He thought that the princess said, “All the fairies are shut up in trees. You must let them out. Then I can come to you.”
The prince awoke. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and ran to a tree near by, and said:
“Pretty Fairy Thistle-Down,
Spread your airy wings,
Open, now, your secret door,
While Prince Charming sings.”
Click! click! click! A little door opened in the tree, and out came Fairy Thistle-Down. She floated away on the wings of the breeze.
Then Prince Charming went to another tree and said:
“Pretty Fairy Silver-Sheen,