Hello, this is Jana and welcome to Story Norrie where you will find yourself in a world of

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This week I'm back with another episode in our series Child Roland.

Our story continues where the traditional tale leaves off.

In the story so far, Roland, his two elder brothers and his sister Ellen, have left the

land of the elves.

Back in the land of the humans, the first place they come to is an inn, where the innkeeper

and some of the guests take a keen interest in Roland's sword, Excalibur.

When the four young ones move on, they are ambushed in the woods by robbers.

They fight off their attackers, who leave behind one of their number, wounded on the ground.

It turns out that the wounded man is the innkeeper.

Even though he has attacked them, they tend to his wounds and take him back to the inn,

where Ellen and the innkeepers daughter take care of him.

Ellen has sent her brothers out to buy some medicinal herbs.

The boys rode into town where they found plenty of common herbs on the market stalls, including

nettles, wild promrose and cow slip, but plants on their sisters list were harder to find.

Good lady, do you sell Bishop Wart, asked Edmund to one store holder?

Bishop Wart?

Edmund shrugged.

It's got purple bells and it's good for aches and pains, said Roland, who had been an attentive

student of Merlin, the two women behind the store looked at each other.

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