“She said”

 

One maiden spoke in toads,
another in pearls,

and a third with the nightingale's voice.
If you ask me,

I would have to say

all the world's magic

comes directly from the mouth.

— an excerpt from "Once Upon A Time,"
She Said by Jane Yolen.
Art by Terri Windling.
http://www.windling.typepad.com/