Xeelee Sequence Omnibus by Stephen Baxter

Author:Stephen Baxter
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction

Chapter15

In the dense, moist heat of noon, Brica’s gentle, lilting voice carried easily through the trees. “. . . The

sidhe live in hollow hills,” Brica was saying. “They are invisible. They can be seen when they choose,

but even then they are hard to spot, for they always wear green. They are harmless if you are friendly to

them, which is why we drop bits of bread in the furrow when plowing, and pour wine on the ground at

harvesttime . . .”

Not wishing to disturb her daughter, Regina approached as silently as she could. Not that that was so

easy now she was forty-one years old, and already an old woman, and anyhow her forest skills would

never match those of the younger folk.

“. . . But you must never eat sidhe food, for they will lead you into their hollow hills, which are

entrances to the Otherworld, and you may never find your way out—or if you do, you might find a

hundred years have passed, and all your family, even your brothers and sisters, have grown old and died,

while you have aged only a day. But if a sidhe frightens you, you can always chase her away with the

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