They were exactly the right size.
They had gilt buckles upon them.
Little June was so happy she danced the best of any one, she had to come out by and by all alone, in her little red slippers and dance for an encore.
The people said it was the prettiest little performance they had ever seen, and Little June knew that it was a fairy dance, and that she had learned it from the Fairy Shoemakers who measured her for a pair of slippers.
Even as she danced she thought she heard their fairy hammers ringing, and their fairy voices singing,
“A rat, a tat, tat, a rat, a tat, too,
We made the little red slippers for you.”
