"You do not remember," said the Fairy Queen, "that this country is more or less tropical, so that here snow might be expected to be warm."
"At any rate," said Zuzu, "I find it very nice, and with a sled that runs up hill, and snow that does not get cold, I don't see what more any one could ask. I don't think I'll wish any more, because I can't think of anything to wish."
"I know what I'd like!" cried Lulu.
"And what is that, my dear?" asked the Queen.
"I'd like a doll."
"What sort of doll, my dear? We have many very fine ones."
"I'd like a new doll—no, I wouldn't, because that would be leaving my old dolly, and I am sure I like my old dolly as much as I could any new one, yet I want a new one, too. Now, what can I do, when I want both a new doll and an old one?"
"That is very easy," said the Queen. "I will get you a doll which is both old and new." And again she waved her wand.
Lulu looked down, and almost cried aloud; for there in her arms was a brand new doll, the finest she had ever seen, that could laugh and talk and eat, which was quite new, but which, to her great surprise, was also quite old! She felt free to love it quite as much as she liked, and so she did love it very much. As she stood with the doll in her arms, to her great surprise the Enchanted Banjo began to play and the doll began to sing, and the song it sang was called:
I'M THE DOLLY YOU LOVE BEST