. Our young folks [serial]. ,m V /•■. : • (,,«- OUR YOUNG FOLKS. An Illustrated MagazineFOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Vol. IV. DECEMBER, 1868. No. XII. ODD AND EVEN. NCE upon a time a great king reigned in theland; a king so great and despotic, that nota courtier of all the court dared say his soulwas his own without the kings consent. Hewas an unbelieving old fellow as well; andwhen the people came to him with tales offairy-folk who stole all the corn-silk to em-broider their trappings, and kept the corn fromcoming to ear; who drew the wine off thegrapes, ran away with the maple-syrup, andleft only the
. Our young folks [serial]. ,m V /•■. : • (,,«- OUR YOUNG FOLKS. An Illustrated MagazineFOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Vol. IV. DECEMBER, 1868. No. XII. ODD AND EVEN. NCE upon a time a great king reigned in theland; a king so great and despotic, that nota courtier of all the court dared say his soulwas his own without the kings consent. Hewas an unbelieving old fellow as well; andwhen the people came to him with tales offairy-folk who stole all the corn-silk to em-broider their trappings, and kept the corn fromcoming to ear; who drew the wine off thegrapes, ran away with the maple-syrup, andleft only the stones on the cherry-trees, — hesent them off in a passion. Nonsense ! Idont believe a word of it. Good for thefairies ! Humbug ! and all that sort of en-couragement. But as time went on the fairiesbecame so mischievous, and the peasantry com-plained so often, that he was induced to publishan edict, sending all fairies, kith or kin, intoexile, forbidding them the land then and there-after. I think that he would ha
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