A fairy went a-marketing — She bought a gentle mouse To take her tiny messages, To keep her tiny house. All day she kept its busy feet Pit-patting to and fro, And then she kissed its silken ears, Thanked it, and let it go. — A Fairy Went A-Marketing, by Rose Fyleman.
Artwork: She Kissed Its Silken Ears, by Cicely Mary Barker.
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