
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. - THE VOICES IN THE CHIMNEY
CHAPTER II. - AT SCHOOL
CHAPTER III. - FLYING VISITS
CHAPTER IV. - A RAINBOW DANCE
CHAPTER V. - GOOD FOR EVIL
CHAPTER VI. - ORGAN TONES
CHAPTER VII. - THE BIG HOUSE AND THE LADY
CHAPTER VIII. - LITTLE FERGUS
CHAPTER IX. - MUSIC AND COUNSEL
On the remote Four Winds Farm, where the moors roar and the pines stand guard, a boy named Gratian Conyfer learns the language of the wind. His earliest memories are of breezes that soothe, scold, and sing, making the air feel like a living companion. The prose moves with a quiet lyricism, inviting listeners to taste the fresh breath on the farm‑house doorstep.
Gratian walks three miles each day to a solitary village school, spends evenings in a quiet kitchen corner, and roams the heather with the old shepherd Jonas and his collie, Watch. Though his world is sparsely populated, he never feels isolated; his curiosity about the unseen currents grows, hinting at an inner shift. As the wind begins to stir more than the fields, the boy senses that his own life may be on the brink of change.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (201K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive.
Release date
2012-05-21
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1839–1921
A beloved Victorian storyteller, she helped shape children's fiction with warm, domestic tales full of imagination. Best known as Mrs. Molesworth, she wrote stories that generations of young readers treasured, including The Cuckoo Clock.
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