Page 166 - Adventures in shadow-land

into the rock ■ and how, between it alt, bad come
the wailing cry of “ E v a ! Eva ! help me 1"
Then, too, Aster told her how they had spoken

of what she must do, and that they thought she
never would do it, or know what was to be done.

And then he went on :
“ But at last the Green Frog grew angry, when

she found, that* no matter what she said or did, I
only answered, ‘ E va! E va! help m e!’ For

then, making her servants strip off my coat, she
touched me with a stick, and said to m e;

‘ “ You shall never let Eva hear you. I will
silence you.'

“ And, as she spoke, I was changed all at once
into the little green bird in whose shape you

found me. And then the Frog, putting me in a
cage, said;

** 'Y ou can never get out till your friend gets
the piece of your coat, the coat Itself, and then

finds you. If she does these things, you may be
free; but these things she cannot do unless others

help her; and not till after all these things are
done can she hope to find your flower again.'

“ The rest, Evat you know.'1