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 18
... knew that presently he'd have to come down in the world - like the other Old Things . I gave him lots of time - I gave him about a thousand years — and at the end of ' em I went into one of his temples near Andover to see how he ...
... knew that presently he'd have to come down in the world - like the other Old Things . I gave him lots of time - I gave him about a thousand years — and at the end of ' em I went into one of his temples near Andover to see how he ...
Page 22
... knew how to fasten ' em . ( Weland had a way of turning down the nails that folks called the Smith's Clinch . ) " H'm ! " said the novice . get your horse shod ? " < " Where did you The farmer wouldn't tell him at first , because the ...
... knew how to fasten ' em . ( Weland had a way of turning down the nails that folks called the Smith's Clinch . ) " H'm ! " said the novice . get your horse shod ? " < " Where did you The farmer wouldn't tell him at first , because the ...
Page 41
... knew his voice even inside my helmet , and , for all that our Lords fought , we each rejoiced we had not slain the other . He walked by my side , and he told me how a Heathen God , as he believed , had given him his sword , but he said ...
... knew his voice even inside my helmet , and , for all that our Lords fought , we each rejoiced we had not slain the other . He walked by my side , and he told me how a Heathen God , as he believed , had given him his sword , but he said ...
Page 44
... knew not , among a people whose tongue I could not speak , to hold down the land which I had taken from them . ' ' And that was here at home ? ' said Una . ' Yes , here . See ! From the Upper Ford , Weland's Ford , to the Lower Ford ...
... knew not , among a people whose tongue I could not speak , to hold down the land which I had taken from them . ' ' And that was here at home ? ' said Una . ' Yes , here . See ! From the Upper Ford , Weland's Ford , to the Lower Ford ...
Page 70
... knew him well - rolled head and shoulders at some fly that sailed round the bend , while once in just so often the brook rose a fraction of an inch against all the wet pebbles , and they watched the slow draw and shiver of a breath of ...
... knew him well - rolled head and shoulders at some fly that sailed round the bend , while once in just so often the brook rose a fraction of an inch against all the wet pebbles , and they watched the slow draw and shiver of a breath of ...
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