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THE BIRTHDAY OF THE FAIRY QUEEN

She lived in a tiny stone cottage with her loving family, and her granny used to tell her stories about the fairy folk who lived beneath the earth and liked to meet by the peaceful little pool in the woods, just down the hill from the cottage.

Even though her life was happy, Nora was a little bit gloomery. What does that mean? It means that she was a little bit sad, and Nora did tend to mope when her work was too hard or her family was too busy to pay attention to her.

On such days, she liked to go down to the

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