An EnCrypted Christmas: "The Earth Draws" by Jonas Lie

<p>In this dark Norwegian folk tale, a young shop assistant accidentally &nbsp;chances upon the secret stores of the hidden underground people - and &nbsp;one of their women becomes enamoured of him. But what calls to him every &nbsp;Yuletide...?</p> <p>This &nbsp;is an audio presentation (with music and sound effects) of "The Earth Draws" by Jonas Lie, translated by R. Nisbet-Bain (1893).</p> <p>💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀</p> <p><strong>Please support my work...</strong></p> <p>Researching, &nbsp;reading, re-reading, recording, mixing, uploading, &nbsp;promoting each of &nbsp;these short story audio presentations takes many hours &nbsp;- possibly more &nbsp;than you'd imagine. &nbsp;&nbsp;You can say thank you in the following ways:</p> <p><strong>Patreon: </strong><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.patreon.com/encryptedpod</a></p> <p><strong>YouTube channel membership: </strong><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.youtube.com/c/EnCryptedClassicHorror/join</a></p> <p><strong>One-off donation:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/encryptedpod</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast&nbsp;</a></p> <p><strong>Get in touch!</strong></p> <p>I &nbsp;like to hear from listeners, so feel free to reach out to me on the &nbsp;&nbsp;socials. &nbsp;If you want to discuss the show, talk business, or have any &nbsp;&nbsp;ideas for stories you'd like to hear in future episodes, contact me: &nbsp;&nbsp;encryptedpod@gmail.com</p> <p>💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀</p> <p><strong>About the episode:</strong></p> <p>"The Earth Draws" by Jonas Lie.&nbsp; Originally collected in <em>Trold </em>by Jonas Lie (1891). This translation first published in the collection <em>Weird Tales of the Northern Seas from the Danish of Jonas Lie </em>by Jonas Lie, translated by R. Nisbet Bain<em> </em>(published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner &amp; Co., 1893).</p> <p><strong>Credit where credit's due:</strong></p> <p>Incidental music:</p> <p>Landskab by Alexander Nakara