e you?"

"Of course I'm not," said Davy.

"I'm glad of that," said the Hole-keeper; "postmen are always so
dreadfully busy. Would you mind delivering a letter for me?" he added,
lowering his voice confidentially.

"Oh, no," answered Davy, rather reluctantly; "not if it will be in my
way."

"It's sure to be in your way, because it's so big," said the
Hole-keeper; and, taking the letter out of his pocket, he handed it to
Davy. It certainly was a very large letter, curiously folded, like a
dinner-napkin, and sealed in a great many places with red and white
peppermint drops, and Davy was much pleased to see that it was
addressed:--

+------------------------------+
| _Captain Robinson Crusoe, |
| Jeran Feranderperandamam, |
| B.G._ |
+------------------------------+

"What does B.G. stand for?" said Davy.

"Baldergong's Geography, of course," said the Hole-keeper.

"But why do you put _that_ on the letter?" inquired Davy.

"Because you can't find Jeran Feranderperandamam anywhere else, stupid,"
said the Hole-keeper, impatiently. "But I can't stop to argue about it
now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in
the wood.

As Davy walked mournfully along, turning the big letter over and over in
his hands, and feeling very confused by the Hole-keeper's last remark,
he presently saw, lying on the walk before him, a small book,
beautifully bound in crimson morocco, and, picking it up, he saw that it
was marked on the cover:--

+---------------------------------------+
| BALDERGONG'S STUFFING FOR THE STUPID. |
+---------------------------------------+

"Perhaps this will tell me where to go," he thought as he opened it; but
it proved to be far more confusing than the Hole-keeper himself had
been. In fact it was altogether the most ridiculous and provoking book
Davy had ever seen.

The first page was headed, in large capital letters:--

HOW TO FRILL GRIDDLEPIGS.

And it seemed to Davy that this _ought_ to be something about cooking
sausages; but all he found below the heading was:--

_Never frill 'em: snuggle 'em always._

And this seemed so perfectly silly that he merely said, "Oh, bosh!" and
turned impatiently to the next page. This, however, was no better. The
heading was:--

TWO WAYS OF FRUMPLING CRUMBLES.

And under this was--

_One way:--
Frumple your crumbles with rumbles._

_The other way:--
Frumple