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am allowed to peep at the rows upon rows of monoplanes 

 and bi-planes all ready for flight. The monoplanes look to 

 me like winged maple seeds which indeed they are and the 

 little guide assures me that they are the very latest and best 

 models on the market for the especial use of small fairies and 

 positively never have any engine troubles. The bi-planes 

 are of course dragon-flies warranted to fly higher, straighter 

 and farther, and make more noise on a given quantity of fuel 

 than any other machine since the time of Darius Green. 

 j I am next especially honoured by being taken to see the 

 bodyguard of the queen. This doughty troop is composed 

 entirely of Snap Dragons, There are young dragons, lusty 

 and full of strength, and old dragons, toothless and gnarled; 

 there are dragons uniformed in pink, dragons in red uniforms, 

 dragons liveried in yellow and the royal guard of the person, 

 resplendent in purple and white. Perhaps one cannot see 

 them snapping, — I could not myself, — but one may rest 

 assured that they are tried and true dragons and that they 



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i By the time that we had finished inspecting the body- 

 guard, the little policeman said that it was quarter of four 

 and nearly tea time. I asked him how he knew and he said 

 that the "fairy clocks" were nearly open. You see we call 



I *em four 6' clocks but they are the only watches the fairies 

 have and the minute the little evening primroses begin to 

 unfold the lady fairies run to get afternoon tea. When the 

 tea is brewed in a fresh h'ttle pitcher plant and the fascinating 



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