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Could it be true that Humans and Elves are distant cousins? If so, here is the story of what could have happened in the evolution of our Earth and what could be happening today.

In this first Volume in the Trilogy, about a troupe of Elves named the Gemstone Elves,
You will find out how these Elves came to America with explorers many years ago and why they chose to avoid Humans.

You will meet Beryl, a young and curious Gemstone Elf who looks different from the others and has a different feeling toward Humans. He likes and is intrigued by them!

You will meet Jasper, Beryl's best Buddy who carries the traditional view of Humans by the Elves... one that says to avoid the Humans at all cost – even moving...

What Beryl does is alarming to the other Elves – he ventures into the Human World and even befriends a young Human Girl.

What does he learn about the Human World?

What happens to him and his Troupe?

Come along and find out for yourself – what fun!

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Publié par	eBookIt.com
Date de parution	05 juillet 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781456618162
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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Beryl's Journey
Volume I Tales of the Gemstone Elve
By Patricia Elizabeth Bennett

Published by SpectrumPublishing.Org
Copyright © 2013 Patricia Elizabeth Bennett. All Rights Reserved. No content may be reproduced without the express written permission of the author.

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ISBN 978-1-62018-065-5

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Volume One of the Tales of the Gemstone Elves

Beryl’s Journey
Patricia Elizabeth Bennett

The Author would like to thank the following:
The team at SpectrumPublishing.Org for their excellent creative editing and support, Sue Reilly for her most appreciated editorial skills, Laura Lanier for her guidance and expertise in the doll making business, And also: Dr. Julia Capps , my High School English Teacher, McKenna Donovan , Writer/ Teacher, and Shana Greger , Children’s Book Author/Illustrator, for their inspiration and encouragement to write.
Thank You!
Tales of the Gemstone Elves

All text and illustrations are the original work of and copyrighted © by Patricia Elizabeth Bennett, dba GemstoneElves.com.

All rights reserved in American and International Copyright Conventions.

Tales of the Gemstone Elves™ and Gemstone Elves™ are the property of Patricia B. Dudenhoeffer aka Patricia Elizabeth Bennett.

Target audience: Beginning to Intermediate readers (6 to 10 years old) who will read it to their younger Siblings.

This is a work of fiction and all names and characters are either from the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored electronically for distribution, or transmitted to others manually or electronically without the written permission of the author. The only exception is in the case of using brief quotations contained within critical reviews and articles.

Createspace ISBN: 978–1484149195

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Published by SpectrumPublishing.Org and distributed by GemstoneElves.com

Created and assembled in Western North Carolina of the United States of America.

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A Message from the Author

Dear Readers,

When I was six years old, I used to play in a little, broken-down row boat in the woods behind our house. Covered in branches and vines, it was a shadowy, quiet place where I could hide and dream of adventure far away. I felt like I was in a different world from the one I knew, almost as if there was something near me I couldn’t see.

I forgot about the boat for many years… then one day I remembered that special place, and it all came back to me.

“Could Nature Spirits be real?” I asked myself. “If they are real, what might they say? What would they think of us and what we are doing to Planet Earth?”

The more I thought about this, the more I could hear the Spirits and see them. I learned their names and got to know their personalities. Gradually, they told me their story.

Now, I would like to tell YOU their story because I think the Gemstone Elves have something important for all of us to know and because I think they really want me to…

Have you ever sensed an unusual feeling under a tree or in garden and wondered what might be causing it? If so, please read the Tales of the Gemstone Elves … their journey can’t be over until you do. Their journey can’t be over until they reach their true home — the hearts of Girls and Boys everywhere — which is a big part of their plan to help Planet Earth, their Mother Earth. They can’t do it without you!!!

Please help the Gemstone Elves find their way home…

Happy Reading,

PS – In case you are wondering, my Publisher has chosen to capitalize certain words in the story that normally wouldn’t be capitalized in proper grammar, because of a “style” to emphasize to the reader these words have a greater importance.
Prologue

A very long time ago, when Mother Earth was in her younger years and Life Forms began, they were all very much the same.

After many thousands of years, they began to evolve. Some became plants, some animals, some lived on the land, and others in the water. Each change of Seasons caused them to be more different from each other. Sometimes in a group, some of them would change one way, and some would change another way.

This is the Tale of what might have happened to two of these Life Forms... the Humans and the Elves...

Mother Earth and Her Harvest Moon

Once upon a time, Humans and Elves were the same life form. Some of them chose to be in the Material World where the Law of Gravity rules. Others chose to be in a Celestial World of such fine substances they were hardly affected by gravity and were also not visible to most Humans in the Material World. No one knows why...

All of this took place so gradually even though there are many legends about these Nature Spirits, most Humans have forgotten them. However, because of their common ancestry, there are still some Humans who are part Elf and some Elves who are part Human... and they may not be aware of it… yet.

Up until now, Elves and Humans have lived much of their lives without too much notice of each other, but that will soon be changing. They will eventually realize they have something in common, so important, so urgent, and so necessary for their survival... they will need to reconnect with each other. These two will have to learn to work together... to do something neither of them can do alone… to help save Planet Earth.

This is a tale of one special Troupe of Elves and how they lived their lives during this time. They were a Troupe who so deeply loved gemstones, they became known as the Gemstone Elves. Around the year 1500 AD, the Gemstone Elves lived on the European Continent. They were guardians of a treasure chest of jewels belonging to the Queen of a powerful country in the Black Forest.

In the chest were gemstones of their beloved Earth, such as jade, jasper, beryl, sapphire, and onyx, special stones that made the Elves feel special, too.

These Elves were the most respected of all the Elves in the Elf World because of the magical powers of the gemstones. They used these powers to help plants, animals, and Humans in need.

Elves Guarding the Treasure Chest

At that time, the part of the World where the Gemstone Elves lived was in a terrible state. There was much sickness, poverty, and unhappiness among the Humans which greatly upset the Elves. There were Men exploring the World in search of gold, spices, salt... anything new and exciting they could discover to make a profit.

Disturbing their precious forests by cutting down a lot of trees to build their boats also upset the Elves and made them want to move away from the Humans. They couldn’t understand why Humans didn’t respect the land.

Then something happened to change their lives. One day some Men came to tell the Queen they were sailing to the New World. There they could find even greater riches she could use to help her people start a new life. The Queen gave these brave Men the treasure chest to take with them to help fund their journey.

Crossing the Forbidden Sea

The Gemstone Elves stayed with the chest as it was taken by the Men. They were excited to be going on a new adventure. They wanted to be able to help Humans be healthy and have plenty to eat. Maybe then they would leave their trees alone, and the Elves could return to the happy times within the Human World of old.

“How lucky we are,” they said among themselves, sailing on a big ship with three tall masts, rolling with the wind and waves across the ocean.

The Elves didn’t know traveling to the New World could be dangerous. First, there was a terrible battle when the ship was attacked by pirates who were trying to steal their treasure. The brave Men were able to fight them off, but then sadly, there was a violent storm in the middle of their journey. The ship and the treasure chest full of jewels were lost as they both sank to the bottom of the sea.

Without the gemstones and their special magical powers, the Elves were desperate for their lives. As the ship disappeared under the ocean, they bravely gathered together and flew for a long time over the white-capped waves of the deep blue waters. They were all exhausted and almost ready to give up... when a lookout saw something ahead.

“I see trees!” he yelled at the top of his lungs. “Now we will be safe.”

Soon they were landing in a quiet grove of trees. It was peaceful there among evergreen pines, tall oaks, graceful willows, and a fragrant orchid tree with the brightest pink blossoms they had ever seen. Here they made their home, always keeping to themselves, too scared to venture further into this New World.

The Orchid Tree

“We will find joy here,” they vowed to each other. “We’ll never leave this place, and we’ll stay out of the way of Humans from now on. We just can’t trust them with our part of the World.” And that’s what they did for hundreds of years...

Over the years, many other Troupes of different kinds of Elves came to the New World for similar reasons. Like Humans, they were looking for a better World to live in. Most of these Elves fared well in their crossing and set out happily to explore the land when they arrived. As the Human World grew, they had a hard time finding ways to live beside all the homes, the towns, and the cities. Some of them ventured Westward, always looking for places of peace and harmony with Nature.

Gradually, after hundreds of years of being alone, the Gemstone Elves also found themselves near houses and a town. As long as their trees were not disturbed, they were not too worried. Their long tradition of staying where they were was a very deep feeling which was always passed along to the younger Elves as they were growing u