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“Feathers fell from the sky. Like black snow, they drifted onto an old city called Bath.”
“it struck Mr. Jelliby that a wide-eyed faery was not a surprised faery. It was an angry, angry faery.”
“…it struck Mr. Jelliby that a wide-eyed faery was not a surprised faery. It was an angry, angry faery.”
“Her voice was loud and cheerful, the way it was when nothing was well and she was determined not to show it.”
“He had an image in his mind of a gaggle of long-necked geese, all done up in petticoats and crinolines, sitting around a stuffy parlor and talking about him.”
“He wanted a faery. More than anything else in the world. He had already imagined exactly how it should happen. He would set up the invitation, and the next day there would be a petal-winged pisky c...”