The Magician's Tea-Party

"The Magician’s Tea-Party" is a fairytale written by British suffragist and author Evelyn Sharp in 1900.

The little girl introduces herself as Eyebright and when asked where she learned her song, she replies that the magician taught her and that she needed to sing it every day until the King came.

Eyebright does not manage to change the little King's mind but does get him to follow her to go to see the Magician.

The two children travel to the middle island, through woods and into a boat to get to the Magician’s cave.

The Magician tells them that the reason that the King cannot see his kingdom for the wonderful place that it is, was because the wymps threw dust in his eyes as a baby.

Eyebright thought she could only see five round islands in a row, but the King cannot possibly be mistaken so she agrees that it is a beautiful kingdom.