“We will find it!” shouted Mary Frances. “We will find it and bring it back and open the curtain!”
“Ha, ha!” laughed the old witch, holding her sides. “Ha, ha! it’s well hid. It’s well hid. You’ll be old and gray before you find it, I’ll warrant—and as for the cat, he’ll be so old he will sh-shake around in his s-skin, I’ll warrant. Ha, ha! Be off! Be off!” and, quickly turning her boat, she rowed away.
VII
FINDING THE LOST STORY
THE cat looked at Mary Frances.
Mary Frances looked at the cat.
“Ha, ha, and ha, ha!” said the cat. “We’ll laugh at her some day!”
“We will!” said Mary Frances, “we will, Puss! Let us call the dolphin.”
The dolphin swam up at that moment.