Let us go out the other way." He hopped down a sort of little staircase near which they were standing, and Griselda followed him willingly enough.

At the foot they found themselves in a vestibule, much handsomer than the entrance at the other side, and the cuckoo, crossing it, lifted one of his claws and touched a spring in the wall.

Instantly a pair of large doors flew open in the middle, revealing to Griselda the prettiest and most curious sight she had ever seen.
A flight of wide shallow steps led down from this doorway into a long, long avenue bordered by stiffly growing trees, from the branches of which hung innumerable lamps of every colour, making a perfect network of brilliance as far as the eye could reach.
"Oh, how lovely!" cried Griselda, clapping her hands.

"It'll be like walking along a rainbow.

Cuckoo, come quick." "Stop," said the cuckoo; "we've a good way to go.