Then she walked over to Dinah Cat and touched her with her wand and there stood a little girl about Betty's age in place of the black cat.
"Now close your eyes," said the Fairy, "for I want the boy to remove his veil, and his face is not pleasant to look upon."
Betty did as the Fairy told her, but I am sorry to tell you that she peeked a very little. Betty closed her eyes tight after the first glimpse and waited for the Fairy to tell her to open them again, and when she did there stood the boy with a very smiling face. His sister ran to him and put her arms around him. "Now we shall be happy," she said, "and Betty will live with us. How can we thank you?" she asked the Fairy.
"Oh, I shall be repaid by seeing you all happy," the Fairy replied. "And now I must go."
"Will we see you again?" asked Betty.
"No," answered the Fairy. "I only appear when people are in trouble, and you will never need me again."
headpiece to The Star and the Lily
THE STAR AND THE LILY
Once there bloomed in a garden a beautiful white lily, on a long stalk so tall that she towered over all the flowers that bloomed near her.