Lesung: Schongebiet mit Edith Gartmann in Tenna

In spring, the fox is hungriest. Then ten-year-old Lisa and her little brother Paul see him everywhere on the steep slopes, with his mouth wide open and his long tail. Laughter helps against fear, and Lisa has learned well how to laugh from Roman, who drives the school jeep, in French, Italian or English. In the grandfather's story, however, the fox's tail is short, short like the story itself in which the grandfather shoots off the fox's tail.

The grandmother tells a different story: she tells of the tolerant daughter, how she cares and shares and accepts everything. She does not complain about her deprivations, for the reward will come in heaven.

Even the old dishes in the parents' house are full of stories. A colorful, motley, chatty bunch, says Lisa. But further back in the blue buffet, hidden in a box, something is buried in letters. They tell of a death in the family. Lisa asks herself questions, too delicate questions, to share with the adults. So the questions go into her "swallowing box". But they don't want to stay there forever.

Followed by exchange, coffee and cake.