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The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll/My Fairy

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The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (1920)
by Lewis Carroll
My Fairy

Written when the author was thirteen.

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EARLY VERSE

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MY FAIRY
(1845)

I have a fairy by my side
Which says I must not sleep,
When once in pain I loudly cried
It said "You must not weep."

If, full of mirth, I smile and grin,
It says "You must not laugh;"
When once I wished to drink some gin
It said "You must not quaff."

When once a meal I wished to taste
It said "You must not bite;"
When to the wars I went in haste
It said "You must not fight."

"What may I do?" at length I cried,
Tired of the painful task.
The fairy quietly replied,
And said "You must not ask."

  Moral: "You mustn't."

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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