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Flower Fables

by Louisa May Alcott

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  1. 01Front matter~1 min
  2. 02Flower Fables~2 min
  3. 03THE FROST-KING: OR, THE POWER OF LOVE. — part 1~25 min
  4. 04THE FROST-KING: OR, THE POWER OF LOVE. — part 2~7 min
  5. 05EVA’S VISIT TO FAIRY-LAND. — part 1~25 min
  6. 06EVA’S VISIT TO FAIRY-LAND. — part 2~8 min
  7. 07THE FLOWER’S LESSON.~6 min
  8. 08LILY-BELL AND THISTLEDOWN. — part 1~25 min
  9. 09LILY-BELL AND THISTLEDOWN. — part 2~25 min
  10. 10LILY-BELL AND THISTLEDOWN. — part 3~9 min
  11. 11LITTLE BUD.~21 min
  12. 12CLOVER-BLOSSOM.~9 min
  13. 13LITTLE ANNIE’S DREAM; OR, THE FAIRY FLOWER.~22 min
  14. 14RIPPLE, THE WATER-SPIRIT. — part 1~25 min
  15. 15RIPPLE, THE WATER-SPIRIT. — part 2~7 min
  16. 16FAIRY SONG.~2 min

A few words to begin

The summer moon shone brightly down upon the sleeping earth, while far away from mortal eyes danced the Fairy folk. Fire-flies hung in bright clusters on the dewy leaves, that waved in the cool night-wind; and the flowers stood gazing, in very wonder, at the little Elves, who lay among the fern-leaves, swung in the vine-boughs, sailed on the lake in lily cups, or danced on the mossy ground, to the music of the hare-bells, who rung out their merriest peal in honor of the night. Under the shade of a wild rose sat the Queen and her little Maids of Honor, beside the silvery mushroom where the feast was spread.

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