as i mean to have i can t say more than that in the way of enjoyment he turns on his heel at the last words and oflf down the narrow lane by which he had come stands for a while looking after his receding form till the fog round it and she can see it no more she feels as if she had seen a ghost and for her at least the before the deserted house next door will be haunted � haunted by a forlorn and sobbing there by the as for the man he goes on his way until he finds a door which � alas � is not closed against him hero a small boys it was the night after had been taken to his first and he had been lying asleep in his little bedroom for now that he was nine he slept in the night nursery no longer he had been asleep when he was suddenly awakened by a brilliant red glare at first he was afraid the house was on fire but when the red turned to a dazzling green he gave a great gasp of delight for he thought the scene was still going on and there s all the best part still to come he said to himself but as he became wider awake he saw that it was out of the question to expect his bedroom to hold all those wonders and he was almost surprised to see that there was even so much as a single fairy in it a fairy there was nevertheless she stood there with a star in her hair and her dress out all around her just as he had seen her a few hours before when she rose up with little inside a great gilded shell and spoke some poetry which he didn t quite catch s hero she spoke audibly enough now nor was her voice bo as it had sounded before little boy she began i am the ruling genius of you entered my kingdom for the first time last night � how did you enjoy yourself h said so much it was splendid thank you she smiled and seemed well pleased i always call to inquire on a new acquaintance she said and so you liked our as every sensible boy does well it is in my power to reward you every night for a certain time you shall see again the things you liked best what did you like best the part said promptly for it ought to be said here that he was a boy who had always had a leaning to the kind of practical fun which he saw carried out by the to a pitch of perfection which at once enchanted and him till that he had thought himself a funny boy in his way and it had surprised him that his family had not found him more amusing than did but now he felt all at once that he was only a very humble and had never understood what real fun was for he had not much above hiding behind doors and out suddenly on a passing servant causing her to jump delightfully once indeed he used to be able to sell his family by pretending all s hero manner of but they had grown bo stupid lately that they never believed a single word be said no the would not own him as a he would despise his little attempts at practical jokes still thought i can try to be more like him perhaps he will come to hear of me some day for he had never met anyone he admired half so much as that who was always in a good temper to be sure he had everything his own way � but then he deserved to always quick and ready with his excuses and if he did run away in times of danger it was not because he was really afraid then how impudent he was to who but he would have dared to a large by making a door mat of it or to ask the prices of on purpose to throw mud at them not that he couldn t be serious when he chose � for once he a union jack and said something quite noble which made everybody clap their hands for two minutes and he told people the best shops to go to for a quantity of things and he could not have been joking then for they were the same names that were to be seen on all the this will explain how it was natural that on being asked which part of the he preferred should say without the slightest hesitation ob the part s the fairy seemed less pleased the part she repeated what those shop scenes on right at the end without rhyme or reason yes said those ones and the great wood with the shifting green and violet lights and the white bands of dancing in circles � didn t you like them oh yes said the candid pretty well i didn t care much for them well she said but you liked the grand with all their gorgeous dresses and monstrous figures surely you liked them there was such a lot of it said the was the best and if you could you d rather see those last scenes again than all the rest she said frowning a little � oh wouldn t i just said but may i � really and truly i see you are not one of my boys said the genius of rather sadly it so happens that those closing scenes are the very ones i have least control over � they are a part of my kingdom which has fallen into sad decay and rebellion but one thing i can do for you i will give you the for a friend and companion � and much good may 