six o'clock
`` How fine to have a little time to pretend a dream ! '' he said to himself . But Mrs. Freg did not come and did not come , until at last he opened his eyes , just in wonderment . `` It must be six o'clock ! '' When he saw where he was , and that the dream was true , his heart almost stood still for joy . He was indeed far away in the woods , safe and snug and warm in this bright house , and Mrs. Freg could never reach him here . And he would not go to the canning factory that day , nor the next , nor the next , nor ever again .