title: Melchior's Tale: Word to the Wise Book One
author:  Ward Motes 
description: Ward Motes was born and raised in eastern Tennessee. Graduating from Carson Newman College, he earned a bachelor of science degree in religion. He feels writing is his God-given gift. He is currently a deacon at Trinity Baptist Church in Morris, Oklahoma, where God is doing a great work.
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  Melchior's Dream and Other Tales
  
  
  [EDITOR'S
  PREFACE.](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_001.html#filepos7257)
  
  
  [MELCHIOR'S
  DREAM.](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_002.html#filepos9965)
  
  [THE BLACKBIRD'S
  NEST.](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_003.html#filepos68587)
  
  [FRIEDRICH'S
  BALLAD.](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_004.html#filepos88575)
  
  [A BIT OF
  GREEN.](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_005.html#filepos163899)
  
  [MONSIEUR THE VISCOUNT'S
  FRIEND.](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_006.html#filepos186417)
  
  
    
    
  [CHAPTER
  I.](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_006.html#filepos187006)  
    
  [CHAPTER
  II.](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_006.html#filepos201610)  
    
  [CHAPTER
  III.](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_006.html#filepos258086)
  
  
  [THE YEW-LANE
  GHOSTS](Melchior%27s%20Dream%20and%20Other%20Tale_split_007.html#filepos2