<P> A friend, one of the Perkins teachers informed the Gazette that Keller's story was a reproduction of "Frost Fairies", from Margaret Canby's book Birdie and His Fairy Friends . </P> <P> The Gazette ran both stories, and the editor commented that he believed it a deliberate attempt at fraud by Keller's handlers . Keller insisted she had no memory of having read the book or having had it read to her, but passages in her letters from the period, which she describes as "dreams", strongly resembled other episodes in the book . </P> <P> In Sullivan's account of the incident, addressed to John Hitz of the Volta Bureau, she had investigated to see who could have read the story to Helen or even owned a copy of the book . It seemed her own mentor, Sophia Hopkins, had taken charge of the then eight - year - old Keller while Sullivan was on vacation, and had read the book to her through finger spelling . Keller stated that she remembered nothing of this, and she was devastated that people she had loved and trusted would accuse her of lying . </P> <P> Similar stories Father Frost Jack Frost folklore Old Man Winter References to King Frost in popular culture include the temporal "The reign of King Frost had begun" in a 1920s dime romance novel . </P>

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