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[cemetaria]

The Bridge of Lost StoriesYou, dear reader, from the world of free stories, may find it almost impossible to imagine the life of Amelia Gardenwood - the only daughter of the chief bridge-builder in the New Londonian Republic, where stories were forbidden. You see, until the day the Gypsies came, young Amelia had never even seen a picture of a book

Comments

[whipchick]

Wow - this is so beautiful and powerful and you capture the power of words and stories on so many levels. And love the sly moments of the girls' disobedience, too!

[lawchicky]

Another beautiful piece!

[myrna_bird]

I liked this little story. :)

[basric]

A wonderful tale, as always. Well done.

[karmasoup]

I love that she carried her rebellious streak right into old age... shows the power of good stories. Sad, though, that she never shared her secret with anyone her own age, and perhaps took a change at slowly changing a new generation.