The Fairy Woods Children: A Story of Magic and Adventure, from Where the Two Worlds Meet

By Adriana Yamane

Much of the education of children is based on the antithesis between good and bad. The images of bad are supposed to be the dark background against which the good can shine, like courage shining through in times of danger. The problem with this approach is that the good has only the chance to shine but not to grow. The Fairy Woods Children thus tries to bring a new approach that allows goodness to grow and to expand in childrens consciousness, without the need of a fear-based background scenario. While this may sound boring to grown-up people who are used mainly to the strife of their daily life with all its troubles and fears, small children do not need to have this handicap. From an early age, they need to be allowed to grow beyond this stage at which humankind is now, and they need to learn more about the infinite possibilities that may lie before them in the future. A lot of misunderstandings and conflicts arise from the lack of heart-to-heart communication, which is the central point in the seven stories of the book. Each story, meant to be read at bedtime, brings to the surface a deep inner longing of the soul to express itself. As a child, these were the stories I would have liked to hear, and these were the teachings I would have liked to receive, as they can greatly eliminate the need of the good versus bad antithesis. And this is the reason why I would like to offer them to children and people like me, who may appreciate art and beauty, and who may wish to create for their families a lifestyle which is more soulful and kind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Release date: Apr 24, 2015
• ISBN: 9781482831108

Adriana Yamane

Born close to the magical Transylvanian woods in the North of Romania, Adriana has been forever in love with nature, animals, and children. As a small child, she used to write stories and explore the outside world, while learning to make sense of her rich inner world. Mother of a grown-up daughter, she now lives in Japan with her husband and pets, cooking delicious vegan dishes, gardening, teaching English, and enjoying the beauty that surrounds her home and life.

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1    The New Home

Chapter 2    Paseran And Seara

Chapter 3    Aurora’s New Clothes

Chapter 4    The Green Gate

Chapter 5    The Ramoo Flower

Chapter 6    Among The Standing People

Chapter 7    The Inner Song

CHAPTER 1

THE NEW HOME

T he Fairy Wood is a place so remote and special, that fear never had a chance to enter. This is why it is also part of The Fairy Land, that hidden, little known realm in which the fair folk usually reside. Yet where exactly The Fairy Land is, nobody actually seems to know. In this big wide world in which man reigns we cannot talk about it loudly, but the old legends tell of a secret, sacred and timeless place which is the home of our Godparents, a place created specially to be the playground for the ones who have kept their hearts pure and innocent.

The Fairy Wood is, like I said, a great and special forest. It is not far from a cozy village where the people had been living for hundreds of years lovingly preserving the nature, the legends and their simple and clean life style. All kinds of animals live in the Fairy Wood: there's Grandfather Bear for example, always looking for the Golden Honey that brings sweetness to one's life; baby hedgehogs running happily to and fro through the empty logs in the Flowering Valley. Then there's the gentle Queen of the Ants and the mysterious friends who meet every night by the water