the meeting with the former patient, which
enables me to visit you within soon. Now, tell me,
what's wrong with you?”
The patient:“Yesterday, I went to the West Coast together with
boyfriend. We just intended to go to the South end
of the Koster Island and back during the day, as to
I suddenly began to feel ill.”
The doctor: “That sounds to be a very nice trip, but what
happened?”The patient: “Already, in the morning,
when starting the trip by car to Strömstad I felt very
frozen and had got head-ache. Arriving in Strömstad
we took the ferry to the South end of the Koster Island.
It was a hot and sunny day. Even on board at the ferry
I felt frozen, which I thought depended on the wind blowing.
I love to take a swim in the salt water at the West Coast
even if there are some jelly-fishes, so the first thing I did
entering the beach was to go for a swim. In the cold
salted water I was seized by cramp, what made me
interrupt swimming around. The water was cold, which
it usually is at the South end of the Koster Island. We
had brought some sandwiches and a vacuum jug with
hot coffee. As I started to feel sick, I didn't participate
the picnic. It was a wonderful sunny day and I went for
another swim. At about four o’clock in the afternoon,
we took the ferry back to Strömstad, where we had the car
at a parking lot. At the ferry my body started to freeze still
more. I was almost shaking. As soon as the ferry arrived in
Strömstad we started the journey back to Karlstad. The
driver had to put on the heat in the car cabin, as I was
shivering so much. I felt like having high fever. However,
there had arisen another problem, because next day at
eleven o’clock a.m. I was supposed to participate in a golf
competition at Kils’ Golf Court. I felt pity for my friend
should’ve to sustain playing golf, because of me not
feeling well. Anyway, I recommended him to go."

"Awaking this morning I still had got fever, more than +40
degrees, why I immediately had a couple of antipyretics.
When my friend went back this afternoon, I still had very
high fever, despite the antipyretics. Then, I started to feel
somewhat anxious about the condition. That’s why I called
one of the emergency operators for a piece of advice. The
nurse wanted me to visit the E.R., the Emergency Room at
the hospital and here I’m. Look, I’ve also got a discoloured
spot on my left leg."
The doctor: “For your information, I’ve got the result of the blood test,
taken by the nurse, which indicates some sort of infection,
but there is a problem. We don’t know what kind of infection
it is. You see, working at the hospital’s E.R. is very alike
working as Sherlock Holmes, being a detective. Would you
please tell me what you’ve been up to these days before
going to Strömstad?”
The patient: “Yes of course, on Thursday evening my friend and I went
to Grums’ Old Homestead Museum, where they had an
entertainment in a barn. You see, the father of a school-
mate of mine has given the Homestead Museum to the
church and the community. It’s driven as a non-profit-
making association and I was a member of the board.
Afterwards, when people went for coffee-time that evening,
I was assisting bringing chairs out of the barn. It was dark
and dirty inside the barn. On Friday morning I went as usual
to work.”
The doctor: “Would you please take off your trousers, enabling me to have
a look at the discoloured spot on your left leg! Have you got
some insect-bite on your body?”
The patient: “No, not that I’m aware of. Before going to the hospitals’ E.R.
I carefully checked the body to eliminate tick-bites, but I
couldn’t find any.”
The doctor: “Let me examine your body! Please raise your left leg another
time! Ah, there it is! Here on you left leg you’ve got a red
mark. I’ll take a test and send it away to the laboratory in
Sundsvall for an analysis. Now, I’ve got a slight idea, what
it might be, but I’ll wait for an answer of the analysis before
making any diagnosis. You see, it’s no good to give you
penicillin, not knowing exactly, what kind of penicillin is
going to work in your case. Now, we’ll have to wait a day
or two, before we’ve got the answer of the analysis. Until
then, I’ll keep you at the hospital and prescribe some
antipyretics and discharge fluid. I just want you to be patient!”

Dear readers, I’d like you to guess and answer the five questions below:
No 1: “Who are the actors in this dialogue?”
No 2: “What’s the reason, why this person contacts the emergency operator?”
No 3: “What occurred to this person before contacting the E.R.?”
No 4: “How did it happened?"
No 5: "When did it happended?"
July 13, 2008, Nilla

Dialogue no 3

Dialogue no 3

A Dialogue between two persons, not knowing each other

On Sunday afternoon a person calls one of the emergency operators
by dialling 112, to get a piece of advice, when not feeling well. The
operator recommends a visit at the hospitals’ emergency room,
the so called the E.R., for a consult, where the following dialogue
takes place between a doctor and his patient:

The patient: “Good afternoon! I’m glad you’re taking your time to
look at me, because I don’t feel very well. I’ve no idea
what’s the matter with me."
The doctor: “Good afternoon! As a matter of fact I’ve finished off
the meeting with the former patient, that’s why I've
managed to visit you within soon. Tell me, what's wrong
with you?”
The patient: “Yesterday, I went to the West Coast together with my
boyfriend. We just intended to go to the South end of the
Koster Island and back during the day, as I suddenly
began to feel ill.”
The doctor: “That sounds to be a very nice trip, but what happened?”
The patient: “Already, early in the morning, starting the trip by car
to Strömstad I felt very frozen and had got head-ache.
Arriving in Strömstad we took the ferry to the South
end of the Koster Island. It was a hot and sunny day.
Even on board at the ferry I felt frozen, which I thought
depended on the wind blowing. I love to take a swim in
the salt water at the West Coast even if there are some
jelly-fishes, so the first thing I did entering the beach
was to go for a swim. In the cold salted water I was seized
with cramp, what made me interrupt swimming around.
The water was cold, which it usually is at the South end
of the Koster Island. We had brought some sandwiches
and a vacuum jug with hot coffee. As I started to feel sick,
I didn'tparticipate the picnic. It was a wonderful sunny day
and I went for another swim. At about four o’clock in the
afternoon, we took the ferry back to Strömstad, where we
had the car at the parking lot. At the ferry my body started
to freeze still more. I was almost shaking. As soon as the
ferry arrived in Strömstad we started the journey back
to Karlstad. The driver had to put on the heat in the car
cabin, as I was shivering so much. I felt like having high
fever. However, there had arisen another problem too,
because next day at eleven o’clock a.m. I was supposed
to participate in a golf competition at Kils’ Golf Court.
I felt pity for my boy-friend should sustain playing golf
because of me not feeling well. Anyway, I recommendet
him to go playing. Awaking this morning I still had got
high fever, more than +40 degrees, why I immediately
had a couple of antipyretics."

"When my friend went back this afternoon, I still had
very high fever, despite the antipyretics. Then, I started
to feel somewhat anxious about the condition. That’s why
I called the emergency operator for a piece of advice.
The nurse wanted me to visit the E.R., the Emergency
Room at the hospital and here I’m. Look, I’ve also got a
discoloured spot on my left leg."
The doctor: “For your information, I’ve got the result of the blood test,
taken by the nurse, which indicates some sort of infection,
but there is a problem. We don’t know what kind of infection
it is. You see, working at the hospital’s E.R. is very alike
working as Sherlock Holmes, being a detective. Would you
please tell me, what you’ve been up to these days before
going to Strömstad?”
The patient: “Yes of course, on Thursday evening my friend and I went
to Grums' Old Homestead Museum, where they had an
ertainment in a barn. You see, the father of a school-mate
of mine has given the Homestead Museum to the church and
the community. It’s driven as a non-profit-making association
and I was a member of the board. Afterwards, when people
went for coffee-time that evening, I was assisting bringing chairs
out of the barn. It was dark and dirty inside the barn. On Friday
morning I went as usual to work.”
The doctor: “Would you please take off your trousers, enabling me to have
a look at the discoloured spot on your left leg! Have you got
some insect-bite on your body?”
The patient: “No, not that I’m aware of. Before going to the hospitals’ E.R.
I carefully checked the body to eliminate tick-bites, but I
couldn't find any.”
The doctor: “Let me examine your body! Please raise your left leg once more!
Ah, there it is! Here on you left leg you’ve got a red mark.I’ll take
a test and send it away to the laboratory in Sundsvall for an analysis.
Now, I’ve got a slight idea, what it might be, but I’ll wait for the
answer of the analysis before making a diagnosis. You see, it’s
no good to give you penicillin, when not knowing exactly what
kind of penicillin might be applicable in your case. Now,we’ll have
to wait a day or two, before we’ve got the answer of the analysis.
Until then, I keep you at the hospital and prescribe some antipyretic
and discharge fluid. I just want you to be patient!”

Dear readers, now I’d like you to guess and answer the five questions below:

No 1: “Who are the actors in this dialogue?”
No 2: “What’s the reason, why this person contacts the emergency operator?”
No 3: “What occurred to this person before contacting the E.R.?”
No 4: “How did it happen?”
No 5: “When did it actually happen?”
July 13, 2008, Nilla

Dialogue no 1 and 2

Dialogue no 1 and 2
A Visit at the Sibyl’s Desk
Last week I went on vacation to Strömstad, which is a
small townon the Swedish West Coast. Sometimes going
on holiday I use tolook for activities and so I did last
Saturday, as there was noweather for the beach. Approaching
Strömstad by car, I’d recognizedan advertising poster about a
Medical Health Fair taking place onJuly 5 and 6, 2008, at 10:30
a.m. and 18:00 p.m. It seemed excitingvisiting the fair. I parked
the car on the parking lot just outsidethe entrance of the upper
secondary school, where it was taking place.At the entrance I
asked the woman: “How much is it?” She answered:“The entry
is Swedish Crowns 100,-. I paid for the entrance andstepped inside
the premises.I was lucky visiting the fair on Saturday, because
there was arunning race in the city core, which was the reason,
why there wasn’tso many people attending the fair. It was very
hot inside the premises,but the atmosphere was calm. I was very
interested in what they hadto offer, so I went around somewhat
amused and curious having a lookand there she was. I recognized
the woman’s face at once. The womanwas sitting in front of a desk
offering her services, telling you about yourfuture and back-ground.
Attending the Medical Health Fair last yearI’d visited her. Her name
is Tina Taylor a professional medium. Whatstory was she going to tell
me this time, the same or another one? Thesibyl glanced at me as if
she recognized me. There was a great manyNorwegian people queuing
up in front of her desk, eagerly to hear herstory-telling. I’d to put my
name on a list to stipulate visiting-time.At last it showed to be my turn.
I paid Swedish Crowns 100, - for aten minute visit. During my visit at
Tina’s desk, the sibyl’s desk, thefollowing dialogue was held:

The sibyl: “Instinctively, I think I know you. Have you beenvisiting
me before?
”I: “Yes, as a matter of fact I’ve and now I’m curiousabout what
story you’re going to tell me this time.
"The sibyl: “How nice seeing you again. Would you please hold outyour
hands and put them into mine. I'll tell you more about your
future as well as back-groung."At the same time she closes
her eyes being quite fora long time before starting to speak
again.“As you see, I’ve got some Tarok-cards at the desk in
front of me. Now I’d like you to point out two ofthem.”
I: “Yes, I choose the Tarok-card to the extreme leftand the
other one to the extreme right.
The sibyl: “Historically, the Tarok-cards tell me, that in 1646 you were
a woman clergyman at the profession,who sentenced a lot of
people to death for witchcraft. People were burnt at the stake,
even if there just wasa mere trifle, as for example a beautiful
girl having asmall birth-mark at her left hip, which was considered
as a symbol for being a witch. At that time people, was condemned
even if being innocent. The with-trial was often being started by
envying and questioning people. Then it was fulfilled by the priest
condemning the poor creatures to death for witchery."

“Further, at the sixteenth century you entered amonastery.
Taking the vows you executed some reallygood needlework, when
giving aid to refugees. You did a nice job very alike Mother Theresa’s
and was well-known for it.”

“In the end of the seventeenth century you wereworking as a school-
teacher helping children to readand write. As a teacher you were
very popular among the children, who loved you very much."
I: “I see, that according to my back-ground I’ve been upto a great deal
of different thrilling roles. I find it an awkward situation during the
witchery having been such a cruel person. You see, I like people
very much, being an emotional person. It was a sad story you’re
telling me. However, at that time it was different as people weren’t
as informed as they are today.”
The sibyl:“No, you’re quite right. At that time, there was a lotof cruelty.
How is your situation today? I see, that you’ve got a lot of people
around you at work. What are you doing at work? Are you married?”
I: “I’m permanently employed at Telia handling claims. I’m neither
married or living together with somebody, but I’ve got a friend.”
The sibyl: “Yes, the cards tell me, that you’re living separately, but within
soon he’ll ask you to marry him. At workyou’ve got contact with
a lot of people helping them with their problems. At Telia you’re
working very hard climbing up the stairs. Also, I see, that you’re
under stress at work. That’s why I’d like you to visit thehealer’s
desk. Carl-Arne Nilsson, at the neighbour’s desk, is a healer holding
a diploma. He’ll give you a piece of good advice getting rid of stress.”
I: “Thanks for holding your time. Is it O.K. if I continue visiting
Carl-Arne’s, the healer’s desk?”
The sibyl: “Thank you and hoping to see you next year!”
I: “Good buy!”
The healer:“Hello, how are you?”
I: “I’m fine thank you, but sometimes I’m feeling a little under
stress.”
The healer:“Yes, I feel you’re in a state under strain. I’ll helpyou get rid of it.”
I: “That’s fine!”
The healer:“Now I’d like you to close your eyes and just relaxfor some minutes.
I’m going to put my hands on yourshoulders enabling you to feel
the heat streaming out of my hands. As you’ve got a very busy job,
I’dlike you to take at least ten minutes of your time eachday for
meditation. It will help you not being over-strained at work.”
I: “I wonder how do I do meditating in a correct way to achieve
utmost relax?”
The healer:“You switch off the light, lightening a candle, puttingon soft music,
while thinking about nothing at all for about ten minutes per day.
Just try to empty your mind completely.”
I: “Thanks for instructing me how to handle and solve the stress
problem.”
The healer: “I’m now going to give you a hug wishing you goodluck with
the meditation.”
I: “How much for your consulting time?”
The healer: “Swedish Crowns 100, - will do.”
I: “Thanks for keeping your time.”
The healer: “Good bye, hoping to see you next summer.”
I: “Good bye

The 1st assignment

The Man with the Pumpkin-Sized Head

The man with the mellow pumpkin-sized head gazed
into the mirror and felt a shiver running down his spine.
What did he see in the mirror? The mirror showed a man
with a gargantuan moustache, which it didn't show last
night, just before he went to bed. His moustache had grown
at least one metre during the night, and now it was almost
hitting his fingertips. It was black and twisted and the ends
of it was soaring towards the gargantuan moustache half
way. As a matter of fact, he was looking like a fashionable
gentleman. Taking one more look into the mirror, he didn't
believe, that he was the man with the gargantuan moustache.
He became so surprised, that he had to sit down for some
minutes on the sooty coloured sofa in the living-room just
to calm down, wondering how this could have happened.
He had never in hiw whole life been a man with a moustache
and now suddenly he had got one just after having one night's
sleep. The only reason for this crazy dream might be the
situation at home, having a wife in a constant state of
emancipation, who would be very proud having a man in
the house with such a gargantuan moustache.

For a moment, he thought maybe someone had enchanted
and transformed his mirror to be a magic mirror, so he
turned the mirror and had a look on its back, but he couldn't
discover anything faulty with the mirror. Now, he was really
frightened. What would happen next? Quickly he put on his
clothes and ran to his brother Gary's house and told him all
about what had happened to him, the entire story. At this
moment Gary thought, that his brother had been drinking
again, but he assured him, that this wasn't the case. No, he
assured him saying: "I'm quite sober." Gary said: "If you
don't want to keep this moustache for the rest of your life,
you have to see a doctor and ask him how on earth this could
have happened. Living in an anarchy, if you're lucky, he will
have an explanation to what's happened to you. Especially, as
you feel, that you rather not won't to have this gargantuan
moustach for ever, even if your dear wife admires you, when
looking like a real man from a far distant and very different
country, maybe some Indian looking person." In this situation
he felt he had to tell his dear wife: "I'm a protestant from England,
you know."

Gary's brother was lucky when getting an appointment the
following day at the medical centre. According to the appoint-
ment agreed on the other day, he visited the medical centre
and the doctor. The doctor knew him very well and was
surprised, when seeing him and his altered look. He hardly
recognized his patient, when he appeared with the gargantuan
moustache. The doctor said to him: "I haven't seen you for
about six months, but what on earth, how have you managed
to get such a gargantuan moustche? Have you been using
some fast growing elixir liquid in your face?" Now, the man
with the pumpkin-sized head told him the whole story. "I've
no idea, how on earth I've got this gargantuan moustache,
but it appeard during one night's sleep." Further, the doctor
asked him: "What did you do last night just before going to
bed?" The man answered: "Usually, I shave myself in the
evening to avoid having to do that in the morning, when I'm
in a hurry, and so I did last night. However, I remeber that
I got some soap in my eyes and took a bottle in the toilet
cupboard with the after shave bottle and lubricated the
liquid into my face." The doctor said: "Did you see, if you
relly took the right bottle?" "No, I didn't since I'd soap in
my eyes and kept them shut at the time." The doctor asked
him: "Does your wife have any bottles in the cupboard?"
"Yes", the man said, "she has got a bottle for removing
unwanted hair on her body." Rapidly the doctor had a look
into the medical catafalque. "Ah", the doctor said, there we've
an explanation, I think. You see, the fluid that you used is
made for female skin only, and when used on male skin it
has an opposite effect. So, if you just go home and shave
the gargantuan moustache away, this time not using your
wife's female fluid, you won't get the gargantuan moustache
back." "Thanks", the man said, "but still I insist, there was only
one sane person in the room, and it wasn't me."
Creative Writing, June 19, 2008, Nilla