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Title: The sea fairies
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919 Neill, John R. (John Rea), ill
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Publisher: Chicago : Reilly & Britton
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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when he lost his leg, CharlieGriffiths had been the captain of the little schooner while hisold master lived peacefully ashore with the Griffiths family. This was about the time Trot was born, and the old sailorbecame very fond of the baby girl. Her real name wasMayre, but when she grew big enough to walk she took somany busy little steps every day that both her mother andCapn Bill nicknamed her Trot, and so she was thereaftermostly called. It was the old sailor who taught the child to love thesea—to love it almost as much as he and her father did—andthese two, who represented the beginning and the end oflife became firm friends and constant companions. Why hasnt anybody seen a mermaid and lived?asked Trot, again. Cause mermaids is fairies, an aint meant to be seenby us mortal folk, replied Capn Bill. But if anyone happens to see em, what then, Capn? Then, he answered, slowly wagging his head, themermaids give em a smile an a wink, an they dives into thewater an gets drownded. 12
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The Sea Fairies Spose they know how to swim, Capn Bill?That dont make any difFrence, Trot. The mermaidslive deep down, an the poor mortals never come up again. The little girl was thoughtful for a moment. But why do folks dive in the water when the mermaidssmile an wink1? she asked. Mermaids, he said, gravely, is the most beautifulestcreatures in the world—or the water, either. You knowwhat they re like, Trot; they s got a lovely ladys form downto the waist, an then the other half of em s a fish, with greenan purple an pink scales all adown it. Have they got arms, Capn Bill? Course, Trot; arms like any other lady. Anprettyfaces that smile an look mighty sweet an fetchin. Theirhair is long an soft an silky, an floats all around em in thewater. When they comes up atop the waves they wring thewater out n their hair and sing songs that go right to yourheart. If anybody is unlucky enough to be round jes then,the beauty o them mermaids an their sweet songs charm emlike magic; so s they pl

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