The Rose And The Ring

Between the kingdoms of Paflagonia and Crim Tartary, there lived\na mysterious personage, who was known in those countries as the\nFairy Blackstick, from the ebony wand or crutch which she carried;\non which she rode to the moon sometimes, or upon other excursions\nof business or pleasure, and with which she performed her wonders.\nWhen she was young, and had been first taught the art of conjuring\nby the necromancer, her father, she was always practicing her\nskill, whizzing about from one kingdom to another upon her black\nstick, and conferring her fairy favors upon this Prince or\nthat.

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