The Box of Captured Things
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My father is a wanderer.
We have been travelling around
ever since I can remember.
I think he is looking for something,
but I do not know what it is.
* * *
Today my father became ill,
just as we were approaching the border into
It began outside the souk
at Bazardzhik on the
As the marketplace faded away,
so did the clamour of crowded streets
and the buzzing of poisonous flies.
Silence and solitude began.
My father said, ‘Great matters arise in solitude
away from the marketplace and away from renown.’
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About the Book
The Box of Captured Things is a classic fairy tale set in the late twentieth century. As the unnamed girl travels through
About the Author
Lynn Deanne Childress completed her doctorate in English Literature at
About the Illustrator
Helyn Gulley is currently studying A levels, Psychology, History, Biology, and Graphics at