Tina put her hand in her pocket and found a piece of bread, which she thought she would give to the hares.
They hopped to her and began to quiver their noses.
“Won’t you have a piece?” said she.
“What is it?” asked they.
“Only bread.”
“What is that? We never saw any before.”
“It is very good,” she replied. “You had better try it.”
One of them began to nibble it, but while he was eating he began to turn from gray to black, and at once they all hopped away.
Tina got up and followed them. “Where is the fairy, I wonder?” she said, looking around.
“Here I am,” said a voice over her head.