recited Crow Shay to them in a low voice.

“Say it out loud,” said Fairly Flew.

Crow Shay looked embarrassed, but he knew that he must do as the fairy told him, so he repeated the lines, which set everyone laughing.

“He’s so full of mischief,” said Fairly Flew, “that sometimes he doesn’t know what he is saying.”

Crow Shay began to look very solemn and wise, which made them all laugh again; but they stopped very suddenly as Billy’s voice called:

“Mary Frances!”