" now i am mounting straight up to the sun , " said a voice in the flames ; and it was as if a thousand voices echoed the words as the flames darted up through the chimney and went out at the top . then a number of tiny beings , as many as the flowers on the flax had been , and invisible to mortal eyes , floated above the children . they were even lighter and more delicate than the blue flowers from which they were born ; and as the flames died out and nothing remained of the paper but black ashes , these little beings danced upon it , and wherever they touched it , bright red sparks appeared .
they were invisible to mortal eyes .
why couldn't the children see the tiny beings ?
why couldn't the children see the tiny beings ?