“Ah!” said the Owl, “but you know at present this one is an idle little fellow, something like a little man. Oohoo! oohoo! Good night, or rather, good morning, for it is long past midnight.” And the old lady began to shake her feathers for a start. “Stay,” said she, “I think I had better take you home.”
“I know the way, thank you,” said Tommy.
“Do as I say,” said the Owl. “Lean your full weight against me and shut your eyes.”
Tommy laid his head against the Owl’s feathers. Down he sank and sank. He jumped up with a start to save himself, opened his eyes, and found that he was sitting in the loft with Johnnie sleeping by his side.
“Get up, Johnnie, I’ve a story to tell you,” he cried. And he told Johnnie all about it.
And after that Tommy and Johnnie were the most useful little brownies in that whole country.
—From Mrs. Ewing’s Brownies
THE STORY OF COQUERICO
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