thatWhickonly escapes by crawling under a bed. Next, he cornersQuee; butQueeis so small that he creeps out betweenGlick'slegs. It is a long while beforeGlickcan touch anybody else; and indeed he only catchesSnickat the last becauseSnicktrips over his own long beard, and falls flat. Even then it takesGlicksome time to tell whom he has caught, for theDwarfsare all very much alike. But at lastGlickfeels a bump onSnick'sbald head that came at least a hundred and twenty-five years ago when an enormous diamond fell on him in the mines, and has never gone away again.
Next they play, "Puss-in-the-Corner," and get so excited about it that they clamber all over the clean, starched coverlets thatSnow Whitehad only just finished ironing; so she is relieved when the game is over.