“When you see
All her lost dresses,
On this tree,”
and he pointed to a little tree nearby. There were all Mary Marie’s pretty lost clothes!
“You may take them with you,” said the King, smiling.
“Never in all the years of Thimble History,” he went on, “have we been so interested in any little girl. I borrowed these to show some other little girls what patience and perseverance will do.
“Now, I am going to bestow on you one of my loveliest gifts; for I saw all your beautiful work, and the Grand Sampler! A prize indeed, you shall have! From to-day, the Needle-of-Don’t-Have-to-Try is yours—to keep! We give one something like it to all good girls who try to do their best, but yours is the Fairy Needle-of-Don’t-Have-to-Try.
“You may take them with you”