Many thanks to Sam Grover for the beta-reading, and to the elderly Bear Cub for allowing me to scribe his tale.
Reading Group Questions
1.Did you have a favourite character in this story? What endeared them to you?
2.Was Goldie's punishment at the hands of the Woodfolk fully deserved?
3.Where might the rest of the Woodfolk be today, two hundred years later?
4.The son tells his family tale that we might recognise how truths can be twisted the further they stray from their original eyewitnesses. What does this teach us in regard to history and the origins of beliefs?
5.Traditional “fairy tales” contain a rich contrast of darkness and light, with often as many macabre moments as there are sweetness. Discuss the value and understanding of this.