Page 143 - Adventures in shadow-land

Eva thanked her, and then returned to the hut.
And sitting in the door was the Frog; and she
said to her that she was ready for her wages.

"W hat am I to give you?” croaked the Frog.
** Nothing but the little green coat which hangs

at the head of your bed.”
Then the Frog told her that she could not give

her that, and offered her all sorts of beautiful
things instead. But Eva insisted upon having

the little green coat; and as fairies—even when
they are bad fairies—are compelled to keep their
promises or else lose their power, the Frog had

to keep her word ; and she told Eva that if she
could find the little coat she might have it.

So Eva went into the hut and looked over the
pool in which the Frog slept, and hanging against

the wall were little green coats Innumerable,
which surprised Eva, for she never had seen any­

thing hanging there before ; and they all looked
so much alike that she did not know which to
choose. Then it seemed to her that a mist

gathered in her eyes, and she raised her hand
to rub it away, and then she saw, sitting on one

of the little green coats, a beautiful, pure white