Page 133 - Adventures in shadow-land

And then a great big brown toad hopped out
of his hole when he heard his mistress say this,

bringing a three-legged stool on his back. He
put it down before Eva, and then went back to

his hole, and Eva sat down on the stool and
looked at the Toad-Woman.

“ Now, tell me about it,” said the Toad-
Woman.
So Eva had to begin at the beginning and tell

the whole story. And every time that she said
anything about the green toad the old woman

would nod her head, as much as to say, C(I know
all about that.” But she never interrupted E va;

only when she was done she said to her:
'• I am the only person who can help you now,

and as you brought me back my feathers, I will
do wliat I can for you. The Green Frog, who

has done all this harm, is a distant cousin of
mine, but she delights in doing mischief, and we

have not been friends since her servant the jack­
daw stole the feathers out of my fan. She it is
who has got Aster, and you cannot find him until

you get his coat, and the piece of it. You will
have to work for them, for I cannot help you