"THEY WANT OUT A BIT," SHE SAID. "THEY'RE TIRED
LIKE WITH BEING MEWED UP IN THERE ALL DAY AND
NEVER A BREATH OF AIR--NO WONDER" 132

"UPON MY WORD THEY ARE SOMETHING QUITE OUT OF THE
COMMON," HE SAID; "I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED
THEM FOR A GOOD DEAL. WHAT A KING AND QUEEN
OF THE PIGMIES, OR 'BABES IN THE WOOD,' THEY'D
MAKE" 173

"I DO FINK WHEN US IS QUITE BIG AND CAN DO AS US
LIKES, US MUST HAVE A BOAT LIKE THIS, AND ALWAYS
GO SAILING ALONG" 195



"She is telling them stories of the wood,
And the Wolf and Little Red Riding-Hood."
_The Golden Legend._




CHAPTER I.

HOW THEY CAME TO BE "US."

"Blue were their eyes as the fairy-flax,
Their cheeks like the dawn of day."
LONGFELLOW.