This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...we can see at once," said Jill. "There is our home, and the homes of all our playmates. See them there coasting on the hills and racing on their snow-shoes." "Yes," said Jack, "and there is our school, and our little church. How tiny they all are ever since the fairies touched our eyes!" Looking away far to the north, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...we can see at once," said Jill. "There is our home, and the homes of all our playmates. See them there coasting on the hills and racing on their snow-shoes." "Yes," said Jack, "and there is our school, and our little church. How tiny they all are ever since the fairies touched our eyes!" Looking away far to the north, Jill cried out: "Look, Jack, I never saw children like those before. How queer they look, dressed all in fur! What are they doing?" Both children laughed and laughed as they saw the funny way the strange children were racing. Curling up into little furry balls, they rolled over and over down the snowy hill. "Where is their house?" said Jack. "That mound of snow is their house," said the fairies. Jack and Jill stared. "A snow-house? How queer!" Then the children saw someone creeping out from one of the mounds. "That's their mother and the baby," said the fairies. Out from the warm fur hood on the mother's back peeped the baby. He stared at the moon with big round eyes, then stretched both hands up as far as he could reach. "He's trying to reach the moon just as we've seen you do," smiled the fairies. "Here's the father now." Dashing across the snow came a sleigh, drawn by dogs. It stopped and a man sprang out. The children all came trooping around him, and Jack and Jill saw him point up toward the moon as he talked. "He's telling how he was lost and couldn't find his way home until the moon sent down its light," said the fairies. "But there are many other things to see. Here's a city you've never seen before." Jack and Jill saw far to the south a great city. There were so many houses they couldn't count them. Great church...
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