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The Mountain Music

Polly helps Kaspar Brunner discover that his musician's dystonia enables him to create revolutionary music using Mount Rigi's echo chambers, with researcher Emma Hartley documenting the acoustic phenomena. When traditionalist Gottfried Steiner gets Kaspar banned from the festival, they discover ancient stone musicians who've been waiting to share the mountain's original music.

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Polly wakes up early. Kaspar sits on rocks. He looks very sad. The music people are angry. They do not like his new music. Kaspar cannot play today. Emma comes with her computer. She has bad news. The music people make new rules. No new music is good. Only old music is good. Kaspar puts his horn away. He is very sad now. Polly hears something new. Someone plays music on rocks. They walk up the mountain. The path is hard. They find old people there. The people play rock music. The rocks make beautiful sounds. An old woman talks to Kaspar. She gives him two rocks. The rocks make good music. Kaspar plays the rocks well. His hands do not shake. The music is very beautiful. Emma records the rock music. Tomorrow is the big day. What do they do now? Kaspar plays his rocks again. The sound is very good. The sun comes up now. The mountain is beautiful and gold. Polly is very happy. The music is free now.

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