. In happy far-away land . she must go to the town and try to find her father and mother. Hegave her the two letterswhich he had found inthe coat, and a third let-ter which he had writtenhimself. It was to theQueen, and told her thestory of how he hadfound the child, and howhe had cared for her andloved her ever since. Daffy-Down-Dillyput on her petticoat ofdaffodil-yellow and hergreen gown, the color ofthe daffodils stem, andset off with a woodsman,who was to take her asfar as Gloster, and thereput her into the coachwhich ran every day tothe town where the Kinglived, for they did nothave rail
. In happy far-away land . she must go to the town and try to find her father and mother. Hegave her the two letterswhich he had found inthe coat, and a third let-ter which he had writtenhimself. It was to theQueen, and told her thestory of how he hadfound the child, and howhe had cared for her andloved her ever since. Daffy-Down-Dillyput on her petticoat ofdaffodil-yellow and hergreen gown, the color ofthe daffodils stem, andset off with a woodsman,who was to take her asfar as Gloster, and thereput her into the coachwhich ran every day tothe town where the Kinglived, for they did nothave railways in FarAway Land in thosedays. Daffy-Down-Dilly was a little frightened when she came to town, for it was the first town she hadever seen, so far as she could remember, and it seemed so big and noisy andcrowded. She knew that she must go to the palace to see the Queen and giveher the letters at once, so as soon as the coach stopped, she stepped out, andasked her way of some children who were playing in the street. They. 42 DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY told her just how to go to the palace, and one of them asked her hername. My name is Daffy-Down-Dilly, she answered. What a strange name ! said they all, and almost before she was outof hearing, they had made a song about it, which they sang over and overas they played Daffy-Down-Dilly has come up to town,In a gold petticoat and a green gown. Daffy-Down-Dilly had no trouble in finding the palace, and when sheasked to see the Queen, the footmen told her that Queen Anne was in thegarden sitting in the sun, for she was very fond of the sunlight and theopen air. Daffy-Down-Dilly saw her sitting there with all her ladies, and QueenAnnes face was so kind that she was not at all afraid to go up to herand give her the three letters. The Queen took them, and opened the first one. She read it through,and then opened the second. She had read only half a page of that whenshe cried : Why, this seems almost too good to be true! Run, somebody, andfetch
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