Dear Reader,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
May you always be vigorous and healthy and your soul shine with Light. May your mind always be clear and your heart loving. And may the road of your life be long and beautiful, filled with deep meaning and the most amazing and wonderful experiences and events!
And thus, as the season bids – two magical surprises! A new fairytale, illustrated with inspiring photographs by my friends. And a new therapeutic, meditative musical creation – “Magic Lake”!
Enjoy your reading, viewing and listening! :))
And as always – if you are interested in other works of the presented photographers, then you can go to their sites by clicking on the photo of your interest. Or simply find them in the “Attribution” section (below).
With love,
Elena
A beautiful squirrel was sitting on the edge of a bench. In truth, though, she was not a squirrel but a real fairy from an outlandish forest. She had to pass a difficult exam on magic, and so she had come here to practice.
Whiskers all askew with worry, the young fairy reviewed the required steps in her mind… First, turn herself into a forest squirrel. OK, done that. Next, swish the tail to the right, and then a fairytale door will open. Check quickly that everything is all right inside, and then swish the tail again – left, of course! – to close the door…
The exam was supposed to begin in an hour and Lisa, that was the name of our heroine, decided to rehearse in advance, carefully opening and then closing the doors of various fairytales with her diligent tail. But then, quite unfortunately, someone treated Lisa with a fragrant, freshly baked home-made cake. And the fairy just loved this delicacy! Inadvertently, unbeknownst to herself, she waved her tail while she ate… and only when she was finished did she realize with horror that the doors to several of the tales had opened!
Looking inside, Lisa was even more frightened because, from one of the fairy tales, a wolf had disappeared. It was supposed to be chasing Little Red Riding Hood, but now it was nowhere in sight! Fortunately, the fairy found him quickly enough, just inside the door of one of the tales opposite. Returning the wolf to its place, Lisa breathed a sigh of relief…
But the thing was, that in the hurry the little fairy has placed the wrong wolf into the Little Red Riding Hood fairytale. A wolf, indeed, from a completely different story…
And this story was about an enchanted prince who once refused a witch. The witch was a charming beauty who could make almost anyone fall in love with her. But she wanted the prince.
And so, enraged at his refusal, she cast a powerful curse: stealing a beautiful fountain pen from a water elf, she wove a spell of irresistible and exquisite decorations on it. And into the point, she bound with hidden weavings the howls of a lone wolf and the wind of a cruel November. She smiled to herself, wicked and sweet, as she looked at the result of that work. Prestigious and beautiful it was, with precious stones which sparkled with a cold light, almost as if filled with a life of their own…
Beautiful