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* GlowingFlora: On one of his visits to the land of Faery, Smith dances with a beautiful maiden who tucks a flower behind his ear. When he returns to Wootton Major he finds that the flower gives off a soft luminescence and never seems to wilt.
-->'Dear Man', she said, 'where have you been and what have you seen? There is a flower in your hair.' She lifted it gently from his head, and it lay on her hand. It seemed like a thing seen from a great distance, yet there it was, and a light came from it that cast shadows on the walls of the room, now growing dark in the evening... The flower did not wither nor grow dim; and they kept it as a secret and a treasure.
-->'Dear Man', she said, 'where have you been and what have you seen? There is a flower in your hair.' She lifted it gently from his head, and it lay on her hand. It seemed like a thing seen from a great distance, yet there it was, and a light came from it that cast shadows on the walls of the room, now growing dark in the evening... The flower did not wither nor grow dim; and they kept it as a secret and a treasure.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Nell. We first meet her sitting next to Smith when they're children at the Twenty-Four Feast; next thing we know they're married.
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* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Nell. We first meet her sitting next to Smith when they're children at the Twenty-Four Feast; next thing we know they're married.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: At age ten, Smith gives the token he found in the Twenty-Four Cake to Nell because he feels sorry for her not finding one. This also probably illustrates why [[spoiler:he was chosen for the star]].
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: At age ten, nine, Smith gives the token he found in the Twenty-Four Cake to Nell because he feels sorry for her not finding one. This also probably illustrates why [[spoiler:he was chosen for the star]].
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* AMinorKidroduction: We first meet Smith at age ten, when he acquires the star, but the rest of the story happens in his adulthood.
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* AMinorKidroduction: We first meet Smith at age ten, nine, when he acquires the star, but the rest of the story happens in his adulthood.
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* AFriendInNeed: The birch.
* BittersweetEnding: With his giving up the star.
* BittersweetEnding: With his giving up the star.
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* BittersweetEnding: With
* BittersweetEnding:[[spoiler: Smith has to give up the
*BrutalHonesty: Alf is diplomatic with Nokes during his apprenticeship, but after Nokes retires he tells him what a vain, lazy bastard he thinks he actually is.
*ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that the Master Cook who brought Alf into the town is actually [[spoiler:Smith's grandfather]].
*ConnectedAllAlong: It turns out that the Master Cook who brought Alf into the town is actually [[spoiler:Smith's grandfather]].
*EstablishingCharacterMoment: At age ten, Smith gives the token he found in the Twenty-Four Cake to Nell because he feels sorry for her not finding one. This also probably illustrates why [[spoiler:he was chosen for the star]].
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* TheFairFolk: brushed on
The Land of Faery is dangerous even to Smith; at one point when he ventures into forbidden territory a storm drives him out. However, the elves that he meets are basically benign.
* HappilyMarried:Smith.Smith and Nell, despite his habit of wandering off.
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* KingIncognito: Smith meets the queen of Faerie once without realizing it. [[spoiler:Also, Alf.]]
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* KingIncognito: Smith meets the queen of Faerie Faery once without realizing it. [[spoiler:Also, Alf.Alf turns out to be the Faery King.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Alf. It's the old Germanic word for [[spoiler:elf]].
*AMinorKidroduction: We first meet Smith at age ten, when he acquires the star, but the rest of the story happens in his adulthood.
*AMinorKidroduction: We first meet Smith at age ten, when he acquires the star, but the rest of the story happens in his adulthood.
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* ProtectiveCharm: The star.
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*OurFairiesAreDifferent: Discussed. Nokes has a typical modern view of fairies as fictional little sprites, which, this being Tolkien's verse, is far from the reality. However, the Faery Queen appreciates being remembered in ''some'' form.
* ProtectiveCharm: Thestar.star allows Smith to wander in the Land of Faery more than most mortals, though there are limits.
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Nell. We first meet her sitting next to Smith when they're children at the Twenty-Four Feast; next thing we know they're married.
* ProtectiveCharm: The
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Nell. We first meet her sitting next to Smith when they're children at the Twenty-Four Feast; next thing we know they're married.
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'''"Smith of Wootton Major"''' is a late work by Creator/JRRTolkien, about a smith who received, when a young child, a magical star that let him travel in the Land of Faerie.
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'''"Smith of Wootton Major"''' is a late work by Creator/JRRTolkien, about a smith who received, when a young child, a magical start that let him travel in the Land of Faerie.
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'''"Smith of Wootton Major"''' is a late work by Creator/JRRTolkien, about a smith who received, when a young child, a magical start star that let him travel in the Land of Faerie.
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* AFriendInNeed: The birch
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Actually once they called him "Smithson" but then just "Smith".
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Actually once they called him "Smithson" but then just "Smith".OnceUponATime
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* LandOfFaerie: Where the star let him go.
* LandOfFaerie: Where the star let him go.
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'''"Smith Of Wooton of Wootton Major"''' is a late work by JRRTolkien.
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* BittersweetEnding: With his giving up the star.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Actually once they called him "Smithson" but then just "Smith"
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* BittersweetEnding: With his giving up the star.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Actually once they called him "Smithson" but then just "Smith"
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