Or is she an elfish spirit, who, as the legends of our childhood taught us, is forbidden to cross a running stream?
或者她是一个小精灵, 正如我们童年的传说所教导的那样,她是被禁止穿越溪流的?
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Pearl pointed upward, also, at a similar picture in the head-piece; smiling at her mother, with the elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy.
珀尔也向上指着头饰上的类似图片;对她的母亲微笑,小精灵的智慧在她娇小的容貌上显得如此熟悉。
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With all these sterling attributes, thought Hester, the evil which she inherited from her mother must be great indeed, if a noble woman do not grow out of this elfish child.
A mole throwing up its mound at the end of its burrow and making its way out at last with the long-nailed paws which looked so like elfish hands, had absorbed him one whole morning.
An elf (plural: elves) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore. Reconstructing the early concept of an elf depends almost entirely on texts in Old English or relating to Norse mythology. Later evidence for elves appears in diverse sources such as medical texts, prayers, ballads, and folktales.