"I feel as if, when I go back, I shall perhaps find I have been away fifty years or so, like the little boy in the fairy story.

Cuckoo, I think I would like to go home.

Mayn't I get on your back again ?" "Presently," said the cuckoo.

"Don't be uneasy, Griselda.

Perhaps I'll take you home by a short cut." "Was ever any child here before ?" asked Griselda, after a little pause.
"Yes," said the cuckoo.
"And did they get safe home again ?" "Quite," said the cuckoo.