The Wee Free Men: The BeginningWhen Tiffany Aching sets out to become a witch, she faces ominous foes and gains unexpected allies. As she confronts the Queen of Fairies and battles an ancient, bodiless evil, she is aided (and most ably abetted) by the six-inch-high, fightin', stealin', drinkin' Wee Free Men! Laugh-out-loud humor and breathtaking action combine in the books that launched the unforgettable adventures of a determined young witch and her tiny but fierce blue friends. |
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Page 9
... watching the river with a thoughtful expression . I'm not scared at all , she thought . How strange . I ought to be scared , but I'm just angry . I mean , I can feel the scared , like a red- hot ball , but the angry isn't letting it out ...
... watching the river with a thoughtful expression . I'm not scared at all , she thought . How strange . I ought to be scared , but I'm just angry . I mean , I can feel the scared , like a red- hot ball , but the angry isn't letting it out ...
Page 11
... watching , " she said . “ But chalk's too soft to grow a witch on . . . . ” Only the mountains were higher than the Chalk . They stood sharp and purple and gray , streaming long trails of snow from their tops even in summer . " Brides o ...
... watching , " she said . “ But chalk's too soft to grow a witch on . . . . ” Only the mountains were higher than the Chalk . They stood sharp and purple and gray , streaming long trails of snow from their tops even in summer . " Brides o ...
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... watched the water carefully . Was it getting darker ? Was it getting greener ? Was that just waterweed down there ? Were those bubbles just a trout , laughing ? No. She ran out of her hiding place with the frying pan swinging like a bat ...
... watched the water carefully . Was it getting darker ? Was it getting greener ? Was that just waterweed down there ? Were those bubbles just a trout , laughing ? No. She ran out of her hiding place with the frying pan swinging like a bat ...
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... village decisions were made , things were done , life went on in the knowledge that in her old wheeled shepherding hut on the hills Granny Aching was there , watching . And she was the silence of the hills . Perhaps 29 MISS TICK.
... village decisions were made , things were done , life went on in the knowledge that in her old wheeled shepherding hut on the hills Granny Aching was there , watching . And she was the silence of the hills . Perhaps 29 MISS TICK.
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... watched her in doggish amazement . Granny wasn't particularly at home around children , because they didn't baa . When Tiffany had stopped crying out of sheer lack of breath , Granny had put her down on the rug and opened the oven , and ...
... watched her in doggish amazement . Granny wasn't particularly at home around children , because they didn't baa . When Tiffany had stopped crying out of sheer lack of breath , Granny had put her down on the rug and opened the oven , and ...
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