|  Crystaldish | Apr 6, 2007 4:03pm | sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/d_quest.htm [sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/d_quest.htm]
From "The Quest of the Queen's Tears"
Now by those that do not remember their childhood, having other things to do, be it understood that underneath fairyland, which is, as all men know, at the edge of the world, there dwelleth the Gladsome Beast. A synonym he for joy.
It is known how the lark in its zenith, children at play out-of-doors, good witches and jolly old parents have all been compared--how aptly!--with this very same Gladsome Beast. Only one "crab" he has (if I may use slang for a moment to make myself perfectly clear), only one drawback, and that is that in the gladness of his heart he spoils the cabbages of the Old Man Who Looks After Fairyland,--and of course he eats men. |
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