Sholl, Anna McClure / 2008-05-27 00:00:00
EBOOK, THE FAERY TALES OF WEIR ***
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The Faery Tales of Weir
By Anna McClure Sholl
1908
CONTENTS
THE FAERY TALES OF WEIR
THE TALE OF THE BLUE GLOVE
THE INVISIBLE WALL
THE TREE IN THE DARK WOOD
THE CAT THAT WINKED
THE MAGIC TEARS
THE GOLDEN ARCHER
[Illustration: THE TOWN OF WEIR]
THE FAERY TALES OF WEIR
Only in far-away towns are the real faery tales told in shadowy nurseries
whose windows in summer open upon shimmering gardens and on whose walls
in winter the fire-goblins dance. Weir is one of these towns--a sweet,
hushed place, lying where the hills spread broadly to the south sun, and
the trees are thick as in a painting.
There are shops, too, with bulging windows through which you can scarcely
see the toys or the flowers or the sweetmeats, because Time has
finger-marked the glass with violet and crimson stains that shift and
merge so that the contents of the windows are seen as through wavering
sea-water. Beyond the shops are the houses asleep beneath great trees,
their warm red bricks showing where the ivy has thinned.
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