165"When we telephoned," said Zuzu, "we got the wrong kind of Cricket, and had it not been that we had the Enchanted Banjo with us, we might have met all sorts of trouble. We thank you, good Queen, for not punishing us; but we should like to know how the really-truly Fairy Telephone would be."

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"Good Banjo," said the Fairy Queen, "can you not tell these dear young people how the really-truly Fairy Telephone goes?"

"With the greatest of pleasure, your Majesty," replied the Banjo, with a smile. And then it sang:

TO TELEPHONE TO FAIRY-LAND

If you want to telephone to Fairy-land

You must have a snow-white Cricket in your hand.

It is easy; don't you see?

Just as easy as can be

If the way to telephone you understand.

When the crickets are all chirping in the night

Then you have to go and seek by candle-light,

And keep watching as you pass

Through the bushes and the grass

For a Cricket that is perfectly snow-white.

"Hello! Hello! Is this the land of Fairies?"

"Hello! Hello!" you'll hear the faint reply

From one whose cheeks are redder than the cherries;

"Hello! Hello!" You'll do it if you try.

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