"Then they must stay here until the sun has set," decided the Chief Contractor, and putting on a mask called "The Listener" he continued:
"You can roll the cord"
"Now tell me what they want, these disturbing people whom you have brought here. Tell me everything that you know, O Short-Legged Man."
But Smaly and Redy spoke together, and they said:
"We wish to have three girls.
Fine, sweet, pink and good.
They shall have more pudding than they like,
And a green, green——"
Here Redy stopped and said:
"... each a green garden."
The Chief Contractor replied, "Won't do."