ss thought that was the most
beautiful name in the world, and I think so, too. Well, then, her
father, the King, had the news sent all through the kingdom that his
daughter was named at last, and then everybody sent her letters. She had
bags and bags full of mail every day, and they had to put on an extra
postman. And she had valentines in the mail, and catalogues, and
birthday presents, and samples of dresses, and seeds for flowers,
and,--and magazines, and,--and,--and one day a little live kitten came
to her in the mail, and she was _so_ pleased. So she named the kitten
Toodle-Doo, and wherever she went she took the kitten with her. And one
day she went off on a long journey, and of course Toodle-Doo went with
her. And as they went along,--and went along----"

Just here Mr. Maynard pulled another ribbon, and Molly gave a startled
jump.

So Kitty stopped, and Molly took up the story:

"They went along," said she, dropping her voice to a tragic whisper, "on
a dark and lonely road. And a great pirate jumped out at them, and
cried, 'What, ho! The password?' And Violetta Evangeline didn't know the
password, but she guessed at it, and she guessed, 'Crackers and Cheese,'
and, as it happened, she guessed just right, and they let her go
through."

"Through what?" asked King, greatly interested.

"Oh! I don't know," returned Molly, carelessly; "through the gate, I
s'pose, into the enchanted garden. So she went in, and everything
enchanted happened all at once. She was turned into a fairy, and the
kitten was turned into a canary bird, and he roosted on the fairy's
shoulder, and then he began to sing. And then the enchantment turned him
into a music-box, and so Violetta Evangeline didn't have any kitten or
any bird or anybody to play with. But just then the Fairy Prince came
along, and he said he'd play with her. And he said she could play with
his toys. So she went to see them, and they were all made of gold and
jewels. His tops were of gold, and his kites were of gold all set with
rubies and diamonds."

"Huh," said King, "they couldn't fly!"

"These kites could," said Molly, quite undisturbed, "because they were
enchanted kites, and that made the diamonds as light as feathers."

But just then Marjorie's ribbon twitched. She had been waiting for it,
and she picked up the story where Molly left off.

"The kites were so _very_ light," said Midge, "that one of them flew
away entirely. And as Violetta Angeline was hanging