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It is easy to imagine the astonishment of the three girls at hearing this strange request. They gazed in a bewildered fashion upon the kneeling fairy, and were at first unable to answer one word. Then Seseley said -- sadly, for she grieved to disappoint the pretty creature:
"We are but mortal children, and have no powers of enchantment at all."