ou a schoolmistress, who will teach you how to get rid of your prickles. And so she went away. Tom was frightened at the notion of a school- VI A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 219 mistress ; for lie thought she would certainly come witha birch-rod or a cane; but he comforted himself, atlast, that she… … &mn behind her like a golden cloud, and long robes floatingall round her like a silver one. There he is, said the fairy ; and you must teachhim to be good, whether you like or not. I know, said the little girl; but she did not seemquite to like, for she put her finger in her mouth, and 220 THE…
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