"What? Not the mud turtle fairy prince?" asked Alice, fanning herself, so she wouldn't faint.
"The very same," answered the boy. "I got tired of being a mud turtle, but I am still a fairy prince!"
"I don't believe it!" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. "You are only a little boy on a horse, and not a fairy prince at all!"
"Wait, and you shall see!" cried the boy, waving his hand, and the silver trumpet blew again, "Ta-ra-ta-ra-ta-ra!" and the horse reared up on his hind legs. "I certainly am the fairy prince, and to prove it I will do something wonderful. Come to the woods to-morrow, Uncle Wiggily Longears, and see!"
"What will I see?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
"You will see a red fairy," answered the boy who used to be mud turtle, "and the red fairy will do something wonderful for you."
"Oh!" cried Uncle Wiggily, "I don't believe in fairies!"
But, all the same, he had to, after what happened, for he went back to the woods, and met a red fairy, and the red fairy stopped Uncle Wiggily's rheumatism for a time, as you can find out by reading the first book of this series, entitled "Sammie and Susie Littletail," which tells a lot about two little rabbit children and their friends, as well as about Uncle Wiggily Longears.
Now I've reached the end of this story, but there's another one for to-morrow night, in case you don't hit anybody with your bean shooter, and it's going to be about Lulu and the Golden fairy.