Who flies above everything.”
“I am glad to meet you, gentlemen,” said Mrs. Mouse, making a low courtesy. “Now, come into my house until I tidy up, and we will talk about the beautiful world. What! are you not coming in, Mr. Grasshopper?”
“No,” he answered. “I have tarried too long. I must join the cavalcade that is to escort Queen Wishtah to her southern realm. Good-by!”
And the grasshopper hopped away, leaving the elves alone with Mrs. Mouse.
How sorry they were to see him go. They were afraid already of Mrs. Mouse. She was so big, too.
They were half sorry they had not gone with him, for he was going to Elfland, and would see their Queen.
Chip Wing started to call him back, but Spider Eyes caught hold of him and stopped him, saying:
“No, no! We must go to see the beautiful world.”