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The Old Potmender and the Tin Tea Kettle

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 33
Categories: Fantasy, Nonsense

Author

Vivian
French

Appeared in

Singing to the Sun and Other Magical Tales

Story Summary

For a bit a quiet, a henpecked potmended wishes his wife would go to the other side of nowhere. To his surprise, his tea kettle grants his wish. Filled with remorse, the potmender sets out to find the other side of nowhere and, after a series of strange adventures, realizes he can mend more that just pots.