`` That 's my sensible girl ! Now , think a minute , my dear , and you will also own that it is best to give up the child as well as the mermaid , '' said her uncle briskly . `` Oh ! no : we love one another ; and she is good , and I ca n't give her up , '' cried Fancy . `` Answer me a few questions ; and I 'll prove that she is n't good , that you do n't love her , and that you can give her up , '' said Uncle Fact , and numbered off the questions on his fingers as he spoke . `` Did n't Luly want you to deceive us , and every one else , about who she was ? '' `` Yes , sir . '' `` Do n't you like to be with her better than with your aunt or myself ? '' `` Yes , sir . '' `` Had n't you rather hear her songs and stories than learn your lessons ? '' `` Yes , sir . '' `` Is n't it wrong to deceive people , to love strangers more than those who are a father and mother to you , and to like silly tales better than useful lessons ? '' `` Yes , sir . '' `` Very well . Then , do n't you see , that , if Luly makes you do these wrong and ungrateful things , she is not a good child , nor a fit playmate for you ? '' Fancy did n't answer ; for she could n't feel that it was so , though he made it seem so . When Uncle Fact talked in that way , she always got confused and gave up ; for she did n't know how to argue . He was right in a certain way ; but she felt as if she was right also in another way , though she could not prove it : so she hung her head , and let her tears drop on the carpet one by one . Uncle Fact did n't mean to be unkind , but he did mean to have his own way ; and , when he saw the little girl 's sad face , he took her on his knee , and said , more mildly : `` Do you remember the story about the German Lorelei , who sung so sweetly , and lured people to death in the Rhine ? '' `` Yes , uncle ; and I like it , '' answered Fancy , looking up .
`` Well , my dear , your XXXXX will lead you into trouble , if you follow her .
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