Operas Every Child Should Know

PROLOGUE

On the Valkyries' rock, where Siegfried woke Bruennhilde, the Norns were gathering. The first Norn was old and tall and lay where Bruennhilde had lain--under the spreading fir tree. The second was younger and also tall, and she was stretched upon a rock in front of the cave. The third was the youngest, and she, too, was tall, and she sat upon a rock below the mountain ...