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Prince Silverwings and Other Fairy Tales
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Now the grove where these particular fairies lived was very famous. Its trees were hundreds of years old. They would stretch their long bodies and lift their great heads until sometimes they seemed to reach upwards nearly to the skies. They were very beautiful trees, with great branching arms laden with creamy sweet scented flowers. The petals of these flowers were as white and sensitive in their purity as snowflakes. Touch one of them ever so lightly with your finger, or even breathe upon it, and its snowy beauty was gone. But the touch of the fairies had no such effect; they danced around the yellow centre in the heart of the blossom, or ran across the petals, and did not even stain the loveliness.
Now the grove where these particular fairies lived was very famous. Its trees were hundreds of years old. They would stretch their long bodies and lift their great heads until sometimes they seemed to reach upwards nearly to the skies. They were very beautiful trees, with great branching arms laden with creamy sweet scented flowers. The petals of these flowers were as white and sensitive in their purity as snowflakes. Touch one of them ever so lightly with your finger, or even breathe upon it, and its snowy beauty was gone. But the touch of the fairies had no such effect; they danced around the yellow centre in the heart of the blossom, or ran across the petals, and did not even stain the loveliness.
135 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1902
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January 10, 2014
L. Frank Baum, my favorite author, had wanted to collaborate with Harrison in a stage musical adaptation of this book, but thanks to the Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903 it never happened. The book itself is a short collection of fairy tales, pretty slight and not all that memorable. I mean, I just read them and I’ve already forgotten most of them. The titular story is about a fairy who is allowed to marry his queen after performing a good deed. There’s also a tale about the origin of mermaids, and one about the Man in the Moon marrying a cloud maiden.
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