Translation:The High Mountains

Zacharias Papantoniou

Children's Literature, Greece, 1918.

A journey of initiation of a group of children in the mountains.



Table of contents

 * 1) The Three Fires
 * 2) Andreas's Letter
 * 3) The Departure
 * 4) The Young Travellers Climb up into the Mountains
 * 5) The Song of Uncle Fotis
 * 6) The Children See the Waters of the Roumelle
 * 7) Disaster in Foudoulis's Biscuits
 * 8) The Mules Know Where to Stop for Lunch
 * 9) The Fountain
 * 10) First Evening in the Forest
 * 11) Stars, Crickets and Bells
 * 12) The Children Form a Community
 * 13) Battle with a Watchdog
 * 14) A Young Vlach Who Doesn't Speak Very Much
 * 15) The Young Vlach Talks to the Children
 * 16) First Home Cooking
 * 17) Kaloyannis's Signs
 * 18) Communication with Inhabited Places
 * 19) They Get Tools for the Roads
 * 20) The Children Open the Roads
 * 21) The Fox Arrives
 * 22) The Seven Little Ones on a Hen Hunt
 * 23) The Owners Hear the News
 * 24) Foolish Panageois
 * 25) The Old Lady Charmaine
 * 26) Lambros Leads his Herd
 * 27) A School Where Nobody Expected One
 * 28) What Lambros Saw at the End of the Lesson
 * 29) A Teacher in the Community
 * 30) In the Shade of the Pines
 * 31) Old Athanase
 * 32) A Voluntary Policeman for the Fox
 * 33) An Unexpected Episode
 * 34) The Man who Consumes the Forest
 * 35) The Children Warn the Police
 * 36) The Stripped Pine
 * 37) The Children Become Forest Rangers
 * 38) Forest Rangers, Watch Out!
 * 39) Rough Time for the Tree Choppers
 * 40) The Black Ibex
 * 41) Aphrodo's Song
 * 42) The Story of Yannis from Yeuse
 * 43) The Malediction of the Pine
 * 44) Bathing
 * 45) The Drunken Miller
 * 46) At the Fir Tree
 * 47) For the Sunset
 * 48) Phanis Completely Alone
 * 49) Great Concern at the Cabins
 * 50) On the Way to Phanis
 * 51) The Day's Blessings
 * 52) The Moor's Rock
 * 53) Goodnight Old Moor
 * 54) Even Gkeka Is Delighted
 * 55) Thymios the Bell Maker from Salona
 * 56) Foudoulis Is Sick
 * 57) Costakis With One Shoe
 * 58) The Wolf
 * 59) A Little Ceremony in the Forest
 * 60) The Mountain Stream
 * 61) Where Does the Water Come From?
 * 62) Trees Can Also Feel Pain
 * 63) The Villager's Dream
 * 64) The Dead Trees
 * 65) At the Hydraulic Saw
 * 66) The Song to the New Ship
 * 67) Spyros Finds Something Useful
 * 68) The Storm
 * 69) The Storm on the Children's Cabins
 * 70) A Message
 * 71) At the Monastery
 * 72) Vespers
 * 73) Compline
 * 74) The Mass
 * 75) Aphrodo's Wedding
 * 76) Gkeka Did What Was Needed
 * 77) Old Athanase Doesn't Want to Cry
 * 78) The Return Journey
 * 79) Years Later