Time passed, little one. When babies are little, we often wish that we didn't have to carry them everywhere that they would learn to walk, and then they start to walk and we wish they would just come back here, now! And when all they do is cry and babble, we wish they would talk, …
Tag: Fairy Tales
Chapter 3: King of the Forest
It seemed to Ursula, little one, unreal, as if nothing had substance, as if she moved through a dream. Washing her hands in the icy water, watching the water in the bowl turn red with the deer's blood and her hands turn pink with the cold. Brushing her hair over and over as if that …
Chapter 2: A Tale for a Snowy Night
Even now, when we face such troubles, my little one, it seems as nothing compared to the troubles that they people living in the secret valley faced that winter and, in particular, on the coldest day of the year. The queen and the princesses had gathered around the fire in the kitchen where they had …
Chapter 1: The Valley
What I will tell you now, little one, happened many years ago. Long before the slide that blocked the road to the valley. Long before the streets emptied and the roads closed. Long before we forgot what it meant to be free to sit in the sun and feel the warmth. When the king, as …
Prologue
Listen carefully, my child, for I must speak quickly and quietly, and there isn't time to slow down or repeat my words, and I have much to tell you. When it grows dark after sunset and before the moon rises, run silently toward that bolder against the mountain's foot and slip around the left side. …