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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
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Can
science
bring
any
tale
to
match
this?
Tell
me,
is
there
anything
in
this
world
more
busy
and
active
than
water,
as
it
rushes
along
in
the
swift
brook,
or
dashes
over
the
stones,
or
spouts
up
in
the
fountain,
or
trickles
down
from
the
roof,
or
shakes
itself
into
ripples
on
the
surface
of
the
pond
as
the
wind
blows
over
it?
But
have
you
never
seen
this
water
spell-bound
and
motionless?
Look
out
of
the
window
some
cold
frosty
morning
in
winter,
at
the
little
brook
which
yesterday
was
flowing
gently
past
the
house,
and
see
how
still
it
lies,
with
the
stones
over
which
it
was
dashing
now
held
tightly
in
its
icy
grasp.
Notice
the
wind-ripples
on
the
pond;
they
have
become
fixed
and
motionless.
Look
up
at
the
roof
of
the
house.
There,
instead
of
living
doves
merely
charmed
to
sleep,
we
have
running
water
caught
in
the
very
act
of
falling
and
turned
into
transparent
icicles,
decorating
the
eaves
with
a
beautiful
crystal
fringe.
On
every
tree
and
bush
you
will
catch
the
water-
drops
napping,
in
the
form
of
tiny
crystals;
while
the
fountain
looks
like
a
tree
of
glass
with
long
down-hanging
pointed
leaves.
Even
the
damp
of
your
own
breath
lies
rigid
and
still
on
the
window-pane
frozen
into
delicate
patterns
like
fern-leaves
of
ice.
All
this
water
was
yesterday
flowing
busily,
or
falling
drop
by
drop,
or
floating
invisibly
in
the
air;
now
it
is
all
caught
and
spell-bound
-
by
whom?
By
the
enchantments
of
the
frost-giant
who
holds
it
fast
in
his
grip
and
will
not
let
it
go.
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