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    O’Briah: A Bedtime Story
    O’Briah: A Bedtime Story
    O’Briah: A Bedtime Story
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    O’Briah: A Bedtime Story

    By James Bulkowski

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    The Briah is a world of memory, myth, and light that shows itself in rainbows and the twinkling stars of night. As told from star to tree, the legend of OBriah is shared in a bedtime story that will inspire wondrous dreams, heartfelt smiles, and infinite imaginations in children around the world.

    Author James Bulkowski offers children a glimpse into a fantasy world where the flowers dance and ask, Have you ever seen anything more beautiful than us? The fireflies fly through the forest under a full moon, the falling stars bring the stories to old trees, and the trees whisper the tales to the flowers. In the heart of the dark woods, a flower child known to others as Wee Miss Emily lives in the Kingdom of Red Brick and Colored Glass and has no idea that the High Queen of the Woodland Flowers is summoning her to her royal castle. Now it is up to the one who sits among the trees to deliver Miss Emily to the Queen.

    Surrounded by the unpredictability of a mystical forest, the Sitter and a band of characters embark on an unforgettable journey through an ancient world to fulfill a royal wish.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJul 14, 2011
    ISBN9781462013340
    O’Briah: A Bedtime Story
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    James Bulkowski

    James Bulkowski was born and raised in London, Ontario. He is a woodcarver who spent several years in the bush of northern Ontario developing his craft. Always in search of the elusive “perfect piece of wood,” James continues to carve to meet the demands of his clients. He continues to live in Ontario today.

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      O’Briah - James Bulkowski

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      James Bulkowski

      Illustrations by Louise Knight

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      O’Briah

      A Bedtime Story

      Copyright © 2011 by James Bulkowski

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      The legend of O’Briah,

      as told from star to tree,

      translated by the flowers,

      for their Princess Emily.

      The Briah is a world

      of memory, myth, and light

      that shows itself in rainbows

      and the twinkling stars of night.

      To be of the Briah,

      a world of ancient times,

      home to all that flowers

      and all the natural signs.

      It sends to us the north winds

      and the rain that falls so light,

      where rich earth grows abundant fruit

      and fireflies light the night.

      It travels on the songs of birds

      as they float upon the breeze.

      It’s where the old-time stories

      are whispered by the trees.

      It awakens to the sound of drums

      and smiles to greet the sun.

      There, there is but one rule;

      Do as you will, harm none.

      Contents

      The Dream

      The Story Stars

      The Explanation

      The Introductions

      Silver Linings

      The Gift

      The Last Story

      A Frosty Reminder

      The Dream

      This morning, as I slept under the trees, I had a dream. The sun had just broken over the horizon when a little yellow flower turned to me and in the softest voice asked, Have you ever seen anything so warm?

      I turned my face to the east and felt the warmth that the flower spoke of, when I remembered the little girl I’d met in town the day before. She was only three or four and told me her name was Emily. Yes, I have, I replied I have seen a smile warmer than that.

      Then, two more flowers joined in—a little white one and a dark red one. As the birds sang to welcome the new day, the flowers, together, asked me, Have you ever heard a more joyous sound?

      I listened to the birds in the trees and the crickets among the leaves; I heard the creek that bubbled over the stones, even the wind that whispered high in the treetops, but again my mind went back to that little girl I’d met the day before, Emily. She was pretending to be a cat chasing the swirling leaves on the sidewalk.

      Yes, I have, I replied.

      Tell us! they cried.

      I have heard laughter.

      Now all the forest flowers began to sway,

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