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I. IN WHICH WE MEET FLIP, ALTHOUGH HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE A SECRET		[ 1]
II. IN WHICH PETER SPILLS THE DEW OUT OF HIS
POCKET AND IT CAUSES A GREAT DEAL OF
BOTHER, BUT MR. SMITH, WHO IS THE KING
OF FAIRIES, PUTS AN END TO THE TROUBLE		[ 10]
III. IN WHICH WE BEGIN TO REALIZE HOW CONVENIENT
IT IS TO HAVE A PERSON LIKE FLIP
ABOUT THE PLACE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE
IS NOTHING MUCH TO DO; ALSO WE HEAR OF
MR. MORIARITY AND THE FAIRY WHO DID NOT
HAVE A RED CHIN BEARD AND A BALD HEAD		[ 19]
IV. IN WHICH MARTHA MARY INVADES THE CASTLE,
AND FATHER PROVES THAT HE CAN DO OTHER
THINGS BESIDES WRITING BUSINESS IN BIG
BOOKS. ALSO SOMEONE ARRIVES		[ 28]
V. IN WHICH FLIP TELLS MY FAVORITE STORY, AND
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT VERY MUCH, FLIP
KNOWS SOMEONE WHO WILL		[ 40]
VI. IN WHICH EDWARD LEE AND WALTER GO ON THE
WARPATH BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT
ELSE TO DO, AND ON ACCOUNT OF THEM
JOHN AND MARTHA MARY MISS HEARING THE
MELODRAMA		[ 49]
VII. IN WHICH LIZA GOES UNDER THE SIDEBOARD;
WALTER AND EDWARD LEE FIX THE CAT, AND
FLIP PROVES THAT THE CITY FOGS ARE NICE		[ 67]
VIII. IN WHICH MARTHA MARY HAS A WONDERFUL
DAY AND LEARNS THE LOVELIEST OF SECRETS
AND FLIP’S ASPIRATIONS ARE EXPLAINED		[ 76]
IX. IN WHICH IS TOLD THE STORY OF ALFRED OF
THE LOW COUNTRY, AND JANICE, WHO LOVED
THE QUEEN’S PAGE		[ 85]
X. IN WHICH JANE STAYS LONGER THAN SHE HAD
EXPECTED TO AND WE ENTERTAIN HER. AS
USUAL, FLIP TELLS A STORY		[ 99]
XI. IN WHICH WALTER DOES NOT WANT NINE
EIGHTS TO BE SEVENTY-TWO; AND MARTHA
MARY FEELS SO BADLY FOR HIM THAT SHE
GOES TO SEEK ADVENTURE. SHE FINDS IT		[ 110]
XII. IN WHICH ANOTHER JOHN AND ANOTHER MARY
WANDER FURTHER FROM HOME THAN THEY
EVER HAVE BEEN BEFORE, AND FIND A MARVELOUS
BALL OF GLASS, IN WHICH ONE SEES
THE STRANGEST THINGS		[ 120]
XIII. IN WHICH FLIP USES NEEDLESSLY LONG WORDS,
BUT, TO WIN OUR GOOD-WILL AGAIN, HE
TELLS A REAL OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY TALE		[ 133]
XIV. IN WHICH WINFRED IS GIVEN THE MOST
WONDERFUL WISH IN THE WORLD, AND I ADVISE
YOU ALL TO READ IT AND LEARN WHAT IT IS,
SO THAT IF, SOME DAY WHEN YOU ARE LEAST
EXPECTING IT, A FAIRY COMES AND OFFERS
YOU A WISH, YOU WILL KNOW FOR WHAT TO
ASK		[ 155]
XV. IN WHICH, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG
TIME, I DO NOT TALK AT ALL, BUT AM WELL
CONTENT TO SIT QUIETLY BY AND LISTEN TO
THE LOVELY NEWS THAT L. H. D., WHO, YOU
WILL REMEMBER, I TOLD YOU ABOUT IN THE
PREFACE, HAS BROUGHT		[ 167]