The King Of No-Land

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B. L. Farjeon. The King Of No-Land

The King Of No-Land

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I. A WHITE-ROBED WOOD, BATHED IN SWEET AIR

II. MANY MEN GROW BLIND BY LOOKING AT THE SUN, AND NEVER SEE THE BEAUTY OF THE STARS

III. DEEP IN THE EARTH LIES THE GOLD, HIDDEN IN DARKNESS; AND PRECIOUS STONES ARE FOUND IN ROUGHEST PLACES

IV. CHRISTMAS NIGHT AT THE COTTAGE

V. LIKE WHITE FINGERS BECKONING THE DEAD

VI. TO GRASP THE JEWELLED HAND OF POVERTY

VII. THE THREE SMALL FIDDLERS, IRIS, LUCERNE, AND DAISY

VIII. NO EXAMPLE OF MINE SHALL EVER WEAKEN OR DEGRADE IN MY PEOPLE'S EYES THE SANCTITY OF THE MARRIAGE BOND

IX. THE QUAMOCLITS AND THE WHORTLEBERRIES

X. SWEET IS THE AIR NOW AND FOR EVER; HEART WHISPERS LOW, CHANGE WILL COME NEVER

XI. "NOW," SAID THE KING, STEPPING CLOSE TO THE PRISONER; "AS MAN TO MAN!"

XII. THE KING NARRATES TO THE COURT PARASITES THE PARABLE OF THE TREES

XIII. OLD HUMANITY

XIV. THE FLIGHT FROM THE PALACE

XV. THROUGHOUT THREE CHANGES OF THE SEASONS

XVI. CUNNING LITTLE DICK

XVII. IT WAS CHRISTMAS THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND

THE END

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B. L. Farjeon

Published by Good Press, 2021

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"My little sister. Mother says she's the darlingest darling as ever drawed breath, and father says she's the prettiest pretty as ever opened a pair of blue eyes. And I say, Bluebell! Bluebell!" And he sang and whistled again.

"She is the same as you are, I suppose?" said the Prince.

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