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 aren't any nymphs. You're only dreaming!' Are there nymphs, Eepersip?"

"Oh, yes, Fleuriss, and if we dance and run and dress just like them, we'll pretend we're nymphs, too."

"But why can't we see them, Eepersip?"

"Oh, we can, if we took very hard. They're all around in the trees, the flowers, and the woods. Sometimes we can't see them, and they turn into butterflies so we can. I can see them."

"Well, sometimes," said Fleuriss thoughtfully, "it seems as if they were everywherewhen it's windy, you know, and sunny, and there are shadows. In my garden it's so beautiful I think there must be nymphs. I can feel them, not exactly see."

There was a pause.

Then"Where we going now, Eepersip?" for Eepersip was gradually working off to a hill which was a peak of Mount Varcrobis, north of Eiki-ennern Peak.

"Fleuriss," said Eepersip, with a strange emotion in her voice," have you ever seen the sea?"

"No, but I heard Mother talking about it once. She said maybe you had gone down there; and she told me it was lots of blue water, and there were boats there. Did you really go there?"

"Yes; it's so beautiful, Fleuriss. The sun makes