Literature and Art 



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Lesson 41 



THE RAINBOW FAIRIES 



TWO little clouds one summer's day, 

 Went flying through the sky, 

 They went so fast they bumped their heads, 



And both began to cry. 

 Old Father Sun looked out and said, 



"O, never mind, my dears, 

 I'll send my little fairy folk 

 To dry your falling tears." 



One fairy came in violet, 

 And one wore indigo; 



From a painting by Jean Francois Millet 

 "They wiped the cloud tears all away" 



