Rewards and Fairies

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Rudyard Kipling. Rewards and Fairies

A CHARM

INTRODUCTION

Cold Iron

COLD IRON

Gloriana

THE TWO COUSINS

Gloriana

THE LOOKING-GLASS

The Wrong Thing

A TRUTHFUL SONG

The Wrong Thing

KING HENRY VII. AND THE SHIPWRIGHTS

Marklake Witches

THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS

Marklake Witches

BROOKLAND ROAD

The Knife and the Naked Chalk

THE RUN OF THE DOWNS

The Knife and the Naked Chalk

SONG OF THE MEN’S SIDE

Brother Square-Toes

PHILADELPHIA

Brother Square-Toes

IF —

‘A Priest in Spite of Himself’

A ST. HELENA LULLABY

‘A Priest in Spite of Himself’

‘POOR HONEST MEN’

The Conversion of St. Wilfrid

EDDI’S SERVICE

The Conversion of St. Wilfrid

SONG OF THE RED WAR-BOAT

A Doctor of Medicine

AN ASTROLOGER’S SONG

A Doctor of Medicine

‘OUR FATHERS OF OLD’

Simple Simon

THE THOUSANDTH MAN

Simple Simon

FRANKIE’S TRADE

The Tree of Justice

THE BALLAD OF MINEPIT SHAW

The Tree of Justice

A CAROL

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Once upon a time, Dan and Una, brother and sister, living in the English country, had the good fortune to meet with Puck, alias Robin Goodfellow, alias Nick o’ Lincoln, alias Lob-lie-by-the-Fire, the last survivor in England of those whom mortals call Fairies. Their proper name, of course, is ‘The People of the Hills.’ This Puck, by means of the magic of Oak, Ash, and Thorn, gave the children power —

The result was that from time to time, and in different places on the farm and in the fields and the country about, they saw and talked to some rather interesting people. One of these, for instance, was a Knight of the Norman Conquest, another a young Centurion of a Roman Legion stationed in England, another a builder and decorator of King Henry VII.’s time; and so on and so forth; as I have tried to explain in a book called Puck of Pook’s Hill.

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‘How did you know?’ Dan went on.

‘Because I knew the Smith that made it,’ said Puck quietly.

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