"Oh, how nice!" said Ferdy. "Do tell me the name of the book, Miss Lilly."
"It is short stories," she replied. "I will read you the names of some of them, and you shall choose which you would like best."
The titles were all very tempting, but Ferdy made a good hit, and fixed upon one of the most interesting in the book, so said Miss Lilly. It was about a family of children in Iceland, and though it was rather long, they wished there was more of it when it came to an end. Then Miss Lilly looked at her watch.
"There is still a quarter of an hour," she said, as she turned over the leaves. "Yes, here is a short story, which will just about fill up the time."
Ferdy and Chrissie looked very pleased, but they did not say anything. They were so afraid of losing any of the precious fifteen minutes.
[CHAPTER VI]
A FAIRY TALE—AND THOUGHTS
"The name of the story," said Miss Lilly, "is 'A Fairy House,'" and then she went on to read it.