Then the little dwarf clapped his hands and cried,
“Cookies big and cookies round,
Put them all upon the ground!”
Then the Ink-Bottle Babies all put their cookies on a large, flat stone, and the little dwarf filled his pockets and his cap full of them.
Then he made a bow and said,
“Pick all the flowers you like to-day,
But after sundown do not stay!”
Then whisk, bound, the little dwarf was gone!
The Ink-Bottle Babies lost no time in picking flowers, you may be sure.
They found violets, daisies, and buttercups, and before they could believe it, it was sundown.