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The Stranger

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 5, Adult
Page count: 9
Categories: Fantasy, Shape-Shifters

Author

Shulamith
Oppenheim

Appeared in

Shape-Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shape

Story Summary

After many years of wishing for a child of their own, a woodsman and his wife find a child at their doorstep, all perfectly normal but for her pointed ears.