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Inspired by Juliet Marillier’s Wildwood Dancing
“There was a lake deep within the wildwood, a place unofficially known as the Deadwash though its real name was prettier: Taul Ilelor, Lake of the Nymphs. Every family had a dark story about the Deadwash. When I was five years old, my cousin Costi drowned in Taul Ilelor. I was there when it happened. The things folks said about the lake were true…
“The folk of the Other Kingdom had their own name for this expanse of shining water; at Full Moon, they called it the Bright Between. The lake waters spanned the distance between their world and ours.”
–Juliet Marillier
It was a sort of fairytale day with castles, mists, springs, and danger lurking in the forest.
The Blue Hole Trail was no joke. At the trailhead, the sign read (in caps no less!):
“STRENUOUS USE EXTREME CAUTION”
Prince Charming read this, turned around, and started walking in the opposite direction.
“I didn’t intend to hike this trail,” said he.
She did what any self-respecting fairytale princess would do. Shrugging on the backpack, she started down the trail without him, not pausing for a backward glance. A few moments later he came along, grumbling.
There were lessons learned along the way. For example, hiking shoes matter, especially when the water is the trail! (…and also, when you have poo shoe, but that was a different lesson on a different trail). The new kicks were actually waterproof! Other hikers that had come before were clearly not as lucky. Along the trail they found the remains of one unfortunate soul’s sole that was not as keen as it claimed to be….
A witty bard once said, T’is better to have hiking shoes with waterproof soles than have a soul of dread
…or something like that.
The water really was the trail,
and Prince Charming made it all the way to the bottom…
and back up again!
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