Now for some knives too; and there are the cups and saucers, Milly, look, in that corner; and there is the cake all ready cut up, and there is the bread and butter.

Now have we got everything?
Everything, I think, but the kettle, and some wood and some matches, and these must go in another basket." "Aunt Emma," said Milly, creeping up close to her, "were you ever a fairy godmother ?" "Not that I know of, Milly.

Would you like me better if I had a wand and a pair of pet dragons, like old Fairy Blackstick ?" "No," said Milly, stroking her aunt's hand, "but you do such nice things, just like fairy godmothers do." "Do I, little woman?
Aunt Emma likes doing nice things for good children.

But now come along, it's quite time we were off.

Let us go and fetch father and mother.