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Fairy in the Back y ard.
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~'11. pl.l) 1ng m lhr> moonlig-ht
whil•· you \\' 1 rt• ""I"''P· I o h.tv" Puck and p,. 3 , 1 •
hlo ... -.om on ~our vi-.iting lic;t kills tht• , , n.., 1 1 ,(
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But (i,t• n to tlw ,(r,lflg'l• nur.11 I•· th,Jt h.~-. hup-
fl' 111 d f.u • froJTl \\'ondt rl.tn<1_. wiH·H• t h•, 1 ! 110 • 1 1,..
Ji 1 \I' rn f.uru• ... to LX' 1·x:ut, 111 .t hPn- .. 1 rat, h·cl h 11 k.
,,11 d in th.1t dull disttirt \\ith th1
pltnd:d O rirnt. 1 1
;1,11111' of th~ Elt>phant and C.htl•.
1 t ;, not '' ni<'e b<.~ck\ard.
Even th,. o::, r.t"g''
~.{ill~' r , .tt '' ho phllo...,ophi ... e ... on th1 du,t-l•lll kn~'"'
tho~t
Pr•opl•• in thP tr:•in, that !>''" b\ 1 , 1 n
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1 nimtt•· r~rr~ awa) nn
ampr• -. ... wn
of a b.u
k\ , 1 rd
"hkh no hod) lo'l: e,.,; ,, ... t.llll~·d-dm, n p.ttt h. , (
t..arr<'n < arlh, hauntt>d ll\ di ... illu ... iorl!d Buft Orp ng.
ton,, .tnd cont.uning rf'VI'IatiOJh in tht h 1111 or
,,,t,hing flapping on a JinP.
But [,ht night thC'r<. <'.tlllf tn th.., dr·th \\ ildr·rn ...
:t ... ih·r r fair~. \\ith thf' 'P" Jt of ( tt rnal b(:nut)
... hinin ~ in hPr f'\f'..,
"'h,. \V" "o
1 Olll(>ft•tf'J~ perfet l Ill { \("r\ JitH' Of
lwr ..,,, ift, gla<.l grace, that it
.dmo,t hurt to look at hf'r.
I' rh.'P' . . }w had lo-,t h• r Wet) in
tit•• dark ; pt·rhap-. 'ht• had < tlllW hf'-
t.na,t• thildren lin• rn the hou'l'
\\htn• it i~ alwa~:-. \\..l-.hang u.t~.
'I h.tl mu.,t be ... o, bl'c-.nr...•· tht''~'
ehilua•·n awakf·n•·d and f< lt that
-.onwthang wond{'rful had •·nnH to
tht ir \\JildO\\ in tht' night
I ht \ (>P'<'pt>d through and ... a\\ lh
'->ll\<•r F.1in·, all ... pangl~'' and
\\ httt· light, standrng right in thC'
I'< ntrc of the hen--.tratchNI \':trd,
ju .. t a ... th1• Fail) QuC'rn ... t.Hl
.\nd tht'y were a lmo't fright-
r llf'd, and (·ould onh hold h.tnd..,
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UO lUTIH·d tfw ',1lver) l olll) into n
gltttt nog- th111g of \\Ondt•r. \11 tlw {)f'oplt• \\ 11h1n
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'\r•,h(• 111, \\ j,h, d
th.lt ..,h, had t()JlW tu th< 111 •
\fr, B_rown •. h •• nging out th(' \\ot ... hing 1\\o doers
1) • <,.tlltl''tllll--
tout lwd l)\ tht t·.H h ... un 111d h•·r
ff't'l 111 , ·whitl' rni~t
I h• ging<·r
toll'-. t•Vil hNlrt \\ ,...., ,oftt Jlt•d ,\._
hr K 1/f'cl .ll hf'r.
T h·· rhildr<'n approntH h tlung . .
do 11111 h tppt n oflt n in thb•' h.H k-
' .arck \ (C'\\ of tht' --p.tnl{lt• ... fpiJ
f ron1 h, r dn'"· ,tnd th4•\ pi~ kt d
tlwm up 111 tlwir g-rubln h.tnd .... 111d
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