She shut the cupboard door, bent over the crocodile and in a moment the creature had changed to a red wolf.

It was not pretty even now, and the wolf crouched beside its mistress as a dog might have done.

Its teeth looked as dangerous as had those of the crocodile.
Next the Yookoohoo went about touching all the lizards and toads, and at her touch they became kittens.

The rats she changed into chipmunks.
Now the only horrid creatures remaining were the four great spiders, which hid themselves behind their thick webs.
"There!" Reera cried, "now my cottage presents a more comfortable appearance.

I love the toads and lizards and rats, because most people hate them, but I would tire of them if they always remained the same.
Sometimes I change their forms a dozen times a day." "You are clever," said Ervic.