Category: Short Stories

The Seven Plaits of Nettles, and other stories

Vredenburg, Edric, 1860-; Bowley, May, 1864-1960 [Illustrator]; Cowham, Hilda, 1873-1964 [Illustrator]; Noyes Lewis, T., 1862-1946 [Illustrator]· 2 chapters· 7,836 words

It was a good country because the land was rich, and things grew well, and because the people worked hard and were thrifty and intelligent. The King was bad because he was terribly extravagant, because he spent fortunes upon fortunes on pleasure, because he gambled all the mon...

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1. Part 1

It was a good country because the land was rich, and things grew well, and because the people worked hard and were thrifty and intelligent. The King was bad because he was terri...

2. Part 2

“Oh,” she cried, “if only I could be like an ordinary girl again. I vow I would never be discontented any more. I would do my best to be cheerful and never, never grumble again.”