Can you bear this , and keep your promise faithfully ? '' `` I think I can . But why wo n't they like you ? '' said Fancy , looking troubled . `` Because they are not like you , dear , '' answered the mermaid , with salt tears in her soft eyes . `` They have not your power of seeing beauty in all things , of enjoying invisible delights , and living in a world of your own . Your Aunt Fiction will like me ; but your Uncle Fact wo n't . He will want to know all about me ; will think I 'm a little vagabond ; and want me to be sent away somewhere , to be made like other children . I shall keep out of his way as much as I can ; for I 'm afraid of him . '' `` I 'll take care of you , Lorelei dear ; and no one shall trouble you . I hear Miss Fairbairn calling ; so I must go . Give me your hand , and do n't be afraid . '' Hand in hand the two went toward the other children , who stopped digging , and stared at the new child . Miss Fairbairn , who was very wise and good , but rather prim , stared too , and said , with surprise : `` Why , my dear , where did you find that queer child ? '' `` Down on the beach . Is n't she pretty ? '' answered Fancy , feeling very proud of her new friend . `` She has n't got any shoes on ; so she 's a beggar , and we must n't play with her , '' said one boy , who had been taught that to be poor was a very dreadful thing . `` What pretty earrings and bracelets she 's got ! '' said a little girl , who thought a great deal of her dress .
`` She does n't look as if she knew much , '' XXXXX another child , who was kept studying so hard that she never had time to dig and run , and make dirt-pies , till she fell ill , and had to be sent to the sea-side .
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