A glass-ribbon waterfall, wooden balancing figure on a wire, thick-trunked miniature baobab and smiling woodland elf form a small diorama.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream ‧ 1600

William Shakespeare

Are you the prankish elf I've heard about? But those that call you by the name 'sweet puck'? You do there work, and they shall have good luck, are you not he?

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The question asks whether the listener is the prankish sprite known as sweet Puck, linking that name with helpful work and good luck. The sprite does the work for those who use the name; the retained spelling remains unchanged.

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