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The Elderberry Door
9 Oct 2026 · 25:52 · Ages all ages
Between two villages stood a hedge with a hidden door that would not open for hurrying feet or empty hands. One day, a quick-footed child and a slow-going peddler found out what the elderberries had been guarding all along.
In the old days, or perhaps last Tuesday, depending on who is telling it and how brightly the fire is burning, there were two villages with a field between them and a hedge between the field and a little road. The hedge was elderberry, tall enough to shade a cow and thick enough to hide a fox, and in summer it foamed with blossoms that smelled faintly of honey and lemon. In autumn, it hung with clusters of tiny dark berries that stained eager fingers and lips the color of clouds before rain.
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