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FAIRY BOOK.
paths right well; but it never bore such golden fruit, it never glowed with such beautiful flowers."
"Your fairy, the one you call Whisper, has taken care of it for your sake," said the sister sylphid. "Do you know that those flowers, and those trees with fruit like 'bonny beaten gold,' have been watered by your tears, Little One? It is in this way they have attained their matchless beauty and grace."
"My tears, little sister?"
"Yes, your tears. Every one you shed upon earth, your fairy most carefully preserved; and see what wonders have been wrought!"
"If I had known that," said Little One clapping her hands, "I would have been glad of all my troubles! I would have smiled through my tears!"
