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These people who slept and ate in cave boarding houses, knew nothing of metals, or how to make iron or brass tools, wire, or machines, or how to touch a button and light up a whole room, which even a baby can now do. THESE PEOPLE WHO SLEPT AND ATE IN CAVE BOARDING HOUSES KNEW NOTHING OF METALS OR HOW TO MAKE IRON OR BRASS TOOLS WIRE OR MACHINES OR HOW TO TOUCH A BUTTON AND LIGHT UP A WHOLE ROOM WHICH EVEN A BABY CAN NOW DO
and that, compared with fairies, human beings are very stupid. The fairies think that mortals are dull witted and awfully slow, when compared to the smarter and more nimble fairies, that are always up to date in doing things. Perhaps the following story will help explain why this is. These ancient folks who lived in caves, could not possibly know some things that are like A B C to the fairies of to-day. For the Welsh fairies, King Puck and Queen Mab, know all about what is in the telegraphs, submarine cables and wireless telegraphy of to-day. Puck would laugh if you should say that a telephone was any new thing to him. Long ago, in Shakespeare's time, he boasted that he could "put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes." Men have been trying ever since to catch up with him, but they have not gone ahead of him yet. If, only three hundred years ago, this were the case, what must have been Puck's fun, when he saw men in the early days, working so hard to make even a clay cup or saucer. D MATTER OF OPINION IN FAIRY LAND THAT COMPARED WITH FAIRIES HUMAN BEINGS ARE VERY STUPID THE FAIRIES THINK THAT MORTALS ARE DULL WITTED AND AWFULLY SLOW WHEN PREPARED TO THE SMARTER AND MORE NIMBLE FAIRIES THAT ARE ALWAYS UP TO DATE IN DOING THINGS PERHAPS THE FOLLOWING STORY WILL HELP EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS THE ANCIENT FOLKS WHO LIVED IN CAVES COULD NOT POSSIBLY KNOW SOME THINGS THAT ARE LIKE A B C TO THE FAIRIES OF TO DAY FOR THE WELSH FAIRIES KING HOOK AND QUEEN MAB KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE TELEGRAPHS SUBMARINE CABLES AND WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY OF TO DAY HOOK WOULD LAUGH IF YOU SHOULD SAY THAT A TELEPHONE WAS ANYTHING NEW TO HIM LONG AGO IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME HE BOASTED THAT HE COULD PUT A GIRDLE ROUND THE EARTH IN FORTY MINUTES MEN HAVE BEEN TRYING EVER SINCE TO CATCH UP WITH HIM BUT THEY HAVE NOT GONE AHEAD OF HIM YET IF ONLY THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO THIS WERE THE CASE WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN PUCK'S FUN WHEN HE SAW MEN IN THE EARLY DAYS WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE EVEN A CLAY CUP OR SAUCER
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