“I guess it means nice, very nice. Yesterday Marmie said we needed to have the kitchen done over, and Dad said ‘yes that’s imperative, and so are two new horses.’ So it must mean something nice.”
Ruth nodded. “All the same, there’s much too much winter; it’s a greedy thing, taking such a lot out of the year. I’d like to get somewhere where it only lasts a few days.”
“Perhaps the fairy would take us to a place like that,” Rose put in. “We haven’t seen her for a long time.”
“Maybe she’d take us to California.... Oh, Rose, perhaps we could go and see Ramona!”
“Goody, but that would be larks! I’m sure she will; she’s so sweet and obliging.”
“Which simply proves that listeners do hear good of themselves,” said the voice of Fairy Honeysqueak.
“Oh, fairy, have you been here long?”
“What do you suppose made you think of me, you funny dears?”
“Can’t we really think of you till you get here? That’s part of the magic, isn’t it?”
“Yes, it’s part of the magic. And so you were wishing for summer, eh? Or at least for summer weather.”