Quote from The Firebird

The Firebird

by Demi

Henry Holt and Company, New York, New York     © 1994      32 pp.

Once upon a time the strong and dreaded

Tsar Ivan ruled

in faraway Russia.

Among his servants was a young archer,

Dimitri,

who rode a wise and magical

Horse of Power.

Like the horses of old,

his Horse of Power had a broad

chest, eyes like fire, and hooves of iron.

One day in the spring, Dimitri was riding

through the forest on the Horse of Power.

The trees were green and flowers blossomed everywhere. 

Squirrels and rabbits

hid in the undergrowth, but no birds sang.

"Why is the forest so silent?" the

archer wondered.

--  submitted by Jennifer Knight

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