Page 144 - Adventures in shadow-land

moth i and then Eva saw that the other coats
were only shadows, and the one on which the
white moth sat was Aster’s coat. So she took

it down, and the moth never movedt—and then
it spoke';

" Do you remember the tiny worm that you
saved from the crawling twig? I was that worm;

and this is the first opportunity I have had to
thank you for saving my life, and the best service

I could render you was this.”
And without waiting to be thanked, the white
moth spread her wings and was gone.

The Green Frog was angry enough when she
saw that Eva had chosen rightly. But there was

nothing to be done, only she grumbled to herself
and said,—she did not know that Eva heard her:
“ The coat -is useless without the piece,”

However, she hired Eva on the same terms for

another week. For she thought that if the new
servant failed this time she would not only
change her into a frog, but get the little coat

back. And the work Eva had to do this week
was to empty, and then refill with fresh water

every morning, the pool in which the Frog slept,