Get through the day with humour: laughter makes life easier!

Through the day in the Neflental with humour

Something funny always happens in the Neflental, especially in the dark season. Many evergreens live in the fern meadows. Their houses grow there between giant eagle ferns. If you stand on the roof terrace of John Periwinkle's house, you can even see the glittering lake of the Flossians. The fern meadows are a place full of laughter and fun, even when it's a frosty night outside.

A very special winter evening

On a frosty night, when the snow glistens and the full moon shines through the bare branches, the evergreens like to gather around the big fire. The hoarfrost glistens smoky grey and silvery white on every branch. A soft ringing of bells can be heard from the valley. The stars in the sky are shining particularly brightly today and the mountains cast mysterious shadows in the night. On a silver night like this, the Immergrüns decide to go on a slide race.

John Periwinkle called out: "Who can slide down the hoarfrost ramp the fastest?" Rosa Periwinkle laughed because she knew that her ramp was particularly wild. The ramp was made of slippery ice that sparkled like crystals. Many periwinkles tried their luck. They flew, tumbled or landed in the soft snow. Sometimes one crashed straight into a fern bush, and the whole village laughed along. Because going through the day with a sense of humour was simply in the periwinkles' blood.

Laughter infects everyone

In the midst of the commotion, Rosa had an idea. She stuffed snow into her gloves and shouted: "Snowball time!" The periwinkles cheered and threw small snowballs through the air. Even John Periwinkle got one right on the nose. But instead of getting angry, he laughed louder than everyone else. "You can only get so warm on frosty nights by laughing!" he shouted, and everyone joined in.

Rosa ran through the silver-white mountains of snow, laughing. In every snowflake she saw a shining reminder of this fun night. The starry sky above the fern meadows grew a little brighter. The voices of the evergreens rang through the valley, mingling with the spherical ringing of the bells. Nobody was cold any more because the laughter warmed them from the inside.

Through the day and through the night with humour - the secret of the evergreens

Later, when everyone returned to their moss-green houses, they told jokes for a long time. Rosa made everyone giggle one last time when she wore a fern leaf as a scarf. "It keeps me warm - and I look very smart!" she exclaimed. The other periwinkles clapped their hands with laughter and felt safe. The long frosty nights were never boring in the Neflental because the Immergrüns knew that going through the day with a sense of humour makes everything easier, even in the depths of winter.

What do we learn from this?

Those who laugh stay cheerful, even when the snow is metres high and the night is particularly long. In Neflental, the Immergrüns show us that friendship and a good laugh warm the heart. They master every frosty night and are already looking forward to the next adventure.

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