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,