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He had an image in his mind of a gaggle of long-necked geese, all done up in petticoats and crinolines, sitting around a stuffy parlor and talking about him.Stefan Bachmann
2
…it struck Mr. Jelliby that a wide-eyed faery was not a surprised faery. It was an angry, angry faery.Stefan Bachmann
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He wanted a faery. More than anything else in the world. He had already imagined exactly how it should happen. He would set up the invitation, and the next day there would be a petal-winged pisky clinging to the top of his bedpost. It would have a foolish grin on its face, and large ears, and it wouldn’t notice at all that Bartholomew was small and ugly and different from everyone else. But no. Mother had to ruin everything. .Stefan Bachmann
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Her voice was loud and cheerful, the way it was when nothing was well and she was determined not to show it.Stefan Bachmann
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Feathers fell from the sky. Like black snow, they drifted onto an old city called Bath.Stefan Bachmann