Kate Forsyths Long – Lost Fairy Tales – Kate Forsyth

Flocks and flocks of birds came flying, more than eye could see or tongue could tell. They began to sort the seeds, the good into one sack and the bad into another. And before they knew it the night was gone and all the work done. When Vasilisa awoke and saw the sacks of sorted seeds, she thanked the birds and promised to never forget to put out food for them, then hugged her doll tightly.

‘Beware, Vasilisa, keep your wits alive, if this day you are to survive.’ And the little wooden doll crept wearily into Vasilisa’s pocket again. When Baba-Yaga woke, she was amazed and angry to find the task had been done. Scowling and growling and stamping about, she told Vasilisa to scrub the house from top to bottom, and milk the cows, and peel a great pile of muddy potatoes.

‘I’m off to hunt. Mind, now, if you do not do it all, I shall eat you up.’ Vasilisa nodded and watched as the witch jumped into her iron mortar. Just then, the man in red galloped out on his blood-red horse, and the sun rose high into the sky. ‘Who are the horsemen?’ Vasilisa dared to ask, remembering them from the forest. Baba-Yaga grinned, showing her iron teeth.

‘They are my Bright Dawn, my Red Sun and my Black Midnight.’ ‘Where do they ride?’ Vasilisa asked. ‘They hunt each other across the sky.’ ‘But why?’ Baba-Yaga looked at Vasilisa, and her grin grew wider and wider, so that her iron teeth glittered. ‘Never mind,’ Vasilisa said, holding up both hands and backing away. Baba-Yaga laughed. ‘She is wise for one so young. And now I hunt!’ She brought down her pestle, and with a spray of sparks the mortar launched into the sky, the old witch hunched inside, sweeping away her tracks.

Vasilisa fed the cat and the dog, whose bones showed sharp under their skins, and watered the birch tree’s parched roots. Then she fed her little doll and begged it for help. And the doll called out in ringing tones: ‘Come to me, mice of house and field, there are pots to scrub and potatoes to peel! Come in answer to my call, you are needed, one and all.’ And the mice came running, swarms and swarms of them, more than eye could see or tongue could tell, and before the day was over the work was all done.

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OceanofPDF.com W Introduction elcome to a world of enchantment, a place of eerie beauty and ever-present danger where anything can happen. In this world, a boy can defeat a dragon by making it dance with joy and a girl can weave a harp of bones and hair to enthrall a faery king.

A cave guarded by a gnarled thorn tree could be a gateway to the hollow hills, where the faery folk dwell, or the home of the King of the Snakes. An owl might once have been a maiden conjured from flowers, and an empress a fox in disguise. Nothing is ever what it seems in the world of faery. To travel in this perilous realm, you might be equipped with a cloak of invisibility or your mother’s thimble or a little wooden doll who speaks words of wisdom when you feed it a crumb of bread and a sip of milk.

A pot could waddle in filled to the brim with treasure, or your father’s old warhorse may suddenly speak. Your quest might be to find a blue rose or the golden bird that is stealing the king’s golden apples or to save your brothers who have been cursed to fly as ravens. Along the way, you will face traps and trials and tribulations, and discover that you are braver and wiser than you ever thought possible.

For in the world of once upon a time, you are the hero of the tale and there is nothing you cannot do. Turn the key, open the gate, venture into the magical realm of fairy tales, a place where dreams can come true. Kate Forsyth OceanofPDF.com OceanofPDF.com OceanofPDF.com O ne wild stormy evening in the Scottish Highlands, two fishermen saw the crumpled figure of a fallen woman on the shore, lashed by rain and the spray of the wild sea.

‘’Tis a lass!’ said the younger of the two.

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