title: The Oak Tree Prince and Other Fairy Tales
author:  N. C. Sellars 
description: N.C. Sellars began writing in college and hasn't stopped since. A former journalist, she loves traveling, cooking, and wandering the aisles of craft stores. This is her first children's book.
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  **Seeds of Yesterday**
  
  
  **Dollenganger #4**
  
  
  **V.C.Andrews**
  
  
  Copyright © 1985
  
  
  ISBN: 0671729489
  
  
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  # BOOK ONE
  
  
  ###  _**Foxworth Hall**_
  
  
  
  
  
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  And so it came to pass the summer when I was fifty-two and Chris was fifty-
  four that our mother's promise of riches, made long ago when I was twelve and
  Chris was fourteen, was at last realized.
  
  
  We both stood and stared at that huge,
  
  
  intimidating house I'd never expected to see again.
  
  
  Even though it was not an exact duplicate of the original Foxworth Hall, still
  I quivered inside. What a price both Chris and I had paid to stand where we
  were now, temporary rulers over this mammoth house that should have been left
  in charred ruins Once, long ago, I'd believed he and I would live in this
  house like a princess and prince, and between us we'd have the golden touch of
  King Midas, only with more control.
  
  
  I no longer believed in fairy tales.
  
  
  As vividly as if it had happen