Page 104 - Adventures in shadow-land

her hands in the air, and immediately, on the
stalk from which the lily-petals had fallen, there

grew a pod* And when the pod had stopped
growing, a third, stooping by the hrook, dipped

her hands into the water, and the lily-pod de­
tached itself from its stem, and came floating to
the bank.

Then the one who had clapped her hands took

the pod out of the water and laid it on the bank.
The second opened it and taking from out of it
six round speckled seeds, laid them in the hands

of the third. Then the third threw these six
seeds, one by one, into the water, and as each

seed touched the water it changed into a beauti­
ful, large speckled trout; and one by one the six

trout, gently moving their fins, ranged them­
selves in a line, their heads to the bank, and re­

mained there, waiting.
Then the three children, lifting up the empty
lily-pod, placed it gently upon the brook, and Eva

saw that, as it lay on the smooth waters, it had
become a little boat. And then the six trout,

one by one, swam from the line which they had
formed, and ranged themselves around it, one at