Madam How and Lady Why, or, First lessons in earth lore for children . y halls, which are all paint and canvas; and THE TRUE FAIRY TALE. 135 the dazzling splendours, which are gas and oil ;and the magic transformations, which are donewith ropes and pulleys; and the brilliant elves,frho are poor little children out of the next foulalley; and the harlequin and clown, who throughall their fun are thinking wearily over the old debtswhich they must pay, and the hungry mouths athome whicn they must feed : and so, having thoughtit all wondrously glorious, and quite a fairy land,slips tired and stupid
Madam How and Lady Why, or, First lessons in earth lore for children . y halls, which are all paint and canvas; and THE TRUE FAIRY TALE. 135 the dazzling splendours, which are gas and oil ;and the magic transformations, which are donewith ropes and pulleys; and the brilliant elves,frho are poor little children out of the next foulalley; and the harlequin and clown, who throughall their fun are thinking wearily over the old debtswhich they must pay, and the hungry mouths athome whicn they must feed : and so, having thoughtit all wondrously glorious, and quite a fairy land,slips tired and stupid into bed, and wakes nextmorning to see the pure light shining in throughthe deHcate frost-lace on the window-pane, and looksout over fields of virgin snow, and watches the rosydawn and cloudless blue, and the great sun rising tothe music of cawing rooks and piping stares, andsays, This is the true wonder. This is the trueglory. The theatre last night was. the fairy land ofman ; but this is the fairy land of God. fflll ||iiJ[ vnii0rnMKJ\i ,.i III i I fi\^iif^#i^--^^. CHAPTER VII. THE CHALK-CARTS. X^rHAT do you want to know about next?More about the caves in which the oldsavages Hved,—how they were made, and how thecurious inside them got there, and so forth? Well, we will talk about that in good time: butnow—What is that coming down the hill? Oh, only some chalk-carts. Only some chalk-carts ? It seems to me that thesechalk-carts are the very things we want; that if wefollow them far enough—I do not mean with ourfeet along the public road, but with our thoughtsalong a road which, I am sony to say, the public donot yet know much about—we shall come to a cave,and understand how a cave is made. Meanwhile,do not be in a hurry to say, Only a chalk-cart/or only a mouse, or only a dead leaf. Chalk-carts,like mice, and dead leaves, and most other mattersin the universe, are very curious and odd thingsm the eyes of wise and reasonable people. WhcQ 138 MADAM HOW AND LADY WHY. ever
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