Krokkleiva forest myth #

Legend of Toby the Fish

In a lake deep inside the tightest parts of the forests lives a Fish.

This Fish is not like other fishes, because its brain has evolved beyond the borders of marine evolution.

It is as old as time itself, and have survived everything from earthquakes to nuclear blasts.

No one knows why or how this fish is so sneaky, to live that long and to withstand everything that has happened in the entire history of the earth - it's truly astonishing and has made it a legend, not only to man, but also to other fish and mammals generally.

At all time it have two smaller fishes to carry his flute.
Yes, it has a flute.
Maybe this is a magical flute, then again maybe not.
At all time, two smaller fish likes to carry his flute in front of him, making it pretty easy for him to access the flute if he feels like fluting away.

The Fish likes to blow this flute, to make sounds appear in water, and the sound that leaves the Fish and penetrates the water is so beautiful that one would become blind if one could see sound as an element.

The Fish is called Toby, named by the few forestmen that have encountered it.
They have been fishing in its lake, but when they hear Toby plays his Flute, something has happened that made them swallow whole boxes of fish-hooks along with their entire boxes containing dirt and bait; worms and maggots. That is why Toby the Fish is a Lakekeeper, and no one dares go fishing there, despite the fact that it contains over 16 00 million fishies.

As mentioned, two fishes are always around to carry Toby's flute.
It is considered a great honour, as every fish and seastar in the lake has great respect for Toby.
The two best fishes in the lake would carry the flute for their entire life, then passing their duty onto their offspring just 9 seconds before they die.

Generations of flute-carriers have co-existed with Toby, hanging around and living for one thing only, to carry the Flute for Him Who Keeps the Lake Safe from Human Intrusion.