Violet: A Fairy Story
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Guild Caroline Snowden. Violet: A Fairy Story
VIOLET: A FAIRY STORY
CHAPTER I. VIOLET'S HOME
CHAPTER II. STRANGE PLAYFELLOWS
CHAPTER III. THE MOUNTAIN BROOK
CHAPTER IV. TOADY
CHAPTER V. LOVE'S CHARM
CHAPTER VI. HOW FAIRIES LOOK
CHAPTER VII. THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT
CHAPTER VIII. VIOLET'S TROUBLES
CHAPTER IX. FAIRIES AGAIN
CHAPTER X. THE STRANGERS
CHAPTER XI. THE DOCTOR DOCTORED
CHAPTER XII. WHO ARE HAPPIEST
CHAPTER XIII. VIOLET BERRYING
CHAPTER XIV. THE BIRDS' HARVEST TIME
CHAPTER XV. WHERE THE SQUIRREL LED VIOLET
CHAPTER XVI. ALONE IN THE WOOD
CHAPTER XVII. THE KITTEN'S BATH
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PRICE OF TOADY'S LEG
CHAPTER XIX. GOING TO SCHOOL
CHAPTER XX. OLD REUBEN DEAD
CHAPTER XXI. A NEW HOME AND OLD FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXII. THE NEW OLD HOME
CHAPTER XXIII. ALFRED
CHAPTER XXIV. NARCISSA
CHAPTER XXV. NEW PLANS
CHAPTER XXVI. SPRING AT THE COTTAGE
CHAPTER XXVII. VIOLET'S SCHOLARS
VIOLET'S STORY
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
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Once there was a gardener who lived in an old hut of a house, with one table inside, and some rough stools, and a large box that served for a bed, all of which he had made himself.
There was one window; but when it stormed the rain beat in so that the old lady, his wife, had to pin her shawl against it, and then the whole house was dark as night.
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Between you and me, there were two fairies – one named Love and the other Contentment – that lived all the time in Reuben's hut; and though Violet had never seen their faces, and did not even know their names, they were always doing something for her. It was because these excellent friends had touched her coarse garments that they looked fine and soft as velvet to her eyes; it was because they never left the old black hut that it looked so clean and sunny – cheerful as a palace.
But the bird was soon out of sight among the clouds, and Violet, with these pearly dewdrops clustering in her golden hair, went dancing down the hill.
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