The star jewels, and other wonders

Chapter 8: CHILD OR FAIRY

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About This Book

A collection of short fairy tales and lyrical pieces for children that follows mermaids, fairies, dryads, and other enchanted creatures through gentle, whimsical episodes. Tales center on simple desires, small moral choices, and moments of wonder, often set against vivid natural backdrops of sea, wood, and sky. Interspersed rhymes and brief poems echo the stories’ themes with musical language and playful imagery. Illustrated plates accompany many entries, shaping a consistently fanciful and imaginative atmosphere throughout the volume.

CHILD OR FAIRY

’Tis good to be a Fairy-thing,

And flit about on gauzy wing;

To sleep in cradles made of flowers,

Or play through all the joyous hours.

For Fairies have no grief nor care,

Happy they are, and always fair,—

I suppose.

And yet ’tis better far to be

A little human child like me,

With lessons hard and tasks to do,

And sometimes little troubles, too.

For I have Mother’s tender kiss,

And nothing is so good as this,—

Every one knows!