Quote from "The Will-o'-the-Wisps Are in Town" (1865)
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At Christmastime the wild swans sing on the open water, while in the old manor house the guests beside the fire are happy to hear the ancient songs and legends.
Down into the old part of the garden, where the great avenue of old chestnut trees invites the wanderer to pause in their shade, went the man who was seeking the fairy tale. Here the wind had once told him of "Valdemar Daae and His Daughters"; here the dryad in the tree – the fairy-tale mother herself – had told him "The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream."
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