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| Marsh Tales and Other Wonders by Walter William Melnyk Co-Author of The Apple and the Thorn |
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Did we talk that day? Lying in the grass in the sunshine, with the hum of
honey bees and dragonflies, we did speak, of marsh tales and nature’s beauty,
of how high the sky truly is and other magical wonders. And hungry with the
strange vitality which his presence brought to me, I had bidden him not move
while I ran to pick a few apples from the orchard beyond the bank of thorn,
feeling alive and strong and filled with mischief. And care. from The Apple and the Thorn, chapter 17 |
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Caldreg, the old druid, uttered a menacing oath under his breath as his foot
slipped again on the rain soaked path. They were nearing the top of what seemed
the hundredth rise since leaving Pen Dinas on the coast three days before.
A wild wind from the northeast drove into his face, blowing the cold rain under his
hood and down his neck. It had begun raining in earnest as they crossed the last
stream, until the climbing path itself became a treacherous waterway beneath the
gold of fallen beech leaves. It was getting dark. Between the drumming of rain
and the rush of wind in the bare branches, it was becoming as hard to hear as to
see. Caldreg bent his gaze to the ground, letting the path carry him ahead as it
would to the top of the rise.
from Chapter One |
| Death in the Forest . . . |
| The Ancient Wisdom of Avalon . . . These are the memories of Fianna, survivor of the Battle of Mona and Priestess of Avalon. She recounts the days of Vivian and Eosaidh, the the "marsh tales and other magical wonders" they once shared. |
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