1. "Now, granny," said Rose, when the breakfast was done, "I will not forget, to-day at least, to lock up the tea-caddy."[Pg 71]  
2. So she took up the sugar-basin, fitted it into a little place made for it inside the box where I sat, and, before I had any idea of what she was doing, she shut down the lid¹.
 
3. I was now, for the first time, left in the dark. And I began to think what a pleasant thing the sunshine was, and to wonder when I should be let out again.
 
4. But I must say that I found the sugar a great comfort. I went on eating it as long as I could. If I was to be locked up at all, I could not have been locked into a better place.
 
5. The sugar-basin was full and there were enough lumps² in it to last a fly of my size all his life. But of course one might get tired of it, in time.
 
6. But I was not tired yet. So I ate and ate, until I began to feel my legs ache³ and my wings very heavy. Just then I heard a loud noise, and a light broke into my prison.
 
7. It was Rose turning the key in the lock and lifting the lid of the tea-caddy. "Oh, granny!" cried she, "here is a poor fly that can hardly move."[Pg 72]
 
8. "I am afraid, dear, that the poor fly must thank himself for that," said Mrs. Sutton, looking closely⁴ at me. "He has been a little glutton⁵, I fear, and has eaten so much sugar that he can hardly move."
 
9. "Poor little fellow," said Rose, "I will not hurt him. He shall go out of doors on to the cool grass and get well again.
 
10. "I

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