She has embraced her aloneness, so does she want to return to the world of humans and parents? Does she have to give up the ‘loveliest of soft grass’ and the fairy glades? Does she have to give up her explorations in Nature? ‘Something fresh and fragrant in the air made breathing a delight it almost lifted her off the ground.’Įepersip sees footprints, human footprints. They see her in the distance, dancing and singing – ‘she was so beautiful, so graceful.’Įepersip rescues a chipmunk, she writes her own songs and poetry, she climbs trees, she watches the sky, and she speaks to the animals. When she does not return home, her parents go looking for her. Eepersip wants to fly like the swallows and learn more about the plants, the animals, and the landscape. She calls this place Nature.īarbara Newhall Follett tells of the wonder of Eepersip, seeing a doe and fawn for the first time. She ventures further from the yard, into the wild nature of meadows and woodlands, mountains, and sea. It is the story of a lonely little girl named Eepersip Eigleen, living in a cottage at the foot of Mount Varcrobis with her parents. It begins with a short poem: Flowers have faded / Butterfly wings are weary / And far off is the chanting of the eternal sea. She loved the wild places, thrived in them, and she created a wild child of perfection in a Utopian dream sequence of a novel".Barbara Newhall Follett’s story is about nature. Her literacy, both natural and in words, was so rich. "There are so many parallels to The Lost Words. Jackie first met this story about six years ago and became captivated by the author Barbara Newhall Follett.
It tells the story of a young girl who doesn't want to live in a house with doors and windows and a roof, so she runs away to live in the wild. But she slips away once more, following her wild heart out of the door and far away.įirst published in 1927, The House Without Windows has been described as “a lost classic of children's nature writing”. Her heartbroken parents follow her at first, bringing her back home to 'safety' and locking her up in the stifling square of the house. Little Eepersip doesn't want to live in a house with doors and windows and a roof, so she runs away to live in the wild - first in the Meadow, then by the Sea, and finally in the Mountain.
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