Granny's wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times . Sour anb Civil Q E. P. D. & Co. CHAPTER Vn SOUR AKD CIVIL Once upon a time there stood upon the sea-coast of the west country a certain hamlet of lowcottages, where no one lived but fishennen. Allround it was a broad beach of snow-white sand,where nothing was to be seen but gulls and cor-morants, and long tangled seaweeds cast up bythe tide that came and went night and day, sum-mer and winter. There was no harbour nor porton all that shore. Ships passed by at a distance,with their white sails set, and on the land-sidethere lay wide grassy
Granny's wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times . Sour anb Civil Q E. P. D. & Co. CHAPTER Vn SOUR AKD CIVIL Once upon a time there stood upon the sea-coast of the west country a certain hamlet of lowcottages, where no one lived but fishennen. Allround it was a broad beach of snow-white sand,where nothing was to be seen but gulls and cor-morants, and long tangled seaweeds cast up bythe tide that came and went night and day, sum-mer and winter. There was no harbour nor porton all that shore. Ships passed by at a distance,with their white sails set, and on the land-sidethere lay wide grassy downs, where peasants livedand shepherds fed their flocks. The fishermenthought themselves as well off as any people inthat country. Their families never wanted forplenty of herrings and mackerel; and what theyhad to spare the landsmen bought from them at 147 148 Grannys Wonderful CHair certain village markets on the downs, giving themin exchange butter, cheese, and com. The two best fishermen in that village werethe sons of two old widows, who had no otherchildren, and happened to
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