"Moonshine & Clover" by Laurence Housman. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Laurence Housman. Moonshine & Clover
Moonshine & Clover
Table of Contents
THE PRINCE WITH THE NINE SORROWS
HOW LITTLE DUKE JARL SAVED THE CASTLE
A CAPFUL OF MOONSHINE
THE STORY OF THE HERONS
THE CROWN'S WARRANTY
ROCKING-HORSE LAND
JAPONEL
GAMMELYN, THE DRESSMAKER
THE FEEDING OF THE EMIGRANTS
WHITE BIRCH
THE LUCK OF THE ROSES
THE WHITE DOE
THE MOON-STROKE
THE GENTLE COCKATRICE
THE GREEN BIRD
THE MAN WHO KILLED THE CUCKOO
A CHINESE FAIRY TALE
HAPPY RETURNS
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Laurence Housman
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The Prince's heart lay beating at her feet, so glad to be rid of its nine sorrows that mere joy made it live on, though all the rest of the body lay cold.
The peahen leaned down upon the Prince's breast, and there wailed without ceasing: then suddenly, piercing with her beak her own breast, she drew out her own living heart and laid it in the place where his had been.
