Magic: Tales of Wonder

By Kate Flegal

A group of four poems and three short stories that all deal with magic of sorts. It starts with a poem called "Raindrop Waltz," a whimsical take on nature. The first story, "The Great Magic," explains how magic came to be in the world. This is followed by a long poem called "Have You Heard of the Flerd." The poem is about a young creature called a flerd and his search for meaning and joy. Next is a story about a sailor's adventures. His ship wrecks, and people from an island help him and his crew get back under way, but there's something strange about that island! After "The Imaginary Island" is the poem "Dandelion Fluff," a musing on childhood. The third story, "Dragon Light," is about magic from a dragon's point of view. The book wraps up with the poem "Night," which deals with the mysterious beauty of a mystical time of day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kate Flegal
• Release date: Jul 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476178875

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Magic:

Tales of Wonder

By Kate Flegal

Published by Kate Flegal at Smashwords

Copyright 2012 Kate Flegal

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Table of Contents

Raindrop Waltz

The Great Magic

Have You Heard of the Flerd?

The Imaginary Island

Dandelion Fluff

DragonLight

Night

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Prologue and first chapter of upcoming novel

Raindrop Waltz

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Lightning takes the raindrop’s hand;

Thunder keeps the beat.

A waltz that starts out slow and gentle,

Then increases tempo.

The wind performs a wild tango

In the top tree branches.

Rain skips and swirls amid the grass,

Flirting with the flowers.

Symphonies flash in the sky;

Rumble through the air.

A dance as old as time itself;

Music from the heavens.

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The Great Magic

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Well, my children, I suppose I’ll tell you the story of how magic came to be in the world. What’s that you say? You don’t believe in magic? How can you not believe in magic?! It surrounds us every minute of every day! I suppose I’ll have to convince you that magic really does exist.

It all started many, many eons ago, when The Creator--or the Great Spirit, if you please--was