Poor Pearl hid her head with shame and fear. But Merlin said, "Do not be afraid. I am only going to make you a present."
Then the wizard opened a drawer and took from it a lovely necklace with a diamond clasp. This he put on Pearl's neck, and told her parents to go home happy, for the little girl would soon be cured.
As they were going away, Merlin looked at Pearl, and said, "In a year from now I shall come for my necklace. Till then you must not dare to take it off."
II.
| coarse | satin | truthful | size |
| sobbed | tassels | falsehood | wrong |
| choked | weeping | confessed | coach |
Can you guess what the necklace was? It was the wonderful Necklace of Truth.
Next day Pearl went to school. When her schoolmates saw the beautiful necklace, they crowded around her.
"Oh, what a lovely necklace! Where did you get it, Pearl?"