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... hills , and fun in the villages . But Fairyfoot sat alone beside his sheepfold , for the children of his village had refused to let him dance with them about the bonfire , and he had gone there to bewail the size of his feet , which ...
... hills , and fun in the villages . But Fairyfoot sat alone beside his sheepfold , for the children of his village had refused to let him dance with them about the bonfire , and he had gone there to bewail the size of his feet , which ...
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... pulled him into the mouth of a rocky cave , where there was no water . On they went , still down and down , as if on a steep hill - side . The cave was very long , but it grew wider as they came to the bottom 122 GRANNY'S WONDERFUL CHAIR .
... pulled him into the mouth of a rocky cave , where there was no water . On they went , still down and down , as if on a steep hill - side . The cave was very long , but it grew wider as they came to the bottom 122 GRANNY'S WONDERFUL CHAIR .
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... hills of marble , and rocks of spar ; and over all a cold blue sky , with no sun , but a light clear and silvery as that of the harvest moon . The fisher- man could see no smoking chimneys , but there were grottoes in the sparry rocks ...
... hills of marble , and rocks of spar ; and over all a cold blue sky , with no sun , but a light clear and silvery as that of the harvest moon . The fisher- man could see no smoking chimneys , but there were grottoes in the sparry rocks ...
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... hill . All was dark , and they had neither lamp nor torch , but at the end of the gallery they came to a great stone gate , which creaked like thunder on its hinges . Beyond that there was a narrow cave , sloping up and up like a steep hill ...
... hill . All was dark , and they had neither lamp nor torch , but at the end of the gallery they came to a great stone gate , which creaked like thunder on its hinges . Beyond that there was a narrow cave , sloping up and up like a steep hill ...
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... hill , where it was said the fairies used to dance in old and merry times . " Merchants and dealers of all sorts crowded to that fair from far and near . There was nothing known in the north country that could not be bought or sold in ...
... hill , where it was said the fairies used to dance in old and merry times . " Merchants and dealers of all sorts crowded to that fair from far and near . There was nothing known in the north country that could not be bought or sold in ...
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