WOODMYTH & FABLE 



The sun was down now; but all at 

 once there was a soft light on the path, 

 and in the middle of it the brown boy saw 

 a Little Brown Lady in a long robe, and 

 in her hand a rod. 



She smiled pleasantly and said : " Little 

 boy, I am the Fairy of the Woods. I 

 have been watching you for long. I like 

 you. You seem to be different from other 

 boys. Your request shall be granted.'* 



Then she faded away. But at once 

 the whole landscape twinkled over with 

 wonderful little lamps — long lamps, short 

 lamps, red, blue, and green, high and low, 

 doubles, singles, and groups : wherever he 

 looked were lamps — twinkle, twinkle, 

 twinkle, here and everywhere, until the 

 forest shone like the starry sky. He ran 

 to the nearest, and there, surely, was 

 a bird's nest. He ran to the next; yes, 



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