As they hear us chuckle and laugh, ha! ha!
They say, ’tis the water’s song, tra la la!
Hurrah! for the fun in our hidden homes,
Hurrah! for the life of the merry gnomes!”
“Run to the hill!” cried Red Cap.
And down the funny little fellows jumped and rushed laughing into the delicately fringed caves beneath the marble baths.
“What jolly little boys they are,” said Hal, “and what a good time they seem to be having!”
“Yes,” replied Red Cap, “they all seem happy; but I am sorry to say there are a lot of discontented ones below, and I should not wonder if they strike one day; and if so, the passages will get clogged, and there will be a grand blow up, and I don’t know what will happen to our King and Queen and their beautiful fairy realms,”[19] and Red Cap heaved a deep sigh. “But we must go now,” added he.