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A collection of short fables and poems personifies flowers, fairies, and natural spirits to impart gentle moral lessons about kindness, patience, and the healing power of love. Framed as tales told within a fairy court, individual pieces follow small, lyrical episodes—errands to a cold ruler, dreams and visits to enchanted realms, and meetings with water-spirits—each using vivid nature imagery and simple plots. The tone balances whimsy and instruction, presenting serene, child‑friendly narratives that celebrate empathy, sacrifice, and the restorative rhythms of the natural world.

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Title: Flower Fables

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Release date: September 1, 1994 [eBook #163]
Most recently updated: August 3, 2021

Language: English

Credits: John Hamm and Miriam Bobkoff. HTML version by Al Haines.

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Flower Fables

by Louisa May Alcott


Contents

FLOWER FABLES
The Frost King: or, The Power of Love
Eva’s Visit to Fairy-Land
The Flower’s Lesson
Lily-Bell and Thistledown
Little Bud
Clover-Blossom
Little Annie’s Dream: or, The Fairy Flower
Ripple, the Water-Spirit
Fairy Song

“Pondering shadows, colors, clouds
Grass-buds, and caterpillar shrouds
Boughs on which the wild bees settle,
Tints that spot the violet’s petal.”
EMERSON’S WOOD-NOTES.

TO
ELLEN EMERSON,
FOR WHOM THEY WERE FANCIED,
THESE FLOWER FABLES
ARE INSCRIBED,
BY HER FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

Boston, Dec. 9, 1854.