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The main character of this story is a puffin named Uppspretta, a curious bird that wanted to discover the world. On his search, he read many books on the history of Iceland. When he discovered that its first citizens came from Norway, he decided to go and find his female puffin there. His parents had warned him that he was not capable of flying above land, but he ignored their warning, flew over land, and fell to earth.However, he did not land in Norway, but to the south in the Netherlands. There he was found by a man that took care of him. At the man’s home Uppspretta fell asleep and dreamed about people and music. In his dreams a ship came into sight that took him aboard, travelled over the seas, and subsequently through the air to Keflavík. When he arrived at home, he married a female puffin from Norway and became the leader of all puffins on Iceland.
Keflavík Iceland puffin Netherlands Norway