“To learn the three’s you’re surely able,
Come and recite the entire table.”
Tommy stood on one foot and then on the other, and could not get farther than “three times four,” to save his life.
Tommy Tittlemouse Meets the Number, Reader and Writing Fairies
The Funny Fairy felt sorry for him so he cried:
“Reader Fairy, bright and airy,
By fire-light, come out to-night.”
The Reader Fairy came out with a hop, skip and bound. She had words printed all over her coat. She bowed to Tommy and said of him:
“This little mortal reads like a fairy,