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With the farmer, this had become a fixed state of mind and now it brought him to grief, as we shall see. For though he remembered what his wife liked and disliked, and recalled what her father had told him, he had forgotten that she was a fairy. WITH THE FARMER THIS HAD BECOME A FIXED STATE OF MIND AND NOW IT BROUGHT HIM TO GRIEF AS WE SHALL SEE FOR THOUGH HE REMEMBERED WHAT HIS WIFE LIKED AND DISLIKED AND RECALLED WHAT HER FATHER HAD TOLD HIM HE HAD FORGOTTEN THAT SHE WAS A FAIRY
ose which he long ago gave her. At once, the good man dropped what he was doing and hurried off to his neighbor, who had first presented him with a trayful of these apples. The farmer not only got the fruit, but he also determined that he would plant a tree and thus have apples for his wife, whenever she wanted them. So he bought a fine young sapling, to set in his orchard, for the children to play under and to keep his pantry full of the fine red-cheeked fruit. At this his wife was delighted. So happy enough--in fact, too merry to think of anything else, they, both husband and wife, proceeded to set the sapling in the ground. She held the tree, while he dug down to make the hole deep enough to make sure of its growing. But farmers are sometimes very superstitious. They even believe in luck, though not in Puck. Some of them have faith in what the almanac, and the patent medicine may say, and in planting potatoes according to the moon, but they scout the idea of there being any fairies. E TO TASTE THEM LIKE THOSE WHICH HE LONG AGO GAVE HER AT ONCE THE GOOD MAN DROPPED WHAT HE WAS DOING AND HURRIED OFF TO HIS NEIGHBOR WHO HAD FIRST PRESENTED HIM WITH A TRAY FULL OF THESE APPLES THE FARMER NOT ONLY GOT THE FRUIT BUT HE ALSO DETERMINED THAT HE WOULD PLANT A TREE AND THUS HAVE APPLES FOR HIS WIFE WHENEVER SHE WANTED THEM SO HE BOUGHT A FINE YOUNG SAPLING TO SET IN HIS ORCHARD FOR THE CHILDREN TO PLAY UNDER AND TO KEEP HIS PANTRY FULL OF THE FINE RED CHEEKED FRUIT AT THIS HIS WIFE WAS DELIGHTED SO HAPPY ENOUGH IN FACT TOO MERRY TO THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THEY BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE PROCEEDED TO SET THE SAPLING IN THE GROUND SHE HELD A TREE WHILE HE DUG DOWN TO MAKE THE HOLE DEEP ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE OF ITS GROWING BUT FARMERS ARE SOMETIMES VERY SUPERSTITIOUS THEY EVEN BELIEVE IN LUCK THOUGH NOT IN POOK SOME OF THEM HAVE FAITH IN WHAT THE ALMANAC AND THE PATENT MEDICINE MAY SAY AND IN PLANTING POTATOES ACCORDING TO THE MOON THAT THEY SCOUTED THE IDEA OF THERE BEING ANY FAIRIES
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