Lächelnde Erinnerungen

High and lofty, the silk-shimmering sky bell lay above the fragrant resin forest. Dreamily, silver cloud boats floated through the azure glitter and flew far away like lost thoughts, far out into infinite distances. Beneath the vast blue, however, the swelling green of the resin spread out; soft, fragrant meadows nestled up the mountain slopes, and like dreaming fairy tales, blue mountain lakes greeted from hidden corners of the valley. The magnificent resin forest flaunted its lushest green. Mountain and valley, meadows and woods, all had donned their most vividly colored garments; they wanted to please the many hikers who were now coming out to them again in the young summer; they wanted to make them truly joyful and festive. And indeed, the people felt joyful and festive. They shook off all their everyday worries and looked around with bright, laughing eyes at the youthful, radiant nature, becoming happy and joyful like children, cheering, rejoicing, singing, and trilling. Even the grumpy mountain knolls forgot their age and joined in the youthful cheer of the general jubilation.

This wonderful book depicts the stories and perceptions of a blind boy in 20 chapters. It is an unaltered reprint of the historical original edition from 1910.