who had taken cold. he had gone out and got his feet wet; though nobody could imagine how it had happened, for it was quite dry weather. So his mother undressed him, put him to bed, and had the tea-pot brought in, to make him a good cup of Elderflower tea. Just at the moment the merry old man came in who lived up a-top of the house all alone; he had neither wife nor children--but he liked children very much, and knew so many fairy tales, that it was quite delightful.