A Fairy Went A-Marketing
by Rose Flyeman
illustrated by Jamichael Henterly
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A fairy went a-merketing she bought a little fish; |
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she put it in a crystal bowl upon a golden dish. |
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An hour she sat in wonderment and watched its silver gleam, |
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and then she gently took it up and slipped it in a stream. |
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A fairy went a-marketing she bought a colored bird; it sang the
sweetest, shrillest song that ever she had heard. |
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She sat beside its painted cage and listened half the day, |
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and then she opened wide the door and let it fly away. |
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A fairy went a-marketing she bought a winter gown all stitched
about with gossamer and lined with thistledown. |
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She wore it all the afternoon with prancing and delight, |
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then gave it to a little frog to keep him warm at night. |
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A fairy went a-marketing she bought a gentle mouse |
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to take her tiny messages, to keep her tiny house. All days she kept its busy feet pit-patting to and fro, |
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and then she kissed its silken ears,thanked it, and let it go. |
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