Believing Is Seeing

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Text copyright © 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1999 by Diana Wynne Jones

Illustrations copyright © 1999 by Nenad Jakesevic

Diana Wynne Jones has asserted her right to be identified as author of this work.

The stories in this collection, with the exception of “Enna Hittims,” were published as Minor Arcana in Great Britain in 1996 by Victor Gollancz.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jones, Diana Wynne.

Believing is seeing : seven stories / by Diana Wynne Jones.

p. cm.

Contents: The sage of Theare—The master—Enna Hittims—The girl who loved the sun—Dragon reserve, home eight—What the cat told me—nad and Dan adn Quaffy.

ISBN 0-688-16843-4

EPub Edition © AUGUST 2012 ISBN: 9780062244574

1. Fantasy fiction, English. 2. Children’s stories, English.

[1. Fantasy. 2. Short stories.] 1. Title. PZ7.J684Se 1999

[Fic]—dc21 98-41805 CIP AC

Introduction © 1996 Diana Wynne Jones.

“The Sage of Theare” appeared in Hecate’s Cauldron, edited by Susan Schwartz, DAW Books. © 1982 Diana Wynne Jones. (U.S.: Hecate’s Cauldron, DAW Books, 1982; Warlock at the Wlieel and Other Stories, Greenwillow Books, 1985.)

“The Master” appeared in Hidden Turnings, edited by Diana Wynne Jones, Methuen Children’s Books. © 1989 Diana Wynne Jones. (U.S.: Hidden Turnings, Greenwillow Books, 1990.)

“Enna Hittims” © 1999 Diana Wynne Jones.

“The Girl Who Loved the Sun” appeared in Heartache, edited by Miriam Hodgson, Methuen. © 1990 Diana Wynne Jones.

“Dragon Reserve, Home Eight” appeared in Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, Diana Wynne Jones, Macmillan Children’s Books. © 1984 Diana Wynne Jones. (U.S.: Warlock at the Wheel and Other Stories, Greenwillow Books, 1985.)

“What the Cat Told Me” appeared in Fantasy Stories, edited by Diana Wynne Jones, Kingfisher Books. © 1993 Diana Wynne Jones. (U.S.: Fantasy Stories, Kingfisher Books, 1994.)

“nad and Dan adn Quaffy” appeared in Digital Dreams, edited by David V. Barrett, New English Library. © 1990 Diana Wynne Jones. (U.S.: Everard’s Ride, NESFA Press, 1995.)