` Are you going to magic it away ? ' Puck laughed . ' I know it 's your meadow , but there 's a great deal more in it than you or your father ever guessed . Try ! ' He turned his eyes on Una . ` I 'll do it , ' she said . Dan followed her example at once . ` Now are you two lawfully seized and possessed of all Old England , ' began Puck , in a sing-song voice . ` By right of Oak , Ash , and Thorn are you free to come and go and look and know where I shall show or best you please . You shall see What you shall see and you shall hear What you shall hear , though It shall have happened three thousand year ; and you shall know neither Doubt nor Fear . Fast ! Hold fast all I give you . ' The children shut their eyes , but nothing happened . ` Well ? ' said Una , disappointedly opening them . ' I thought there would be dragons . ' ' `` Though It shall have happened three thousand year , '' ' said Puck , and counted on his fingers . ` No ; I 'm afraid there were no dragons three thousand years ago . ' ` But there has n't happened anything at all , ' said Dan . ` Wait awhile , ' said Puck .
` You do n't grow an oak in a year -- and Old XXXXX 's older than twenty oaks .
Dan England Oak Puck Thorn Una father fingers right year