Minnie: or, The Little Woman: A Fairy Story

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Guild Caroline Snowden. Minnie: or, The Little Woman: A Fairy Story

CHAPTER I. RODOCANACHI

CHAPTER II. DANDELION

CHAPTER III. MINNIE'S HOME

CHAPTER IV. MINNIE AND THE SQUIRREL

CHAPTER V. A SQUIRREL-BACK RIDE

CHAPTER VI. LIVING IN A TREE

CHAPTER VII. MASTER SQUIRREL

CHAPTER VIII. NIGHT

CHAPTER IX. THE NEW HOME

CHAPTER X. IN THE WOODS

CHAPTER XI. THE SQUIRREL'S PARTY

CHAPTER XII. BY THE RIVER

CHAPTER XIII. THE YELLOW-BIRD

CHAPTER XIV. IN A BIRD'S NEST

CHAPTER XV. MINNIE AND THE BIRDS

CHAPTER XVI. THE SQUIRREL'S TEAM

CHAPTER XVII. THE MOONLIGHT DANCE

CHAPTER XVIII. THE LITTLE NURSES

CHAPTER XIX. MOUSE

CHAPTER XX. HOUSEKEEPING

CHAPTER XXI. TROUBLE FOR MINNIE

CHAPTER XXII. TROUBLE STILL

CHAPTER XXIII. FREE AT LAST

CHAPTER XXIV. TURTLE

CHAPTER XXV. MINNIE'S WINGS

CHAPTER XXVI. HIDE-AND-SEEK

CHAPTER XXVII. MINNIE IN PRISON

CHAPTER XXVIII. NARROW ESCAPES

CHAPTER XXIX. THE LITTLE SEAMSTRESS

CHAPTER XXX. STORK

CHAPTER XXXI. THE SEA-SHORE

CHAPTER XXXII. STORM AND CALM

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Somewhere in Massachusetts is a little town as beautiful as a garden. Nay, in summer-time I think this place is prettier than a garden; for it is not laid out in long, stiff beds and paths; but the roads wind about like rivers under its shady trees, and, wherever you see a bed of flowers, a cosey little house is sure to rise up in its midst; and then the hills, – Did you ever read about the giant, who wouldn't give the fairies any peace, but chopped them up for mince-meat, and did all kinds of wicked things, till they resolved to kill him, if they could?

The fairy queen, who was very wise, knew that the giant's strength lay in a great brass helmet which he wore; so she told her people to watch, and, if ever he laid it aside, to steal this, and hide it away.

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"If I have led your armies bravely, O, great queen-"

"Yes, yes," interrupted the queen, "but what shall I do with Rodocanachi? I'll praise you, and receive your compliments afterwards."

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