The Getting of Wisdom

I

The four children were lying on the grass.

“… and the Prince went further and further into the forest,” said the elder girl, “till he came to a beautiful glade⁠—a glade, you know, is a place in the forest that is open and green and lovely. And there he saw a lady, a beautiful lady, in a long white dress that hung down to her ankles, with a golden belt and a golden crown. She was lying on the sward⁠—a sward, you know, is grass as smooth as velvet, just like green velvet⁠—and the Prince saw the marks of travel on her garments. The bottom of the lovely silk dress was all dirty⁠—”

“Wondrous Fair, if you don’t mind you’ll make that sheet dirty, too,” said Pin.