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"I can hear you quite well You'll have to talk from there, or else

keep still"

"That isn't fair!" persisted the young irl----"

"Stop there! You are wrong to start with Did you think that a creature

who could fly to the tops of the rocks was a irl? Not at all"

"What do you ton

"What I say I'irl"

"What are you then?"

"A sun fairy"

"A sun fairy?"

"Yes; a real live one See that cloud over toward the sun? The nice

downy one, I ot

it near the sun so that it arnise foolery--provided it were

ticketed plainly enough He sat down on the flat rock before indicated,

and clasped his knee with his hands, prepared to enjoy more "Is that

your throne up there, Sun Fairy?" he asked She had withdrawn her head

frorave tones

"It must be a very nice one"

"The nicest throne you ever saw"