hold up the things they have found inside. Jack has a pair of spectacles
with large round glasses and black rims. Polly has a curious little
brown cap. They look at them in perplexity._

Oh, there is some writing fastened to mine, _says_ POLLY.

And to mine, too, _adds_ JACK.

POLLY _reads:_

"A fairy wishing-cap am I;
So put me on, and away you fly.
Wherever you wish, 'tis there you'll be,
And quicker than saying three-times-three."


_Polly puts the cap on her head. Then_ JACK _reads_:

"Fairy spectacles are we;
Put us on, and you shall see
Things you never saw before,
Easy as saying four-times-four."


_Jack puts the spectacles on his nose, and begins to go about the room
looking at everything through them_.

Oh, Polly, _he exclaims_, I can see all sorts of queer things. I
can see what is in the table drawer without opening it, and I can see
the pictures in the books right through the covers. And oh, Polly, look