The Tale of Liril E-Book

Kevis Hendrickson

• Herausgeber: Kevis Hendrickson
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

In a small village lives a girl with her mother and father. Anxious to buy her father a birthday gift, she goes to market. There she meets a strange old woman who promises to give her a magical reward if she goes into a dangerous forest to find her missing locket. Will Liril help the old woman? What adventures wait in store for her if she does? A girl. A dream. A gift. A magical fairy tale of a young girl who finds out that you should always be careful of what you wish for. You just might get it!The Tale of Liril is a 5,000 word fantasy short story that will delight you in the tradition of your favorite fairy tale classic.

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THE TALE OF LIRIL

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This is a work of fiction. The events and characters described herein are imaginary and are not intended to refer to specific places or living persons. The opinions expressed in this manuscript are solely the opinions of the author and do not represent the opinions of any third-party publishers.

The Tale of Liril

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Copyright © 2011 Kevis Hendrickson

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The Tale of Liril

There once was a girl named Liril who was so poor that she didn’t even have shoes to wear. One day Liril was out in the garden hanging out the laundry when she thought to herself, ‘Woe is me. I’m so poor that I haven’t any shoes to wear like the other girls in the village. Poor Papa works himself to the bone all day in the mines to bring us bread. And Mama, she never stops working to keep the house clean and to prepare supper with hardly nothing for pot. Tomorrow will be Papa’s birthday and I haven’t anything to give him. I suppose I’ll have to do something so he won’t have to work so hard anymore. That would be the best birthday gift of all! But how will I do that? Woe is me.’

Once she had hung out all the laundry, Liril ran into her cottage with the empty clothes basket and told her mother that she was going to market to find her father a birthday gift. Her mother scolded her, saying, ‘Put such nonsense out of your head! We’ve no money for bread let alone things we don’t need. I’m certain your father will be quite happy spending time with you on his birthday!’

Liril was the sort of girl who never gave up on an idea when she had it. So she went to her room and got a silver coin that she had saved up from her last birthday and put it in her apron pocket. Then she ran out of the house when her mother wasn’t looking and went to market. Liril didn’t know what she would buy for her father. So she went from merchant to merchant looking for something that would catch her eye, hoping that if she did find something she could barter with her coin for it.

Liril looked at all the fine things that were sold there. There were so many items to buy that one could nearly spend a lifetime and a mountain of gold coins trying to collect it all! The tailors sold dresses of linen and silk, and cotton pantaloons, and brocade coats with buttons made of brass; the shoemakers sold shoes made of wood, leather, fur, and even slippers made of glass. Jewellers sold all manner of fine jewellery: golden rings, bracelets, collars, pendants, tiaras, and earrings. Liril fancied herself the diamond necklaces that she had seen, but the jewellers always shooed her away when she got too close to their display tables.

There were merchants who sold hot food and wine, the smell of which made her very hungry. There were merchants also who sold magic seeds and coins. These interested Liril the most. ‘Perhaps, I’ll get Papa some magic seeds. They’re sure to make him rich! But all I have is this one silver coin,’ thought Liril. And having been told the prices of the magic seeds, she became sad, for she hadn’t enough money to buy even one magic seed. But there was an old woman nearby who saw Liril weeping and said to her:

‘Why are you weeping, my dearie?’

To which Liril answered the old woman: