Old Farm Fairies
A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
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HOW THE BROWNIES CAME TO HILLSIDE
14:38 -
SPITE THE SPY
13:40 -
ADVENTURES OF THE BROWNIE SCOUTS
26:51 -
THE BROWNIES VISIT GOVERNOR WILLE
10:41 -
MADAM BREEZE COMES TO THE RESCUE
13:00 -
ATTACK ON THE OLD LODGE
12:08 -
HOW THE FORT WAS SAVED
26:35 -
THE SANITARY CORPS
12:27 -
NIGHT WATCHES
21:42 -
THE GOLDEN MOTTOES
9:18 -
ON THE TRAIL
8:24 -
THE LOST TRAIL
6:31 -
RAFT THE SMUGGLER
14:27 -
A PALACE AND A PRISON
13:40 -
A PIXIE INSURRECTION
18:58 -
BROWNIES ON A LARK
22:04 -
HOW THE LARK ENDED
25:43 -
WOOED BUT NOT WON
18:50 -
A BATTLE ON LAKE KATRINE
21:10 -
A NAVAL MONSTER
18:33 -
THE CHARGE OF ENSIGN LAWE
11:21 -
"HAIR-BREADTH 'SCAPES BY FLOOD AND FIELD"
25:41 -
A GHOST STORY
17:42 -
THE WISDOM OF THE PIXIES
11:17 -
BLYTHE'S FLUTE
22:36 -
THE HAUNTED GROUND
12:37 -
THE DISENCHANTMENT
13:25 -
OUT OF THE PIT
16:39 -
BREAKING CAMP
14:38 -
THE GRAND ALLIANCE WITH SCALY, TWIST AND SLYMOUSIE
38:13 -
HOME AGAIN
36:57 -
ENSIGN LAWE'S MISSION
31:41 -
HOW THE MISSION ENDED
38:54
Old Farm Fairies (1895) is a public domain work.
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About this book
Spider habits become the machinery of a miniature fairy conflict in Henry C. McCook's 1895 story for young people. His preface explains that Pixies represent spiders, while Brownies stand for insect forms, especially those useful to people. Human characters connect this small world with life around an old farm. Water spiders supply ideas for sailors and ships, burrowing spiders for underground dwellings, and airborne spiders for scouting.
The story gives these natural patterns human feelings and military roles. During a lake battle, Rodney and Ask face danger aboard ship, and Sergeant Clearview helps rescue Rodney at the ship's rail. An appendix links incidents to the habits behind them, with figures providing further clues. The combination offers readers a way to follow an adventure while considering the animal behavior that shaped it, though the fighting includes serious injuries.
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Book facts
- Author
- Henry C. McCook
- Pages
- 279
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Childrens Classics
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- Audio read by
- Catherine Arwine