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Even to day, good people sometimes see a little island floating on the lake, and this, they point out as the place where the fairy mother was wont to come and hold converse with her dear ones. EVEN TO DAY GOOD PEOPLE SOMETIMES SEE A LITTLE ISLAND FLOATING ON THE LAKE AND THIS THEY POINT OUT AS THE PLACE WHERE THE FAIRY MOTHER WAS WONT TO COME AND HOLD CONVERSE WITH HER DEAR ONES
 a deer. In another, in the twinkling of an eye, nothing was there. She had vanished. After this, there was a lonely home, empty of its light and cheer. But by living with human beings, a new idea and form of life had transformed this fairy, and a new spell was laid on her. Mother-love had been awakened in her heart. Henceforth, though the law of the fairy world would not allow her to touch again the realm of earth, she, having once been wife and parent, could not forget the babies born of her body. So, making a sod raft, a floating island, she came up at night, and often, while these three mortals lived, this fairy mother would spend hours tenderly talking to her husband and her two children, who were now big boy and girl, as they stood on the lake shore. On his part, the father did not think it "an ideal arrangement," as some modern married folks do, to be thus separated, wife and husband, one from the other; but by her coming as near as could be allowed, she showed her undying love.  ONE MOMENT ACTIVE AND FLEET AS A DEER IN ANOTHER IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE NOTHING WAS THERE SHE HAD VANISHED AFTER THIS THERE WAS A LONELY HOME EMPTY OF ITS LIGHT AND CHEER BUT BY LIVING WITH HUMAN BEINGS A NEW IDEAA AND FORM OF LIFE HAD TRANSFORMED THIS FAIRY AND A NEW SPELL WAS LAID ON HER MOTHER LOVE HAD BEEN AWAKENED IN HER HEART HENCEFORTH THOUGH THE LAW OF THE FAIRY WORLD WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO TOUCH AGAIN THE REALM OF EARTH SHE HAVING ONCE BEEN WIFE AND PARENT COULD NOT FORGET THE BABIES BORN OF HER BODY SO MAKING A SOD RAFT A FLOATING ISLAND SHE CAME UP AT NIGHT AND OFTEN WHILE THESE THREE MORTALS LIVED THIS FAIRY MOTHER WOULD SPEND HOURS TENDERLY TALKING TO HER HUSBAND AND HER TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE NOW A BIG BOY AND GIRL AS THEY STOOD ON THE LAKE SHORE ON HIS PART THE FATHER DID NOT THINK IT AN IDEAL ARRANGEMENT AS SUDDEN MODERN MARRIED FOLKS DO TO BE THUS SEPARATED WIFE AND HUSBAND ONE FROM THE OTHER BUT BY HER COMING AS NEAR AS COULD BE ALLOWED SHE SHOWED HER UNDYING LOVE
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