“‘You have wished a big wish,’ said the fairy, ‘but you shall have it.’” So she kissed great-grandmother’s eyes and mouth, and then she flew away.
“And did the wish come true?” asked Trots.
“Always—always,” answered grannie. “We have been since then the best spinners and knitters in all the countryside, and the best wives and daughters.”
“But,” said Trots, “what will the eleventh generation do when the wish stops and the good-luck?”
“I don’t know,” said grannie, shaking her head. “I suppose they’ll have to catch a fairy of their own.”
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Not Such Fun as it Seemed:
... and Dolly was generally only too eager to join in her brothers pranks. Brothers corrected to brother’s. ... and Dolly was generally only too eager to join in her brother’s pranks.
The Little Tiny Thing:
... said father. Do you think that all children are as kind as that?” Missing opening quotation mark before the word Do. Opening quotation mark inserted. ... said father. “Do you think that all children are as kind as that?”