English | "Flurin und die wundersame Vollmondblume"

All texts are translated with DeepL.

Flurin the capricorn, the marmot, the fox and the golden eagle will guide you to six stations at where you can learn exciting facts about the alpine flora and the wondrous full moon flower. At each station you will find a punch - this is a kind of hole punch. Insert the correct page of your booklet into the space provided, press the button and one of the solution letters will be punched. Once you have hiked the entire trail, visited the six stations and punched all the holes, this will give you the solution word. Transfer this to the page provided and hand in the form. Great prizes are waiting for you.

Have fun!

While expanding his burrow, the fox came across an old casket containing a mysterious piece of paper. "A recipe that can be used to open the blossom of the legendary full moon flower. Otherwise, its blossom only opens once every 100 years!" says Flurin excitedly. "All the ingredients have to be picked and brewed into a tincture during the full moon. This is then drizzled over the flower head. Today is a full moon, so let's get going! You golden eagle fly off and find the full moon flower - nobody can see better than you. Meanwhile, we collect everything we need. As soon as you've spotted the full moon flower, you'll fetch
us and lead us to it," says Flurin.

Murmeli leads his friends to the place where sun roses grow. There they crush two closed flowers for the mysterious tincture. When Murmeli was little, his mother often brought him here when he was afraid of the golden eagle. “Take a little of this, it will calm you down and take away your fear,” she taught him. Murmeli and the golden eagle are now best friends and he no longer needs the sun rose.

Flurin knows exactly where to find the second ingredient for their tincture. It grows in one of his favorite places because he loves the scent of thyme. He carefully plucks two sprigs. “Look at that!” snorts Flurin indignantly. "Certain two-legged friends have no respect for nature and our home. What they don't need anymore, they just leave lying around!" "I noticed the same thing when I was roaming around the other day. I wonder if they do the same at home?" asks the fox, shaking his head.

Note: Please don't leave your waste lying around. Flurin and his friends will thank you for it!

Next, they need the juice from five blueberries. The fox leads them straight to the right place. He knows exactly where to find the juiciest blueberries - they are one of his favorite foods. "Blueberries not only taste delicious, they are also healthy, because they strengthen the whole immune system. They make you less ill!", he explains to his friends. “But don't eat too many at once, otherwise you'll probably have to jump behind the bushes!”, laughs the fox, whose teeth are now slightly blue.

On the way to the valerian, they stop abruptly. "Look at that! The whole slope has slid down. You can even see the different layers of soil by their colors!", marvels Murmeli. "At least the slope has also swept away the aconite so that nobody can get too close to it. As beautiful as this plant looks, it is also poisonous. Even if you just touch it, its poison takes effect," Flurin explains to his two friends.

Arriving at the valerian, the fox keeps an eye out for the golden eagle. If he hasn't found the wondrous full-moon flower, all their labor of love will have been in vain. Meanwhile, Murmeli digs up the root of the valerian while Flurin carefully pulls on the plant. "We only need a little of the whole root. Carefully pinch off some of it, then we can plant it back into the ground. That shouldn't actually harm it too much," Flurin admonishes the marmot.

While they are plucking ten petals from the last ingredient, the arnica, to add to the rest, the golden eagle appears on the horizon. “Have you got all the ingredients together?” he asks. “Yes, we're ready,” replies Flurin. "Perfect, then follow me. I found the full moon flower - which wasn't easy. Luckily for me, I have such a keen eye. So, let's go", caws the eagle and takes off again. The marmot climbs onto Flurin's back, holds on to his horns and they leap over hill and dale.

After the eagle has led his friends to the full moon flower, they heat all the ingredients over a fire as described on the paper. They then mix the heated ingredients and drizzle five drops onto the closed flower head. It takes a moment and then it happens: slowly the flower begins to open and all of a sudden it pops open completely. None of them had ever seen a flower like this before. “Shining as bright as the moon and as pure as untouched snow - fabulous...”, whisper the four friends as if in chorus.

Insert the letters from the punched fields into the corresponding number fields to get the solution word. Hand in the coupon at the valley station or show it to the restaurant in Tigignas (where a free refreshing drink awaits you at).

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Have you been paying attention and are now an Alpine flora expert like Flurin? Then answer the questions at and take part in the big competition.

1. the flowers of the sunflower only open
in the sun at __________________________ .

2. thyme likes to _________________ ,
grow near stones.

3. if you eat a lot of fresh blueberries at once,
must go behind the ________________________ .

4. aconite must not be touched with bare hands
because it is _____________.

5. what else is valerian called?
____________________-kraut

6. Arnica grows at an altitude of up to
___________ meters above sea level.

Take part in the competition! Enter your address below, detach this page from your collection booklet and drop it in the letterbox at the valley station or at the mountain restaurant Tigignas (where a free soft drink awaits you).

Closing date: end of October. The draw will take place in November. The winners will be notified personally.

Your address

First name / surname_______________________
Date of birth______________________________
Name of parents___________________________
Street____________________________________
Postcode / town___________________________
E-mail____________________________________
Mobile___________________________________

All children under the age of 16 are eligible to participate. No correspondence will be sent to. Cash payments and exchange of the prizes as well as legal recourse are excluded. The personal data collected for this competition will be used by of Tourismus Val Surses Savognin Bivio AG for the prize draw and then destroyed.

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