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The figure of this musician, at the congress of Welsh fairies, was the most comical of any in the company. The saying that he was popular with all the mountain spirits was shown to be true, the moment he began to scrape his fiddle, for then they all crowded around him. THE FIGURE OF THIS MUSICIAN AT THE CONGRESS OF WELSH FAIRIES WAS THE MOST COMICAL OF ANY IN THE COMPANY THE SAYING THAT HE WAS POPULAR WITH ALL THE MOUNTAIN SPIRITS WAS SHOWN TO BE TRUE THE MOMENT HE BEGAN TO SCRAPE HIS FIDDLE FOR THEN THEY ALL CROWDED AROUND HIM
 new chairs and fresh flowers, and put the rest of the coins away under one of the flag stones at the hearth. When her boy grew up, she gave him a good education, and he became one of the fearless judges, who, with the aid of Baron Owen, rooted out of their lair the Red Bandits, that had robbed his mother. Since that day, there has been little crime in Wales--the best governed part of the kingdom. XXIII THE FAIRY CONGRESS One can hardly think of Wales without a harp. The music of this most ancient and honorable instrument, which emits sweet sounds, when heard in a foreign land makes Welsh folks homesick for the old country and the music of the harp. Its strings can wail with woe, ripple with merriment, sound out the notes of war and peace, and lift the soul in heavenly melody. Usually a player on the harp opened the Eistedfodd, as the Welsh literary congress is called, but this time they had engaged for the fairies a funny little fellow to start the programme with a solo on his violin.  CHAPTER TWENTY THREE OF WELSH FAIRY TALES THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY BETTY B WELSH FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFITH CHAPTER TWENTY THREE THE FAIRY CONGRESS ONE CAN HARDLY THINK OF WALES WITHOUT A HARP THE MUSIC OF THIS MOST ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE INSTRUMENT WHICH EMITS SWEET SOUNDS WHEN HEARD IN A FOREIGN LAND MAKES WELSH FOLKS HOMESICK FOR THE OLD COUNTRY AND THE MUSIC OF THE HARP ITS STRINGS CAN WAIL WITH WOE RIPPLE WITH MERRIMENT SOUND OUT THE NOTES OF WAR AND PEACE AND LIFT THE SOUL IN HEAVENLY MELODY USUALLY A PLAYER ON THE HARP OPENED THE ICE DEFOD AS THE WELSH LITERARY CONGRESS IS CALLED BUT THIS TIME THEY HAD ENGAGED FOR THE FAIRIES A FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW TO START THE PROGRAMME WITH A SOLO ON HIS VIOLIN
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