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In the furrows and hedges, a small creature lives by its ears, its legs, and its nerve.
In Mümmelmann, Hermann Löns brings you close to the animals of northern Germany’s fields, woods, and heaths. At the centre stands the hare called Mümmelmann, whose life turns on small decisions and constant watchfulness. Around him, foxes, birds, and other wild creatures feed, hide, and follow their own needs in a world of hunters and hunted.
This collection of animal tales reveals the countryside through close, patient observation. A hunter, journalist, and nature writer, Löns watches how animals move through the seasons. The hare tales and sketches of foxes and birds offer no hurried escape from the land: they invite you to linger over weather, light, sound, and the movements of wild creatures.
What you’ll discover
- A hare’s watchful world Follow Mümmelmann through a life where small decisions call for sharp senses and nerve.
- Foxes, birds, and cunning Meet wild creatures with their own needs and ways of finding food or staying hidden.
- The hunter’s close attention Discover the watchful eye of a writer who follows animals through every season.
- Fields, woods, and heaths Linger among furrows, woodland edges, and hedges, with weather, light, and sound close at hand.
- Plain words, vivid scenes Enjoy clear, direct language rich in country words and grounded in patient observation.
Who will love it
This book suits lovers of nature writing, readers who like the hunt and the forest seen from the animal's side, and anyone who enjoys short, vivid tales with sharp humor.
What’s inside
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- A three-legged hare outwits the hunting line
- Woodcock and starlings find love and home troubles
- Crows and rabbits judge what people do
- Household animals take over the human home
- The hedgehog and the squirrel through one season
- Hunters of the mountain meet stronger hunters
- Mighty males rule the rut and the winter
- How Löns tells his tales and what they mean
Who’s who
- Haanrich MümmelmannAn old three-legged field hare at Knubbendorf who warns his kin of the drive and outwits the hunters with careful thought.
- MurkerichA young woodcock who flies home from Egypt to the Ahlten Forest near Hanover, looking for worms and a mate.
- GoldhalsThe strongest pine marten on the mountain, a quick prowler who spends one night hunting for something to eat.
- JakobA greedy young raven raised in a city garden, who loves mischief and says Nonsense to everyone.
- BöbchenA cheeky white terrier with black spots who rules his household, kills soap, rolls enamel pots, and fears nothing.
- WaldmannA forester's dog who smells something strange in the yard and cannot rest until he knows what it is.
- HoppsA coal-black rabbit buck with a silver blaze who digs a burrow with Witschel and Flitzchen on a strange heath.
- DickkoppA starling who gives in to his wife's wish to live in the city and tries to keep the peace.
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Mümmelmann
by Hermann Löns · 1909
A three-legged old hare outwits a ring of hunters, and two hundred hares dance in the moonlit snow.
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What happens when thirty men in long boots climb off a train, armed to the teeth, and head for a snowy field? Hermann Löns opens his animal tales with exactly that scene, and he tells it from the side of the hares.
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A three-legged hare outwits the hunting line
The title tale begins with the hunters, and Löns describes them like an army. They wear long boots and jaunty hats, and they demand seats for their dogs on the train. Each man quietly doubts his neighbor's boasts. It sets the tone for the book: people are seen from outside, as loud and strange animals.
Then the view drops to the fields of Knubbendorf, where old Mümmelmann sits up in the snow. He is nearly ten years old and has only one hind leg, since hooded crows ate the other after last year's drive. A red-backed shrike tells him that hunters and dogs are coming. He stamps a signal with his single leg, and the warning passes from hare to hare.
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- 1909
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Löns, Hermann. Mümmelmann. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/mummelmann.
Löns, H. (2026). Mümmelmann. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/mummelmann (Original work published 1909)
Löns, Hermann. Mümmelmann. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/mummelmann.
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What is Mümmelmann about?
It is a collection of short animal tales set in the German countryside. The title tale follows an old three-legged hare who outwits a hunting party, and other tales follow woodcock, crows, a marten, a wildcat, a fox, rabbits, and a boar.
Who is Mümmelmann in the book?
Mümmelmann is an old field hare, also called Haanrich or Jans, who warns his kin about the hunt and saves a sick friend. He appears in the opening tale and again in The Hare's Twilight.
Are the animals in Mümmelmann real or invented?
The animals are real species of the German countryside, such as hares, woodcock, foxes, and hedgehogs, and they behave as such animals do. Löns gives them names, speech, and feelings to tell stories about their lives.
The author
Hermann Löns
1866–1914 · German writer and journalist
Hermann Löns (1866–1914) was a German journalist and writer. He was born in Culm, West Prussia, now Chełmno in Poland, and lived in Hanover. He wrote novels, stories and poems. Mümmelmann appeared in 1909 and The Warwolf in 1910. He died in France while serving in the First World War.
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