Only find the magic key!”

They looked around, and sure enough, right in the middle of the room was a tree-trunk! Its roots came down to the floor. In the lower part of the tree-trunk there was a door and the door was locked.

“Where shall we look for the magic key?” asked Molly and Polly. And the tree fairy said,

“The magic key will open the door;

It never has been found before.”

Then Molly and Polly looked all over the room, you may be sure.

They looked under the piles of clothing and they looked under the furniture. Just then a canary began to sing,

“Give me, please, some food and drink;

I can help you then to think!”