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VIII. THE MOSS PEOPLE.
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"Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day,"
Sang little Marnie, as she stood at the window watching the drops patter on the pane1, the elm-boughs toss in the wind, and the clover-blossoms lift up their rosy2 faces to be washed. But the rain did not go away, and, finding that mamma had fallen asleep over her book, Marnie said to herself,—-
"I will go and play quietly with my fairy-land till mamma wakes up and cuts me some paper fairies to put in it."
Marnie's fairy-land was as pretty a plaything as any child could wish for, and, as every child can make one in the summer-time, let us tell what it was. The little girl firmly believed in elves and was always wishing she could go to fairy-land. That rainy day, when she had longed for something to do, her mother said,—
"As you can't go to fairy-land, why don't you make one for yourself?"
Such a happy thought, and such a busy little girl as Marnie was, working away, forgetful of rain or loneliness! Mamma was so kind and helpful in suggesting ways and supplying means, that the new fairy-land really did seem to rise as if by enchantment4.
A long, shallow box, filled with earth, which was covered with moss5 of all kinds, gathered by Marnie the day before; some green as grass, some soft as velvet6, some full of red-brimmed cups, some feathery and tall, some pale and dry: marsh7, rock, tree, and field had given their share, and out of this the little hands fashioned a dainty pleasure-ground for the elves. Ferns and spires8 of evergreen9 were the trees fencing in the garden, standing10 in groups or making shady avenues. Silver-white mushrooms with rosy
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