{"id":1393,"date":"2026-02-10T15:28:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:17:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:17:52","slug":"a-long-time-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeplacefairies.com\/blog\/?p=1393","title":{"rendered":"A Long Time Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

O<\/strong>nce a long, long time ago<\/p>\n

I<\/strong> knew a little girl<\/p>\n

who lived in a little house<\/p>\n

in a little wood.<\/p>\n

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T<\/strong>he little girl lived with a fairy horse and two tame wolf dogs deep within an enchanted forest in a clearing by a stream.<\/p>\n

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E<\/strong>ach day the little girl would walk with the animals through the forest learning from nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>s the years passed the little girl learned how to listen to all of the inhabitants of the forest and in time she spoke their languages.<\/span><\/p>\n

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B<\/strong>y listening and looking closely the little girl discovered the diversity of other beings and how integral those differences are to the well being of all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A<\/strong>s the little girl grew she witnessed the brotherhood of every living thing.<\/p>\n

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Glossary:<\/p>\n

integral: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0essential<\/p>\n

essential: \u00a0 \u00a0absolutely necessary<\/p>\n

diversity: \u00a0\u00a0of many different elements or types<\/p>\n

brotherhood: \u00a0a feeling of closeness that exists between a group which chooses to live or work together<\/p>\n

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