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Mopsa the Fairy

Chapter 4: MOPSA THE FAIRY
By Jean Ingelow
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About This Book

A linked series of fairy tales opens when a curious boy discovers a tiny fairy child in a hawthorn tree, then follows her through a sequence of episodic adventures that blend domestic life and enchanted happenings. Chapters range from light-hearted lessons and alphabet learning to encounters with uncanny creatures, seaside and riverside imagery, parties and narrow escapes from capricious forces such as Old Mother Fate, and a quest centered on a royal wand. The tone mixes whimsy and gentle moral instruction, emphasizing childhood wonder, kindness, and the porous boundary between human and fairy worlds.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Thereupon a lantern became visible. 9
He saw the sun come rolling up among them. 12
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“Those five grand ones with high prows ... were part of the Spanish Armada and those open boats with the blue sails belonged to the Romans.” 15
Tailpiece 21
“I’m willing to gee and I’m agreeable to wo.” 22
They would certainly have caught him if he had not been very quick. 36
Headpiece 37
“What’ll you buy?—what’ll you buy, sir?” 43
Tailpiece 52
Headpiece 53
A great fight was still going on. 67
Headpiece 68
“Master, I will do my best,” answered the hound. 76
Clink-of-the-Hole. 77
The little brown man fell on his knees and said, “Oh, a shilling and a penny.” 79
“Master, do you know what you have done?” 86
Tailpiece 92
Headpiece 93
“I should like vastly well to be her nurse,” said the apple-woman. 104
Headpiece 105
And now her bright little head ... came as high as the second button of his waistcoat. 114
The Craken 115
“The awful river-horses rose up and, with shrill screams, fell upon them.” 120
“While crowds of the one-foot-one fairies looked on, hanging from the boughs.” 125
Headpiece 126
“Well, you must know,” answered the apple-woman, “that fairies cannot abide cold weather.” 133
“So she began to sing.” 136
Headpiece 137
“Yes, sir,” said the woman, “but where is it now?” 148
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They spread out long filmy wings. 157
Tailpiece 160
Headpiece 161
He gave the plate a push with his elbow. 170
Headpiece 171
But still Mopsa walked on blindfold. 186
Headpiece 187
So she stooped forward as she stood on the step. 199
Tailpiece 208

MOPSA THE FAIRY