In the Fire

Excerpt from In the Fire

And a very short time afterwards she seemed to be standing on the top bar of the large grate, as the Fire King took Off his ?aming cap to her in the friendliest manner possible. Come in, little girl, come in! He called out, and a number Of tiny ?ame-men, who danced in a train behind him, echoed heartily, Come in. SO in Rosie walked, all among the delightful grottoes of red-hot coal, and as something very, very wonderful seemed to have happened to her, she was not even scorched by the heat, but felt it to be pleasant and invigorating.