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    Three Short Fairytales
    Three Short Fairytales
    Three Short Fairytales
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    Three Short Fairytales

    By G. Wulfing

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    This book contains three short fairytales by G. Wulfing. ‘The Dwarf’s Heart’ is about a dwarf who decides that the best way to deal with the heartache of loneliness is by removing the offending organ. ‘The Leaving Of Princess Laellinon’ is about a goatherd who must explain to the rulers of a neighbouring kingdom that their daughter, the princess who was in hiding with his family, has inexplicably vanished. And ‘Butterfly’ is about a solitary creature who believes she is ugly and worthless – until she meets a well-travelled wyvern who sees her completely differently.
    'The Dwarf's Heart' [2,117 words]:
    There is a dwarf who lives alone. He is a grumpy dwarf; he likes things just so, and no different. And he can’t stand other people. Apparently, however, the increasingly annoying spasms in his heart are caused – allegedly – by loneliness. The solution is obvious: he should remove the faulty organ. Problem solved. And never mind the cost.
    A very short fairytale.
    ‘The Leaving Of Princess Laellinon’ [3,284 words]:
    Coedas the goatherd has a message for the rulers of another country whom he has never met. The king and queen must be told that their cherished daughter, who was in hiding with Coedas’ family, has abandoned her entire world by disappearing into another. And she won’t be coming back.
    A short story set in a medieval-style fantasy realm.
    ‘Butterfly’ [4,954 words]:
    The Chlyh lives all alone, because she is ugly. No one wants to be her friend. She speaks to no one, living in complete solitude. Then one day she meets a beautiful wyvern: a well-travelled stranger who sees her completely differently from the way she sees herself and the way she thought everyone else saw her.
    A short fairytale about perception, isolation, beauty and love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherG. Wulfing
    Release dateJul 14, 2015
    ISBN9781311259516
    Three Short Fairytales
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    G. Wulfing

    G. Wulfing, author of kidult fantasy and other bits of magic, is a freak. They have been obsessed with reading since they learned how to do it, and obsessed with writing since they discovered the fantasy genre a few years later. G. Wulfing has no gender, and is of varying age. G. Wulfing lives amidst the beautiful scenery of New Zealand, prefers animals to people, and requires solitude, books, music, chocolate, and masala chai lattes in order to remain functional.

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      Three Short Fairytales - G. Wulfing

      Three Short Fairytales

      Published by G. Wulfing at Smashwords

      Copyright 2015 G. Wulfing

      Thank you for downloading this ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced, copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes, provided the book remains in its complete original form, including this notice. If you enjoyed this book, please return to your favourite ebook retailer to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support.

      In memory of my princess. Thank you for sharing your company with me for a little while.

      Farewell.

      Table of contents:

      The Dwarf’s Heart

      The Leaving Of Princess Laellinon

      Butterfly

      About G. Wulfing

      The Dwarf’s Heart

      There was a dwarf who lived alone.

      He was a grumpy dwarf; he liked things just so, and no different. People did not like him because of this. In fact, they avoided the dwarf as much as possible. The dwarf did not care – at least he was almost certain that he didn’t care. People, he would sneer to himself. Can’t stand them. Disgusting things. Who on earth would want them around?

      But somehow, somewhere, in a part of the dwarf that he was almost certain did not exist … there was a sort of feeling about people; about the way it felt when they saw him and quickly looked away.

      About the way it felt when they walked past him without saying ‘hello’.

      About the way they glanced at him from under their eyelids, pretending not to notice him.

      About the way they talked with each other, and laughed with each other, and touched each other – a sort of lightning-fast spasm would go through the dwarf when he saw them doing such things.

      Must be a touch of hiccups, or something, the dwarf decided.

      And he carried on with his own life; busy with his own ideas and his own ways of doing things – just so, and no different.

      But the spasms grew bigger.

      Hiccups must be getting worse, or something, the dwarf muttered to himself one day.

      And the spasms grew bigger.

      Very strange, muttered the dwarf. This is not normal, I’m sure.

      But he didn’t know what to do about it.

      He tried eating less mushroom soup, but it made no difference. He tried breathing exercises, but they made no difference. He tried coarser bread, and brisk walking, and changing his bedsheets more regularly, and drinking a bucket of water in one go every day. But none of it made any difference. The spasms, which had once been tiny pinpricks in his chest, were now pangs like a sharp knife.

      Becoming more and more worried about what was happening to him, the dwarf finally resorted to asking someone’s advice.

      Morla was a giant tortoise, who lived alone, like the dwarf; but she had regular visitors. People travelled many dusty, muddy, stony miles to ask for her advice. Morla gave it freely. She had spent all her life in contemplation of the universe, and knew much about things that most people had never thought of. Irritably, because he didn’t like

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