` But we did n't , ' said Una , sighing . ` Oh ! there 's Puck ! ' The little fellow , brown and smiling , peered between two stems of an ash , nodded , and slid down the bank into the cool beside them . ` No sorcery , Sir Richard ? ' he laughed , and blew on a full dandelion head he had picked . ` They tell me that Witta 's Wise Iron was a toy . The boy carries such an iron with him . They tell me our Devils were apes , called gorillas ! ' said Sir Richard , indignantly . ` That is the sorcery of books , ' said Puck . ' I warned thee they were wise children . All people can be wise by reading of books . ' ` But are the books true ? ' Sir Richard frowned . ' I like not all this reading and writing . ' ` Ye-es , ' said Puck , holding the naked dandelion head at arm 's length . ` But if we hang all fellows who write falsely , why did De Aquila not begin with Gilbert the Clerk ? He was false enough . ' ` Poor false Gilbert .
Yet , in his fashion , he was bold , ' said Sir XXXXX .
Aquila Clerk Gilbert Iron Puck Richard Una Witta Ye-es apes