. Little Miss Peggy; only a nursery story . a looked a very little bit troubled. u Peggy dear, she said, you mustnt letyour fancies run away with you too far. I toldyou they would do you no harm if you keptplain in your head that they were fancies, butyou mustnt forget that. You know therecouldnt really be a fairy living in that littlewhite cottage. No, Peggy agreed, I know that, mamma,because fairies really live in fairyland. She looked up gravely into her mothersface as she said so. Mamma could not helplaughing. Fairies, really, she said, live in Peggysfunny little head, and in many other fu
. Little Miss Peggy; only a nursery story . a looked a very little bit troubled. u Peggy dear, she said, you mustnt letyour fancies run away with you too far. I toldyou they would do you no harm if you keptplain in your head that they were fancies, butyou mustnt forget that. You know therecouldnt really be a fairy living in that littlewhite cottage. No, Peggy agreed, I know that, mamma,because fairies really live in fairyland. She looked up gravely into her mothersface as she said so. Mamma could not helplaughing. Fairies, really, she said, live in Peggysfunny little head, and in many other funny littleheads, I have no doubt. But nowhere Mamma, mamma, Peggy interrupted, put-ting her fingers in her ears as she spoke, I n^ma cuar, 5 hi Wan, wiyou. till mj whaf fkt liftlfcVvhife hou5* is* ru\y /ik, ttan?If you will, Ill promts* notto rfiink fhxrss f&irio ffuri — only Only wkaf, d^r ? :>If you donf* mind, saidP&££y. V£fy anxious not to^kurt hir motlnirs fulin^s,lei rathtr not h«\vx. pigs. Ji| donf think I kki f^igs. REAL FANCIES. 53 wont listen. You mustnt, mustnt say that. Imust have my fairies, mamma. Ive no sisters. Well, keep them in fairyland, then, or atleast only let them out for visits now and dont mix them up with real things toomuch, or you will get quite a confusion, andnever be sure if youre awake or dreaming. Peggy seemed to consider this over veryseriously. After a minute or two she lifted herface again, and looked straight into hermothers with her earnest gray eyes. Mamma dear, she began, will you tell mewhat the little white house is reely like, then ?If you will, Ill promise not to think theresfairies there—only Only what, dear ? If you dont mind, said Peggy, very anx-ious not to hurt her mothers feelings, Idrather not have pigs. I dont think I likepigs very much. Well, we neednt have pigs, then. But re-member I can only i fancy it. Ive never seenthat particular cottage, you see, Peggy. But Ihave seen other cottages in Brackenshire,
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