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"I didn't know it," said Cyril. "Don't you remember yesterday?" said the Sand-fairy, still more disagreeably. "You asked me to let you have your wishes wherever you happened to be, and you wished this morning, and you've got it." "Oh, have we?" said Robert. "What is it?" "So you've forgotten?" said the Psammead, beginning to burrow. "Never mind; you'll know soon enough. And I wish you joy of it!
"Ingratitude," said the Psammead, "is a dreadful vice." "We're not ungrateful," Jane made haste to say, "but we didn't really want that wish. Robert only just said it. Can't you take it back and give us a new one?" "No I can't," the Sand-fairy said shortly; "chopping and changing it's not business. You ought to be careful what you do wish.
Only we'll make up our minds, solid, before we go, what it is we do want, and no one must ask for anything unless the others agree first. No more peerless beauties for this child, thank you. Not if I know it!" The other three dressed, with their mouths open. If all that dream about the Sand-fairy was real, this real dressing seemed very like a dream, the girls thought.
'I'm really afraid I can't manage it, it said apologetically; 'I must be out of practice. The children were horribly disappointed. 'Oh, DO try again! they said. 'Well, said the Sand-fairy, 'the fact is, I was keeping back a little strength to give the rest of you your wishes with. If you'll be contented with one wish a day amongst the lot of you I daresay I can screw myself up to it.
"Child," said the Sand-fairy sleepily, "I can only advise you to think before you speak" "But I thought you never gave advice." "That piece doesn't count," it said. "You'll never take it! Besides, it's not original. It's in all the copy-books." "But won't you just say if you think wings would be a silly wish?" "Wings?" it said. "I should think you might do worse.
'Well then, said Anthea, 'everything we have wished has turned out rather horrid. I wish you would advise us. You are so old, you must be very wise. 'I was always generous from a child, said the Sand-fairy. 'I've spent the whole of my waking hours in giving. But one thing I won't give that's advice. 'You see, Anthea went on, it's such a wonderful thing such a splendid, glorious chance.
We've all dreamed we found a Sand-fairy. Her voice died away before Cyril's contemptuous glance. 'Dream? he said, 'you little sillies, it's TRUE. I tell you it all happened. That's why I'm so keen on being down early. We'll go up there directly after brekker, and have another wish.
The Sand-fairy smoothed his long rat-like whiskers and smiled between them. "Do please tell!" said the children all together. It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
These children had often talked this matter over, but, now the chance had suddenly come to them, they could not make up their minds. "Quick," said the Sand-fairy crossly. No one could think of anything, only Anthea did manage to remember a private wish of her own and Jane's which they had never told the boys. She knew the boys would not care about it but still it was better than nothing.
'Suppose you drop being a little humbug, said Robert, but not crossly. 'Look out dig with your hands, now! So they did, and presently uncovered the spider-shaped brown hairy body, long arms and legs, bat's ears and snail's eyes of the Sand-fairy himself. Everyone drew a deep breath of satisfaction, for now of course it couldn't have been a dream.
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