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When Tur-il-i-ra awoke, he remembered that it was time to be off, and, waking Ting-a-ling, he took out his great purse, and placed the little fairy in it, where he had very comfortable quarters, as there was no money there to hurt him. "Don't forget my wagon when you get to the gate," said Ting-a-ling, sleepily, rolling himself up for a fresh nap, as the Giant closed the purse with a snap.
"What!" cried Tur-il-i-ra, in a voice like the explosion of a powder magazine. "Loose!" "Yes," said the man. "He's been loose for four days." The Giant pulled in his head, and Ting-a-ling could hear him hurrying down-stairs to open the great door. So he went back to the bed, and got in under the edge of the counterpane, and lay there, with just his head sticking out, until he dropped asleep.
But since he had found out that they had sent for Tur-il-i-ra, he had gone into the forest, and they knew not when he would come forth.
About sunset, the fairy and the butterfly, the latter very tired, arrived at the castle of Tur-il-i-ra, and there, at the great door, stood the Giant, expecting them, with his face beaming with hospitality and delight.
When our party emerged into the open plain, it was night; but as the stars were quite bright, Tur-il-i-ra, carrying his smaller friends, and with his good club over his shoulder, took his way toward his castle. They had not travelled far before daylight appeared, and very soon afterward they saw in the distance what seemed to be a mighty army coming toward them.
Although Tur-il-i-ra strode along at a great rate, the Prince got to the tower first, and immediately commenced shouting to his Princess. She, however, did not make her appearance, for she was still in a swoon. So the Prince ran around to the door to see if, by chance, it was open, but found it locked.
"O no," said Ting-a-ling; "I will come on my blue butterfly. You have no idea how fast he flies. I do believe he could go to your castle nearly as fast as you could yourself." "All right," said Tur-il-i-ra, rising. "Come as you please, but be sure you come to stay."
O dear!" "Come now!" said Tur-il-i-ra, "Ting-a-ling, get into my pocket. I must see into this myself, for I can't be waiting here all night, you know." So the Giant, still standing on the barn, lifted off the roof of the tower, and threw it to some distance.
The splash was so great that the whole air, for a minute or two, was full of water and spray, and Ting-a-ling could see nothing at all. When things had become visible again, there was Tur-il-i-ra standing up to the middle of his thighs in the channel of the river, and brushing from his eyes and his nose the water that trickled from him like little brooks. "Hel-l-o-o-o!" cried Ting-a-ling.
Tur-il-i-ra wanted Ting-a-ling to go back and finish his visit. "No," said the fairy. "I like you very much indeed, but I'm afraid I'm most too little for your house." "Perhaps that's true," said the Giant; "and when you want to see them, there are so many good people here in the palace.
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