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33 64 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
longer on my emerald prettiness, and—and—
then I remembered no more."
" And is that all your story ? How silly !"
the movements of the little fishes seem to
mean, as if expressing their dissatisfaction.
" Oh ! dear no f" continues the newt, and
peers knowingly at his audience with his little
eyes. "I only fell asleep, and when I awoke;
ay, when I awoke!—you could scarcely credit
it, but I vouch for the truth of what befel me."
" Well, go on," the anxious little fishes seem
to cry.
" Sweet music, stronger than of any birds
I had ever heard, woke me to consciousness,
and a whole cluster of tiny stars, as if glittering
through innumerable little pendent icicles, hung
over my head, and I found myself lying on
a mossy bank, from which hung gorgeous
flowers. I saw another grassy tuft with
pretty blossoms, all fancifully spread on what
to me seemed a piece of crystal ice, supported
on the antlers of two small stags, who
remained perfectly immovable, and shone—
well, as if they had been bathing in some
water bewitched by the moonbeams, and had
become petrified for their preservation. A
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