To other end run smoothly on,
’Tis not so hard to learn!”
Mending tear
While they were working, the birds were singing and the sweet smell of the flowers entranced them. When the ugly tear was mended and the dress made nearly as good as new again, Margaret sighed with relief.
“Time was long ago in your great-grandmother’s day, young ladies used to tear their muslin dresses purposely to show how prettily they could mend,” Sir Bodkin told Margaret.
“They did?” she cried in surprise. “How funny!”
“Now to make it look flat, give this mended tear a dose of warm iron on the wrong side,” Sir Bodkin advised.
“Thank you, Your Highness. What should I do without you and the One-Eyed Fairies to help me out of trouble? You’re all the most wonderful things!” cried Margaret with shining eyes.