Laura MacLem

Path of Life and Stone Laura MacLem

There are places in the Alps that are magical. There are fairy tales and fables, magical creatures and monsters, kings and princesses. And there are, of course, ordinary people, like you and us, who walk streets of those timeless villages, and sometimes take an unknown path, which takes them to unexpected places. It has happened to us many times. This is one of those. Once upon a time......the time was petrified. The kingdom was petrified, even though everything seems as it has always been. In the King's garden grows a very special tree, which he jealously guarded: in fact, the fruits of that tree, if eaten, can give knowledge. Whoever eats that fruit will have the power to revive time. The King has closed his garden behind high walls and a magical gate, which opens only by his own will. No one can enter the King's garden. No one can get that knowledge. The King is not cruel, but if someone tried to violate his ban, he would become. The King is jealous of his tree. So it happens that, one night...