He turned very red in the face and began to kick and roll over.
He sprang out of the box, and jumped right at old Cross-Patch and cried,
“Be it morning, night, or noon,
Come and take the magic spoon!”
Then the spoon boxed Cross-Patch on the right ear and on the left ear.
“Oh! oh! oh! please stop!” called Cross-Patch.
The little dwarf was so tickled he stood by and clapped his hands.
Then the spoon turned to old Cross-Patch and said,
“You shall build the house again;
You’ll work in sunshine and in rain.”