Mopsa the Fairy
by Jean Ingelow
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"That would be Jean Ingelow's odd little story "Mopsa the Fairy," which I read in one my favorite-ever classes, Victorian Children's Literature (with Dr. Kelly Hager, at Simmons College's Center for the Study of Children's Literature)."
By the Book: Kristin Cashore · nytimes.com