Terje Myhre from Norway
Terje is the only son of a big
businessman in the wealthy suburbs of Oslo. His mother is a real estate
agent, rich and efficient as well. He has three sisters, all older than
him, and he is the big disappointment of the family specifically of his
energetic father. Finally a boy, but then this boy! Big, painfully slow,
clumsy, eccentric and not the least bit interested in big money.
Terje spends most of his days trying to keep away from his father and
with his nose in a book, the latter not helping with the former, as
Terje normally gets so absorbed in his reading, that he does not notice
the world around him.
Animals always love Terje, and he spends
many hours with the family dog when he is out visiting with his father
and mother. He once happened to claim he could understand what the dog
told him, but his father laughed so hard, Terje never said anything
about this ever again.
Because of his clumsiness his weekly
allowance is always spent on repairs and making up for accidents. His
father is unyielding when Terje asks for more hoping he will eventually
learn prudence. Hence the rich boy is in reality the poorest of his
classmates, always on the lookout for an extra job, which his slowness
and inattention never let him keep for long. Luckily he is as helpful
and generous as he is slow. Always happy to lend a strong, helping hand
to whomever needs it.
When Martine first finds him, he's
sweeping up the splintered window panes in his fathers garage, of course
having cut fingers and arms in numerous places, he looks like a murder
case.
"Hello," Martine said, "I think I am looking for your father,
Mr. Myhre. But you seem to be in need of help. Can I do something for
you?"
"Can you pick up glass without cutting your fingers, and all
the glass?" Terje asked despondently. "I'm not allowed to do my homework
before all the pieces are swept up."
"I can try." Martine simply
said, drew her wand and swished it through the air while speaking a
short command Terje did not understand. All the pieces of glass, even
the tiniest, gathered in a nice heap and crept unto the dustpan on the
floor.
"That is fabulous, Terje said. I wish I could do this! It would make my life so much easier."
"Do you want to learn?" Martine asked.
"Is it possible? You're not pulling my leg or trying to have my money?"
"What
a refreshingly honest response," Martine smiled. "No, I'm not after
your money. I know that you haven't got any. And as for making fun of
you - no I don't, and if you look at me like you would on a dog, you can
feel it."
Terje looked at Martine. "Yes," he said, slowly, "you are speaking the truth, and you do want me to learn."
"Then nothing is holding you back."
"Yes. My parents, and money," Terje said.
"Give
your father and mother this flyer. They will read it as a course in
behaviour and bodily balance or words to that account, and think that
this would be a fitting way for you to spend your summer holiday. I'll
come here and pick you up the first days. You'll have to go there on
your own after that." Martine ended. She swished her wand again and
said: "Sár, lagiði!" whereupon all the small wounds on Terje's fingers and arms closed themselves.
"Wow!" he said, "Thanks a lot!" Then he accepted the flyer from Martine and she left, promising to be back to pick him up.
Terje's
father smiled when he saw the flyer and said: "This sure is the summer
school for you, Terje!" I'll pay that fee happily.
- - - - -
Terje
joined the green team, happily speaking to animals and mending plants
and so much more in his three years at Unicorn Farm, It even helped his
slovenliness quite a bit.
His wand was made of Ash, emitting purplish-blue sparks. Terje did not survive the loos of his magic either.
MotherOwl's Musings
- An Introduction
- 🪄
- Who's Who
- Apprentices
- Re-discovering the Magic
- 🪄
- Prequel
- Beginning
- Transformation Test
- Broom Racing
- Snow Magic
- Easter
- Paris
- Grandma
- Lessons and Learning
- Ghost House
- Lessons & Learning 2
- Aunt Jemima's Garden
- Susan in Sweden
- Musician
- Pyromancy
- Kelpie
- Lessons & Learning 3
- Beginnings-2
- Percy
- Letters
- The End
- 🪄
- Epilog
- Birch Manor - New Beginnings
- Birch Manor - Fiona & Martine
- Birch Manor -- Unicorn Farm Revisited
- Birch Manor - The Children
- Birch Manor - Norway and Sweden
- Birch Manor - Sarah and her Children
- Birch Manor -- Á Íslandi
- Birgh Manor - Rasmus
- Birch Manor - Ella
- Birch Manor - Aamu
- Birch Manor - Aamu 2
- Birch Manor - The Saturday
- 🪄
- Knud's Spreadsheet
- Unicorn Farm - Bits
- Bellowcat
- Garter Snake
- Gobblikek
- The Wand's tale
- Tales from the Greenhouse - Sea Witch
- Tales from the Greenhouse - Hot!
- Here there be Dragons
- Mahogany
- Birch Manor - Bits
- 🪄
- Return to "MotherOwl's Musings"
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