ss of Snail;
Feathers and fringe on the top of her bonnet,
Roses and rings on the end of her tail.

Blue bell, bonny bell, ring for the wedding!
Here come the bridesmaids by two and by two.
Gay little Primrose, fair little Snowdrop,
Peachblossom, Jasmine and Eglantine too.

Last come the lovers, wrapped up in each other,
Thinking of love, and of little beside;
Blue bell, bonnie bell, ring for the wedding!
Health and long life to the beautiful bride!

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Loud were the cries of delight over Fluffy's song; but they soon changed
into exclamations of sorrow, when Patty told the mice that they must bid
good-bye to their little sea friends, as it was nearly time for them to
go home. All the little sea-maidens and boys pressed round them, kissing
them, and begging them to come again, which they gladly promised to do.
Fluffy hugged her new friend and said "good-bye, you dear! I think you
_must_ be real, you are so lovely!" and so they left the beautiful
play-room, and the coral doors shut behind them.

At the gate of the palace they found a lovely boat waiting for them. It
was a great purple mussel-shell, lined with pearl, and cushioned with
softest moss. In this Patty told the mice to seat themselves, and then,
kissing them all, she bade them good-bye, and touched the shell with her
silver wand. Up floated the strange boat, up and up, while the children
leaned over the side as far as they dared, and threw kisses to their
"dear delightful lovely Patty!" Multitudes of fishes surrounded them as
before, and Bobbily Bungaloo, as a guard of honor, swam before the boat.
At last I, waiting patiently by the rock, saw the five little heads rise
above the water. Lightly my pets jumped from their purple boat; they
bade farewell to Bobbily Bungaloo and his train, and then came running
to me, all talking at once, and so fast that their remarks sounded quite
as much like Hindostanee as like English.

"Now," I said, "you shall tell me all about everything as we go along;
but we must start at once, for there is no time to be lost, I assure
you!"

So they wrapped themselves up in their cloud again, and the Winds blew,
and the children chattered, and the cloud flew through the air at a
tremendous rate. Indeed, our seven little airy friends were so bent upon
showing their utmost speed that they forgot where they were