Stargazing

108

THE UFO

HELENE KJÆR BREMSETH, NADIA REMMERSWAAL, TONJE SKAGA, WILLIAM SPRATT MURPHY

INTRODUCTION

The Kultursti takes you down into the woods where you can hear

the birds and the nearby river. Suddenly something catches your

attention. There is something up on the hill, at the edge of the

field, something unfamiliar, something that you haven’t seen

before. It reminds you of an UFO. This needs to be explored!

But first you have to find your way up the hill.

You realise that there is a way of entering the UFO. There is a

clear opening where it is easy to go under the structure. Inside

you find that it is not as dark as you thought it would be. Then

you look down and see that the forest floor has disappeared and

now you stand before a precise circle cut out of the earth and

filled with rough stones.

A few footsteps more takes you under the structure and into a

room where you are inside a wooden structure. You are inside

the UFO! There is a fire place in the center and a view of the

sky above. Here the fire would be lit and while you wait for the

warmth you lay down on the inviting wood, listen to the sounds

of the forest, watch the shadows from the trees and see the

light change on the surfaces of the room.

While the fire burns, the world outside gets darker and darker.

The UFO turns into a glowing cave amongst the high trees.

Soon, the night will be here.

When the fire dies, the stars keep popping up, until the night sky

is full of the constellations. The hole in the roof is no longer big

enough! Now you discover the handles on the columns. Slowly

you make the roof open up to the night sky and you can lie down

again, look out into the universe and wonder how far away the

stars actually are.

Arriving from east