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Title: The Counterpane Fairy

Author: Katharine Pyle

Posting Date: January 23, 2009 [EBook #3230]
Release Date: May, 2002

Language: English

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THE COUNTERPANE FAIRY

By Katharine Pyle

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

THE COUNTERPANE FAIRY.

CHAPTER FIRST. THE PRINCESS OF THE GOLDEN CASTLE

TEDDY was all alone, for his mother had been up with him so much the
night before that at about four o'clock in the afternoon she said that
she was going to lie down for a little while.

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

The little boy had always enjoyed being ill, for then he was read aloud
to and had 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 was feeling rather lonely, too, though the fire crackled
cheerfully, and he could hear Hannah singing to herself in the kitchen
below.

Teddy turned over the leaves of Robinson Crusoe for a while, looking at
the gaily colored pictures, and then he closed it and called, "Hannah!"
The singing in the kitchen below ceased, and Teddy knew that 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, T