'And if we find any more things like these, we will put them in.

7. 'Would you put in a buttercup?'

'No, no!'

'Or a grain of wheat?'

'No, it is not at all like these.'

'Or a bit of slate?'

'I think so,' said Harry.

Dora was not quite sure.

8. 'Yes, we will put the slate into the box. It is not a metal, but it
came out of the ground. Now, what do you say to this?' And he pulled out
a lump that looked like earth and stone.

9. What could this be? It was iron, just as it had come out of the
ground, with clay and earth about it.

10. 'Once upon a time,' said father, 'the kettle, and the poker, and the
fender, all looked like this!'




THE FAIRY RING.