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 THE BROWNIES

CHAPTER I

BROWNIES

is a household fairy who lives under and in the trees. This is the reason that the Brownies badge is an acorn.

There are many kinds of Brownies, such as Sprites, Elves, Gnomes, Fairies, Goblins, Pixies, Imps, Nymphs, Will-o'-the-wisps.

Have you ever seen a fairy ring? There are many in the woods and sometimes in the garden—just a wide circle in the ground of rather darker grass than the rest of the turf round about it. It is said to be a track made by the Brownies who come together and dance on the grass by moonlight, round a toadstool in the middle.

So our Brownies have a toadstool as their Totem and they make their ring around it. Like true fairies they 1