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mirth, the perplexity of poor Rosa,
who continued terrified and embarras-
sed. “ You are a fairy, to be sure,”
said Peribanou, recovering from the fit
of laughter into which Rosa’s alarm
had thrown her; but I will make you
big again directly.” So saying, she
took her to a large mirror at the other
end of the room; adding, “ you see I
can do any thing: now you area great
girl, as before: but whenever you look
in that glass (pointing to the convex

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mirror), you will be a little fairy again,’

* T will not look in it any more,”
cried Rosa; ‘* and don’t you look,
Charles.” Charles promised he would
not; for though he perceived no dimi-
nution of size in Rosa, its effects being,
as he supposed, confined to herself, he

concluded