148 Make-Believe

and he would have been eaten by the
spider if the stick had not fallen at that
very moment. He was extremely grate-
ful, and filled with a desire to do something
for his benefactor. Not having a plan
ready, he followed Jim into London, saw
that he lived in a very terrible region, and,
late in the day, beheld him carried into a
place whither he strongly objected to be
taken, and lodged in a cell that had not
even a proper share of daylight. He went
back to the fairies and called a council, for
he was résolved to liberate the man to
whom he owed not only liberty, but life
itself. Curiously enough, the place in which
the man lived seemed to him not more
wretched than the prison cell. He was not
accustomed to London. |

“ Now, the wonderful bird was the ser-
vant of the fairies. You have seen the
pictures, and, but for them, I would not
attempt to describe him. But he was”—
turning to the Artist—‘ how high ?”

“About twenty feet with neck coiled, I