. Our young folks [serial]. 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 hardly have beenbrought to such a pass, but that, being out inthe forest hunting one day, he wounded abeautiful wood-pigeon, and was just consider-ing how deliriously it would savor, delicately dressed a
. Our young folks [serial]. 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 hardly have beenbrought to such a pass, but that, being out inthe forest hunting one day, he wounded abeautiful wood-pigeon, and was just consider-ing how deliriously it would savor, delicately dressed and served with saladsand sauces, when it paused in mid-air, and behold, there was only a saucylittle fairy clown swinging in a spiders web, and pulling off his cap-and-bellsto the disappointed monarch ! He went straight home, and wrote the edict. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by Ticknor and Fields, in the ClerksOffice of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. vol. iv. — no. xii. 45. 706 Odd and Even. [December, He could very well endure the loss of corn while wheat was plenty, and, asfor the grape-wine, he could import it for himself; but when it came topoaching on his own hunting-grounds, — why, it was time to see to things,and find who was master. We 11 be even with you, said the fairies, laughing in their sleeves atthe Kings spite, while they sent an embassy to make terms. Make terms with such minikins ? quoth his Majesty ; we 11 makegame of you sooner ! Your Highness tried that the other day in the forest, and with whatsuccess ? Hem ! yes, —well, —what terms do you propose ? Only the gracious privilege of naming your son and heir when he shallarrive, and we leave your kingdom forever. So the King agreed, — it was such a little thing to ask; and the fairiespacked their moths-down cloaks, their mantles of silver mist, and their court-dresses, woven of gossamer and dewdrops, into a nutshell, and chartered asea-breeze which carr
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