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A collection of folktale-like short stories that present moral tests, enchanted transformations, and restorative justice. In one tale a compassionate young woman endures pain to braid lengths of stinging nettles and casts them into a mountain lake, triggering an enchanted sleep that heals the land and reforms a profligate monarch. Other pieces retell familiar motifs — wish-granting bargains, a frog-transformed suitor, sisters named Faith, Hope, and Charity, and a seafaring homecoming — all told in simple, vivid language that emphasizes self-sacrifice, cleverness, and the surprising rewards of humility.

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Title: The Seven Plaits of Nettles, and other stories

Author: Edric Vredenburg

Illustrator: May Bowley

Hilda Cowham

T. Noyes Lewis

Release date: October 12, 2020 [eBook #63437]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Richard Tonsing, Juliet Sutherland, and the
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THE SEVEN PLAITS OF NETTLES,
AND OTHER STORIES.

BY
EDRIC VREDENBURG.
ILLUSTRATED BY
T. NOYES LEWIS, HILDA COWHAM,
&c., &c.
Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.
London · Paris · New York
Publishers to Their Majesties the King & Queen & to T.R.M., the Prince & Princess of Wales