The starlight fairies leaned over, and looked down into the pool.
“That’s it!” cried Florrie.
“It’s our lost star!” cried Pennie. “Dropped down from the sky to the bottom of this pool.”
“Then,” said Merrimeg, “you’d better go down and get it.”
“Oh no! oh no! oh no!” cried the three fairies together.
“We mustn’t get our wings wet!” said Pennie.
“We’d never be able to fly home if our wings got wet,” said Winnie.
“But you have no wings,” said Florrie to Merrimeg.
“No, she has no wings,” said Pennie.