"Let's rest a while," said Mary, "and perhaps we'll be hungry again. Shall I tell you a fairy story?"
"Oh, please do," said Betty; and Peggy and Dot echoed together, "Please do."
So Mary told them of a fairy ball where all the little fairies came out of their flower cups and danced by the light of the moon.
"Wouldn't this spot be a lovely place for a fairy ball?" said Peggy, when Mary had finished the story. "I wonder if there are any fairies in this wood."
"I know how we can find out," cried Betty. "We can give the fairies a party."
"But they only come out at night," said Dot, "so we couldn't see them."
"But," replied Betty, "we can make a feast for them; and, if the next morning we find the feast is gone, we shall know the fairies really came."
"Oh, let's do it," cried Dot and Peggy. And Mary said, "If we want the fairies to come we must make a magic ring of flowers." "That will be lots of fun," cried the children.
So for the rest of the afternoon they were very busy indeed.
They went to the meadow and gathered clover blossoms. Then they sat down on the moss and made a magic ring.