To take a seat beside her.
Reynard can only stare,

When she has cut the two ropes,
To find he’s in the air.

They rise above the forest,
A stiff breeze guides them on ;
And mile and mile they travel,
Ere half an hour’s gone.

Fair Flora, she looks charming,
Is dressed in snowy white :
The bridegroom, in a rich suit,

Feels elevated quite.

The Dame too is resplendent—
Jack ne’er had seen before
Such rich brocaded satin,
Such lace as now she wore.

They pass o’er many a village,
The sky is bright and clear ;

The rustics who behold them
Are filled with sudden fear.

Arising somewhat higher,
They speed now on their way:
And Flora puts her veil on—
Jack knows not what to say.

And now the Dame produces
Jewels as rich and rare

As Queens at coronations
Have ever had to wear.

Now rapidly descending,
What first appeared a maze

Unfolds into fine landscape,
To Jack’s admiring gaze.

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A speck turns to a castle,
And all around it spreads ;

A mass he can’t decipher—
It proves a sea of heads.

A countless crowd of people
For their appearance wait ;
The Dame addresses Hedgehog,
“Come, sir, we're rather late !

Pop on this coat and trousers,
And take this hat and sword ;

For you too shall be married
To-day, upon my word.’

As Jack assists his small friend,
He finds that he grows bigger :
In fact becomes a great swell,
A tall and manly figure.

At length the coat adjusted,
He turns with quite a grace,
And both young folks with wonder
Behold his handsome face.

‘Your servitude is o’er now,’
The Dame exclaimed, ‘my dear!

| And wealth as well as honour

Await not far from here.’

Descending midst a great crowd,
They come to land again ;

And now a shout of welcome
Has rent the air in twain.

King Arthur with his nobles,
And ladies of the court,
Are there to grace his wedding
Who valiant deeds has wrought.
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