Chapter XI
"... take us to the rock on the mountain side where the Little People dance."
That afternoon Andy and Hortense sat in the orchard eating apples.
"Do you suppose we'd grow little if we ate thirteen apples?" Hortense asked.
Andy, who had eaten six and lost his appetite, was of the opinion that they would grow bigger, could they eat so many. "Or maybe we'd burst," he added.
"We mustn't eat any more apples now," said Hortense, also finishing her sixth, "and don't eat too much supper."
"Why?" said Andy, unwilling to sacrifice his supper without a good reason.
"I've a plan," said Hortense. "We've got to eat thirteen cookies again and grow little—but I won't tell you what we'll do then, for it's to be a surprise!"
"We'll go through the little door again and find the Cat's house," Andy guessed.