Liian Paha Sappi by Aaro Hellaakoski (1893 - 1952)

The poem Liian Paha Sappi by Aaro Hellaakoski, which tells the tale of a child struggling to keep his temper: <br /><br />A TEMPER TOO BAD<br />How it burns my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisu">sisu</a> <br /> when I have to be quiet <br /> If my will would be fulfilled <br /> the undertaker would get grain.<br /><br /> A little boy has gotten <br /> a temper too bad <br /> This sisu cannot be put out <br /> by even the most snowy Lapland. <br /><br />This project is unusual in that most of the readers are non-Finnish speakers, and learned the poem phonically.<br /> (Summary by Juho Fröjd and Catharine Eastman)<br />