![]() ![]() Several of the stories deal symbolically (and sometimes enigmatically) with creativity there's a boy in the habit of using short, rude words (they end in T: Dit, Fot, Sut) who learns in solitary silence the power of language, and a painter who has an ironic pair of encounters with a kelpie. A five-year-old queen is punished for teasing the cat: her hair screams, for years, till she first learns that she can bear it because she must, and then finds a creative use for it. An ill-tempered princess concentrates on her one skill: moving objects without touching them but it's her kindhearted maid who, while carrying out an unreasonable order (dealing with a bathtub full of giant spiders), attracts a passing prince. Nine offbeat adventures occur in a fey but perfectly logical world, where very human children cope sensibly with magical events. ![]()
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