`` Nay , dear Eva , you are a mortal child , and can not enter here ; but I will tell them of the kind little maiden who has learned to love them , and they will remember you when you are gone . Come now , for you have seen enough , and we must be away . '' On a rosy morning cloud , surrounded by the loving Elves , went Eva through the sunny sky . The fresh wind bore them gently on , and soon they stood again beside the brook , whose waves danced brightly as if to welcome them . `` Now , ere we say farewell , '' said the Queen , as they gathered nearer to the child , `` tell me , dear Eva , what among all our Fairy gifts will make you happiest , and it shall be yours . '' `` You good little Fairies , '' said Eva , folding them in her arms , for she was no longer the tiny child she had been in Fairy-Land , `` you dear good little Elves , what can I ask of you , who have done so much to make me happy , and taught me so many good and gentle lessons , the memory of which will never pass away ? I can only ask of you the power to be as pure and gentle as yourselves , as tender and loving to the weak and sorrowing , as untiring in kindly deeds to all . Grant me this gift , and you shall see that little Eva has not forgotten what you have taught her . '' `` The power shall be yours , '' said the Elves , and laid their soft hands on her head ; `` we will watch over you in dreams , and when you would have tidings of us , ask the flowers in your garden , and they will tell you all you would know . Farewell . Remember Fairy-Land and all your loving friends . '' They clung about her tenderly , and little Rose-Leaf placed a flower crown on her head , whispering softly , `` When you would come to us again , stand by the brook-side and wave this in the air , and we will gladly take you to our home again . Farewell , dear Eva . Think of your little Rose-Leaf when among the flowers . '' Long Eva watched their shining wings , and listened to the music of their voices as they flew singing home , and when at length the last little form had vanished among the clouds , she saw that all around her where the Elves had been , the fairest flowers had sprung up , and the lonely brook-side was a blooming garden . Thus she stood among the waving blossoms , with the Fairy garland in her hair , and happy feelings in her heart , better and wiser for her visit to Fairy-Land . `` Now , Star-Twinkle , what have you to teach ? '' asked the Queen . `` Nothing but a little song I heard the hare-bells singing , '' replied the Fairy , and , taking her harp , sang , in a low , sweet voice : -- THE FLOWER 'S LESSON . THERE grew a fragrant rose-tree where the brook flows , With two little tender buds , and one full rose ; When the sun went down to his bed in the west , The little buds leaned on the rose-mother 's breast , While the bright eyed stars their long watch kept , And the flowers of the valley in their green cradles slept ; Then silently in odors they communed with each other , The two little buds on the bosom of their mother .
`` O sister , '' said the little one , as she gazed at the sky , `` I wish that the Dew XXXXX , as they wander lightly by , Would bring me a star ; for they never grow dim , And the Father does not need them to burn round him .
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