See, school has already begun!”
The Fairy Ink-Bottle Babies sat in a row. They looked as though they would roll off the top of the desks at any minute.
“You are almost as bad about rolling over as the Roly-Poly children,” said the teacher.
“Oh! oh! oh!” cried one of the Ink-Bottle Babies. “I am rolling over!”
Sure enough, thump! bump! thump! she went. She fell off the desk to the floor, leaving the marks of her little black feet behind her.
“Oh! oh! oh!” cried all the Ink-Bottle Babies together, “somebody pick her up! Somebody pick her up!”
The teacher was so scared that she went out of the room.
Pretty soon all the children went home. What do you suppose happened next?
The Fairy Ink-Bottle Mamma came down from the window sill and picked up her baby!