His eyes did not twinkle any more . They were very kind , and there was the beginning of a good smile on his lips . Una put out her hand . ` Do n't go , ' she said . ` We like you . ' ` Have a Bath Oliver , ' said Dan , and he passed over the squashy envelope with the eggs . ` By Oak , Ash and Thorn , ' cried Puck , taking off his blue cap , ' I like you too . Sprinkle a plenty salt on the biscuit , Dan , and I 'll eat it with you . That 'll show you the sort of person I am . Some of us ' -- he went on , with his mouth full -- ` could n't abide Salt , or Horse-shoes over a door , or Mountain-ash berries , or Running Water , or Cold Iron , or the sound of Church Bells . But I 'm Puck ! ' He brushed the crumbs carefully from his doublet and shook hands . ` We always said , Dan and I , ' Una stammered , ` that if it ever happened we 'd know ex-actly what to do ; but -- but now it seems all different somehow . ' ` She means meeting a fairy , ' said Dan . ' I never believed in 'em -- not after I was six , anyhow . ' ' I did , ' said Una . ` At least , I sort of half believed till we learned `` Farewell Rewards '' . Do you know `` Farewell Rewards and Fairies '' ? ' ` Do you mean this ? ' said Puck .
He threw his big head back and began at the second line : ` Good housewives now may say , For now foul sluts in dairies Do fare as well as they ; And though they sweep their hearths no less -LRB- ` Join in , XXXXX ! ' -RRB-
Ash Dan Horse-shoes Iron Mountain-ash Oliver Puck Thorn Una crumbs