Johnson, Virginia W. (Virginia Wales), 1849-1916 · New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers · leaf 122
come to joinin the Fairy Regatta, little man ? I suppose so, since I am here, I replied. I can never win,though, I fear. We shall see ; and the magician led me awav from thecave down to the bank of a stream, where a multitude of littleboats were darting about, some fashioned like swans, others… … pavilion over yonder, and she will give as a prize the magicdrum. He then took from his snuff-box a boat made in the formof a dragon-fly, with outspread wings, winch was cut from asingle sapphire. He launched me in this boat, first giving methree grains of snuff to use if I found it necessary. Away…
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