fairies in Australian fairy tales
y jumped. He had forgotten all about the cat. “You were always kind to me, Toney, and I’m going to help you now.” “How can a cat help anybody?” replied poor Toney. “Ah! but I wasn’t always a cat, Toney.” “Oh, bother; I suppose you mean when you were a little kitten,” muttered the boy. “No, I don’t,…
- Record ID
- 2,349
- Year
- 1,897
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
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- Record ID
- 2349
- Source
- Project Gutenberg
- Publication
- Australian fairy tales; Atha Westbury
- Published
- 1897
- Narrative type
- Retellings and Adaptations
- Public-text label
- fairies
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- Australia (Australia): B
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Domain Public Web
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y jumped. He had forgotten all about the cat. “You were always kind to me, Toney, and I’m going to help you now.” “How can a cat help anybody?” replied poor Toney. “Ah! but I wasn’t always a cat, Toney.” “Oh, bother; I suppose you mean when you were a little kitten,” muttered the boy. “No, I don’t, Toney Buck. I never was a kitten. I mean when I was a happy fairy in Elfland, before I was changed into a cat for being cruel and selfish.” “Snooks!” answered Toney sceptically. “Who?” “Snooks! It won’t do, you know. There ain’t no fairies, nor moonland, and such nonsense.” “Supposing my shape were to change again, here under your very.
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