Puppets in the Attic
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"Opus! Are you awake? Felicity the girl puppet, asked.
The boy puppet curtly answered "Yes"
Felicity dreamily reminisced; "Oh Opus, won't it be wonderful when our loving children come home to play with us?" Opus was feeling surly this the stormy afternoon. Bad weather always seemed to put him in a poor mood and today he felt especially testy. Marks on the back wall, too numerous to count, showed the many seasons that passed. Because of the passage of so much time, he felt that Felicity's usual dreamy and optimistic nature had made her lose touch with reality. Basically, he felt she was disconnected from reality and at this moment, he did not care to be nice.
"Don't count on it! We've been hanging around here so long we're falling apart," he responded irritably. Opus's right eye was stuck closed. His flaky paint showed wear in many places and his clothing was tattered. He looked like a ragamuffin. Poor Felicity looked like she needed a dolly doctor. Her dress was shabby and dusty. Her right hand had fallen off at the wrist, and mice had stolen all of her beautiful, brunette hair.
Feeling downcast, Felicity replied, "I know, Opus!" Sniffle. "But dreaming of when we played with the children makes me happy."
Crash! Tinkle, tinkle. A branch crashed into the window next to the theater. Felicity screamed as glass and debris showered the area. The storm raged outside and cold wind and rain blew through the hole in the window.
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About the Book
Opus and Felicity are two marionettes who have been left hanging on the back wall of an attic in an abandoned house. They once were special hand-carved Christmas presents for a little boy and a little girl from their grandpa, who loved them dearly. But that was a long, long time ago, and though Felicity dreams of playing with children again, there doesn’t seem to be any hope.
Then one stormy day, two passion fairies, Tulip and Amelia, stumble into the empty attic where Opus and Felicity live, and the four quickly become friends. But when a pair of noisy humans come in and talk about burning and demolishing the house, the puppets know their home will soon be gone—and them with it, if they can’t escape! With the help of Solomon, a wise old oak tree, the fairies begin to looking for a way to save Opus and Felicity from destruction. Can all the fairies come together to protect something precious and preserve the puppets’ dignity and lives?
In this illustrated novel, a community of fairies works to rescue a pair of puppets left behind in an abandoned house that’s about to be destroyed.
About the Author
R. S. Rayborn is a self-taught writer and illustrator who draws inspiration from drawings that are stories in themselves. This is his first book. He currently lives in Union City, California.