The Pocket Gnome
Lynette Aspey
- Tanglemere
- village
- is
- very
- old,
- very
- quaint
- and
- exactly
- the
- sort
- of
- place
- Beatriz
- Mishram
- thinks
- she
- needs
- for
- a
- fresh
- start
- after
- the
- break-up
- of
- her
- marriage.
- Unfortunately,
- her
- twelve
- year-old
- son,
- David,
- does
- not
- agree.
- He
- hates
- everything
- about
- their
- new
- home
- except
- their
- large
- and
- unkempt
- garden.David’s
- anger
- and
- resentments
- are
- beginning
- to
- take
- a
- dark
- turn.
- He
- thinks
- about
- catching
- one
- of
- the
- small
- creatures
- he
- can
- hear
- lurking
- at
- the
- bottom
- of
- the
- garden.
- Stealing
- a
- box
- from
- their
- neighbour’s
- shed,
- David
- sets
- up
- a
- simple
- trap.
- The
- next
- morning,
- much
- to
- his
- surprise,
- he
- finds
- that
- his
- unlikely
- set-up
- has
- worked.At
- first,
- David
- is
- delighted
- but
- he
- soon
- learns
- that
- what
- lives
- at
- the
- bottom
- of
- the
- garden
- is
- better
- left
- undisturbed.
- Tricked
- into
- what
- he
- believes
- is
- a
- blood-brother
- bond
- with
- a
- magical
- creature;
- David
- thinks
- that
- he
- can
- have
- his
- adventure
- and
- still
- be
- home
- in
- time
- for
- dinner.
- But
- his
- gnome
- ‘brother’
- has
- far
- deeper
- plans.The
- remnants
- of
- an
- ancient
- and
- terrible
- people,
- the
- Fomori
- gnomes
- have
- been
- waiting
- for
- thousands
- of
- years
- for
- their
- one
- chance
- to
- break
- the
- curse
- that
- bound
- them
- to
- their
- pocket-sized
- forms.
- Finally,
- it
- has
- arrived
- and
- David
- is
- caught
- up
- in
- the
- continuation
- of
- a
- mythical
- battle,
- with
- Powers
- that
- have
- long
- lain
- hidden.Now,
- one
- unhappy
- boy
- must
- rise
- above
- his
- own
- grief
- to
- become
- the
- guardian
- of
- an
- ancient
- curse,
- a
- wielder
- of
- Power
- and
- protector
- of
- the
- fragile
- seed
- for
- a
- better future.
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