86 THE SECOND FROGGY FAIRY BOOK.

confirmed when she looked down and found,
clutched in one of her hands, a dainty little
package in pink ribbons.

“Why, that’s my present from Froggy the
Fiddler!” she exclaimed, and she proceeded to
tell Uncle Tom how Froggy had given it to her
upon her arrival beneath the water sky. He
had at that time requested her not to open it
until she left him. And he had also asked that
she keep it in remembrance of him.

Elsie's uncle listened smilingly. When
she had finished speaking he said,

“You quaint child; I gave you that package
just as you were going to sleep. It contains
another book. You recollect, you unwrapped
the first book I gave you, and I was reading
aloud to you from it when you wandered away
into dreamland.

“Now you have often asked me ¢he way
to go to fairyland, and as I found a_ book
describing the route, I got it for you.”

Elsie opened her package. It did contain
a book. In large golden letters on the book’s
cover was the title: Fazryland: And How To
Reach It. The little girl was now wide awake;
she looked eagerly inside the book. There were
no pictures! But the print was so very large
that Elsie had no trouble in reading the first
page upon which she opened: