“Now, Runner,” said Sir Bodkin, as Baster slid back to his place on the table.
Margaret harnessed Runner, a medium-sized One-Eyed Fairy with a small eye, using number 60 thread, the proper length and the same color as the dress, but no knot this time. Runner took tiny running steps right in Baster’s tracks. But before she began to run she took three back steps, where the seam began, to fasten the thread. She sang:
“I run along, neat and fast,
And sew the seam so it will last.
In and out the thread goes, too,
The fastening holds it firm and true!
Now take three back steps at the end
So it will not rip out, my friend.”
Running