"I'm sorry I was so hasty," she said; "but, you see, Barney spoke only for my good, and you should have had patience with him."
"And I ask your pardon for the words I said," Barney began, in confusion.
"You needn't, Barney," said Winifred. "You only told me what you hear every day." Then, turning to me, she added: "So you won't be surprised when I do anything strange. For, you see, I'm only a fairy, after all; and a mischievous one at times." Her face was all sparkling with smiles, and the very spirit of mischief looked out of her eyes. "I'll be laying spells on you to keep you here."
"I may be weaving a counter one to take you away," I ventured.
She looked a little startled, but went on in the same playful tone, as she turned back again to the bewildered boy and girl:
"I'll be enchanting the pair of you, so that you will be standing stock-still just where you are for a hundred years, staring before you."
At this they both took to their heels with a scream, Winifred in pursuit.
"And I'll turn Danny into a dragon and send him flying home with the turf."
There were muffled exclamations of terror from the flying pair.