Prince Jingle took Dorothy’s hand, and they hurried back to the castle, and in a few minutes he brought Dorothy a dish of silvery ice-cream and a piece of silver cake.
Just then Ray appeared with a beautiful princess, and they came over to Dorothy and sat down. The Prince got some cream and cake for them, and Ray exclaimed:
“O Dorothy, I’ve been to see such an ugly boy. His name was Temper, and he had two brothers, Sulk and Pout.”
“I saw their sisters,” said Dorothy. “Weren’t they homely?”
“Yes, they were,” said Ray eating the last delicious mouthful of his ice-cream.
“I don’t want to hurry you, my dears,” said Prince Jingle; “but don’t you have to catch a train or something?”
“Of course,” answered Ray, “we have to catch a bell.”
Then the children thanked Prince Jingle and hurried out of the castle, where they found Fairy Tinkle waiting for them, with the little silver bell.
In a few minutes they were swinging through the air, holding on to the tongue of the bell. All at once, so quick that you could not see it done, they found themselves safe in papa’s study sitting in the big leather chair.
The fairy bell was in its old place on the desk, but Fairy Tinkle had disappeared.