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Reviewed on April 1, 1995
Gr 4-6 Singer weaves a haunting, poetic tale from an anonymous medieval verse. Two shepherd brothers find a maiden lying on the snowy moor. Fearing enchantment, the elder man flees to his comfortable house, but the younger one takes her home, where he and his three dogs tend to her for a week. The lonely young man begs her to awaken and be his companion; when she does not respond, he sinks into a grief-stricken sleep. Only then does she stir. She takes the smallest dog with her to the moor where, as a flock of snow...Log In or Sign Up to Read More