Tuesday, January 29, 2008

What fools we mortals be!

sylvan \SIL-vuhn\, adjective: 1. Of or pertaining to woods or forest regions. 2. Living or located in a wood or forest. 3. Abounding in forests or trees; wooded. 4. A fabled deity or spirit of the woods. 5. One that lives in or frequents the woods or forest; a rustic.

Cleo wandered into the sylvan backyard of their new house, fireflies sparking around her head. There was a path woven through the trees. Supper wasn't for another twenty minutes and the sun hadn't quite set, so what could a little exploration hurt?

(A/N: Today's word goes out to Shannon Hale and Libba Bray of the Book Babes Tour '08. Doesn't this just seem like the perfect word for both of them?)

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