The water-babies: a fairy tale for a land-baby (1915)
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944, ill · Boston : Houghton Mifflin · leaf 232
on Sundays, orI shall have no peace, andgive you none either. You must ask the fairiesthat. So when the fairy, Mrs.Bedonebyasyoudid, camenext, Tom asked her. Little boys who are only fit to play with sea-beasts cannot go there, she said. : Those who gothere must go first where they do not like, and… … TOM ASKED HER. THE WATER BABIES home, where it is always Sunday. And I was afraid ofyou, Tom, at first, because—because— Because I was all over prickles ? But I am notprickly now, am I, Miss Ellie ? No, said Ellie. I like you very much now ;and I like coming here, too. And perhaps, said the fairy,…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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