They filled their glasses with water from a spring, and just as they were going to sit down a little dwarf ran past them and called,
“When you take your meal at noon,
You should use the magic spoon!”
“They filled their glasses with water from a spring”
Then the little dwarf took the magic spoon and dipped it into every glass of water, and the water turned at once into lemonade.
They looked around to thank the little dwarf, but he was gone!
Then the Ink-Bottle Babies cried, “We must find the house where the little dwarfs live!”
After a while the Ink-Bottle Mamma and Papa got tired and went home. They left the Babies in the woods for a while.
The Babies were so sleepy they took quite a nap, and when they woke up they said, “Let us look for the home of the little dwarfs.” They spoke in whispers; they were almost afraid to speak out loud.