It gives me another chance." "I beg your pardon," said the other fairies, all together.
"She did.

I hadn't done laughing," said the crone.

"I had only got to Hi, hi! and I had to go through Ho, ho! and Hu, hu! So I decree that if she wakes all night she shall wax and wane with its mistress, the moon.
And what that may mean I hope her royal parents will live to see.

Ho, ho! Hu, hu!" But out stepped another fairy, for they had been wise enough to keep two in reserve, because every fairy knew the trick of one.
"Until," said the seventh fairy, "a prince comes who shall kiss her without knowing it." The wicked fairy made a horrid noise like an angry cat, and hobbled away.

She could not pretend that she had not finished her speech this time, for she had laughed Ho, ho! and Hu, hu! "I don't know what that means," said the poor king to the seventh fairy.
"Don't be afraid.