Chapter 4 Summary

Winnie was outside again that evening catching fireflies, when a stranger in a yellow suit called a greeting to her. She responded, but was reminded of her grandfather's death by the black ribbon hanging on the front door and tried to act somberly.

The stranger asked her questions about people in the area and she admitted that her family had been here a long time, but she knew of no other people. She told him that her father might know.

Her grandmother appeared and curtly told the stranger to leave, because they knew no one and did not want to know anyone. She was distracted, as soon as she finished her statement, by a melody that sounded like tinkling bells coming from the woods. She exclaimed excitedly to Winnie that it was elf music and that the elves had returned. Winnie thought it...