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The Bridge Builder

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 5, Adult
Page count: 12
Categories: Fantasy

Author

Margaret
Mahy

Appeared in

The Door in the Air and Other Stories.

Story Summary

A bridge builder builds increasingly beautiful but impractical bridges. His ultimate and final bridge is one that only he and his son can possibly understand and build.