“This has been a most extraordinary day,” thought Jack; “the strangest day I have had yet.” And after he had eaten a good supper of what the parrots had brought, he felt so tired and sleepy that he lay down in the boat, and presently fell fast asleep. His fairies were sound asleep too in his pockets, and nothing happened of the least consequence; so he slept comfortably till morning.
A great fight was still going on.
CHAPTER VI
THE TOWN WITH NOBODY IN IT
“‘Master,’ quoth the auld hound,
‘Where will ye go?’
‘Over moss, over muir,
To court my new jo.’
‘Master, though the night be merk,