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The Wee
Ones Of The Mist By Paul McCann |
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Once
upon a time before the mists had cleared there was a mystic place in the
heart Celts Country called
Orlosscomuckindo . The
people who lived there lived simple lives . They often spoke of days to
come when the mist would clear and they would see for the first time the
land beyond their mountain
home . One
quiet night as the moon shone down on Orlosscomuckindo
a shimmer of light raced across the Northern skyline . Shooting
stars dressed up the night sky as they raced across to a distant horizon
. Nestled
in the Alapacap Mountains was the lake that provided for the needs of
both people and animals . The lake lay there like a mirror cradled by
Pogles Valley . On one side
of the lake was the magic forest where the wee ones lived .
The King of the wee ones Papalap . His daughter’s name
was Ellie . She
always looked so sad
because she had no voice . There
was nothing anyone could do for the Princess to make her happy . She
had the best clothes and the best food . She had the best of everything
but without a voice she was lonely and sad . Every
night the Princess would be found star gazing . The
King was very worried about this and one evening he asked her what she
was looking at . She
took a stick of charcoal and wrote down on a slate
, I
want a silver castle in the sky . Now
as the King laughed and laughed ,Ellie never even blinked . She
pointed to her message again and again . The
king tried to cheer her up and asked all the small animals of the woods
to dance for Ellie . Dogs came a-walking with clogs-a-tapping and cats
came along with socks and frocks but to no avail . The princess just sat
looking up at the sky . The King sent for clowns to come . And so in
came the clowns with their hands-
a-clapping and their feet- a-slipping and their smiles a beaming . Still
the princess was sad . All
over Orlosscomuckindo they came to cheer up the Princess bringing her
gifts . There were dolls-a-talking and balls for bouncing , there was
even a crown a-shinning for her head . Still the princess was sad . Nothing seemed to work . The
King sent out all his messengers all over Celt Country in search for
anything or anybody who could make his daughter happy . So
the wee ones went out with all their whispers into the dense woods and
beyond the Valley and lake . The whispers were carried by the wind and
all the small animals carried the word from the King . The
squirrels and Foxes raced through the woods and the dolphins and fish . The
birds and the butterflies went through the air with the Kings message . Every
night the small animals would return to the King with no answer . One
night there was a magic feeling that was felt all over the land . Without
any warning from out of the Northern sky a silver mist fell down on the
lake and many had said it looked like a castle in the middle of the
lake. On
that very night Princess Ellie disappeared . For
weeks and weeks King Papalap stood looking up at the sky calling his daughters
name .The King was heartbroken . He decided that he would go and search
for her . On
foot he made his way through the magic forest and he walked on and on
until he came to the edge of the mist . As
King Papalap walked through the mist he found himself in a scarlet rose
garden where the perfume overpowered him and sent him.into a deep sleep . When
he awoke he was helped to his feet by a gardener
who said his name was Percy . The
King asked Percy if he had seen a beautiful girl called Ellie . Percy
just smiled and clicked his fingers ,suddenly butterflies and birds
floated from rose to rose and brought soft petals over and laid them at
the feet of the King . The
petals all changed colour and in a moment they turned into the
wings of butterflies that flew away . Bees
from honey hives surrounded the King and their buzzing tickled his ears
.The buzzing grew louder and louder until it deafened the king . He
could not hear a thing until to his delight and amazement the next sound
he heard was the
soft singing of his daughter Ellie who took him by the hand in the
scarlet garden . The whispers in the woods have said that when the mist clears and the stars fall down from the sky, then the king and the princess will return again to the magic forest . The
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