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A worried discussion soon replaced their joy at tricking the spriggans. They had to get out of the Land of Poverty, but where should they go? Nobody knew how to break the Hag’s boundary spell. The only point of agreement was that she must be avoided at all costs. The wasteland looked the same everywhere and, in the end, all tracks led to her hovel.
Emily, meanwhile, had been thinking hard about fairy lore, suddenly remembering something important. There was the flower called St. John’s Wort – the one she had worn in her Midsummer Crown in…what she now called…My Own World. She knew this pretty, yellow-coloured flower was a sun-symbol and powerful protection against fairy magic. It flowered in June, July and August: the warm months. What chance was there of such a flower blooming in this
