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Faerie Gifts: A Winter Solstice Story By Ivo Domínguez Jr. © A story I wrote years ago that I share every few years. Enjoy! He'd hurried home from school and left a note on the refrigerator, "Gone Skating". Among the many changes in David's life since his parents' divorce was the relocation to what seemed just shy of the middle of nowhere, and the more than annoying loss of access to the university's skating rink. As he ran onwards through the overgrown path, he began to wonder if he'd taken the wrong fork. He hadn't remembered a barrier of brambles and thorns on the way to the pond. His experience with the outdoors until the month before had been limited to the little bits of green and manicured groves that pass for the wilds in the suburbs. Night was approaching fast upon his heels, threatening to close in before he reached the pond. He decided to leave the twists and winds of the path and cut straight through. Several steps off the path, he knew he'd made a mistake. He pushed and was pushed as h