Lord of the Meadow

This is the story of an endearing little prince called Harold, who has spent all his life in an old tree stump, with his housekeeper Bridget, a moorhen. One summer's day he leaves for the first time to journey into his kingdom of the meadow to find himself a wife. This is the story of his adventures, his discoveries and how at last he finds true love. On the way he learns what really matters in life and discards the outward trappings of wealth and privilege, to discover the inner...
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This is the story of an endearing little prince called Harold, who has spent all his life in an old tree stump, with his housekeeper Bridget, a moorhen. One summer's day he leaves for the first time to journey into his kingdom of the meadow to find himself a wife. This is the story of his adventures, his discoveries and how at last he finds true love. On the way he learns what really matters in life and discards the outward trappings of wealth and privilege, to discover the inner royalty shared by all living things - with courage, determination, patience, perseverance, friendship and respect for others. It's a new sustainable fairy story, filled with details of the natural world - poetic and funny, lyrical and uplifting - filled with wonder and the beauty of life. Illustrated with original oil paintings by Sue Arengo. Note: This book is not an EFL reader. It is for fluent, native English, bilingual or very advanced learners of English only. However, there will be a simplified EFL version of this book in 2021.