sk ten people in Ravenmoore where the child-sized yellow cottage came from, and you’ll get ten different answers.
Some say it was built by the fey as a home for lost children...an enticing trap to recruit small humans.
Some claim it shelters small forest spirits who use the cottage like a holiday home.
But the oldest story, whispered while lanterns burn low, says this:
Long ago, a child vanished into the pond.
Trent
Lost but not drowned. Changed but not gone.
And sometimes, when the moon reflects just so on the water, a faint silhouette can be seen inside the cottage — small, soft, glowing.
The cottage, they say, waits for that child’s return. Or else it guards the world from whatever they became. Depends on who tells the story.
The little yellow cottage watches and waits and chooses when to open its door.
If you ever walk the path by Casco Bay Pond and see the cottage’s curtains flutter as though someone inside is peeking out…
If the door cracks open just a hair…
If you hear a kettle humming without fire…
Don’t be afraid.
Just find a little something to placate the restless cottage.
A berry.
A flower.
A marble.
A folded wish.
Place it on the windowsill. The cottage appreciates kindness. And it never forgets a gift.
