The Story

Ádám, Liza and Dia found themselves in an unknown location where a group of hunters were chasing a wonderful animal. The kids suddenly decided to go after this group of hunters to find out where they are and which era. The deer and the men suddenly disappeared before them as if this had been only a vision. But what vision? The figures, the clothing, that deer, oh, it’s impossible! As if the world of Hungarian legends had come to life.

The area was full of trees, and in the distance you could see mountains. At the bottom of the mountains there was a broad flat area. Not from them there was a higher elevation, which was surrounded by a broad and rapid brook. This area seemed familiar, but they didn’t know where they were. They could only see from the distance that there were carts, men on horses and people were coming nearer. Their clothing, the chariots, the animals and the arms seemed familiar. They were thinking and they realized that they had seen in their history book the similar arms and clothing were worn by the Hungarians in 896. Well, then these people can only be Hungarians. Are they then in the era of the Hungarian conquest? On a wooden table Liza found a runic writing and that’s why they also thought that this assumption was maybe correct.

Behind the carts there were huge flocks passing beside the control of shepherds and dogs. The three kids were shocked to see these kinds of animals, they were all familiar: Hungarian sheep flocks, gray (Hungarian) cattle herds, Hungarian pig (mangalica) herds, pulis and komondors (Hungarian sheep-dogs) and horses, a lot of horses around them. They were pleased to look around, there were not so many of them nowadays. The kids were excited when the caravan stopped to rest and the Hungarians began to eat. They were invited to taste the food and the fresh milk.

Their meeting with this mysterious old man, the voice and the melody made them very interested. They would have really liked to learn who that is, who they have to serve, who this person is whom they have to be obedient to. They would have liked to see the ceremony after the hunt, but they could only hear the song and the drumming, they did not see the person. However they did realize this must be the shaman, nobody else. They hid behind a bush and they finally saw the dancing men and they could see the drum of the shaman, which was decorated by a tree with many branches. They would have been very eager to see further this scene, but they were afraid they would be noticed and that’s why they were going on.