Thursday, March 19, 2020

The Fairy Tulips

Here is a folktale for this “green” season:

The Fairy Tulips (An English Folk-tale)



Once there was an old woman who raised beautiful tulips. One night she was wakened by singing. She looked out at the window but she could see nothing. On the following night she was again wakened by sweet singing, so she rose and went into her garden. Standing by each tulip she saw a fairy mother who was singing and rocking the flower like a cradle. In each tulip cup laid a tiny baby. The old woman tiptoed back to her house, and from that time on she never picked a tulip.

The tulips grew brighter in color and began to bloom all year round. Every night the fairy mothers sang to their babies and rocked them in the flower cups.

One day the old woman died. The tulip bed was torn up but nothing would grow there again. The fairies sang over the old woman's grave so it was always green. All around it grew tulips, daffodils, and violets, and many other flowers of spring.

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The Fairy Tulips

Here is a folktale for this “green” season: The Fairy Tulips (An English Folk-tale) Once there was an old woman who raised beautifu...