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The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor
Once a Mr. Noy was taking a short cut across the moor,
when he became lost. When at last he saw lights ahead he thought he had come to a
farmhouse, but upon reaching it his horse and dogs would not approach. He went ahead
through an orchard towards a house, and saw many people feasting and dancing. All were
richly dressed but seemed quite small to Mr. Noy, then he noticed a girl dressed in white
and taller than the others. He approached the girl and she asked that he follow her
to the orchard, away from the others. Once they were in the quiet he recognized her as
Grace his sweetheart who was thougth to have died several years before. Grace was pleased to see him but told him that she was
glad that she had stopped him before he could take a drink or eat any of the food, for if
he were to do so he would be trapped forever. That was what had befallen her, she said.
One evening when she was out on the moor she had heard Mr. Noy's voice and went towards
him, but became lost and wandered for hours until she came to the orchard. She was so
hungry that she picked a plum from one of the trees, and at once fell into a faint. When
she awoke she was surrounded by the little people, who were well pleased that they had a
girl to look after their children and bake and brew for them. She was more content with what had befallen her now, she
said, but Mr. Noy hoped to save the both of them. He turned his gloves inside out and
threw them into the midst of the fairy gathering. At once everything, including Grace,
vanished and Mr. Noy felt something hit his head and fell to the ground. Mr. Noy was found later by friends and told them his
story, but like many mortals who have been to fairyland he soon lost interest in the
mortal world.
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