Title attributed to Andre Norton

Ully the Piper ~ Short Story

&  Short Story in the Witch World ~ High Hallack series

Bibliography ~

¯ * High Sorcery (1970) * Published by ACE, PB, 0-441-33701-, $0.60, 156pg ~ cover by Gray Morrow

¯ Fantasy Stories (1994) * Edited by Diana Wynne Jones, Published by Kingfisher, HC, 1-856-97233-X, £10.99, 256pg ~ UK printing ~ cover by Wayne Anderson

¯ Fantasy Stories (1994) Edited by Diana Wynne Jones, Published by Kingfisher US, TP, 1-856-97982-2, $6.95, 256pg ~ cover by Wayne Anderson

¯ Fantasy Stories (1995) Edited by Diana Wynne Jones, Published by Kingfisher, PB, 1-856-97209-7, £4.99, 256pg ~ UK printing ~ cover by Wayne Anderson

¯ Fantasy Stories (1998) Edited by Diana Wynne Jones, Published by Kingfisher, TP, 1-856-97209-7, £5.99, 256pg ~ UK printing ~ cover by Les Edwards

¯ Fantasy Stories (2003) Edited by Diana Wynne Jones, Published by Kingfisher US, TP, 0-753-45637-0, $6.95, 256pg ~ cover by Les Edwards

Synopsis ~

In the years after the Invader's War, the small village of Coombfrome, which was always isolated at the best of times, seems to have been completely forgotten. Even their overlord, whoever he may be now, fails to collect taxes. When a trader passes through, it's an event. One such trader leaves a pipe behind, to be broken in the hands of the arrogant braggart who dominates the youngsters of the village. But Ully, crippled and confined to a cart, has a talent for mending broken things, and teaches himself to play the now patched-up pipe. Out of spite, the strutting bully who first broke the pipe one day sends Ully's cart out of control down a steep hill, to fetch up at the standing stones near the village. Where Ully finds that someone else might be interested in his music.

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