TwigTwig was just a plain, ordinary little girl who lived on the fourth floor of a "high sort of house" in the city. The back yard behind that house was Twig's little world. It was a bare little world, with nothing but a dandelion and a stream of drainpipe water to make it beautiful; with nobody but Old Boy, the ice-wagon horse, Old Girl, the cat, and the Sparrows, to keep Twig company. But one day, out in the alley, Twig found an empty tomato can, with pictures of bright red tomatoes all round it. When it was upside down, it looked like a pretty little house, just the right size for a fairy! Twig stood it upside down next to the dandelion, not far from the stream. And this is the story of what happened in and around that little house one Saturday afternoon. A story full of magic, full of fun, full of fantasy interwoven with reality, and full of the kind of tenderness which belongs most particularly to the very young. A story both boys and girls will love. |
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arms asked Elf asked Twig back yard beautiful began Blondie bottletop Buzzle's called Elf called Twig careless little tune chuckled Chummie CHUP CHUP CHUP Cobb cocked her head-this cockroach dandelion dandelion leaf doorway drainpipe water eggs Elf took Elf's Fairyland flew flight of steps fluffy brown fur garbage gold-rimmed spectacles head hopped ice-wagon horse jumped Kitty-kitty-kitty leaf little fellow little fluffy brown little green bag little house little lady little missy little red book looked Lord Buzzle Majesty Mama nest Old Boy Old Girl Old Shoemaker Old Shoemaker's Wife piece of shiny potatoes pretty little fairy Queen sarsaparilla shouted Sparrow sitting smart little fluffy smiling very sweetly Sodasodasarsaparilla Sparrow's back Sparrow's children Sparrow's feather squeaked Elf squeaked Twig stick of gum stood SWEETIE PIE thimble toothpaste tops Twig and Elf Twig took Twig's Papa TWIGGIE walked Whew whispered Twig whistle his careless young whipper-snapper