"Yes, yes! Always and forever!"
"And will you work hard and learn to dance and carry on our mother's art?"
"Yes, yes! Oh, I will try so hard!"
"Then—look, sister!"
And to her amazement, Lira's brother held out the magic castanets. He had been watching when she hid them. And when she had gone into the cave, he had played a trick upon her by taking them away.
It was a trick that Lira never forgot—never, though she lived to be very old. All her life she treasured the magic castanets and never again did she lose sight of them.
But something else she did lose, and that was her round little figure. Indeed, she became lovely and slender. She also became a famous dancer, and one day she taught her own children the dances of Spain.
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