Of course, Freddie Firefly couldn’t give Chirpy his light. It was just as much a part of him as his head. And since Chirpy Cricket began to get excited, and said again and again that the light had been promised him, in the end Freddie had to explain everything.
It was a great disappointment to Chirpy Cricket. He had expected to have wonderful fun, flashing Freddie Firefly’s light.
But Miss Christabel Cricket did not seem to mind in the least.
“You oughtn’t to blame Freddie Firefly for not loaning his light,” she said. “You know you wouldn’t let him take your fiddle.”
Well, Chirpy Cricket hadn’t thought of that. And he had to admit that what she said was true.
And just then the sun peeped over Blue Mountain. So everybody hurried home alone, after all.