Charm
“. .’ ‘Their boy’s gone missing in the woods.’ ‘The baker’s boy? Jack?’ ‘They didn’t send him alone, did they?’ ‘No, young Greta was with him. She came back. She must have had a fever though, because she was full of wild stories.’ Cinderella was on the edge of the huddle outside the tiny store where a tired, red-eyed man had just sold her a small loaf. She’d wondered why he hadn’t given her a wink and a smile as normal, but she’d just put it down to the terrible cold that rushed in every time a... new customer opened the door and the fact that she wasn’t in the best of moods herself and maybe that showed. But now she knew and the icy wind was nothing to the cold at the pit of her stomach. Jack was a good boy. He had his father’s cheerful disposition and worked hard. Nothing bad could have happened to Jack? Surely not.
She listened to the low chattering voices around her.
‘What do you mean, “wild stories”?’ ‘Well,’ the old woman leaned in closer and her friends did the same.MoreLess
She listened to the low chattering voices around her.
‘What do you mean, “wild stories”?’ ‘Well,’ the old woman leaned in closer and her friends did the same.MoreLess
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