said Thimble, looking up at Mary Frances with a comical smile.

“And if you want me to turn into some one else, snap your fingers three times and say, faster yet,

Scissors-and-Shears,

Scissors-and-Shears,

Now change your ears,

Now change your ears.”

“I’ll do it now,” laughed Mary Frances, and when she said,

“Nimble, nimble, Turn my thimble”