I hadnt thought on that Christmas day, when I addressed the
envelopes containing "The Norwegian Bible" to my friends, that it was
only then that the great play would begin.
The small bilingual book began its own life. It became a mirror for
me through which I could get to know my friends. They introduced
themselves in the letters, telephone calls and private talks
connected with my first "literary effort". Their reactions to my
short story began to give birth to a larger story about my friends
characteristics, their way of thinking and about the ties that
connected them to me.
So here follows the many lives of "The Norwegian Bible":
In the previous semester at the Teachers Training College we had a
task of writing a short story in English. I wrote one about my
experience while visiting Norway. The short story follows below: