"I shall wish every night after this," said Wenonah. "I wonder if that might be the reason there is so often a star on the end of a fairy's wand."
"Is there one?" asked both the children at once.
"Yes, usually. You see, the wand gives them everything they want, and perhaps it is the star that does it. I don't know, though," said Wenonah, looking thoughtfully at the sweet grass she was weaving and which made the tent smell like a field of new-mown hay. "The wand that Peter found had no star on it."
"What Peter?" asked Hal.
"What wand?" asked Lois.
So, of course, Wenonah, being very polite and obliging, began to tell them about it.
CHAPTER V. THE WAND.
What a pleasant thing it is to be able to say of a boy, He is the strongest boy in the village—or the most honest boy in the village—or the kindest boy in the village—or, nicest of all,—He is the best boy in the village; and what a sad thing it is to say of a boy, He is the worst boy in the village; and that is what everybody said of Peter.