The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch: An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza

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Fitz-Gerald Shafto Justin Adair. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch: An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza

Part I

A Trip to Fable Land

Off to Fable Land

Part II

Flower Land

The Fairies' Feather and. Flower Land

Where is Fancy Bred

The Song of the Birds

The Rose and the Lily

The Jackdaw's Jest

Will you walk into the Garden

Part III

A Visit to Shadow Land

The Funny Little Man

The Unfortunate Doll

O We are so Sleepy!

Cupid's Garden

Part IV

The Land of Topsy Turvey

The Clerk of the Weather

Nobody's Nothing to Nobody

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"Well," said the Zankiwank as he swallowed another jam tart, "I think we had better start on our travels at once."

They were all standing under the clock at Charing Cross Station when the station was closed and everybody else had departed, except the train which the Zankiwank had himself chartered. It was all so odd and strange, and the gathering was so very motley, that if it had been to-morrow morning instead of last night, Willie and Maude would certainly have said they had both been dreaming. But, of course, they were not dreaming because they were wide-awake and dressed. Besides, they remembered Charing Cross Station quite well, having started therefrom with their father and mother only last summer when they went to the sea-side for their holidays – and what jolly times they had on the sands! So Maude said promptly, "It is not Night-mare or Dreams or Anything. We don't know what it is, but we must not go to sleep, Willie, in case anything should happen."

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"Æsop! Are you really Mr Æsop, the Phrygian Philosopher?" cried Maude.

"King Æsop, I should say," corrected Willie. "I am glad we have met you, because now, perhaps, you will kindly tell us what a Fable really is."

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