Magical Mystical Miracle Place Deep in the Forest

Therese Smith Reid Iris

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A cave deep in the great forest is the gateway to a magical mystical miracle place where dreams come true, illnesses are washed away and love is pure. But only those selected by destiny can find the cave.As a young woman, Faith is guided to the cave and develops a unique bond with it.She settles on one of a small cluster of farms bordering the forest, where her destiny and that of her family are touched by miracles. Succeeding generations rely on Faith's guidance and wisdom until she herself returns to the magical mystical miracle place for her last great adventure.

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• Publié par: Andrews UK
• Date de parution: 16 juillet 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780722349281
• Langue: English

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THE MAGICAL MYSTICAL MIRACLE PLACE DEEP IN THE FOREST
Iris Therese Smith Reid
ARTHUR H. STOCKWELL LTD
Torrs Park, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 8BA
Established 1898
www.ahstockwell.co.uk




Copyright © 2019 Iris Therese Smith Reid
First published in Great Britain, 2019
Iris Therese Smith Reid asserts the right to be identified as the author of this work.
All rights reserved.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales, is purely coincidental.
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By the same author:
Dementia Poems
Poems of Devotion and Commotion
Forever Take My Hand
Enhancing and Enchanting Poems



Prologue
The young couple had ridden deep into the middle of the forest when suddenly in front of them a cave appeared. It started raining. They tied up their horses to a tree, and taking hold of her hand he led her inside the entrance of the cave to shelter from the rain.
Once inside, they stood watching in disbelief as a silver light swirled around them. It stopped dead, shining on to a golden plaque that was upon the wall. It had writing on it. They both read what it said:
This is a magical mystical miracle place
Where wishes and dreams come true.
This cave opens only to a selected few
Great people who will live their life anew.
Once inside, they will lose their heart;
They join together no more to part.
For those who have ailments to cure,
Their ailments go, they will be no more.
For some, their love will travel in time.
This cave stays open from one year to nine.
Once wishes and dreams have come your way,
You will be banished; no more can you stay.



Chapter One
Faith and her brother, Fred, lived with their mother and father on the outskirts of Lincolnshire, in a bungalow. Living opposite, across the way, was Faith’s loyal friend, Jane, also living in a bungalow. She was adopted from birth because her biological parents at the time Jane was born were both only fifteen years old. They had no parents or family as they were killed in a world war, so they had nobody. When her biological parents turned seventeen, they married and bought a farm in Scotland. They traced Jane and tried getting her back, but by then it was too late - she was fully adopted. They also found out they couldn’t have any more children, which was so devastating for them, having lost Jane, their only child. When they told this to Jane’s adoptive parents, knowing how painful it was to be without children and not being able to have more, they allowed them to have Jane for two weeks’ holiday in Scotland once a year.
Jane loved it on their farm. She had her own pony and paddock to ride in. They spoilt her - she had everything she wanted.
After coming back to her adoptive parents, she would always tell Faith she loved it in Scotland, but, as she told her biological parents while she was there, she had no one to play with. They told her to bring a friend with her for a holiday. Jane and Faith asked Faith’s mother if she could go to Scotland. She told the girls that when Faith was older she would let her go.
The two friends were loyal to each other, going everywhere together. They were never apart, but as soon as they got the chance they would wander away from home and call it their great adventure. After their mothers had put them to bed at night, they would climb out of their bedroom windows and go to the park, which was just down the lane from their bungalows. They would play on the swings, climb the trees, then go back home to sneak back into their bedrooms through the windows with their mothers none the wiser, not even knowing they had been out. In the daytimes they would have picnics in their back gardens, walk on walls - proper tomboys, so their mothers would call them. Most of the time they would sit daydreaming of what they would do when they grew up and where they would live.
They went to the same school, were in the same class and liked the same things. Jane was one year older than Faith. She was the ringleader, the boss. One night, doing their usual climbing out of their windows and swinging on the swings in the park, Jane had a great idea: instead of going straight back home they would go on an enchanting adventure. Jane was eight and Faith seven at this time.
Faith was very excited, jumping up and down, saying, “Oh, goody, goody, where are we going, then?”
Jane said, “To the shops in town. I have been there with my mother - it isn’t very far. There are lots of toyshops. You walk down the lane and you are there.”
So, holding hands, they set off walking, walking and walking. It was a long way after all. Faith started moaning that she was cold - they were only in their nightwear.
Jane said, “Oh, stop being a big baby - we are nearly there. We can skip along - that will keep us warm.”
So they skipped along happily, singing and going on their merry way, until in the distance they spotted lights. When they finally reached them the town was deserted, with the shops closed. All the windows were lit up with bright lights showing all the goods on display. They saw pretty pink dresses in one shop. They both said their mothers would buy them for them, when they told them tomorrow. Then they reached the toyshop window. It was like a fairytale, packed full of wonderful toys of every description. They had the time of their lives picking out what they would like. They wanted everything, pointing and staring with amazement. Jane wanted the biggest toy in the window, which was a huge teddy bear.
Then Faith pointed to a big Pedigree doll’s pram saying, “That’s mine - I’m having that!”
Jane said, “Oh no, you cannot have that because my mother is buying it for me. It belongs to me! I’m the oldest and I should have it. You’re not allowed to have it - you’re not old enough, Faith.”
Faith started crying. She said she wanted to go home as Jane wouldn’t let her have anything at all. Then headlights startled them as they drew towards them in the darkness. There was a big empty brown box in the doorway.
They both jumped into it, saying to each other, “Quick - hide!” Then, pulling down the lid over themselves, they said to each other, “When that car goes we will run all the way back home before our mothers find out we are not in our beds.”
But while waiting they both snuggled up together, trying to keep warm from the cold night air, and fell fast asleep, sleeping for the rest of the night.
Prior to that, their mothers had found out they were missing and had called the police, who, with their fathers, had been searching for them in the night while their mothers stayed at home hoping they would return. But they did not, causing their families great pain.
As soon as it started getting light, the two girls awoke immediately.
Faith cried out, “I want my mother. I want to go home. I’m frightened. I’m lost. Where am I?”
Then they heard voices. It was two women talking to each other. One of them opened up the box lid and said, “Oh my goodness! Look - these two little girls must be the ones the police are looking for. They have been missing all night long. Their parents must be sick with worry by now. You phone the police while I see to them.” She took them inside the shop and put a warm blanket round each of them, then gave them a drink and a biscuit, telling them, “It’s OK - you are safe now. Your mothers will be coming to take you home soon.”
A policewoman and a policeman came into the shop with the girls’ parents, who ran up to the girls, cuddling them and crying out with happiness, saying, “Thank goodness you have been found! We have been so worried. You put yourselves in danger wandering around alone in the dark at night. Please don’t ever do it again because one day you might not be found and we will never see you again.”
The girls said they were sorry and the policewoman said as they were both fit and well they could go back home with their parents after they promised her that they wouldn’t sneak out again at night or they would be in trouble with the police. The girls promised her they wouldn’t, so their parents took them home.
After putting them to bed that night, their mothers locked their bedroom windows so they couldn’t sneak out that way again without them knowing.
So that was the end of their night-time adventures for a few years. That would come about again when they were ten and nine.
One day Jane said to Faith while they were playing in the park, “I spied on my mother yesterday. I was being a famous detective. I found out where she hid the key after she locked my bedroom window, so now you have to be my famous helper and spy on your mother to find out where she has hidden your key.”
Faith said, “OK, I will, but I’m big enough now, like you, so I don’t want to be your famous helper. I’m going to be a famous detective also, and we can both be the boss.”
Jane said, “We cannot have two bosses. I am the oldest, so it’s my job to be it. Next time I will let you be the detective.”
Faith was happy with that.
The next day she told Jane, “I was a good famous helper. I spied on my mother - she didn’t see me at all. I just pretended to go to the toilet, but I watched her put the key into the knife drawer in the kitchen.”
Jane said, “Good work, famous helper. Now we can go on a