day nine
In one of my favourite childhood books, The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, the heroine Maria is taken to Moonacre Manor to live with her mysterious Uncle Benjamin. At least though she’s wearing her favourite boots…
And the boots she had on today were calculated to raise the lowest spirits, for they were made of the softest grey leather, sewn with crystal beads round the tops, and were lined with snow-white lamb’s wool. The crystal beads, as it happened, could not be seen, because Maria’s grey silk dress and warm grey wool pelisse, also trimmed with white lamb’s wool, reached to her ankles, but she herself knew they were there, and the thought of them gave her a moral strength that can scarcely be overestimated.
Today write about your lucky pants, or your favourite colour, or that jumper that never fails to make you feel cosy. What garment do you have that is ‘calculated to raise the lowest spirits’. If you prefer, write about a fantasy garment. What magic power might it have hidden in its lining?
Start with the prompt, I am wearing…
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