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THE COUNTERPANE FAIRY

Picture: The Counterpane Fairy

Written and Illustrated by Katharine Pyle

Published by E.P.Dutton & Co. New York
Copyright E. P. Dutton & Co. 1898

Contents

Chapter I. THE PRINCESS OF THE GOLDEN CASTLE
Chapter II. THE OWLS AND THE GAMBLESOME ELF
Chapter III. STARLEIN AND SILVERLING
Chapter IV. THE MAGIC CIRCUS
Chapter V. AT THE EDGE OF THE POLAR SEA
Chapter VI. THE RUBY RING
Chapter VII. THE RAINBOW CHILDREN
Chapter VIII. HARRIETT’S DREAM
Chapter IX. DOWN THE RAT-HOLE
Chapter X. THE COUNTERPANE FAIRY SAYS GOOD-BYE
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CHAPTER FIRST.
THE PRINCESS OF THE GOLDEN CASTLE

Teddy was all alone, for his mother had been up with him so much the nightbefore that at about four o’clock in the afternoon she said that she wasgoing to lie down for a little while.

The room where Teddy lay was very pleasant, with two big windows, and thefurniture covered with gay old-fashioned India calico. His mother had set aglass of milk on the table beside his bed, and left the stair door ajar so thathe could call Hannah, the cook, if he wanted anything, and then she had goneover to her own room.

The little boy had always enjoyed being ill, for then he was read aloud to andhad lemonade, but this had been a real illness, and though he was better now,the doctor still would not let him have anything but milk and gruel. He wasfeeling rather lonely, too, though the fire crackled cheerfully, and he couldhear Hannah singing to herself in the kitchen below.

Teddy turned over the leaves of Robinson Crusoe for a while, looking atthe gaily colored pictures, and then he closed it and called,“Hannah!” The singing in the kitchen below ceased, and Teddy knewthat Hannah was listening. “Hannah!” he called again.

At the second call Hannah came hurrying up the stairs and into the room.“What do you want, Teddy?” she asked.

“Hannah, I want to ask mamma something,” said Teddy.

“Oh,” said Hannah, “you wouldn’t want me to call yourpoor mother, would you, when she was up with you the whole of last night andhas just gone to lie down a bit?”

“I want to ask her something,” repeated Teddy.

“You ask me what you want to know,” suggested Hannah. “Yourpoor mother’s so tired that I’m sure you are too much of a man towant me to call her.”

“Well, I want to ask her if I may have a crac

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