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Now there was once a pretty nymph, who lived in the Red Lake, to which a young and handsome farmer used to come to catch fish. One misty day, when the lad could see only a few feet before him, a wind cleared the air and blew away the fog. Then he saw near him a little old man, standing on a ladder. NOW THERE WAS ONCE A PRETTY NYMPH WHO LIVED IN THE RED LAKE TO WHICH A YOUNG AND HANDSOME FARMER USED TO COME TO CATCH FISH ONE MISTY DAY WHEN THE LAD COULD SEE ONLY A FEW FEET BEFORE HIM A WIND CLEARED THE AIR AND BLEW AWAY THE FOG THEN HE SAW NEAR HIM A LITTLE OLD MAN STANDING ON A LADDER
days, working so hard to make even a clay cup or saucer. 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. There is one thing that we, who have traveled in many fairy lands, have often noticed and told our friends, the little folks, and that is this: All the fairies we ever knew are very slow to change either their opinions, or their ways, or their fashions. Like many mortals, they think a great deal of their own notions. They imagine that the only way to do a thing is in that which they say is the right one. So it came to pass that even when the Cymric folk gave up wearing the skins of animals, and put on pretty clothes woven on a loom, and ate out of dishes, instead of clam shells, there were still some fairies that kept to the notions and fashions of the cave days. To one of these, came trouble because of this failing. HEN HE SAW MEN IN THE EARLY DAYS WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE EVEN A CLAY CUP OR SAUCER 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 THERE IS ONE THING THAT WE WHO HAVE TRAVELLED IN MANY FAIRY LANDS HAVE OFTEN NOTICED AND TOLD OUR FRIENDS THE LITTLE FOLKS AND THAT IS THIS ALL THE FAIRIES WE EVER KNEW ARE VERY SLOW TO CHANGE EITHER THEIR OPINIONS OR THEIR WAYS OR THEIR FASHIONS LIKE MANY MORTALS THEY THINK A GREAT DEAL OF THEIR OWN NOTIONS THEY IMAGINE THAT THE ONLY WAY TO DO A THING IS IN THAT WHICH THEY SAY IS THE RIGHT ONE SO IT CAME TO PASS THAT EVEN WHEN THE CUMRICH FOLK GAVE UP WEARING THE SKINS OF ANIMALS AND PUT ON PRETTY CLOTHES WOVEN ON A LOOM AND ATE OUT OF DISHES INSTEAD OF CLAM SHELLS THERE WERE STILL SOME FAIRIES THAT KEPT THE NOTIONS AND FASHIONS OF THE CAVE DAYS TO ONE OF THESE CAME TROUBLE BECAUSE OF THIS FAILING
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