02421cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324000480014424500100019226400510020230000470025333600260030033700260032633800360035250000310038850800180041952014650043753400820190265300510198470000290203585600430206477030UtSlPG20260610134802.0mcr n260607r20251926utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPT1 aScott, Gabriel,d1874-195810aStien, eller Kristofer med kvisten. Finnish10aPolku 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-10-11  aTuula Temonen  a"Polku" by Gabriel Scott is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows Kristofer, a sensitive, unusually tall boy with a stutter, who finds refuge from ridicule in the mountains and dreams of becoming a shepherd. Through lyrical nature writing and village lore, the path up the fell becomes a spiritual guide, tracing themes of cruelty and kindness, belonging, and quiet endurance.  The opening of the novel dwells first on the hush of dusk and the winding mountain path, naming lakes, ridges, and the remnants of a tiny stone hut and sheepfold linked to “Vesa-Kristofer,” who planted living switches wherever he walked. The narrative then turns to Kristofer’s childhood: mocked for his height and speech, tormented by a kyttyräselkäinen boy, and belittled by a fault-finding father, he discovers solace building a miniature sheepfold and playing shepherd among rocks and heather. A revelatory moment comes when he sees the seasoned shepherd Nils Vatne driving a flock at sunset; the boy secretly walks at night to a distant fold to ask about becoming a shepherd and is gently encouraged to grow. Later, a bell he treasures betrays his hideaway to the bullies, who destroy his little world and injure his back; bedridden and weakened, Kristofer endures his father’s impatience while clinging to the faint, consoling chime of the bell and to visions of the path that leads into the mountains. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Holger Schildtin kustannusosakeyhtiö, 1926  aNorwegian fiction -- Translations into Finnish1 aKailas, Uuno,d1901-193340uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77030