# On a Pincushion — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for On a Pincushion by Mary De Morgan.

- [On a Pincushion](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/chapters/on-a-pincushion.md): Three pins on a pincushion—a Brooch, a Shawl-pin, and a common Pin—complain about being left unused. The Shawl-pin laments its fallen status, the Brooch resents its neglect despite its colorful appearance, and the Pin fe
- [The Story of Vain Lamorna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/chapters/the-story-of-vain-lamorna.md): Lamorna, a vain young woman, spends her time admiring her reflection in a brook, ignoring the love of the fisherman Erick. The water elves, wishing to cure her vanity, steal her reflection. Lamorna becomes distressed whe
- [The Seeds of Love](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/chapters/the-seeds-of-love.md): An old woman on her deathbed gives her granddaughters Zaire and Blanchelys magic candles that will grant each a wish when lit. After her death, Blanchelys lights her candle and meets Love, who gives her seeds that grow i
- [The Story of the Opal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/chapters/the-story-of-the-opal.md): A Sunbeam, curious about a Moonbeam he hears described by the birds, defies the enmity between Sun and Moon to see her. They meet secretly, fall in love, and ultimately perish together when the Sun discovers their union,
- [Siegfrid and Handa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/chapters/siegfrid-and-handa.md): In a happy, honest village, the shoemaker's son Siegfrid and the miller's daughter Handa are childhood sweethearts. A strange peddler sells cheap, shoddy shoes, leading the villagers to abandon the local shoemaker, Ralph
- [The Hair Tree](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/chapters/the-hair-tree.md): A beautiful Queen, proud of her magnificent hair, refuses to give any to an eagle for its nest. The eagle curses her, causing her hair to fall out completely. Distraught, the Queen dreams three times of a magical Hair Tr
- [A Toy Princess](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/chapters/a-toy-princess.md): In a land of extreme politeness where emotions are suppressed, the Queen dies after giving birth to Princess Ursula. The fairy godmother Taboret, seeing Ursula's unhappy and constrained life, commissions a magical toy du
- [Through the Fire](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/on_a_pincushion_se/chapters/through-the-fire.md): Jack, now a crippled boy, is visited one last time by Princess Pyra and Prince Fluvius, who gift him a magic belt that will restore his strength. The chapter also recounts Jack's earlier journey to Fireland on the back o

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