' "'I certainly am vexed,' said the basket; 'inwardly vexed, more than any one can imagine.
' "'I certainly am vexed,' said the basket; 'inwardly vexed, more than any one can imagine.
But the tulips stood more stiffly than ever, their faces were pointed and red, because they were vexed.
"How vexed Great Claus will be when he finds out how rich I have become all through my one horse; but I shall not tell him exactly how it all happened.
