The Three Little Gnomes

About This Short Story

Title: The Three Little Gnomes From “Friendly Fairies”

Author: Johnny Gruelle

Illustrator: Johnny Gruelle

Categories: Juvenile fiction, Fairy tales

Summary: The Story of The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest.

The Short Story

A silvery thread of smoke curled up over the trunk of the old tree and floated away through the forest, and tiny voices came from beneath the trunk of the old tree.

Long, long ago, the tree had stood strong and upright and its top branches reached far above any of the other trees in the forest, but the tree had grown so old it began to shiver when the storms howled through the branches. And as each storm came the old tree shook more and more, until finally in one of the fiercest storms it tumbled to the earth with a great crash.

There it lay for centuries, and vines and bushes grew about in a tangled mass until it was almost hidden from view.

Now down beneath the trunk of the fallen tree lived three little gnomes, and it was the smoke from their fire which curled up over the trunk of the old tree and floated away through the forest. ... Read more »