She looked about a little, and presently she saw a work-basket upon the corner of a table, where Arabella's mother had been at work.

Sligo began to look at the basket, thinking that it would make a good nest for her to sleep in, if she could only get it under the clock.

The clock stood in a corner of the room.
"Sligo accordingly jumped up into a chair, and from the chair to the table, and then pushing the basket along nearer and nearer to the edge of the table, she at last made it fall over, and all the sewing and knitting work, and the balls, and needles, and spools, fell out upon the floor.

Sligo then jumped down and pushed the basket along toward the clock.

She finally got it under the clock, crept into it, curled herself round into the form of a semicircle inside, so as just to fill the basket, and went to sleep.
"Presently Arabella came in, and seeing the spools and balls upon the floor, began to play with them.