The Boy and the Morning Star
Mallings, 1988 |
The old otter pulled the boy tight in to him and whispered something in his ear. Extract: Finally the golden thread was all used up and the boy now stood on the threshold of the Rainbow Palace. The Sun and the Moon stood at each their end of the great castle with their backs turned to each other. |
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Author's comments:
This picture book story also spent some years in the drawer before being dragged out into the light by Lillian Brøgger's beautiful illustrations. I wrote it as a comfort for a dear friend who felt he wasn't allowed to be his true self because others wanted to decide his life. Like the little boy in the story, he had to learn to follow his own path and trust that his inner voice would lead him. The pictures in this book are, in my opinion, as beautiful as a dream.