On hēahum stōwum þǣr lyft is þynne and swēg berþ āna swā feorr swā se nīehsta stān, clāmb Se Ānsetla mid lēohtfæte nēah gehealdum, ēhtende behāt beorhtnesse. Nū is se lēg gewiten. Glæs þæs lēohtfætes is cōl tō hrine, nān wearmþ ne tōsprǣt. Þæt þe wunaþ is se munt self, swīgende and stīþ, mid nāhte būton þām blācan drifte þe hwīlum clīfeþ tō his uferum hrycgum, mist geboren æt ǣrdæge, gānde būtan ofeste, tōsīgende sōna swā sēo sunne bricþ ofer þone orh. On þisse wendunge ne ofdȳfþ Se Ānsetla nǣfre. Hē wunaþ þǣr wolcnu smierwaþ ofer þone grund and wāgaþ þone pæþ behindan and beforan on þǣre ilcan swīge.
Geo, on lȳtlum tūnum þe sǣton nīþerhlīþum Alpa, wācodon menn þā feorran coppas for ānre tācne, þām līþan wāfe þe ætīewde þonne wǣte lyft mētte stān, tō unandweard tō regne, wunigende āna ānne ǣþm ǣr hit gewite. Þes drift næs nā mist ne smoca, ac sum þing betweox, gemunnen on spellum swā ǣrend of þām hēahum stōwum, gelaþung tō anbīdenne ǣr man furþor fōre. Ēac on nīedrum hāmum āhōfon cōcas þæt hlid of wellendum crocce and wācodon þone ymbwind rīsendne on þǣre cycene, hāmlīc edwist þæs þe openode feorr ufan. Se cycenfyll næs nā egesful, ac tācn þæt sum þing wæs nēah gearu, scort dīst ǣr þām mete.
On þǣre ealdan worulde fundon bōccræftigmenn heora handa bewrigene mid dūste æfter morgenes fealdunge and þrycce, lēas lāf gaderiende on brerdum. Hīe leornodon tō healdanne heora ēagan and lungena fram þissum smælan melwe, and ongēaton his andweardnesse swā mearc gefyllednesse, scēat gearu tō underfōnne blæc, tō berenne nīwe spell forþ. On mynstrum wæs yld bōcfell bedūstod mid melwe ǣr gebōcunge, endemest dǣd ǣr scræpunge þǣre feþere. Se Ānsetla, lēohtfæt deorc, stent betweox swilcum lāstum, ymbhringed nā mid mannum ac mid gemynde hrines, þām lēasestan dūste forlǣtenum fram weorce, lāfe ǣþmes of rēcendum bollan, þām swīgendan drifte on cealdum hlīþe.
Sēo woruld ūtan þām ēagþyrle edlǣcþ þis hwīlum. On sumum tīdum, ǣr stormum oþþe æfter nihtum slāwre cōlunge, slīdeþ þynne dīst ofer feldum and hrōfum, hnesciende ecgas and swelgende swēg. Nā fullīce mist, hē giefþ nǣnne scyld, āna līþe tōdǣlednesse fram þām þe wæs sweotol āne hwīle ǣr. Wegfarende on ealdum wegum slāwodon heora stæpas, and wiston þæt tō micel ofest on þissum wedere lǣt āna tō misstæpum. Se Ānsetla, wiþsācende cīg þǣre dene, lǣt þisne drift setligan on his roce, and find frōfor on þǣre wiþsæcunge selfre, swā sēo woruld sīe ānfeald geworden tō rēce and stāne.
Æt hām mæg man felan þone willan tō ānfleamunge, tō wunienne mid stillum weorcum, wīpunge bordes, fealdunge fersces scēates, anbīdunge ofer cuppan tēan þā hwīle þe sēo wearmþ rīst and gewīt. Þās līþan dǣda scīnaþ geþyld þæs Ānsetlan on coppe þæs muntes. Tōdæg meaht þū anbīdan tō wacienne þone rēc of þīnre cuppan wunian āna ofer þām brerde, oþþe strīcan þæt dūst of hlide lēofre bōce, oþþe niman tīd tō ǣþmenne slāwe þā hwīle þe þū lōcast ūt on morgenes dīst. Ealle sind wegas tō findanne andgiet on andweardnesse þinga þe hrædlīce gewītaþ, oncnāwennes þæt hwīlum is īdelnes þæs lēohtfætes self latteow.
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