Project Gutenberg 2006-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 73 Macduff, John R. (John Ross) 1818 1895 Macduff, John Ross Macduff, J. R. (John Ross) The Story of a Dewdrop Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Story of a Dewdrop" by John R. Macduff is a whimsical narrative written in the late 19th century. This enchanting tale follows the journey of a dewdrop, exploring themes of beauty, nature, and transformation through an allegorical lens. It captures the essence of the toils and wonders of the natural world, as observed through the eyes of personified birds and the small but significant dewdrop. The narrative unfolds with three birds—a Thrush, a Lark, and a Nightingale—convening to discuss the mysterious dewdrop resting on a rose-leaf. As they ponder its origins, the dewdrop reveals that it is actually a teardrop shed by the sky due to the loss of the sun. Throughout the story, the dewdrop undergoes a transformation, particularly when the Queen of the Morning appears, ultimately ascending to the sky and merging with the sunlight, symbolizing joy and renewal. The birds, each in their own way, witness the dewdrop's journey from the earth to the heavens, celebrating its beauty and significance in the cycle of nature. The tale concludes with a profound metaphor regarding the soul, suggesting that just as the dewdrop rejoins the sun, so too does the human spirit find its way back to a divine source of light after life’s trials. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Birds -- Juvenile fiction Allegories PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 65634 65648 2024-10-08T15:06:09.719547 2023-09-09T05:48:55.720084 text/html text/html 62377 2006-11-14T07:42:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 277288 2006-11-14T07:42:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 291830 2024-10-08T15:06:12.074541 application/epub+zip 290022 2024-10-08T15:06:10.289527 application/epub+zip 52004 2024-10-08T15:06:10.057578 application/epub+zip 328790 2024-10-08T15:06:13.658490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 313630 2024-10-08T15:06:11.832522 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77688 2022-09-09T11:21:12.899911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52148 52023 2024-10-08T15:06:09.487489 2023-09-09T05:48:55.552091 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 52053 2006-11-14T07:42:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21285 2006-11-14T07:42:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19726 2024-10-08T15:06:13.786465 application/rdf+xml 15830 2024-10-08T15:06:10.122559 image/jpeg 2517 2024-10-08T15:06:10.090487 image/jpeg 299007 2024-10-08T15:06:09.764516 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog