“Oh! Oh!” cried Margaret her eyes very wide open indeed, “can you really? Who are you?”
Then out of the line stepped the largest one of all. He placed his hand on his heart and made a very low bow before her and sang:
“How do you do, My Lady,
We’ve come at your command.
You wished the help of fairies,
We’re the One-Eyed Fairy Band.
We hide inside your basket,
And keep so very still,
Until you call upon us,