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PARACHUTE JUMPER by ETHEL CASE COOK

First Line: PATRICK, OUR GARDEN MAN, KNOWS ALL THE FAIRY-FOLK
Last Line: ...CAN I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE BOTH OF US DREAMED?
Subject(s): FAIRIES; PARACHUTES; ELVES;
Patrick, our garden man, knows all the fairy-folk,
Hears little pipes when the elves hold a dance;
Speaks of the brownies whose work makes the flowers grow,
Tells how he saw some, one morning, by chance.

Mother says Irishmen frequently say such things, --
Not to believe him, but just to enjoy;
How can I doubt him when only this morning I
Saw with my own eyes a wee elfin boy?

Up in the sky he was, holding a mushroom stem,
Just like a silver umbrella it seemed;
Slowly it bore him away past the garden-hedge --
...Can I believe that we've both of us dreamed?



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