Lily's Little Star

By Olive Ross and Debra Cooper

Lily is discovered as a baby in a Scottish wood while Tom is doing chores for Laird John. The love in the little girl's heart shines so brightly that the people she loves can see it. Her star teaches children everywhere about how the love in their hearts can shine for Jesus.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Our Walk in Christ Publishing
• Release date: Nov 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781734839852

Olive Ross

Olive Ross was born and brought up in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her long term goal was to write this book the Lord put it on her heart. God blessed Olive with a loving mother who told her about Jesus even before she could walk. He filled her heart with His love from the beginning.She married young and traveled her husband in the 62 years they shared. They moved to America to join their son, his wife, and two beautiful granddaughters. She wrote this little book for her granddaughters and for children everywhere, so that they would know Christ Jesus loves them and is with them always in their hearts.

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© 2022 by Olive Ross

Published by Our Walk in Christ Publishing

State College, PA

www.owicpub.com

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Lily’s Little Star

First Printing 2022

ISBN:  978-1-7348398-4-5 (sc)

ISBN:  978-1-7348398-5-2 (e)

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

Commitment to Open Source: Our Walk in Christ Publishing uses FOSS software where available. This book was produced with LibreOffice, GNU Image Manipulator Program, Sigil, Calibre, and the following open fonts: Noto Sans, and Delius.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022945063

The Enchanted Wood

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Tom was 16 years old. He lived with his mother in one of Laird John’s cottages. Tom’s father had died five years earlier and had worked for the Laird on his estate in Scotland. Laird John was a very kind employer, he allowed Tom and his mother to stay on in the cottage as long as they wished. Tom had just finished school and was now also working for Laird John, doing odd jobs up at the manor house and helping in the garden and estate.

One day, Tom had been on an errand for old Stan the gardener. On his return he took a shortcut through a small wood. It was such a beautiful spring day; the sun was shining through the trees and there was the scent of Lily of the Valley in the air. It was so peaceful here in this enchanted little wood.

As Tom walked along dreaming of this and that, thinking of nothing in particular, he heard what sounded like a baby crying. Tom looked around but couldn’t see anything. Then all went quiet. He called out, Where are you? I know you're near. The crying started