How Ivanushka The Fool Travelled In Search Of W... -

"You are a strange one," the Wolf said, shaking out its fur. "Where are you headed?""In search of W," Ivanushka said."Hop on," the Wolf replied. "I know the way to the ."

Next, the Wolf took him to the , an old woman sitting on a cloud, spinning gales into silk."Are you W?" Ivanushka asked."I am the Weaver," she sighed, her voice a gale. "I give the world its breath, but I am not your destination."Ivanushka gave her his flute. "You need a song to match your silk," he said. How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of W...

He walked until the road turned into a whisper and the trees grew tall enough to scratch the belly of the moon. He came upon a caught in a thicket of silver briars. Instead of running, Ivanushka sat down and played a tune so gentle the thorns uncurled like waking kittens. "You are a strange one," the Wolf said, shaking out its fur

Ivanushka stepped through. He didn't find gold or a throne. He found . He realized that "W" wasn't a thing to be captured, but the way he saw the wolf, the well, and the wind. He returned home, and though he still had no coins, his eyes held the glow of the horizon. His brothers stayed "clever" and bored, but Ivanushka the Fool lived a life that was always wide, wild, and full of W. "I give the world its breath, but I am not your destination