Page 124 - Adventures in shadow-land

On it our boat cannot go, and in it we cannot
liv e ; so, though we would like to help you, we
cannot."

Then Eva thanked them for what they hrul

done, and taking one of her long bright curls, she
tied part of it round each trout's neck, where it

shone like a collar o f gold. And they told her
that she should keep the rest of the cur], and if

at any time she was in trouble from which she
could not escape, and was near water, and thought

that they could help her, she should throw the rest
o f the cuil into the water, and they would come

to her.
Then, holding in her hand the two feathers the

jackdaw had dropped, which the trout told her
might be useful, Eva bade the trout farewell, and

stepped on shore. And as her foot touched the
ground, the boat moved off into the stream, and

waited there.
And presently Eva said, ** Go home, little

boat,” and the boat immediately, with the trout,
began to go up the brook. She watched it till

it was out of sight, and then the child stood alone
on the banks of the Enchanted River.