The Wanderer's Necklace

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Recollections from childhood reveal a vivid landscape marked by a house surrounded by a moat and mounds connected to the dead. The narrator reflects on the mysterious concept of death, particularly the mound of a chief known as "The Wanderer," and the curious thoughts about his burial. The setting includes a long house called Aar, with a sod roof where cows are kept, and the narrator's innocent observations of their milking through a crack in the timber. The narrative evokes themes of memory, nature, and the interplay between life and death.