# The windfairies, and other tales Author: De Morgan, Mary, 1850-1907; Cockerell, Olive J. (Olive Juliet), 1869-1910 [Illustrator] Genre: Category: Short Stories Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69875 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+windfairies%2C+and+other+tales+De+Morgan&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary THERE was once a windmill which stood on the downs by the sea, far from any town or village, and in which the miller lived alone with his little daughter. His wife had died when the little girl, whose name was Lucilla, was a baby, and so the miller lived by himself with his child, of whom he was very proud. As her father was busy with his work, and as little Lucilla had no other children to play with, she was alone nearly all day, and had to amuse herself as best she could, and one of her greatest pleasures was to sit and watch the great sails of the windmill figures like them, and they held each other by the hand, and were dancing and springing from the ground as lightly as if they had b... ## Chapters - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-windfairies-and-other-tales-69875/chapters/11/index.md)