"
So Giant Energy worked by day and by night and made a chain of golden
links; and in every link was a pearl as white as the shining pebbles
in the brook. A queen might well have been proud to wear this chain.
After he had finished, Fairy Skill kissed him and blessed him, and
sent him away to be a helper in the world, and she made him take with
him the beautiful things which he had made, so that he might give them
to the one he loved best.
The young giant crossed the brook, passed the willow, found the
mullein stalk, and counted the daffodils.
When he had counted a hundred, he stepped over the meadow fence and
came to the good woman's house.
The good woman was at home, so he went in at the door and spread the
carpet on the floor, and the floor looked like the floor of a palace.
He set the cup on the table, and the table looked like the table of a
king; and he hung the chain around the good woman's neck, and she was
more beautiful than a queen.
And this is the way that young Giant Energy learned to be a helper in
the world.
THE FARMER
THE FARM HOUSE
My name is Louisa Manners. I was seven years old on the first day of
May. On the morning of that day, as soon as I awoke, I crept into
mamma's bed, and said,
"Open your eyes, mamma, and look at me, for it is my birthday.
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