There was no longer anything to see but a Tea-Cosy. The Mother of the Crow was completely hidden.
"Now I'm nice and warm," said the Mother of the Crow.
It was really quite a new experience for Smaly and Redy to hold a conversation with a Tea-Cosy. The Mother of the Crow was a great chatterbox, and she knew a thing or two, and several things more after that.
"What are you doing here?" asked the Tea-Cosy.
Redy and Smaly folded their hands, and began:
We wish to have three girls,
Fine, sweet——
"I know, I know," interrupted the Tea-Cosy, "but I meant what are you doing here in the great kitchen?"
"We're waiting for the sun to go down," was the response.
"And you can't leave till then," replied the Tea-Cosy. "Then tell me a story, a nice long story. I love long stories," added the Tea-Cosy with enthusiasm.
