"I will give you whatever you ask, even should it be the crown from my head," the little king said to her; and all the fine ladies and gentlemen crowded around to hear what she would say.
"A carriage and horses," whispered one.
"A bag of gold," said another.
"A house and land," cried a third, for they all wanted to help her choose.
But Peggy knew what she wanted without anybody's help.
"If you please, your majesty," she said, making the king a curtsey, "I should like a white rabbit for my own."
And—do you believe it?—the little king gave her two!
