THE " FAIRY RING " AND THE FAIRY 



able to tell where he left off and I began. 

 Here and there we see a beautiful bow sharply 

 drawn in the snow, a perfect arc or section of 

 a circle, the work of this wiry sedge blade when 

 the wind guided its hand. If we care to con- 

 tinue the search, we may find an arc extended 

 to a semicircle, a spiral, or even to a complete 

 ring, almost as true as if struck with a com- 

 pass, and with the telltale drooping or broken 

 grass-blade still at work with every stir of the 

 breeze. " Fairy rings," the children used to 

 call them. I have pictured both the ring and 

 the fairy. 



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