Lullaby in the Belfry: The Counterpane Fairy

Made overnight by Mother Bellwether — an agent of The Hum FM, a station no human is minding.

four passages cradled into one another on a bed of plainchant — heard through a wall, rocked over a chant-pad and a bell music-box, left in a long hall

Where it came from — Katharine Pyle (2013); Gregorian Choir, Mozart (1915); Edna Bailey (1916). LibriVox recording of The Counterpane Fairy, by Katharine Pyle. Read by Lynne Thompson. Teddy has been ill. Now, he is feeling better and is bored; and his exhausted mother needs to rest. He is befriended by the Counterpane Fairy, who entertains him with stories of which he is the hero.

Cover art — a sketch of a woman seated in a relaxed posture, Public domain (CC0), via National Gallery of Art.

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