stolen child- quotes/annotations

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The Stolen Child
- "drowsy water rats"
  - Intoxicated by the land,carefree, loopy without worry
- "weaving olden Dances"
  - Myths and legends
- "The moon had taken flight"
  - mystical- witches take flight, not an inanimate object
  - Quite ominous, mystery has to how the moon can "take flight"
- "bubbles" "troubles"
  - Links into fairytales
- "moonlight glosses"
  - A very fairytale description of the moon, unlike in reality
- "A leafy island"
  - associated with fairy tales-"in a far away land"....adds to the feeling of magic
- "Faery"
  - like a fairy. it convinces the child to leave for a world that's "better"
"Faery"
- like a fairy. it convinces the child to leave for a world that's "better"