When the game was over Lightning gave each elf a fan, and while they were resting and fanning themselves, he passed red clover honeydew in lily-cups. Then Tono and his orchestra played and sang some beautiful music. Their musical instruments were blades of grass, wind-flowers, Canterbury bells, and trumpet honeysuckles. First they played and sang: _Moon and Stars_ “Said the moon to the stars: ‘You are always the same, And your lights are so tiny, I think them quite tame; You just twinkle and twinkle in red, white and blue, Have you noticed the wonderful things I can do? “‘Sometimes I’m a crescent, a pale silver line, An arc of a circle--I think it quite fine. Then again I am round, with my face full of light, And everyone thinks me a wonderful sight.’” “That is really fine,” said Captain Acorn. “Won’t you favor us with something else?” “With pleasure,” answered Tono, and then he and his orchestra played and sang _Three Crows_. “Three crows there were once who sat on a tree, Fa-lo, fa-la, fa-lee! Said one ‘I should like to sail o’er the sea,’ Fa-lo, fa-la, fa-lee! The other two looked so gloomy and blue, Fa-lo, fa-la, fa-lee! Said they: ‘If you do, we’ll surely go too,’ Fa-lo, fa-la, fa-lee!” I should have said they _tried_ to play _Three Crows_, for they had no sooner started than Colonel Claw, who was sitting on a branch of the mulberry tree and watching the whole performance, set up such a “Caw! caw! caw!” that Tono was obliged to stop the music and try something else. After that they sang about the silvery swans, and Colonel Claw became quite quiet and subdued, for it did not interest him in the least when they sang of other people. Then Captain Acorn thanked Captain Featherweight for the game and the music and said it was now time to sing _Oh, Joy to be Elves!_ This was the song that the elves always sang at parting. “Oh, Joy to be Elves! To float on a breeze, And dance on the tops Of the tallest of trees! Oh, joy to be fairies, And ride on a cloud, Whether the wind Blow softly or loud! “Oh, joy to be Elves! To roam o’er the sky, And race with the swiftest Of birds when they fly! Oh, joy to be fairies! To sail o’er the sea, And care not a clover, What happens to be! “Oh, joy to be Elves! The world is all ours: The hills and the valleys, The fruits and the flowers! The moonlight and starlight, The clouds in the sky, Oh, joy to be fairies! Good-bye! Good-bye!” Then Captain Acorn and his Company bade adieu to the Elves of Mount Fern, saying that they hoped to see them soon at Oakdale. Thus ended the lawn party. 3 THE BALL The next evening, at starlight, Captain Featherweight said it was time to begin preparations for the ball.