so on this particular evening , after they had walked in the garden , she said that she should like to go down to the little dell and see how the stream looked by moonlight . so to the dell they went . as soon as they came to the boulder maisie put her head against it and whispered , " habetrot , dear habetrot " ; and in an instant the little old woman appeared . she bowed in a stately way , as if they were both strangers to her , and said , " welcome , sir and madam , to the spinsters ' dell . " and then she tapped on the root of a great oak tree with a tiny wand which she held in her hand , and a green door , which maisie never remembered having noticed before , flew open , and they followed the fairy through it into the other valley which maisie had seen through the hole in the great stone .
put her head against it and whispered , " habetrot , dear habetrot " .
how did maisie make the little old woman appear ?
how did maisie make the little old woman appear ?