Book Summary: In this folktale-style story by famous Irish author Juliana Horatia Ewing, poor Pat finds himself dancing with the fairies after he accidentally takes the infamous Murdoch's Path. Fortunately, Pat knows his manners, and the fairies richly reward him despite his trespasses. But when a greedy shoemaker tries to duplicate Pat's success, he finds that the fairies aren't so generous to those who would trick them. |