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Download or read book Fabulous Fancies (Classic Reprint) written by W. B. Maxwell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fabulous Fancies Why do they call where we live High Park? She used to ask her nurse. Indeed, it was a long way from the real park. Once, coming home from the Serpentine, she was so tired that she said piteously, If a 'fairy gave me a wish now, I would choose a cab to go home in. She had made a similarly devised remark to one of her aunts about a box of chocolates in a shop window - and Auntie had gone in and bought the sweetmeats. But Nana wasn't taking any that afternoon, she said. Cabs, of course, being understood by little Mary, who was quick for her years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.