"Enter into your abode, and never come down to our abode on earth
any more," said the queen.

And the witch was herself again, and she and the queen fairy were
immediately great friends. The witch, when she came out of the ring,
dropped on her knee and asked the queen if she might call her the
Lady of the Dell, and how she could serve her.

"We will see about that," said the queen.

"Well, how do you live?" asked the woman who had been a witch.

"Well, I'll tell you," said the queen. "We go at midnight and milk
the cows, and we keep the milk, and it never grows less so long as
we leave some in the bottom of the vessel; we must not use it all.
After milking the cow, we rub the cow's purse and bless it, and she
gives double the amount of milk."

"Well, how do you get corn?"

"Well, we were at the mill playing one day, and the miller came in
and saw us, and spoke kindly to us, and offered us some flour. 'We
never take nothing for nothing,' I said, so I blessed the bin: so in
a few minutes the bin was full to the brim with flour, and I said to
the miller, 'Now don't you empty the bin, but always leave a peck in
it, and for twelve months, no matter how much you use the bin, it
will always be full in the morning.' Now I have told you this much,
and I will tell further, 'You must love your neighbour, you must
love all mankind.' Now here is a purse of gold, go and buy what you