John Matthews' Little House of Myth and Legend

John Matthews' Little House of Myth and Legend

THE SLEEPER AWAKENS

A Story

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John Matthews
Dec 24, 2025
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The tree was vast, so tall that it might have been said to reach up to heaven. When he awoke beneath it, the man could not remember how he came to be lying there. Was it a refuge or something else? But he found that he could not remember anything: his name, the name of the place where he was, why he was there. Instead, a strangely peaceful sense clouded…

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