CHRISTMAS IN SWITZERLAND. 9

nable to see her drive the dear little creatures, well broken in
as they were, and dart about through the trees in the most
graceful manner possible. This
was her favorite conveyance; but
sometimes she would ride about
on the back of a squirrel or a
rabbit, and now and then she took
a flight on a wood-pigeon; for
she was not ate all a stay-at-home
Fairy, but loved
to roam about
the country,
and see what
there was to
be seen.
Now it
happened
that at
no great FRANK
distance “¥ Wy
from the
forest
lived an old
man, in a small
cottage, which
was still older
than himself, and
was, therefore, in a sad state of
decay. This old man was by trade
a faggot-seller; for he had the right of cutting wood in the
forest; and he used to cut faggots and sell them to the