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All, as they came near, bowed or dropped a curtsey. Then the little musician took off his cap to each, and bowed in return. ALL AS THEY CAME NEAR BOWED OR DROPPED A CURTSEY THEN THE LITTLE MUSICIAN TOOK OFF HIS CAP TO EACH AND BOWED IN RETURN
r 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. "Did you ever see such a tiny specimen?" asked Queen Mab of Puck. The little fiddler came forward and drawing his instrument from under his arm, proceeded to scrape the strings. He had on a pair of moss trousers, and his coat was a yellow gorse flower. His feet were clad in shoes made of beetles' wings, which always kept bright, as if polished with a brush. When one looked at the fiddle, he could see that it was only a wooden spoon, with strings across the bowl. But the moment he drew the bow from one side to the other, all the elves, from every part of the hills, came tripping along to hear the music, and at once began dancing. Some of these elves were dressed in pink, some in blue, others in yellow, and many had glow worms in their hands. Their tread was so light that the flower stems never bent, nor was a petal crushed, when they walked over the turf. HE 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 DID YOU EVER SEE SUCH A TINY SPECIMEN ASKED QUEEN MAB OF PUCK THE LITTLE FIDDLER CAME FORWARD AND DRAWING HIS INSTRUMENT FROM UNDER HIS ARM PROCEEDED TO SCRAPE THE STRINGS HE HAD ON A PAIR OF MOSS TROUSERS AND HIS COAT WAS A YELLOW GORSE FLOWER HIS FEET WERE CLAD IN SHOES MADE OF BEETLES WINGS WHICH ALWAYS KEPT BRIGHT AS IF POLISHED WITH A BRUSH WHEN ONE LOOKED AT THE FIDDLE HE COULD SEE THAT IT WAS ONLY A WOODEN SPOON WITH STRINGS ACROSS THE BOWL BUT THE MOMENT HE DREW THE BOW FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER ALL THE ELVES FROM EVERY PART OF THE HILLS CAME TRIPPING ALONG TO HEAR THE MUSIC AND AT ONCE BEGAN DANCING SOME OF THESE ELVES WERE DRESSED IN PINK SOME IN BLUE OTHERS IN YELLOW AND MANY HAD GLOW WORMS IN THEIR HANDS THEIR TREAD WAS SO LIGHT THAT THE FLOWER STEMS NEVER BENT NOR WAS THE PETAL CRUSHED WHEN THEY WALKED OVER THE TURF
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