Snow in Summer: Fairest of Them All: Fairest of Them All by Jane Yolen

Author:Jane Yolen [Yolen, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2011-11-10T06:00:00+00:00

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COUSIN NANCY REMEMBERS

I’ve often wondered about courage. Easy to read about it in the old tales, where it takes the right sword or spell to defeat the witch. Easy to read about it in scripture, where a good heart and a strong belief are all one needs to be armored against evil. But courage in this world is a subtler thing. A word said right or wrong. A chance meeting. A photograph. A promise. A satchel. A caul.

Would any of these save my godchild from what lives in her house and attacks her soul? Would any of these save her from that she-devil’s hand?

And what about my poor Lem, who is all but lost? Did I lose him or did he lose himself?

Yet take heart, Nan. Aren’t we promised that the lost will be found, good turn away evil, the prodigal return? Doesn’t the priest warn against sinking into despair, which is a lack of hope? Doesn’t he tell us that losing hope is a sin?

I will not lose hope. I will find my small bit of courage so I can help Lem somehow find his.

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