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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. 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
e wrath within, wins. Mad as a flaming fire, he lost his brains also and threw bit and bridle and the whole harness after the fleet animal. Alas! alas! the wife had started to run after the filly and the iron bit struck her on the cheek. It did not hurt, but he had broken his vow. Now came the surprise of his life. It was as if, at one moment, a flash of lightning had made all things bright; and then in another second was inky darkness. He saw this lovely wife, 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 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. E WHILE HE WHO CONTROLS THE WRATH WITHIN WINS MAD AS A FLAMING FIRE HE LOST HIS BRAINS ALSO AND THREW THE BIT AND BRIDLE AND THE WHOLE HARNESS AFTER THE FLEET ANIMAL ALAS ALAS THE WIFE HAD STARTED TO RUN AFTER THE FILLY AND THE IRON BIT STRUCK HER ON THE CHEEK IT DID NOT HURT THAT HE HAD BROKEN HIS VOW NOW CAME THE SURPRISE OF HIS LIFE IT WAS AS IF AT ONE MOMENT A FLASH OF LIGHTNING HAD MADE ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND THEN IN ANOTHER SECOND WAS INKY DARKNESS HE SAW THIS LOVELY WIFE 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
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