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Now Do You Believe Me
Date: 7/21/2015, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: Will_greybeard, Rating: 7, Source: LushStories
before the end of June, she found a strange leaf shaped envelope on the door mat with the morning newspaper. Curious, she opened it up to find an hand written invitation in green ink on paler green paper. Mrs. Julie Barber and friend are cordially invited to join the elves of Greemwood to celebrate the summer solstice. Be at the edge of the trees at noon on the morning of the last day of the month you know as June. You will be returned home safely the following morning. Appropriate dress will be provided. Lithonien. Julie immediately rang Sylvia. "Are you free on June 30th?" she asked, without even stopping to pass the time of day. "I have been invited to an all-night party to celebrate Midsummer's Day, and I can bring a friend." "What? Where? You're on, but what will we tell our husbands?" Sylvia exclaimed in a rush. "You won't believe this, but you remember that elf I told you about? Well he has invited us to join the elves of Greemwood to celebrate the summer solstice. And we can just tell Andy and Pete that we are having a girly stopover, we don't have to say where. They won't miss us for one night, and I'm sure that they can find something to do." "What shall I wear?" said Sylvia. "We don't have to worry about that," Julie replied, "appropriate dress will be provided, whatever that means. All we have to do is be at the edge of the trees behind my house at twelve o'clock on June 30th." "Mmm, that sounds very mysterious and exciting. I wouldn't miss this for the world. ...