The Day Boy And The Night Girl
MacDonald's fantasy tale about two young people raised in a witch's castle, exploring themes of enchantment, hidden truths, and the interplay of light and darkness in a narrative rich with spiritual allegory.
21 Chapters
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1 THERE was once a witch who desired to know everything.
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Chapter 2 THIS witch got two ladies to visit her.
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Chapter 3 BEHIND the castle the hill rose abruptly; the northeastern tower
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Chapter 4 WATHO at length had her desire, for witches often get what they want
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Chapter 5 FIVE or six months after the birth of Photogen
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Chapter 6 THE hollow in which the castle of Watho lay was a cleft in a plain
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Chapter 7 THE little education she intended Nycteris to have, Watho gave her by word of mouth.
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Chapter 8 WATHO, having given orders, took it for granted they were obeyed
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Chapter 9 BUT alas! out was very much like in, for the same enemy
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Chapter 10 IT was some time before she had a second opportunity of going out
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Chapter 11 KNOWING nothing of darkness, or stars, or moon, Photogen spent his days in hunting.
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Chapter 12 ALTHOUGH Nycteris took care not to stay out long at a time
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Chapter 13 A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
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Chapter 14 THERE Nycteris sat, and there the youth lay all night long
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Chapter 15 But no sooner had the sun reached the noonstead
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Chapter 16 WATHO was herself ill, as I have said, and was the worse tempered
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Chapter 17 FROM that dreadful morning Nycteris had never got to be herself again.
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Chapter 18 FIXING her telescope on the motionless form, that she might see it at once when
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Chapter 19 AT the very moment when Photogen caught up Nycteris
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Chapter 20 THERE was now no occasion to fly a step farther.
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Chapter 21 Aurora