He rested his muzzle against the velvety green moss pelt of one of the trees, as Little Fur urged, and was stunned to hear the tree whispering, though he could not make out its words.
“You have to make your mind quiet and sort of let it float into the tree,” Little Fur explained, but Brownie was too impatient with excitement to try. He said it was enough for him to know that such trees existed.
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Copyright © 2003, 2006 by Isobelle Carmody
Cover art © 2006 by Greg Spalenka
Originally published in Australia as The Winter Door by Penguin Books Australia, Camberwell, in 2003.
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