TO MY LITTLE NIECE
MARION
WHO LOVES ICE-CREAM


FOREWORD

Oh, little ones, with your pink cheeks and shining eyes, come clamber on my knee, put your arms about my neck, and listen with all your ears while I tell you a tale of

ONCE UPON A TIME.


Illustrations in Color

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Waiting for the Queen[Frontispiece]
She Could See Castles in the Coals[4]
When One is Sailing a Flying Machine[24]
He Walked Deliberately into the Wall[76]
In the Cake of Ice[114]
They Laughed and Laughed[190]