Fairy Tales Told in the Bush

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Sister Agnes. Fairy Tales Told in the Bush

Fairy Tales Told in the Bush

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE LITTLE MAN IN BROWN, OR THE BOY WHO LIED

THE MAGIC GUN

THE UNDERGROUND LAKE

THE ORIGIN OF THE YARRA YARRA (Ever-flowing)

FORGET-ME-NOT

THE PALACE OF TRUTH

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Sister Agnes

Published by Good Press, 2021

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Slowly the boy repeated the strange word after the old man, and, as he finished, there descended a table even as he had been told. On the table was a baked fowl, a duck, vegetables, puddings, tarts, cakes, sweets, and two or three kinds of drinks. Oh, these things were good! The boy soon knew that, and when he had eaten and drunk as much as he could, the man said he must get away as soon as possible, as he felt his brain could not stand the strain of even the backs of the books much longer.

“I know you can’t read and write, boy,” said the old man, “and yet I want you to promise me you won’t read a single word in these books, nor even open them.”

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