Elusive story from Childhood... like so many others
First off this site is amazing! Second... I am a deep lover of fairy tales, and as a child I remember finding a book in our house with some odd fairy tales in it. I remember the book having...
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Humm. Very odd. The opening is very like that of The Nettle Spinner, but not the rest of it.
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I like "crewel knight." THE NEEDLEWORK PRINCE and Other Stories! (LOL) I may write that one. JaneY
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Jane, that made me think of a story that I can't place at the moment (it'll come to me when I'm not thinking about it anymore, I'm sure) where a knight finds himself in a hut with a beautiful woman...
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Well, I don't know THAT particular story, but I published a similar tale years ago, "The Weaver of Tomorrow", in which a girl is apprenticed to the Weaver who actually creates tapestries of life. Jane
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Hi Alice, I think the story you mention is The Duke of Wellington Misplaces his Horse by Susanna Clarke in her collection The Ladies of Grace Adieu
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Thank you ErmineLady, that was exactly the story I was thinking of. And Jane, I'll have to look up yours now. Best, Alice
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It's like the opposite of King Thrushbeard (which is one of my favorites and why I've posted about it before).
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i don't know if this will help alaskathleen, but when i was reading your story i got these vivid images of a rajah/sultan/important middle-eastern/persian man and a beautiful 'exotic'...
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This sounds a little like 'The Goose Girl', perhaps it is a variant/similar tale? http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goosegirl/index.html Whenever I am searching for a specific book, and it has...
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