And when he came to the middle of the great meadow there was a large box, and in the large box were three other boxes.  One contained the golden pennies, another the candy and the third was full of ice cream.

“I found it first!” Dickie cried and he took a pencil stub from his pocket and, with much twisting of mouth and thinking, he printed his name upon the box.

Then Dickie ran home as fast as he could and told Daddy Dorn.  Daddy Dorn hitched up Dobbin Dorn and Dickie and Daddy went to the middle of the great meadow and put the big box in the wagon and took it home.

Then they called Mamma Dorn and they all ate some of the ice cream and candy.  Then Dickie took some of the ice cream and candy and some of the golden pennies to Granny.

Then Dickie ran back home and had some more ice cream and candy, and asked Daddy if he might take some of the golden pennies downtown and buy something, and Daddy Dorn said:  “Of course, Dickie Dorn, for they are your golden pennies.”  So Dickie took two handfuls of the golden pennies downtown and bought a fine little pony with a little round stomach, and he bought a pretty pony cart and harness.  Then Dicky drove the pony back home.

By the time Dickie reached home he was hungry for more ice cream and candy, so he went to the box to get some.  “Oh Mamma and Daddy!” he cried, “Come see!  The box is full of candy and ice cream!” And sure enough that was the case, for although they had eaten almost all of the ice cream and candy before now the two boxes were filled again.  Then Daddy Dorn took two large handfuls of golden pennies from the golden penny box and they watched the box fill up with pennies again.

“Whee!” cried Dickie Dorn.  “Whee!” cried Mamma Dorn, and “Whee!” cried Daddy Dorn.  “We will give a party!” So Dickie drove around to everybody’s house in his pony cart and invited everybody to come to the party.

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And they all had such a nice time they ate the ice cream box empty sixteen times and it filled right up again, and they ate the candy box empty seventeen times and it filled right up again, and Dickie and Mamma and Daddy Dorn gave everybody all the golden pennies they could carry home and emptied the penny box eighteen times, and whenever they emptied the golden penny box it filled right up again.

And every one felt very grateful to Dickie Dorn and thanked him for such a nice time, and Dickie brought Granny out of a corner where she was eating her eighth dish of ice cream and told everybody that it was Granny who had really given the party, and he told them how Granny had helped him to learn crow talk.

So the people never called Granny a witch after that, for they knew she was very good and kindly.

And Dickie put the three boxes—­the candy box, the ice cream box and the box with the golden pennies—­out in front of his house so that whenever anyone wished candy or ice cream or golden pennies they might walk up and help themselves.