Tiny sailed past many towns, and the little birds in the bushes saw her,
and sang, “What a lovely little creature;” so the leaf swam away with her
farther and farther, till it brought her to other lands. A graceful little white
butterfly constantly fluttered round her, and at last alighted on the leaf. Tiny
pleased him, and she was glad of it, for now the toad could not possibly
reach her, and the country through which she sailed was beautiful, and the
sun shone upon the water, till it glittered like liquid gold. She took off her
girdle and tied one end of it round the butterfly, and the other end of the
ribbon she fastened to the leaf, which now glided on much faster than ever,
taking little Tiny with it as she stood. Presently a large cockchafer flew by;
the moment he caught sight of her, he seized her round her delicate waist
with his claws, and flew with her into a tree. The green leaf floated away on
