A MONTH OF TRAVELLING – F

FANTAASIA – FANTASTICA (Tarina vailla loppua – The Neverending Story)

“In Fantastica there are no measurable distances, so that ‘near’ and ‘far’ don’t at all mean what they do in the real world. They vary with the traveler’s wishes and state of mind. Since Fantastica has no boundaries, its center can be anywhere – or to put it in another way, it is equally near to, or far from, anywhere.”

Fantaasian satumaassa on kaikkea: ihmeellisiä metsiä, hurjan korkeita ja valloittamattomia vuoristoja, kirjavia aavikoita, lampun henkiä, lohikäärmeitä, nelinaamaisia peikkoja… Mutta ei yhtäkään karttaa. Fantaasian maa kun ei toimi fysiikan lakien mukaan, vaan pikemminkin tarinan lakien mukaan: kaikki on siellä, missä sen kuuluu olla, ja paikka vaihtuu kun niin on tarinan kannalta sopivaa. Mutta maailmassa, joka toimii tarinan ehdoilla, on oltava varovainen, tai voi menettää todellisuuden…

In the magical land of Fantastica there is everything: wondrous forests, really high and unclimbed mountains, colorful deserts, djinnis, dragons, four-faced trolls… But no maps. The land of Fantastica doesn’t operate according to the laws of physics, but rather according to the laws of story: everything is where it needs to be, and the place can change if it suits the story better. But in a world that follows the laws of story, you have to be careful not to lose reality…

The quote above from The Neverending Story (the novel)
The Neverending Story written by Michael Ende