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The Pot Child

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Page count: 6
Categories: Fantasy
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Author

Jane
Yolen
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Appeared in

Tales of Wonder

Story Summary

A potter breaths life into the child drawn on the side of a pot, but the child doesn't have heart or soul until the ashes of the old man are stored within.