Puck of Pook's HillA fantasy book containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. It is both an historical fantasy as well as a contemporary fantasy since it depicts a magical being, the elf Puck, practising his magic in the England of the eary 1900's. The stories are narrated to two children, Dan and Una, living near Barwash. |
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Page 79
... iron no thicker than that grass stem , and as long , maybe , as my spur , but straight . In this iron , said Witta ... Wise Iron , because it showed him his way across the unknowable seas . ' Again Sir Richard looked keenly at the ...
... iron no thicker than that grass stem , and as long , maybe , as my spur , but straight . In this iron , said Witta ... Wise Iron , because it showed him his way across the unknowable seas . ' Again Sir Richard looked keenly at the ...
Page 80
... Wise Iron shook and swung in just this fashion . Now it is still . Now it points Yes , yes . to the South . ' ( ( North , ' said Dan . 6 ' Nay , South ! There is the South , ' said Sir Richard . Then they both laughed , for naturally ...
... Wise Iron shook and swung in just this fashion . Now it is still . Now it points Yes , yes . to the South . ' ( ( North , ' said Dan . 6 ' Nay , South ! There is the South , ' said Sir Richard . Then they both laughed , for naturally ...
Page 82
... iron and beads . There had he bought much gold , and no few elephants ' teeth , and thither by help of the Wise Iron would Witta go . Witta feared nothing - except to be poor . 6 " My father told me , " said Witta , " that a great Shoal ...
... iron and beads . There had he bought much gold , and no few elephants ' teeth , and thither by help of the Wise Iron would Witta go . Witta feared nothing - except to be poor . 6 " My father told me , " said Witta , " that a great Shoal ...
Page 86
... Wise Iron , rolling his head and talking in his own tongue . Only the Bird throve . She sat on Witta's shoulder and screamed in that noisome , silent darkness . Yes ; I think it was the silence we feared . ' He paused to listen to the ...
... Wise Iron , rolling his head and talking in his own tongue . Only the Bird throve . She sat on Witta's shoulder and screamed in that noisome , silent darkness . Yes ; I think it was the silence we feared . ' He paused to listen to the ...
Page 94
... Wise Iron , which is all that I care for and see , the Spirit still points to the South . ' ' We were troubled for fear that the Wise Iron should fail us now that its Yellow Man had gone , and when we saw the Spirit still served us we ...
... Wise Iron , which is all that I care for and see , the Spirit still points to the South . ' ' We were troubled for fear that the Wise Iron should fail us now that its Yellow Man had gone , and when we saw the Spirit still served us we ...
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