WHY HANS DIDN'T GET ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH

As you know I have been investigating the events at Thimble Farm the winter when Lina was more or less lost.  Eventually the fairies knew where she was but it was decided it would be safer for her to stay with Clarissa, the little mouse.  There was just too many signs of evil around the farm that winter.  Then I told you about the farm having to move, because of a massive flood.  I even mentioned the little swallow, Hans, and how he insisted they give the new farm cottage a blue roof.  His mother, Adar, and the other swallows had already left for the South, but he had delayed his flight to hunt for Lina.  One thing led to another and he was still at the farm when the move had to take place.  He was very insistent that the new farmhouse have a blue roof so his mother and the other swallows would notice it, and learn that it was the new Thimble Farm.  All that took place and then he started to fly south.  But it was late in the year, he flew too near some thorns and injured his wing. Because of the cold and the injury, he fell out of the sky near the burrow when Lina was living with Clarissa, the mouse.  He actually fell into a place where the tunnel to the burrows was weak.  Lina found him and thought he was dead. She didn't recognize him but couldn't stand to just leave him there without honoring him in some way.  So she covered him and gave him a loving kiss. Later she came back to honor him again and he had warmed up and she discovered he was alive.  He was weak and so she nursed him all winter.  When she left the burrows in the spring it was with the mole, Gordon and Hans. So Hans spent the winter with Lina and helped her get back home in the spring.  I'm going to keep up with my research and will share more with you later.  Buzz at you another time.  Delbert Bee.