Wee Ones Of The Mist

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Once upon a time before the mists had cleared there was a mystic
place in the heart Celts Country called Orlosscomuckindo .
The people who lived there lived simple lives . They often spoke of
days to come when the mist would clear and they would see for the first
time the land beyond their mountain home .

One quiet night as the moon shone down on Orlosscomuckindo a shimmer of
light raced across the Northern skyline . Shooting stars dressed up the
night sky as they raced across to a distant horizon .

Nestled in the Alapacap Mountains was the lake that provided for the
needs of both people and animals . The lake lay there like a mirror
cradled by Pogles Valley . On one side of the lake was the magic forest
where the wee ones lived . The King of the wee ones Papalap . His
daughter's name was Ellie .
She always looked so sad because she had no voice .
There was nothing anyone could do for the Princess to make her happy
.
She had the best clothes and the best food . She had the best of
everything but without a voice she was lonely and sad .

Every night the Princess would be found star gazing .
The King was very worried about this and one evening he asked her what
she was looking at .
She took a stick of charcoal and wrote down on a slate ,
I want a silver castle in the sky .

Now as the King laughed and laughed ,Ellie never even blinked .
She pointed to her message again and again .
The king tried to cheer her up and asked all the small animals of the
woods to dance for Ellie . Dogs came a-walking with clogs-a-tapping and
cats came along with socks and frocks but to no avail . The princess
just sat looking up at the sky . The King sent for clowns to come . And
so in came the clowns with their hands- a-clapping and their feet-
a-slipping and their smiles a beaming . Still the princess was sad
.

All over Orlosscomuckindo they came to cheer up the Princess bringing
her gifts . There were dolls-a-talking and balls for bouncing , there
was even a crown a-shinning for her head . Still the princess was sad .
Nothing seemed to work . The King sent out all his messengers all over
Celt Country in search for anything or anybody who could make his
daughter happy .

So the wee ones went out with all their whispers into the dense woods
and beyond the Valley and lake . The whispers were carried by the wind
and all the small animals carried the word from the King .
The squirrels and Foxes raced through the woods and the dolphins and
fish .
The birds and the butterflies went through the air with the Kings
message .

Every night the small animals would return to the King with no answer
.

One night there was a magic feeling that was felt all over the land
.
Without any warning from out of the Northern sky a silver mist fell
down on the lake and many had said it looked like a castle in the
middle of the lake.
On that very night Princess Ellie disappeared .

For weeks and weeks King Papalap stood looking up at the sky calling
his daughters name .The King was heartbroken . He decided that he would
go and search for her .
On foot he made his way through the magic forest and he walked on and
on until he came to the edge of the mist .
As King Papalap walked through the mist he found himself in a scarlet
rose garden where the perfume overpowered him and sent him.into a deep
sleep .
When he awoke he was helped to his feet by a gardener who said his name
was Percy .

The King asked Percy if he had seen a beautiful girl called Ellie
.
Percy just smiled and clicked his fingers ,suddenly butterflies and
birds floated from rose to rose and brought soft petals over and laid
them at the feet of the King . The petals all changed colour and in a
moment they turned into the wings of butterflies that flew away .

Bees from honey hives surrounded the King and their buzzing tickled his
ears .The buzzing grew louder and louder until it deafened the king .
He could not hear a thing until to his delight and amazement the next
sound he heard was
the soft singing of his daughter Ellie who took him by the hand in the
scarlet garden .

The whispers in the woods have said that when the mist clears and the
stars fall down from the sky, then the king and the princess will
return again to the magic forest .

THE END

By Paul McCann