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"But what danger is to be dreaded froain to theand

looked out, saying she feared the fairies would be interrupted by foul

weather, for a storrows dark, the sooner the Ash will be awake," added

she

I asked her how she knew that there was any unusual excitement in the

woods She replied-"Besides the look of the trees, the dog there is unhappy; and the eyes

and ears of the white rabbit are redder than usual, and he frisks about

as if he expected some fun If the cat were at ho fairies pull the sparks out of her tail with

bra So do I, in another

way"

At this instant, a grey cat rushed in like a demon, and

disappeared in a hole in the wall

"There, I told you!" said the wo oncewo,

entered A shter; and then the

latter began to help her mother in little household duties

"I should like to stay here till the evening," I said; "and then go on

my journey, if you will allow ht be better to stay

all night, than risk the dangers of the wood then Where are you going?"

"Nay, that I do not know," I replied, "but I wish to see all that is to

be seen, and therefore I should like to start just at sundown" "You are

a bold youth, if you have any idea of what you are daring; but a rash

one, if you know nothing about it; and, excuse me, you do not seem very

well informed about the country and its manners However, no one comes

here but for some reason, either known to hie of hily I sat down, and feeling rather tired, and disinclined for

further talk, I asked leave to look at the old book which still screened

theThe wo