"Hippy, you are on the end, so you can begin it, then after you have gone a little way, Nora must take up the narrative, and so on down the line until the story is finished." "Fine," said Hippy.

"Here goes:" "Once upon a time, in the heart of a deep forest, there lived a most beautiful prince.

He had all that heart could wish; still he was not happy, for, alas, he was too fat." At this statement there was a shout of laughter from his listeners, at which Hippy, pretending anger, glared ferociously and vowed that he would not continue.

Nora thereupon took up the narrative and convulsed her hearers with the remedies tried by the fat prince to reduce his weight.

Then the story was passed on to Anne.