"Fairy fishes!" Una thought, for she had never seen goldfish before, and she was still bending over the basin when she heard a tap, tap, tap on the stone pathway, and, turning quickly, saw a very small, very old lady coming towards her.
"She was still bending over the basin when she heard a tap, tap, tap."
"A fairy godmother," thought Una. "I didn't know they lived in Fairyland."
Then she went to meet the old lady, giving a quaint little curtsey and waiting for her to speak.
"Well, little girl," said the old lady kindly, "and who are you?"
"I'm Una," said the child gravely.
Then she gave a sudden jump in the air.
"Oh, fairy-godmother, how kind of you—there's my puppy dog!" she cried, as a fat retriever puppy gambolled down the path and flung itself playfully upon her.