Siege at Flor Cottage

On Being Green Gnomes, of course, are green-skinned, which is in itself a thing rarum. Of the green-skinned gnomes there are many shades: dark and light, dappled and piebald, rich and bright to match the many shades of green in the Garden. If we can say they are green-skinned, gnomes are also green in their …

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Watcher in the Trees

On the Treehouse To the gnomes, it goes without saying, the clearing is a special, even sacred place. No one is permitted, they say, to live within its bounds. To which I reply: if no one is permitted to live within its bounds, who is to say that one cannot live above it? If that …

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A Feast of Tales

Upon Feasting In modern society, it may be noted, there is a horn of plenty. Every day may be a feast of delicacies from the cheese counter and the delicatessen, or the cake shop and the patisserie. If we modern beasts and men have forgotten what is special about a feast, the Garden dwellers know …

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Back Through the Garden Gate

On Choices In life, as in the Garden, one does not always have a choice. One is born into a family, one grows up in a town, and one goes to school. These are never our choices. But there always comes a time when one has to make choices. One can make a choice that …

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Utterly Cool Extra Stuff

Gnomisms Bole Bop – a gnome dance A Beebop – any kind of musical instrument The Bole Hall – the gnomes’ gathering place Butter Girls – ethereal maidens who serve Twang and live at the Wet Cornies – unicorns Crackles – LPs or records Dumdums – fauns and satyrs Fuzzy whirls – croquet balls GRs …

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The Wolf Garden Soundtrack

Scan the QR code and play the songs each time you start a new chapter. Then carry on reading the completely, totally and utterly bodacious story of the Wolf Garden. Peter and the Wolf – Sergei Prokofiev Just My Imagination – The Rolling Stones The Gnome – Pink Floyd La Banda – Spanish Harlem Orchestra …

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