human
I've thrown it in at the closet window, she said.
gpt
What do you suppose she'll think when she sees it? She'll think fairies brought it. Ulrica believes in fairies: she told me so.
human
She don't, though: does she? exclaimed Rob.
gpt
What a goose!
human
I think it would be nice to believe in them, replied Nelly.
gpt
I do, just a little, wee wee bit. I don't mean really believe, you know; but just a little bit. I guess there used to be fairies, ever so many, many years ago; oh! longer ago than our great, great, great grandmother: don't you?
human
No! said Rob, very contemptuously:
gpt
Oh, Rob! cried Nelly:
human
That ain't a fairy story, said Rob:
gpt
Oh! you mean a parable, said Nelly.
human
That's what mamma said,--that it meant that we should all find singing trees and talking birds and laughing water, if we loved them enough. But it's a fairy story too, besides all that.