In 1864 Jannsen moved from Pärnu to Tartu and, taking advantage of the more favourable circumstances there, started to publish a newspaper entitled Postimees (Estonian Courier).

By now approximately 13,000 years has passed since the days we can call the beginning of Estonian history.

In the evening Otu nevertheless came to the edge of the forest to see if the people had perhaps left.

Quietly and furtively Otu moved in between the tree-trunks and bushes.

Otu was the name of an old lazy cat.

Finally the sheatfish decided to give in to the requests of the others and to undertake something.

Thus in the morning he set out. He knew the direction roughly, or more correctly, he sensed it instinctively.

It was a big rustling forest, tens of kilometres long and wide.

Only the mole was taken by the badger's sett.

In a low mound of sand in the middle of a swamp there lived a young badger called Urask.