The God Mother by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Author:Elizabeth Ann Scarborough [Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: ERBAEN0097
Publisher: EReads
Published: 2010-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

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There was a godmother from EireWith curly long silvery hairHer name was FelicityShe caused serendipityWhich you may have thought came from thin air

"My God, Felicity, what did you say to him? Where did you get that outfit you were wearing out there? I thought you didn't do magic if you didn't have to!" Rose talked fast, the push of adrenaline powering her tongue even while she shook with the aftermath of shock.

"I simply gave him a good talking-to and sent him home with his friends to do something useful. Young scoundrels."

"But—but you changed into someone different."

"Not really. I simply assumed the guise of Kwan Yin, as I did when I visited the refugee camps. Fairy tales in other lands not only don't have blonde heroines, they don't have fairies either, nor godmothers, but they do have motherly goddesses, and it all adds up to the same thing."

"You mean you do this all over the world?"

"Of course. Badly off as Seattle may seem to you, there are other places where things are much worse. Still, misery is misery, starvation is starvation, and thwarted talent and unused gifts are always a terrible waste. And speaking of terrible wastes, when the tow truck comes, do you belong to an auto club?"

"Not any kind that services this sort of car," Rose said, climbing out, now that she was sure the bullets had stopped flying, and rounding the corner of the building to see to Dico.

He was lying in a ball on the ground. The cat, who naturally was now pretending nothing had happened worthy of her notice, took turns washing her own fur and Dico's hands, which were still covering his face.

As soon as Felicity followed Rose over to Dico and the cat, however, Puss trotted toward Felicity to yowl plaintively for handouts and attention.

"Dico, are you okay?"

"Have they gone away?" he asked every bit as plaintively as Puss.

"Yeah. My friend scared them off. You're not hit, are you?"

"No, but d-don't c-come too close, Rose. I—I wet my jeans."

"It's a good thing I didn't have another cup of coffee at Felicity's, or I would have too. It's perfectly excusable to wet your pants when somebody's shooting at you, Dico. We'll find another pair for you someplace."

"Oh, I got some in my locker up by the ferry terminal," he said. "Who were those guys, Rose? Did you scare them away?"

"Not me. Felicity did. She knew the leader from before, and I think he owed her a favor."While that was sinking in, Felicity was having a major petting session with Puss. "You can have all the crab and lobster you want, prretty Puss, prrrecious Puss" (the rolling R's were accompanied by long strokes from nose to tail of the cat's rather ruffled fur) "if you can make this toad tell us what he did with a certain young woman."

"Everybody knows what toads do with young women, Feliciteee," Puss said to Felicity. "They put the make on them. They're worse than tomcats, who at least pretty much stick to their own species.

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