{"product_id":"2940013408050","title":"THE BLUE FLOWER","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.     The Blue Flower\u003cbr\u003e     II.    The Source\u003cbr\u003e     III.   The Mill\u003cbr\u003e     IV.    Spy Rock\u003cbr\u003e     V.     Wood-Magic\u003cbr\u003e     VI.    The Other Wise Man\u003cbr\u003e     VII.   I Handful of Clay\u003cbr\u003e     VIII.  The Lost Word\u003cbr\u003e     IX.    The First Christmas-Tree\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BLUE FLOWER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe parents were abed and sleeping. The clock on the wall ticked loudly\u003cbr\u003eand lazily, as if it had time to spare. Outside the rattling windows\u003cbr\u003ethere was a restless, whispering wind. The room grew light, and dark,\u003cbr\u003eand wondrous light again, as the moon played hide-and-seek through the\u003cbr\u003eclouds. The boy, wide-awake and quiet in his bed, was thinking of the\u003cbr\u003eStranger and his stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It was not what he told me about the treasures,\" he said to himself,\u003cbr\u003e\"that was not the thing which filled me with so strange a longing. I\u003cbr\u003eam not greedy for riches. But the Blue Flower is what I long for. I can\u003cbr\u003ethink of nothing else. Never have I felt so before. It seems as if I\u003cbr\u003ehad been dreaming until now--or as if I had just slept over into a new\u003cbr\u003eworld.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Who cared for flowers in the old world where I used to live? I never\u003cbr\u003eheard of anyone whose whole heart was set upon finding a flower. But\u003cbr\u003enow I cannot even tell all that I feel--sometimes as happy as if I were\u003cbr\u003eenchanted. But when the flower fades from me, when I cannot see it in my\u003cbr\u003emind, then it is like being very thirsty and all alone. That is what the\u003cbr\u003eother people could not understand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Once upon a time, they say, the animals and the trees and the flowers\u003cbr\u003eused to talk to people. It seems to me, every minute, as if they were\u003cbr\u003ejust going to begin again. When I look at them I can see what they want\u003cbr\u003eto say. There must be a great many words that I do not know; if I knew\u003cbr\u003emore of them perhaps I could understand things better. I used to love to\u003cbr\u003edance, but now I like better to think after the music.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGradually the boy lost himself in sweet fancies, and suddenly he\u003cbr\u003efound himself again, in the charmed land of sleep. He wandered in far\u003cbr\u003ecountries, rich and strange; he traversed wild waters with incredible\u003cbr\u003eswiftness; marvellous creatures appeared and vanished; he lived with\u003cbr\u003eall sorts of men, in battles, in whirling crowds, in lonely huts. He was\u003cbr\u003ecast into prison. He fell into dire distress and want. All experiences\u003cbr\u003eseemed to be sharpened to an edge. He felt them keenly, yet they did\u003cbr\u003enot harm him. He died and came alive again; he loved to the height of\u003cbr\u003epassion, and then was parted forever from his beloved. At last, toward\u003cbr\u003emorning, as the dawn was stealing near, his soul grew calm, and the\u003cbr\u003epictures showed more clear and firm.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079439171824,"sku":"2940013408050","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013408050_p0.jpg?v=1763580901","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013408050","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}