Every night before I go to bed, I look out of my window and wonder if the dryad is really sitting here, combing her locks with the spring for a mirror. Sometimes I look for her footprints in the dew in the morning.
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Dryad
/ˈdɹaɪəd/
Synonyms for "dryad" (12 found)
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7 entriesash dryadecofeminist symbolecology symbolforest guardianoak dryadolive dryadwood spirit
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6 entriesash dryaddryad figuredryad mythforest dryadmythical dryadoak dryad
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There it had stood for years, close beside a mighty oak, under which sat often the kindly old priest, who told stories to the listening children. The young chestnut tree listened with them: the Dryad inside it, who was still a child, could remember the time when the tree was so small that it only reached a little higher than the ferns and long blades of grass.
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