Hebrew-English Guide to Soncino

55 THE LEGENDS for a miracle able to free them from the presence of the monster. One day in late November, a huge flock of ducks, late for migration due to the still warm weather, had settled on the lake to rest. During the night, a very cold wind from the distant icy expanses of the North Pole froze the lake waters, imprisoning the paws of the poor animals. In the morning, at the dawn of a pale sun, the ducks started to fly... taking away the expanse of ice that then slowly dissolved during their travel to Africa. Where once there was an expanse of water and swamps it remained only mud. The lake had dried up and the dragon Taranto died. THE TIMELESS PRISONER