Again on their own ground, the Little Ones were jubilant.

But their nests were still at a great distance, and that day we went no farther than the ivy-hall, where, because of its grapes, I had resolved to spend the night.

When they saw the great clusters, at once they knew them good, rushed upon them, ate eagerly, and in a few minutes were all fast asleep on the green floor and in the forest around the hall.

Hoping again to see the dance, and expecting the Little Ones to sleep through it, I had made them leave a wide space in the middle.

I lay down among them, with Lona by my side, but did not sleep.
The night came, and suddenly the company was there.