Tales From The Tower, Volume 2 (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
Yet for all that, it has endured, and even the briefest of internet searches soon reveals multiple versions of it. What all those versions have in common is a deceptively simple tale of a midwife who accidentally discovers that the ancient faerie folk are not just the stuff of legend. In the guise of poor fringe dwellers, they continue to exist within her rural community. The midwife soon pays dearly for her discovery when the Faerie retaliate by cruelly blinding her in one eye – the eye which peered in upon them and saw them for who they really are. This savage act usually brings the original story to an abrupt end, and readers are left to make of it what they will. So what are we to make of it? That was the first question I posed to myself when I set out to retell the story. At the most obvious level, it seemed to me that the taking of the eye is a warning of what the midwife can expect if she reveals the Faeries’ existence. But it is surely more than just that.
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