For two days and nights they worked as hard as ever they could. The Candy Man and Sweet-Tooth made candy, all kinds. Silvertongue and Kindheart and the Toy Lady made toys—boats and pails and shovels and all sorts of sand toys, fish and stars and patty-pans and cones.
Then early one morning, when it was darkest, just before dawn, they filled their little boat with toys and candy and rowed over to the mainland.
The Brownies first helped the Toy Lady and the Candy Man to open their little shops and place the toys and candy inside.
Then Silvertongue and Kindheart and Sweet-Tooth stole into the Palace and up to the bedroom where the King and his little Queen lay sleeping side by side.
They were thoughtful little Brownies, you must admit. They packed a bag of clothes for the King and Queen. They even remembered their golden crowns and put them in too.
Then they carried the sleeping King and Queen down to the little boat, rowed them over to the Lighthouse, and left them there.
Next morning when the children went to school there was a new sign on the door.
NO SCHOOL TO-DAY
Some one spied the Toy Shop. The door was wide open. The window was filled with brand-new toys, and a fresh sign was fluttering in the breeze.
PENNY TOYS SOLD HERE