WASSA GOES TO FAIRYLAND. 113

his promise, cast his honest little eyes about in
search of the Will-o’-the-wisp, and before long
espied him dancing over the meadows, lighting
up with his lantern the dark places over which
he passed. It was not an easy task for the
brown beetle with his slow gait to arrest the
attention of the roving wisp, but at last he
succeeded in doing so, and gave him the blue
dragon-fly’s message.

“To the fair queen at once I’ll speed,
And see of what she is in need,”

replied the wisp, darting away in the direction
indicated by the brown beetle.