The water-babies : a fairy tale for a land-baby (1895)
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 · New York : Thomas Y. Crowell · leaf 136
s, and they all went home ; and littleEllie was put to bed, and lay there quite still; onlynow and then she woke up and called out about thewater-baby; but no one knew what she meant, andthe professor did not tell, for he was ashamed to tell. And, after a week, one moonlight night, the fairiescame… … He dived into the water and was gone in a moment.— Pajre 124. A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY. 125 the clouds, and nobody heard or saw anything of herfor a very long while. And this is why they say that no one has everyet seen a water-baby. For my part, I believe thatthe naturalists get dozens of them…
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