My Short Story Book

My Short Story Book

Lovely weather for Christmas holidays! But to one little five-year-old man, nothing had seemed lovely this Christmas, though he was spending it with his Father and Mother and his big sisters at Grandpapas beautiful old country-house, where everybody did all that could be done to make Grandpapas guests happy. For poor little Roger was pining for his elder brother, Lawson, whom he had not seen for more than four months. Lawson was eight, and had been at school since Michaelmas, and there he had caught a fever which had made it not safe for him[8] to join the rest of the family till the middle of January. But he was coming to-morrow. Stupid little boy, said Mabel. Im sure weve tried to amuse him. Why, Mamma let him sit up an hour later than usual last night, to hear all those funny old fairy tales and legends Uncle Bob was telling. Poor little Roger! Pansys shivering was nothing to his! They had all walked home from the Vicarage, tempted by the clear frosty moonlight, and the hard, dry ground; and trotting along, a little behind the others, a strange thing had happened to the boy. Fancyin the field by the Primrose Lane, through the gateway, right in a bright band of moonlight, he had seen a witch! Just such a witch as Uncle Bob had describedwith shadowy garments, and outstretched arms, and a queer-shaped head, on all of which the icicles were sparkling, just as Uncle Bob had said. For it was[9] a winter-witch he had told the story about, whose dwelling was up in the frozen northern seas; the Snow Witch they called her. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 50613
Author: Various
Release Date: Dec 5, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English