Beneath the Hawthorn Tree
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Before Westbury, before my conviction, before my love was lost and returned to me: there was a hawthorn tree. There was witch on a rock by the sea. And she sent my wife to me.
An entry in @WorldFaerySociety's #MysteryoftheWestburyFaery contest.
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