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"Now, Pussy, be patient You know quite well it is all for your good

You cannot be comfortable with all those sparks in you; and, indeed, I

am charitably disposed to believe" (here he became very pompous) "that

they are the cause of all your bad temper; so we must have them all out,

every one; else we shall be reduced to the painful necessity of cutting

your claws, and pulling out your eye-teeth Quiet! Pussy, quiet!"

But with a perfect hurricane of feline curses, the poor anih the hedge, faster than

even the fairies could follow "Never ain; and by that time she will have laid in a fresh stock of

sparks Hooray!" And off they set, after soe on the a display of these

frolicsome creatures Their manners and habits are noell known to

the world, having been so often described by eyewitnesses, that it would

be only indulging self-conceit, to add , however, that my readers could see them for

themselves Especially do I desire that they should see the fairy of the

daisy; a little, chubby, round-eyed child, with such innocent trust in

his look! Even the h he did not belong to their set at all, but was quite a little

country bu, with

his hands in his little pockets, and a white night-cap on, the darling!

He was not so beautiful as many other wild flowers I saw afterwards, but

so dear and loving in his looks and little confident ways