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But as he wept, his mother spoke to him from the grave and bade him let their old dog lead him into the forest to the home of the wood-nymphs, who would care for him. So Kullervo set off, led by the faithful dog. But on the way they came to the grassy mound where Kullervo had met his long-lost sister, and there he found that even the grass and the flowers and the trees were weeping.
'I shall journey to the dismal Northland, answered Kullervo, 'there to slay the wicked Untamo, who has killed all my kinsfolk. Then the witch said: 'Thou art wrong, for thy father and thy sisters escaped from Untamo's wrath, and now thy mother has joined them and they are living happily together on the distant borders of Kalevala. And when Kullervo begged her to tell him the way to them she did so, and he hastened off to find them.
So when Untamo came in the evening to see how he was getting on, and found only seven trees felled, he saw that he must set Kullervo to some other task. The next day, therefore, he took him into a field and bade him build a fence round it.
So he put forth all his giant's strength, and in a minute the boat was all broken to pieces. His father said: 'I see that thou art too clumsy to row; perhaps thou wilt do better to drive the salmon into the nets. And Kullervo asked again whether he should use all his strength, and he received the same answer as before.
When Kullervo was only three months old he began to speak, and the first words which he uttered were these: 'When I have grown big and strong I will avenge the murder of my grandfather Kalerwoinen and his people. At this Untamo was greatly alarmed, and took counsel with his people as to what should be done with the child. At length they hit upon a plan.
So Kullervo settled down to live with his parents, and began to work with the others. The first day they all went out to fish for salmon, and Kullervo was put at the oars to row their boat. Then he asked whether he should row with all his strength, or only a little part of it, and they told him that he could not pull too hard.
And after he was at a safe distance he began to play upon the bugle he had made, until Ilmarinen ran out of his smithy to see who it could be, and there before him in the courtyard Ilmarinen saw the body of his wife and learned what had happened: and he sat down and wept bitterly, for all the joy of his life was now gone from him. But Kullervo hastened on, and as he went he mourned his hard lot.
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