Iffleplum is bored with just
being an ifflepinn and living in a secret magical country. He
knightly dreams of dashing deeds, of saving damsels in distress, or
slaying monsters and the like, as do the heroes in his Legends book.
The Froaksday Fair Festival is pleasant fun, but "No adventures ever
come my way," he grumbles. "Don't throw your heart away on wild
deeds!" his Iffle-mother Mumkin had warned him. But when a piercing
scream of terror rings out in the Wossle Wood, it starts him off on
more fantastical adventures than he ever dreamed!
Part the Third: A Shriek in the
Woods - In which Old Wossul, Spirit of the Woods appears and sings
the Song of Spring for sap-rise in the trees. But as the day wears
on, the joy of the Springsong fades away, for Iffleplum has a creepy
feeling that someone is always secretly watching him. In a tussle,
he loses his balloon upon the breeze and races after it, while the
unseen eyes follow him up the hillside into the enchanted Wossle
Wood. And there, at sunset, a terrifying shriek shocks Iffleplum
into the adventure he has long awaited for!
Part the Fourth: Belvedere Breaks
the Spell - In which Iffleplum attempts to save a tree-deeve in
distress, by foolishly leaping into a magical faery ring, where he
is menaced by the shambling shadow-creatures known as Gropes. A scary
meeting with his 'rescuer,' old Belvedere the Soothesayer, ends in a
bad bargain made with the Storm-Pog who has designs upon his
'elfin-heart.'
The second two chapters of an
esoteric epic faerytale fantasy.
Click on the following link to
listen to an extract:
Ifflepinn Island Volume
2 sample
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