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Updated: July 11, 2025
For Griselda's head was crammed full, perfectly full, of fairy lore; and the mandarins' country, and butterfly-land, were quite as real to her as the every-day world about her. But all this time she was not forgotten by the cuckoo, as you will see.
"They don't require any other kind of food than a sniff of perfume; and as there are perfumes extracted from every flower in butterfly-land, and there are far more flowers than you could count between now and Christmas, you must allow there is plenty of variety of dishes." "Um-m," said Griselda; "I suppose there is. But all the same, cuckoo, it's a very good thing I'm not hungry, isn't it?
The cuckoo smiled, I was going to say, but that would be a figure of speech only, would it not? He shook his head gently. "No, Griselda," he said kindly; "this is only butterfly-land." "Butterfly-land!" repeated Griselda, with a little disappointment in her tone. "Well," said the cuckoo, "it's where you were wishing to be yesterday, isn't it?"
No, indeed, that is not how they manage things in butterfly-land. The king and queen have worked harder than any other butterflies. They are chosen every now and then, out of all the others, as being the most industrious and the cleverest of all the world-flower-painters, and then they are allowed to rest, and are fed on the finest essences, so that they grow as splendid as you see.
The cuckoo smiled, I was going to say, but that would be a figure of speech only, would it not? He shook his head gently. "No, Griselda," he said kindly; "this is only butterfly-land." "Butterfly-land!" repeated Griselda, with a little disappointment in her tone. "Well," said the cuckoo, "it's where you were wishing to be yesterday, isn't it?"
"They don't require any other kind of food than a sniff of perfume; and as there are perfumes extracted from every flower in butterfly-land, and there are far more flowers than you could count between now and Christmas, you must allow there is plenty of variety of dishes." "Um-m," said Griselda; "I suppose there is. But all the same, cuckoo, it's a very good thing I'm not hungry, isn't it?
For Griselda's head was crammed full, perfectly full, of fairy lore; and the mandarins' country, and butterfly-land, were quite as real to her as the every-day world about her. But all this time she was not forgotten by the cuckoo, as you will see.
No, indeed, that is not how they manage things in butterfly-land. The king and queen have worked harder than any other butterflies. They are chosen every now and then, out of all the others, as being the most industrious and the cleverest of all the world-flower-painters, and then they are allowed to rest, and are fed on the finest essences, so that they grow as splendid as you see.
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