obscured the moon, and something fell at their feet like a folded handkerchief. Then the moon shone forth again in all her glory; they picked up the handkerchief and began to spread it before them, but it was so thin, and went into so many folds, it took some time; at last, when it was quite undone, they saw it was a map of a fair country; a river ran in the centre, and on either side were towns, and forests, and lakes. Then they knew the good.King of Dreams had fulfilled his promise, and sent them their invisible kingdom from heaven, and when they turned to look at their house, behold! it had become a noble palace, with steps of crystal, walls of marble, and soft velvet carpets. Holding each other by the hand they entered their palace, where their subjects were already assembled to receive them. Low they bowed as they passed along, whilst the air was rent with the sounds of drums and trumpets. Then came pages and strewed bright flowers before them, and so they knew they were King and Queen.

The next morning the whole village was alive with the news that Dreamy George had come home, and brought a wife back with him. "Nothing very particular," said the good folks. "I saw her this morning," chimed in one of the villagers; "as I went to the wood, she was standing with him at the door, quite a plain girl, little, and rather pale, in just a simple cotton dress.

I wonder where she sprang from? He hasn't much himself, and I daresay she has nothing at all."

And so these very foolish people gossiped on, for they could not see she was a princess, or that the cottage had become a palace of marvellous beauty. They in their ignorance saw nothing, for Heaven had sent Dreamy George an invisible kingdom. He never cared anything at all about these silly people, but lived with his Princess contented and happy. By and by they had six children, one more beautiful than the other, and they were all princes and princesses.

But nobody knew it in the village, for they really were such stupid matter-of-fact sort of people that they never discovered it at all.