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and with a clumsy attempt at quiet they steal out together 

 into the dewy dawn. Yes, this is a red-letter day. 



On such a day not long ago we met group after group of 

 the Little People all trucked out in their flowery best (and ^t , ^^^ 

 that, you know is fairy for Sunday best) . You will remember A^^^y^ 

 that in his lament the puppy had told me that "they kneW 

 him all right " and it was quite evident that they did. Indeed.--;;^ 

 I doubt otherwise if I should have seen them at all, as they 

 can dodge behind a shadow quicker'n you can wink your 

 eye. Puppy, however, was a great assistance for not only did 

 they know him but evidently knew him for the honourable 

 little gentleman that he is, and so when he assured them that 

 while I was rather large I might nevertheless be trusted and 

 gave me, I might say, quite a good character, the fairies 

 took his word for it and asked us if we would like to join 

 them in their religious observance of a fairy Sunday, exact- .| 

 ing first, however, a promise that I would take great care not I 

 to step on the church roof or do any unnecessary harm. 

 They explained that as they intended to remain visible out of 

 deference to my defective human vision, they could not so 

 easily escape from human clumsiness. It seems that an 

 invisible fairy is sprier than a visible one. 



I selected a good sound log and with the dog contentedly 

 crouching at my feet sat down to watch the arrivals. No, I 

 wasn't perfectly comfortable because I was afraid that the 

 smell of tobacco might not be the incense that the puppy's 

 little friends were accustomed to at their religious gatherings 



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