Once Upon a Summer Day
Once Upon a Summer Day
“said Borel, “I have seen the world from above, and I would take you there.”
“Are we to go to a mountaintop?”
“Something much better, ma chérie.”
Chelle smiled. “Then let us away.”
Hand in hand they stepped through the enshadowed door and out onto a broad, windswept ledge upon a looming mountainside. Snow shone white on the crest above, wooded slopes lay darkly on the flanks below, the trees leading down to a deep forested valley, where a glint of a river hinted at its existence in the light fro...m the waning moon, a thin crescent in the sky. To their right a torrent of meltwater thundered onto the ledge and then cascaded on downward into deep shadows ’neath.
“It is beautiful up here,” said Chelle. “But I thought you said we were not to go upon a mountain.”
“This is but temporary, Chérie,” said Borel, stepping behind her and clasping her in his arms. “Here comes our mount now.” And he pointed, and silhouetted against the starry sky came winging a Great Eagle.MoreLess
“Are we to go to a mountaintop?”
“Something much better, ma chérie.”
Chelle smiled. “Then let us away.”
Hand in hand they stepped through the enshadowed door and out onto a broad, windswept ledge upon a looming mountainside. Snow shone white on the crest above, wooded slopes lay darkly on the flanks below, the trees leading down to a deep forested valley, where a glint of a river hinted at its existence in the light fro...m the waning moon, a thin crescent in the sky. To their right a torrent of meltwater thundered onto the ledge and then cascaded on downward into deep shadows ’neath.
“It is beautiful up here,” said Chelle. “But I thought you said we were not to go upon a mountain.”
“This is but temporary, Chérie,” said Borel, stepping behind her and clasping her in his arms. “Here comes our mount now.” And he pointed, and silhouetted against the starry sky came winging a Great Eagle.MoreLess
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