But when Grandma took out a little bundle wrapped in tissue paper, and put it into Isabel's hands, she was as puzzled as the others had been.
"Be very careful," said Grandma; "for if you break your present you will never be able to mend it, no matter how hard you try."
"May I ask questions about it?" asked Isabel.
"Yes," said Grandma, "you may ask three questions; but when I have answered those I will close my lips, and will not answer another one."
Then Isabel asked the three questions:—
"What color is my present?"
"White," said Grandma.
"Where did it come from?"
"The haystack," said Grandma.