Then we can get our washing done.”

All the fairies set up a chorus,

“A bucket full, come cry with pleasure,

Little Boo-Hoo give good measure.”

Then Fairy Contrary said,

“Come cry a pond full, for we think

We’ll freeze it for a skating rink.”

Just as Little Boo-Hoo began to feel a tiny little bit scared under his left hand vest coat pocket, Fairy Light-Heart, who had left only for a minute, skipped first on one foot then on the other singing,

“In a hole, high in the tree,