But I will tell you ; I can not help punishing people when they do wrong . I like it no more than they do ; I am often very , very sorry for them , poor things : but I can not help it . If I tried not to do it , I should do it all the same . For I work by machinery , just like an engine ; and am full of wheels and springs inside ; and am wound up very carefully , so that I can not help going . '' `` Was it long ago since they wound you up ? '' asked Tom . For he thought , the cunning little fellow , `` She will run down some day : or they may forget to wind her up , as old Grimes used to forget to wind up his watch when he came in from the public-house ; and then I shall be safe . '' `` I was wound up once and for all , so long ago , that I forget all about it . '' `` Dear me , '' said Tom , `` you must have been made a long time ! '' `` I never was made , my child ; and I shall go for ever and ever ; for I am as old as Eternity , and yet as young as Time . '' And there came over the lady 's face a very curious expression -- very solemn , and very sad ; and yet very , very sweet . And she looked up and away , as if she were gazing through the sea , and through the sky , at something far , far off ; and as she did so , there came such a quiet , tender , patient , hopeful smile over her face that Tom thought for the moment that she did not look ugly at all . And no more she did ; for she was like a great many people who have not a pretty feature in their faces , and yet are lovely to behold , and draw little children 's hearts to them at once because though the house is plain enough , yet from the windows a beautiful and good spirit is looking forth . And Tom smiled in her face , she looked so pleasant for the moment . And the strange fairy smiled too , and said : `` Yes . You thought me very ugly just now , did you not ? '' Tom hung down his head , and got very red about the ears . `` And I am very ugly . I am the ugliest fairy in the world ; and I shall be , till people behave themselves as they ought to do . And then I shall grow as handsome as my sister , who is the loveliest fairy in the world ; and her name is Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby .
So she begins where I end , and I begin where she ends ; and those who will not listen to her must listen to me , XXXXX you will see .
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