“We are here,” cried Winkle, “and we will have you out of that tree in a moment.”
Already Sammy Woodchuck and Uncle Whiskers had broken the branches away and now they lifted Pinkie Whiskers to his feet.
Pinkie Whiskers was all smiles as he stood in the green meadow again, but he said:
“I shall never cut down a tree again. This one nearly killed me.”
“You owe your life to Billy Jay. It was Billy who caught your tail and pulled you out from under the falling tree trunk just in time or you surely would have been crushed,” said Uncle Whiskers.
“All is well that ends well and really, Pinkie Whiskers, you never did such a wonderful thing before and you probably will never do such a wonderful deed in your life again, for you have set the Tree-Fairy free. Look over there and you will see her,” said Sammy Woodchuck.
Pinkie Whiskers looked and he was so surprised that his little mouth flew open, and I am ashamed to say that he stared too. Yes, he actually stared at the Tree-Fairy.
The Tree-Fairy smiled and came dancing over to him. She bowed and said, “I want to thank you for saving my life. If it had not been for you, I would not be standing here in this beautiful sunshine.”
“Do tell us how you came to be in the tree trunk, won’t you please?” begged Twinkle.
“To be sure, I will tell you,” laughed the Tree-Fairy. This is the story she told: