nfant's name is little Daylight."

"And little daylight it shall be," cried the fairy, in the tone of a dry
axle, "and little good shall any of her gifts do her. For I bestow upon
her the gift of sleeping all day long, whether she will or not. Ha, ha!
He, he! Hi, hi!"

Then out started the sixth fairy, who, of course, the others had
arranged should come after the wicked one, in order to undo as much as
she might.

"If she sleep all day," she said, mournfully, "she shall, at least, wake
all night."

"A nice prospect for her mother and me!" thought the poor king; for they
loved her far too much to give her up to nurses, especially at night, as
most kings and queens do--and are sorry for it afterwards.

"You spoke before I had done," said the wicked fairy. "That's against
the law. It gives me another chance."

"I beg your pardon," said the other fairies, all together.

"She did. I hadn't done laughing," said the crone. "I had only got to
Hi, hi! and I had to go through Ho, ho! and Hu, hu! So I decree that if
she wakes all night she shall wax and wane with its mistress, the moon.
And what that may mean I hope her royal parents will live to see. Ho,
ho! Hu, hu!"

But out stepped another fairy, for they had been wise enough to keep two
in reserve, because every fairy knew the trick of one.

"Until," said the seventh fairy, "a prince comes who shall kiss her
without knowing it."

The wicked fairy made a horrid noise like an angry cat, and hobbled
away. She could not pretend that she had not finished her speech this
time, for she had laughed Ho, ho! and Hu, hu!

"I don't know what that means," said the poor king to the seventh fairy.

"Don't be afraid. The meaning will come with the thing itself," said
she.

The assembly broke up, miserable enough--the queen, at least, prepared
for a good many sleepless nights, and the lady at the head of the
nursery department anything but comfortable in the prospect before her,
for of course the queen could not do it all. As for the king, he made up
his mind, with what courage he could summon, to meet the demands of the
case, but wondered whether he could with any propriety require the First
Lord of the Treasury to take a share in the burden laid upon him.

I will not attempt to describe what they had to go through for some
time. But at last the household settled into a regular system--a very
irregular one in some respects. For at certain seasons the palace rang
all night wi