“It must be very deep,” the younger sister said in a hushed voice. The sisters listened, but they could not hear the plink of the coin as it hit the water. She held it over the opening of the well for a moment, where it glittered in the sunlight-then it fell, spinning, into darkness. “Besides, that is a shameful waste of gold! Come, Father will be angry with us if we don’t return soon.”īut the younger sister had already taken a coin from her pocket. “What does it matter how deep it is?” the elder sister asked. “We should drop a coin in,” the younger sister said. The sisters peered into its depths, but they could not see the bottom.
One day, while on an errand for their father, the sisters came upon an old well, lonely and forgotten, its crumbling stones covered with moss. The younger was fair, joyful, and quick to laugh, with eyes like fire, a bright and burning amber. The elder sister was raven-haired, with eyes as dark as coals, somber and serious. Once, in a time long, long ago, there were two sisters who lived in a small village by the sea. The Wishing Well tells the tale of two sisters, gifted with one wish each after saving a water-spirit, and how those wishes change their lives.īut before you read The Wishing Well, familiarize yourself with THE JEWEL by watching the book trailer! For Violet, it has always symbolized her father, as he used to read it to her when he would come home from work. The Wishing Well is part of a collection of children’s stories (of the same name) that are very popular in the Lone City, particularly the Marsh. It seems like we’ve been waiting for Amy Ewing’s THE JEWELto come out for an eternity, and it’s finally here! Yeah, we know we don’t need to whet your appetite even more, but we’re not ones to withhold an exclusive deleted scene, so read on!
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