The Pearl Story Book
The Pearl Story Book
A Collection of Tales, Original and Selected
Free DownloadTHE TURTLE-DOVES OF CARMEL.THE DYING CHILDFRIGHTENED BY A COWTHE RED SHOES.NAUGHTY MARIANMORNING HOURTHE CHIMNEY-SWEEPPLEASANT AMUSEMENTSTHE CAGED BIRDTHE YOUNG GLEANER.PERSEVERANCETONY THE MILLER'S SON.
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s and brilliant boots. All this looked charming, but the old lady could not see well, and so had no pleasure in looking at them. In the midst of these shoes stood a pair of red ones just like those the little princess had worn. How beautiful they were! The shoemaker said also that they had been made for the child of a count, but had not fitted.
"That must be patent leather," said the old lady, "they shine so."
"Yes, they shine," said Karen, "and I should be delighted to have them!"
And they were tried on, and fitted her little foot so well that they were bought; but the old lady knew nothing about their being red, else she would never have allowed Karen to have gone in red shoes to be confirmed. Yet such was the case.
Everybody looked at her feet; and when she stepped through the chancel-door on the church pavement, it seemed to her as if the old figures on the tombs--those portraits of old preachers and preachers' wives, with stiff ruffs and long black dresses, fixed their eyes on
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FEATURED AUTHOR - J.P. Alters is Jamaican/English and lives in the South-coast of England with her family. She currently divides her time between spending time with family and friends, and her work. When she's not writing supernatural thrillers, J.P. has two day jobs; working with a local homeless project, and mentoring students who are neuro-diverse. As our Author of the Day, she tells us all about her book, Psychic Echoes.