{"id":263,"date":"2024-09-17T09:42:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=263"},"modified":"2024-09-17T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T14:42:21","slug":"book-hoard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/09\/17\/book-hoard\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Hoard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because books are doors to magic.<\/em><\/p>\n

There is a place that I can go
\nWhere I can make the summer snow.
\nI can make the winter bright
\nAnd make the sunshine in the night.<\/p>\n

There is a place that I can hide
\nWhile the bigger boys play out side.
\nThere I can be as strong as they
\nAnd go to lands quite far away.<\/p>\n

I slew a dragon there today.
\nTomorrow, I\u2019ll stand on the quay
\nAnd watch the ships as they sail
\nAnd maybe I\u2019ll go hunt a whale.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, instead, I\u2019ll travel far
\nFollowing a distant star
\nUntil I sail to lands unknown
\nThat only wizards are ever shown.<\/p>\n

Never mind the dangers lurking deep
\nTo haunt the world while I sleep.
\nI return with the day
\nAnd with my friends chase them away.<\/p>\n

There is a place I often go
\nWhere all the world is mine to know.
\nThe books there open worlds to me
\nBe they star or land or sea.<\/p>\n

Book Hoard<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because books are doors to magic. There is a place that I can go Where I can make the summer snow. I can make the winter bright And make the sunshine in the night. There is a place that I can hide While the bigger boys play out side. 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