The Raspberry Worm

“The Raspberry Worm” is a gentle Finnish fairy tale by Zacharias Topelius, beloved as one of Finland’s greatest storytellers, and featured in Andrew Lang’s “The Lilac Fairy Book,” published in 1910. On a sunny summer day, two sisters out picking raspberries discover a tiny worm in their basket and choose kindness over carelessness. They don’t know this little creature is far more than he seems. A sweet, sunlit story about compassion and the quiet magic of caring for even the smallest things.