THE WITCH'S DOWNFALL 55

‘ Creejee—Weegee—Oakum veen
Bis Perambulatoreen

* Dogum Catum Monkeymoo
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But she got no further, or else this story
would probably never have been written, for
if she had finished the word which I have
begun to write, there can be little doubt that
Hurly-Burly would have been in her power,
and would most likely have been changed
into some animal or other, and would have
been the slave of the wicked old fairy for
ever after. But she never dd finish that
word, and for a very good reason. Just as
she had got the first two syllables out of her
mouth, dash, splash, smash, crash! came a
whole wave of water right into her face and
knocked her backwards as if she had been
shot. At the same moment little Hurly-
Burly felt himself obliged to leave off stand-
ing on his head, which he was very glad to
do; and as he stood in the usual position
upon his feet he saw, standing only a few
yards from him, the very same little lady
who had given him such useful instructions
in the glade.

As she stood, she waved her hand twice