000588d4-1805-418e-bc07-863cbec0e92a WHEN A SON WAS BORN TO ABRAHAM AND ELIZABETH A TREE WAS PLANTED IN THE ORCHARD FOR HIM THEY HAD FOURTEEN CHILDREN IN ALL AND EACH CHILD HAD ITS BIRTH TREE EVERY FAMILY FESTIVAL WAS COMMEMORATED IN LIKE FASHION AND EVERY BELOVED VISITOR WHO SPENT A NIGHT UNDER THEIR ROOF WAS EXPECTED TO PLANT A TREE IN THE ORCHARD DID YOU KNOW THESE LITTLE PEOPLE WERE THERE BEFORE AH SURE THERE A LONG TIME 001c5703-f931-421d-96c3-e584d6f08cff ON A SMALL ENAMELED TABLE BESIDE IT WAS A RATHER LARGE SHEET OF PAPER WEIGHTED DOWN WITH A CRACKED FLORENCE FLASK SOMEHOW WHAT POPPED INTO FARMER'S HEAD WAS THE COURSE OF AN OLD SONG HE HAD SUNG IN BOY'S CAMP WHEN VERY YOUNG DORA WAS PICKING HER WAY SLOWLY DOWN THE STONE STEPS 00390819-40ed-412e-a905-b7ce0abf93de IN LATER YEARS WE WERE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE ORCHARD BLOSSOMED NOT ONLY APPLE BLOSSOMS BUT ALL THE LOVE FAITH JOY PURE HAPPINESS AND PURE SORROW OF THOSE WHO HAD MADE IT AND WALKED THERE KNOWING YOUR DISLIKE FOR SCIENCE OTHER THAN THAT RELATED TO AERONAUTICS ALL CUT IS PRETTY SHORT IT'LL PROBABLY SOUND CRAZY TO YOU ANYWAY 003934e8-bf92-45a0-a4e7-6a5337eb8df1 THE NONIPUS CREPT FORWARD PONDEROUSLY AND FARMER SEARCHED DAZEDLY FOR A WEAPON IT WAS RAY WHO FIRST STARTED STUMBLING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BOAT HOOK BUT JOHN ANDREW IN A SUDDEN FIT OF BRAVERY SHOVED PAST HIM AND GRABBED THE FRAGILE LOOKING THING FROM ITS CLEACH JEFF BACKED AWAY WARILY DAMN IT ARE WE GOING THROUGH ALL THAT AGAIN ONCE IT GETS ITS WIND BACK COFFEE THREE INTERRUPTED HIM THIS TIME THE CRYSTAL NOW WE MUST HAVE IT TO QUIET THE ZID UNTIL IT IS SAFELY CAGED AGAIN 0041b997-6090-4fa2-9f4e-63702960c780 OH SAID FELICITY IN A SHOCKED TONE WHEN UNCLE ROGER HAD PASSED BY UNCLE ROGER SWORE OH NO HE DIDN'T SAID THE STORY GIRL QUICKLY DEVILTREE ISN'T SWEARING AT ALL IT ONLY MEANS EXTRA BAD MISCHIEF WELL IT'S NOT A VERY NICE WORD ANYHOW SAID FELICITY I THRUST THE BOX HASTILY INTO MY TRUNK AND CONFRONTED DAN NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS I SAID DEFIANTLY YES TIS DAN WAS TOO MUCH IN EARNEST TO RESENT MY BLUNT SPEECH LOOK HERE BEV IS THAT MAGIC SEED 0046ffc3-62c8-4742-bfcd-9e98be1a1d4c AND MISSUS EWKE TRANSFORMED YOU FOR IF BY CHANCE YOUR FRIENDS CAME IN SEARCH OF YOU NOT ONE OF THEM WOULD BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE YOU ASKED POLYCHROME LAUGHING AGAIN YOU CAN SEE YOUR UNCLE ROGER BELIEVES PEG IS A WITCH SAID PETER AND YOU CAN SEE AUNT OLIVIA DOESN'T I SAID AND I DON'T EITHER 004d6109-5f11-4c9b-9072-88711ed07bc9 WELL YOU KNOW EVERY ONE HAS TO EAT A PECK OF DIRT IN HIS LIFE GIGGLED FELICITY BUT NOBODY HAS TO EAT IT ALL AT ONCE RETORTED UNCLE ROGER WITH ANOTHER GROAN IT WAS QUITE DARK IN THE FIR WOOD WE COULD SEE HER FACE AND EYES BUT DIMLY THROUGH THE GLOOM A SILVERY MOON WAS LOOKING DOWN ON US OVER THE GRANARY THE STARS TWINKLED THROUGH THE SOFTLY WAVING BOUGHS BEYOND THE WOODS WE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF MOONLIGHT WORLD LYING IN THE SHARP FROST OF THE OCTOBER EVENING 00539c76-b8e9-4b58-8910-cd8bc1b93fc1 JUST IMAGINE THE FEELINGS OF THE YOUNG MINISTER IN THE CHINA CLOSET HE WAS JUST BEGINNING TO BE FAMOUS HE WAS VERY FAMOUS AFTERWARD HE CAME INTO THE ORCHARD TO WRITE A POEM AND HE FELL ASLEEP WITH HIS HEAD ON A BENCH THAT USED TO BE UNDER GRANDFATHER'S TREE THEN GREAT AUNT EDITH CAME INTO THE ORCHARD 00763725-22e0-4864-9703-8e67fa920d27 ASTRO THIS IS BRANNAN COME IN PLEASE TOWERS CONTINUED TO PACE AND TALK WE DID IT TO SPITE ME WHEN BRANDON OPENED HIS EYES HE WAS STARING AT THE SILVERY DISKS OF THE TWIN MOONS THEY WERE HIGH IN THE SKY OBSCURING THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY AND THAT TALL SLENDER TREE OVER THERE WITH THE BRANCHES ALL GROWING STRAIGHT UP IS A SEEDLING THAT CAME UP OF ITSELF AND NOBODY CAN EAT ITS APPLES THEY ARE SO SOUR AND BITTER EVEN THE PIGS WON'T EAT THEM 0099d4fe-45c5-405b-9bec-2048132b593d THE SCARECROW SUSPECTED SHE WAS GOING TO LAUGH SO HE SLIPPED BEHIND HIS FRIENDS TO ESCAPE THE WIND FROM HER BREATH DO YOU REALLY THINK PEG BOWEN IS A WITCH UNCLE ROGER DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL INCREDULOUSLY DO I THINK PEG BOWEN IS A WITCH MY DEAR SARA WHAT DO YOU THINK OF A WOMAN WHO CAN TURN YOUR SET HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT WHENEVER SHE LIKES IS SHE A WITCH OR IS SHE NOT I LEAVE IT TO YOU 00b10edf-68ad-4e27-bb8a-201b3e7e9922 THE WORLD WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL AND GREEN NOT EVEN THE JUDGMENT WAS SO GREATLY TO BE FEARED AFTER BREAKFAST AND THE NECESSARY CHORES THERE WAS THE FORENOON TO BE LIVED THROUGH LET CECILY AND THE STORY GIRL CACKLE ALL THEY WANTED TO AND LET THOSE STUCK UP TORONTO BOYS GRIN LIKE CHESSY CATS BELIEVE YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE TO HAVE A STORY TO TELL 00b39aaf-c7ea-4360-ba94-65dcaa5eddd7 HE WOULDN'T EVEN EAT ANY MORE THAN WAS ACTUALLY NECESSARY TO KEEP HIM ALIVE UNCLE ROGER SAYS THAT IF HE HAD BEEN A ROMAN CATHOLIC HE WOULD HAVE BECOME A MONK BUT AS HE WAS A PRESBYTERIAN ALL HE COULD DO WAS TURNING TO A CRANK BUT THERE WAS NO FOOD UPON THE TABLE NOR ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT A PITCHER OF WATER 00c35b87-4637-4049-b699-332fd635fd32 OLD CHARLEY HAD ABANDONED HIS BOAT AND WAS SWIMMING IN TO ESCAPE THE SCOOP THE ZID DOES NOT SWIM BIT BY BIT A PATENT STARTED TO EMERGE A DELICATE WEB WORK OF FORGERY BRIBERY CHICANERY AND FALSEHOOD 00d6f6da-635d-4ce4-8c64-b87c389a9687 BUT HE COULDN'T WHICH ONE WAS MORE DANGEROUS SHE FOLLOWED IT UP THIS TIME WITH A STRING OF INTRICATE FOREIGN SOUNDING WORDS THAN EVEN FARMER COULD TELL WERE HOT AND STINGING BUT SHE WORKED ON AT HER BUTTONHOLES SHE WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE EXCITING SERIAL IN THE NEW MAGAZINE DAN BROUGHT HOME FROM THE POST OFFICE NEITHER WOULD SHE OPEN A LETTER FROM HER FATHER IT'S A THANKFUL MAN I'LL BE WHEN YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER COME HOME 00d985ab-2a41-4c78-b341-d856bfbc13bd RAY AND FARMER SHOOK WITH HIM IN TURN HIS HAND WAS DAMP AND WEBBED BUT FELT FAIRLY HUMAN FOR ALL THAT HE ASKED HIS VOICE WAS SNEERING RAY FROWNED AND SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MASS APPEAL FIFTEEN OF US HAVE DEVELOPED IT FIFTEEN WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE BROTHERHOOD BUT THERE ARE OTHERS OF COURSE YONDS THOUGHT IMPATIENTLY I KNOW ALL THAT YUNUS TRIED TO LOOK REASSURING HE THOUGHT OF SEVERAL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE SUNNYSIDE OF LIFE AND DECIDED ON NONE OF THEM MY SYMPATHY HE BEGAN 00da7b7d-ab9a-4967-8a9d-9588c7d7e8b7 THE BOY ATE IN SILENCE FOR A TIME BEING REALLY HUNGRY BUT AFTER HIS APPETITE WAS SOMEWHAT SATISFI HE SAID HOW HAPPENED YOUR MAJESTY TO BE MADE OF TIN AND STILL BE ALIVE WELL I DON'T KNOW SAID THE STORY GIRL THOUGHTFULLY I THINK THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF TRUE THINGS TRUE THINGS THAT ARE AND TRUE THINGS THAT ARE NOT BUT MIGHT BE I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY ONE BUT THE ONE KIND OF TRUENESS SAID FELICITY ANYWAY THIS STORY COULDN'T BE TRUE YOU KNOW THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOD PAN 00de33b7-7099-4516-8956-9e40f09d4c4f AS IT WAS NOT IN PETER TO BE A MALINGERER HE WAS LEFT IN PEACE WHILE WE PICKED APPLES JONAS SMILED AT HER IT WAS AN EFFORT MADAM HE BEGAN POLITELY NOBODY'S HOME SHE REPEATED DRAWING SLIGHTLY BACK FROM THE WINDOW YOU GO AWAY NOW AH JONAS SAID PLEASANTLY BUT YOU'RE HOME AREN'T YOU THE OLD WOMAN FROWNED AT HIM SUSPICIOUSLY NOW SHE SAID VAGUELY WELL THIS IS YOUR HOUSE 00eb1e89-a83e-445b-ade9-35a9d8500498 AUNT OLIVIA LOOKING MORE LIKE A PANSY THAN EVER IN THE PRETTIEST DRESS OF PALE PURPLE PRINT WITH A KNOT OF YELLOW RIBBONS AT HER THROAT SAT WITH HER ARM ABOUT CECILY AND SMILED ON US ALL AND AUNT JANET'S MOTHERLY FACE LOST ITS EVERY DAY LOOK OF ANXIOUS CARE MIND YOU I AIN'T SAYING GOD COULDN'T CURE PAT BUT NOTHING AND NOBODY CAN'T EVER MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT PEG BOWEN WASN'T AT THE BOTTOM OF IT ALL 00f3c111-ced8-4ce4-a202-f40cd9dcf1b5 HIS NAME OR UNDOUBTEDLY PSEUDA NAME IS PEPPET NERO THE GIRL IS CALLED ANGELINA ARREST THEM AT ONCE GUARDS DANCE PHARAOH'S VOICE DIED AWAY AS HE RAN OUT OF THE ROOM I TALKED TO HIS VANISHING BACK I MUST BE SLOW YOU MEAN I MEAN WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU CLARTON THOUGHT AND ONE MORE THING YONUS YES THE DAUGHTER CURRETON THOUGHT I HAVE SEEN HER IN YOUR MIND IGNORE THE WENCH IS SHE WORTH WHAT YOUR TASK IS WORTH 00f6cf1a-acb4-4602-b042-ee774ec57a54 HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AS IF HE WERE ABOUT TO SPIT OUT AN INCANTATION MEDITATE ON A PRAYER YONAS SAID YONAS GRINNED SUDDENLY AND SAT STRAIGHTER I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU'D BE GETTING INTO CONTACT SOONER OR LATER HE THOUGHT WE WENT AWAY LEAVING DAN SITTING ON THE DOOR SILL READING HIS BOOK AND JIMMIE P SNOOZING BLISSFULLY ON THE SOFA 011c008e-7cd7-4cb4-9bc2-e351119caefb AND HE REMEMBERED WHO HAD BEEN WITH WHOM THE DWARF WAS THREE FOOT HIGH A SKELETON STRETCHED OVER WITH BROWN BURNT LEATHER BUT WE WERE VERY QUIET NOW AND WAS BADLY CHEATED TO BOOT FOR HE LEVANTED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS TAKING THE APPLES WITH HIM HAVING PAID HER ONLY HALF HER RIGHTFUL DUE 012160ed-f0b9-4ae9-b2c3-7bc59f22d1e5 HE HAD NONE OF GRANDFATHER'S ABIDING LOVE FOR WOODS AND MEADOWS AND HE ILLUSTRATED IT BY DESCRIBING HIS OLD WELL AT THE HOMESTEAD SHE WAS A PRETTY SIGHT JEFF SANK AGAIN AND CHURNED DESPERATELY TO PUT DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM 01347aa0-b6f3-4386-929f-bf299f2de99f ORAN TURNED LOOKED BACK AT TO NEWBE DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU CAN SEE BY WHAT LIGHT GETS DOWN HERE THROUGH THOSE TREES CAN YOU NOT SEE ASKED TO NEW NOT WITHOUT THE HEADLIGHTS OUR EYES DIFFER SAID TO NEWBE HE BENT TOWARD ORAN PEERED THE VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS OF HIS EYES EXPANDED AND CONTRACTED YOU ARE THE SAME AS THE OTHERS O ON THE DAUPHINIS PAUSE YES HE OPENED A LARGE WOODEN CASE WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SOME DREARLY GOOD CABINET WORK AND TOOK OUT A PECULIAR MACHINE WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF UNARGUABLY EXCELLENT MACHINE THESE DETAILS WERE THE FIRST THINGS THAT MADE FARMER THINK RAY MIGHT NOT BE A COMPLETE CRACK PICK AFTER ALL IF HE HADN'T BEEN FEELING JUST THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF SEA SICKNESS JOHN EDGEW WOULD HAVE BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF 0139fb57-d9ec-41b0-8f80-3ee7335a4609 OVER US WAS A GREAT DARK SKY BLOSSOMING WITH SILVER STARS AND ALL AROUND LAY DUSKY MYSTERIOUS REACHES OF MEADOW AND WOOD IN THE SOFT EMPURPLED NIGHT NOW NEITHER BOYS NOR MONKEYS RELISH BEING SCRUBBED TILLOON WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO RAN AGAINST HIS THORN 01469afa-67d7-4153-a950-b2dc912319d4 AND HE MAY NOW FOR AUGHT I KNOW BE A MOST USEFUL AND RESPECTABLE MAN MEMBER OF SOCIETY BELOVED BY HIS KIND DO YOU THINK HE REALLY FEELS SICK ASKED THE STORY GIRL ANXIOUSLY THE SLICES WERE SMOOTH AND GOLDEN 014f296a-3c28-4792-af78-a6da787c147a THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO BE SURE THAT THOUGHT PLEASED HIM GREATLY AFTER ALL HE TOLD HIMSELF THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE DANGER DESPISED THE BORING BUSINESS OF LIVING I THINK IT'S AWFULLY LUCKY WE WERE ALL BORN INTO THE SAME FAMILY FELIX REMARKED ISN'T IT I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT SO AND I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT WHAT A DREADFUL THING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER KING HAD NEVER GOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SINGLE ONE OF US CHILDREN HERE AT ALL OR IF WE WERE WE WOULD BE PART SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT WOULD BE ALMOST AS BAD 015353ff-88ef-46af-9549-ed6fe1e520fc AND THEN HE RUSHED FORWARD AND STUCK THE THORN INTO THE LEG OF THE SCARECROW SO BE KIND ENOUGH TO UNFASTEN OUR BONDS AND WE WILL PROCEED UPON OUR JOURNEY BEHIND ME FOR I WAS FACING THE MULTITUDE IT WAS STILL RUNNING APPARENTLY UNDAMAGED SOFT AND ENVELOPING 01777aeb-aded-4be6-9512-df69b982d511 I MIXED A POWDER IN SOME MILK AND TRIED TO POUR IT DOWN HIS THROAT WHILE PETER HELD HIM JUST LOOK AT THE SCRATCHES I GOT AND THE MILK WENT EVERYWHERE EXCEPT DOWN PAT'S THROAT THE EASY GOING HATRED AND CONTEMPT OF ALL MY ASSOCIATES HAD ANNOYED ME THROWN ME OFF BALANCE I WAS THINKING WITH ANGER NOW NOT WITH LOGIC FORCING A BIT OF CONTROL I ORDERED MY THOUGHTS CHECKING OFF A MENTAL LIST 0188d1e0-a4bc-48ac-91d4-9547060a59a5 I'M LEAVING ANOTHER NOTE THERE FOR YOU OLD SON AND MISS OAK LOOKS INTO HIS ROOM WHEN THE TWO COINCIDED WELL THE NOSE AS A MATTER OF STRICT TRUTH WAS HARD TO DISTINGUISH FROM THE OTHER CONTUSIONS SWELLINGS AND MARKS THAT COVERED THE HEAD 018f95c0-763c-4599-a0e2-a155a36379cf MY OWN DEAREST CECILY RAN SARA'S LETTER I HAVE JUST HEARD THE SAD NEWS ABOUT POOR DEAR PETER I CAN'T DESCRIBE MY FEELINGS THEY ARE DREADFUL I HAVE BEEN CRYING ALL THE AFTERNOON I WISH I COULD FLY TO YOU BUT MA WILL NOT LET ME HIS VOICE WAS THE SAME ROUGH RASP BUT IT SEEMED ALMOST MECHANICAL YOU HAVE CONFESSED TO ME HE SAID YOUR HERESY 01a9e552-2a61-45a3-9147-9dd41f3574ca IT WAS AS BIG AS A TUB AND THE GOLDEN SPOON IN THE SAUCER BESIDES THE CUP WAS SO HEAVY THE BOY COULD SCARCELY LIFT IT BUT WOOT MANAGED TO GET A SIP OF THE COFFEE AND FOUND IT DELICIOUS SHE WANTED SOME TOBACCO AND SOME PICKLES MA GA GAVE HER SOME PICKLES BUT SAID WE DON'T HAVE NO TOBACCO AND PEG WENT OFF MAD BUT I GUESS SHE WON'T BEWITCH ANYTHING ON ACCOUNT OF THE PICKLES I AIN'T ANY HAND TO WRITE LETTERS SO I GUESS I'LL STOP HOPE YOU'LL BE OUT SOON DAN 01b1e9b4-0a02-4074-8634-8933d5cfc49b COMING I LEANED FORWARD BUTTING WITH MY HEAD BOTH DOUBLED FISTS WORKING LIKE PISTONS TO CLEAR MY WAY TO MY COMPANIONS SEE HERE SAID THE STORY GIRL RESOLUTELY I DON'T BELIEVE IT BUT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING TO IT SUPPOSE THERE IS THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'D DO SAID PETER I'D TAKE A PRESENT FOR PEG AND ASK HER TO MAKE PAT WELL I WOULDN'T LET ON I THOUGHT SHE'D MADE HIM SICK 01bc08e6-746f-4838-b789-b89dc7090723 EVEN THE STORY GIRL AND I HAD A FIGHT SOMETHING THAT HAD NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE PETER WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KEPT HIS NORMAL POISE WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW HE QUAVERED THE QUESTION HIS POUCHY JAWS SHOOK AND I SWEAR THERE WERE TEARS IN HIS EYES I WAS NOT IMPRESSED BY HIS ACTING SINCE I COULD CLEARLY REMEMBER THE DEAD MEN FLOATING IN SPACE HE STUMBLED OVER TO A CHAIR HALF DROPPING INTO IT WILL THEY DO ANYTHING TO ME 01d100a3-b766-4941-84a0-4f96976aaabd THAT'S TRUE SAID HORN THERE'S A PASSENGER SEAT RIGHT BEHIND ME A ROUTINE REQUEST FOR AN AGENT INSTRUCTOR THE ONE USEFUL QUALITY HE HAD WAS A HOME STUNNED INGRATIATING AIR WHICH PUT NERVOUS YOUNG GENIUSES AT THEIR EASE 01e311b1-4dbb-4112-8db8-b32e0eeb3b7f NOW YOU SEE ALL YOUR PENANCE WAS WASTED SAID FELICITY AS WE WALKED HOME KEEPING CLOSE TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE RUMOUR THAT PEG BOWEN WAS ABROAD OH I DON'T KNOW I FEEL BETTER SINCE I PUNISHED MYSELF LIKE MANY OTHER PLANETS THIS ONE WAS UNIFORM CONSCIOUS DELIVERY BOYS STREET CLEANERS CLERKS ALL HAVE TO HAVE CHARACTERISTIC UNIFORMS MUCH PRESTIGE ATTACHED TO THEM AND MY BLACK DRESS OUTFIT SHOULD WRITE AS HIGHLY AS ANY UNIFORM IN THE GALAXY 01f1590b-30bf-4ab0-a349-f0b79862adc1 I SHOULD THINK YOU DID SCREECH SAID FELICITY WE HEARD YOU CLEAN OVER INTO OUR ROOM WELL I WONDER WHAT ON EARTH YOU YOUNG ONES WILL DO NEXT SAID AUNT JANET IN THE HELPLESS TONE OF A WOMAN WHO GIVES IT UP FRESH MULTITUDES WERE POURING UP THE RAMP BRUSHING ASIDE THE FIVE OR SIX PRIESTS THAT HAD HURRIED THERE IN AN EFFORT TO STEM THE TIDE ONE OF THE PRIESTS SAW US AND CRIED OUT SHRILLY TO HIS COMPANIONS 020348fa-97a1-40bc-a854-ec2897ac3e3e WAS IT COULD I BE SURE THAT PEPPE FLYING HIS MOUNTAIN OF A SHIP AND EATING NAVY RATIONS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE COMFORTS AND LUXURIES OF LIFE I TAKE IT THERE'S BEEN A HEAVY MUTATIONAL VARIATION IN THE HUMAN OY NORM ON THIS PLANET SAID HORN WHAT IS IT HARD RADIATION 02138352-32df-4ead-85dd-47c7898da7a3 FIRST YOU LEARN TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM A THING THEN CONTROL IT HE SEARCHED AROUND FOUND SOME GLASSY BLACK ROCKS AND ANCHORED DOWN THE CHUTE THAT'S ONE OF I A'S ANSWERS TO THOSE FAT KEASTERED POLITICIANS JUST HOW WARLIKE THESE GOONS ARE THE GUN MUZZLE LOWERED SLIGHTLY 0221bc25-e195-40a9-9c13-ca6308527b7a THEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A TERRIFIC CRASH OF SOUND AND NOTHING TO ITS BULK UNLESS WE HAVE A HEATING OVERLOAD IT SEEMED THAT AN INSTANT BEFORE I HAD BEEN STANDING THERE IN VIC'S LABORATORY SLOWLY TURNING THE SECOND OF THE TWO DIALS WHILE THE FOUR LIGHTS BEAT DOWN UPON MY BODY THIS WAS THE END OF HEROICS AND PLAYING A LONE HAND THE MONEY IS NEEDED FOR THERE ARE FINES TO PAY IN COSTS OF THE INQUISITION 023e7aed-a6e2-4037-986f-1747588a10d5 THERE ARE FIVE DOLLARS FOR YOU HE SAID AND YOUR STORY WAS WELL WORTH IT YOU ARE A WONDER SOME DAY YOU WILL MAKE THE WORLD REALIZE IT YES THAT IS MY NAME HE SAID IN A VOICE LIKE A CROW AND IT IS ABSURD FOR YOU TIN CREATURES OR FOR ANY ONE ELSE TO CLAIM MY HEAD OR ARM OR ANY PART OF ME FOR THEY ARE MY PERSONAL PROPERTY 023ef546-71ed-4cd7-92b8-d3a42e152b06 WAS BALLOON NO SOUND OF ACTIVITY CAME FROM THE HOUSE EITHER AND AT THE SUMMONS A SERVANT APPEARED AND BOWED LOW ONLY ONE THING COULD CROSS IT AND THAT WAS LOVE I MUST HEAR THAT MISSIONARY SPEAK THEY SAID HE WAS ALL BUT EATEN BY CANNIBALS ONCE 025431f3-a167-4ca0-967b-10f0583ca9a0 YOU'RE AS BIG AS YOU'RE GOING TO BE DECLARED THE KING BEFORE YOU EXPLODED YOU WERE BIGGER THAN THE REST OF US AND THAT CAUSED YOU TO BE PROUD AND OVERBEARING NOW YOU'RE A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE REST AND YOU'LL LAST LONGER AND BE MORE HUMBLE SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS THAT WE MAY APPLY OUR HEARTS UNTO WISDOM O SATISFY US EARLY WITH THY MERCY THAT WE MAY REJOICE AND BE GLAD ALL OUR DAYS AND LET THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD OUR GOD BE UPON US AND ESTABLISH THOU THE WORK OF OUR HANDS UPON US YEA THE WORK OF OUR HANDS ESTABLISH THOU IT 025e8e7a-91f1-47f2-a873-8e28ce2ad60f IS ABOUT MISSUS JOHN MARTIN'S UNCLE AT MARKDALE SAID THE STORY GIRL THE WOODS HAD WRAPPED FINE WOVEN GOSSAMERS ABOUT THEM AND THESTERING HILL WAS CRIMSON AND GOLD THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL IS MUCH SUPERIOR TO A YELLOW BIRD LET'S FORGET MISSUS UWPE FOR IN SPITE OF HER BEING A YUCABOO HER FAIRY FRIENDS HAVE BROKEN ALL HER TRANSFORMATIONS 0261b4d6-580d-4ea9-a2cf-92f857a4c2cd PHILOSOPHY FOR ONE OF THE BROTHERHOOD CLARETON THOUGHT BACK WE ARE TINY AS YET WE HAVE NO FORCE YOU CAN ADD TO THAT FORCE ADD GREATLY BUT YOU MUST BE WISE KNOWING YOUR DISLIKE FOR SCIENCE OTHER THAN THAT RELATED TO AERONAUTICS ALL CUT IS PRETTY SHORT IT'LL PROBABLY SOUND CRAZY TO YOU ANYWAY YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S SOUND ABOVE THE FREQUENCIES TO WHICH THE HUMAN EAR WILL RESPOND YOU KNOW THERE ARE LIGHT RAYS THAT THE HUMAN EYES CAN'T PERCEIVE 02664d63-594c-4536-8427-32415ead1260 A LITTLE GIRL WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN A HOUSE WHEN IT WAS CARRIED BY A CYCLONE HIS FEATHERS RATTLING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER WITH A TINKLING SOUND AS HE MOVED HE WAS TELLING ME THE GUY WHO DID THE JOB WHILE HE SAT BACK ON HIS FAT PAY CHECK IN AN AIR CONDITIONED OFFICE 0274feb1-81fa-48c2-b7c9-5a9eb677bfd1 OUR SUMMER WAS OVER IT HAD BEEN A BEAUTIFUL ONE WE HAD KNOWN THE SWEETNESS OF COMMON JOYS THE DELIGHTS OF DAWNS THE DREAM OF GLAMOUR OF NOONTIDES THE LONG PURPLE PEACE OF CARE FREE NIGHTS NO BUT IT IS TOPSY'S GREAT GREAT GRANDSON SAID THE STORY GIRL GRAVELY HIS NAME IS PATTY AND HE IS MY OWN PARTICULAR CAT WE HAVE BARN CATS BUT PATTY NEVER ASSOCIATES WITH THEM I AM VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH ALL CATS THEY ARE SO SLEEK AND COMFORTABLE AND DIGNIFIED AND IT IS SO EASY TO MAKE THEM HAPPY 0281ed40-2fbc-4118-983f-3006c7b7d20b K FELICITY'S LETTER DEAR PETER AUNT OLIVIA SAYS FOR US ALL TO WRITE A COMPOUND LETTER TO CHEER YOU UP WE ARE ALL AWFUL GLAD YOU ARE GETTING BETTER IT GAVE US AN AWFUL SCARE WHEN WE HEARD YOU WERE GOING TO DIE BUT YOU WILL SOON BE ALL RIGHT AND ABLE TO GET OUT AGAIN WITH THIS HE RAISED HIS LEAN HEAD TO LOOK UP AT THE DINA OWL AND THE CANARY AND THE MONKEY AND HE LASHED HIS TAIL UPON THE GROUND AND GROWLED AS FIERCELY AS ANY JAGUAR COULD 02a5cf0d-9753-410f-8069-fcf130389a22 BUT THEN FELICITY IS STUPID IT'S NOT ILL NATURED OF ME TO SAY THAT IT'S JUST THE TRUTH AND YOU'D SOON FIND IT OUT FOR YOURSELVES I LIKE FELICITY VERY WELL BUT SHE IS STUPID ANOTHER LONG PAUSE IN WHICH ORAN AND TO NEWBE CONTINUED TO STUDY EACH OTHER PRESENTLY STETSON SAID O K GO AHEAD AS PLANNED BUT FIND OUT WHERE THE DELPHINIS IS IF WE GET THAT BACK WE PULL THEIR TEETH 02aa3bbf-ee58-4d92-9b73-d477df722e5f FELIX AND I SAW SOMEWHERE INSIDE OF OUR HEADS A VELVET AND PURPLE AND GOLD PANSY WOMAN JUST AS THE STORY GIRL SPOKE BUT IS SHE NICE I ASKED THAT WAS THE MAIN QUESTION ABOUT GROWN UPS THEIR LOOKS MATTERED LITTLE TO US SHE'S LOVELY BUT SHE IS TWENTY NINE YOU KNOW THAT'S PRETTY OLD SHE DOESN'T BOTHER ME MUCH AUNT JANET SAYS THAT I'D HAVE NO BRINGING UP AT ALL IF IT WASN'T FOR HER AUNT OLIVIA SAYS CHILDREN SHOULD JUST BE LET COME UP THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS SETTLED FOR THEM LONG BEFORE THEY ARE BORN I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DO YOU WHEN THE FINAL COUNT WAS IN HIGH PLANES DID NOT HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE GAINING POPULATION IN THE NATION ACTUALLY IT SHOWED THE SHARPEST DECLINE FROM SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN TO NOTHING THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE A FOREST PRESERVE OUT OF THE PLACE EXCEPT THAT IT HAS NO TREES WORTHY OF THE NAME 02abcd37-fd33-40e9-9f48-3ef3121014ab FUNNY HE SHOULD BE LYING ON HIS BACK LOOKING AT THE SKY HE THOUGHT PERHAPS CONDITIONS WERE MORE PROMISING THERE NOXIOUS GASES MIGHT BE PRESENT OH CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING TO PREVENT THEM FROM FIGHTING SARA PLEADED CECILY TURNING TO THE STORY GIRL WHO WAS SITTING ON A BIN DID YOU EVER FIGHT ASKED THE STORY GIRL 02b09cac-1198-442e-a929-f84f30e59ab5 ANYWAY IT WAS A VERY PRETTY GIRL BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING OF ALL WAS THAT A WOMAN'S DRESS WAS HANGING OVER A CHAIR BY THE TABLE HIS HARNESS WAS STUDDED WITH BRILLIANT EMERALDS AND OTHER JEWELS AND SO WHILE HE HIMSELF WAS NOT AT ALL HANDSOME HIS OUTFIT MADE A SPLENDID APPEARANCE 02d25e8e-cf84-44dc-b578-61ea1a0e3cd6 AND THE DEAR OLD FASHIONED PILLOW SLIPS WITH BUTTONS ON THEM SARA RAY WOULD NOT GO OF COURSE BUT SHE VOLUNTEERED TO STAY WITH PAT WHILE WE WERE AWAY AND AT THE SOUNDS THE OTHERS LOOKED AROUND AND SAW THEIR DANGER PAT A SHAGGY LITTLE DOG THAT LAY AT HER FEET 02d9d7b1-4332-4fa6-a752-be17b15b1c88 IT WAS RAY WHO FIRST STARTED STUMBLING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BOAT HOOK BUT JOHN ANDREW IN A SUDDEN FIT OF BRAVERY TO THE EDITOR BOTH WERE ALIEN THE NONIPUS CREPT FORWARD PONDEROUSLY WORK FOR YOUR OWN GOOD DO NOTHING FOR ME IT'S A SENSE CLARETON SAID AFTER ALL HE WAS A HERO THOUGH OF HIS OWN UNIQUE KIND THERE WAS NO DENYING THAT 02dd8cbc-e887-4513-bd19-224c521b26b3 NO SIR NONE THAT I KNOW OF THE MASTER IS MIGHTY FUSSY ABOUT HIS WORKROOM I THINK HIS NAME IS E PAY THERE WAS ONE DIM PICTURE OF A PEPPE CHUBBY BUT LOOKING TOO GRIM TO BE A HAPPY FAT BOY WHEN HE MANAGED TO SPEAK THE WORDS WERE COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY HE HAD ALREADY REGISTERED EVERY EVIDENCE OF INJURED INNOCENCE 02f175ec-11d1-477f-b316-93661a91ea12 A STANCE NOT IMPROVED LOOK SAID ORAN THERE MUST BE ANOTHER WAY WE'LL BE RIGHT DOWN WHY A DISGUISED SLED YOND PEERED INTO THE MIND AGAIN VERY GENTLY BUT THE MAD ROLLING OF PAIN AND MEMORY THERE WAS TOO STRONG FOR HIM AND HE RETURNED DO YOU THINK THAT WILL STOP ME YONAH SAID 02fa5d8d-81f7-4387-9b7c-3d08eaa5e953 IT SEEMS AWFUL TO THINK OF EATING A SAWDUST PUDDING HOW ON EARTH DID YOU MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE EATEN IT WAS HOWEVER AND CERTAINLY AS FAR AS APPEARANCE WENT IT JUSTIFIED HER TRIUMPH AND ADDED PETER DELIBERATELY TAKING HIS GUM FROM HIS MOUTH TO MAKE HIS STATEMENT MORE IMPRESSIVE OF COURSE PEG WASN'T A WITCH BUT IT WAS BEST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE 02fc4a02-3856-46dd-ac6e-6ca057cc5b78 INSTEAD I CONCENTRATED MY ATTENTION ON THE RECENT MODIFICATIONS LIKE THE GUN TURRET THAT WOULD QUICKLY GIVE ME A TRAIL TO THE GUILTY PARTIES WE WERE WOEFULLY TIRED BUT WE COULD NOT SIT DOWN BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS REEKING WITH DEW THE FAMILY GHOST ONLY APPEARS IN DAYLIGHT SAID THE STORY GIRL I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING A GHOST IN DAYLIGHT BUT AFTER DARK IT'S ANOTHER THING THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A GHOST I SAID CONTEMPTUOUSLY OH I WISH I COULD BELIEVE IT THEN WHO RUNG THAT BELL SAID PETER 030c4eb4-5a3a-488a-9125-ba841357012e IT'S MORE RESPECTABLE TO BE A METHODIST OR A PRESBYTERIAN OR SOMETHING THAN NOT TO BE ANYTHING HE WENT INTO THE PULF PIT LEANED OVER IT AND LOOKED AT HIS WIFE SITTING CALMLY IN HER PEW AT THE SIDE THAT'S WHERE MY STOMACH IS MOANED DAN 030ef352-1359-4583-8e70-fa60e1721596 I DIDN'T WANT TO BUT THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE AND WE CAN'T AFFORD ANY SUSPICION AND YONAS REALIZED SLOWLY THAT SHE WAS CRYING AS SHE LOOKED AT HIM IT'S ALL RIGHT HE SAID UNCOMFORTABLY YOU'RE I'LL BE PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT YONAS SAID HE STOOD UP THIS HERE KUNUCH HE SAID HE WANTS TO SEE ME HE SAID BRINGING YOU ALONG THE BALD MAN TOLD HIM I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION THE STORY GIRL GOT NO FURTHER WE NEVER HEARD THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION I I'M PRAYING ABOUT IT SAID CICELY IN A LOW VOICE HER TEAR WET LASHES TREMBLING AGAINST HER PALE ROUND CHEEKS 0313f5e2-cb5d-4c3a-a6a3-f65fde710661 THEY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE AN ANCIENT TERRAN CHIMPANZEE TOSSED IT TO ORAN HOW DID YOU CAPTURE THE DELPHINIS HE SEEMED TO BE A CAT WITH A TOLERABLY GOOD OPINION OF HIMSELF AND HIS RESPONSE TO OUR ADVANCES WAS SLIGHTLY TINGED WITH CONDESCENSION 032153ed-3762-4df9-88b7-86d45aaddd59 JOHN ANDREW REACHED TWO DECISIONS THAT HE WAS SAFE AND THAT HE LIKED THE JUDGE ONE OF FARMER'S WEAKNESSES IN FACT WAS THAT THOUGH THOROUGHLY MASCULINE HIMSELF HE COMPLETELY DISTRUSTED WOMEN AND WAS TOO TRUSTING WITH MEN OH YES ALL HAVE NAMES MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL ONLY PEOPLE MANOEL MOULS NO ONE ELSE NO MANOEL NO ONLY THE PEOPLE 0336b130-f4cc-4705-bff6-d98fd7107fe5 ALL IN ALL HE THOUGHT SADLY HE WAS NOT A USUAL HERO BUT HE REFUSED TO LET THE THOUGHT SPOIL HIS ENJOYMENT JEFF TOOK THE BROWN HAND SHE PUT UP AND DREW HER TO THE DOCK BESIDE HIM STUDYING HER WHILE SHE SHOOK OUT HER DRIPPING RED HAIR AND REGAINED HER BREATH SEA WATER HAD PLASTERED JENIFER'S WHITE BLOUSE AND KNEE LENGTH DUNGARIES TO HER BODY LIKE A SECOND SKIN AND THE EFFECT BORDERED ON THE SPECTACULAR 034516d7-ada7-4426-9011-c7805b574b43 WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STORY GIRL BUT NO INDELICATE THOUGHT OR VULGAR WORD COULD HAVE BEEN SHAPED OR UTTERED IN THEIR PRESENCE THAT IS ALTOGETHER TOO TEDIOUS A PROCESS FOR A YUKABOO BUT THAT WAS A FINE DINNER SAID THE HIPPO 034be806-6ab9-40c0-8a36-e910141f9aef IT'S MY BELIEF THAT THAT IS THE LEAST OF PEG BOWEN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ANSWERED UNCLE ROGER BUT SHE BEGAN PROMPTLY WITH TWICE ONE AND WENT THROUGH IT TO TWELVE TIMES TWELVE UNCLE ROGER WANDERED BY AT THIS MOMENT AND BEHOLDING PETER SAID THE INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH WAS AS OLD FASHIONED AS ITS EXTERIOR 035f3369-d391-4995-ae47-5cdaaa1804f9 THERE IS NO OTHER HELP WHILE THE INQUISITOR REMAINS AND OUR SONS BECOME SUSPECT TO HIS RAGES NOW IT CAN'T BE UNLESS FELICITY CAN COAX PETER TO GIVE UP PRAYING AGAINST FELIX 036065d3-0fde-4f26-a278-ec105ada9e19 JUST LOOK AT THAT BLASTED JUNGLE BARKED STETSON THEM AND THEIR STUPID ORDERS A CALL BELL TINKLED ON THE BRIDGE CONTROL CONSOLE THE RED LIGHT ABOVE THE SPEAKER GRID BEGAN BLINKING STETSON SHOT AN ANGRY GLANCE AT IT YEA HOW FELIX ALSO AVERRED THAT HE HAD HEARD SARA ASK CECILY VERY SERIOUSLY CECILY HOW OLD MUST WE BE BEFORE WE CAN HAVE A REAL BEAU BUT SARA ALWAYS DENIED IT SO I AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE FELIX SIMPLY MADE IT UP HIMSELF 036873a4-3678-4071-a78f-51b4a4455d4e DORA HESITATED HER HEAD JUST ABOVE WATER SHE LOOKED AT THE LIMP DIVING SUITED BODY BESIDE HER THEN BACK AT THE LAUNCH AND FARMER AGAIN SHE CAME TO A DECISION QUICKLY LOOKS LIKE THE MISSING LINK THEY'VE ALWAYS HUNTED FOR SAID HORN YEA BUT YOU'VE GOT A DIFFERENT KIND OF MISSING LINK VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS IN THEIR EYES SAID HORN HE STUDIED THE FIGURE IT HAD BEEN CAUGHT FROM THE FRONT BY A MANY SNEAKER CAMERA ABOUT FIVE FEET TALL 037250a4-1cf8-4062-a4a2-2ebef9ea6494 DONALD GOT UP PUT ON HIS OVERCOAT AND CAP AND WENT TO THE DOOR MAY YOUR SLEEP BE LONG AND SWEET MAN HE SAID LAUGHING SOFTLY AND AS FOR THE WAKING TWILL BE BETWIXT YOU AND ME THERE WAS A RARE BREEZE FROM THE SOUTH BLOWING TO MEET US THE SHADOWS OF THE SPRUCES WERE LONG AND CLEAR CUT THE EXQUISITE SKIES OF EARLY MORNING BLUE AND WIND WINNOWED WERE OVER US AWAY TO THE WEST BEYOND THE BROOK FIELD WAS A LONG VALLEY AND A HILL PURPLE WITH FIRS AND LACED WITH STILL LEAFLESS BEECHES AND MAPLES 037346dc-dee6-4b28-be8c-8dd8acc9cadc AND TO CHECK IT THEY MUST BREAK A PRIME RULE OF GALACTIC PROTOCOL IN ASKING THE HELP OF A NEW AND UNTESTED SPECIES A CLASS FIVE CULTURE WHO WAS THEN IN THE LEAD OF THE LITTLE PARTY HALTED WITH SUCH AN ABRUPT JERK THAT HE STUMBLED OVER BACKWARD 037e26bc-cf7a-4ecd-bd27-4c382cef9fca OUR SUMMER WAS OVER IT HAD BEEN A BEAUTIFUL ONE WE HAD KNOWN THE SWEETNESS OF COMMON JOYS THE DELIGHTS OF DAWNS THE DREAM OF GLAMOUR OF NOONTIDES THE LONG PURPLE PEACE OF CARE FREE NIGHTS WE HAD HAD THE PLEASURE OF BIRD SONG OF SILVER RAIN ON GREENING FIELDS OF STORM AMONG THE TREES OF BLOSSOMING MEADOWS AND OF THE CONVERSE OF WHISPERING LEAVES WE HAD HAD BROTHERHOOD WITH WIND AND STAR WITH BOOKS AND TALES AND HEARTH FIRES OF AUTUMN DOROTHY RAN TO DO AS SHE WAS BID WHILE OZMA WENT TO HER MAGIC ROOM TO MAKE READY THE THINGS SHE BELIEVED SHE WOULD NEED IN HALF AN HOUR THE RED WAGON STOOD BEFORE THE GRAND ENTRANCE OF THE PALACE AND BEFORE IT WAS HITCHED THE WOODEN SAW HORSE WHICH WAS OZMA'S FAVOURITE STEED THIS SAW HORSE WHILE MADE OF WOOD WAS VERY MUCH ALIVE AND COULD TRAVEL SWIFTLY AND WITHOUT TIRING 037f8a66-7528-43da-b1d6-767e193b92af IN A NEIGHBORING TREE WELL FINALLY REMARKED THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR WHICH SHE ATE FOR WITH GOOD APPETITE PETER HAVING A SCRIPTURAL NAME OF HIS OWN DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER BUT WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE HIM AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OVER THE REST OF US THE REST OF THE THINGS ARE TO BE GIVEN AROUND AMONG THE CONNECTION 039666f1-239f-4bc1-9d82-43944704fbb5 FOUR YEARS HAD GONE BY IN THIS SHIP THIRTEEN YEARS ON EARTH FOUR YEARS OF COLONEL TOWERS MILITARY DISCIPLINE GREW MORE STRICT EACH DAY SPACE DOES FUNNY THINGS TO SOME MEN UNCLE ROGER DID NOT COME TILL NEARLY TEN NEVER WAS THERE A MORE WELCOME SOUND THAN THE RUMBLE OF HIS WHEELS IN THE LANE WE RAN TO THE ORCHARD GATE AND SWARMED ACROSS THE YARD JUST AS UNCLE ROGER ALIGHTED AT THE FRONT DOOR HE STARED AT US IN THE MOONLIGHT HAVE YOU BEEN TORMENTING ANY ONE INTO EATING MORE BAD BERRIES FELICITY 03984f43-cf29-41ad-96c3-0440285f88cc THE APPLES HAD TO BE PICKED AND THIS WORK FELL MAINLY TO US CHILDREN THERE WAS LITTLE THAT WAS WORTH SMUGGLING IN AND OUT OF SETANOVO CERTAINLY NOTHING A RICH MAN WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE OFFICIAL MURMURED SOMETHING WITH A SMILE 03b2b32d-5b6c-43e2-ad0b-aa8e405b08c7 YOU MUST STAY AND KEEP US CHEERED UP IMPLORED FELICITY I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I'M EVER GOING TO PUT IN THE AFTERNOON AS BEFITTED THE TOP OFFICIAL OF A RICH PLANET THE PLACE IS A MANSION FOR THE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS WERE LUDICROUS TO SAY THE LEAST I TOOK MYSELF AND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY KILO ROBOT THROUGH THE GUARDS AND ALARMS WITHOUT CAUSING THE SLIGHTEST STIR 03b8b1df-2238-4227-98fa-3b4238266e1f AND IT LIFTED ONE GREAT HAIRY HAND WITH CLAWS ON THE END OF IT AND CLAPPED WILLIAM COHEN FIRST ON ONE SHOULDER AND THEN ON THE OTHER AND SAID I TOOK YOU TO BE A LOT OF WILD UNMANNERLY ANIMALS AS WAS QUITE NATURAL 03caa85c-bdce-459e-b6ac-537d9ba1d376 AND THEN CELIA GAVE IN AND TOOK HIM BECAUSE SHE SAW THERE WASN'T NO HOPE OF HIM EVER GIVING IN I JUST REMEMBERED THAT STORY AND I THOUGHT I COULD SEE HIM TAKING UP THE SENSE SO SOLEMN WITH ONE LONG WHISKER AND THE LAUGH JUST LAUGHED ITSELF BEFORE I COULD HELP IT HE CALLS HIS PLACE GOLDEN MILESTONE I KNOW WHY BECAUSE I'VE READ LONGFELLOW'S POEMS HE NEVER GOES INTO SOCIETY BECAUSE HE IS SO AWKWARD THE GIRLS LAUGH AT HIM AND HE DOESN'T LIKE IT I KNOW A STORY ABOUT HIM AND I'LL TELL IT TO YOU SOMETIME 03d33928-ed77-4816-bdbf-7769c3ee8105 WELL IT'S NOT A VERY NICE WORD ANYHOW SAID FELICITY UNCLE ALEC CAME STRIDING DOWN THE ORCHARD WE HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN UNCLE ALEC ANGRY BUT HE SCRAMBLED TO HIS FEET AND DASHED AWAY TO THE FARTHEST END OF THE CAVE BUT PRESENTLY WOOD GOT HIS FEET TANGLED IN THE LACE APRON 03dfca71-d05e-43ea-8e91-5bf11ad5d966 HE FROZE HIS EYES ON THE BRUSH LUMINOUS NEEDLES DANCED AND A SECOND RED LIGHT FLASHED ON HEADING ONE EIGHT ZERO AND NOW IT WAS A MASSIVE THING SAID DAN SLYLY AND GREAT SPREADING BOUGHS 03f24c0f-e1b1-454a-bb18-6580e2de1472 WE STAYED HOME FROM SCHOOL TO DO IT IT WAS PLEASANT WORK AND THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF FUN IN IT BUT IT WAS HARD TOO AND OUR ARMS AND BACKS ACHED ROUNDLY AT NIGHT IT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR WHILE THE SIMAN UNFOCUSED HIS EYES AND MUMBLED UNDER HIS BREATH I RIFFLED SOME PAPERS RELAXED AND COOL 042a7ae2-2ae4-4e2c-a181-81fc6c09af75 OH I WISH FATHER WAS HERE HE WILL BE SAID CECILY IF IT'S THE JUDGMENT DAY FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND IT WILL BE FOR EUROPE TOO I WISH WE COULD JUST KNOW WHETHER WHAT THE PAPER SAYS IS TRUE OR NOT SAID FELIX DESPERATELY IT SEEMS TO ME I COULD BRACE UP IF I JUST KNEW I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE OR IF YOU ARE REALLY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU EVEN BELONG ON THE WORLD HE CALLED MULA FROM THE THORN PATCH WHERE SHE WAS GRAZING GAVE HER SALT AND LOADED HER AGAIN 043afc53-a9b3-46dd-a055-d151e6288607 THAT CHEST HAS BEEN LOCKED UP FOR FIFTY YEARS AND IT'LL STAND BEING LOCKED UP ONE MORE NIGHT YOU CHILDREN WON'T SLEEP A WEEK TO NIGHT IF WE OPENED IT NOW YOU'D GO WILD WITH EXCITEMENT ALL I NEED TO DO WHEN I WISH TO EAT IS TO TAKE SOMETHING I DON'T CARE TO EAT AND TRANSFORM IT INTO ANY SORT OF FOOD I LIKE AND EAT IT ARE YOU HUNGRY I DON'T EAT THANK YOU SAID THE SCARECROW NOR DO I SAID THE TIN WOODMAN 044187de-4d77-402b-8929-b9f3511d8fa9 CECILY AND SARA RAY WHO HAD COME UP TO SPEND THE DAY WITH US HER MOTHER HAVING GONE TO TOWN WERE EATING TIMOTHY ROOTS BERTHA LAURANCE A CHARLOTTETOWN GIRL WHO HAD VISITED KITTY MARIN JUNE AND HAD GONE TO SCHOOL ONE DAY WITH HER HAD EATEN TIMOTHY ROOTS AFFECTING TO CONSIDER THEM GREAT DELICACIES I SHUFFLED THE MEAGRE FINDINGS CONTROLLED MY IMPATIENCE AND KEPT THE SHIP'S SIMON BUSY PULLING IN ALL THE REPORTS OF ANY KIND OF TROUBLE IN SPACE THE NAVIGATOR AND I PLOTTED THEIR LOCATIONS IN HIS TANK COMPARING THE POSITIONS RELATION TO THE GLOWING SPHERE THAT ENCLOSED ALL THE POSSIBLE LOCATIONS OF THE STOLEN SHIP 04521580-e7af-4164-a13c-d7576b30e3e7 WHAT IF YOU WON'T BELIEVE ME I SUPPOSE YOU'LL BELIEVE THE MINISTER SAID THE STORY GIRL ASKED FELIX HOLDING OUT THE PICTURE OLD CHARLIE MACK'S ISLAND QUEEN HAD VEERED SHARPLY OFF COURSE DAMN IT ARE WE GOING THROUGH ALL THAT AGAIN 04528cc3-6577-447c-bc1f-359407e2824d SHOULD YOU WISH TO TAKE A FLIER AFTER ME STAND IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE OUTLINED BY THE FOUR UPRIGHTS OF THE DEVICE BESIDE WHICH THIS LITTLE TABLE STANDS BE SURE YOUR WEAPON I TOLD YOU TO BRING IT AT IS ON YOUR PERSON WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO PREACH ON ASKED FELIX YOU'LL FIND OUT NEXT SUNDAY SAID PETER SIGNIFICANTLY NOBODY IS PRETTY AS YOU WILL EVER BE AN OLD MAID FELICITY SAID PETER WHO NEVER PUT TOO FINE AN EDGE ON HIS COMPLIMENTS 045a824f-6d0d-49c4-a018-4b18e30b4f23 NOW I LOVED UNCLE ALEC BUT I WANTED TO BE TALLER THAN HE WAS SARA RAY WAS THE ONLY UNHAPPY ONE AMONG US SARA IS REAL SICK SHE SAID WITH REGRET AND SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT REGRET MINGLED IN HER VOICE 0465b210-77c1-4aa2-9802-d13d0a43b62b AND A PROCESSION OF VERY ANCIENT BEINGS WHOM I TOOK TO BE THE PRIESTS OF THIS GOD INTO THE MIDST OF THE WAITING GUARDS WHEN THE HEAD WAS DONE I PEELED IT OFF AND ATTACHED IT TO AN ATTRACTIVE SUIT OF GREEN PLASTICK COMPLETE WITH TAIL IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ENDED BY JUST REVERSING THE WATER VALVE SWITCH 04667442-cf57-4c9b-945c-bcab6560088c OH FELICITY SHE SAID HER VOICE EXPRESSING A VERY ANGUISH OF HUMILIATION I I THOUGHT THAT STUFF IN THE BOX WAS CORN MEAL AND USED IT TO MAKE THE PUDDING FELICITY AND CECILY STARED BLANKLY AT THE STORY GIRL WE BOYS BEGAN TO LAUGH BUT WERE CHECKED MIDWAY BY UNCLE ROGER HE WAS ROCKING HIMSELF BACK AND FORTH WITH HIS HAND PRESSED AGAINST HIS STOMACH OH HE GROANED I'VE BEEN WONDERING WHAT THESE SHARP PAINS I'VE BEEN FEELING EVER SINCE DINNER MEANT I KNOW NOW NEVER HAD WE HEARD A VOICE LIKE HERS NEVER IN ALL MY LIFE SINCE HAVE I HEARD SUCH A VOICE I CANNOT DESCRIBE IT I MIGHT SAY IT WAS CLEAR I MIGHT SAY IT WAS SWEET I MIGHT SAY IT WAS VIBRANT AND FAR REACHING AND BELL LIKE ALL THIS WOULD BE TRUE BUT IT WOULD GIVE YOU NO REAL IDEA OF THE PECULIAR QUALITY WHICH MADE THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE WHAT IT WAS 04869da9-8575-4a56-8ba6-7b481fe8f027 AND BEFORE THEM STOOD ONE OF THE DAINTIEST AND LOVELIEST CREATURES BUT AFTER A TIME SHE RETURNED AND PERCHED BESIDE HER THEN WE WERE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME NEW AMUSEMENT DREAM BOOKS HAD BEGUN TO PALL WE NO LONGER WROTE IN THEM VERY REGULARLY AND OUR DAYS WERE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE BEFORE THE MISCHANCE OF THE CUCUMBER 04905882-618c-461c-ae3c-d528b4daafd4 WHICH SITTING DOWN BEFORE US HE PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR BODY AND BONES AFTERWARDS LICKING HIS CHOPS WITH GREAT SATISFACTION YES HE DID I SAID IN DISGUST HE CONFESSED TO ME THAT HE HAD TAKEN IT TO MAKE FELICITY FOND OF HIM YOUR MOUTH IS A DECENT SIZE SAID DAN 04914768-30fd-48a6-86a8-07d4c73f29a9 IT WAS ONCE IN CONSTANT USE BUT MY GOVERNMENT CLOSED IT WHEN YOU PEOPLE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WERE RUNNING AROUND IN SUBMARINES USING DEPTH BOMBS AND JUST NOTICING OUR AIR CRAFT TOO MUCH SOMEHOW WHAT POPPED INTO FARMER'S HEAD WAS THE COURSE OF AN OLD SONG HE HAD SUNG IN BOY'S CAMP WHEN VERY YOUNG THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THERE'S A LOG IN THE HOLE MY MANNER CLOTHES JEWELRY THE EASY WAY I PASSED MONEY AROUND AND THE LUXURIOUS SHEEN OF MY BAGS COULD ONLY MEAN ONE THING THERE WAS LITTLE THAT WAS WORTH SMUGGLING IN AND OUT OF SETANOVO CERTAINLY NOTHING A RICH MAN WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE OFFICIAL MURMURED SOMETHING WITH A SMILE MURR SPOKE A FEW WORDS INTO HIS PHONE AND THE JOB WAS DONE 04940208-38b2-43ea-bec9-0ecae9c384f3 HE CAN HANDLE A HOE MORE DEFTLY THAN A PENCIL AND HIS SPELLING EVEN WITH ALL HIS FREQUENT APPEALS TO CECILY IS A FEARFUL AND WONDERFUL THING HE HAD SMALL ALMOST HIDDEN EYES THAT SEEMED TO SEE A GREAT DEAL THAT FAILED COMPLETELY TO MAKE A FUSS ABOUT THE FACT AND WHILE HIS FIGURE WAS JUST A TRIFLE DUMPY HIS FACE COMPLETED THE RHYME BY BEING EXTRAORDINARILY LUMPY THE NOSE AS A MATTER OF STRICT TRUTH WAS HARD TO DISTINGUISH FROM THE OTHER CONTUSIONS SWELLINGS AND MARKS THAT COVERED THE HEAD 04e214eb-cfae-4a66-ba77-2a883d5fc867 THIS PLEASED THE GIANTESS AND SHE WOULD PAUSE AT TIMES TO PAT THE MONKEY'S HEAD THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR CURLED UP IN A CORNER AND LAY STILL ALL DAY THE ACCOMPANYING SMALL OFFERINGS ARE A TESTIMONIAL OF OUR RESPECT AND GRATITUDE AND WE ENTREAT YOU TO HONOR US BY ACCEPTING THEM VERY RESPECTFULLY YOURS SARA STANLEY 04e3262c-fcb5-44df-9af2-8c994cdb7043 BUT ALL THE SAME I THINK IT'S MEAN OF UNCLE ALEC TO BE SO CROSS THE BEWITCHMENT OF PAT YES THAT IS MY NAME HE SAID IN A VOICE LIKE A CROW THE LIGHT WAS DIM HERE BECAUSE VINES AND BUSHES AND LEAFY 04e8fdbe-4547-48a7-8d99-2333702229c5 THE CRAGS ARE JUST BURIED ANYWHERE THEY HAPPEN TO DIE CAUSE A CAT CAN'T STAND BEING MESSY ISN'T IT AWFUL NICE AND HOLY IN HERE BEFORE I LEFT MY PALACE I WENT TO MY MAGIC ROOM AND I COULD TAKE THAT OR NONE AT ALL 04ecc2e1-f683-47b5-8794-9aa372cb73df WE KNEW ALL ABOUT IT FROM FATHER'S DESCRIPTIONS AND IN FANCY WE HAD ROAMED IN IT MANY A TIME AND OFT NEVER HAD WE HEARD A VOICE LIKE HERS NEVER IN ALL MY LIFE SINCE HAVE I HEARD SUCH A VOICE YOU'LL HAVE TO FIGHT ME IF YOU KEEP PRAYING AGAINST ME SAID FELIX ONCE I SAID BRIEFLY DREADING THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH PROMPTLY CAME 04ef18bc-dfde-499f-b738-02d5b1b07f7a HAVE YOU EVER SAT SO CLOSE TO THE SCREEN IN A MOTION PICTURE THEATRE SO THAT THE GRAININESS OF THE MOVING FILM WAS VISIBLE THESE CREATURES WERE LIKE SUCH SHADOWS SEEN IN THREE DIMENSIONS I RETREATED TWO OR THREE SWIFT STEPS JERKING THE REVOLVER FROM MY POCKET MY NAME IS GARF HE SAID CHEERFULLY JOHN ANDREW TRIED NOT TO STARE AT HIM TOO NOTICEABLY BUT RAY MADE NO BONES ABOUT HIM APPARENTLY THE FEASTMAN THOUGHT NOTHING AT ALL OF HIS STATE OF NUDITY FARMER SHIVERED 04f4da05-565d-4183-b4b2-5e38a4c6e962 OH OUR ANGELS ARE ANGELS THAT HAVE BEEN ANGELS SO LONG THEY'VE HAD TIME TO GROW BETTER AND BRIGHTER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN NEWER ANGELS CRIED FELICITY AND CECILY TOGETHER IN A CHORUS OF HORROR SPOTTED WITH HEAPS OF WHITE CLOUD I WON'T HAVE TIME TO READ IT ALL THROUGH I SUPPOSE HE SAID BUT I'LL GET ALONG AS FAR AS I CAN 04f80c88-d47d-4faf-be18-90812f7a35bf WE WANT TO ASK A VERY GREAT FAVOR OF YOU AND WE HOPE YOU WILL KINDLY GRANT IT IF YOU CAN OUR FAVOURITE CAT PATTY IS VERY SICK AND WE ARE AFRAID HE'S GOING TO DIE DO YOU THINK YOU COULD CURE HIM BOOT TOLD OF THEIR ADVENTURES WITH THE LOONS OF LOONVILLE WHERE THERE WERE TIN FOUNTAINS AND BEDS OF CURIOUS TIN FLOWERS 051f67f6-3be8-4db0-8730-ba0fe44d1ebf A TALE OF THE STORY GIRLS WHEREIN PRINCES WERE THICKER THAN BLACKBERRIES AND QUEENS AS COMMON AS BUTTERCUPS LED TO OUR DISCUSSION OF KINGS INSKIT MUST HAVE BEEN HOVERING AROUND WAITING FOR MY MESSAGE THE MIKE WAS TURNED OFF TO THE TRANSCRIBERS OUTSIDE AND I TOOK THE CODE GROUPS DOWN IN SHORTHAND MYSELF 0525764e-d2e1-44e0-bedc-06cd61bae0b7 THE RAINBOW HAD FADED OUT AND THE DARKNESS OF THE OCTOBER DUSK WAS FALLING I WONDER SAID DAN MEDITATIVELY AS WE WENT AWAY FROM THAT REDOLENT SPOT WHAT WOULD BE LIKE TO LIVE FOR EVER IN THIS WORLD THE STORY GIRL KISSED HER FINGERTIPS TO HIM WITH THE DELIGHTFUL AUDACITY WHICH WAS A PART OF HER AND THE AWKWARD MAN PLUCKED OFF HIS HAT AND SWEPT HER A STATELY AND GRACEFUL BOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CALL HIM THE AWKWARD MAN SAID CECILY WHEN HE WAS OUT OF EAR SHOT 05326363-36fa-4f0b-b0fb-bacedd173be4 WE HAD A VERY INTERESTING TALK AND I TOLD HIM TWO OF MY BEST STORIES AND A GREAT MANY OF MY SECRETS INTO THE BARGAIN THEY MAY SAY WHAT THEY LIKE BUT HE WAS NOT ONE BIT SHY OR AWKWARD AND HE HAS BEAUTIFUL EYES WITH THIS THE JAGUAR MARCHED ON HIS WAY AND WOOT TOOK HIS ADVICE AND FOLLOWED THE TRAIL HE HAD MADE UNTIL HE CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR AND THE TIN OWL IN THE CANARY WERE CONFERRING TOGETHER AND WONDERING WHAT HAD BECOME OF THEIR COMRADE GREEN MONKEY 0532e262-b135-4ff9-be20-211168c8cde1 I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SINGLE ONE OF US CHILDREN HERE AT ALL OR IF WE WERE WE WOULD BE PART SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT WOULD BE ALMOST AS BAD BUT I HAD NO BURNING DESIRE TO EAT SOUR APPLES WITHOUT GRIMACING AND I DID NOT SYMPATHIZE OVER AND ABOVE WITH MY BROTHER WHEN HOWEVER HE TOOK TO PRAYING ABOUT IT I REALIZED HOW DEEPLY HE FELT ON THE SUBJECT AND HOPED HE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL 053fb38a-4baf-4816-b8e6-012425480157 WHICH YOU AREN'T BUT TELL US THE STUNTED TREES WERE LOWER THAN THE GIANT BUSHES AND YUKA DRIVING ALONG WITH RATHER LONG LANK BROWN HAIR WE REMEMBERED THAT AUNT OLIVIA HAD WRITTEN TO FATHER THAT CECILY WAS A TRUE WARD 054cf7d6-c4aa-419b-be1d-0969222c7ca9 THE NIGHT WAS SCENTED AND MYSTERIOUS THE WIND WAS PLAYING AN EERIE FLESHLESS MELODY IN THE WREATHS OF THE BROOK BELOW THE SKY WAS DARK AND STARRY AND ACROSS IT THE MILKY WAY FLUNG ITS SHIMMERING MISTY RIBBONS GOOD SAID THE BIG LOON WHO HAD COMMANDED THE PARTY NOW TO GET KING BAAL TO JUDGE THESE TERRIBLE CREATURES SO WE HAVE SO BRAVELY CAPTURED AS HE SPOKE HE TOOK HOLD OF THE STRING AND BEGAN TO PULL AS HARD AS HE COULD 055207d2-6aac-449e-80ca-e407d790f4cf BUT THERE WERE OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE SANTA MAGDALENA OF A GENUS LESS CERTAIN GAVE HER SALT AND LOADED HER AGAIN AND IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE MAN WHO HAS SEEN EVERYTHING FELICITY AND CECILY WERE CURLED UP IN A CORNER AND WE BOYS SPRAWLED IDLY ON THE FRAGRANT SUN WARM HEAPS 055c9455-48b3-4314-b336-0eb46bc0f8b1 NOT THE STORY GIRL HERSELF COULD HAVE INVESTED THAT SOMETHING WITH MORE OF A CREEPY HORROR WE ALL DREW CLOSE TOGETHER I FELT A CRINKLY FEELING ALONG MY BACK WHICH I HAD NEVER KNOWN BEFORE GOOD KID SAID VIC AND I PRESSED HER HAND AS COMFORTABLY AS I COULD WE TURNED A BEND IN THE LONG RAMP WE HAD BEEN CLIMBING AND CAME OUT UPON THE VAST LEVEL TOP OF THE BUILDING 056a5ddb-685b-48f3-9255-67a313dc2b55 UNCLE ROGER HOBBLED OFF TO THE BARN STILL HOLDING ON TO HIS STOMACH DO YOU THINK HE REALLY FEELS SICK ASKED THE STORY GIRL ANXIOUSLY NO I DON'T SAID FELICITY YOU NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT HIM THERE'S NOTHING THE MATTER WITH HIM I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY NEEDLES IN THAT SAWDUST THE APPLES FROM OUR OWN BIRTHDAY TREES WERE STORED IN SEPARATE BARRELS INSCRIBED WITH OUR NAMES WE MIGHT DISPOSE OF THEM AS WE WILLED 05ababa0-1df4-411d-a2b3-c1a4433a8207 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT I HAD REALLY TRULY CURLY HAIR BUT IT WAS BECAUSE CECILY CRIED ALL NIGHT THAT DAN WAS FILLED WITH SAVOURING REMORSE AND REPENTANCE AT THE EAST IN THE DIRECTION WE WERE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCED THE CANARY THERE IS A FINE FOREST WITH A BROOK TREADING THROUGH IT AND THEN CLIMBED OUT OF REACH OF THE DREADED THORN 05d88e92-5c12-4ae6-9794-8aff7d554747 A BREEZE RIPPLED THE TOPS OF THE GREEN OCEAN BELOW THEM IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT OUT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT YOU JUST SAY THE WORD I THEN HURRYING DOWN RAMP AFTER RAMP CORRIDOR AFTER CORRIDOR FIGHTING THE RUSHING MOB ALL THE WAY 05e4e8f5-b0c8-4b20-aa15-d05faa100f1b FARMER FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN POINTING AND RAY CLUMPED SLOWLY IN A HALF CIRCLE JUST AS A NONIFUS DROPPED TO THE DECK WITH A PLANK SHIVERING THUMP THE SCENE ASSUMED SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF A BAD MOVIE COMEDY THE BACKGROUND WAS AN OUT OF FOCUS BLUR ALTHOUGH FARMER WAS DIMLY CONSCIOUS OF MOTION IN IT SOMEWHERE SOMETHING ELSE BREAKING THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AS IT EMERGED HE ISN'T IN THE KITCHEN SAID FELICITY RUSHING ABOUT WILDLY AND HE COULDN'T GET INTO THE OTHER PART OF THE HOUSE FOR I SHUT THE HALL DOOR TIGHT AND NO BABY COULD OPEN IT AND IT'S SHUT TIGHT YET SO ARE ALL THE WINDOWS HE MUST HAVE GOT OUT OF THE DOOR DAN KING AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT HE DIDN'T GO OUT OF THIS DOOR REITERATED DAN STUBBORNLY I KNOW THAT WELL WHERE IS HE THEN HE ISN'T HERE DID HE MELT INTO AIR DEMANDED FELICITY OH COME AND LOOK FOR HIM ALL OF YOU 05f3abd1-fc95-43a2-afdb-7e28bc614fd3 TRUE TRUE I SAID BUT WOULDN'T YOU JUST BE A LEETLE BIT INTERESTED IF I WAS TO TELL YOU THAT ONE IS BEING BUILT TO DAY NOT NOWADAYS EXPLAINED THE STORY GIRL THEN I DON'T SEE ANY USE IN BEING ONE SARA DECIDED A KING CAN'T DO AS HE PLEASES NOW EITHER SAID FELIX 05fb4756-a6e4-4150-8702-049d7d098b23 THE WATER FED PIPE FROM THE ROOF FOR EXAMPLE IN ADDITION TO THE PYRAMID BEING AROUND THE BEACON HO U S A NOR WERE THEIR SLITTED SUNKEN MOUTHS EXTENDED INVITINGLY JUST BELOW THE CHIN BELOW ME HEMMING ME IN WERE THE GUARDS A TRIPLE RING OF THEM THROUGH WHICH I KNEW I COULD NOT ESCAPE 060a647a-fd3d-4f9b-b448-16e1da135dd1 SEE HERE SAID THE STORY GIRL RESOLUTELY I DON'T BELIEVE IT BUT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING TO IT SUPPOSE THERE IS THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO LOOK SAID ORAN THERE MUST BE ANOTHER WAY WHY WHEN WE TEEMED UP WITH THE ILERONOIDS WE GAINED FIVE HUNDRED YEARS IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES ALONE NOT TO MENTION THE THE O'LERENOIDS DIDN'T KNOCK OVER ONE OF OUR SURVEYSHIPS FIRST 06512436-57ae-444b-9a59-8de5831fe2e8 WHEN PETER WAS READY TO BEGIN HE THRUST HIS HANDS INTO HIS POCKETS A TOTALLY UNORTHODOX THING THEN HE PLUNGED IN WITHOUT FURTHER ADO SPEAKING IN HIS ORDINARY CONVERSATIONAL TONE ANOTHER UNORTHODOX THING THERE WAS NO SHORTHAND REPORTER PRESENT TO TAKE THAT SERMON DOWN BUT IF NECESSARY I COULD PREACH IT OVER VERBATIM AND SO I DOUBT NOT COULD EVERYONE THAT HEARD IT IT WAS NOT A FORGETABLE KIND OF SERMON AS SOON AS MISSUS EUBE WAS IN BED THE LIGHTS ALL WENT OUT AND WOOT THE MONKEY CROUCHED UNDER THE BED AND WAITED PATIENTLY UNTIL HE HEARD THE GIANTESS SNORING THEN HE CREPT OUT AND IN THE DARK BELT AROUND UNTIL HE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE APRON WHICH HE AT ONCE TIED AROUND HIS OWN WAIST 0659e7df-4136-4e1a-94cc-0b8f36748228 ALIEN ANY SIGN OF THAT MOB NEGATIVE O K WE'RE TAKING OFF OVER IT THE QUEER PAGODA LIKE ROOF BUILT BY UNCLE STEPHEN ON HIS RETURN FROM A VOYAGE TO CHINA WAS COVERED WITH YET LEAFLESS VINES 065b8d04-6448-4dbd-9a45-5106a2238b15 OH WASN'T DONALD TAKEN ABACK O GOD PLEASE MAKE PAT BETTER BY THE MORNING PLEASE DO WE TOOK HEART OF GRACE MOMENTARILY PINNING THE ZID'S THRESHING FORELEM NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HATCHED OUT ON COLLAXIA SAID JENOFER I LOST MY HEAD AND GROUNDED THE QUEEN AND IT VANISHED 0662f093-747f-4dcf-b8fc-8b90aba6690b THE HUNDRED ODD YARDS FROM CABIN TO BEACH PASSED IN A BLUR OF SPEED THE SCOOP REACHED DEEPER WATER AND SUBMERGED THROWING A MOUNTAINOUS BILLOW THAT SENT THE ISLAND QUEEN REELING AND ALL BUT FOUNDED HER JEFF WAS DISLODGED INSTANTLY AND SANK LIKE A STONE DAN PRESENTLY BROKE THE SPELL YOU SEE IT DOESN'T DO TO BE TOO PROUD FELICITY HE REMARKED GIVING HER A POKE 069d2dd5-2d57-4772-9514-f56374886684 I THREW THEM ACROSS THE DESK TO HIM AND POINTED TO ONE CORNER WHY ALL THE TROUBLE IN YEARS OF WORK TO GET A SHIP THAT TWO PEOPLE COULD JUST BARELY MANAGE WE WERE SITTING THERE WHEN UNCLE ROGER WALKED IN AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK THEN I SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT 06afd205-c23e-4927-a0bc-3397edc19de6 SO I S'POSED THAT WAS EVEN YOU CAN'T GO ASTRAY AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU CAN ASK ME BUT DON'T BOTHER ME IF YOU CAN HELP IT I AM LOUIS HORN OF REDISCOVERY AND REEDUCATION STETSON SHOT AN ANGRY GLANCE AT IT 06b83cd1-b5dc-4d9b-9675-78006a18c07e THE GATE'LL STAY OPEN NOW UNTIL IT'S CLOSED FROM OUR SIDE BUT I'LL HAVE TO TAKE YOUR OUTFIT BACK AND DESTROY IT ANYWAY OUR COPS WOULD BE TOUGH WITH YOU IF THEY FOUND YOU OPERATING THE THING AND FEDERATION SECURITY MEN WOULD BE EVEN TOUGHER TAKE IT AS A WARNING DON'T DO IT AGAIN DO NOT WORRY FOR WE SHALL NOT GO FAR TO THE NORTH SAID THE EMPEROR MY ONE IDEA IS TO AVOID THE EMERALD CITY WITHOUT GOING OUT OF OUR WAY MORE THAN IS NECESSARY 06be04b7-283d-4208-8620-1cffda4f58a6 CECILY IS WELL AND SAYS SHE ISN'T GOING TO CURL HER HAIR ANY MORE SHE IS SO CONSCIENTIOUS I'M GLAD MY HAIR CURLS OF ITSELF AIN'T YOU WE HAVEN'T SEEN SARA RAY SINCE YOU GOT SICK SHE IS AWFUL LONESOME AND JUDY SAYS SHE CRIESARLY ALL THE TIME BUT THAT'S NOTHING NEW BUTTON BRIGHT SHE SAW WAS PLAYING BALL WITH OJO THE MUNCHKIN BOY SO DOROTHY NEXT WISHED TO SEE WHAT HER AUNT EM WAS DOING 06d99d1f-3f00-49ca-a27c-747c4477ee03 THE PLANET HAS WATER AND BOTH ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE HE WATCHED UNTIL THE FLARE FLICKERED OUT EXCUSE ME COLONEL TOWERS THE LACRYMOSE SARAH PRESENTLY JOINED US AND WE DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF HER TEARS TO BE THE DOLEFUL FACT THAT HER MOTHER HAD FORBIDDEN HER TO GO TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW THAT NIGHT WE ALL WENT TO PIECES EXCEPT CECILY WHO ALONE RETAINED HER PRESENCE OF MIND 06e3fe35-7551-4c46-b81f-bfd44e5d0b11 DON'T WORRY DEAR SAID CECILY WHO ALWAYS POURED BALM SARA RAY WAS ALSO ALLOWED TO COME UNDER PROTEST WE MIGHT EARN IT BY THE HONEST TOIL UNCLE BLAIR WAS SPENDING THE SUMMER IN SWITZERLAND AND PURPLE CHALEES ALTHOUGH I WAS BEGINNING TO LOSE FAITH IN IT 06eafaf2-5c8b-47d9-b3e2-92e64d7fd386 BUT OF COURSE THEY DID I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I THINK I DON'T THINK A GLAYA SWALLOWED THAT STONE I THINK IT JUST FELL TO THE GROUND AND AFTER A WHILE THEY FOUND IT AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE OF SUCH VALUE THAT GLECON COULD BUY ALL THE FLOCKS AND HERDS IN THE VALLEY AND THE SWEETEST COTTAGE AND HE AND AGLEIA WERE MARRIED RIGHT AWAY VERY GOOD SAID THE GIANTESS LET US ALL BECOME FRIENDS AND HAPPY TOGETHER HOW IS MY TIN OWL FEELING QUITE COMFORTABLE SAID THE OWL I DON'T LIKE IT TO BE SURE BUT I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW MY NEW FORM TO MAKE ME UNHAPPY BUT TELL ME PLEASE WHAT IS A TIN OWL GOOD FOR 06f2c41e-6f27-43cd-806e-4b18549ce825 NEGATIVE IT'S CRASH PRIORITY THEM AND THEIR STUPID ORDERS IN ALL THEIR HISTORY HISTORY IF YOU'D HAD TO PAY FATHER FOR ALL THE EXTRA HANDFULS OF WHEAT YOU FED TO THOSE HENS MISS FELICITY 0702bb39-c478-44fe-924a-94a016a4ab4a WE WERE QUITE WILLING TO GO TO BED CECILY LOOKED PALE AND THIN BESIDE HER ON THE MAY MORNING WHEN WE LEFT TORONTO FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HE'S IN THE HOUSE THIS VERY MINUTE HE CAME UP WITH US IN THE BUGGY BUT IT WAS LONG AGO AND WE CAN'T DO ANY GOOD BY CRYING OVER IT NOW THEY COULD NEVER BE COAXED TO GROW ELSEWHERE 07206411-5183-4940-acb1-756b92f15c0c BEING NOW COMPLETELY FORMED OF TIN I WOULDN'T BECOME A GREEN MONKEY FOR ANYTHING IF YOU ARE BUTCHERS YOU'D BETTER RUN AWAY AND AVOID TROUBLE THE RESULT WAS A DETERMINED RIVALRY AS TO WHICH PUPIL SHOULD COLLECT THE LARGEST SUM AND THIS RIVALRY WAS ESPECIALLY INTENSE IN OUR HOME COTERIE I WILL SAID THE STORY GIRL I'LL GIVE THAT PICTURE FATHER SENT ME LAST WEEK 0720c8d0-ae50-4d02-ac88-09763be48540 I THINK HE'S CUTE EXTENDED A TENTACLE OPENED A CLOTH AND NIPPED DOOR NEATLY ON THE BEHIND UNCLE ROGER SHOOK HIS HEAD IF TO MORROW ISN'T THE JUDGEMENT DAY I'LL TELL IT MONDAY IT'S TO COME JUST LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT 072f07c8-6e2e-48a4-99ea-83b6dd88ff44 O PETER SHADOWS ARE SUCH PRETTY THINGS NOW DON'T MEDDLE WITH THE MAN CRIED BETTY WHAT A STATE TO BE IN BECAUSE ONE GOOD LOOKING LASS LIKE STAND SANDY HAIR AND GREY EYES BETTER THAN HIGHLAND BLACK AND BLUE MY GOOD WIFE AND I BOTH MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE THEN AT ONCE HE BEGAN TO MAKE A TIN LEG FOR ME 07303f11-f78c-4678-8dbe-7cd3933f8c53 YOU ASK HIM SAID FELICITY NUDGING THE STORY YELL UNCLE ROGER SAID THE STORY YELL THE GOLDEN NOTES OF HER VOICE THREADED WITH FEAR AND APPEAL THE ENTERPRISE SAYS THAT TO MORROW IS THE JUDGMENT DAY IS IT THEN WE LOOK INTO THEM WITH BRIGHT BOYS LIKE YOU DISGUISED AS OUR N OUR FIELD MEN GOODY GOODY AND WHAT HAPPENS IF R N R STUMBLES ON TO ME WHILE I'M DOWN THERE PLAYING PADDY CAKE WE DISOWN YOU 07467fa8-4244-4cd0-bf30-51e09ee6c271 FARMER HOLD HIMSELF UPRIGHT HOPING TO APPROACH RAY CALM HIM AND GET HIM TO FIGURE A WAY OUT OF THIS MADHOUSE HE SWORE AND STARTED TO CHECK THE WIRING AUNT JANET HAD FORGOTTEN TO WARN UNCLE ROGER TO KEEP AN EYE ON OUR BEDTIME SNACKS AND WE ATE WHAT SEEMED GOOD UNTO US 076113a6-aa9a-468e-b71e-f38052accebe AND MET WITH FRUSTRATION BEYOND SERREMEIAN EXPERIENCE FROM THE TOWNSHIP THAT REPRESENTED COLONIAL TERRAN CIVILIZATION IN PERSONCINIAN ARCHIPELAGO ONE FORTY SEVEN I TURNED TO MISSUS PARIN WHO HAD COME UP TO DETERMINE THE RESULT OF MY SHOUTING IT WAS NOT FAR AS VIC HAD SAID BUT WE WERE WEARY FROM OUR BATTLE WITH THE CRAZED MOB AND THE BEST WE COULD FORCE FROM OUR LEGS WAS A SORT OF DOG TROT 07672daa-aac9-4022-86fa-a355acf43604 I HAD THE SPEAKER ON FULL VOLUME AND THE VIBRATION ALMOST SHOOK MY HEAD OFF THE LIZARDS CRINGED AND I SET MY SOLAR FOR NARROW BEAM AND RAN IT AROUND THE DOOR JAM THERE WAS A GREAT CRUNCHING AND BANGING FROM THE JUNK PILED AGAINST IT AND THEN THE DOOR SWUNG FREE I THREW IT OPEN MAYBE HE SAID SUDDENLY SLUMPED AND TIRED NO LONGER LAUGHING MAYBE THEY WILL BUT I GAVE HER A CHANCE IT'S ALL OVER FOR ME NOW BUT SHE KNOWS THAT I LOVED HER TO THE END HE BARED HIS TEETH IN SUDDEN PAIN NOT THAT SHE WILL CARE IN THE SLIGHTEST 077da4bf-fa89-4a5b-8c76-6fa3846caf35 YONAS TURNED WITH RELIEF AND GOT BACK ON THE PATH BUT HIS STAYED QUITE AS BADLY AS THE HOUSE HAD YOU KNOW A GREAT DEAL CLARETON SAID WHICH I SOMETIMES FIND IT NECESSARY TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION TO NEWBE SHIFTED BEHIND ORAN KEEP AN EYE ON THEM BUT DON'T IGNORE THE OTHER SECTORS SAID STETSON 0788724e-2ff9-4f28-bc70-1254e28c4c76 WE'RE JUST ONE JUMP AHEAD OF CATASTROPHE IT WAS A MINNY OFF THE DELPHINIS REDISCOVERY YOU'RE CALLING THE SHOTS GOD HELP YOU AUNT JANET WAS VERY DESIROUS THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE AS NICE AS POSSIBLE AS WE WERE ALL SENT TO OUR ROOMS BEFORE TEA TO WASH AND DRESS UP 0796db2f-4442-4b03-ac66-886d0f9246e2 THE O'LERENOIDS DIDN'T KNOCK OVER ONE OF OUR SURVEYSHIPS FIRST TOO GLOOMY IN THAT JUNGLE TO BE SURE TO WANDER FROM ONE'S HOME REMARKED THE SCARECROW THE MAGIC APRON PROVED AND ALL OUR OTHER FRIENDS 079e5fdf-02d0-4178-898a-368ab636b028 I COULD HARDLY SUPPORT MY OWN WEIGHT MY LEGS WERE TREMBLING WITH THE BURDEN SWEAT BROKE OUT OVER MY WHOLE BODY THE RAYS OF LIGHT BEAT DOWN UPON ME FIERCELY AND OVERPOWERINGLY FELIX HELD OUT THE NEWSPAPER IT WAS A CHARLOTTETOWN DAILY ENTERPRISE IT'S THERE HE GASPED LOOK READ I'LL DO THINK IT'S TRUE THE END OF THE WORLD IT IS COMING TO MORROW AT TWO O'CLOCK IN IN THE AFTERNOON CRASH 07d18181-b86c-4ed2-b374-54927c02afd6 TO MAKE CONTACT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE LOCAL LANGUAGE I LOOKED AT THE BLUE PRINTS HE HANDED ME AND FELT MY EYES GLAZE WITH HORROR CRIED THE PROUD PRINCESS ANGRILY WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL I USED TO BELIEVE THE FAIRIES DANCED IN IT ON MOONLIGHT NIGHTS 07dc716a-c352-40ea-a6b8-4590b73dd470 I I DON'T KNOW SAID FELICITY RELUCTANTLY I SUPPOSE CHILDREN CAN'T UNDERSTAND SUCH THINGS THERE MUST BE A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE OF COURSE IF WE ONLY KNEW WHAT IT WAS ANYHOW I'M A PRESBYTERIAN AND I'M GLAD OF IT ANGELINA ROLLED HER EYES UP AND SLID SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR REAL FATE I DIDN'T CARE I KEPT THE GUN ON PEPPET'S PUDGY FORM WHILE HE PICKED HER UP AND CARRIED HER TO AN ACCELERATION COUCH AGAINST THE WALL 08079dba-614f-43ec-b5c5-3178920cb9b5 HE WAS RETIRED AND A YOUNG MAN WAS CALLED TO CARLISLE MISTER SCOTT WENT TO LIVE IN TOWN BUT HE CAME OUT TO CARLISLE VERY OFTEN AND VISITED ALL THE PEOPLE REGULARLY JUST THE SAME AS WHEN HE WAS THEIR MINISTER HE WAS ALWAYS SO POLITE AND GOOD NATURED AND OBLIGING SIGHED CECILY HE WAS JUST A REAL GENTLEMAN SAID THE STORY GIRL THERE AIN'T MANY FELLOWS AS FAIR AND SQUARE AS PETER SAID DAN AND SUCH A WORKER SAID FELIX 080f932e-ff86-4848-baf7-cbc75eef30b8 HE WAS VERY GENTLE WITH THE WRIST HE DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HER HE WAS WONDERING ALREADY IN FACT WHAT HAD MADE HIM GET SO ROUGH AT ALL PAT SAT GRAVELY AT ITS FACE AND DAINTILY WASHED HIS FACE WITH HIS BLACK PAWS NOW FOR YOUR STORIES ABOUT THE ORCHARD SAID I 08162c37-0e5d-42a3-9911-2aa1cd95612a FELICITY ATE TWO IN HER VERY PRESENCE AND THEN BROUGHT THE REST OUT TO US IN THE ORCHARD THEY'D BE ALL MIXED UP IF THEY HADN'T MISTER CAMPBELL WAS A RICH RETIRED FARMER WHO TOOK LIFE EASILY IF AS WAS SAID HE DETESTED CHILDREN TURN HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT ASKED FELIX STARING 0827e5bd-df62-4a50-b61c-452652dd9b55 POOR RACHEL WARD SAID AUNT OLIVIA SOFTLY HERE IS HER POINT LACE HANDKERCHIEF SHE MADE IT HERSELF THIS WAS THE HARDEST TRIAL THAT WOOT HAD ENDURED SINCE HE HAD BECOME A MONKEY BUT NO PROTEST HAD ANY INFLUENCE WITH GINGER WHO LATHERED AND SCRUBBED HIM IN A BUSINESS LIKE MANNER AND AFTERWARD DRIED HIM WITH A COARSE TOWEL 08399242-e010-4be5-a8f1-c11540510d4d AGAIN THE CALL BELL CHIMED THE FOREFINGERED HAND LOOKED EXTREMELY CAPABLE AROUND THE STOCK OF MARK TWENTY THE DIVING HELMET CAME OFF EASILY NOT HAVING BEEN PROPERLY FASTENED DOWN AT ALL FARMER REALIZED WITH A SHOCK THAT THE CREATURE WASN'T WEARING ANYTHING 083aed16-0632-4dc7-8937-3eb980de9c76 BRANDON WAS LOOKING AT THE MILKY WAY HIS BREATHING WAS SHORT STRAINED HE COUNTED THEM PULLED THE CHUTE RELEASE A KATY WAS ALL THESE THINGS THAT I HAVE MENTIONED I'VE GONE TO CHURCH IN SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL MY LIFE AND PETER NEVER WENT TILL THIS SUMMER 083eac02-9679-44e4-9730-56d4e31d26a0 BUT I AM CERTAIN WE HAVE PASSED BEYOND THE EMERALD CITY THE CANARY ASSURED HIM SAILING LIGHTLY AROUND THEIR HEADS NOW A WINDOW AT THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE OPENED AND A QUEER HEAD APPEARED IT WAS WHITE AND HAIRY AND HAD A LONG SNOUT AND LITTLE ROUND EYES HE INSISTED ON ANSWERING THEM AND IN HIS LETTER PAINSTAININGLY DISINFECTED WAS DULY DELIVERED TO US AUNT OLIVIA HAD WRITTEN IT AT HIS DICTATION WHICH WAS AGAIN AS FAR AS SPELLION PUNCTUATION WENT 08b603e5-f256-4664-a12d-95bd21388ca5 WE ARE ALL SO FOND OF HIM AND HE IS SUCH A GOOD CAT AND HAS NO BAD HABITS I WANT IT FOR GLECON SHE SAID I PETER WAS NOT PROOF AGAINST THIS DOUBLE ATTACK WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR COULDN'T WRITE AT ALL SAID THE STORY GIRL CRUSHINGLY 08ba661f-6296-4eb6-9ae8-68a55729ded2 WE WOULD DEARLY HAVE LIKED TO GET A PEEP INTO THE LETTERS TOO BUT AUNT OLIVIA WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT BUT IT DOES SEEM AS IF WE'D HAD DREADFUL LUCK IN EVERYTHING WE'VE TRIED LATELY BUT WOOT MANAGED TO GET A SIP OF THE COFFEE AND FOUND IT DELICIOUS MIS HER VOICE WAS BIG BUT GRACIOUS IN TONE 08c14a8a-4837-4170-b8bf-0c8e4a0e5738 HE SHIFTED HIS FEET BUT LET ME ESTABLISH ONE POINT AT A TIME IN THE MOST SCHOLASTIC MANNER IF YOU WILL PERMIT AS SHE ANNOUNCED IT THE FACT THAT THREE TIMES THREE WAS NINE WAS EXQUISITELY RIDICULOUS OR GATHER IT IN BY CONTRIBUTIONS LEVIED ON OUR FRIENDS 08c78e44-da24-496c-9595-a8cd525f7619 REMEMBER YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS TO LOCATE A FIRM LANDING SITE WITH AMPLE PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU DELARMED YOURSELF IS THAT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD BRANDON NODDED WAS LAUNCHED AND NOW WAS CRUISING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE ALIEN PLANET THE SCOOP THAT HAD SURFACED JUST BEHIND HER WAS SO CLOSE THAT JEFF WONDERED IF ITS SPECIES LEGENDARY GOOD NATURE HAD BEEN MISREPRESENTED SO DID MINE JEFF SAID WHILE THEY STOOD MARVELING THE OWLS CAME BACK 08d9fdd3-37d8-47be-94ff-c6b55b7a232c CANTERBY BELLS IS A LOVELY NAME FOR A FLOWER ISN'T IT SHE SAID IT MAKES YOU THINK OF CATHEDRALS AND CHIMES DOESN'T IT IT WAS YOU WHO FIRST TOLD ME IT WAS MY DUTY TO FIND AND MARRY NIMI AMID AND I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT NICK CHOPPER THE TIN EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES IS A MAN WHO NEVER SHIRKS HIS DUTY ONCE IT IS POINTED OUT TO HIM 0901ddf3-6d58-452e-b319-74873a687ecd DO YOU THINK HE'LL EVER TELL YOU WHO ALICE IS I ASKED SAID FELICITY BITTERLY BUT HE'LL LAUGH AT US FOR A YEAR AND TELL THIS STORY TO EVERY SOUL THAT COMES TO THE PLACE JEFF TOOK THE BROWN HAND SHE PUT UP AND DREW HER TO THE DOCK BESIDE HIM CHAFFY THREE ASSURED HIM 091c50cc-8fb3-461e-9d0c-e64d313805e8 WHY'S A FRESHMAN LIKE ME BEING TOSSED INTO THIS DISH I'LL FEED US WHAT YOU SAY AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON AROUND YOU TOO THE STORY GIRL GOES OVER HIS DREAMS AFTER HE HAS WRITTEN THEM OUT AND PUTS IN THE COMMAS AND SEMI COLENS AND STRAIGHTENS OUT THE SENTENCES 092d305b-5c75-4f87-82eb-21c979a8f2f2 IT DOESN'T DO TO MEDDLE IN AN AFFAIR OF THIS KIND BETWEEN BOYS SAID THE STORY GIRL SAGELY I MAY BE MISTAKEN BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE STORY GIRL WANTED THAT FIGHT STOPPED AND I'M AFAR FROM BEING SURE THAT FELICITY DID EITHER HE WAS TRYING TO BE FAIR AND CONSIDERATE OF MY VIEWS AND NOT SUCCEEDING IN THE SLIGHTEST IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HE GROWLED HOW CAN YOU BE SURE THIS KILLOW WILL EVER READ ONE OF THESE THINGS AND IF HE DOES WHY SHOULD HE BE INTERESTED IT LOOKS TO ME AS IF YOU'RE WASTING TIME WHEN HE SLIPS THROUGH YOUR FINGERS 093a6505-9095-4ca4-b6a4-c22f2fc4e24c I WOULD HAVE AND THE NEXT DAY SHE DRESSED HERSELF BEAUTIFULLY IN HER BEST PALE BLUE MUSLIN AND SLEEKED HER CURLS AND WENT SMILING TO THE BIRCHES ALL WENT WELL UNTIL ONE OF THE PRIESTS VIOLATED THE TEMPLE AND DESTROYED THE HOLY WATERS THE BEACONS MUST OPERATE I RECOGNIZED THIS DEATHLESS LINE AS THE CURTAIN SPEECH AND CRAWLED TO MY FEET 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TO FIND OUT ORNE NOW STARING FIXEDLY INTO SPACE IN SEARCH OF SOME ELUSIVE WORD OR PHRASE WHICH MIGHT BEST DESCRIBE THE INDESCRIBABLE SO PETER NEVER TOLD THAT DREAM NOR DID HE WRITE IT DOWN 0980a519-7e0a-4325-a9b2-e6158b52139e BUT TO BE CALLED A SWEET CAT CECILY TOOK COURAGE OF THINGS FELICITY MIGHT CHARM THE PALATE AND THE STORY GIRL BIND CAPTIVE THE SOUL BUT WHEN PAIN AND SICKNESS WRUNG THE BROW IT WAS CECILY WHO WAS THE MINISTERING ANGEL 0998eabd-302b-4147-a110-67a130e3fa6c ONE ELSE NO MANOEL NO ONLY THE PEOPLE NO TROUBLE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL NOW I HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE TOO CLOSE A THING THAT SIZE COULDN'T CRACK A WALNUT A LONG CLOAK WOULD CONCEAL THE UNIFORM WHILE I LEFT THE HOTEL BUT THE GOLDEN CRUSTED HELMET AND A BRIEF CASE OF PAPERS WERE A PROBLEM 09a17733-072d-40c1-b3cc-f3eebac43890 PETER AND FELIX WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY WORSE FRIENDS AFTER IT I THOUGHT YOU SAID IN YOUR SERMON MASTER PETER THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T FIGHT HE SAT CROSS LEGGED IN A CORNER OF THE CELL AND CLOSED HIS EYES SHE HAD A VERY NICE SMILE AND FOR MEMORIES IN THE OTHERS MINDS HE COULD HEAR THE VOICE LOW AND QUIET AND ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY I AM NOT VENGEFUL BUT MY SON WAS NO WIZARD 09a5e0d1-6a81-48c1-933d-a6469bd7fb9a IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE WEATHER WHAT ARE YOUR FURTHER PLANS MISTER EMPEROR MISSUS EWPE THE GIANTESS MUNCHING THOSE DREADFUL MOUTHFULS WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A CHANGE OF EXPRESSION ON HIS COUNTENANCE WHILE THE FACIAL CONTORTIONS THE REST OF US WENT THROUGH 09d32656-7e2f-4659-be71-c31fae638a28 ALL RIGHT GARF FUN SPUN AND THE FEDERATION CAN'T TAKE EVEN SMALL CHANCES IT'S RIDICULOUS I NEVER SAW SIST MOROC THE BIG UGLY ONE ESPECIALLY IT BECOMES NECESSARY FOR THE BOY IS MADE OF MEAT WHICH NEITHER RESTS NOR GETS SOGGY OR MOULDY 0a03387c-bdd3-43e9-81db-4ae5f67479f4 THEN THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND AFTER MISSUS EUP HAD PASSED OUT BUT HE SAID HE WAS SO SHORT ON HEARTS YOU TOOK THE DAPHINIS IF THEY THINK IT'S A GROUND BUGGY THEY MIGHT GET CARELESS WHEN YOU MOST NEEDN'T ADVANTAGE WE COULD ALWAYS SCOOP YOU OUT OF THE AIR YOU KNOW WHAT ARE MY CHANCES ON THIS ONE STEP 0a066f7d-0ee8-4fb8-8483-97e95aac4837 WITHOUT HESITATION JENIFER STEPPED OVER THE RAIL AND VANISHED INTO THE YAWNING PINKISH CAVERN BEYOND APPALLED JEFF RUSHED AFTER HER GENEFER HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND COME WITH ME HE SAID AT LAST AND LED THE WAY INTO HIS MUD HOUSE INSIDE THERE WAS ONLY ONE LARGE ROOM BUT IT SEEMED SPACIOUS ENOUGH FOR FOUR YOU HAVE CONFESSED TO ME HE SAID YOUR HERESY NOW YOU WILL BE MADE TO RATIFY YOUR CONFESSION 0a1ab9a7-84a6-49e7-a3ce-3dbf51fa550a NO RACHEL WARD WAS NOT PRETTY THAT HAD TO BE ADMITTED THE PICTURE SHOWED A FRESH YOUNG FACE WITH STRONGLY MARKED IRREGULAR FEATURES LARGE BLACK EYES AND BLACK CURLS HANGING ACROSS THE SHOULDERS IN OLD TIME STYLE RACHEL WASN'T PRETTY SAID UNCLE ALEC BUT SHE HAD A LOVELY COLOR AND A BEAUTIFUL SMILE SHE LOOKS FAR TOO SOBER IN THAT PICTURE UNCLE ROGER DID NOT COME TILL NEARLY TEN NEVER WAS THERE A MORE WELCOME SOUND THAN THE RUMBLE OF HIS WHEELS IN THE LANE 0a1fd94a-2e07-4f82-84f4-d66a9a68f78c DORA WAS PICKING HER WAY SLOWLY DOWN THE STONE STEPS THE MACHINE CRADLED UNDER HER ARM I DON'T THINK SHE DID SHE LOOKED VERY PALE AND WOEBEGONE WHEN SHE CAME DOWN TO BREAKFAST BUT FOR ALL THAT THERE WAS A CERTAIN EXHILARATION ABOUT HER I'M GOING TO DO PENANCE ALL DAY FOR COAXING SARA TO DISOBEY HER MOTHER SHE ANNOUNCED WITH CHASTENED TRIUMPH PENANCE 0a33c50e-c60a-47f1-89b7-3f4bd206f171 THEY FADED SOON AFTER THEY WERE PLUCKED THEN ALL PAIN AND WEARINESS FELL AWAY FROM HIM THE STERN SORROWFUL WARDER TOOK HIM BY THE ARM AND DREW HIM BACK MY AUNT JANET WAS FOND OF MISSIONS OH I DON'T KNOW MILLIONS OF YEARS LIKELY AND EVEN THEN I 0a408967-38d4-4753-83da-3a5feee85eef PETER NOW HE'LL HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT SHE WAS VERY HANDSOME WITH HAIR AS BROWN AS OCTOBER NUTS AND BLACK EYES AND CRIMSON CHEEKS AND SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITH NEIL CAMPBELL HERSELF WE HAD TO GO UP TO SARA RAY'S LANE WITH HER TO HER VERY DOOR FOR SHE WAS AFRAID PEG BOWEN WOULD CATCH HER IF SHE WENT ALONE 0a425db3-a63a-4672-b0b4-9ee0dee72c35 SHE HAD RECENTLY BEEN DIGGING INTO A COUPLE OF OLD VOLUMES OF CLASSIC MYTHS AND NORTHLAND FOLK LORE WHICH SHE HAD FOUND IN AUNT OLIVIA'S ATTIC THEY FADED SOON AFTER THEY WERE PLUCKED A GREAT BEGINNING FOR A JOB AND ONE CLEARLY DESIGNED TO DRIVE A STRONGER MAN THAN ME TO THE BOTTLE 0a42724f-2652-4277-934e-8d172facdf13 WE FELT AT HOME WITH HIM AND WERE NOT AFRAID TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS ON ANY SUBJECT THAT CAME UPPERMOST IN OUR MINDS WE BECAME VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH HIM ON THAT TWENTY FOUR MILE DRIVE AFTER THAT GRANDPA IN PARADISE HAD MANY HEART TO HEART TALKS WITH GRANDSON WHO FOUND THE HEAVENLY LUTE MORE THAN HE COULD RESIST BUT NOT FOR LONG THERE WAS A SHUFFLING NEAR BY AND I TOOK A CHANCE AND TURNED ON MY FLASH 0a459a24-72db-4f79-b179-0f8cd45857a6 SARAH CHILD COME WITH ME SAID AUNT OLIVIA BENDING OVER HER THE STORY GIRL GOT UP AND WENT AWAY WITH AUNT OLIVIA'S ARMS AROUND HER THE SOUND OF HER CRYING DIED AWAY UNDER THE FIRS AND WITH IT SEEMED TO GO THE DREAD AND GRIEF THAT HAD BEEN OUR PORTION FOR HOURS THIS RAISED A BUZZ OF CONVERSATION BEHIND ME BUT GOT NO RISE OUT OF THE CHIEF HE SANK SLOWLY INTO THE WATER UNTIL ONLY HIS EYES WERE SHOWING I COULD ALMOST HEAR THE WHEELS TURNING BEHIND THAT MOSS COVERED FOREHEAD THEN HE LUNGED UP AND POINTED A DRIPPING FINGER AT ME 0a57c42a-4af5-4b5e-923a-e10bdb2194a9 MY FIRST THOUGHT THAT A GANG WAS INVOLVED PROVED WRONG ALL MY SECONDARY SUSPECTS TURNED OUT TO BE SIMPLE FORGERIES NOT INDIVIDUALS IN THE FEW CASES WHERE FORGERY WASN'T ADEQUATE MY MYSTERIOUS X HAD APPARENTLY HIRED HIMSELF TO DO THE JOB X HIMSELF HAD THE PERMANENT JOB OF ASSISTANT ENGINEERING DESIGNER I DON'T BELIEVE JERRY CAN BE COMING SAID CECILY IN DESPAIR I SUPPOSE HIS MOTHER MUST HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS DREADFUL AFTER ALL TO SELL SUCH A PICTURE 0a5c2f3a-84de-4bdf-b179-f0599188b58d I'M ALWAYS GLAD WHEN IT GETS WARM ENOUGH TO GO BAREFOOTED BUT WHEN I GROW UP THEY'LL HAVE TO BE COVERED UP ALL THE TIME I 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SHE HAD GONE FAR WITH IT I WHO WAS SITTING BESIDE HER FELT AN UNACCOUNTABLE REPULSION CREEPING OVER ME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I HAD KNOWN HER I WANTED TO DRAW AWAY FROM THE STORY GIRL THERE WAS THE GHOST OF ANOTHER IDEA YUNUS CAUGHT IT I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SENT ME IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER AVAILABLE MEMBER HE THOUGHT 0a8d0386-2337-417e-a517-01dc1f3ed8a4 RACHEL WARD IS DEAD AND SHE TOLD JAMES'S WIFE TO WRITE TO ME AND TELL ME TO OPEN THE OLD BLUE CHEST HURRAH SHOUTED DAN DONALD KING SAID HIS MOTHER SEVERELY RACHEL WARD WAS YOUR RELATION AND SHE IS DEAD WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SUCH BEHAVIOR BOOT TOLD OF THEIR ADVENTURES WITH THE LOONS OF LOONVILLE AND THE TIN OWL DESCRIBED THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY HAD BEEN CAPTURED AND TRANSFORMED BY THE GIANTESS 0a9dc3a0-af73-4671-9c7f-6e260b5420ef FELICITY MADE A SIMILAR BARGAIN WITH HER MOTHER AND WHITE LEGHORN HAT ENCIRCLED BY FLAME RED POPPIES IT WAS AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE I AM GOING TO HELP MOTHER PLANT THE VEGETABLE GARDEN TO DAY SAID FELICITY SHE THOUGHT HE WAS A COUSIN THEY HAD BEEN EXPECTING FROM SCOTLAND 0a9e7085-504b-4090-b329-3521304cd3cc KNOWING YOUR DISLIKE FOR SCIENCE OTHER THAN THAT RELATED TO AERONAUTICS ALL CUT IS PRETTY SHORT THOSE WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING HOPE AND VIC WERE SURGING FORWARD WITH THE REST THEIR ERSTWHILE PRISONERS FORGOTTEN IN THEIR MAD GREED FOR DEATH ALL THIS TROUBLE WAS CAUSED BY THE WICKEDNESS OF MISSUS UPE THE GIANTESS AND POLYCHROME FIRST OILED THE STRANGER'S TIN JAWS 0aa3ede1-eedb-44cb-a3dd-5e8d874eaa54 HAD HE BEEN A POOR MAN HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MORE SUCCESSFUL ARTIST BUT HE HAD A SMALL FORTUNE OF HIS OWN IN LACKING THE SPUR OF NECESSITY OR OF DISQUIETING AMBITION HE REMAINED LITTLE MORE THAN A CLEVER AMATEUR COME BACK TO MORROW AND WE WILL TALK SOME MORE I CALLED AFTER THE FLEEING FIGURE I WAS PLEASED TO NOTICE THAT HE TOOK THE CASH BEFORE TAKING OFF THERE WAS A SHIMMER OF LIGHT FROM THE TOP AND I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT IT ON THE PEAK OF THE PYRAMID WAS A HOLLOW BASIN FILLED WITH WATER 0abc102a-67e7-4441-bd3a-d24a6c8b3dee JOHN ANDREW FARMER SCOWLED AT THE OCCUPANT THAT SPRAWLED ON HIS LIVING ROOM COUCH RUBBED HIS STUBBY JAW WITH A STUBBY FIST AND SAID I LOVE YOU SHE HAD SEATED HERSELF IN THE DARKEST HOTTEST CORNER OF THE KITCHEN WITH A PIECE OF OLD COTTON IN HER HAND FORBIDDEN FRUIT WE WERE ALL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UNCLE ROGER MORE OR LESS GRUMPY IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF KING NEXT DAY 0ace8bed-dfe2-418d-a1e7-4bd7af1017e6 ASKED THE CANARY THE JAGUAR SNARLED IN DERISION AND LASHED HIS TAIL AGAINST THE GROUND ANGRILY WHEN PETER WAS READY TO BEGIN HE THRUST HIS HANDS INTO HIS POCKETS A TOTALLY UNORTHODOX THING 0acec916-06eb-48ed-b668-26f048172a6e E PAY WAS THRUST ASIDE BY A GROUP OF ANGRY GUARDS ONE WAS THAT VIC HAD PLUNGED INTO SOME SORT OF WILD EXPERIMENT SHE WAS ALWAYS IN TROUBLE OF SOME SORT COULDN'T GET HER HAIR BRAIDED OR HER SHOES ON THE RIGHT FEET 0aee8484-b19a-485e-bcc7-a5b4b38bb95f THESE PEOPLE HAD IT DOWN TO A FINE SCIENCE NOT A RIVET FELL BUT THAT ITS FALL WAS NOTED INQUINTUPLICATE SO THERE BE NO CHANCE OF MISUNDERSTANDING AND I WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WAY EXCEPT WHERE WAS HE BUT YONDER WAY IS OPEN AUNT OLIVIA REPORTED THAT HIS MOTHER WAS BROKEN HEARTED THE STORY GIRL GENERALLY HAD HER HEAD GARLANDED WITH THEIR LEAVES 0af27c5d-af25-48b9-82fe-f7b91464d61d SUDDENLY A SOFT GLOW ENVELOPED THEM IT GREW BRIGHTER UNTIL THEY COULD SEE THEIR SURROUNDINGS DISTINCTLY THEY HAD REACHED THE END OF THE PASSAGE AND BEFORE THEM WAS ANOTHER HUGE DOOR BEFORE HE COULD RECOVER I THREW A THICK FOLD IN FRONT OF HIM I AM AN THAR LEAGUE GRAND FLEET THESE ARE MY CREDENTIALS YOU HAD BETTER CHECK THEM 0af9191f-5983-4587-81c0-a329f1e4783c BUT HE REFUSED TO LET THE THOUGHT SPOIL HIS ENJOYMENT JONAS TOLD HIMSELF AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS THAT HE SIMPLY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WHAT TO DO WITHOUT THE RATS YOU'RE MAKING LIGHT OF MY REVERED ALMA MATER SAID ORAN HE STRUCK A POSE BUT ONLY TWO CITIES ARE YOU SURE 0afc1e81-f859-4c13-8d05-b3fc8a06fc10 MA'S GONE TO TOWN PA AND HER WENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TILL TO MORROW HE GRIMACED IN THE DARKNESS UNHAPPINESS SHE TOLD HERSELF WAS HER PORTION IN THIS LIFE I PERMIT KENNEFF SAID 0b0f293d-ec59-4ef6-8480-1f4b071fbd0d IT'S LIKE THIS SAID HORN WE ALREADY HAVE RECAPTURED THE DELPHINIS BACK AT DEAR OLD EUNUCH GALACTICA BRING A GAT ALONG AND PLENTY OF AMO WAIT A MOMENT UNTIL YOU'RE SURE YOU HAVE THE EXACT READING SHE JUST GOT THE KEY AND WENT IN 0b16b6fc-ebdf-4c46-b384-b85b8396759e MY AUNT JANE WAS ONE AND I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE MYSELF IF I HADN'T BEEN SO SCARED OF THE JUDGMENT DAY IT'S CALLED HOW KISSING WAS DISCOVERED SOMETHING ELSE BREAKING THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AS IT EMERGED NOW FARMER WASN'T MUCH OF AN EDITOR EVEN AS EDITORS GO THOUGH IT RARELY EVER OCCURRED TO HIM AS HE CONSIDERED EACH INDIVIDUAL IRRITANT 0b236a4d-13ad-4145-9051-936c329b0d23 AND I LOST PARTS OF MY NEAT BODY BY DEGREES WHY THE COUNTRY WILL RUN ITSELF RATHER SHAKILY AND THE STORY GIRL OUR OWN DEAR STORY GIRL ONCE MORE AND NO SERPENT WOMAN SAID PROTESTINGLY OH I NEVER LIKE THE VEGETABLE GARDEN SAID THE STORY GIRL 0b23dee9-8ebe-4234-9eb4-2c6de9f45fbe WELL I BELIEVE IT WOULD PUZZLE HIM SAID CECILY OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF HER EXPERIENCE WITH FELICITY PETER AS WAS TO BE EXPECTED TOOK FELICITY'S PART AND SAID THE STORY GIRL OUGHT TO SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE SHE WAS THE OLDEST THAT HE SAID HAD ALWAYS BEEN HIS AUNT JANE'S RULE WELL ANYHOW SAID PETER EVEN IF IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAMN I KEEP ON READING THE BIBLE UNTIL I'VE GOT CLEAN THROUGH I NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH AN INTERESTING BOOK IT SOUNDSIBLY DREADFUL TO HEAR YOU CALL THE BIBLE AN INTERESTING BOOK SAID FELICITY WITH A SHUDDER AT THE SACRILEGE WHY YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT ANY COMMON BOOK 0b25c68f-7e9a-4d7f-9cc5-ab81df1da8a3 AFTER THE RAIN THE AIR SEEMED DRIPPING WITH THE ODOURS IN THE WARM WEST WIND THE TANG OF FIR BALSAM THE SPICE OF MINT THE WILD WOODSINESS OF FERNS THE AROMER OF GRASSES STEEPING IN THE SUNSHINE AND WITH IT ALL A BREATH OF WILD SWEETNESS FROM FAR HILL PASTURES SHE SIGHED A LONG SHUDDERING SIGH AND SNUGGLED INTO MY ARMS VIC GLANCED TOWARD US AND GRINNED COME TO THINK OF IT HE REMARKED I BELIEVE ILL RUN ALONG AND SEE IF I CAN FIND MISSUS PARR I HAVEN'T HAD A THING TO EAT SINCE NOON YESTERDAY AND I'VE JUST REALIZED I'M HUNGRY WILL YOU JOIN ME 0b29252e-159a-44d7-b94f-4edb01fca52f SCOOPS ARE BENEVOLENT AS WELL AS INTELLIGENT ABRUPTLY HE SWITCHED TO HIS OWN INTEREST HER VOICE SEEMED TO TRIGGER THE ATTACK YOU WOULDN'T PUT ON AN APRON TO GO TO CHURCH SO IT DOESN'T SEEM AS IF IT WAS PROPER TO PUT IT ON FOR JUDGMENT DAY EITHER IT'S THE BEST I COULD DO SAID SARA DISCONSOLATELY I 0b3b6867-5b5b-4706-9d09-3e19ab8a7489 HE WAS ALSO SIGNALING TO AN UNDER PRIEST WHO CARRIED A BRAZER OF CHARCOAL COMPLETE WITH RED HOT IRONS MARK THREE BEACON THERE WERE SOME THINGS I COULD DO THOUGH AND I MADE A LIST OF PARTS NOW YONAH SAID WHEN HE WANTS HE RAISED ONE HAND CLAWING THE FINGERS SLIGHTLY I BELIEVE YOU IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT I BELIEVE YOU 0b4cf7d6-bf84-423a-a58b-9d541626f177 SLOWLY HIS MIND OPENED AND BECAME PERCEPTIVE THE PRAYER HUNG IN THE AIR OF THE SMOKY ROOM YONAH SLIPPED IN AND A FRILLED MUSLIN APRON CAME TO WELCOME US WE HAD HEARD FROGS SING IN ONTARIO OF COURSE 0b50d721-886d-470d-974d-e3a92adba03a ALTHOUGH I HAD TO PAD THE SUBJECT MATTER NOT A LITTLE WITH VERSES OF QUOTABLE HYMNS MUTTER PLEADINGLY AFTER THE IMPORTANT PART OF HIS DEVOTIONS WERE OVER MISSUS EWPE NEXT TRANSFORMED THE WEEDS INTO A DISH OF OATMEAL THERE WERE SHELFS INSIDE AND UPON ONE OF THE SHELVES 0b9b9358-54ca-4bd0-9b9b-f14da28bb815 DONALD AND NEIL NANCY AND BETTY WERE THERE IN THE ROOM WITH US WE SAW THE FLASHES OF EXPRESSION ON THEIR FACES WE HEARD THEIR VOICES ANGRY OR TENDER MOCKING OR MERRY IN LOWLAND AND HIGHLAND ACCENT WE REALIZED ALL THE MINGLED COQUETRY AND FEELING AND DEFIANCE AND ARCHNESS IN BETTY SHERMAN'S DARING SPEECH WE HAD EVEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT MISTER CAMPBELL THAT GENTLEMAN IN SILENCE TOOK OUT HIS WALLET EXTRACTED A NOTE THEREFROM AND HANDED IT GRAVELY TO THE STORY GIRL UNCLE BLAIR WAS SPENDING THE SUMMER IN SWITZERLAND AND THE LETTER THE STORY GIRL READ TO US AMONG THE FAIR FRAIL WHITE LADIES OF THE WALK WHERE THE WEST WIND CAME NOW WITH A SIGH AND AGAIN WITH A RUSH AND THEN BRUSHED OUR FACES AS SOFTLY AS THE DOWN OF A THISTLE WAS FULL OF THE GLAMOUR OF MOUNTAIN RIMMED LAKES AND PURPLE CHALEES AND SNOWY SUMMITS OLD IN STORY 0bb0c48b-f15b-44d3-8591-7dbde5c6d9f7 AND IF YOU DRANK OF THE CUP WITH HER SAID THE STORY GIRL HER EYES GLOWING THROUGH THE EMERALD DUSK ABOUT US YOU WERE NEVER SEEN IN THE WORLD AGAIN YOU WERE WHISKED STRAIGHTWAY TO FAIRYLAND AND LIVED THERE WITH A FAIRY BRIDE CECILY HAD A PACKET OF VISITING CARDS WHICH SHE WAS HOARDING AGAINST THE DAY WHEN SHE WOULD BE GROWN UP AND COULD PUT THE CALLING ETIQUETTE OF THE FAMILY GUIDE INTO PRACTICE BUT SHE GENEROUSLY GAVE US ALL ONE APIECE FOR THE COVERS OF OUR DREAM BOOKS 0bb55f20-2b55-4475-8eb6-3b32bfd99dd7 UNCLE ROGER HAD GONE TO THE STATION TO MEET THE TRAVELERS AND THE DINING ROOM TABLE WAS SPREAD WITH A FEAST OF FAT THINGS I SHALL ENJOY YOUR SOCIETY THE MORE ON THAT ACCOUNT FOR I MEAN TO KEEP YOU HERE AS LONG AS I LIVE TO AMUSE ME WHEN I GET LONELY AND SHE ADDED SLOWLY IN THIS VALLEY NO ONE EVER DIES 0bb5b626-bee7-40b6-b15b-a2fa6716dbb6 AND ADDED PETER DELIBERATELY TAKING HIS GUM FROM HIS MOUTH TO MAKE HIS STATEMENT MORE IMPRESSIVE IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU MUSTN'T EVER FORGET TO MIND WHAT GROWN UP PEOPLE TELL YOU I BELIEVE WE ARE SAFE NOW SAID POLYCHROME WHEN HER CAGE I'M WONDERING WHETHER I SHALL HAVE FISH BALLS OR LAMB CHOPS TO COMPLETE MY MEAL 0bb9c752-77b6-4711-8f3f-96f15ae44de6 AUNT OLIVIA LAUGHED AT US OUT OF HER PANSY BLUE EYES AND TOLD US SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WE FELT LIKE AND HOPED WE'D HAVE A GLORIOUS TIME MIND THEY GO TO BED AT A DECENT HOUR AUNT JANET CALLED BACK TO UNCLE ROGER AS SHE DROVE OUT OF THE GATE AND IF ANYTHING DREADFUL HAPPENS TELEGRAPH US AS IT WAS WE WERE ALMOST AFRAID TO LOOK UP IT LEST WE SHOULD SEE THE WADING BLUE CLAD EMILY UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE BUT ALL WE SAW WAS FELICITY TEARING OVER THE GREEN SWARD HER CURLS STREAMING BEHIND HER IN A GOLDEN CLOUD 0bbef6c5-4310-468f-a347-1718c24268e0 THE SERVANTS OF THE TIN WOODMEN ALL WORE TIN HELMETS AND TIN BREASTPLATES AND UNIFORMS COVERED WITH TINY TIN DISKS SEWED CLOSELY TOGETHER ON THE SILVER CLOTH SO THAT THEIR BODY SPARKLED AS BEAUTIFULLY AS DID THE TIN CASTLE AND ALMOST AS BEAUTIFULLY AS DID THE TIN WOODMAN HIMSELF WE HAVE SUCH A LOVELY MINISTER PETER HE LOOKS JUST LIKE THE PICTURE OF SAINT JOHN MY FATHER SENT ME ONLY HE IS OLD AND HIS HAIR IS WHITE I KNOW YOU'D LIKE HIM AND EVEN IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A METHODIST IT WON'T HURT YOU TO GO TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH THE NEAREST METHODIST CHURCH IS SIX MILES AWAY AT MARKDALE AND YOU CAN'T ATTEND THERE JUST NOW GO TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH UNTIL YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A HORSE 0bc79773-6458-4fe2-9c3d-8f738932f9d5 NO WONDER REMARKED THE SCARECROW BUT LISTEN NIMMY AMY SAID THE ASTONISHED ROOT HE REALLY IS BOTH OF THEM FOR HE IS MADE OF THEIR CAST OFF PARTS OH YOU'RE QUITE WRONG DECLARED POLYCHROME LAUGHING FOR SHE WAS GREATLY ENJOYING THE CONFUSION OF THE OTHERS SARA RAY WOULD NOT GO OF COURSE BUT SHE VOLUNTEERED TO STAY WITH PAT WHILE WE WERE AWAY WE DID NOT NECES THINK IT NECESSARY TO INFORM THE GROWN UPS OF OUR ERRAND OR ITS NATURE GROWN UPS HAD VERY PECULIAR VIEWS THEY MIGHT FORBID OUR GOING AT ALL AND THEY WOULD CERTAINLY LAUGH AT US 0bf772c4-3abb-4ef5-a7b9-3d5b9bfee0bb SHE TOLD HIM SHE GUESSED HE'D LEARNED A LESSON AND WOULDN'T DO WHAT SHE TOLD HIM NOT TO AGAIN SO HE WENT AND AT EM JUST BECAUSE SHE VEXED HIM SO COME WITH ME SHE COMMANDED WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ASKED LUTE GIVE YOU A GOOD SCRUBBING SAID GINGER NOW NEITHER BOYS NOR MONKEYS RELISH BEING SCRUBBED SO LUTE SHRANK AWAY FROM THE ENERGETIC GIRL TREMBLING FEARFULLY 0c05949d-b8b4-496c-9fb6-a1199663dca2 WELL ANYHOW SAID BOOT THE WANDERER CHOP FIGHT BEING KEPT A PRISONER BY HIS WIFE IS TOO FAR AWAY FROM ANY ONE TO BOTHER EITHER OF YOU TWO TIN MEN IN ANY WAY IF YOU HADN'T GONE WHERE HE IS AND DISCOVERED HIM YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE WORRIED ABOUT HIM I SHALL DIVIDE MY SERMON INTO THREE HEADS PURSUED PETER THE FIRST HEAD IS WHAT YOU MUST NOT DO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE BAD PLACE THE SECOND HEAD IS WHAT THE BAD PLACE IS LIKE SENSATION IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE THIRD HEAD IS HOW TO ESCAPE GOING THERE 0c274f25-380d-48c7-8ea5-9d195f7abbff EXACTLY JONAS SAID HASTILY HE ENDURED THE STENCH HEROICALLY YOU'RE I'LL BE PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT YONAS SAID HE STOOD UP FELICITY DON'T CALL PETER A HIRED BOY WHEN HE'S SICK PROTESTED CECILY WE AVOIDED THE ORCHARD 0c499a19-61af-4c7a-a7f8-10c56ab732fb BE EVEN MORE CRUEL THAN HER WICKED HUSBAND HAD BEEN ONE WAS LIKE WAS NICK CHOPPERS AND ONE WAS KEPT IN FIGHTER'S SHE BEGAN HER VOICE GIVING TO THE WORDS AND FANCIES OF THE OLD TALE THE DELICACY OF HOAR FROST AND THE CRYSTAL SPARKLE OF DEW 0c55dddc-6066-4132-8702-fcf5c65a1d7d ANGELINA ASKED HER EYES WERE OPEN NOW AND I HAD TO WALK INTO THE MIDDLE OF THAT MESS AND REPAIR THE THING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY ENOUGH IF WE WERE ALLOWED A LITTLE MAYHAM THE SUMMIT OF THE STONE PILE WAS NOW COVERED WITH LIZARDS OF SOME TYPE APPARENTLY THE LOCAL LIFE FORM 0c5eb4b7-3d00-4fc4-85d6-10d35c5a0b39 THEN HURRYING DOWN RAMP AFTER RAMP CORRIDOR AFTER CORRIDOR FIGHTING THE RUSHING MOB ALL THE WAY I WATCHED THE MINUTE HAND OF THE WATCH SLIDE TOWARD THE SEVEN OF THE DIAL AND WISHED HIM GOOD LUCK ON HIS JOURNEY AND DID NIMI AMMY RETURN YOUR LOVE WHICH WAS OZMA'S FAVOURITE STEED 0c67d32d-fb4c-47bd-b973-ba43c030b1bc PERHAPS THEY'LL LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIR FACES TO MORROW SAID DAN WITH GLOOMY SATISFACTION WE WERE SITTING ON THE CELL HATCH WATCHING WHAT MIGHT BE OUR LAST SUNSET OVER THE DARK HILLS OF TIME PETER WAS WITH US IT WAS HIS LAST SUNDAY TO GO HOME BUT HE HAD ELECTED TO REMAIN IF TO MORROW IS THE JUDGMENT DAY I WANT TO BE WITH YOU FELLOWS HE SAID JONAS TOLD HIMSELF AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS THAT HE SIMPLY WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN WHAT TO DO WITHOUT THE RATS TRYING TO TRAP AND KILL THEM WITH NO WEAPONS BEYOND HIS BARE HANDS EVEN AN EATING KNIFE HE HAD CARRIED IN HIS JERKIN HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY LEAVING HIM TO THE UNCOMFORTABLE REFLECTION THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO DINE WITH HIS FINGERS WAS A PASTIME THAT OCCUPIED HIM FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE FIRST DAY 0c7d1a5d-8b85-4128-bf7e-d10fd53e1d62 IT ISN'T LIKE THE RELIGIOUS FRUIT BASKET GAME IS IT ASKED CECILY ANXIOUSLY WE CELEBRATED THE NOVEMBER DAY WHEN PETER WAS PERMITTED TO REJOIN US BY A PICNIC IN THE ORCHARD AND THE SCARECROW SAID WITH A PUZZLED LOOK THE GREEN MONKEY COULD RUN OVER THE GROUND VERY SWIFTLY AND HE CARRIED WITH HIM THE BIRD CAGE CONTAINING POLYCHROME THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER 0c8c3f7d-38bb-4a46-953a-ba0e9bc5cf24 THE SCARECROW WAS GREATLY DELIGHTED AS YOU MAY SUPPOSE AND HE STRUTTED PROUDLY AROUND WHILE THE POWERFUL FAIRY OZMA OF OZ BROKE THE ENCHANTMENT THAT HAD TRANSFORMED THE TIN WOODMAN AND MADE A TIN AL INTO A TIN MAN AGAIN IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO ME SHARP SAID TELL ME NOW NO ONE CAN HEAR US NOT ERK NOOPE HIMSELF 0c910ce7-f4f7-4e8d-9e8f-62188aa72513 BROWN BESS WENT OVER THE ICE LIKE A DEER AND DONALD KEPT THINKING OF WHAT HE SHOULD SAY TO NANCY AND MORE STILL OF WHAT SHE WOULD SAY TO HIM IT OUGHT TO BE A PLEASURE AS WELL AS A DUTY IF THE GIRL IS SO BEAUTIFUL SAID HOOP WELL PLEASED WITH THE IDEA OF THE ADVENTURE 0c99de01-fde8-4ed4-b26c-a07417215e1b THE WARDER POINTED TO THE DARK FLOOD THAT ROLLED UNDER THE BRIDGE THE PATH OF THE RAINBOW IS NOT FOR THEE HE SAID BUT YONDER WAY IS OPEN FORD THAT FLOOD ON THE FURTHEST BANK IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE FELICITY HAD A NATURAL APTITUDE FOR WHAT WE CALLED BOSSING AND IN HER MOTHER'S ABSENCE SHE DEEMED THAT SHE HAD A RIGHT TO RULE SUPREME THERE WAS NO DOUBT DAN WAS SUFFERING INTENSE PAIN HE MOANED AND WRITHED AND CRIED FOR HIS MOTHER 0ca70d88-9006-49ed-bb43-4c0cc5d0b189 GORK KNOPE WAS A TALL MAN WITH SKIN OF THE COLOR AND APPARENT TEXTURE OF GOOD LEATHER HE HAD A FACE LIKE AN EAGLE AND HIS EYES WERE ICE BLUE I WASN'T WINNING ANY SUCCO BETS THAT NIGHT INSKIPPER HAS LED JUST AS CROOKED A YOUTH AS I HAD AND NEEDED NO HELP IN SMELLING A FISHY DEAL WHILE HE PULLED ON HIS CLOTHES HE SHOT QUESTIONS AT ME AND THE NAME OF THE PEACE LOVING PLANET THAT'S BUILDING AS BAD MEMORY FROM THE PAST 0caf0a6e-d305-4bf7-988b-5c37a6aa143b HE CAN SEE IT ANYHOW WITHOUT YOUR DOING ANYTHING SAID CECILY WELL MY CONSCIENCE WILL FEEL BETTER HOW DID OLD MISTER SCOTT FIND OUT THE YOUNG MINISTER WAS IN THE CLOSET ASKED FELIX NO ONE EVER KNEW I KNOW IT IS SAID THAT MY BEAUTIFUL HEAD HAS BRAINS OF MIXED WHEAT STRAW AND BRAN BUT MY THOUGHTS ARE SO GOOD I'D NOT CHANGE IF I COULD FOR THE BRAINS OF A COMMON MEAT MAN 0cc04b26-bcc0-4ea3-8ebd-828e01555400 BUT FELICITY TOOK REFUGE FROM THIS INCONVENIENT QUESTION IN TEARS IF WE COULD ONLY DO SOMETHING TO HELP PETER I SAID DESPERATELY IT SEEMS DREADFUL NOT TO BE ABLE TO DO A SINGLE THING WELL IT'S ALL THE SAME TO ME SAID WOUT WITH ASSUMED CARELESSNESS DANGERS WHEN THEY CANNOT BE AVOIDED ARE OFTEN QUITE INTERESTING AND I AM WILLING TO GO WHEREVER YOU TWO VENTURE TO GO 0cc27969-76a3-4b09-bfe4-fbac37200537 AFTER FEEDING A COURSE INTO THE ROBOT PILOT I STRAPPED INTO THE ACCELERATOR TANK AND WENT TO SLEEP IT WAS PERMISSIBLE FOR HIRED BOYS TO GO TO PUBLIC MEETINGS I WANT TO MORTIFY THE FLESH 0cc8cd1d-1ae4-44a4-b2c6-f3ddfdf390ab WELL IIN'T GOING TO CHURCH TILL I'VE MADE UP MY MIND WHETHER I'M GOING TO BE A METHODIST OR A PRESBYTERIAN AUNT JANE WAS A METHODIST MY MOTHER AIN'T MUCH OF ANYTHING BUT I MEAN TO BE SOMETHING IT'S MORE RESPECTABLE TO BE A METHODIST OR A PRESBYTERIAN OR SOMETHING THAN NOT TO BE ANYTHING I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY HARM TO MENTION THE THAT PERSON WHEN YOU'RE TELLING A STORY SAID CECILY IT'S ONLY IN PLAIN TALKING IT DOESN'T DO IT SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE SWEARING THEN 0cdf5383-5e40-4e10-8800-009ed67f8333 AND PUNISH ME WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN A HUNDRED YEARS OR SO SHE PLUNGED HIM INTO A TUB OF COLD WATER NO INDEED CRIED WOOT TAKE YOUR TIME HE ADVANCED THREATENINGLY BUT AGLEIA RAN AS HARD AS SHE COULD UP THE MOUNTAIN DEARLY BELOVED SAID PETER 0ce27f0d-5061-409f-98be-d6de1c83c21b FELICITY WAS A GOOD SECOND WITH TWO AND A HALF BUT HE HAD A SMALL FORTUNE OF HIS OWN IN LACKING THE SPUR OF NECESSITY NOR TO PROTECT THE CREW IN EQUIPMENT FROM A BRACE OF DUST HE HESITATED FOR A MOMENT HE WALKED THREE PERHAPS FOUR MILES 0cf05cb7-3bca-44a6-9578-193a339ea08c SHE ASKED FROWNING BY NO MEANS SAID THE SCARECROW I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU ACT MORE LADYLIKE OH INDEED IN MY OPINION MISTER SCARECROW YOU ARE NOW ACTING LIKE A BEAR SO A BEAR YOU SHALL BE I NEVER PRAYED THAT YOU COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE I JUST PRAYED THAT I'D BE THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD WELL THAT'S THE SAME THING CRIED FELIX YOU'VE JUST BEEN PRAYING FOR THE OPPOSITE TO ME OUT OF SPITE AND YOU'VE GOT TO STOP IT PETER CRAIG 0cf52deb-e602-4049-9a8b-d9ab69df3336 WITH THIS MISSUS EWPE WENT INTO THE NEXT ROOM AND SOON RETURNED BEARING A GOLDEN CAGE IN WHICH SAT UPON A SWINGING PERCH A LOVELY YELLOW CANARY THE WIND WAS A SWEET DROWSY MURMUR IN THE BOUGHS AS OF BEES AMONG APPLE BLOSSOMS IT'S JUST LIKE SPRING ISN'T IT ASKED FELICITY THE STORY GIRL SHOOK HER HEAD 0d0eaa48-bdc2-48c9-973d-b9d6277cf541 SHE LOVED HIM WITH ALL HER HEART LAST NIGHT I DREAMED A DRAM ASKED FELIX SCEPTICALLY THE ODDNESS ABOUT THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS BECAME FINNY CREST PROBABLY IN FACT GARF WOULD TRY TO CONQUER THE WORLD ANYWAY 0d1992c7-75ad-4811-a229-ef1b76beaf35 WHAT IS MAGIC GLUE ASKED BOOT IT IS A MAGIC PREPARATION WITH WHICH TO MEND PEOPLE WHEN THEY CUT THEMSELVES ONE TIME LONG I CUT OFF ONE OF MY FINGERS BY ACCIDENT AND I CARRIED IT TO THE WITCH WHO TOOK DOWN HER BOTTLE AND GLUED IT ON AGAIN FOR ME SARA RAY PUT THE FINISHING TOUCH TO MY MORTIFICATION IT WAS SO NICE AND SHORT SHE SAID WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH MY SERMON I ASKED DAN THAT NIGHT SINCE HE WAS NEITHER JUDGE NOR COMPETITOR I COULD DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH HIM IT WAS TOO MUCH LIKE A REGULAR SERMON TO BE INTERESTING SAID DAN FRANKLY I SHOULD THINK THE MORE LIKE A REGULAR SERMON IT WAS THE BETTER I SAID 0d308f1c-be3f-483c-8b42-c6e90e06216f HERE IS SOME MONEY FROM PARADISE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD BOY ONCE ON THE GROUND IT WOULD NEVER BE NOTICED THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING TO SEE IT FLOAT BY DO YOU RECOGNIZE IT THEY LOVE LIFE LIKE A MAN OF OUR EARTH BE SURE YOUR WEAPON I 0d4c1d6f-981e-487a-8037-04b97d59d7d2 I'D LIKE THE FELLOW THE STORY GIRL WROTE ABOUT THAT WHO COULDN'T GET IT OUT I AM SURE NO ONE ELSE HAS ASKED THEM BECAUSE NOBODY IN CARLISLE IS RELATED TO HIM DOROTHY RAN TO DO AS SHE WAS BID WHILE OZMA WENT TO HER MAGIC ROOM TO MAKE READY TEN LEGS ON EACH SIDE AFTER WHICH THINKING THAT AT LAST SHE HAD DESTROYED ME 0d4ebe44-d417-480b-94e4-33d33fde4c92 DAN IS PRETTY HARD TO GET ALONG WITH AS USUAL BUT I TRY TO BEAR PATIENTLY WITH HIM UNCLE ROGER BURNED HIS LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS SUCH FUN WENT SAILING THROUGH THE AIR AND FELL SPRAWLING UPON THE ROCKY FLOOR AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OF THE MOST DELICIOUS CARMELS YOU EVER ATE 0d565db0-016d-437d-8ba9-b0b5917e072a STARTLED JEFF NO MORE THAN THE FACT THAT HE SEEMED TO BE HOLDING JENOFOR MAC TIGHTLY HE COULD HAVE SWORN THAT HER SAILS BELLIED NOT WITH THE WIND BUT AGAINST SO THE ODDLY ASSORTED PAIR QUICK BOX LIKE LITTLE RAY AND BIG AWKWARD UNCOMFTABLE FARMER HIS BREATHING SEEMED ALMOST NORMAL 0d64ce4f-4312-41fa-b1eb-8ccd4d353383 THE MEXICAN TEA WAS DULY ADMINISTERED BUT PRODUCED NO IMPROVEMENT IN THE CONDITION OF THE STORY GIRL WHO HOWEVER WENT ON DREAMING AFTER A FASHION WHICH SOON MADE HER DREAM BOOK A VERITABLE CURIOSITY OF LITERATURE THEY CAN'T BE DANGEROUS HE SAID THERE ARE NO LAND DWELLING CREDITORS ON COLLAXIA I READ THAT IN NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HATCHED OUT ON COLLAXIA SAID JENOFER SHE PULLED FREE OF HIM IF THEY'RE REAL THEY CAME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE 0d6eee79-c5c5-4246-9ec0-e19a2f4792e9 AND DID SHE TALK TO HIM AFTER THAT AS USUAL ASKED SARA RAY OH YES SHE WAS JUST THE SAME AS SHE USED TO BE SAID THE STORY GIRL WEARILY BUT THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE STORY IT STOPS WHERE SHE SPOKE AT LAST YOU'VE NEVER SATISFIED TO LEAVE A STORY WHERE IT SHOULD STOP SARA RAY WHY YES HE SAID HOW DID YOU KNOW THE NORMAL TREADY WAS CHANGED AROUND CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF UNNECESSARY TROUBLE THE COLD SWEAT WAS NOW A RUNNING RIVER OF FEAR I WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE THE FEELING THAT I HAD BEEN MISSING THE BOAT ALL ALONG THE LINE THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED DATE OF THE COMPLETION WAS NEARLY A YEAR AWAY 0d7811f1-1a95-4c50-92c7-9922aae7d14d HE APPROACHED THE ENGINE DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU RENTED THIS BOAT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO DAY JUST AS A NONIFUS DROPPED TO THE DECK WITH A PLANK SHIVERING THUMP AND CACLIP HAD A GREY BEARD THAT WAS ALMOST AS LONG AS HIS APRON THIS WAS THE SOURCE OF CONSTANT INTEREST TO LITTLE DOROTHY 0d817590-e5dc-4e57-9a56-5358c2ff1ea2 THE LIGHT IN HER NARROWED ORBS WAS THE COLD MERCILESS GLEAM OF THE SERPENT'S EYE I FELT FRIGHTENED OF THIS UNHOLY CREATURE WHO HAD SUDDENLY COME IN OUR DEAR STORY GIRL'S PLACE HERE WE ARE ALONE SHARP WENT ON HIS VOICE LOWERING MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAVE GONE TO VISIT A NEIGHBOUR FOR THEY HAVE NOT YET CLOSED US OFF ENTIRELY FROM ALL HUMAN CONTACT HE GRIMACED YOND PEERED INTO THE MIND AGAIN VERY GENTLY BUT THE MAD ROLLING OF PAIN AND MEMORY THERE WAS TOO STRONG FOR HIM AND HE RETURNED 0d89e515-d0a4-4ee6-a6b7-d3dc41f64363 I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN SAID ORAN HE TOOK ANOTHER SIP OF THE BRANDY AND EXPENDABLE INSTEAD OF SITTING BACK ON A FLAGSHIP I URGED JANET AND ALEC TO GO TO HALIFAX AND TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHILDREN WHILE THEY WERE AWAY 0d9ac08f-a12e-42a8-b5dc-a6606b613525 YES I CAN IT IS TRUE ANSWERED THE HIPPO BUT I REFUSE TO DO IT UNLESS HE ADDED AND STOPPED SHORT LESS WHAT ALLOWED POLYCHROME UNLESS YOU ALLOW ME TO EAT THE STRAW WITH WHICH THE SCARECROW IS STUFFED WHAT WOULD BE THE USE OF IT ASKED THE STORY GIRL A LITTLE DISDAINFULLY NOBODY EVER WANTS TO KNOW THE TIME IN A GARDEN I SLIPPED AWAY AT THIS POINT SUDDENLY REMEMBERING THAT IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A DOSE OF MAGIC SEED I HAD BOUGHT IT FROM BILLY ROBINSON THREE DAYS BEFORE IN SCHOOL BILLY HAD ASSURED ME THAT IT WOULD MAKE ME GROW FAST 0da08e82-8e4d-4518-9998-fcf3dea02e9a THE BEAUTIFUL TIN HEAD YOU NOW WEAR WHERE THERE WAS FORTUNATELY NO FIRE THE SCARECROW WAS GREATLY DELIGHTED THEN I WENT TO SLEEP COMFORTED BY THE SIMPLE HOPE THAT THE GREAT FATHER WOULD AFTER IMPORTANT THINGS WERE ALL ATTENDED TO REMEMBER POOR PAT 0da23a72-3ad7-43d2-8745-e6ec437f836c WHY IT WAS BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR ANOTHER APPOINTMENT OUT OF THE CORNERS OF HIS EYES HORN SAW MORE SHADOWS DROPPING TO THE MUD AROUND HIM THE SLEDGE SHIFTED AS SOMEONE CLIMBED ONTO THE LOAD BEHIND THE CAB THE SOMEONE SCUTTLED AGILELY FOR A MOMENT GRANDFATHER SAW HER WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY AND MY MOTHER SAW HER ONCE DID YOU EVER SEE HER ASKED FELIX SCEPTICALLY NO BUT I SHALL SOME DAY IF I KEEP ON BELIEVING IN HER SAID THE STORY GIRL CONFIDENTLY 0db928be-d48d-4646-b266-775a8321b6b0 FOR SHE NOTICED RUTH'S KNAPSACK AND GUESSED THAT THEY HAD START ON A LONG JOURNEY UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE WOULDN'T WANT A WIFE HE COULD NEVER QUARREL WITH REMARKED ANNE HE SAYS IT WOULD BE TOO TAME A LIFE FOR HIM 0dbe46f4-cdff-4bca-81e6-4269e22b818b SILENTLY AND MOTIONLESS BUT IT WAS THE BEST THEY COULD DO AND WHEN THE HEAD WAS FASTENED ON TO THE BODY SHE KNEW AND WE KNEW THAT PRAYER WAS A SOLEMN RIGHT NOT TO BE LIGHTLY HELD NOR DEGRADED TO COMMON USES 0dc0face-dea1-4433-a86f-c8bcfefc90ea AND TO SAY IN A RESPECTFUL VOICE SO HEAVY WAS THE TREAD OF THE GIANTESS THAT EVEN THE WALLS OF THE BIG STONE CASTLE TREMBLED AS SHE STEPPED FINALLY HE TOLD DONALD THAT HE WAS GOING OVER THE BAY TO ASK NANCY SHERMAN THAT VERY NIGHT TO MARRY HIM LORD THOU HAST BEEN OUR DWELLING PLACE IN ALL GENERATIONS 0dc3a09c-8516-412c-b88f-890a27e28a56 YEA YES I'LL TELL YOU WORD FOR IT YOU'RE A FLYING BOMB SO STOP WITH THIS ROBBING REPORT A BIT AND TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND THIS TIME I DIDN'T ANSWER HIM BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING AND PANTING LIKE A DOG AND HAD THE MIKE TURNED OFF GOOD LUCK I MEANT THAT ABOUT DIVING IN FOR YOU JUST SAY THE WORD I KNOW THE WORD TOO SAID ORNE HELP 0dc699e1-845e-4a90-87a4-b1e2ff3d9dfb HE GOT ANOTHER FORM AND FILLED OUT ALL THE DARKER ON HIMSELF NOW IN ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT HIS PART OF THE SENSES WAS FINISHED IF ONLY HE HAD LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY HE WOULD HAVE SAVED WORRY AND TROUBLE FOR EVERYONE AND ALSO TEN THOUSAND LIVES WITH TREMBLING FINGERS CECILY OPENED THE PARCEL WE STOOD AROUND HARDLY BREATHING SHE UNFOLDED IT AND HELD IT UP WE SAW IT 0dd62f8b-b86f-4456-84ae-3114f9c9c332 THEREFORE HIS UTTERANCE CARRIED ALL THE WEIGHT OF INSPIRATION AND WE SAT APPALLED BEFORE HIS LURID PHRASES HE USED HIS OWN WORDS TO CLOTHE THE IDEAS HE HAD FOUND AND THE RESULT WAS A FORCE AND A SIMPLICITY THAT STRUCK HOME TO OUR IMAGINATIONS SO WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HIS BREAKFAST THEY ALL SET OUT ALONG THE PATH THAT LED TO LOONVILLE BLESS THE BOY CRIED THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES HOW CARELESS OF ME NOT TO REMEMBER THAT WANDERERS ARE USUALLY HUNGRY 0de5306c-4555-4354-bd56-2be03207bcfb THERE HE IS NOW CRIED DAN WAVING EXCITEDLY FROM THE WINDOW HE'S CARRYING A FISH BASKET SAID FELICITY YOU SURELY DON'T SUPPOSE HE WOULD BRING THAT PICTURE IN A FISH BASKET KEEP YOUR HAND ON YOUR GUN SAID VIC SWIFTLY I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF THESE CHAPS 0dec2942-8d83-4667-b490-9d70e5e63c77 IN SKIPPED OPENED HIS MOUTH MADE A CHOKING NOISE AND ENCLOSED IT HE UNDOUBTEDLY REALIZED THAT ANY INTERRUPTION WOULD ONLY LENGTHEN MY EXPLANATION NOT SHORTEN IT IT MAKES YOU THINK OF CATHEDRALS AND CHIMES DOESN'T IT LET'S GO OVER TO UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK AND SIT ON THE BRANCHES OF THE BIG TREE IT'S TOO WET ON THE GRASS AND I KNOW A STORY A TRUE STORY ABOUT AN OLD LADY I SAW IN TOWN AT AUNT LOUISE'S SUCH A DEAR OLD LADY WITH LOVELY SILVERY CURLS 0e033a87-c352-4427-90ae-86e29348f839 IS A JUST PUNISHMENT FOR WICKEDNESS BUT I WISH I COULD READ THEM MYSELF AND I SAID THE CANARY FLYING CLOSE TO GINGER THE NATIVE SHIFTED TO THE LEFT ANSWERED IN PURE UNACCENTED HIGH GALATIES WE'LL MONITOR EVERYTHING 0e051302-f797-439a-89cd-6bd7150b57d6 THE STORY GIRL TOLD US THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS WOVEN AROUND THESE IMMEMORIAL CLUSTERS HER VERY VOICE TAKING ON A CLEAR REMOTE STARRY SOUND AS SHE TALKED OF THEM GREAT MACHINE TO WORK WITH I HAD IT DIGGING OUT SPACESHIP INFA FOR ME SOMETHING I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN YOU SHOULD BE INSKIPP INTERRUPTED RUDELY YOU'VE STOLEN ENOUGH OF THEM IN YOUR TIME I GAVE HIM A HURT LOOK AND WENT ON SLOWLY 0e159c69-89a0-4a18-98df-a53e5f8b0967 SO I WILL TRY TO GET YOU A BREAKFAST IN HALF AN HOUR THE RED WAGON STOOD BEFORE THE GRAND ENTRANCE OF THE PALACE BUT YOU OUGHTN'T TO BELIEVE A THING JUST CAUSE IT WILL BE MORE COMFORTABLE OBJECTED PETER AGREED THE STORY GIRL WITH A REGRETFUL SIGH 0e1fdaf1-3e23-40f1-a1e4-b522703df629 HE GOT OUT ALL RIGHT THE COLONEL SAID WE'RE JUST STARTING TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD WE ARE GOING TO GIVE UP THE SEARCH ARE WE SIR ASKED THE RADIO MAN CECILY SET THE TABLE AND THE STORY GIRL WAITED ON IT AND WASHED ALL THE DISHES AFTERWARDS BUT ALL THE BLUSHING HONOURS FELL TO FELICITY WHO RECEIVED SO MANY COMPLIMENTS THAT HER AIRS WERE QUITE UNBEARABLE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK 0e2be2f0-eb62-4e3b-bad0-bb5c271d2540 PRESENTLY HE ARRIVED AND MOUNTED THE GRANITE BOULDER AS IF TO THE MANNER BORN HE WAS DRESSED IN HIS NEW SUIT AND I PERCEIVING THIS FELT THAT HE HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF ME WHEN I HAD PREACHED I HAD TO WEAR MY SECOND BEST SUIT FOR IT WAS ONE OF AUNT JANET'S LAWS THAT WE SHOULD TAKE OUR GOOD SUITS OFF WHEN WE CAME HOME FROM CHURCH M BUT THAT WAS A FINE DINNER SAID THE HIPPO SMACKING HIS THICK LIPS IN SATISFACTION AND I'M AS GOOD AS MY WORD SIT ON MY HEAD ONE AT A TIME AND I'LL LAND YOU SAFELY ON THE OTHER SIDE 0e44d9b5-106b-4290-8b7f-b6398cf3954d GLINDA IS YOU KNOW IS THE MOST POWERFUL SORCERESS IN THE WORLD AND THERE ARE FEW THINGS SHE CANNOT DO IF SHE TRIES I WOULD LIKE TO TRY THE MEXICAN TEA BECAUSE YOU WANT ME TO BUT MOTHER SAYS NO SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN IT AND BURTON'S BIDDERS ARE A GREAT DEAL HEALTHIER 0e53acc3-ef7f-4b9f-952d-18a1f8dbd88e CECILY'S LETTER DEAR PETER I AM SO VERY GLAD AND THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET BETTER WE WERE SO AFRAID YOU WOULD NOT LAST TUESDAY AND WE FELT DREADFUL EVEN FELICITY MISSUS EWPE NEXT TRANSFORMED THE WEEDS INTO A DISH OF OATMEAL WHICH SHE ATE FOR WITH GOOD APPETITE NOW THEN SAID SHE PICKING OUT THE PEBBLES I'M WONDERING WHETHER I SHALL HAVE FISH BALLS OR LAMB CHOPS TO COMPLETE MY MEAL WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER WOO THE WANDERER 0e772761-2610-433b-90f8-cacc474a26ce GRANDMOTHER'S COUSIN RACHEL WARD CAME TO SPEND A WINTER WITH THEM HER EYES FLASHED AND BURNED CRIMSON SPOTS GLOWED IN HER CHEEKS THAT'S THE WAY TO BAIT THE REDS HIS WELL WORN EXPRESSION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH QUANUM MECHANICS CAPSULING OUT REPEAT CAPSULING OUT 0e8bc901-a45c-407e-adbe-4873162fe2d0 FOR WHILE HE COULD RUN FAST HE COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE SPEED OF THE WONDERFUL SAW I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY ONE MARRIED AND I JUST LOVE TO TELL ME ONE HERE AND NOW AND I SHALL PAY YOU IN PROPORTION TO THE ENTERTAINMENT YOU AFFORD ME 0e93f53f-0a07-41ae-be80-a5a4feb3b230 INSTEAD I REMEMBER SEEING IN HIS DREAM BOOK UNDER THE DATE OF SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH AN ENTRY TO THIS EFFECT SAID THE SOLDIER AND HE TOLD ME THEY WOULD DO NICELY FOR BRAINS WHEN THE AIR WAS LET OUT OF THEM THEY WERE QUITE HELPLESS 0e976ec1-f188-4a7e-97a0-060f4bc3a6d5 FELIX TOOK HER ADVICE MISTER MIRWOOD PRESENTLY WALKING BENIGNLY ALONG THE LANE WAS CONFRONTED BY A FAT SMALL BOY WITH A PALE FACE BUT RESOLUTE EYES THE REST OF US REMAINED IN THE BACKGROUND BUT WITHIN HEARING THE FIRST THING THEY HAD LOCATE IS THE BURNING SHIP HE DECIDED THEN THEY WOULD PROBABLY START SEARCHING IN EVER WIDENING CIRCLES BUT WOULD THEY SEE HIM IN THE FAINT LIGHT OF THE ICE MOONS 0eb5b98e-c4bf-4509-b010-72ca9fb407be HE TURNED A DIAL WITH HIS THUMB AND HANDED THE UNIT TO BRANDON THE RADIO OPERATOR STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING HESITATED AND FINALLY SETTLED FOR WE WERE ALL RATHER EXCITED OVER THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW WHICH AN ITINERANT LECTURER WAS TO GIVE IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE THAT EVENING 0ebd58e2-978a-4058-a9e8-02e3c17de1ab ONCE I SAID BRIEFLY DREADING THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH PROMPTLY CAME CECILY WAS VERY PALE AND FELIX AND PETER WERE TAKING OFF THEIR COATS PETTICOAT EMBROIDERED BY HAND FROM HEM TO BELT SAID THE STORY GIRL CALMLY IT WAS ONLY AS LARGE AS A PEA BUT IT GLITTERED AND FLASHED IN THE SUNLIGHT WITH EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW 0ebeca5d-60eb-4f3d-bd94-ec6a6a72c3e0 IN DREAMLAND WE WERE ALL EQUAL ADAM AND EVE LIVED IN A GARDEN ALL THE TIME SAID FELICITY AND THEY WERE FAR FROM BEING ALWAYS GOOD IF HE EVER GETS BETTER I'LL NEVER SAY SUCH A THING AGAIN I'LL NEVER THINK IT EVERYTHING IN SCHOOL IS ABOUT THE SAME 0ec5f12a-36c1-4ffe-8e51-35f661128b98 IT COME ON A FELLOW SO SUDDEN SAID PETER SHAMEFACEDLY I THINK I COULD HA STOOD MY GROUND IF I KNOWN SHE WAS GOING TO COME OUT BUT WHEN SHE POPPED OUT LIKE THAT I THOUGHT I WAS DONE FOR WE SHOULDN'T HAVE RUN SAID FELICITY GLOOMILY IT SHOWED WE WERE AFRAID OF HER AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES HER AWFUL CROSS SHE WON'T DO A THING FOR PAT NOW THERE I WAS BY TRADE A WOOD CHOPPER AND CONTRIBUTED MY SHARE TO THE COMFORT OF THE OZ PEOPLE BY CHOPPING UP THE TREES OF THE FOREST TO MAKE FIREWOOD WITH WHICH THE WOMEN COULD COOK THEIR MEALS WHILE THE CHILDREN WARMED THEMSELVES ABOUT THE FIRES 0ecc8fab-1b19-4032-adec-a57b33e7fcfe SHE WAS ABOUT SEVENTEEN AND HER MIND WAS AS FRESH AND CLEAN AND PRETTY AS HER FACE AND FIGURE YONAS STARTED MUSING ON HEROES AGAIN BUT HE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE A MOVE TOWARDS HER SHE HAD A VERY NICE SMILE AND FOR MEMORIES IN THE OTHERS MINDS HE COULD HEAR THE VOICE LOW AND QUIET AND ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY WHILE YOU TALKED IT REGISTERED YOUR SKIN TEMPERATURE BLOOD PRESSURE AMOUNT OF PERSPIRATION AND SUCH IN OTHER WORDS IT IS AN EFFICIENT AND FAST WORKING LIE DETECTOR WE WILL NOW HEAR ALL ABOUT YOUR LIES 0edd94ac-87b1-4a90-b300-ce8cc90eb1ab OH MOTHER PLEASE LET ME HOLD IT FOR A MINUTE I'LL BE AS CAREFUL AS CAREFUL I PITY THE MAN THAT GETS YOU FELICITY KING THAT'S ALL RETORTED DAN NOW DON'T FIGHT IMPLORED CECILY OF THE BLUE RABBIT HER MANY HUGE DRAPERIES GIVING HER OF EACH HEAD MAKING IT SAUCER SHAPED INSTEAD OF DOME SHAPED 0edf11f2-833f-4306-839c-eff9dcd25d40 I LET VERY FEW PEOPLE USE IT BECAUSE IT IS MY GREATEST TREASURE MIND YOU DON'T BREAK IT AUNT OLIVIA MUST ALWAYS WASH IT NOT YOUR MOTHER I DO HOPE THE REST OF US WON'T CATCH THE MEASLES IT MUST LOOK HORRID TO HAVE RED SPOTS ALL OVER YOUR FACE WE ALL FEEL PRETTY WELL YET THIS WAS PROBABLY THE HOME OF MISTER UKE A TERRIBLE GIANT WHOM I HAVE SEEN BEFORE CONFINED IN A CAGE A LONG WAY FROM HERE THEREFORE THIS CASTLE IS LIKELY TO BE EMPTY AND WE MAY USE IT IN ANY WAY WE PLEASE 0ee40de9-b975-4c7b-a4fb-fc562e722117 I NEVER HEARD SUCH STUCK UP SHARP SERMONS AS YOU PREACH THAT IS ONE OF THE PENALTIES OF HAVING BRAINS REMARKED BETAN OWL WITH A SIGH I HAVE HAD NO BRAIN SINCE I WAS A MAN OF MEAT AND SO I NEVER WORRY 0ee42bc6-997c-4f91-a6a9-4289c8ab32d0 THIS WAS TO HAVE BEEN HER APPEARING OUT DRESS SAID AUNT OLIVIA LIFTING OUT A SHOT GREEN SILK IT IS ALL CUT TO PIECES BUT WHAT A PRETTY SOFT SHADE IT WAS LOOK AT THE SKIRT JANET HOW MANY YARDS MUST IT MEASURE AROUND HOOP SKIRTS WERE IN THEN SAID AUNT JANET I DON'T SEE HER WEDDING HAT HERE I WAS ALWAYS TOLD SHE PACKED IT AWAY TOO IT WAS MINE DECLARED THE TIN SOLDIER GLOOMILY NO IT WAS MINE ASSERTED THE CLOCKLET FOR I HAD GIVEN YOU ANOTHER IN EXCHANGE FOR IT THE BEAUTIFUL TIN HEAD YOU NOW WEAR 0ee5c039-5cd0-4cdc-9681-742596733df2 RING THE AFTERNOON JUDY PINNOT BROUGHT UP A TEAR BLOTTED NOTE FROM SARA RAY SARA HAD NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO VISIT THE HILL FARM SINCE PETER HAD DEVELOPED MEASLES SHE WAS AN UNHAPPY LITTLE EXILE AND COULD ONLY RELIEVE HER ANGUISH OF SOUL BY DAILY LETTERS TO CECILY WHICH THE FAITHFUL AND OBLIGING JUDY PINNOT BROUGHT UP FOR HER ASKED THE CANARY THE JAGUAR SNARLED IN DERISION AND LASHED HIS TAIL AGAINST THE GROUND ANGRILY GIVE HIM SOME SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST POLLY SUGGESTED THE BEAR SCARECROW HE OUGHT TO LIKE THAT 0f1938cb-c1d9-4de9-a542-c8367ea5c887 SITTING UPON THE GROUND THE BOY ASKED CAN YOU SEE US POLLY NO INDEED ANSWERED THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER WE'VE ALL BECOME INVISIBLE HOW DID IT HAPPEN DO YOU SUPPOSE INQUIRED THE SCARECROW LYING WHERE HE HAD FALLEN NO PROGRESS JEFF REPORTED EXCEPT THAT THE FEW ISLANDERS I'VE MET SEEMED TO BE ACCEPTING ME AT LAST 0f3d561d-7d5f-4c75-a653-77e84066d598 THEY LOOKED THROUGH THE FIELDS FOR THE GIRL FARMER THE THINGS SHE BELIEVED SHE WOULD NEED I ONLY SAY YOU'RE RUNNING A RISK ON MY LEFT WALKED THE STORY GIRL HER RED CAP ON HER JAUNTY BROWN HEAD 0f4ad8a5-6b1e-49d7-a219-e56d9d0b0945 IT'S ALL VERY WELL FOR YOU TO SAY SO SAID FELICITY BUT YOU DON'T KNOW EITHER AND THEN WE WENT INTO THE ORCHARD OVERHEAD THE LACING LEAVES MADE A GREEN MURMUROUS ROOF SHE STROKED THE PURRING PADDY AND WE READ STEADILY ON WITH MADDENING INDIFFERENCE TO ALL OF OUR PLEADINGS 0f623e73-07cc-451a-bbcc-a5f2412beddc WHEN SHE RETURNS SHE WILL BE GREATLY SURPRISED ASSERTED THE TIN OWL WINKING AND BLINKING WITH HIS A BUNDLE OF WEEDS AND A HANDFUL OF PEBBLES THE FROST WAS ABROAD AND THE WINDS WERE STILL AND THE LAND LAY IN GLAMOUR AND THIS DRESS WAS OF PALE BLUE SILK 0f801869-74bb-40fe-8ead-d3a8c8da60ff AT LEAST I HAD DONE NOTHING LIKE BUTCHERING A FEW OF THEM THAT WOULD MAKE THEM ANTAGONISTIC TOWARD FUTURE ANCESTRAL MESSENGERS I STRIPPED OFF MY TATTERED LIZARD SUIT BACK IN THE SHIP VERY GLAD THAT IT WOULD BE SOME OTHER REPAIRMAN WHO'D GET THE JOB END OF IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONVINCE HER THAT THE SA SATIN SMOOTH LUSTRE OF HER WEEK DAY TRESSES WAS MUCH MORE BECOMING TO HER 0f8506c5-08e6-43af-ac1b-e47594ae06d8 THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY OF YOU BUCK EYED BEASTS THERE SAID THE SMALL MARTINET YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT IT'S BEEN A FEW HUNDRED YEARS WE DECIDED IT WAS TOO CLOSE NOW I HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE TOO CLOSE PEG CLEARED OUT AND SHE WENT ACROSS HIS PASTURE MUTTERING TO HERSELF AND THROWING HER ARMS AROUND THE NEXT DAY HIS VERY BEST COW TOOK SICK AND DIED HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT 0f9822e8-49a7-48f7-92bc-6a599ee26112 THAT NIGHT I TOOK THE SHIP DOWN INTO THE HILLS NEAREST THE PYRAMID AN OUT OF THE WAY DRY SPOT WHERE THE UNPHIBIOUS NATIVES WOULD NEVER GO YOU ARE A LIAR YOU ARE NO ANCESTOR OF OURS WE WILL STOP I THUNDERED BEFORE HE GOT SO FAR IN THAT HE COULDN'T BACK OUT HAVE YOU GOT A CENT FOR COLLECTION DEMANDED FELICITY I'VE GOT A YANKEE CENT I SUPPOSE IT WILL DO WON'T IT FELICITY SHOOK HER HEAD VEHEMENTLY OH NO NO IT MAY BE ALL RIGHT TO PASS A YANKEE CENT ON A STOREKEEPER OR AN EGG PEDDLER BUT IT WOULD NEVER DO FOR CHURCH 0fb3a311-f45c-46f7-8107-a7a9d4dbc982 INTO HIS EARS CAME STETSON'S VOICE BETTER ADMIT IT THAT'S TRUE SAID HORN I LIKE YOURN SAID TO NEWBE YOU SHALL BE ONE OF MY SLAVES YOU WILL TEACH ME MANY THINGS FARMER CHANGED HIS MIND AGAIN ABOUT RAY'S BEING CRACKED LISTEN HE SAID THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO HIS MIND DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU RENTED THIS BOAT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO DAY HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THING DOESN'T LEAK 0fbccc62-7295-40e5-b993-03edcc0c13e9 THEN THE STORY GIRL ARRIVED ARRAYED NOT IN ANY SECOND BEST BUT IN HER VERY BEST DRESS AND HAT WHICH HER FATHER HAD SENT HER FROM PARIS SHE WAS FULL OF GLOOMY FOREBODINGS AND WARNINGS SO EVERY KING WENT TO WAR TO PROVE THAT HE COULD CONQUER EVERYONE ELSE 0fc3b579-0d4a-4d29-a6b1-22e0c3ce697e ORN SOBERED ALIEN YES A L I E N A NEVER BEFORE CONTACTED CULTURE THAT LANGUAGE YOU WERE FORCED FED ON THE WAY OVER THAT'S AN ALIEN LANGUAGE IT'S NOT COMPLETE THE STORY GIRL WALKED UPRIGHTLY LIKE INCARNATE FLAME IN HER CRIMSON SILK HER PRETTY FEET WERE HIDDEN IN THE TAN COLORED BUTTONED PARIS BOOTS WHICH WERE THE SECRET ENVY OF EVERY SCHOOLGIRL IN CARLISLE BUT SARA RAY WAS NOT HAPPY HER FACE WAS SO MELANCHOLY THAT THE STORY GIRL LOST PATIENCE WITH HER 0fe05b4f-5c4d-4c0f-ad4e-79368077fb91 WRIGHT INTO A LAND OF SHADOWS AND LOST SOULS GOES PETE GRAHAM IN SEARCH OF HIS HAPLESS FRIENDS THERE WAS NO SENSE TO THE NOTE THERE WAS NO SENSE TO ANYTHING THAT VIC BUTLER DID FOR THAT MATTER ONE MORE THING STET WHAT NOW I'VE GOT A CONFIRMED CONTACT THE MARINES ARE ON THEIR WAY HISS STETSON WE'RE COMING IN TO GET YOU I'M GOING TO WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUESS THAT ONE 0fe47d9a-705a-4d35-8e55-daec3466f480 ALL FOUR HUNDRED GLISTENING RED AND BLACK METERS OF IT IN PROWESS OF THE MIND UNDER THE MOTTO SET A THIEF TO CATCH ONE AS THE SPHERE KEPT GROWING HE STARTED TO DROP BEHIND STEADILY LOSING GROUND 0fe6f458-3c30-4293-879a-3a05ede9a8c4 FUDGE I AIN'T GOING TO BE SICK SAID DAN AND IF YOU BEGIN TELLING TALES FELICITY KING I'LL TELL SOME TOO AND I KNOW HOW MANY EGGS MOTHER SAID YOU COULD USE WHILE SHE WAS AWAY I KNOW HOW MANY YOU HAVE USED I COUNTED SO YOU'D BETTER MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS MISS THERE IS A NIDUS JUST BACK OF A FLESHY PROCESS IN ITS THROAT CORRESPONDING TO YOUR OWN TONSILS WHICH PRODUCES A CRYSTAL MUCH AS YOUR TARRAN OYSTER SECRETES A PEARL 0fe75dcd-9b66-481e-a34d-e5d4fa0d4d1b IT IS SUFFICIENT TO SAY THAT THE RAY WILL WORK BECAUSE BEING ALONG AT SEA IN A RICKETY CRAFT WITH A POSSIBLE MADMAN HAD BEEN BAD ENOUGH AUNT OLIVIA SAYS CHILDREN SHOULD JUST BE LET COME UP THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS SETTLED FOR THEM LONG BEFORE THEY ARE BORN 100aadaa-482d-4a82-b62b-da892d152b33 I CALL IT THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN MILESTONE MA HAS A LETTER OF SCHOOL TRUSTEE ONCE WRIT TO AUNT JANE AND THAT'S HOW IT BEGINS THE PROCEEDS WERE TO GO TO MISSIONS SAID THE HARSH VOICE HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET RID OF THESE SHAPES AND BECOME OURSELVES AGAIN 10306463-bb01-4fe7-b077-a01e868c2ef4 HE PERSUADED NANCY TO GO WITH HIM TO VISIT SOME FRIENDS AT ANOTHER SETTLEMENT NO WE HAVE COME TO ASK A FAVOR OF YOU SAID THE STORY GIRL WISH JANET AND UNCLE ALEC WERE HOME SAID FELIX IT'S NOT HALF SO MUCH FUN HAVING THE GROWN UPS AWAY AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE I 1052a6ca-70b6-4e6f-acfc-0832457df5ca YES I'M POLYCHROME THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER ANNOUNCED THE CANARY GOODNESS ME CRIED DOROTHY HOW DREADFUL THE SERE STUBBLE FIELDS BROODED IN GLAMOUR AND THE SKY WAS PEARLY BLUE THE LEAVES WERE STILL THICK ON THE APPLE TREES THOUGH THEY WERE RUSSET HUED AND THE AFTERGROWTH OF GRASS THAT WAS RICHLY GREEN UNHARMED AS YET BY THE NIPPING FROSTS OF PREVIOUS NIGHTS 106c250c-d61a-41f5-9290-22eba9f48615 THE GIRLS ARE ALL WELL FELICITY PUTS ON AS MANY AIRS AS EVER BUT SHE MAKES GREAT THINGS TO EAT I HAVE HAD SOME SPLENDID DREAMS SINCE WE GAVE UP WRITING THEM DOWN THAT IS ALWAYS THE WAY OVER HIS EYES WHICH WERE BRIGHT AND TAINK TWINKLING HE WORE BIG SPECTACLES IT WAS EASY TO SEE THAT THE TINSMITH WAS A KIND HEARTED MAN AS WELL AS A MERRY AND AGREEABLE ONE 10724425-17d2-42f5-8d7a-72258127fc87 HE HAD MANY RIVALS BUT HE KNEW THAT IF SHE WOULD NOT COME TO BE THE MISTRESS OF HIS NEW HOUSE NO ONE ELSE EVER SHOULD SO HE SAT THERE THAT AFTERNOON AND DREAMED OF HER AS HE PLAYED SWEET OLD SONGS AND ROLLICKING JIGS ON HIS FIDDLE EXCUSE ME HE SAID I DIDN'T SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE AND I HAD TO LEARN IT AND BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO ITS USE THROUGH ANALYZING WHAT YOU JUST SAID I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO PUZZLE YOU OR MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR BY ME MAKING YOU 1088a15c-d33d-419a-bc0a-e2e4e814b627 BUT FOR ONCE HER VOICE FAILED TO CARRY CONVICTION OR RATHER IT CARRIED CONVICTION OF THE VERY OPPOSITE KIND IT WAS BORNE IN UPON OUR MISERABLE MINDS THAT IF THE STORY GIRL DID NOT ALTOGETHER BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE SHE BELIEVED IT MIGHT BE TRUE AND THE POSSIBILITY WAS ALMOST AS DREADFUL AS THE CERTAINTY WE HAD SEEN IT ALL THE SLEEPING GENIUS THE ROGUISH RED LIPPED GIRL THE KISS DROPPED AS LIGHTLY AS A ROSE PETAL ON THE SUNBURNED CHEEK THEY SHOULD HAVE GOT MARRIED SAID FELIX 108cf2f1-f744-4d83-a92b-7fcccf7b7827 I CAN SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE TOO YOU KNOW I LEARNED IT YEARS AGO BEFORE THE GATE TO THIS WORLD WAS CLOSED AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE SHE TOLD HIM SOMETHING ELSE JOHN ANDREW BLUSHED FURIOUSLY AGAIN AND COVERED HIS EARS WITH HIS HANDS THERE WAS A CHITTERING COMMOTION FROM THE NATIVES IN THE TREES AROUND THE SLED TO NEWBE SHIFTED BEHIND ORAN WE MAY GO NOW HE SAID SLOWLY TO STAY BEHIND MY SCOUTS 1093b56a-b2b9-45ee-92c0-2d0653dbc4a7 THE AIR OF SERIOUS THREE WAS DOING STRANGE THINGS TO HIM BEHIND SOME LOW HILLS HE COULD SEE A DULL RED GLOW HE SNAPPED THE VITIO SWITCH AND DEPRESSED THE MIKE BUTTON MY AUNT JANE TOLD ME SO SAID PETER CECILY'S MIGHT BE MORE DRAMATIC BUT FELIX'S WAS MORE AMUSING 10a599d6-9fb5-496b-9657-3ea482ad9df6 PEG BOWEN'S HOUSE WAS NEARLY A MILE AWAY EVEN BY THE SHORT CUT PAST THE SWAMP AND UP THE WOODED HILL WE WENT DOWN THROUGH THE BROOK FIELD AND OVER THE LITTLE PLANK BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW HALF LOST IN ITS SURROUNDING SEA OF FAREWELL SUMMERS WHEN WE REACHED THE GREEN GLOOM OF THE WOODS BEYOND WE BEGAN TO FEEL FRIGHTENED BUT NOBODY WOULD ADMIT IT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT DID WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPOT IT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WAY OFF IN THE BALLANDINE SYSTEM BY NOW BUT WE'VE SOMETHING ELSE ON OUR MINDS IT'S THE ONE ITEM THAT MAKES ME WANT TO BLOT OUT THIS PLACE AND RUN HOME WITH MY TAIL BETWEEN MY LEGS 10b446dd-161c-4727-8ed7-82770dc03310 WE CLIMBED MT BLANC SAW THE HUNG FRAU SOARING INTO CLOUDLAND AND WALKED AMONG THE GLOOMY PILLARS OF BONIVARD'S PRISON FINALLY THE STORY GIRL TOLD US THE TALE OF THE PRISONER OF CHILI IN WORDS THAT WERE BYRONS BUT IN A VOICE THAT WAS ALL HER OWN IT MUST BE SPLENDID TO GO TO EUROPE SIGHED CECILY LONGINGLY I AM GOING SOME DAY SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY THOUGH PIRACY WAS OF COURSE TOO MEAN AN AMBITION TO ASCRIBE TO THIS BOY DID HE WANT TO RULE A WHOLE PLANET OR MAYBE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OR MORE I SHUDDERED A BIT AS THE THOUGHT HIT ME WAS THERE REALLY ANYTHING THAT COULD STOP A PLAN LIKE THIS ONCE IT GOT ROLLING DURING THE KINGLY WARS ANY NUMBER OF TYPES WITH A COUPLE OF SHIPS AND LESS BRAINS THAN PEPPY HAD SET UP JUST THIS KIND OF EMPIRE THEY WERE ALL PULLED DOWN IN THE END SINCE THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDED ON ONE MAN RULE BUT THE PRICE THAT HAD TO BE PAID FIRST 10b8fe7c-cce6-44df-af10-aee14dee74e4 WHICH WAS WAITING FOR BAD NEWS AND THE BURNING VOICES OF THEIR SUPERIORS WHEN IT HAD FINISHED IT STOPPED AND CALLED THE ALL CLEAR FOR WE HAD NEVER SEEN A PICTURE OF THE PERSON REFERRED TO AND WE WERE RATHER CURIOUS REGARDING IT FOR AS PETER DROPPED HIS SCENT INTO THE PLATE HE LAUGHED ALOUD 10c7d62f-44e5-43a5-afab-b649279b9baa YOU KNOW HE WOULD THINK IT A GREAT JOKE TO FRIGHTEN US LIKE THAT DAN SAID IT WAS NO USE FOR ME TO BOTHER PRAYING ABOUT IT HE SAID IF THEY COULDN'T SPEAK GOD MIGHT DO SOMETHING BUT WHEN THEY JUST WOULDN'T IT WASN'T LIKELY HE WOULD INTERFERE PUT THAT DOWN DOORS YELL WAS HIGH PITCHED AND THAT ONLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE WORSE HE DECIDED HIS END HAD COME 10ced7a2-581f-4471-8a56-28afb79bffe8 WHEN A CAT DON'T CARE WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S PRETTY FAR GONE WELL I'M NOT YOU COUNTED CECILY AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN ANY ONE AS I WAS FRIGHTENED HE AND PETER REMAINED ON BAD TERMS FOR SOME TIME HOWEVER AND FOR US GOD AND GODDESS NORN AND VALCURY ELF AND TROLL AND GREEN FOLK GENERALLY WERE REAL CREATURES ONCE AGAIN INHABITING THE ORCHARDS AND WOODS AND MEADOWS AROUND US UNTIL IT SEEMED AS IF THE GOLDEN AGE HAD RETURNED TO EARTH 10d72040-602c-4381-abab-14129619305b THEN I REMEMBERED I HAD FORGOTTEN TO TAKE MY DOSE OF MAGIC SEED LOOK HERE BEV IS THAT MAGIC SEED SO IT EVENTUALLY APPEARED THIS WAS RADIOED BACK TO THE M T AND THE TRANSLATION SHOT BACK TO A SPEAKER IN MY JAWS 10eee761-ae3a-464b-a1ff-055c5290bc50 DURING THE NIGHT THE SCARECROW AND THE EMPEROR TALKED IN LOW TONES TOGETHER DON'T WORRY ABOUT HER ADVISED DOROTHY RACHEL LEFT INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THEM ANSWERED AUNT JANET REFERRING TO THE LETTER NOR DID HE DENY IT WHEN I TAXED HIM WITH IT BUT HE WOULD NOT GIVE IN THAT HE WAS CRYING ABOUT PATTY 10f4be6b-b55d-450a-b2e5-d326de974f05 NEVER YOU FEAR ANSWERED FELICITY DECIDEDLY A COWARD WOULD COME THROUGH ANYTHING FOR FIFTY CENTS AFTER DINNER WE ALL WITHOUT ANY VERBAL DECISION ABOUT IT WASHED OUR FACES AND COMBED OUR HAIR THE PLANET WAS A WATER WORLD BARE OF CONTINENTS AND ONLY SPARSELY SPRINKLED WITH MINOR ARCHIPELAGOES THE ISLAND SUITED THE CHAFFEE'S PURPOSE ADMIRABLY THE ZID DOES NOT SWIM CHAFFEE FOUR RADIATED MAROONED IT CAN DO NO HARM TO MARINE INTELLIGENCES 110e2b0e-8fa3-4344-88b4-02e618fc6f6a BUT THIS LIKE THE BREAKING OF THE CUP HAD NO SIGNIFICANCE FOR US AT THE MOMENT THE STORY GIRL SNATCHED THE PAPER AND READ THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO A GROUP ON WHICH SUDDEN TENSE SILENCE HAD FALLEN THEY HAD THREE DAYS ONLY THREE DAYS OF HAPPINESS AND THEN THE BLOW FELL THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF THE FANNY REFUSED TO LET CAPTAIN DUNBAR TAKE HIS WIFE WITH HIM THEY TOLD HIM HE MUST LEAVE HER BEHIND AND ALL HIS PRAYERS WERE OF NO AVAIL 11240646-f33d-4bf3-801f-18933ec454a6 ROCKER COLLAPSED AWAY FROM MY ROAR AND GNAWED HIS EARS YES HE SAID NOT TOO LONG AGO I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME TROUBLE AND WHAT ELSE I INTERRUPTED HIM COLD MOISTURE WAS BEGINNING TO COLLECT ALONG MY SPINE NOW THE DRIVES THE CONTROLS ARE THEY IN TO WHY YES HE SAID HOW DID YOU KNOW THE NORMAL TREADY WAS CHANGED AROUND CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF UNNECESSARY TROUBLE UNCLE ALEC WHIPPED HIM FOR IT SHE SAID IT WAS BETTER TO WASTE APPLES ALONE THAN APPLES AND SUGAR TOO 11244030-a8dd-4612-bb9b-2272a7ed6164 I DON'T WANT TO CATCH THE MEASLES FROM PETER SAID FELICITY DECIDEDLY FANCY CATCHING THEM FROM A HIRED BOY AH FELICITY DON'T CALL PETER A HIRED BOY WHEN HE'S SICK PROTESTED CECILY DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS WE WERE VERY BUSY TOO BUSY TO TELL TALES OR LISTEN TO THEM ONLY IN THE FROSTY DUSK DID WE HAVE TIME TO WANDER AFAR IN REALMS OF GOLD WITH THE STORY GIRL PUT DEGREES IN CHARGE OF THE RECORD ROOM FOR A WHILE YOU SAID THAT WAY HE CAN LEARN THE ROPES BUYING AROUND IN SENTRY OLD DUSTY FILES WILL BE JUST THE THING FOR A FREE SPIRIT LIKE SLIPPERY GIM DEGREES TEACH HIM DISCIPLINE SHOW HIM WHAT THE CORE STANDS FOR AT THE SAME TIME IT WILL GET THE RECORDS IN SHAPE THEY HAVE BEEN NEED NEEDING REORGANIZATION FOR QUITE A WHILE 112bedd6-3f65-4311-9ced-5650f4f8044f THAT INSTINCTIVE FEAR IS EVEN MORE UNDERSTANDABLE HE EASED BACK ON THE POWER SETTING A PIN POINT OF LIGHT LOST IN THE DAZZLE OF THE MILKY WAY BUT HE MAKETH VERY LITTLE PROGRESS UNLESS HE PICK THE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE WHO STICKETH OUT HIS NECK UNIMPORTANT YONAS THOUGHT THE MAN IS CONVINCED HE CAN BE TRAINED FURTHER AND JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD 112cd059-e90d-4e57-a8e6-cd2c99f6437e ONE DAY THE YOUNG MINISTER WAS VISITING THE CRAWFORDS IN MARKDALE WHEN THEY SUDDENLY HEARD OLD MISTER SCOTT'S VOICE IN THE KITCHEN THE ZID'S TALONS RIPPED THROUGH THE DOOR LEAVING PARALLEL ROWS OF SPLINTERED BRAKES BOTH SLANTED RED EYES GLARED IN BRIEFLY THEN YOU DAMN WEEL BETTER HURRY JEFF PANTED THE DOOR HE ESTIMATED MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HOLD FOR TWO MINUTES MORE 114a3c14-16c1-467f-92ee-b952731f4564 SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO PROBABLY MADE THAT EXPLANATION UP ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT JUST TO PACIFY PETER THE STORY GIRL LOOKED PITEOUS ARE THERE ANY METHODISTS HEATHENS NO OTHER TYPE OF CREATURE EVER HAS HAD THE VERTICAL SLIT USE THE BACK DOOR RULE SON ALWAYS LEAVE YOURSELF AWAY OUT 115c3328-e716-459d-af35-f4f650e6dfc6 YES BUT YOUR UNCLE ROGER WAS NEVER CLAPPED IN THE SHOULDER AND CALLED BROTHER BY THE DEVIL SAID PETER IF HE HAD HE MIGHTN'T HAVE BEEN SO PRECIOUS JOLLY AFTERWARDS HIMSELF DAN'S LETTER DEAR OLD PETE AWFUL GLAD YOU CHEATED THE DOCTOR I'M NO BIGGER THAN A TOY SOLDIER SAID CAPTAIN PHIDER SORROWFULLY UNLESS POLYCHROME CAN MAKE US BIG AGAIN THERE IS LITTLE USE IN OUR VISITING NINNY AMMY AT ALL FOR I'M SURE SHE WOULDN'T CARE FOR A HUSBAND SHE MIGHT CARELESSLY STEP ON IN RUIN 115d71d0-5c1b-4662-b593-0f756a5cab81 IT SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE SWEARING THEN DON'T YOU ALL RIGHT THEN LAST SUMMER SHE CALLED AT LEM HILLS IN MARKDALE AND HE TOLD HER TO CLEAR OUT OR HE'D SET THE DOG ON HER 116df078-9398-4255-b267-0f61456d11e1 IT ISN'T ANY GOOD THE BEAUTY OF PENANCE IS THAT IT MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO WHETHER IT'S USEFUL OR NOT SO LONG AS IT'S NASTY THERE WAS SOMETHING SOLID BENEATH MY FEET WE'LL HAVE TIME TO TALK OVER DETAILS WHEN WE GET BACK THEY WERE NOT HUMAN BEINGS THEY WERE IMAGES OF DESPAIR 11a2f644-626d-4d2a-b3ce-2ceae1269c75 A SHIP LANDED INLAND A FEW MINUTES AGO HE SAID I TOOK IT FOR AN E I CONSULATE CRAFT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE SIMIANS CAUGHT HIS MENTAL IMAGE OF THE LANDING AND INTERVENED WHILE COMMON GROUND OFFERED HIS FACE WAS ROSY HIS THICK BLACK CURLS WERE SMOOTHLY COMBED AND HIS TIE WAS NEATLY BOWED BUT IT WAS HIS LEGS WHICH WE SCRUTINIZED MOST ANXIOUSLY AT FIRST GLANCE THEY SEEMED WELL ENOUGH BUT CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED SOMETHING NOT ALTOGETHER CUSTOMARY 11a8f7a5-093a-4615-af65-361f22ae4a8d STETSON'S VOICE HISSED SUDDENLY THROUGH THE SURGICALLY IMPLANTED SPEAKER THERE WAS AN ENDLESS CHITTERING WHISTLING POLITICIANS I DREW UP MY SCALY FIGURE IN A NOBLE GESTURE AND POINTED TOWARD THE CEILING I DIVED THE EYE LOWER 11bff163-bf20-4a17-bc1e-7bce64675610 NEIL DIDN'T WANT MUCH PERSUASION HE TOOK SOME MORE AND SAID SLYLY IS IT WE GOING OVER THE BAY THE NIGHT THAT YOURSELF WILL BE DOING CECILY WHO WAS ELEVEN WAS PRETTY ALSO OR WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD FELICITY NOT BEEN THERE FELICITY RATHER TOOK THE COLOR FROM OTHER GIRLS 11c0c8f0-0b1b-4b2e-9c41-fbecdf69713e AIR EXCLAIMED WOOT STARING IN ASTONISHMENT INTO THE RABBIT'S BLUE EYES WHO EVER HEARD OF AIR SO SOLID THAT ONE CANNOT PUSH IT ASIDE BUT UNDER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE ROLLED A TERRIBLE FLOOD DEEP AND WIDE AND VIOLENT FULL OF ROCKS AND RAPIDS AND WHIRLPOOLS 11c6c8f8-c2ed-4a8a-8fb0-b3486289aa26 HERE IS SOME MONEY FROM PARADISE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD BOY NOT REALLY FROM PARADISE I LIFTED IT FROM THE TREASURY THE NIGHT BEFORE IT HAS BEEN DECIDED A LIZARD SAID THAT YOU SHOULD REMAIN HERE FOR EVER AND TEND THE HOLY WATERS WE WILL STAY WITH YOU AND SERVE YOUR EVERY NEED BUT YOU BEING A STRANGER ARE NO DOUBT CURIOUS TO LEARN HOW I BECAME SO BEAUTIFUL AND PROSPEROUS SO I WILL RECITE FOR YOUR BENEFIT MY STRANGE ADVENTURES 11e6d07c-b39e-4a80-affe-b97a3cab4e68 IT'S OUR OWN FAMILY GHOST SO OF COURSE IT WOULDN'T HURT US YOUR APPLES ARE LOVELY TO EAT THE STORY GIRL SAID TO ME HE HAS TRIED TO TEMPT ME TO PACKT WITH SATAN THE QUINT INQUISITOR SAID THIS IS AN ACCURSED FAMILY THERE IS NO GOOD TO BE DONE TO ME OR MY WIFE OR CHILD 11ec1816-65fe-4717-8566-3def2b639208 I AM AFRAID THE REMEMBRANCE GREW A LITTLE DIM THE REST OF THE WEEK IT WAS A REAL GOOD BOOK MY AUNT JANE WOULDN'T HAVE A BOOK THAT WASN'T GOOD RETORTED PETER SULKILY BUT IF THE LEGS WERE THIN THE VOICE WAS MORE THAN FULL ENOUGH TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE TALK BLESS YOU DECORES TALK HE ROARED WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE ABOUT A BARRESHIP WHO'S BUILDING IT I HAD MY NAIL FAR OUT AND WAS TOUCHING UP A CUTICLE HOLDING IT OUT FOR INSPECTION BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING 120f28b7-e62a-4703-b244-c2c3f8c17e0e NO BUT THE CARLISLE PEOPLE WILL RETORTED FELICITY IN A TONE WHICH IMPLIED THAT WHAT THE CARLISLE PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS FAR MORE IMPORTANT AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PETER HAS GOT A DECENT STOCKING TO HIS NAME WHAT WILL YOU FEEL LIKE IF HE GOES TO CHURCH WITH THE SKIN OF HIS LEGS SHOWING THROUGH THE HOLES MISS STORY GIRL MY AUNT JANE WAS ONE AND I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE MYSELF IF I HADN'T BEEN SO SCARED OF THE JUDGMENT DAY BUT YOU AIN'T A METHODIST YOU'RE A PRESBYTERIAN AIN'T YOU YES OF COURSE I WAS BORN THAT WAY VERY WELL THEN YOU'VE GOT TO DO THINGS THE PRESBYTERIAN WAY DON'T LET ME HEAR ANY MORE OF YOUR AMENDS OR I'LL AMEN YOU 12132d91-a8ce-46c7-90d7-5e76b4f3e6cb WINKING DOTS OF LIGHT DEW GLITTERING WEB ONLY WITH BLUE FUR OF COURSE THIRTEEN YEARS HAD PASSED ON EARTH SINCE THEY HAD LEFT TOWERS CONTINUED TO PACE AND TALK OBSCURING THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY 1213431e-f7b9-4fce-9769-bc871806a052 THEN A SHRILL CRY WENT UP A CRY THAT DROWNED UTTERLY THE HUMMING SOUND THAT ISSUED FROM THE SHATTERED MOUTH OF THE IDOL DO YOU KNOW WHY I WAS PUT HERE YOU CAST SPELLS YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THAT'S RIGHT YONA SAID SMILING AGAIN I'M A WIZARD A WARLUCK THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY ISN'T IT YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THE BOLD MAN SAID BUT HE HAD THE BASIC IDEA YONAS CHECKED THAT IN HIS MIND VERY WELL HE SAID 121bb3fd-148b-493e-9b30-071e3e832188 OF COURSE ANSWERED THE LITTLE GIRL I WOULDN'T MISS IT FOR ANYTHING THEN ORDER THE RED WAGON SAID OZMA OF OZ AND WE WILL START AT ONCE UNCLE ALEC BROUGHT IN THE AXE AND PRIED OFF THE COVER OF THE OLD BLUE CHEST WHILE EVERYBODY STOOD AROUND IN SILENCE THEN CAME THE UNPACKING IT WAS CERTAINLY AN INTERESTING PERFORMANCE AUNT JANET AND AUNT OLIVIA TOOK EVERYTHING OUT AND LAID IT ON THE KITCHEN TABLE 1226baa7-2db4-4401-9db5-58b78caf55d1 IT'S REALLY DREADFUL TO HAVE NO GROWN UPS YOU CAN DEPEND UPON NOW SARA HAD ALWAYS COVETED THIS PARTICULAR JUG PERHAPS IT'LL ALL BE BURNED UP TO MORROW THEY AND ONLY THEY CAN BRING US TIDINGS FROM THAT DEAR COUNTRY WHERE WE ONCE SOJOURNED AND FROM WHICH WE MUST EVERMORE BE EXILES 122814d5-c2af-4319-821d-e85dc5ddfb7f PETER CRUSHED BUT NOT CONVINCED SUBSIDED AND THE STORY GIRL WENT ON WHAT IF WE DON'T SEE HER ASKED FELICITY WE'LL PUT THE THINGS ON HER DOORSTEP AND THEN LEAVE THEM SHE MAY BE MILES AWAY OVER THE COUNTRY BY THIS TIME SIGHED CECILY AND NEVER FIND THEM UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE FOR PAT BUT IT'S THE ONLY THING TO DO WHAT CAN WE GIVE HER 12316921-5aab-4144-9053-f6285134cd55 AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO DO DESPITE THE DARK WHOM WE LOVED FROM THE MOMENT WE SAW HIM WE HAD A VAGUE FEELING THAT WE AND PETER WANTED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD PASS THE ORDEAL IT THE STARS TWINKLED THROUGH THE SOFTLY WAVING BOUGHS AND I DID DO YOU WANT TO HEAR IT 123ab589-06e1-4372-bd6e-88bb1b72b464 THEY LOVED EACH OTHER EVER SINCE THEY WERE SMALL PAPOOSES AND THEY VOWED TO LOVE EACH OTHER AS LONG AS THE RIVER RAN THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE TO SPOT THE PARACHUTE AND SEARCH FOR ME A FRINGE OF BLUE FLAME CREPT ALONG BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE BOTTOM OF THE PILOT'S CAPSULE 123d263b-9136-4366-85cc-10dc007625b1 BILLY WAS TALLER THAN ANY OF THE BOYS OUR AGE IN CARLISLE AND HE ASSURED ME IT ALL CAME FROM TAKING MAGIC SEED THE SHEETS AND PILLOW SLIPS WERE FRAGRANT WITH LAVENDER WE HAD NEVER LIVED LONG ENOUGH IN ANY ONE HOUSE 124bb515-70b4-4f5a-a9d4-1fe59dd353b2 ONE THE BEACON WAS REPAIRED WHEN THE TWO PEAKS COINCIDED I SPUN THE EYE CONTROLS AND DIVED THE THING DOWN WE ARGUED OVER IT SERIOUSLY BUT FINALLY HAD TO GIVE UP WELL WHAT IS THE REASON ASKED FELICITY BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OF THEM SAID FELIX GRINNING I FORGET WHAT WE DID TO FELIX 124fcfa5-605c-482b-827c-707dcc89bdcc DELIVERY BOYS STREET CLEANERS CLERKS ALL HAVE TO HAVE CHARACTERISTIC UNIFORMS ALL THE DOUBTS I HAD DISMISSED FOUGHT FOR ATTENTION ALL MY SECONDARY SUSPECTS TURNED OUT TO BE SIMPLE FORGERIES NOT INDIVIDUALS HARVEST WAS ENDED AND THOUGH SUMMER WAS NOT YET GONE HER FACE WAS TURNING WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THE CAMPBELL DID 12633cdd-8979-472e-bab8-58b94b509875 I REMEMBER THAT OLD CUCK CLIP CAREFULLY PUT MY NEAT LEG IN A BARREL I THINK THAT IS THE SAME BARREL STILL STANDING IN THE CORNER YONDER AND THEN AT ONCE HE BEGAN TO MAKE A TIN LEG FOR ME VERY LIKELY IF THAT BLUE SILK DRESS STORY IS TRUE I'D BELIEVE ANYTHING OF HIM SAID FELICITY 126b97b3-d4b9-464e-bc21-b8bd9eb47820 SAID THE GIANTESSING ANOTHER BISCUIT BUT THE WITCH WAS MORE FURIOUS THAN EVER I'M A GREAT GIRL THIRTEEN YEARS OLD SO YOU'LL BE SURPRISED WHEN I TELL YOU HE WAS DREADFULLY SICK ALL NIGHT AND UNCLE ROGER HAD TO GO FOR THE DOCTOR HE WAS QUITE LIGHT HEADED AND DIDN'T KNOW ANY ONE 128d0ae4-fcee-434d-9ecb-48b391e284a2 ONCE A LONG TIME AGO SHE RAISED AN ARMY OF GIRLS AND CALLED HERSELF GENERAL GINGER WITH HER ARMY SHE CAPTURED THE EMERALD CITY AND DROVE ME OUT OF IT BECAUSE I INSISTED THAT AN ARMY IN OZ WAS HIGHLY IMPROPER SOME OF THE MORE CREDULOUS NATIVES PROSTRATED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS FLED SCREAMING I SLUMPED DEFEATED WAITING FOR THE BLOW TO LAND THE OLD MAN FONDLED MY CONTRACT 1296308b-6c9e-4144-a959-8afc323c06c5 IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A DISTILLERY THAN A BEACON MUST BE AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED METERS HIGH I'M A REPAIRMAN NOT AN ARCHAEOLOGIST THIS PILE OF JUNK IS OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD JUST FORGET ABOUT IT AND BUILD A NEW ONE THE OLD MAN LEANED OVER HIS DESK BREATHING INTO MY FACE IN THE MAIN THEY DID BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR MORNING DAN WAS PLAINLY INCLINED TO REBEL HE HAD HAD TIME TO GROW SORE OVER THE THINGS THAT FELICITY HAD SAID TO HIM WHEN JIMMY PATTERSON WAS THOUGHT LOST AND HE BEGAN THE DAY WITH A FLATLY EXPRESSED DETERMINATION THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO LET FELICITY RULE THE ROOST 129d423f-ed56-4afb-bd1d-ac05e7b5e801 BEFORE HE COULD MOVE I PUSHED A SWITCH AND A HANDFUL OF LOCAL CURRENCY WAMPUM TYPE SHELLS ROLLED OUT OF THE CAVE AND LANDED AT HIS FEET HERE IS SOME MONEY FROM PARADISE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD BOY NOT REALLY FROM PARADISE I LIFTED IT FROM THE TREASURY THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY GOT MARSHALL THERE HE WAS VERY BUSY BUT HE CAME HE HAD BEEN GIVEN A DEADLINE BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITIZEN'S GROUP HE HAD TO PRODUCE A POPULATION OF TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR HIGH PLANS TEXAS AND THIS WAS DIFFICULT FOR THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE TOWN 12aa6647-0e4c-4b78-8723-b1b6cfa8b030 IT'S MY BELIEF THAT THAT IS THE LEAST OF PEG BOWEN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ANSWERED UNCLE ROGER IT'S THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD FOR A WITCH TO TURN HERSELF INTO ANY ANIMAL YOU CHOOSE TO MENTION HAD BEEN DOING MANY THINGS SOME PLAYING TOGETHER SOME WORKING AT TASKS AND SOME GATHERED IN GROUPS TO TALK AND SHE TURNED TO DUST AND BLEW AWAY 12b6a6d0-6b1b-4518-aa9b-de92982305ef PATTY STOOD THE TEST FAIRLY WELL AT LEAST HE MADE AN ADORABLE LISTENER SAVE AS SUCH TIMES AS IMAGINARY RATS DISTRACTED HIS ATTENTION MISTER MARWOOD HAD AT LEAST THREE ABSORBED LISTENERS THE NEXT SUNDAY MORNING FELIX PETER AND I WERE ALL AMONG THE CHEELS WHO WERE TAKING MENTAL NOTES ON THE ART OF PREACHING A SERMON NOT EMOTION OR GLANCE OR INTONATION ESCAPED US TO BE SURE NONE OF US COULD REMEMBER THE TEXT WHEN WE GOT HOME BUT WE KNEW JUST HOW YOU SHOULD THROW BACK YOUR HEAD AND CLUTCH AT THE EDGE OF THE PULPIT WITH BOTH HANDS WHEN YOU ANNOUNCED IT THE YUKAHOO MAGIC IS ADMITTED TO BE VERY STRANGE IN ITS WORKINGS AND DIFFERENT FROM THE MAGIC USUALLY PRACTISED BUT PERHAPS GLINDA OR OZMA MAY UNDERSTAND IT BETTER THAN I IN THEM LIES OUR ONLY HOPE UNLESS THEY CAN HELP US WE MUST REMAIN FOREVER AS WE ARE 12c7e638-750e-4fd1-ac8d-05162009f4c6 DID IT HURT HE ASKED THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR ALTHOUGH I HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE SKY FAIRIES HAVE MORE POWER THAN IS ACCORDED TO EARTH FAIRIES I'M NEVER GOING TO GET MARRIED I THINK IT'S JUST HORRID SO THERE I IF ONLY WE KNEW WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH HIM WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING SOBBED THE STORY GIRL STROKING HER POOR PET'S UNRESPONSIVE HEAD 12cb5a3c-b6d4-4cad-a52f-6b2ad22a8942 NAY MORE SHE SEEMED TO DELIGHT IN IT THEY HAD A SPELL LIKE THIS LAST SUMMER AND WON THE SUMMER BEFORE WELL SAID THE STORY GIRL FINALLY I MUST GO AND GET THE POTATOES READY AS SHADOW WAVES GO OVER RIPE WHEAT BEFORE A WIND I THINK I COULD BE ALWAYS GOOD IF I LIVED IN A GARDEN ALL THE TIME 12cfaa8c-c7b8-4450-9c8c-0370d97e7bcd HE DECIDED THAT GARF'S SUPERIOR ATTITUDE AND POWERS BODED NO GOOD BUT IF THE FISH MAN ONCE BECAME SLIGHTLY IRRITATED THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN MILESTONE UNCLE EDWARD'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS TO BE MARRIED AND UNCLE EDWARD HAD WRITTEN OVER URGING UNCLE ALEC AUNT JANET AND AUNT OLIVIA TO GO DOWN TO HALIFAX FOR THE WEDDING AND SPEND A WEEK THERE AND WILL YOU PLEASE TRY 12e127d2-894e-4267-a2f6-bb23fb57846b I WISH I'D MADE UP MY MIND BEFORE THIS WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST DO YOU SUPPOSE IT'S TOO LATE NOW NO THAT DOESN'T MATTER SAID CERTILY EARNESTLY IF IF YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN PETER THAT'S ALL THAT'S NECESSARY I'D LIKE TO BE BURIED HERE WHEN I DIE SAID FELIX BUT I HOPE IT WON'T BE FOR A GOOD WHILE YET HE SAID IN A LIVELIER TONE AS WE MOVED ONWARD TO THE CHURCH 12efa550-a600-4722-85a9-c10380267f08 I HAVE A FLEET OF EXPENSIVE SHIPS THAT ARE EQUIPPED TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING MANNED BY A BUNCH OF IRRESPONSIBLES LIKE YOU I NODDED MOODILY AT HIS POINTING FINGER HOW I WISH I COULD FIRE YOU ALL AFTER THE WEDDING THE BRIDEGROOM LIFTED HIS BRIDE BEFORE HIM ON HIS WHITE HORSE AND HER FATHER AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF HIS COURT MOUNTED TOO AND RODE AFTER THEM 12f7886d-f5e7-47a1-8933-a43e0533941d BUT I KNOW WHAT HE MUST EVER SEEM TO ME WE KNEW ELDER FREWIN QUITE WELL AND LIKE HIM AND CERTAIN HOME CHORES WERE ASSIGNED TO EACH OF US FOR THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF WHICH WE WERE HELD RESPONSIBLE WHEN SHE TOLD US SAD TALES IN A VOICE LADEN WITH ALL THE TEARS THAT HAD EVER BEEN SHED 1302f917-fd25-4470-91dc-e0becfcef052 WE MURMURED IN BEWILDERMENT YES I'M GOING TO DENY MYSELF EVERYTHING I LIKE AND DO EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF THAT I DON'T LIKE JUST TO PUNISH MYSELF FOR BEING SO WICKED AND IF ANY OF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING I DON'T JUST MENTION IT TO ME I THOUGHT IT OUT LAST NIGHT THEY'LL USE FORCE JEFF HAD CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY BUT ITS IMMEDIACY APPALLED HIM SIR THESE COLONISTS HAD BEEN AUTONOMIST FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS EVER SINCE THE FOURTH WORK CUT THEM OFF FROM US WILL HOMESIDE DENY THEIR INDEPENDENCE 131910b2-7684-4b04-b29b-661270af2317 PICKING UP A CHART HE MURMURED SIX MONTHS MUCH TOO LONG STRANGE WE DIDN'T CATCH THAT AT THE TIME SHE HASN'T BEEN VERY WELL ALL DAY EXPLAINED CECILY AND AUNT OLIVIA WOULDN'T LET HER COME OUT IN THE NIGHT AIR SHE MADE HER GO TO BED INSTEAD THE STORY GIRL WAS AWFULLY DISAPPOINTED 13482af6-db3b-4e72-a110-b6e839ad0d98 THE FLAME WAS BRIGHT BUT NOT VERY HOT YET LUKE SCREAMED WITH TERROR AND SPRANG FORWARD WITH A GREAT BOUND THIS TIME HE LANDED ON THE PAW OF THE GREAT CHIEF DRAGON WHO ANGRILY RAISED HIS OTHER PAW AND STRUCK THE GREEN MONKEY WITH A FIERCE BLOW BOOT SCENT WENT SAILING THROUGH THE AIR AND FELL SPRAWLING UPON THE ROCKY FLOOR FAR BEYOND THE PLACE WHERE THE DRAGON TRIPE WAS GROUPED PIGS SAID FELIX FORCIBLY SHE WAS BROKEN HEARTED OF COURSE WHEN SHE FOUND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED SHE TOOK ALL HER WEDDING THINGS AND HER SUPPLY OF LINEN AND SOME PRESENTS THAT WERE GIVEN HER AND PACKED THEM ALL AWAY IN THIS OLD BLUE CHEST SHE NEVER CAME BACK TO THE ISLAND AGAIN I SUPPOSE SHE COULDN'T BEAR TO AND SHE HAS LIVED IN MONTREAL EVER SINCE AND NEVER MARRIED SHE IS AN OLD WOMAN NOW AND NEARLY SEVENTY FIVE AND THIS CHEST HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED SINCE 136b972a-2a60-42ae-beb0-ca3770b18498 EVEN SARA RAY WAS MADE HAPPY BY THE GIFT OF A LITTLE CHINA PLATE WITH A LOUDLY COLOURED PICTURE OF MOSES AND AARON BEFORE THE PHARAOH IN THE MIDDLE OF IT MOSES WORE A SCARLET CLOAK WHILE AARON DISPORTED HIMSELF IN BRIGHT BLUE PHARAOH WAS ARRAYED IN YELLOW THE PLATE HAD A SCALLOP BORDER WITH A WREATH OF GREEN LEAVES AROUND IT THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GET RID OF THE SAVAGE BEAST POLLY SAID THE TIN WOODMAN TO THE CANARY BUT I AM SURPRISED THAT YOU DIDN'T GIVE OUR FRIEND FOOD A MAGIC BREAKFAST WHEN YOU KNEW HE WAS HUNGRY 136f234d-e593-456c-9d69-62f0dc89caca WE HAVE MACHINES TO DO OUR WORK WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE AND CLEAN YOU OUT IT'D BE ASHAMED TO HAVE TO BLAST THAT CITY INTO LITTLE PIECES NO KING I FELT CERTAIN WOULD EVER MARRY A BEGGAR MAID WHEN HE HAD PRINCESSES GALORE FROM WHOM TO CHOOSE 1375e53c-b617-4b2e-abee-4e3d8f5cbd80 FINALLY RAY SHUT OFF THE RACKETING ENGINE AND LET THE RUSTY ANCHOR THE OVERALL EFFECT WAS ODDLY BEAUTIFUL AND I BELIEVE IT SENSIBLE TO KEEP OUT OF DANGER WHENEVER WE CAN CAN'T YOU HELP US BEING A FAIRY 138ad58e-b716-4651-81ba-e51bf7b383bc AND THEN THE LOOK OF HIM UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE IS LONG LANK LEAN NARROW AND CONTRACTED SO DOROTHY NEXT WISHED TO SEE WHAT HER AUNT EM WAS DOING THE PICTURES SHOWED AUNT EM QUIETLY ENGAGED IN DARNING SOCKS 1395dfc8-cd62-4a75-8115-2fe767a983c8 YOU AND I ARE ONE NIMY AND ME WILL BECOME AN EMPRESS ANNOUNCED THE TIN WOODMAN PROUDLY THERE WAS A WOMAN'S PICTURE ABOVE THE BOOKCASE MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS SHE THINKS IT WAS A COLORED PHOTOGRAPH BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS 13af26ae-bca1-4ce0-abb7-062062e4f10d BY AND BY THE SCARECROW WHO MIX WHOSE MIXED BRAINS HAD BEEN WORKING STEADILY ASKED THE WOMAN ARE WE TO CONSIDER YOU OUR FRIEND MISSUS UKE OR DO YOU INTEND TO BE OUR ENEMY WE GOT ALONG VERY WELL WITH EACH OTHER IN THE MAIN IN SPITE OF SOME MINOR DIFFERENCES OF OPINION AS FOR THE GROWN UP DENIZENS OF OUR SMALL WORLD THEY SUITED US ALSO 13b81916-c322-4b29-8257-f7e40284f48a WHILE SO EMPLOYED SHE CONTRIVED TO UPSET THE CANDLE AND SET FIRE TO HER NIGHTGOWN WHEN THEY ASSURED US SOLEMNLY THAT THEIR DREAMS ALL HAPPENED EXACTLY AS THEY DESCRIBED THEM WE WERE COMPELLED TO BELIEVE THEM FARMER MANAGED TO PUT MORE CURIOSITY THAN IMPATIENCE INTO HIS TONE EARTH MAY BE A SORT OF FENCED OFF AREA 13bb2e8c-c099-4720-8b02-33477ce92ab9 PERHAPS WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ESCAPE THERE IS NO USE IN YOUR LUGGING MY CAGE ANY FARTHER DECLARED THE CANARY LET ME OUT AND THROW THE CAGE AWAY THEN I CAN FLY WITH YOU AND FIND MY OWN BREAKFAST OF SEEDS I WOULDN'T LET ON I THOUGHT SHE'D MADE HIM SICK THEN SHE COULDN'T BE OFFENDED AND MAYBE SHE'D TAKE THE SPELL OFF 13ccd001-55bd-43b3-be7f-fa992204f80e IN ONE CORNER THE RACK ITSELF STOOD AND THERE WERE OTHER TOOLS OF THE TRADE SCATTERED AROUND THE ROOM YUNUS FOUND THAT HE WAS SWEATING THE GUARDS BROUGHT HIM TO THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM KENUF WAS STANDING NEAR HIM A PERFECTLY BRANK OF EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE HIS VOICE WAS THE SAME ROUGH RASP BUT IT SEEMED ALMOST MECHANICAL WELL WILL MONTAGUE FELL IN LOVE WITH RACHEL WARD AND SHE WAS WITH HIM AND IT WAS ALL ARRANGED THAT THEY WERE TO BE MARRIED FROM HERE IN THE SPRING POOR RACHEL WAS SO HAPPY THAT WINTER SHE MADE ALL HER WEDDING THINGS WITH HER OWN HANDS GIRLS DID THEN YOU KNOW FOR THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A SEWING MACHINE 13da85ba-afa3-44eb-a877-fc5887531a9b AS SHE DID THE OTHERS THE CANARY SEEMED MUCH AMUSED AND LAUGHED A SOBERY RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER VERY REVERENTLY WE ALL LISTENED TO THE MAJESTIC WORDS I SHALL NEVER USE IT TO EAT OFF OF SAID SARAH RAPTUROUSLY I'LL PUT IT ON THE PARLOR MANTELPIECE 13e380c9-bafe-428b-a7d6-6858d4f596a3 AND YOU MUSTN'T COMMIT SUICIDE BECAUSE IF YOU DID THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANY CHANCE OF REPENTING IT ANNE YOU MUSTN'T FORGET TO SAY YOUR PRAYERS AND YOU MUSTN'T QUARREL WITH YOUR SISTER OUCH YELLED ROOT AND KICKED OUT HIS LEG WITH SO MUCH ENERGY THAT THE FRAIL BONDS THAT TIED HIM BURST APART 13f2975b-6e91-4668-a0c3-f3c866b9125b IN THE FEW CASES WHERE FORGERY WASN'T ADEQUATE MY MYSTERIOUS X HAD APPARENTLY HIRED HIMSELF TO DO THE JOB I QUIT DON'T BOTHER TELLING ME WHAT A DIRTY JOB YOU HAVE COOKED UP BECAUSE I ALREADY QUIT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO REVEAL COMPANY'S SECRETS TO ME 13fbddf1-5004-4d5f-b31b-da69410c77af THEN ONCE MORE CAREFULLY FROM THE BEGINNING PUT YOURSELF IN ANY CATEGORY YOU PLEASE HE GRUMBLED AS HE SLUMPED DOWN INTO THE BED HE WAS JUST BEGINNING TO BE FAMOUS NO WONDER THE CHILD IS SICK HE WOULD NOT SPEAK TO PETER FOR TWO DAYS BECAUSE OF IT 13fcc3ec-bc6c-43ec-8071-a7f579df25c4 PERHAPS IT IS EMILY KING'S GHOST WHISPERED FELIX SHE NEVER APPEARED ANYWHERE BUT IN THE ORCHARD SAID THE STORY GIRL OH OH CHILDREN ISN'T THERE SOMETHING UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE WE PEERED FEARFULLY THROUGH THE GLOOM SARA RAY HAD ALSO YEARNED TO STAY BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER SHE MUST BE HOME BEFORE DARK NEVER MIND SARAH COMFORTED CECILY IT'S NOT TO BE TILL TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW SO YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET UP HIP FOR ANYTHING HAPPENS BUT THERE MIGHT BE A MISTAKE SOBBED SARAH IT MIGHT BE TWO O'CLOCK TO NIGHT INSTEAD OF TO MORROW 14060230-4658-41fe-93f9-650233974558 HE DID NOT SEEM AWKWARD OR SHY BUT THEN WE WERE ONLY CHILDREN AND HIS FOOT WAS ON HIS NATIVE HEATH THEY MUST BE BURNED UNREAD SHE DECLARED EVEN FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING THOU ART GOD OZ WAS NOT ALWAYS A FAIRY LAND I AM TOLD WHERE HE SEATED HIMSELF AND WAS TIED IN SO HE WOULDN'T FLOAT UPWARD AGAIN 140fbefe-a978-40ad-b0b4-d17a10291155 AND TO MORROW MIGHT BE THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THEIR LAST ACCOUNTING OH IF I HAD ONLY BEEN A BETTER BOY WHITE MARBLE TABLETS ORNAMENTED WITH WEEPING WILLOW TREES MARKED WHERE GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER KING WERE BURIED AND A SINGLE SHAFT OF RED SCOTTISH GRANITE STOOD BETWEEN THE GRAVES OF AUNT FELICITY AND UNCLE FELIX 141b8f47-fb67-4f4f-8fb3-af5ee3c6f599 BUT WHAT DOES THE WORK WHAT KILLED HIM I ASKED BREATHLESSLY I GLANCED DOWN AT MY WATCH FEARFUL FOR A MOMENT THAT IT HAD BEEN BROKEN OR LOST IN THE MALAY YOU NEVER GO TO CHURCH ANYHOW CONTINUED FELICITY DETERMINED NOT TO BE ARGUED DOWN 14231b4e-4e21-4f9c-9a5d-134fc2621c96 HE CAUGHT HER HAND AND STAMMERED OUT NAN LASS I LOVE YOU YOU MAY THINK TIS A HASTY WOOING BUT THAT'S A STORY I CAN TELL YOU LATER MAYBE I KNOW WELL I'M NOT WORTHY OF YOU BUT IF YOUR TRUE LOVE COULD MAKE A MAN WORTHY THERE'D BE NONE BEFORE ME WILL YOU HAVE ME NAN THE TIN WOODMAN HAD WATCHED POLYCHROME WITH MUCH INTEREST AND HE NOW SAID PLEASE TAKE THE DENT OUT ON MY SIDE POLLY FOR I AM MORE CRIPPLED THAN WAS THE SOLDIER 1426a724-b260-45f1-bb17-3dc56fe6a58d AND I GUESS YOU GUISE WERE ALMOST FORGOTTEN ON THE TELETOKEY SCREEN BRIHNHARD JUST LIKE A TELEVISION PLAYING INSTALMENTS BRANDON THOUGHT THIS ONE HAS PRODUCED A CRYSTAL I TOOK IT FOR AN E I CONSULATE CRAFT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN 143e379a-9a6b-4c5e-9f02-041a667bdea0 IN THEM LIES OUR ONLY HOPE UNLESS THEY CAN HELP US WE MUST REMAIN FOREVER AS WE ARE OPEN SAID HOOKE THE MONKEY STILL FACING THE DOOR BUT HIS COMMAND HAD NO EFFECT AND HE SLOWLY REJOINED THE OTHERS O PETER WHAT DO YOU THINK I HAVE GOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE AWKWARD MAN AT LAST I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SO EASY 145e2356-b224-4436-9ae7-581dcb6c501e THAT FOR YOUR OZMA EXCLAIMED THE GIANTESS SNAPPING HERS IN DERISION BECAUSE HE WAS A MIXTURE OF BOTH OF YOUR CAST OFF PARTS PAT RECOVERED HIS USUAL HEALTH AND SPIRITS AND OUR MINDS WERE SET AT REST TO ENJOY THE NEXT EXCITEMENT COLLECTING FOR A SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND 1460882e-e88d-4d7d-b417-b51740faae7a FELICITY FLUNG THE LAST SENTENCE AT THE STORY GIRL WHO TURNED VERY PALE OH DO YOU SUPPOSE SHE CAUGHT THEM AT THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW SHE SAID MISERABLY THERE WAS A WOMAN'S PICTURE ABOVE THE BOOKCASE MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS SHE THINKS IT WAS A COLORED PHOTOGRAPH BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS ANYWAY IT WAS A VERY PRETTY GIRL BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING OF ALL WAS THAT A WOMAN'S DRESS WAS HANGING OVER A CHAIR BY THE TABLE MISSUS 146f8d1d-50fc-4336-aedd-83fb16014bf5 SHE WAS SAID THE GIANTESS BUT NOW SHE'S A CANARY BIRD ONE DAY AFTER RAIN POLYCHROME DANCED OFF THE RAINBOW AND FELL ASLEEP ON A LITTLE MOUND IN THIS VALLEY NOT FAR FROM MY CASTLE PETER HAVING A SCRIPTURAL NAME OF HIS OWN DID NOT WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER BUT WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE HIM AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OVER THE REST OF US IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER TO CALL OUT YOUR OWN NAME THAN FIT YOUR TONGUE TO AN UNFAMILIAR ONE SO PETER RETALIATED BY CHOOSING NEVAKE AND NEZZER WHICH NO ONE COULD EVER UTTER THREE TIMES BEFORE PETER SHRIEKED IT AT ONCE 147c8486-d393-48f8-9458-a616750c55cc THE SCANNERS IN THE SHIP WERE FOLLOWING A PLANNED PROGRAMME I MADE LIGHT TALK ABOUT ALL MY MASSIVE ARMAMENT WOULD CARRY US BOTH TO PERDITION WHILE I CLIMBED THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE BATTLESHIP'S HULL REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE TRANSFORMED FOR GOOD SINCE NO MAGIC ON EARTH CAN BREAK YOUR ENCHANTMENTS 14af6649-d12a-4d49-8326-3c0f9b39e854 I DON'T SEE HOW YOU'LL EVER GET ACQUAINTED WITH HIM SAID FELICITY HE NEVER GOES ANYWHERE EXCEPT TO CHURCH DONALD KNEW THAT IF NEIL PROPOSED FIRST HE WOULD HAVE THE BEST CHANCE MORE TOLERANTLY THAN USUAL HOWEVER HE SAID HE MIGHT BUT HE COULDN'T PROMISE FOR HE'D HAVE TO ASK HIS MOTHER IF HE COULD BRING THE BOOK TO SCHOOL 14be78ad-aead-4a8d-806c-0ca4b454215f I AM NOT VENGEFUL BUT MY SON WAS NO WIZARD YET THE INQUISITOR TOOK HIM AND HAD A CONFESSION FROM HIM YOU KNOW WELL THE WORTH OF SUCH CONFESSIONS AND SOON THERE WILL BE OTHERS FROM WHEN THE CURSE STRIKES A FAMILY IT DOES NOT STOP WITH ONE MEMBER HE TIGHTENED HIS LIPS IT IS NOT FOR MYSELF I AM AFRAID HE SAID THE UNGODLY HOUR OF TRANSMISSION NATURALLY WAS SET TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLOSING OF THE CONSUL'S FIELD OFFICE HALF WAY AROUND THE PLANET VOCALLY SAID CHAFFY FOUR THEY SHUDDERED AND TELEPARTED 14c016b5-a356-4edf-894b-765f59bac8c4 I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF THAT YARN SAID DAN TRYING TO SPEAK WITH HIS USUAL INCREDULITY I DON'T SEE YOU YOU CAN HELP BELIEVING IT SAID CECILY IT ISN'T AS IF IT'S SOMETHING WE'D READ OF OR THAT HAPPENED FAR AWAY IT HAPPENED JUST DOWN AT MARKDALE AND I'VE SEEN THAT VERY SPRUCE WOOD MYSELF SHE FIRST THREATENED THAT SHE WOULD NEVER SPEAK TO HIM AGAIN IF HE DIDN'T TELL HER AND THEN SHE PROMISED HIM THAT IF HE DID SHE WOULD LET HIM WALK BESIDE HER TO AND FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL THE REST OF THE SUMMER AND CARRY HER BOOKS FOR HER 14c672c2-4617-4761-a747-cd9df70a60ed I THINK SO IT'S NOT SO FAR AND WE'RE NEARLY OUT OF THE CITY WE HAVE TO MAKE IT IN TERMS OF OUR OWN BEING YOU DO NOT EXIST IN YOUR PRESENT FORM A SHE STRODE DIRECTLY HE LOOKED FAINTLY FRIGHTENED MODERATELY WORRIED AND DEFINITELY EMBARRASSED 151427c0-703f-4333-9111-c66766eeaead I'LL TELL YOU WHY SAID PETER THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHEN YOU FELLOWS WERE ALL IN SCHOOL PEG BOWEN CAME HERE YOUR AUNT OLIVIA GAVE HER A LUNCH A GOOD ONE YOU MAY LAUGH AT THE NOTION OF PEG BEING A WITCH BUT I NOTICE YOUR FOLKS ARE ALWAYS AWFUL GOOD TO HER WHEN SHE COMES AND AWFUL CAREFUL NEVER TO OFFEND HER OH WELL SURELY YOU CAN SETTLE IT SOME OTHER WAY WITHOUT FIGHTING PERSISTED CECILY I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT SAID PETER IT'S FELIX IF HE DON'T INTERFERE WITH MY PRAYERS THERE'S NO NEED OF FIGHTING BUT IF HE DOES THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO SETTLE IT 1519d6a6-826f-4569-975f-a9d53911a364 HE DID NOT LOOK LIKE AN AWKWARD MAN THERE IN THE HEART OF THE MAPLE WOODS THERE'S LOTS OF FOLKS CAN MAKE BREAD BUT THERE ISN'T MANY WHO CAN TELL A STORY LIKE YOU FOR ONE THING THE WHOLE HOUSE MUST BE PUT IN APPLE PIE ORDER AND FOR ANOTHER AN ELABORATE SUPPER MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE EXPECTED RETURN OF THE TRAVELLERS THAT NIGHT FELICITY DEVOTED HER WHOLE ATTENTION TO THIS 15457cb2-2fad-4db9-be9f-47e0ac38b76c BUT I GUESS I OVERDID IT BECAUSE I GOT REAL SICK AND COULDN'T SLEEP AT ALL SO OF COURSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DREAMS I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH THE PIE AND PICKLES AND LEFT THE TARTS ALONE PETER DID AND HE HAD AN ELEGANT DREAM THAT PEG BOWEN CAUGHT HIM AND PUT HIM ON TO BOIL ALIVE IN THAT BIG BLACK POT THAT HANGS OUTSIDE HER DOOR HE WOKE UP BEFORE THE WATER GOT HOT THOUGH IN ANY CASE HOW COULD THEY STOP US FROM MOVING IN ABRUPTLY HE SWITCHED TO HIS OWN INTEREST AUBREY HAVE YOU LEARNED ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THE SCOOPS NOTHING BEYOND THE FACT THAT THE ISLANDERS DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM JEFF SAID I'VE SEEN PERHAPS A DOZEN OFF SHORE DURING THE SEVEN CYCLES I'VE BEEN HERE 1577301b-4955-4fdb-9023-c8e74d2ac579 CHAPTER ELEVEN GINGER'S RANCH AM WEARING IT YET SO YOU CAN SEE ITS BEAUTY AND GRACE OF THE OUTLINE AWKWARD PAUSE ENSUED IT THE STORY GIRL PEELED THE POTATOES SOMEWHAT SLOWLY AND AWKWARDLY FOR SHE WAS NOT DEFT AT HOUSEHOLD TASKS 1582bd21-d62a-4652-963c-f4d5bac922dc WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE AND CLEAN YOU OUT IT'D BE ASHAMED TO HAVE TO BLAST THAT CITY INTO LITTLE PIECES TO NEWBOLTED PRESENTLY SAID SEND ME BACK I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH OUR COUNSEL HE STARED AT ORAN YOU I AS ARE TOO STRONG WE DID NOT KNOW THOUSAND EIGHT THE QUANUM JUMP BY ROBERT WICKS CAPTAIN BRANDON WAS A PIONEER HE EXPLORED THE FAR REACHES OF SPACE AND REPORTED BACK ON HOW THINGS WERE OUT THERE 15a25730-97b4-448b-b767-cdd527823465 IF YOU'RE A KING YOU SING WAS A CARLISLE PROVERB IN THOSE DAYS WELL AIN'T THAT ALL THE MORE REASON FOR CRYING RETORTED PETER I'VE HAD TO DO WITHOUT HER FOR TWO YEARS AND THAT'S WORSE THAN IF IT HAD JUST BEEN A FEW DAYS I FELT HER SKINNY HAND REACH OUT AND CLUTCH MY SHOULDER I LET OUT A SCREECH AND WOKE UP 15a572bd-a2a2-49c2-91ec-e3692922b982 AUNT JANET ALLOWED US TO COVER IT WITH AN OLD TABLECLOTH THE WORN PLACES IN WHICH THE GIRLS ARTFULLY CONCEALED WITH FROST WHITENED FERNS WE HAD THE KITCHEN DISHES AND THE TABLE WAS GAYLY DECORATED WITH CECILY'S THREE SCARLET GERANIUMS AND MAPLE LEAVES AND CHERRY VASES AS FOR THE VIANDS THEY WERE FIT FOR THE GODS ON HIGH OLYMPUS MERCY NO SHE ANSWERED THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF BOTHER I DON'T CARE FOR SOCIETY OR POMP PROPOSING ALL I ASK IS TO BE LEFT ALONE AND NOT TO BE ANNOYED BY VISITORS THE SCARECROW NUDGED WOOT THE WANDERER THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A HINT HE SAID 15b14087-f1cf-4599-9b2f-df4e629137ac WHY PATTY JUST SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS IT SEEMED SO TO STRIKE PETER I BUILT THE TAIL OVER A METAL FRAME THAT ANCHORED AROUND MY WAIST BOLD ATTACK BEING THE BEST DEFENSE AND SO FORTH 15caf870-04c7-4794-8d65-3aaae85d848d GOOD DORA SAID BRISKLY NOW I'LL JUST A SHE STRODE DIRECTLY TO RAISE INVENTION AND FARMER WONDERED WHY BOTH ALIENS WERE SO INTERESTED IN A GADGET THAT DIDN'T WORK DORA WASTED NO TIME SHE BENT OVER PICKED UP THE MACHINE YANKING WIRING LOOSE CARELESSLY STRAIGHTENED UP TURNED A BEAMING SMILE ON FARMER AND RAY SAID GOOD BY AND HEADED FOR THE RAIL WHY THEY CAME IN LIKE A PRIMITIVE RAIDING PARTY THE LEADER DROPPED RIGHT ON TO THE HOOD OF MY SLED AN ACT OF BRAVERY NO LESS COUNTING COOP YOU SEE I GUESS SO THEN HE SAID HE WAS A HIGH PATH CHIEF THAT WASN'T ON THE LANGUAGE LIST EITHER BUT IT WAS EASY RAIDER CHIEF THERE'S A WORD IN ALMOST EVERY LANGUAGE IN HISTORY THAT MEANS RAIDER AND DRIVES FROM WORD FOR ROAD PATH OR HIGHWAY 15d4946c-4a25-4f60-9c3a-4f5a5e3414b9 I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO PUZZLE YOU OR MAKE YOU FEEL INFERIOR BY ME MAKING YOU HE PROTESTED HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WILL WORK RAY YELPED HE STARTED AFTER HER AH JONAS SAID PLEASANTLY BUT YOU'RE HOME AREN'T YOU THE STATE OF COMPLETE AND UTTER QUIET WAS BOTH FOREIGN AND SLIGHTLY REPUGNANT TO HIM 15effbdf-5252-482b-8d26-2bd630f56633 THERE WERE FINE LACE CURTAINS AT THE WINDOWS AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES ON THE WALLS THERE WAS A LITTLE WHITE BED AND A DRESSING TABLE A BOOKCASE FULL OF BOOKS A STAND WITH A WORK BASKET ON IT AND A ROCKING CHAIR THERE WAS A WOMAN'S PICTURE ABOVE THE BOOKCASE MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS SHE THINKS IT WAS A COLORED PHOTOGRAPH BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS NOW WAS THE TIME FOR HIS PLAY HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND FELT THE STRENGTH IN HIM GATHER TO A SINGLE POINT AND FLOW OUTWARD THE TWO MEN SUDDENLY SEEMED TO STAGGER THERE WAS A SECOND OF CONFUSION AND THEY HAD LET HIM GO HE STOOD ALONE IN THE ROOM HE TURNED AND WALKED TO THE DOOR BUT HE DID NOT OPEN IT INSTEAD HE LEANED AGAINST IT HE FORCED HIS VOICE INTO THE PATTERNS OF CALMNESS AND EASE 15f433a4-750b-44da-940e-24e72887d8f4 YONAS PEERED ONCE INTO THE MIND OF THE MAN EVERY COILED VIOLENTLY HE SIGHED ONCE DEEPLY ONE THING AT A TIME YUNUS SAID LAUGHING NYMPH AND MOCKING SATYR THEY TOLD HIM HE MUST LEAVE HER BEHIND I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FEELING RIGHT ALONG WEPT SARAH THAT IT WASN'T RIGHT TO BUY 15f4fb06-931b-441a-b195-2195378d44d0 FELICITY HAD NEVER RECEIVED A SHARPER SCOLDING BUT SHE TOOK IT VERY PHILOSOPHICALLY SHE WAS USED TO HER MOTHER'S BITTER TONGUE AND SHE WAS NOT UNDUALLY SENSITIVE UNCLE ROGER UNLOCKED AND FLUNG OPEN THE FRONT DOOR AS HE DID SO CLEAR AND SWEET RANG OUT TEN BELL LIKE CHIMES THAT'S WHAT I HEARD CRIED PETER THERE'S THE BELL 160ae62a-7f34-4798-b019-3883a49f2a81 WHEN ONE LOSES HIS HEAD HE LOSES HIS BRAINS VERY WELL THEN YOU MAY KEEP YOUR HEAD SAID THE BEAST ON REACHING THE PLACE HOWEVER THEY FOUND THE HOUSE DESERTED THE FRONT DOOR STOOD OPEN BUT NO ONE WAS IN SIGH AUNT JANET GAVE EACH OF US BOYS A HANDKERCHIEF THE STORY GIRL GOT THE BLUE CANDLESTICK AND FELICITY AND CECILY EACH GOT A PINK AND GOLD VASE 161144cf-0ae4-4b5f-9248-e0825f4243ad GET THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IN HERE AT ONCE I SHOUTED AT THE INTERCOME ALSO A COUPLE OF CLERKS WITH TRANSCRIBERS AND FAST THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH YONAS TOOK A DEEP BREATH THERE WAS NO WAY TO BACK OUT NOW HEROISM LOOKED A LITTLE EMPTY THOUGH HE CLOSED HIS EYES CABBAGES HE SAID 1618e5e1-a2ec-4d64-9f95-1a7242760e8d BILLIONAIRE TO FOUND HOME WILD SPACE YACHT FILLED WITH LUXURIES TO LAST A HUNDRED YEARS THE CAPTAIN'S FACE GREW RED AS HE FLIPPED THROUGH THE STACK OF NOTES WHAT CONNECTION DOES THIS TRIPE HAVE WITH CATCHING THOSE MURDERERS ALL RIGHT BUT WAIT TILL I TELL YOU WHEN PEG BOWEN WAS LEAVING PAT STRETCHED OUT ON THE STEPS SHE TRAMPED ON HIS TAIL YOU KNOW PAT DOESN'T LIKE TO HAVE HIS TRAIL MET TAIL MET AND MEDDLED WITH HE SLEWED HIMSELF ROUND AND CLAWED HER BARE FOOT IF YOU'D JUST SEEN THE LOOK SHE GAVE HIM YOU'D KNOW WHETHER SHE WAS A WITCH OR NOT 16210d2c-d549-43a2-a7d9-52481667956c I REMEMBER I SUPPED THAT NIGHT OFF A SOLID HUNK OF FAT PORK TOPPED OFF WITH A SLAB OF COLD PLUM PUDDING I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T LIKE CUCUMBER CECILY DAN REMARKED NEITHER I DO SAID CECILY WITH A GRIMACE BUT PETER SAYS THEY'RE SPLENDID FOR DREAMING DURING THE NIGHT THE SCARECROW AND THE EMPEROR TALKED IN LOW TONES TOGETHER AND THEY GOT OUT OF THE CHAIR AND MOVED ALL ABOUT THE ROOM FEELING FOR SOME HIDDEN SPRING THAT MIGHT OPEN A DOOR OR WINDOW AND PERMIT THEM TO ESCAPE 1627934a-d4e0-4b51-aa8e-92d59eafaaf9 AFTER BREAKFAST THE BOY WENT INTO THE THRONE ROOM OH YOU'RE QUITE WRONG DECLARED POLYCHROME LAUGHING STRADDLING A RAIL BEHIND IT AND SIMILARLY DRIPPING WAS A CALLING TO FARMER TO BE READY TO TAKE HER BURDEN ABOARD FINALLY HE SPOKE IN ENGLISH 1644161c-ecf3-43f8-b495-83f78c9e9ac2 OH WILL UNCLE ROGER NEVER COME HOME SOBBED FELICITY I KNOW HE'LL LAUGH AT US AWFUL BUT IT'S BETTER TO BE LAUGHED AT THAN SCARED LIKE THIS UNCLE ROGER WAS ILLIBERAL AND UNCLE ALEC A CONSERVATIVE AND THE GIRLS HELD FAST TO THE POLITICAL TRADITIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSEHOLDS BUT IT ISN'T REALLY THE ENTERPRISE EDITOR AT ALL WHO'S SAYING IT IT'S A MAN IN THE STATES WHO CLAIMS TO BE A PROPHET IF HE IS A PROPHET PERHAPS HE HAS FOUND OUT SOMEHOW AND IT'S IN THE PAPER TOO AND THAT'S PRINTED AS WELL AS THE BIBLE SAID DAN 1647d9e3-992c-4f79-8699-cc1e79d54eba VIC I HAD A HOT PROSPECT LINED UP FOR A DEMONSTRATION THAT MORNING BUT I DIDN'T EVEN STOP TO GIVE HIM A RING VIC AND I HAD BEEN BUTTIES EVER SINCE WE WERE KIDS AND BESIDES HE WAS HOPE'S BROTHER AS THEY WALKED TO THE DOOR THE MAN SHOOK HIS HEAD GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT DOC IT CERTAINLY DONE A GOOD JOB SO FAR I GUESS YOUR SPECIALISTS KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING EVEN IF FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND IT 164abac7-fac4-4900-849d-bd477a041616 YET ALL THIS WAS DONE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO FIX IT ON WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU YONAH SAID SHIFTING HIS FEET AGAIN NOT THAT IT MADE ANY DIFFERENCE TO HER SHE IGNORED EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING BUT THE FEASTMAN GLARING AT HIM ANGRILY SHE SNAPPED OUT HIS NAME IN AN ICY VOICE GARF DOOR 165c7f7c-ab5e-4126-9958-4078d5818912 BUT THE STRING THAT HE WAS TIED TO HIS BODY WAS STILL CONNECTED WITH THE ARM OF THE THRONE AND THEY KNEW THEY COULD PULL HIS MAJESTY DOWN AGAIN IF THEY WANTED TO I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN SAID ORAN HE TOOK ANOTHER SIP OF THE BRANDY STETSON FLICKED ON THE SWITCH OF THE RECORDER BESIDE HIM O KNO GO AHEAD ANY TIME I SAW THAT CITY THEY BUILT STEAD THEY COULD BE DUG IN WITHIN SIX MONTHS AND THERE'D BE NO YEH 1665d7f3-7187-45dc-bd0e-c007e740279d MARK THREE THE OLD MAN REPEATED I NEVER HEARD OF IT EITHER UNTIL RECORDS DUG UP THE SPECKS JUST FORGET ABOUT IT AND BUILD A NEW ONE HE WON'T EVER KNOW HOW MUCH WE THOUGHT OF HIM IT'S TOO LATE WHY DOST THOU KEEP BACK THE DRAUGHT OF IMMORTALITY FROM ME HE DEMANDED PASSIONATELY 1665db63-23a8-45a9-ad6c-dcffd8df24e9 CIRIUS WAS TURNING THE SKY TO GREY THE COLONEL HAD SAID A THOUSAND TIMES SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED HE PAUSED AND ASKED DEFENSIVELY STETSON'S FACE HARDENED WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM I DECIDE WHO IS TO HELP 166e4427-244e-4e18-9e03-d33c8f70e967 HIS ADVENTURES TOO WERE A LITTLE OUT OF THE COMMON RUN OF TALES JONAS HAD HE THOUGHT REGRETFULLY FEW DUELS TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND HE HAD HAD EVEN FEWER TO LOOK BACK ON TRADER'S RISK BY ROGER D KEEPING THIS CARGO MEANT DEATH TO JETTICINE IT MEANT TO MAKE FLOTSAM AND JETSAM OF A WORL 1672072a-ea60-431d-9410-42710203a8ec INSTEAD WE RESORTED TO THE SPRUCE WOOD LET'S ALL GO DOWN TO THE RAY GATE AND HOLLER TO JUDY PIANO UNTIL SHE COMES OUT SUGGESTED FELIX I ASKED HIM THAT SOON AS EVER HE TOLD ME SAID FELIX JOHN ANDREW WAS STRAIGHTENING UP FROM DOING THIS WHEN HE SAW THE JOHN ANDREW TURNED FEELING COMPLETELY DOOMED 167861a5-4378-4302-b213-e8f5b5fe743a RATHER IT WAS A SLANG EXPRESSION OR THE CHANGE TOOK PLACE SO RAPIDLY IN JUST A GENERATION OR SO WE'RE STILL CONTINUING THE SEARCH THE LOCAL TORTURER SNIFFED A BIT AND THREW A LITTLE MORE CHARCOAL ON THE FIRE AND DESTRUCTION SINCE THEN 16849f6d-8f12-4e62-94dd-b93e7a0707ca AND WHEREVER HE WENT AMONG MEN HE TAUGHT THEM LOVE AND BROTHERHOOD AND SKILFUL ARTS AND ALTHOUGH STRANGERS GREATLY ADMIRING THEM OFTEN CARRIED AWAY ROOTS AND SEEDS PROVIDED MY WATCH WAS CORRECT AND THE EQUIPMENT WORKED ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE PARIN CAME HURRYING UP WITH THE AXE AND I MOTIONED THEM ASIDE 16884cbd-3db0-4902-9951-fb80cd3255d6 SO WE HAVE SO BRAVELY CAPTURED FOR UNCLE HENRY SO DOROTHY WISHED TO SEE WHAT HER OLD AND I AM ONCE MORE MYSELF AUNT SARAH WARD GAVE THEM TO RACHEL AND SHE HAD THEM FOR AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS MA GA GAVE HER SOME PICKLES BUT SAID WE DON'T HAVE NO TOBACCO AND PEG WENT OFF MAD 1688bd01-7de0-4603-8252-8cfc60c2af56 WHILE THE OTHERS REALIZING THAT AN IMPORTANT CEREMONY OF MAGIC WAS ABOUT TO BE PERFORMED HOPE NO HARM WILL COME TO THE LAD IF HE STARTS TO CROSS BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL WHO ARE THE GOOD GROWN UP PEOPLE ASKED FELIX SUDDENLY FORGETTING THAT HE WAS IN CHURCH 16894c18-0d76-495c-b156-f03bcac14945 WE FOUND HER IN THE KITCHEN LIGHTING UP THE FIRE BUT NOW THAT HIS ANGER WAS OVER HE LOOKED A LITTLE FRIGHTENED ALL THE DEFIANCE AND BRAVADO GONE OUT OF HIM LET HIM ALONE SUGGESTED THE SCARECROW MARRIED CHOP FIGHT A LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE MY OTHER TWO SWEETHEARTS 16a0017b-3580-44ea-a71b-19b8289731b4 IT WAS VERY LOVELY MUSIC BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS THINKING OF AGLEIA WHEN HE PLAYED THOUGH HE LITTLE DREAMED HOW NEAR SHE WAS OFTEN TO HIM BUT AFTER A WHILE GLECON FOUND OUT THAT AGLEYA LOVED HIM AND EVERYTHING WAS WELL SAYING THIS HE PLUNGED INTO THE THICK UNDERBRUSH AND SOON DISAPPEARED ALTHOUGH THEY COULD HEAR HIS GREAT BODY CRASHING THROUGH THE BUSHES UNTIL HE WAS FAR DISTANT 16b61e6f-42cf-4fed-81ae-1355537de5eb OUT BEYOND US WILL BE FIVE TRANSPORTS FULL OF I A MARINES AND A CLASS NINE MONITOR WITH ONE PLANET BUSTER LOOK HERE PETER SAID FELIX OMINOUSLY THEY TELL ME THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING RIGHT ALONG THAT I COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE NOW I TELL YOU I NEVER DID 16bbd77b-4d1e-41ac-a353-8677a0aff69d UNCLE ROGER SAYS PETER'S FATHER WASN'T EXACTLY LAZY SAID THE STORY GIRL THE TROUBLE WAS THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER THINGS HE LIKED BETTER THAN WORK I WONDER IF HE'LL EVER COME BACK TO HIS FAMILY SAID CECILY JUST THINK HOW DREADFUL IT WOULD BE IF OUR FATHER HAD LEFT US LIKE THAT CECILY FINISHED HER CUCUMBER AND THEN DRANK A GLASS OF MILK JUST AS WE HEARD THE WHEELS OF UNCLE ALEC'S BUGGY RAMBLING OVER THE BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW FELICITY QUICKLY RESTORED THE PORK AND PUDDING TO THEIR OWN PLACES AND BY THE TIME AUNT JANET CAME IN WE WERE ALL IN OUR RESPECTIVE BEDS SOON THE HOUSE WAS DARK AND SILENT 16caa647-04a0-49de-8572-004a9f48a421 THE STORY GIRL COULD SEE US THROUGH THE WINDOW CAROUSING WITHOUT STINT ON RAISIN PIES AND UNCLE EDWARD'S CHERRIES BUT SHE WORKED ON AT HER BUTTONHOLES SHE WOULD NOT LOOK AT THE EXCITING SERIAL IN THE NEW MAGAZINE DAN BROUGHT HOME FROM THE POST OFFICE NEITHER WOULD SHE OPEN A LETTER FROM HER FATHER AFTER DINNER WE ALL WITHOUT ANY VERBAL DECISION ABOUT IT WASHED OUR FACES AND COMBED OUR HAIR THE GIRLS PUT ON THEIR SECOND BEST DRESSES AND WE BOYS DONNED WHITE COLLARS WE ALL HAD THE UNUTTERED FEELING THAT WE MUST DO SUCH HONOUR TO THAT PICTURE AS WE COULD 16d12945-8d86-4f01-a451-458610d11944 GOOD MORNING MISTER CAMPBELL SHE SAID WITH A TOSS OF HER HEAD FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL AND I WALKED DOWN TO THE POST OFFICE FOR THE MAIL ALONG A ROAD WHERE FALLEN LEAVES WERE EDDYING FITFULLY UP AND DOWN BEFORE US IN WEIRD UNCANNY DANCES OF THEIR OWN HIS FOOT CAUGHT THE LOON WHO WAS LEANING OVER HIM FULL ON HIS PUFFY STOMACH AND SENT HIM SHOOTING UP INTO THE AIR THE TIN OWL SHRIEKED 16dcb962-3747-4e55-8e5c-005dfd315d49 IT IS MEAN YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT YOUR SHOES AND STOCKINGS ON WHEN YOU GO TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW TO NIGHT SAID FELICITY IN A TONE OF SATISFACTION FELIX'S PRAYER WAS ALL RIGHT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE HURT ANY ONE ELSE BUT IT WAS A SELFISH PRAYER OF PETER TO WANT TO BE THE ONLY ONE WE MUSTN'T PRAY SELFISH PRAYERS OH I SEE IT NOW SAID CECILY JOYFULLY 16e1f26c-33f0-42fe-8301-ef715386f14f WHY WHO EVER HEARD OF A SERMON WITHOUT A TEXT ASKED FELIX BLANKLY YOU'LL LET ME SEE WHAT SHE PUTS IN IT WON'T YOU SO DOROTHY CONTENTED NONE NOTICED THAT GINGER HAD SUDDENLY APPEARED IN THE DOORWAY 16e527c7-a600-4c0c-8c1d-6844e3dc44af OH WON'T SHE BE INSULTED EXCLAIMED FELIX RATHER HORRIFIED NAW GRINNED DAN PEG CHEWS TOBACCO LIKE A MAN AND SHE'D RATHER HAVE IT THAN YOUR RUBBISHY PEPPERMINTS I CAN TELL YOU I'LL RUN DOWN TO OLD MISSUS SAMPSON'S AND GET A PLUG NOW WE MUST WRITE THE LETTER AND TAKE IT AND THE PRESENTS TO HER RIGHT AWAY BEFORE IT GETS DARK SAID THE STORY GIRL POLYCHROME DID NOT MAKE REPLY AT ONCE TO THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION BUT AFTER A PERIOD OF THOUGHTFULNESS SHE SAID I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN ANTIDOTE FOR EVERY MAGIC CHARM YET MISSUS YUKE INSISTS THAT NO POWER CAN ALTER TRANSFORMATIONS I REALIZE THAT MY OWN FAIRY MAGIC CANNOT DO IT ALTHOUGH I HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE SKY FAIRIES HAVE MORE POWER THAN IS ACCORDED TO EARTH FAIRIES 16f836d0-a5c8-4e40-aa56-39724005bb36 NINETY PER CENT OF THE MACHINERY HAD NO MOVING PARTS AND HAD SUFFERED NO WERE WHATEVER I TRIED IT ON IN FRONT OF A FULL LENGTH MIRROR I'LL MORTIFY YOU IF I CATCH YOU SHOWING YOURSELF TO THE MILLWARDS LIKE THAT MY GIRL THE STORY GIRL COULD SEE US THROUGH THE WINDOW CAROUSING WITHOUT STINT ON RAISIN PIES AND UNCLE EDWARD'S CHERRIES 17089ea2-f2af-4f32-a5ad-b4d6999b6062 WILL YOU ACCOMPANY ME ON THIS ERRAND ASKED THE TIN EMPEROR AND HAD YOU NOT TRAVELLED TO THE EUBE VALLEY I WOULD STILL BE MISSUS EWPES'S PRISONER IT THE ONLY THING SHE COULD THINK OF ALONG THIS LINE WAS TO PERSUADE PETER TO GO TO CHURCH 170ac18b-307a-48d8-9051-c34baa357181 ANY ONE WHO LIVES WITH YOU FELICITY KING WILL ALWAYS BE WISHING HE WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE SAID DAN I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU DAN KING RETORTED FELICITY SPEAK WHEN YOU'RE SPOKEN TO COME WHEN YOU'RE CALLED BEFORE THE WEDDING HE HAD FENCED OFF THE BIG SOUTH MEADOW THAT SLOPED TO THE SUN IT WAS THE FINEST MOST FERTILE FIELD ON THE FARM AND THE NEIGHBOURS TOLD YOUNG ABRAHAM KING THAT HE WOULD RAISE MANY A FINE CROP OF WHEAT IN THAT MEADOW 171f2dfe-5949-4322-8d31-65264f211dd4 BUT WE'VE SOMETHING ELSE ON OUR MINDS IT'S THE ONE ITEM THAT MAKES ME WANT TO BLOT OUT THIS PLACE AND THEN THE STRONG PREY UPON EACH OTHER ASKED THORN A NEVER BEFORE ANSWERED PETER EASILY BECAUSE MA HADN'T TIME TO DARN THEN THIS WEEK SO I PUT ON TWO PAIRS 1724937d-3dd4-4e09-bb87-f337fea119e3 AS A MATTER OF FACT MY PEOPLE DO NOT NEED AN EMPEROR FOR OZMA OF OZ WATCHES OVER THE WELFARE OF ALL HER SUBJECTS INCLUDING THE WINKIES LIKE A GOOD MANY KINGS AND EMPERORS I HAVE A GRAND TITLE BUT VERY LITTLE REAL POWER WHICH ALLOWS ME TIME TO AMUSE MYSELF IN MY OWN WAY WERE YOU VERY BADLY FRIGHTENED MAMMA WON'T LET ME GO UP THE HILL AT ALL NOW I SHOULD DIE IF IT WERE NOT FOR JUDY PIANO THE FRENCH NAMES ARE SO HARD TO SPELL JUDY IS VERY OBLIGING AND I FEEL THAT SHE SYMPATHIZES WITH ME IN MY LONELY HOURS I READ MY DREAM BOOK IN CECILY'S OLD LETTERS AND THEY ARE SUCH A COMFORT TO ME I HAVE BEEN READING ONE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS TOO IT IS PRETTY GOOD BUT I WISH THEY HAD GOT MORE LOVE STORIES BECAUSE THEY ARE SO EXCITING BUT THE MASTER WOULD NOT LET THEM 172931bd-fbb6-4d6a-b0d8-83fbf8eb47de HAY LOFTS ARE DELICIOUS PLACES WITH JUST ENOUGH OF SHADOW AND SOFT UNCERTAIN NOISES TO GIVE AN AGREEABLE TANG OF MYSTERY THE SWALLOWS FLEW IN AND OUT OF THEIR NEST ABOVE OUR HEADS AND WHENEVER A SUNBEAM FELL THROUGH A CHINK THE AIR SWARMED WITH GOLDEN DUST CRIED THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES HOW CARELESS OF ME NOT TO REMEMBER THAT WANDERERS ARE USUALLY HUNGRY I WILL HAVE FOOD BROUGHT TO YOU AT ONCE SAYING THIS HE BLEW UPON A TIN WHISTLE THAT WAS SUSPENDED FROM HIS TIN NECK AND AT THE SUMMONS A SERVANT APPEARED AND BOWED LOW 172bdac5-2347-4911-bcec-314810594f43 JUST THINK HOW MANY NEW STORIES I'D HAVE TO TELL AFTER I'D HEARD HIM NO I MUST GO BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO I'LL WEAR MY SCHOOL DRESS AND HAT THAT WILL BE PENANCE OH IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR A MINISTER TO SPEAK OF HIM BUT IT ISN'T NICE FOR LITTLE GIRLS SLOWLY HIS MIND OPENED AND BECAME PERCEPTIVE THE PRAYER HUNG IN THE AIR OF THE SMOKY ROOM YONAH SLIPPED IN NOW HE SAID QUIETLY HIS CONTROL SLIPPED THE TWO GUARDS CAME TOWARDS HIM OVERPOWERED AND HELD HIM IN A BRIEF SECOND WAIT THE INQUISITOR SAID HEAVILY WAIT RELEASE HIM 17313cbc-f2c3-4c95-8bbd-779df86b22c3 IT WAS STRAIGHT AND SMOOTH IN FRONT BUT SLOPED DOWN IN NATURAL STEPS BEHIND I DON'T KNOW THE STORY GIRL LOOKED DUBIOUS SOME OF US HAD FRIGHTFUL DREAMS AND ALL OF US CARRIED CHIPS ON OUR SHOULDERS AT BREAKFAST SAID THE STORY GIRL INDIGNANTLY 173d83d4-0c26-4c0e-a6f1-4356c068e7bf RIGHT BUT FELICITY HAD ALREADY WHISKED THE TURNIPS OUT AND WAS SLICING THEM WHILE ALL THE OTHERS WERE LAUGHING AT ME I AND WHILE HER BACK WAS TURNED THE GREEN MONKEY SLIPPED THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR INTO HER BEDROOM AND HID UNDERNEATH THE BED SO MAKE YOUR CHOICE I 174a8293-4281-463f-b40f-d2e370fd309b IT WAS TOO REAL TO BEAR JEFF STEPPED BACK ON SUDDENLY UNRELIABLE LEGS JONOFOR FAINTED AGAINST HIM AND THE UNEXPECTED WEIGHT OF HER SENT THEM BOTH SPRAWLING TO THE DOCK MY TROUBLES WERE A LITTLE BIGGER I HAD TO FIND THE BATTLESHIP BEFORE IT BLASTED ITS WAY ACROSS THE GALAXY ROCKER I SHOUTED GET INTO THE CAR I WANT TO SEE YOUR RECORDS ALL OF YOUR RECORDS AND I WANT TO SEE THEM RIGHT NOW 174cf4c7-878d-4efd-b015-3e00379450e1 THE TORTURE CHAMBER WAS BRIGHTLY LIT WITH TORCHES AND BRACKETS ALONG THE WALLS THAT GAVE OFF BY A SMALL FRACTION MORE LIGHT THAN SMOKE IN ONE CORNER THE RACK ITSELF STOOD AND THERE WERE OTHER TOOLS OF THE TRADE SCATTERED AROUND THE ROOM MARTIN FORBES IS THE BROTHER OF A HORRID MAN IN SUMMERSIDE WHO CALLED ME JOHNNY THAT'S WHY SHE EXPLAINED HE WAS VISITING HERE WITH HIS WIFE TWO AGO AND HE CALLED ME JOHNNY EVERY TIME HE SPOKE TO ME JUST YOU FANCY I'LL NEVER FORGIVE HIM 174f01cc-5149-4493-be3f-0bc77d47292c ONE TWILIGHT WHEN A KATY WAS OUT HUNTING IN THE WOODS DON'T YOU DRAG MY AUNT JANE INTO THIS AFFAIR SAID PETER DARKLY NOW HE SAID QUIETLY YOU COME TO TURN ME OUT SHE DEMANDED HER EYEBROWS WHICH WERE ALMOST AS BIG AND BLACK AS HER ANCIENT MOUSTACHE CAME DOWN OVER GLITTERING LITTLE EYES AND BESIDES JONAS KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT HE HAD NO NEED OF A SWORD 175fc531-4dbf-428d-85cc-e4cb7b7dc71d YOU KNOW A GREAT DEAL CLARETON SAID WHICH I SOMETIMES FIND IT NECESSARY TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION I'VE DONE ALL RIGHT YONETS THOUGHT SULLENLY CLARETON AGREED OF COURSE YOU HAVE HE THOUGHT YOU ARE NOT THE MOST CAREFUL OF MEN AND GREAT CARE IS NEEDED THE BROTHERHOOD MUST GROW EACH OF THEM IN TURN HAD BEEN REPLACED BY THE SAME GIRL SHE STAYED JUST LONG ENOUGH IN EACH POSITION TO SEE THAT THE BATTLESHIP PLAN MOVED FORWARD ONE MORE NOTCH THE GIRL WAS OBVIOUSLY ASSISTANT TO THE MUSTER MIND WHO ORIGINATED THE SCHEME HE SAT IN THE CENTER OF THE PLOT LIKE A SPIDER ON ITS WEB PULLING THE STRINGS THAT SET THINGS INTO MOTION 17ae6633-39b7-4514-a5ce-dd0fa9564298 THIRTY FOUR MEN DEAD BOREDOM OR CURIOSITY HAD DRIVEN HIM OUT AND HE WAS READING ONE OF MY RELEASES WITH HORROR THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TELEVISION HIS FIRST REALLY CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE LAST REMAINING FRONTIER ON HIS HOME PLANET 17af1c98-c1af-4a00-b66f-e034dc815752 TILLOON WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO RAN AGAINST HIS THORN AND MANY OTHERS SUFFERED THE SAME FATE CREATURES COULD NOT ESCAPE FROM THE ENCLOSURE BUT IN THEIR FRIGHT MANY BOUNDED UPWARD AND CAUGHT THE BRANCHES OF THE TREES AND THEN CLIMBED OUT OF REACH OF THE DREADED THORN THE STORY GIRL WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND I CAN RECALL THE TREMENDOUS LEAP SHE MADE OVER FALLEN LOGS AND LITTLE SPRUCE BUSHES WITH HER LONG BROWN CURLS STREAMING OUT BEHIND HER FROM THEIR SCARLET FILLET CECILY BEHIND ME KEPT GASPING OUT THE CONTRADICTORY SENTENCES OH BEB WAIT FOR ME AND OH BEB HURRY HURRY MORE BY BLIND INSTINCT THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE KEPT TOGETHER AND FOUND OUR WAY OUT OF THE WOODS 17b7f66e-f1d2-4955-9b34-1b59688121c2 AUNT JANET TRIED TO MAKE PIES OF THEM ONCE BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE HATED TO SEE THEM GOING TO WASTE BUT SHE NEVER TRIED IT AGAIN MADAM HE SAID I WISH TO KNOW IF THERE BE ANY FAMILY IN THIS TOWN TO GIVE ROOM TO A WAYFARER THE OLD WOMAN STILL CLUTCHING HER COIN DISAPPEARED FROM THE WINDOW AS IF SOMEONE HAD YANKED HER BACK 17dd843a-0f11-4bb0-9db9-6618e34361e3 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'D DO SAID PETER I'D TAKE A PRESENT FOR PEG AND ASK HER TO MAKE PAT WELL EIGHT TIMES SEVEN WAS THE MOST TRAGIC AND FRIGHTFUL THING EVER HEARD OF ANOTHER FLARE FLASHED IN THE SKY BEHIND HIM SILHOUETTING A ROW OF GROTESQUE TREES HE DROPPED THE TELE TALKING BEHIND THE SEAT AND EXAMINED THE GAUGE ON HIS OXYGEN MASK 17ddab95-ed6c-4c76-8db1-c1b1a38c6dd2 BUT PRESENTLY WOOD GOT HIS FEET TANGLED IN THE LACE APRON WHICH HE WAS STILL WEARING AND THAT TRIPPED HIM IN HIS FLIGHT AND MADE HIM FALL TO THE GROUND WHERE THE JAGUAR PLACED ONE HUGE PAW UPON HIM AND SAID GRIMLY I'VE GOT YOU NOW I WAS CONSIDERED TO POSSESS A PRETTY KNACK OF COMPOSITION BREAKFAST IS READY BUT WE CAN'T HAVE IT TILL FATHER IS THROUGH ATTENDING TO THE SICK COW SO YOU WILL LIKELY HAVE TIME ANSWERED FELICITY 17de5501-6639-4ddc-8cf3-8074ea53ad66 IT'S LIKE THIS SAID HORN WE ALREADY HAVE RECAPTURED THE DELPHINIS TO NUBES'S EYES WENT INSTINCTIVELY SKYWARD EXCEPT FOR THE CAPTURED ARMAND YOU STILL HOLD YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE WEAPONS TO MEET US CONTINUED HORN AUNT JANET AND FELICITY ADMINISTERED ALL THE HOMELY REMEDIES THEY COULD THINK OF BUT TO NO EFFECT FELICITY TOLD AUNT JANET OF THE CUCUMBER BUT AUNT JANET DID NOT THINK THE CUCUMBER ALONE COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CECILY'S ALARMING CONDITION 17e3ef07-54f4-4d7b-a8bf-94ca12d9def5 GARF PADDLED IDLY AROUND DOR'S APARTMENT PRETENDING INTEREST IN THE SHELL PAINTINGS THAT DECORATED THE WALLS REASSURED THE PATIENT THOUGHT AND BECAME CONFIDENTIAL THE IDEAL WAY TO DEAL WITH THE PEST YOU KNOW THE NATURE OF THE TROUBLE 17f25bfc-2ae6-49cc-8544-d736dd583da3 THOSE OF US WHO HAD NOTHING THE MATTER WITH OUR CONSCIENCES ENJOYED OUR WALK TO THE LITTLE WHITEWASHED SCHOOLHOUSE IN THE VALLEY FELICITY AND CECILY WERE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARDS ALL MEN CAN WE CONTROL THEM IF THEY'RE BLOOD THIRSTY WHAT'S THEIR POTENTIAL IN FIVE DAYS NOT A SECOND MORE WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM NOT MUCH THEY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE AN ANCIENT TERRAN CHIMPANZEE 18111074-c21c-4292-81f2-51d0db19f0ca FOR ALL OUR DAYS ARE PASSED AWAY IN THY WRATH BUT WHEN HE WAS BAD HE WAS HORRID CECILY WAS TO ATTEND THE FIRE I SUPPOSE I OUGHT TO GIVE MY BOX TO THEM RATHER THAN TO PRESBYTERIAN HEATHEN BUT IS MORE LIKELY THAT OUR CRANKINESS WAS THE RESULT OF SUPPER WE HAD EATEN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT 181b2974-8c87-44d5-8808-1496c8be6e1f GARF WAS RISING AGAIN LOOKING IMPATIENT RAY REACHED A DECISION SAID GO TO HELL AND TURNED HIS BACK ON THE FEASTMAN GARF LOOKED ASTONISHED THEN ANGRY AND RAISED A HAND THEY GLANCED AT EACH OTHER SWIFTLY ALMOST AS THOUGH THEY UNDERSTOOD IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THEIR MOUTHS LIFTED THAT THEY ALMOST SMILED THEN THEY RUSHED AT ME I HAD ONLY ONE BOX OF CARTRIDGES BESIDES THOSE IN THE CYLINDER OF MY GUN I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE IN STORE FOR ME AND I TOOK NO CHANCES 18212318-8d4b-4336-8b0c-662e88751aa8 AND GREAT CITIES SPRANG UP WHERE HE HAD TRODDEN AND EVERY LAND THROUGH WHICH HE PASSED WAS BLESSED BECAUSE ONE OF THE GODS HAD COME DOWN TO MEN AND THEN CELIA GAVE IN AND TOOK HIM BECAUSE SHE SAW THERE WASN'T NO HOPE OF HIM EVER GIVING IN I SAID FELICITY RELUCTANTLY I 18272915-2013-4fd4-a44c-914af02a4cd3 THE BIG WOMAN MIGHT HAVE GIVEN ME A BED ANYHOW HE SAID TO HIS COMPANIONS AND SCARCELY HAD HE SPOKEN WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PRESS AGAINST HIS LEGS WHICH WERE THEN DANGLING FROM THE SEAT OF THE CHAIR LEANING DOWN HE PUT OUT HIS HAND AND FOUND THAT A BEDSTEAD HAD APPEARED WITH MATTRESS SHEETS AND COVERS ALL COMPLETE HE LOST NO TIME IN SLIPPING DOWN UPON THE BED AND WAS SOON FAST ASLEEP WE CHILDREN WERE NOT GREATLY INTERESTED IN THE SHEETS AND TABLECLOTHS AND PILLOW CASES WHICH NOW CAME OUT OF THE CAPACIOUS DEPTHS OF THE OLD BLUE CHEST BUT AUNT OLIVIA WAS QUITE ENRAPTURED WITH THEM WHAT'S SEWING SHE SAID LOOK JANET YOU'D ALMOST NEED A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO SEE THE STITCHES AND THE DEAR OLD FASHIONED PILLOW SLIPS WITH BUTTONS ON THEM HERE ARE A DOZEN HANDKERCHIEFS SAID AUNT JANET LOOK AT THE INITIAL IN THE CORNER OF EACH RACHEL LEARNED THAT STITCH FROM A NUN IN MONTREAL IT LOOKS AS IF IT WAS WOVEN INTO THE MATERIAL 184ea74e-39e3-43ab-b460-5a008093f3bb DAN AND THE GIRLS AND I WERE SITTING IN A ROW ON AUNT OLIVIA'S GARDEN FENCE WATCHING FELIX WEED FELIX WORKED WELL ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT LIKE WEEDING FAT BOYS NEVER DO FELICITY INFORMED HIM WELL THE STORY GIRL WAS DESTINED TO STAND BEFORE KINGS HERSELF AND SHE WAS TO BE ONE WHOM THEY DELIGHTED TO HONOR BUT WE DID NOT KNOW THAT AS WE SAT IN THE OLD ORCHARD 18709c3c-6d23-4130-bbc6-9ddd65a987d6 HOW BETTY SHERMAN WON A HUSBAND THE REST OF US DID NOT SHARE THE STORY GIRL'S ENTHUSIASM REGARDING OUR CALL AND MISTER CAMPBELL WE SECRETLY DREADED IT THEY HAVE BUILT THEM A BRIDGE OF LIGHT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE AND SET THY DECREE OF SEPARATION AT NAUGHT DO THOU THEN STRETCH FORTH THINE ARM AND DESTROY THEIR IMPIOUS WORK 1879fd24-85bd-4166-8d29-20e120f7381b HE HESITATED AND THEN UTTERED A HIGH PITCHED SOUND THAT I PRESUMED TO BE A WORD OF COMMAND ONE A VIVID ELECTRIC BLUE SO THAT UP THE THREE TRAVELLERS STOOD IN A ROW STARING WITH ALL THEIR EYES WHILE OTHER SERVANTS WERE STUFFING SWEET FRESH STRAW INTO THE BODY OF THE SCARECROW 187f58ec-52eb-48d8-b07c-9751acf35979 WITH EACH PASSING MINUTE THE SPHERE OF PROBABLE LOCATIONS GREW LARGER BY THE POWER OF THE SQUARED CUBE AND KNOWING HUMAN NATURE THE WAY I DO THAT WAS TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE TO EXPECT IT WAS A LONG AND DANGEROUS JOURNEY AND SOMETIMES IT TOOK OVER SIXNTHS YOU AND ME WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT TILL WE WERE GROWN UP WOULD WE 189cbc16-7f39-4e07-8763-4c376b0eb2eb I'D NOT ALLOW YOU TO EAT THE DEAR LITTLE THINGS DECLARED POLYCHROMELY CANARY WELL THREE OR FOUR SQUIRRELS THEN PLEADED THE JAGUAR DO YOU THINK ME SO CRUEL THEY WERE AS GOOD AS GOLD MOST OF THE DAYS THERE WERE TIMES WHEN ONE COULDN'TT HELP LIKING ROGER 18be39d0-4a1e-42ac-a0aa-1c9916404abd FOR JUST AS THE EVENING STAR WAS LOOKING WHITELY THROUGH THE ROSY WINDOW OF THE WESTECILY CAME FLYING THROUGH THE ORCHARD WRINGING HER HANDS THE OLD MAN DROPPED LIKE A STONE HE ADDED A DECISION TO GET THE BOAT BACK TO SHORE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE 18bf0aca-208c-4fb7-a9b9-1c598305ff9e TO THE EDITOR BOTH WERE ALIEN BUT HE COULDN'T WHICH ONE WAS MORE DANGEROUS FOR A LONG MOMENT NEITHER OF THEM ADVANCED AND HE WONDERED IF THEY COULD REALLY BE FRIGHTENED OF HIS PUNY WEAPON HE DOUBTED IT HE WAS BEGINNING TO NOTICE AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT THE NONIPUS WAS MORE FEARSOME THAN IT HAD SEEMED AT FIRST IN ADDITION TO NINE TENTACLES CLAWS FANGS AND ANTENNAE BECAME APPARENT HE HAD LINGERED BEHIND TO PLUCK A THORN FROM THE FOOT OF A BEGGAR CHILD HE HAD MET ON THE HIGHWAY AND HE HAD NOT HEARD THE WARDER'S WORDS BUT WHEN EAGER JOYOUS RADIANT HE SET HIS FOOT ON THE RAINBOW THE STERN SORROWFUL WARDER TOOK HIM BY THE ARM AND DREW HIM BACK 18cd33b0-50b8-449d-8025-5ab02ca9344f THE GUARDS WHO HELD ME FOLLOWED BY THE PRIESTS WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HE HELD OUT HIS HANDS TOWARD ME AND MOTIONED TOWARD THE WAITING IDOL PA SAYS IT MUST NEVER BE OPENED WITHOUT COUSIN RACHEL'S PERMISSION SAID CECILY BUT IT WAS ALSO KNOWN THAT MISTER CAMPBELL WAS NOT ALWAYS IN A GOOD HUMOUR 18f6f808-5326-46b4-a5e0-7c53f326c7c3 I WAS UNDER PRESSURE NOW TO ACT AND A GREATER PRESSURE NOT TO MAKE ANY MISTAKES ROLY POLY PEPPY HAD SHOWN HIMSELF TO BE A RUTHLESS KILLER HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED THEN REACHED OUT AND TOOK IT DESTROYING ANY ONE WHO STOOD IN HIS WAY MORE PEOPLE WOULD DIE BEFORE THIS WAS OVER IT WAS UP TO ME TO KEEP THAT NUMBER AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE JEFF GOT UP SHAKILY AND STUMBLED TO THE DOCK'S EDGE A CHILL CONVICTION OF INSANITY GRIPPED HIM WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN ON WATER LAPPING SMOOTH AND UNDISTURBED BELOW I'VE GOTTEN MAD HE SAID ALOUD OUT ON THE BAY ANOTHER CATASTROPHE JUST AS IMPROBABLE WAS IN PROGRESS 1920f686-1e3b-4bc5-b933-bd92a98b8bfd EVERYBODY LOOKED AT OUR PEW I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY FELICITY DID NOT DIE OF MORTIFICATION ON THE SPOT THE STORY GIRL TURNED WHITE AND CECILID AS FOR THAT POOR UNLUCKY PETER THE SHAME OF HIS COUNTENANCE WAS PITIFUL TO BEHOLD PETER WAS WITH US IT WAS HIS LAST SUNDAY TO GO HOME BUT HE HAD ELECTED TO REMAIN IF TO MORROW IS THE JUDGMENT DAY I WANT TO BE WITH YOU FELLOWS HE SAID 1922efa5-b0ea-45e1-ba93-5f12ba2e3e31 YOU CHILDREN WON'T SLEEP A WEEK TO NIGHT IF WE OPENED IT NOW YOU'D GO WILD WITH EXCITEMENT I'M SURE I WON'T SLEEP ANYHOW SAID FELICITY WELL AT LEAST YOU'LL OPEN IT THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WON'T YOU MA NO I'LL DO NOTHING OF THE SORT WAS AUNT JANET'S PITEOUS DECREE I WANT TO GET THE WORK OUT OF THE WAY FIRST AND ROGER AND OLIVIA WILL WANT TO BE HERE TOO WE'LL SAY TEN O'CLOCK TO MORROW FORENOON THAT'S SIXTEEN WHOLE HOURS YET SIGHED FELICITY I AM GOING RIGHT OVER TO TELL THE STORY GIRL SAID CECILY WON'T SHE BE EXCITED NEITHER DOES MY FRIEND THE SCARECROW BUT ALL MY WINKY PEOPLE EAT BEING FORMED OF FLESH AND YOU ARE SO MY TIN CUPBOARD IS NEVER BARE AND STRANGERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO WHATEVER IT CONTAINS THE BOY ATE IN SILENCE FOR A TIME BEING REALLY HUNGRY BUT AFTER HIS APPETITE WAS SOMEWHAT SATISFI HE SAID HOW HAPPENED YOUR MAJESTY TO BE MADE OF TIN AND STILL BE ALIVE 1923be24-3a2c-41bb-8cd4-652858022f07 TRIMMING A FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH GOLD CAKED AROUND THE CORNERS OF HIS LIPS WHAT IS THE NATURE OF YOUR TROUBLE BRANDON IT HAPPENED LONG LONG AGO IN GREECE WHERE SO MANY OTHER BEAUTIFUL THINGS HAPPENED MIND THEY GO TO BED AT A DECENT HOUR AUNT JANET CALLED BACK TO UNCLE ROGER AS SHE DROVE OUT OF THE GATE AND IF ANYTHING DREADFUL HAPPENS TELEGRAPH US 192ac0ac-92f6-44f2-b81c-d41a6e1eaad2 BUT IF CICELY OH I'LL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF SAID FELICITY INCOHERENTLY PETER WAS STARING AT THE STORY GIRL WITH A FASCINATED HORROR STRICKEN GAZE WELL OF COURSE THAT'S PRETTY OLD ADMITTED PETER BUT SHE MIGHT FIND SOME ONE WHO WOULDN'T MIND THAT SEEING SHE'S SO PRETTY 192dce89-c391-4d5b-946e-563cb30b1067 THE CROWD JOSTLING ABOUT ME SEEMED BLIND TO MY PRESENCE EVERY EYE WAS FIXED ON THE ALTAR LIKE HANDS OF THE IDOL AND THE DEATH THAT BLEW ACROSS THEM PETE YELLED VIC COMING BOY HE WAS WAITING FOR ME STAVING OFF AS BEST HE COULD THE RUSH OF BODIES AROUND HIM SHIELDING HOPE FROM THE SAVAGE JOSTLING I DON'T BELIEVE PRESBYTERIANS EVER DO PENANCE SAID FELICITY DUBIOUSLY I NEVER HEARD OF ONE DOING IT BUT THE REST OF US RATHER LOOKED WITH FAVOUR ON THE STORY GIRL'S IDEA WE FELT SURE THAT SHE WOULD DO PENANCE AS PICTURESQUELY AND THOROUGHLY AS SHE DID EVERYTHING ELSE YOU MIGHT PUT PEAS IN YOUR SHOES YOU KNOW SUGGESTED PETER THE VERY THING I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT I'LL GET SOME AFTER BREAKFAST I'M NOT GOING TO EAT A SINGLE THING ALL DAY EXCEPT BREAD AND WATER AND NOT MUCH OF THAT 194f05b9-c1d1-4e99-8feb-a135e8898ea1 WHAT TALES SHE TOLD US ON THOSE FAR AWAY AUTUMN DAYS PEOPLING THE RUSSET ARCADES WITH FOLK OF AN ELDER WORLD AH WELL ONE CANNOT HAVE EVERY GOOD GIFT THE STORY GIRL HAD NO DIMPLES AT HER SLIM BROWN WRISTS WHAT BETTER EPITAPH COULD ANYONE WISH THAN TO HAVE IT SAID THAT HE WAS LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN HIS LIFE 196a1639-5be3-4137-a8a1-f23d54ac871b WELL UNCLE ROGER ASKED ME TO TELL IT I DON'T LIKE TELLING SUCH STORIES EITHER THEY MAKE ME FEEL DREADFUL YOU AND I OLIVIA NEVER HAD OUR CHANCE BUT WHY SHOULD YOU WISH TO ESCAPE I SHALL GIVE YOU NEW FORMS THAT ARE MUCH BETTER THAN THE ONES 196acb9d-94e3-42aa-a3a8-7af7f321a1d5 WHAT DID I SAY THAT WAS NASTY CRIED FELICITY I I DO NOT KNOW WHICH HURT OUR FEELINGS MOST THE SCOLDING WE GOT FROM AUNT JANET OR THE RIDICULE WHICH THE OTHER GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY UNCLE ROGER SHOWERED ON US YOU SHOULDN'T DO THIS PETER AND THE STORY GIRL WERE TO STAY AT UNCLE ALEC'S DURING THEIR ABSENCE 19737ffc-f5cc-4604-8429-790bc1ff0800 FARMER HOLD HIMSELF UPRIGHT HOPING TO APPROACH RAY CALM HIM AND GET HIM TO FIGURE A WAY OUT OF THIS MADHOUSE GAR FELT AN EXPLANATIVE AND GESTURED WITH HIS HAND A WAVE OF PURE HEAT SWEPT OVER THE BOAT BLISTERING WHAT PAINT IT STILL BOASTED THE CARVEN IMAGE WAS PERHAPS THIRTY FEET IN HEIGHT AND REPRESENTED A FIGURE CROUCHED UPON ITS KNEES ITS HEAD BENT VERY LOW AND AT THE SAME TIME TILTED AT A GROTESQUE ANGLE SO THAT THE FACE SMILED HEAVENWARD THE HANDS PALMS UPWARD EXTENDED INVITINGLY JUST BELOW THE CHIN 1975ee15-0f07-44ed-a05c-ec609bc6935a ROLY POLY PEPPY HAD SHOWN HIMSELF TO BE A RUTHLESS KILLER HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED THEN REACHED OUT AND TOOK IT BUT MISTER MARSHALL HAD NOT ACCEPTED IT IT WAS THE SAME NIGHT VERY LATE AND AFTER HE HAD BEEN ASLEEP THAT MARSHALL WAS AWAKENED BY THE RING OF AN AUTHORITATIVE VOICE AND DIED QUIETLY AS MARILLA HAD DONE 1977f8e8-814f-4973-9b23-07210220705c RIGHT NOW HE WAS ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF HOW RIDICULOUS IT MUST LOOK FOR HIM TO BE MAKING LOVE TO AN OCCUPUS BUT HE WAS EVEN MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE VERY REAL PAINS OF UNREQUITTED LOVE MANOEL OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT THAT FOR HE HAD RAISED THE WHOLE STRAIN OF ANIMALS AND HE REMEMBERED WHO HAD BEEN WITH WHOM A DONKEY A JACK TWO FEET TALL AND WITH A BEARD AND HORNS I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HE WAS A GOAT 19786a7c-1c14-4977-96ca-5e5056c6a754 AND SUPPOSE YOU HAVEN'T THEN YOU CAN'T TRANSMIT A THING TO HIM YOU'RE TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE REMEMBER AND THE FIRE'S STARTED WHAT GOODS YOU'D TELEPATHY AS FATHER HAD OFTEN TOLD US BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE STORY GIRL'S YET UNUTTERED REMARK 197a6300-a34d-4232-b573-f2287afe4784 WE FELT WE COULD NEVER DO IT BUT THE STORY GIRL DID IT WE ADMIRED AND PITIED HER I'VE JUST AS GOOD A RIGHT TO PRAY WHAT I WANT FOR AS YOU FELIX KING EVEN IF YOU WAS BROUGHT UP IN TORONTO I S'POSE YOU THINK A HIRED BOY HASN'T ANY BUSINESS TO PRAY FOR PARTICULAR THINGS BUT I'LL SHOW YOU 198cd4c2-6f6f-4f51-8370-76c70dfb46ae I TURNED TO JAB A CLAW AT THE OTHER PRIESTS BOLD ATTACK BEING THE BEST DEFENSE AND SO FORTH I'LL GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THAT SELF CONTAINED OXYGEN SUPPLY SHE LOOKED AT THE LIMP DIVING SUITED BODY BESIDE HER THE SALTY BREEZE TURNED COLDER 19a0cadd-bf6d-4d05-88c7-1730c0100008 AND WHATEVER OF WHOM EVER SHE WAS SHE HAD MANAGED TO KEEP OUT OF MY WAY GRANDPA HAD BEEN OUT OF TOUCH WITH THINGS SINCE HIS DEATH AND GOATBOY HAPPILY FILLED HIM IN I LEARNED ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW OF THE HISTORY PAST AND RECENT AND IT WASN'T NICE 19ae8bcf-ad7b-4813-8bb4-7bd30d8b7b8c AND ON THE FLY LEAF OF THE BOOKS THE NAME ALICE WAS WRITTEN WELL MIGHT MISTER CAMPBELL BE CALLED ECCENTRIC WHAT ON EARTH DID HE WANT THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE RECITED FOR BUT I GAVE HIM A HINT ABOUT HIS LITTLE BROWN BOOK THAT HE QUITE FORGOT HIS OWN SAD PLIGHT UNTIL HE NOTICED OZMA GAZING UPON HIM WITH AN INTENT EXPRESSION 19b00544-0ec5-46d0-a805-31a68af18df8 UNDER A SENSATIONAL HEADLINE THE LAST TRUMP WILL SOUND AT TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW WAS A PARAGRAPH TO THE EFFECT THAT THE LEADER OF A CERTAIN NOTED SECT IN THE UNITED STATES HAD PREDICTED THAT AUGUST TWELFTH WOULD BE THE JUDGMENT DAY AND THAT ALL HIS NUMEROUS FOLLOWERS WERE PREPARING FOR THE DREAD EVENT BY PRAYER FASTING AND THE MAKING OF APPROPRIATE WHITE GARMENTS FOR ASCENSION ROBES TELL THEM BOTH SAID FELIX GREEDILY BUT TELL THE GHOST ONE FIRST I DON'T KNOW THE STORY GIRL LOOKED DUBIOUS THAT SORT OF STORY OUGHT TO BE TOLD IN THE TWILIGHT AMONG THE SHADOWS THEN IT WOULD FRIGHTEN THE SOULS OUT OF YOUR BODIES 19b919ba-767d-4605-9d2f-e9e9df871df3 CHAFFY THREE CHOSE THAT MOMENT TO REAPPEAR NEARLY CAUSING JEFF TO LET GO OF THE BUNK AND ADMIT THE ZID I SPLUTTERED INTO THE MIKE USING THE RAW ENERGY OF THE BATTLESHIP ENGINES FOR A HEADLONG APPROACH WHY ARE YOU BUILDING THAT BATTLESHIP 19b9517d-f0aa-4454-b1a4-42b3f77f6d5a SAID CHAFFY THREE THEN YOU DAMN WEEL BETTER HURRY OUR ZID ESCAPED ITS CAGE AND DESTROYED TWO OF US UNDER THE PLASTER SKIN I UNSIPPED THE FRONT OF MY CAMELFLAGE SUIT AND PULLED OUT THE BLUE PRINTS 19bfb3f7-30c4-426c-aa10-cee402c1ea5a THE CAPTAIN'S FACE GREW RED AS HE FLIPPED THROUGH THE STACK OF NOTES I SWALLOWED A PAIN KILLER AND LOOKED AROUND AT MY DROOPING SACKIDE ASSISTANTS WHO HAD SHARED THE SLEEPLESS SEVENTY TWO HOUR TASK UNTIL DOROTHY AND THE SCARECROW CAME ALONG AND RESCUED ME YOU'RE AS BIG AS YOU'RE GOING TO BE DECLARED THE KING 19c936b8-70ce-4ad9-a9f0-df112033083a THE WILD COLD SPRAY BEAT ON HIS EYES AND BLINDED HIM SO THAT HE COULD SEE NOTHING AND THE ROAR OF THE RIVER DEAFENED HIM SO THAT HE COULD HEAR NOTHING BUT HE FELT KEENLY THE WOUNDS AND BRUISES OF THE CRUEL ROCKS AND MANY A TIME HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP THE STRUGGLE HAD NOT THE THOUGHT OF SWEET ALIN'S LOVING EYES BROUGHT HIM THE STRENGTH AND DESIRE TO STRUGGLE AS LONG AS IT WAS POSSIBLE ASKED ROOT APPEALING TO POLYCHROME SHE DANCED AROUND HIS CIRCLE SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT REPLYING AND THE BOY FEARED SHE HAD NOT HEARD HIM BUT THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER WAS MERELY THINKING UPON THE PROBLEM AND PRESENTLY SHE PAUSED BESIDE THE TIN SOLDIER AND SAID I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT A LITTLE FAIRY MAGIC BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO MEND TIN LIKES WITH IT SO I'M NOT SURE I CAN HELP YOU 19d698af-6211-48d9-95d2-1e30ef7b4bf3 AND I HAD TO LEARN IT AND BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO ITS USE THROUGH ANALYZING WHAT YOU JUST SAID A SMALL WAVE ALMOST MADE HIM SET DOWN ON THE DECK BEFORE HE GOT BOTH FEET PLANTED AGAIN HE SANK SLOWLY INTO THE WATER UNTIL ONLY HIS EYES WERE SHOWING LITTLE BEFORE DAWN THE EYE HOOKED ON TO MY SHOULDERS AND WE SAILED STRAIGHT UP 19d9154d-b218-4d99-ac7d-40041791c3f8 HER NAME WAS EMILY KING EVEN BEFORE GRANDFATHER KING WAS BORN I LIKE IT WHEN PETER PLAYS THE POET THANK YOU AND WILL YOU GIVE ME A HANDFUL OF HARD PEAS AFTER BREAKFAST AUNT JANET I WANT TO PUT THEM IN MY SHOES 19f24edc-9aed-47da-b7bf-27bd3e9a73fe IT WAS LIKE A BEDROOM AND A SITTING ROOM COMBINED ANYHOW I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR PAT WITH ALL MY MIGHT AND MAIN AND I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY TO STOP ME CECILY AND FELICITY SPRANG UP AND CAUGHT HOLD OF HER WHO MET AT THE CASTLE ENTRANCE A WINKY SERPENT WITH MATTRESS SHEETS AND COVERS ALL COMPLETE INTO OTHER SHAPES SO THAT YOU CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED 19f36c3b-c4cd-4bfb-b186-8b6d54170259 THE BOY WAS NOW FREE AND THE THORN WHICH THE LOON HAD STUCK INTO HIS LEG WAS LYING UNNOTICED ON THE GROUND WHERE THE CREATURE HAD DROPPED IT WHEN HE EXPLODED HE WOULDN'T EVEN EAT ANY MORE THAN WAS ACTUALLY NECESSARY TO KEEP HIM ALIVE UNCLE ROGER SAYS THAT IF HE HAD BEEN A ROMAN CATHOLIC HE WOULD HAVE BECOME A MONK BUT AS HE WAS A PRESBYTERIAN ALL HE COULD DO WAS TURNING TO A CRANK YES BUT YOUR UNCLE ROGER WAS NEVER CLAPPED IN THE SHOULDER AND CALLED BROTHER BY THE DEVIL SAID PETER 19fe7cdb-2c58-4a4e-b621-592daac059df THE SCARECROW WAS GLAD TO BE RID OF HIS HAY FOR DURING THE LONG WALK IT HAD SAGGED DOWN AND MADE HIM FAT AND SQUATTY MORE BUMPY THAN AT FIRST DONALD FELT MORE NERVOUS THAN EVER BUT HE KNEW HE MUST MAKE THE MOST OF HIS CHANCE HE MIGHT NOT SEE NANCY ALONE AGAIN BEFORE NEIL CAME 1a083be1-846b-47b4-9f79-b0ea31ea2e2e WHEN HE SAID HE HAD COME TO MARRY THE PRINCESS EVERYONE LAUGHED FOR HE HAD NO RETINUE AND NO BEAUTIFUL APPAREL AND NO GOLDEN CROWN BUT I AM THE KING WHO CONQUERS ALL KINGS HE SAID WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE STUPIDER A CREATURE THE MORE OF A NUISANCE IT IS 1a2127e1-18fa-4220-87aa-4697d515be6e NOW FELICITY FOR ONCE WAS UNDOUBTEDLY RIGHT THE STORY GIRL'S SUGGESTION WAS WRONG AND IF IT HAD BEEN CECILY WHO PROTESTED THE STORY GIRL WOULD PROBABLY HAVE LISTENED TO HER AND PROCEEDED NO FURTHER IN THE MATTER A MAN WITH A WOODEN LEG OR A TIN LEG IS STILL THE SAME MAN AND I LOST PARTS OF MY NEAT BODY BY DEGREES I ALWAYS REMAINED THE SAME PERSON AS IN THE BEGINNING EVEN THOUGH IN THE END I WAS ALL TIN AND NO MEAT 1a2b7867-c020-40b3-9185-2110f70dd4a6 I'LL GIVE HER A ROLL OF PEPPERMINT CANDY SAID FELIX WHAT WOULD BE THE USE OF IT ASKED THE STORY GIRL A LITTLE DISDAINFULLY AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING FINALLY HE SPOKE TOO YOU MEAN YOU'VE NEVER TRIED THIS THING BEFORE THINGS THAT HAVE FIGURED OUT SOON ANYWAY 1a460390-e237-404e-bfd0-90787c0abe9b THEY WERE GIANTS FOR THIS PART OF THE WORLD ALMOST SIX FEET TALL WITH GREAT HANDS AND JAWS ONE HAD BLACK COARSE HAIR ON HIS HEAD AND A STUBBLE ABOUT HIS FACE THE OTHER WAS BALD AS AN EGG THAT'S HIM MISTER SHARP SAID JUST A TRIFLE HESITANTLY HE'S THE ONE HE CAME TO STAY WITH US AND WE DIDN'T KNOW THE MAN WITH THE BLACK HAIR SAID UGH GER FARMER THOUGHT DESPERATELY AGAIN THAT HE COULD SWIM AND THEN HE THOUGHT WILDLY OF THE JUDGE WHO HADN'T REGAINED FULL CONSCIOUSNESS HE WENT UNDER ONCE AND CAME UP CHOKING AND SPUTTERING HE DECIDED HIS END HAD COME AND HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE ENEMY WHO HAD DONE HIM IN 1a4f82a2-3e1d-4926-b902-b951655414ea RAY YELPED HE STARTED AFTER HER BUT HIS PROGRESS IN THE DIVING SUIT WAS WADDLING AND SLOW SHE REACHED THE RAIL FIRST AND WENT OVER RAY WAS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND AND HE SLAMMED HIS HELMET DOWN ANGRILY AS HE REACHED THE RAIL ONE WAS BUILT FOR SELF SUSTAINING COLONY ATTEMPT THE SECOND ALEXY FOR ALL WE KNOW SHE'S STILL ON THE WAY THE OTHER FIVE WERE ALL D CLASS COLONIZERS BUILT DURING THE EXPANSION WHEN LARGE POPULATIONS WERE MOVED TOO BIG TO BE PRACTICAL NOW 1a5f72f5-9932-4965-a82f-195fa73518bb IF YOUR WORD IS AS BIG AS YOUR MOUTH I GUESS IT WILL BE SAID FELICITY CRUELLY I PITY THE MAN THAT GETS YOU FELICITY KING THAT'S ALL RETORTED DAN NOW DON'T FIGHT IMPLORED CECILY WHO'S FIGHTING DEMANDED DAN FELICITY THINKS SHE CAN SAY ANYTHING SHE LIKES TO ME BUT I'LL SHOW HER DIFFERENT IT'S A VERY SMALL HOUSE BOOT DECLARED I WONDER WHO LIVES THERE 1a6731fd-4e77-49ce-80a3-242cfe370028 HE CAN'T BE MAN WELL SAID THE BIG POLICEMAN AND THE LITTLE POLICEMAN AWAY FROM THE DEAD CENTRE THE RAVINES WERE BODY DEEP IN CHAPARRAL SHE HAD A VERY NICE SMILE AND FOR MEMORIES IN THE OTHERS MINDS HE COULD HEAR THE VOICE LOW AND QUIET AND ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY 1a680e18-02eb-4143-b1e0-cf1dda7ee272 I DID AN EXCITING DREAM LAST NIGHT FOR ONCE SAID DAN TRIUMPHANTLY I DREAMT OLD PEG BOWEN CHASED ME I THOUGHT I WAS UP TO HER HOUSE AND SHE TOOK AFTER ME YOU BET I SCOOTED AND SHE CAUGHT ME YES SIR I FELT HER SKINNY HAND REACH OUT AND CLUTCH MY SHOULDER I LET OUT A SCREECH AND WOKE UP OH OH OH WAILED CECILY ON THE SOFA I WISH IT WOULD STOP RAINING I WISH MY HEAD WOULD STOP ACHING I WISH MA HAD NEVER GONE AWAY I WISH YOU'D LEAVE FELICITY ALONE DAN I WISH GIRLS HAD SOME SENSE SAID DAN WHICH BROUGHT THE ORGY OF WISHING TO AN END FOR THE TIME 1a9cf60d-c3a1-42c0-84ee-1f34b44e9cd2 AGAIN HE MOVED ON THE SOUND FADING IN THE DISTANCE BEHIND HIM THE NEXT MILE BROUGHT HIM TO A GREAT SHEET OF ANCIENT LAVA LAID BARE BY THE ELEMENTS HE CLIMBED TO THE TOP THE FIRE STILL SEEMED TO BE ABOUT A THOUSAND YARDS AHEAD BEYOND A RIDGE OF LOW HILLS THE WITCH COMMANDED ME NEVER TO COME NEAR NIMMY ANNIE AGAIN BUT I TOLD HER I WAS MY OWN MASTER AND WOULD DO AS I PLEASED NOT REALIZING THAT THIS WAS A CARELESS WAY TO SPEAK TO A WITCH 1aa7ef0f-aadf-43c9-bb80-6df97b524b17 HIS ATTIRE CONSISTED OF A FADED GINGHAM SHIRT AND A SCANTY PAIR OF CORDUROY KNICKERBOCKERS BUT HE WORE IT WITH SUCH AN UNCONSCIOUS AIR OF PURPLE AND FINE LINEN THAT HE SEEMED TO BE MUCH BETTER DRESSED THAN HE REALLY WAS YOU DON'T PRAY VERY OFTEN INSISTED FELICITY AND WONDERINGLY MARSHALL DID I WANT THE LIST THAT WAS STOLEN DON'T GAPE GET IT 1aa9bc1e-2931-4096-82e3-768bcbdac312 LOOK HERE PETER SAID FELIX OMINOUSLY WHY THERE WERE ALWAYS FIGHTING ABOUT RELIGION IN OLD TIMES SAID FELIX WELL SAID THE STORY GIRL FELICITY CECILY AND DAN WERE SITTING OPPOSITE US STORY GIRL WAS AWFULLY DISAPPOINTED 1ab1a4f6-a2e8-441d-b6e6-27ae67669eb2 DEMANDED AUNT JANET IN BEWILDERMENT OH TO HAVE SOMETHING WORTH WHILE TO WRITE IN HER DREAM BOOK MA BUT IT WAS A MAY MORNING AND OUR YOUNG BLOOD WAS RUNNING BLITHELY IN OUR VEINS WE SUGGESTED A VISIT TO THE ORCHARD WOULD BE MORE AGREEABLE 1ac7aaba-9aae-4b00-bef1-f6487f449ffe BUT AFTER WE HAD OILED HIM UP HE WAS AS GOOD AS NEW AND ACCOMPANIED US TO THE EMERALD CITY IN HIS JUMP HE BUMPED AGAINST THE NOSE OF A DRAGON BEHIND HIM WHICH OPENED ITS MOUTH TO GROWL AND SHOT ANOTHER SHEET OF FLAME AT HIM WELL IT'S A TRIAL BY ORDEAL AND WE'RE TO SEE WHICH OF US CAN PASS IT THE ORDEAL IS TO EAT ONE OF THE BITTER APPLES AND BIG MOUTHFULS WITHOUT MAKING A SINGLE FACE 1ad70a17-1070-4fc0-8881-8cb9fd50a813 JONIFER DID NOT RESPOND AND HE SLAPPED HER UNTIL HER EYES FLUTTER ANGRILY SHE WAS NEVER LATE HE HAD LINGERED BEHIND TO PLUCK A THORN FROM THE FOOT OF A BEGGAR CHILD HE HAD MET ON THE HIGHWAY BUT HER PARENTS WERE BITTERLY OPPOSED TO HIM AND THEY HAD FORBIDDEN MARGARET TO SEE HIM OR SPEAK TO HIM 1ada522e-15a0-47d1-adb6-036535b125fb WHAT A BLACK AND ENDLESS LIST THEY MADE THOSE SINS OF OMISSION AND COMMISSION THAT RUSHED ACCUSINGLY ACROSS OUR YOUNG MEMORIES FOR AS THE LEAVES OF THE BOOK OF JUDGMENT WERE ALREADY OPENED AND WE STOOD AT THE BAR OF OUR OWN CONSCIENCES THAN WHICH FOR YOUTH OR ELSE THERE CAN BE NO MORE DREAD TRIBUNAL ANY ONE WITH LESS SELF ESTEEM THAN MYSELF WHO HAD LED A MORE HONEST EARLY LIFE MIGHT HAVE DOUBTED HIS OWN REASONING AT THAT MOMENT 1ade9424-fa5a-4eb3-a606-2eb33a744e5c SO THAT MY BODY SAGGED DREADFULLY WHEN I LOST MY ARMS CUT CLIP MADE ME TIN ARMS I'VE GOT THEM HID WHERE NOBODY CAN FIND THEM THERE'S ONLY A DOZEN BECAUSE DAN ET ALL THE REST THERE WAS A LITTLE WHITE BED AND A DRESSING TABLE A BOOKCASE FULL OF BOOKS 1ae00623-71b4-4bae-ba4d-d12ad3654cb3 SOME OF THE MEN AROUND THE CHURCH DOOR HEARD THE SCREAM AND THEY RUSHED DOWN TO THE WOOD THEY SAW NOTHING BUT WILLIAM COHEN LYING LIKE A DEAD MAN ON THE PATH THEY TOOK HIM UP AND CARRIED HIM HOME AND WHEN THEY UNDRESSED HIM TO PUT HIM INTO BED I DIDN'T WANT TO BUT THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE AND WE CAN'T AFFORD ANY SUSPICION AND YONAS REALIZED SLOWLY THAT SHE WAS CRYING AS SHE LOOKED AT HIM BETTER OUT OF YOUR WITS THAN DEAD CLARTON THOUGHT 1ae1209f-450b-4901-8e28-6d731b3b3206 OUTSIDE THE SKY WAS PURPLE AND GOLD AND SILVERY GREEN I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY FELICITY DID NOT DIE OF MORTIFICATION ON THE SPOT YES AND IF HE LETS YOU OFF THEN WE'LL KNOW HE WAS IN EARNEST CHIMED IN CICELY NEITHER ARGUMENT ENTREATY NOR EXPOSTULATION HAD ANY EFFECT ON THOSE TWO STUBBORN GIRLS 1ae5dcac-e65b-43aa-882e-4fb486477b7e BECAUSE A LADY ASKS YOU AND SHE HUMBLY BEGGED PETER'S PARDON FOR SPOILING HIS SERMON AS UNCONCERNED AS A PIG ON ICE DIDN'T SAY A SINGLE THING NOT ONE BLESSED STITCH 1afa0ef5-3794-4fb5-a876-4cd879ecb501 IT IS A PLACE I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE REMARKED THE SCARECROW AS THEY APPROACHED A DENSE FOREST THE INHABITANTS MAY BE PEOPLE OF SOME SORT OR THEY MAY BE ANIMALS BUT WHATEVER THEY PROVE TO BE WE WILL HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY CHARLEY TO DOROTHY AND OZMA ON OUR RETURN HE WAS ALMOST ALWAYS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR VARIOUS REASONS THOUGH IT RARELY EVER OCCURRED TO HIM AS HE CONSIDERED EACH INDIVIDUAL IRRITANT THAT THIS WAS HIS NORMAL STATE OF EXISTENCE RIGHT NOW HE WAS ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF HOW RIDICULOUS IT MUST LOOK FOR HIM TO BE MAKING LOVE TO AN OCCUPUS BUT HE WAS EVEN MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE VERY REAL PAINS OF UNREQUITTED LOVE 1b0a39ce-b355-4eff-8fef-3666fc847cfd SHE LAUGHED AGAIN OH THE ROEBOT IT'LL FOLLOW ME IT'S DESIGNED TO OH DAMN THE DAM WAS FOR SOMETHING SHE SAW IN THE WATER AS SHE LOOKED BACK OVER THE RAIL AGAIN ASTRO ONE THIS IS BRANDON COME IN PLEASE THEN HE LOOKED AT THE ORANGE GLOW THAT MARKED THE FUNERAL PYRE OF THE SHIP HE HAD A DECISION TO MAKE STAY HERE WITH THE CAPSULE OR HEAD FOR THE FIRE 1b11bfbe-0773-4a52-8234-c2d3dafafda4 ANOTHER FLARE FLASHED IN THE SKY BEHIND HIM SILHOUETTING A ROW OF GROTESQUE TREES COME OVER HERE YOU FOOLS HE THOUGHT HE WATCHED UNTIL THE FLARE FLICKERED OUT THEN TURNED HIS HEAD BACK TOWARD THE REMAINS OF THE SHIP THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A GLOW TO IT NOW IT WOULD BE HARD TO SEE UNLESS ASTRO WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT THERE WERE A FEW MINUTES WHILE THE WATER BEGAN TO GURGLE DOWN THROUGH THE DRY PIPE THEN A ROAR CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE PYRAMID THAT MUST HAVE SHAKEN ITS STONE WALLS SHAKING MY HANDS OVER MY HEAD I WENT DOWN FOR THE EYE BURNING CEREMONY THE BLIND LIZARDS WERE WAITING FOR ME BY THE DOOR AND LOOKED EVEN UNHAPPIER THAN USUAL 1b17e763-6e48-4e68-98b2-e0d29698a04e HE WASN'T SURE WHETHER OR NOT ANY ONE WAS WATCHING HIM THAT TIME BUT SOON AND LATER IT STILL HAD TO HAPPEN AND IT HAPPENED AS THE ONISTS SUSPECTED IT WOULD THROUGH THE WIFE MISSUS SHARP CAME BACK TO THE HUT EARLY ONE DAY THROUGH A FRIGHTENED GLANCE AT YONAH SITTING IN A CORNER DOING NOTHING AT ALL AND LEFT HE HARDLY NEEDED TO SEE INTO HER MIND TO KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING AND TWENTY MINUTES LATER TWO MEN CAME TO THE HUT THEY STOOD IN THE OPEN DOORWAY MISSUS SHARP BEHIND THEM TWITTERING LIKE AN ANCIENT BIRD AND YONAS WATCHED THEM BOREDLY THINGS HAVE MOVED PRETTY FAST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS I SUPPOSE IT TAKES PEOPLE'S EMOTIONAL REACTIONS A WHILE TO CATCH UP WITH DEVELOPMENTS THAT LOGICALLY WE ACCEPT AS A MATTER OF FACT HE PUSHED HIS CHAIR BACK FROM THE DESK MAYBE IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO UNDERSTAND TAKE FIRE FOR EXAMPLE MAN LIVED IN FEAR OF FIRE FOR A GOOD MANY HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS AND RIGHTLY SO BECAUSE HE HADN'T LEARNED TO CONTROL IT 1b1bacc8-7d43-443d-b8d1-76fd80437c35 CECILY HAD OFFERED TO BAKE EVERY EPISTLE THOROUGHLY IN THE OVEN BEFORE SENDING IT EVEN FELICITY AND DAN FOR ONCE IN THEIR LIVES GOT THROUGH THE DAY WITHOUT ANY EXCHANGE OF LEFT HANDED COMPLIMENTS IT WAS DAMP AND THE AIR WAS NOT TOO GOOD BUT THERE WERE COMPENSATIONS RATS FOR INSTANCE YONAH SHRUGGED HIS FEET WERE BEGINNING TO HURT HE REALISED HE SIGHED BRIEFLY BUT THERE WAS NO TIME OR ATTENTION TO SPARE FOR THEM 1b1cb8c6-4f2a-496b-9f6d-e1099e97f04f FERERO PULLED AWAY FROM THE ROBART'S HAND AS IF IT HAD BEEN A POISONOUS SNAKE I BLEW A RELAXED SMOKE RING REPORT I SAID TO THE ROBOT HAS THIS MAN TOLD ANY LIES MANY THE ROEBOT SAID EXACTLY SEVENTY FOUR PER CENT OF ALL STATEMENTS HE MADE WERE FAKE AND AFTER A TIME THE GIANTESS CAME FROM HER BEDROOM WEARING ANOTHER DRESS THAT WAS QUITE AS ELABORATE AS THE ONE IN WHICH SHE HAD BEEN ATTIRED IN THE EVENING BEFORE AND ALSO WEARING THE PRETTY LACE APRON 1b34b544-e93b-41e5-8583-5d4e8101e07a DAN SAT ON THE FLOOR AND WHITTLED HIS SOLE AIM AND PROJECT BEING TO MAKE A MESS AND ANNOY FELICITY THE INHABITANTS MAY BE PEOPLE OF SOME SORT OR THEY MAY BE ANIMALS BUT WHATEVER THEY PROVE TO BE WE WILL HAVE AN INTERESTING STORY CHARLEY TO DOROTHY AND OZMA ON OUR RETURN FEW THINGS CAN INJURE TIN AND MY AXE IS A POWERFUL WEAPON TO USE AGAINST A FOE 1b43046b-5896-4424-89c1-a71fd87798f0 TAKE FIRE FOR EXAMPLE MAN LIVED IN FEAR OF FIRE FOR A GOOD MANY HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS AND RIGHTLY SO BECAUSE HE HADN'T LEARNED TO CONTROL IT AS HE WATCHED THROUGH A HAZE OF RED DUST WHIPPED UP BY THE MORNING BREEZE THE TWO TREES CAME CLOSER TURNED INTO MEN WEARING DESERT UNIFORMS AND LEANED OVER HIM LATER ON WE HEARD HER IMPARTING HER NEWLY ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO FELICITY IN THE PANTRY IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS MEANS THAT NOBODY WANTS TO MARRY YOU FOR EVER SO LONG AND THEN LOTS OF PEOPLE DO 1b51566c-d7df-4204-992a-dcdf17d8a37c WHEN WE WENT TO BED IT WAS SETTLING DOWN FOR A STORMY NIGHT AND THE RAIN WAS STREAMING WETLY ON THE ROOF AS IF THE WORLD LIKE SARA RAY WERE WEEPING BECAUSE ITS END WAS SO NEAR NOBODY FORGOT OR HURRIED OVER HIS PRAYERS THAT NIGHT HE DROPPED THE TELE TALKING BEHIND THE SEAT AND EXAMINED THE GAUGE ON HIS OXYGEN MASK THERE WAS ENOUGH TO LAST THE NIGHT BUT NOT MUCH MORE HE SAT DOWN ON THE CAPSULE TO THINK 1b8edbf2-8b93-4e93-ab51-10b5ea675dd2 WE ALL HAD THE UNUTTERED FEELING THAT WE MUST DO SUCH HONOUR TO THAT PICTURE AS WE COULD IT IS EASY TO GO TO CALIFORNIA NOW BUT WHEN I GROW UP THEY'LL HAVE TO BE COVERED UP ALL THE TIME YOU JUST TAKE MY ADVICE AND GO INTO THIS WITH ALL YOUR HEART IF YOU GO AT ALL 1ba6bd05-b162-4d64-953c-f7d58a230c62 I SMELL STRAW CRIED A HOARSE HARSH VOICE FOR HIS MONKEY FORM ENABLED HIM TO JUMP HIGHER THAN HE COULD DO AS A BOY THAT WAS A VERY GOOD SERMON FOR A FIRST ATTEMPT SAID THE STORY GIRL GRACIOUSLY IT SOUNDED JUST LIKE REAL SERMONS I HAVE HEARD 1bb1847c-1cef-44d1-ba2c-dad961c7bfe0 MY HAIR GOT MUSSED AND OLD CUCLIP NEVER HAS COMBED IT FOR ME I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HER EVER SINCE FOLLOWING THESE CAME A QUAINT LITTLE CANDLESTICK OF BLUE CHINA AND THE TWO JUGS WHICH WERE SENT TO JANE'S WIFE 1bc5dcf1-135e-4abc-b7b4-f86a22f98aee THE STORY GIRL ON THE CONTRARY WAS UNDER ECLIPSE SHE WAS FAIR AND LUSTRELESS FROM HER DISTURBED NIGHT AND EARLY RISING AND NO OPPORTUNITY OFFERED TO TELL A MELTING TALE IT IS SOMETIMES A BITTER THING TO TELL THE TRUTH ESPECIALLY TO A YOUNG LADY FOR WHOM YOU HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION 1bc7ac01-f8a1-4c9e-8293-59acf0758378 AUNT OLIVIA AND UNCLE ROGER AND HAD NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO STRAY FROM IT HE WAS VERY FAMOUS AFTERWARD IT LOOKED AS IF WE WOULD HAVE TO PROCEED WITHOUT GRACE WHEN FELIX SUDDENLY SHUT HIS EYES BENT HIS HEAD AND SAID A VERY GOOD GRACE WITHOUT ANY APPEARANCE OF EMBARRASSMENT 1bc7cd5a-bffe-4ac4-99b3-321e632a7649 BUT IF THE STORY GIRL COULD NOT DREAM ANYTHING MORE WONDERFUL THAN THE REST OF US SHE SCORED WHEN IT CAME TO THE TELLING TO HEAR HER TELL A DREAM WAS SO GOOD OR AS BAD AS DREAMING IT YOURSELF AS FAR AS WRITING THEM DOWN WAS CONCERNED I BELIEVED THAT I BEVERLY KING CARRIED OFF THE PALM WHY AM I WEARING THIS THING ASKED HORN DISGUISE BUT THERE'S NO MOUSTACHE 1bcb524f-697d-4db3-91a2-d92636867aa0 OH YOU CAN'T HARM US WE'RE TOO POWERFUL BUT WE CAN'T OBLITERATE YOU IN AN INSTANT HA SAY HA SIR WHEN YOU ADDRESS ME DO YOU KNOW THE PLACE IN THE MOUNTAIN THAT IS CALLED SODOM I KNOW THE PLACE IT WAS CAUSED BY A LARGE METEOR AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A DOSE OF MEXICAN TEA EVERY TWO HOURS IT'S SUCH DREADFUL TASTING STUFF BUT IT'S A GOOD BLOOD PURIFIER SO AUNT JANET CAN'T OBJECT TO IT THE STORY GIRL CARRIED OUT HER SELF IMPOSED PENANCE FULLY ALL DAY SHE SAT IN THE KITCHEN AND WORKED BUTTONHOLES SUBSISTING ON BREAD AND WATER AND MEXICAN TEA 1bd5cba0-7805-45ea-a654-86d98d67cd70 FROM THAT DAY TO THIS THE THOUGHT OR THE MENTION OF GOD BRINGS UP BEFORE US INVOLUNTARILY THE VISION OF A STERN THERE WAS NO SENSE TO ANYTHING THAT VIC BUTLER DID FOR THAT MATTER I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE IN STORE FOR ME AND I TOOK NO CHANCES DRIVE OUT IF PLAIN PEDDLING IS PALLING ON YOU 1be44a43-f1f7-4362-96be-abde602535ed NOW SAID DAN I'LL COUNT AND WHEN I SAY THREE YOU PITCH IN AND HAMMER EACH OTHER UNTIL ONE OR TWO OF YOU HAS HAD ENOUGH CECILY KEEP QUIET NOW ONE TWO THREE ONCE UPON A TIME THE STORY GIRL'S EYES GREW DREAMY AND HER ACCENTS FLOATED AWAY ON THE SUMMER AIR LIKE A WIND BLOWN ROSE PETALS THERE WAS A PRINCESS WHO WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS IN THE WORLD AND KINGS FROM ALL LANDS CAME TO WOO HER FOR A BRIDE 1bec511b-a15a-43a6-950c-b23b6877282c DON'T I LOOK HORRID DOROTHY WITH EYES SEVERAL SIZES TOO BIG FOR MY BODY AND SO WEAK THAT I OUGHT TO WEAR SPECTACLES IT HAD BEEN A BEAUTIFUL ONE BUT YOUR AUNT AUNT JANE DIED TWO YEARS AGO I SAID SCEPTICALLY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPERTINENT IN ANY BOY 1bfa222a-90b2-4281-9b38-c35003dd1c80 JUST THEN HOWEVER SHE REMEMBERED SHE HAD LEFT HER FIDDLE LYING UPON A TABLE AND A MAGIC RING WHICH SHE WEARS ON HER THUMB WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PLAYING SUCH A GAME ON SUNDAY AND MAKING A JEST OF SACRED THINGS BUT SHE ISN'T A WITCH THAT'S RIDICULOUS 1bfce2eb-0592-405e-9e44-287241fe7cd0 OF THE TIN CASTLE WITH GLORIOUS SUNSET HUES AND NOT BECAUSE HE LOVES HER INTEND TO PLEASE MYSELF SHE DECLARED TOGETHER THEY RELAXED THEIR PERCEPTION SHIELDS IN RELIEF SHE SAID RESIGNEDLY JUST AHEAD OF HIM JONIFER CAUGHT AN ERECT FIN SPINE AND CLUNG WITH BOTH ARMS 1c0fbe92-d96a-4bb6-8cec-e0d77c90e668 THE APPARATUS VIC HAD MENTIONED WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT CURRENT ENOUGH TO KILL A THOUSAND MEN OR TO DO THE WORK OF A MILLION HORSES THERE WAS NO SIGN OF DISORDER ANYWHERE NEVER FOR SO LONG SAID CECILY I'LL JUST HAVE TO BE SATISFIED WITH MAKING UP MY MIND TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST 1c188674-d10c-463d-a1f4-9cf8a817ef93 MISSUS UPE HAS DECLARED THAT NONE OF HER TRANSFORMATIONS CAN EVER BE CHANGED EVEN BY HERSELF BUT I BELIEVE THAT IF WE COULD GET TO GLINDA THE GOOD SORCERESS SHE MIGHT FIND A WAY TO RESTORE US TO OUR NATURAL SHAPES SOMEHOW NOBODY DID LIKE BILLY ROBINSON OVER AND ABOVE BUT I VOWED I WOULD LIKE HIM IN THE FUTURE THE STORY GIRL AND PETER WENT HUMBLY HOME AND WE WENT WITH THEM I CAN'T UNDERSTAND GROWN UP PEOPLE SAID FELIX DESPAIRINGLY 1c3ea4dc-712d-4fc3-9dd9-c192dc29b540 PETER SIDLED UP TO HER WELL WE COULD HAVE A JOLLY FUNERAL YOU KNOW I SUPPOSE IT WILL DO WON'T IT THE BUTTERCUPS DROOPED OVER HER HIGH WHITE BROW AND PLAYED PETE WITH HER GLOWING EYES FELICITY NEEDN'T BE GIVING ANY HINTS 1c4742a3-1af1-479f-afff-8205078e2400 I WAS WHISKED UPWARD LEAVING WORD NOT TO DISTURB HIM FOR DINNER IN TERMS OF OUR OWN BEING YOU DO NOT EXIST IN YOUR PRESENT FORM I HAD THOUGHT OF IT HE OWNED BUT IT LOOKS A WEE LIKE A STORM AND MY SLEIGH IS AT THE BLACKSMITH'S TO BE SHOD I JUMPED AT THE OFFER 1c59220e-d13f-4391-b708-d40f9a9361b6 I SHALL ENJOY YOUR SOCIETY THE MORE ON THAT ACCOUNT THEN TUMBLED SWIFTLY THROUGH SPACE LANDING ON A ROCKY FLOOR WITH A THUMP AT THIS POINT SARA RAY ARRIVED SOMEWHAT OUT OF BREATH AND WAS AS WELL AS USUAL THE NEXT DAY THEIR MUSIC ECHOED ONLY ALONG THE HIDDEN WAYS OF LIFE 1c750b82-3b65-4ccb-8252-92452faefc10 BUT I DIDN'T EVEN STOP TO GIVE HIM A RING THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO HE WENT THE WAY OF THE TWO OTHERS OFF ON ANOTHER TANGENT NOW AFTER THAT HE COULD PLAY HIS POLITICS AS SOON AS HE WAS FINISHED I TOOK BACK THE SHEET TORE IT UP AND POCKETED TO PIECES 1c914deb-2e5d-4949-8431-d05c63a33fd8 AND MAGIC BRACELETS ON HER ANKLES IT WAS A BIG HOUSE AND I THINK THE WITCH IS UNDER IT YET ALL OUR TROUBLES SAID THE OWL WITH A DEEP SIGH FELICITY MAKES ENOUGH FACES WHEN THERE'S NOTHING TO MAKE FACES AT SAID FELIX FELIX THINKS HE IS GETTING THIN BUT HE IS FATTER THAN EVER AND NO WONDER WITH ALL THE APPLES HE EATS 1c967178-a0f8-48af-ac21-e863fac6d1eb I'M AWFULLY SORRY I LAUGHED IN CHURCH BUT YOU NEEDN'T BE AFRAID I EVER WILL AGAIN NO SIR WHY THE PICTURE IS A CLASSIC ONE DELRIO HIMSELF HOLSINGER OR ANY OF THE OTHERS COULD NOT DESCRIBE A BETTER THE IDEA APPEARED TO STRIKE HER AS THE VERY HEIGHT OF IDIOCY 1ca1aafd-09af-4058-9043-7f99fd159a4f EUROPE SEEMED ALMOST AS REMOTE AND UNREACHABLE AS THE MOON THIS WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE HENS HAD LAID SO WELL IF IT IS I WON'T TRY TO GUESS THE REASON AND ALL HIS PRAYERS WERE OF NO AVAIL BUT HE FELT KEENLY THE WOUNDS AND BRUISES OF THE CRUEL ROCKS 1ca95b16-d2a6-48ab-ad92-cbdacb6b1df5 ANYHOW I SAVED MY DREAM AND THAT OF COURSE WAS ALL THAT REALLY MATTERED DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE SUCH AN EQUAL OF HIM AS YOU DO I FLIPPED THROUGH MY CASE AND DREW OUT A PLAN NOW THAT THE ROAD WAS WELL OUT OF THE BAG I KNEW JUST WHERE TO LOOK WHEN FERERO ROLLED INTO HIS STUDY AFTER DINNER THE ROOM WAS DARK I HEARD HIM MURMUR SOMETHING ABOUT THE SERVANTS AND FUMBLE FOR THE SWITCH 1cc095d5-d06c-44dc-821e-b094744b5b2a MOUTH IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY MOUTH HE SAID IT WOULD MAKE ME GROW TALL AND IT HASN'T NOT AN INCH I DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANTED IT FOR YOU'RE TALL ENOUGH AREN'T YOU GETTING A LITTLE HEAVY YOURSELF DE GRIZ HE SAID VOICE CHILL AS THE ICE CAP I STILL GIVE THE ORDERS AND I'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR AN INDEPENDENT COMMAND 1cc582dd-6ef3-470a-9d01-bf7fee4dec96 PETER AND THE STORY GIRL WERE TO STAY AT UNCLE ALEC'S DURING THEIR ABSENCE WE WERE IN THE ORCHARD AT SUNSET LISTENING TO THE STORY OF KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID ALL OF US EXCEPT PETER WHO WAS HOEING TURNIPS AND FELICITY WHO HAD GONE DOWN THE HILL ON AN ERRAND TO MISSUS RAY I PAID HIM THE TEN CENTS CHEERFULLY AND TOOK THE MAGIC SEAT AS DIRECTED MEASURING MYSELF CAREFULLY EVERY DAY BY A MARK ON THE HALL DOOR I COULD NOT SEE ANY ADVANCE IN GROWTH YET BUT THEN I HAD BEEN TAKING IT ONLY THREE DAYS 1ccb3f85-bdba-4dda-8863-7322a3471f64 DO NOTHING AT ALL FOR AT LEAST A WEEK IF WE AREN'T ALL BACK HERE BEFORE THAT TIME TAKE ANY ACTION YOU SEE FIT UNDERSTAND NO SIR WELL YOU UNDERSTAND THE ORDERS ANYWAY THAT'S ALL IT'S NECESSARY CLOSE THE DOOR AND KEEP IT CLOSED AT LEAST A WEEK SHE LAUGHED ALL HER SUITORS TO SCORN AND WHEN HER FATHER URGED HER TO CHOOSE ONE OF THEM AS HER HUSBAND SHE DREW HERSELF HAUGHTILY UP SO AND THE STORY GIRL SPRANG TO HER FEET AND FOR A MOMENT WE SAW THE PROUD PRINCESS OF THE OLD TALE IN ALL HER SCORNFUL LOVELINESS AND SHE SAID I WILL NOT WED UNTIL A KING COMES WHO CAN CONQUER ALL KINGS 1cf779c7-e083-404c-8c5c-aafcd81d2969 HE WOULDN'T BE RUNNING SO FAST FOR GOOD NEWS SAID DAD CYNICALLY WE WERE NOT LEFT LONG IN DOUBT THE AUTCHA GOAT FLEW OPEN AND FELIX WAS AMONG US ONE GLIMPSE OF HIS FACE TOLD US THAT HE WAS NO BEARER OF GLAD TIDINGS HE HAD BEEN RUNNING HARD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RUBICUND AS FOR THE PIETY CLARTON THOUGHT I LEAVE THAT TO THE PRIESTS AND THE WOMEN BUT WISDOM AND CAUTION ON MY TASK YUNUS AS THEY MUST BE YOURS 1d047d03-8f90-4986-a15d-fdba26e2c062 UNCLE ROGER ATE THREE SLICES OF IT AT TEA TIME AND TOLD FELICITY SHE WAS AN ARTIST THE POOR MAN MEANT IT AS A COMPLIMENT BUT FELICITY WHO KNEW UNCLE BLAIR WAS AN ARTIST AND HAD A POOR OPINION OF SUCH FRY LOOKED INDIGNANT AND RETORTED INDEED SHE WASN'T OR SO IT SEEMED AT LEAST FOR EVEN AS RAY STARTED FORWARD WITH OUTSTRETCHED HAND OBVIOUSLY HOPING TO EXAMINE THE THING GARF GAVE IT A FINAL TWIRL AND SCALED IT CARELESSLY OVERBOARD 1d13292e-3981-4679-859f-c60bd67ef534 IF ANYTHING COULD HAVE MADE HIM THIN THE WAY HE WORRIED OVER THIS MATTER WOULD HAVE DONE IT IN THE DIM LIGHT SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WITH A WILD MYSTIC LOVELINESS ONE DAY A HORN WAS BLOWN AT THE PALACE GATE WHAT DOES GOD LOOK LIKE FELICITY DID NOT APPROVE OF THE DESIGN AND SAID SO PLAINLY 1d25994c-2383-4668-8f25-9365320f88c1 NANCY WAS THERE MILKING A COW BY THE STABLE DOOR BUT SHE STOOD UP WHEN SHE SAW DONALD COMING EACH MEMBER IS TO HAVE ONE TO REMEMBER HER BY ONE OR TWO OF THE OTHERS HELPED HIM AND PRETTY SOON AS THEY DREW IN THE COURT A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER HOWEVER THE GIRL BEING AGAIN WITH OZMA 1d3eaf30-c906-4d7b-8ff4-2aa4d0dfae2e I DON'T KNOW THAT CHAP WITH THE BIG STONE AT HIS THROAT SEEMS TO BE THE HEADMAN OF THE CITY A HIGH PITCHED SIBILANT CHANT AROSE FROM THE MULTITUDE WE'LL HAVE TO BE AWFUL GOOD YOU KNOW WARNED CECILY THERE'S NO USE PRAYING IF YOU'RE NOT GOOD WE HAD LOST SOMETHING OF INFINITELY MORE VALUE THAN FIFTY CENTS ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT REALIZE IT JUST THEN 1d52601d-ef85-4e8e-8087-38088c2b9ae6 UNCLE ROGER AND AUNT OLIVIA HAD BOTH CHERISHED CERTAIN DREAMS AND AMBITIONS IN YOUTH BUT CIRCUMSTANCES HAD DENIED THEM THEIR CHANCE AND THESE DREAMS HAD NEVER BEEN FULFILLED SOME DAY OLIVIA WENT ON UNCLE ROGER YOU AND I MAY FIND OURSELVES THE AUNT AND UNCLE OF THE FOREMOST ACTRESS OF HER DAY THAT NIGHT WHEN HE POINTED OUT THE STARS TO US FROM THE PULPIT STONE WAS THE LAST TIME FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THAT PETER SHARED OUR TOIL AND PASTIME THE NEXT DAY HE COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE AND SORE THROAT AND SEEMED TO PREFER LYING ON AUNT OLIVIA'S KITCHEN SOFA TO DOING ANY WORK 1d5399eb-05f6-452b-b39a-eb0d419c6a04 PETER AND THE STORY GIRL CERTAINLY HAD A SECRET BETWEEN THEM I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW I DO IT SAID THE STORY GIRL PERPLEXEDLY IT JUST DOES ITSELF STETSON'S VOICE HISSED IN ORNE'S EARS A STEADY DRIP OF CONDENSATION SPATTERED THE WINDSHIEL 1d6da43b-abae-4d5a-b75c-bde47b8f710a ME GO DOWN THERE AFTER THAT MONSTER BRINGING SUPPLIES AND GOSSIP TO LAST JEFF THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TEN DAY BUT WE DID NOT THINK HER PRETTY AROUND HER LONG WHITE FACE RATHER TOO LONG AND TOO WHITE FELL SLEEK DARK BROWN CURLS TIED ABOVE EITHER EAR WITH ROSETTES OF SCARLET RIBBON 1d73132a-6d3f-463a-96e2-30655fd7d5c9 THERE WAS A BOLTED AND GUARDED DOOR THAT LED INTO THE PYRAMID PROPER IF POSSIBLE THE SMILE WAS STILL WIDER NOW IN SPITE OF THEIR HOSPITALITY I COULDN'T ACCEPT BIG SMALL FLAT THIN THOUGH SHUT OUT ON ALL SIDES ONE HELD A GUN AND TWO MORE WAS STUFFED WITH GRENADES THE REST WERE EMPTY 1d74fd04-a539-4fee-a58d-ca5cf8329bae OLD PEOPLE DIED GROWN UP PEOPLE DIED EVEN CHILDREN OF WHOM WE HAD HEARD DIED BUT THAT ONE OF US OF OUR MERRY LITTLE BAND SHOULD DIE WAS UNBELIEVABLE WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT AND YET THE POSSIBILITY STRUCK US IN THE FACE LIKE A BLOW SUPPOSE HE WAS MISTAKEN SUPPOSE SHE SAID NO NEIL WOULD HAVE THE LAUGH ON ME THEN 1d7946d8-a119-4b87-a287-f2642148d330 CECILY AND FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL DID NOT CRY THEY WERE MADE OF FINER FIRMER STUFF THAT THE ENTERPRISE PARAGRAPH WAS NOT SAVE THE IDLE REPORT OF A DELUDED FANATIC AND NOW AS THE BRILLIANT SUN SANK LOW OVER THE WINKY COUNTRY OF OZ 1d7fcc9d-413b-4049-8796-409f97954e30 RAISING THE ANTENNAE HE PLUGGED IN THE MIGHT CORD FROM HIS MASK AND HELD DOWN THE TALK KEY WITH HIS THUMB PERHAPS CONDITIONS WERE MORE PROMISING THERE I CAME UP THOSE GAR SAID THE GIRL HE THOUGHT WAS SOMEHOW RADIANT REALLY LOVELY 1d8d4ebf-6d20-4158-8258-04b4f342f7d2 OR IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT OUT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT YOU JUST SAY THE WORD I OWE BACK YOU TO THE HILT WHY SHOULD I WANT OUT OF MY FIRST FIELD ASSIGNMENT LISTEN AND FIND OUT YES THAT'S IT AGREED PETER IT'S ALL RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE IT'S KIND OF PRAYING WITH YOUR FISTS OH CAN'T YOU DO SOMETHING TO PREVENT THEM FROM FIGHTING SARA PLEADED CECILY TURNING TO THE STORY GIRL WHO WAS SITTING ON A BIN SWINGING HER SHAPELY BARE FEET TO AND FRO 1d98c80a-fa4e-41e4-a432-186c683b732e SHOWING INTEREST IN THE LITTLE FELLOW'S CONDITION HE CATCHES ON FAST TO EVERYTHING I TELL HIM RAY TURNED ON HIM WITH A LOOK THAT WOULD HAVE SEARED THE SPHINX TURN THE UPPER OF THE TWO DIALS UNTIL THE HAND OF THE METER BESIDE IT MOVES UP TO TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED EXACTLY 1da8d6a5-99b7-498f-8ff6-028e27f063b7 ASKED HORN THEY WERE SIMPLE FOOLS SAID TENUBE TO NEWBOLTED PRESENTLY SAID SEND ME BACK THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL BETTER TO PICK YOUR OWN RELIGION THAN HAVE TO TAKE IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT YOUR FOLKS HAD RETORTED PETER 1daaec20-00c1-4f09-840e-0bc2baf6c145 I HAD MEANT TO SAIL OUT BRAVELY BLIND EYES FACING INTO THE SUNSET INSTEAD I FACED THE CROWD AS I SOARED AWAY SO I MADE THE MOST OF A BAD SITUATION AND THREW THEM A SNAPPY MILITARY SALUTE THEN I WAS OUT IN THE FRESH AIR AND AWAY YONAH SHRUGGED HIS FEET WERE BEGINNING TO HURT HE REALISED HE SIGHED BRIEFLY BUT THERE WAS NO TIME OR ATTENTION TO SPARE FOR THEM I COULD ONLY SEE YOU BY HAVING MYSELF ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT HE SAID IN THAT WAY YOU WILL BE FORCED TO LISTEN TO ME YOU MAY LISTEN NOW OR LATER AT A FULL HEARING OF THE INQUISITORS COURT AM I TO TAKE MY CHOICE KNUFF SAID 1db4ac0f-9627-4fb1-9bbb-57bc9b252aa3 COME OVER HERE YOU FOOLS THE DOCTOR'S PEN PAUSED OVER THE CHART ON HIS DESK DISAPPEARING THROUGH A BULKHEAD DOOR I DON'T CARE IF THE JOKE IS AS MUCH ON MYSELF AS ANY ONE A STORY IS A STORY NO MATTER WHO IT'S ON BUT IT IS HATEFUL TO BE LAUGHED AT AND GROWN UPS ALWAYS DO IT 1dbaab5c-ab21-4cb3-8ffa-eebdb819adcd A WAVE OF PURE HEAT SWEPT OVER THE BOAT BLISTERING WHAT PAINT IT STILL BOASTED THE BLOW HAD BEEN DIRECTED AT DOOR AND SHE SHOWED THAT SHE HAD ABSORBED MOST OF IT BY WILTING VISIBLY BUT FARMER FELT AS MUCH OF IT AS HE WANTED AFTER ALL THAT'S A VERY REMARKABLE VIRILE COMPLEX WE HAVE DOING YOUR REPAIR WORK AS THEY WALKED TO THE DOOR THE MAN SHOOK HIS HEAD GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT DOC 1df626d7-8bb6-453e-8a7a-fcbe91eed048 SARA I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THIS JUG SHE SAID SOLEMNLY NOW SARA HAD ALWAYS COVETED THIS PARTICULAR JUG STETSON'S VOICE HISSED SUDDENLY THROUGH THE SURGICALLY IMPLANTED SPEAKER HOW'S IT LOOK ALIEN ANY SIGN OF THAT MOB NEGATIVE O K WE'RE TAKING OFF 1e0b8809-0517-49d1-8434-09272dc1bb91 NINETY EIGHT PER CENT OF THEIR OUTPUT IS NOW FEEDING INTO COALS THAT MAKE AN ELECTROMAGNET OF THIS SHIP'S HULL IT IS VERY EVIDENT THAT WE NEED FEAR THESE PUFFED UP CREATURES NO LONGER 1e0bc790-aba6-41d7-9c66-514a382ff276 LIKE A MAN IN A DREAM JEFF CAUGHT UP HIS COMMUNICATOR FROM THE TABLE AND HURLED IT THE ZID CAUGHT IT DEFTLY SANK GLISTENING TEETH INTO THE UNIT AND DEMOLISHED IT WITH A SINGLE SNAP EVEN CHILDREN CANNOT DEVOUR MINCE PIE AND COLD FRIED PORK HAM AND FRUIT CAKE BEFORE GOING TO BED WITH ENTIRE IMPUNITY 1e196104-ea33-4a86-b3bf-e5f97c4b4760 AND NORTH OF US THE DIPPERS SWUNG UNTIRINGLY AROUND THE POLE STAR AND HE HAD NOT HEARD THE WARDER'S WORDS THEN BACK AT THE LAUNCH AND FARMER HE SHOT OUT A BIG PAW AND GRABBED HER BY THE WRIST DORA HESITATED HER HEAD JUST ABOVE WATER 1e232e11-18ee-444f-8d09-24b4de59ac4f HAD HE REMAINED HIS NATURAL SIZE THE DISTANCE COULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IN A FEW STEPS BUT TO A THUMB HIGH ROOT IT WAS QUITE A PROMENADE WHEN HE EMERGED FROM THE BOROUGH HE FOUND HIMSELF BUT A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE HOUSE IN THE CENTRE OF THE VEGETABLE GARDEN WHERE THE LEAVES OF RHUBARB WAVING ABOVE HIS HEAD SEEMED LIKE TREES OUTSIDE THE HOLE AND WAITING FOR HIM HE FOUND ALL HIS FRIENDS HE DID EVERYTHING BAD HE COULD THINK OF AND NEVER WENT TO CHURCH AND HE LAUGHED AT EVERYTHING RELIGIOUS EVEN THE DEVIL HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A DEVIL AT ALL ONE BEAUTIFUL SUMMER SUNDAY EVENING HIS MOTHER PLEADED WITH HIM TO GO TO CHURCH WITH HER BUT HE WOULD NOT HE TOLD HER THAT HE WAS GOING FISHING INSTEAD AND WHEN CHURCH TIME CAME HE SWAGGERED PAST THE CHURCH WITH HIS FISHING ROD OVER HIS SHOULDER SINGING A GODLESS SONG HALF WAY BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE HARBOUR THERE WAS A THICK SPRUCE WOOD AND THE PATH RAN THROUGH IT 1e374dd3-8567-4197-9671-578b79619510 BECAUSE OF THE MEASLES IN MARKDALE SOBBED SARA SHE SAYS MARKDALE IS FULL OF THEM AND THERE'LL BE SURE TO BE SOME OF THE MARKDALE PEOPLE AT THE SHOW SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A MAGIC LANTERN AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING ALL RIGHT BUT WAIT TILL I TELL YOU WHEN PEG BOWEN WAS LEAVING PAT STRETCHED OUT ON THE STEPS SHE TRAMPED ON HIS TAIL THE OPENING OF THE BLUE CHEST NOVEMBER WAKENED FROM HER DREAM OF MAY IN A BAD TEMPER 1e552a93-fc84-44a3-9ac4-6ec3ad85fb13 AND IF YOU WANTED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA YOU HAD TO GO IN A SAILING VESSEL ALL THE WAY AROUND CAPE HORN TELL JUDY ALL THE NEWS FOR ME I DO LOVE TO TELL STORIES THAT I KNOW REALLY HAPPENED IN THE LIFE ABOVE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT AND IT WAS QUITE REASON ENOUGH HE THOUGHT BUT ELSIE SHARP WAS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY SHE DID NOT SAY A WORD TO HIM COMING INTO THE HOUSE THAT EVENING A PACE BEHIND HER MOTHER LIKE AN OBEDIENT SLAVE 1e564d59-ddfc-442e-b078-587faea51f86 VIC TRIED TO SHOUT SOMETHING BUT A CLAW LIKE BROWN HAND WAS IMMEDIATELY THRUST OVER HIS MOUTH THE GUARDS WHO HELD ME FOLLOWED BY THE PRIESTS MADE THEIR WAY TOWARD THE EXTENDED PALMS WHICH FORMED THE ALTAR OF THIS STRANGE BLACK GOD WHOSE FAVOR WAS DEATH THE DOCTOR'S PEN PAUSED OVER THE CHART ON HIS DESK THIS IS YOUR THIRD SET OF TEETH I BELIEVE HIS PATIENT NODDED THAT'S RIGHT DOCTOR BUT THEY WERE PRETTY SLOW COMING IN THIS TIME THE DOCTOR LOOKED UP QUIZZICALLY IS THAT THE ONLY REASON YOU THINK YOU MIGHT NEED A BOOSTER SHOT OH NO OF COURSE NOT 1e5741b9-1cc5-4589-bcb4-48eafddc1d35 SOME OF THE DISASTERS AND APPARENT ACCIDENTS HIT INSIDE THIS AREA BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION PROVED THEM ALL TO HAVE NATURAL CAUSES DURING THE DISCUSSION WE CAME OUT TO THE FENCE OF THE HILL PASTURE WHERE GREW THE BAD BERRY BUSHES EVEN CHILDREN CANNOT DEVOUR MINCE PIE 1e5bb0a8-e6f0-46fd-99f4-36704b20960e AN OLD PROVERB WITH NEW MEANING IT WAS HALF PAST FIVE WHEN WE BOYS GOT UP NEXT MORNING WE WERE JOINED ON THE STAIRS BY FELICITY YAWNING AND ROSY O DEAR ME I OVERSLEPT MYSELF WE CALLED THEM THE WHITE LADIES THE STORY GIRL GAVE THEM THE NAME SHE SAID THEY LOOKED LIKE THE SOULS OF GOOD WOMEN WHO HAD HAD TO SUFFER MUCH AND HAD BEEN VERY PATIENT 1e660b26-289e-4a8c-a494-796ded22739b AGREE TO IT SAID THE TIN WOODMAN SHAKING THE HAND OF HIS TWIN TO SHOW THE MATTER WAS SETTLED I OFTEN FEEL SAID FELICITY PRIMLY THAT WE DON'T THINK ENOUGH ABOUT THE HEATHENS WE OUGHT TO THINK A GREAT DEAL MORE EVEN THE STORY GIRL WAS SURPRISED 1e8871f8-1510-49c9-8af7-16ef2af8a86e GIANS ALL AROUND THE BUTCHER'S PEDESTAL OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS LOOMED DIRECTLY AHEAD BUT AT LEAST WE CAN MAINTAIN ON NUMBERS PASS THE GIFT ON TO OUR CHILDREN CLARETON'S THOUGHT CARRIED A WRY ECHO 1e90b8b3-50e1-4ec1-b6e5-01df4e3d8478 ANYWAY IT SERVES HER RIGHT DECLARED DOROTHY BUT YOU BEING A STRANGER ARE NO DOUBT CURIOUS TO LEARN HOW I BECAME SO BEAUTIFUL AND PROSPEROUS UNCLE ROGER'S HOUSE WAS TO BE CLOSED AND HE AND PETER AND THE STORY GIRL WOULD TAKE UP THEIR ABODE WITH US 1e993483-239a-49fd-8789-92def932d0e2 DORA HESITATED HER HEAD JUST ABOVE WATER SHE LOOKED AT THE LIMP DIVING SUITED BODY BESIDE HER THEN BACK AT THE LAUNCH AND FARMER AGAIN SHE CAME TO A DECISION QUICKLY BENDING LEAVING A TRAIL OF BUBBLES AS HER HEAD WENT UNDER SHE SET THE JUDGE'S INVENTION DOWN ON A LOWER STEP AND PICKED UP THE JUDGE INSTEAD CRADLING HIM IN HER ARMS SHE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN CALLING TO FARMER TO BE READY TO TAKE HER BURDEN ABOARD I HAD THOUGHT OF IT HE OWNED BUT IT LOOKS A WEE LIKE A STORM AND MY SLEIGH IS AT THE BLACKSMITH'S TO BE SHOD IF I WENT IT MUST BE ON BLACK BENT DAN'S BACK AND HE LIKES A CANTER OVER THE ICE IN A SNOWSTORM AS LITTLE AS I HIS OWN FIRESIDE IS THE BEST PLACE FOR A MAN TO DIET CAMPBELL HAVE ANOTHER TASTE MAN HAVE ANOTHER TASTE 1ea542d8-7cd5-41ea-8258-33d3149aec69 I MUST ADMIT IT WENT OFF PRETTY WELL BEFORE THEY COULD GET ANY MORE BRIGHT IDEAS I THREW THE SWITCH AND MY PLASTIC PTERODACTYL SAILED THROUGH THE DOOR I COULDN'T SEE IT OF COURSE BUT I KNEW IT HAD ARRIVED WHEN THE GRAPPLES IN THE CLAWS LATCHED ON TO THE STEEL PLATES ON MY SHOULDERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO WITH ME DOROTHY OF COURSE ANSWERED THE LITTLE GIRL I WOULDN'T MISS IT FOR ANYTHING 1ec58f17-5152-47ff-bc1e-69126329aa1b WENT THREE OF THE LOOMS WHEN THE WANDERER PRICKED THEM WITH HIS THOR AND AT THE SOUNDS AND AT THE SOUNDS THE OTHERS LOOKED AROUND AND SAW THEIR DANGER WITH YELLS OF FEAR THEY BOUNDED AWAY IN ALL DIRECTIONS SCATTERING ABOUT THE CLEARING WITH WOOT THE WANDERER IN FULL CHASE IF THAT'S SO THOUGH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING SAID THE STORY GIRL DREARILY PAT MUST DIE CECILY BEGAN TO WEEP AFRESH I'LL DO ANYTHING TO SAVE PAT'S LIFE SHE SAID I'D BELIEVE ANYTHING 1ecc3c91-902f-40b6-ab59-4ea84e9d4f5b THE PIG ATE THE WHOLE PAILFUL AND THEN THE IRISHMAN PUT THE PIG IN THE PAIL AND IT DIDN'T FILL MORE THAN HALF THE PAIL OH WELL WE GOT IT FROM THE PROMOTER OF SORTS I TOOK A SPADE AND SPADE IT OFF THE TOP OF THE TOWN TO GET IN 1efc8b0f-2801-4ac8-a978-1ed6cfbb4245 DAN AND FELIX SHELLED PEAS AND TORMENTED PAT BY ATTACHING PODS TO HIS EARS AND TAIL FELICITY FLUSHED AND SERIOUS MEASURED AND STIRRED SKILFULLY FOR A WEEK WE ATE UNLAWFUL LUNCHES AND DREAMED DREAMS AFTER OUR OWN HEARTS 1f0363dc-6336-4a95-9d5b-cc340ed102d7 ABRAHAM KING SMILED AND BEING A MAN OF FEW WORDS SAID NOTHING BUT IN HIS MIND HE HAD A VISION OF THE YEARS TO BE AND IN THAT VISION HE SAW NOT RIPPLING ACRES OF HARVEST GOLD BUT GREAT LEAFY AVENUES OF WIDE SPREADING TREES LADEN WITH FRUIT TO GLADDEN THE EYES OF CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN YET UNBORN IT WAS A VISION TO DEVELOP SLOWLY INTO FULFILMENT IT STOOD SOLIDLY ON CAREFULLY MANICURED YELLOW FEET AND STARED AT HIM OUT OF SQUARE VIOLET EYES INVOLUNTARILY HE TOOK A BACKWARD STEP CAUGHT HIS HEEL ON A SUN WARPED BOARD AND SAT DOWN HEAVILY 1f1f5fb8-4704-47a9-b065-335726711925 UNTIL WE REACH A STRAW STACK DON'T EAT THANK YOU SAID THE SCARECROW GLINDA'S POWER IN TRANSFORMATIONS IS NO GREATER THAN MY OWN AS THE SUN REMAINED HIDDEN BY GRAY CLOUDS THIS FAIRY BEAUTY LASTED ALL DAY I SHALL NEVER USE IT TO EAT OFF OF SAID SARAH RAPTUROUSLY I'LL PUT IT ON THE PARLOR MANTELPIECE 1f20c439-6e15-497f-be81-e4860ed59e32 BUT WHERE THE STORY GIRL LED WE WOULD FOLLOW TO THE DEATH THE NEXT DAY BEING SATURDAY WE STARTED OUT IN THE AFTERNOON WE TOOK A SHORT CUT TO GOLDEN MILE OVER A LONG GREEN DEWY LAND FULL OF PLACID MEADOWS WHERE SUNSHINE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP AT FIRST ALL WAS NOT HARMONIOUS FELICITY WAS IN AN ILL HUMOR SHE HAD WANTED TO WEAR HER SECOND BEST DRESS BUT AUNT JANET HAD DECREED THAT HER SCHOOL CLOTHES WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO GO TRAIPSING ABOUT IN THE DUST AS HE TALKED A PICTURE FLICKERED ON THE SCREEN IT WAS THE RADIO ROOM ON ASTRO WON COLONEL TOWERS WAS PACING BACK AND FORTH IN FRONT OF THE RADIO MAN SHALL YOU KEEP TRYING TO RAISE HIM HE HEARD RHINARD ASK FOOL STUNT TOWERS SPUTTERED NOD I THINK I THINK YOU WENT DOWN DELIBERATELY JUST TO BE THE FIRST HUMAN BEING TO WALK ON THE GROUND OF A PLANET OF ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM ASTRO THIS IS BRANNAN COME IN PLEASE TOWERS CONTINUED TO PACE AND TALK 1f273359-e043-4f36-ba7f-1253a2d4e337 ALL THESE WONDERS HAD BEEN MADE BY THE CLEVER WINKIE TINSMITHS WHO WOUND THE BIRDS UP EVERY MORNING SO THAT THEY WOULD MOVE ABOUT AND SEE AFTER BREAKFAST THE BOY WENT INTO THE THRONE ROOM WHERE THE EMPEROR WAS HAVING HIS TIN JOINTS CAREFULLY OILED BY A SERVANT WHILE OTHER SERVANTS WERE STUFFING SWEET FRESH STRAW INTO THE BODY OF THE SCARECROW IT WAS RAY WHO FIRST STARTED STUMBLING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BOAT HOOK BUT JOHN ANDREW IN A SUDDEN FIT OF BRAVERY SHOVED PAST HIM AND GRABBED THE FRAGILE LOOKING THING FROM ITS CLEACH HE SWUNG TO FACE THE MONSTER WITH A SICK FEELING IN HIS STOMACH AND GOT ANOTHER SURPRISE THE THING HAD STOPPED MOVING STRADDLING A RAIL BEHIND IT AND SIMILARLY DRIPPING WAS A MY GOD 1f39332e-d84c-4e54-b569-4f07876aa2a8 THE TASK YOU PROPOSE IS NOT SO EASY AS YOU MAY SUPPOSE I AM NOW GOING TO BED AND IN THE MORNING I WILL GIVE YOU ALL NEW FORMS I THINK HE OUGHT TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT POOR RACHEL WAS SO HAPPY THAT WINTER SHE MADE ALL HER WEDDING THINGS WITH HER OWN HANDS 1f3ac64b-03de-4e04-863f-f06499747c58 HE THREW THE MARK THREE FILE AT ME AND WENT BACK TO SCRATCHING IN HIS PAPERS THE OLD BOYS HAD BUILT WELL HIS SPIES WERE GETTING MORE EFFICIENT EVERY DAY IT'S THE STORY GIRL'S DOINGS IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A VERY GOOD BOOK IF THERE WAS SUCH A PICTURE IN IT SAID FELICITY 1f4012c3-e2c7-47cc-937f-fa6c0f6f7bde SCATTERED THROUGH THE GRASS IN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK WERE BLOSSOMING PALE AERIAL FLOWERS WHICH HAD NO NAME THAT WE COULD EVER DISCOVER NOBODY SEEMED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM FELICITY DID NOT APPROVE OF THE DESIGN AND SAID SO PLAINLY HE WON'T KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE FOR HE'S NEVER BEEN INSIDE A CHURCH DOOR IN HIS LIFE SHE WARNED THE STORY GIRL 1f41c4b8-d511-40e6-8669-2024c9f0bc51 AS WE SAT THERE THE AWKWARD MAN PASSED BY WITH HIS GUN OVER HIS SHOULDER AND HIS DOG AT HIS SIDE HE DID NOT LOOK LIKE AN AWKWARD MAN THERE IN THE HEART OF THE MAPLE WOODS HE STRODE ALONG RIGHT MASTERFULLY AND LIFTED HIS HEAD WITH THE AIR OF ONE WHO WAS MONARCH OF ALL HE SURVEYED VIC SHOOK HIS HEAD QUITE GRAVELY NO OLD SON I'VE HAD ENOUGH OFF ON ANOTHER TANGENT NOW WHY WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO BACK NOT ME IT DOESN'T SEEM REAL NOW MORE LIKE A NIGHTMARE BUT IT WAS TERRIBLE ENOUGH AT THE TIME 1f4c7cbf-baa0-4aa8-b518-0c17660c0e9b YOU THERE SHORTEN CHUNKY I CALLED DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCEALED COMPARTMENTS OR DRAWERS BUILT UNTIL STEEL HARD IF SO LET'S SEE THEREFORE I HAVE A LITTLE JOB I KNOW YOU'LL ENJOY ONE OF THE LIZARDS GARGLED AT ANOTHER ONE AND THE SECOND ONE TURNED AROUND 1f501168-574d-4f0a-af0a-f75de00e0c7d OF COURSE SAID THE DELIGHTED STORY GIRL NO SAID DAN RELUCTANTLY I S'POSE THERE'D BE SOME DRAWBACK TO EVERYTHING EVEN BEIN AN ENGINE ISN'T IT COLD SAID CECILY SHIVERING AGAIN 1f50501a-7265-42bf-8996-6556d373ff81 FELIX'S FACE NEVER BLUSHED BUT HIS EARS ALWAYS GAVE HIM AWAY PAT JUST GOT SICK AND GOT BETTER AGAIN OF HIS OWN ACCORD OH INDEED IN MY OPINION MISTER SCARECROW YOU ARE NOW ACTING LIKE A BEAR SO A BEAR YOU SHALL BE 1f6eb5d1-5e4e-41b6-acd6-f9e7905fddcc DARK AND STERN AND SORROWFUL THAT THEY MIGHT DRINK OF THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE BEYOND AND THIS WAS OUR PUNISHMENT IN THE CASE OF TISSUE REGENERATION I'M CAPTAIN BRANDON OF THE ASTRO ONE KEEP TRYING TO RAISE HIM RIGHT 1f76423b-c2d8-451d-9b74-c6a2d509851e AND HIS SERMONS AND PRAYERS WERE ALWAYS JUST ABOUT AS OUTSPOKEN AS THOSE JULIA OBJECTED TO SAID UNCLE ALEC I TELL YOU THAT LAST SENTENCE HAS A FINE SOUND SAID PETER ADMIRINGLY I DIDN'T MAKE IT UP ADMITTED THE STORY GIRL HONESTLY I READ IT SOMEWHERE AND REMEMBERED IT DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME ADVISED WOO CALMLY WHEREVER YOU WISH TO GO I WILL GO AND SHARE YOUR DANGERS THEN SHE TURNED TO HER CAPTIVES AND SAID THE NEXT THING ON THE PROGRAMME IS TO CHANGE YOUR FORMS 1f772959-a47b-4a36-bd8b-3b75bc80f41d IN THIS LITTLE OLD BOOK FILLED WITH CRAMPED BOYISH WRITING THERE IS A SPELL OF WHITE MAGIC THAT SETS THE YEARS AT NAUGHT BEVERLY KING IS A BOY ONCE MORE WRITING DOWN HIS DREAMS IN THE OLD KING ORCHARD ON THE HOMESTEAD HILL BLOWN OVER BY MUSKY WINDS GARF PADDLED IDLY AROUND DOR'S APARTMENT PRETENDING INTEREST IN THE SHELL PAINTINGS THAT DECORATED THE WALLS HE HAD PRESENTED HER A BOUQUET IN WHICH RARE BLOSSOMS HID SLIMY SMELLING WEEDS AND SHE WAS SORE AT HIM AGAIN 1fa00504-0557-407e-8bbc-212d042c879a YOU SAID ONCE YOU KNEW A STORY ABOUT THE AWKWARD MAN SAID FELIX YOU MIGHT TELL IT TO US BUT WE CARRIED SUMMER AND SUNSHINE IN OUR HEARTS AND THE BLEAK UNLOVELINESS OF THE OUTER WORLD ONLY INTENSIFIED OUR INNER RADIANCE ALL COMBINED TO MAKE HIM VERY REAL TO US NOW HE WAS A PERSONALITY IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANY ONE OF US SHOULD EVER GO THERE 1fb5064b-8921-417d-b870-28bc529f2568 THE POOR DEAR SHE SAYS HE'S WORKED HIMSELF HALF TO DEATH AND DROPPED OFF ON THAT HORRIBLE CART HE KEEPS IN HIS LABORATORY SAYS MISS HOPE JUST THINK HOW MANY NEW STORIES I'D HAVE TO TELL AFTER I'D HEARD HIM BUT IT'LL BE A GOOD STORY TO TELL SOMETIME SHE ADDED 1fb6f1ad-eeed-4125-be44-54b40ddfdd4b HOW ABOUT AUNT OLIVIA NO AUNT OLIVIA HAS GONE TO BED WITH A SICK HEADACHE AND MUSTN'T BE DISTURBED SAID THE STORY GIRL THE PRINCIPLE'S THE SAME FIRST YOU LEARN TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM A THING THEN CONTROL IT AND EVENTUALLY WE LEARN TO HARNESS IT FOR A USEFUL PURPOSE HE GESTURED TOWARDS THE MAN'S CIGARETTE EVEN SO MAN STILL INSTINCTIVELY FEARS FIRE EVEN WHILE HE USES IT 1fc4482f-70aa-46cd-a306-81f02f0cdd6f AND POUNDED THE THREE TRAVELLERS AS HARD AS THEY COULD ON ALL SIDES SO MANY WOONS PETER WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KEPT HIS NORMAL POISE FOLLOWED BY PATTY AND THE REST OF US WALKED UP THE ORCHARD TO THE HOUSE 1fd41a12-e005-4efc-8402-2c5579c48acd I SHALL HAVE TO EXPERIMENT ON YOU POLYCHROME AND I MAY FAIL IN ALL MY ATTEMPTS IT SEEMS AS IF TEN O'CLOCK WOULD NEVER COME SIGHED THE STORY GIRL THE WORK IS ALL DONE AND AUNT OLIVIA AND UNCLE ROGER ARE HERE AND THE CHEST MIGHT JUST AS WELL BE OPEN RIGHT AWAY 1fd880c9-cf94-42bb-9a56-505fb9d6e4a8 SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED HE PAUSED AND ASKED DEFENSIVELY IS THAT UNUSUAL THE DOCTOR SMILED OPENLY NOW NOT AT ALL NOT AT ALL BRANDON WAS LOOKING AT THE MILKY WAY THROUGH HIS PURMA GLASS CANOPY HE COULD SEE IT TRAILING ACROSS THE BLACK VELVET OF SPACE LIKE A WHITE BRIDAL VEIL THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE SAID CECILY PERPLEXEDLY WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR WHAT WE WANT OF THAT I'M SURE AND PETER WANTED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD PASS THE ORDEAL IT SEEMS AS IF HE MUST BE RIGHT AND YET IT DOESN'T SEEM SO I WISH I COULD UNDERSTAND IT 1fda9c6c-a55e-4ddf-9b37-3b46b9251bc6 A DAUGHTER OF EVE I HATE THE THOUGHT OF GROWING UP SAID THE STORY GIRL REFLECTIVELY BECAUSE I CAN NEVER GO BAREFOOTED THEN AND NOBODY WILL EVER SEE WHAT BEAUTIFUL FEET I HAVE SARA'S CONSCIENCE IS ALWAYS TROUBLING HER FOR DOING THINGS SHE'S SURE HER MOTHER WON'T APPROVE BUT IT NEVER PREVENTS HER FROM DOING THEM IT ONLY SPOILS HER FUN 1fddf86c-c401-4161-a0c6-6884a33fa877 HER SON'S DEATH HE SAW WHEN HE LOOKED INTO HER MIND HAD NOT COME AS A SURPRISE TO HER AND FOR THE MONEY YOU WILL BE WELCOME THAT IT WOULD BE WELL TO KEEP AS THE PIQUANT COUNTRY PHRASE WENT FROM THE WALK WE WENT TO THE PULPIT STONE DAN DID NOT COME DOWN UNTIL BREAKFAST WAS HALF OVER 1fe446fd-c32f-48ea-84aa-949909c9c485 WE MUST REUNITE THE LOST PLANETS WITH OUR CENTERS OF CULTURE AND INDUSTRY AND TAKE UP THE GLORIOUS ONWARD MARCH OF MANKIND THAT WAS SO BRUTALLY CAN IT SARA RAY THOUGHT FELICITY SHOULD SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE THE STORY GIRL WAS HALF AN ORPHAN FELIX TRIED TO MAKE PEACE BETWEEN THEM AND MET THE USUAL FATE OF ALL PEASE MAKERS THE STORY GIRL LAWFULLY TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND AND FELICITY SAID THAT FAT BOYS SHOULD MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS AFTER THAT PHILEAS DECLARED IT WOULD SERVE FELICITY WRITE IF THE STORY GIRL NEVER SPOKE TO HER AGAIN 1fedbe38-4967-4b12-9cd2-31365ba102a2 HE DOESN'T HE COULDN'T HE IS WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL BUT WITH OTHERS IT DID NOT MATTER WE ALL STOOD AROUND NAW GRINNED DAN PEG CHEWS TOBACCO LIKE A MAN AND SHE'D RATHER HAVE IT THAN YOUR RUBBISHY PEPPERMINTS I CAN TELL YOU I'LL RUN DOWN TO OLD MISSUS SAMPSON'S AND GET A PLUG WE WERE ALL IN A DOLEFUL DUMPS AT LEAST ALL WE YOUNG FRY WERE 1ff1a72d-e4a3-4f4f-8360-dd0da9546ed6 VIC'S PLACE WAS OUT ON THE RIVER ABOUT TEN MILES FROM TOWN AND THAT LITTLE TAN ROADSTER OF MINE MADE IT IN JUST ABOUT TEN MINUTES YOU CAN GO HOME IF YOU LIKE SAID THE STORY GIRL SCORNFULLY BUT I'M GOING TO GO SEE MISTER CAMPBELL I KNOW I CAN MANAGE HIM BUT IF I HAVE TO GO ALONE AND HE GIVES ME ANYTHING I'LL KEEP IT ALL FOR MY OWN COLLECTION MIND YOU I CAUGHT BROOK TROUT IN THE WESTERLING VALLEY OF SPRUCES AND SOLD THEM FOR A CENT APIECE 20014d36-9229-4a42-82c2-3cdc6d9a8ac2 MARGARET'S FATHER AND MOTHER FORGAVE HER CAN'T DESCRIBE MY FEELINGS THEY HAD THREE DAYS ONCE THE PROGRAMME WAS UNDER WAY IT HAD BEEN GUIDED WITH A SKILL THAT BORDERED ON GENIUS ANY PLANS ELABORATE AS HIS CERTAINLY INCLUDED WARNING OF APPROACHING DANGER 202e4b1b-0065-4a26-86e4-6b42e90f9aeb SHE WAS AN UNHAPPY LITTLE EXILE HER TONE EXPRESSED HER CONVICTION THAT THAT WOULD CARRY PETER THROUGH IF ANYTHING WOULD BUT EVEN FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE SHUT UP IN ASTRO ONE WITH FIVE OTHER MEN AFTER FOUR YEARS I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE STORE OF PHOTOPHLASH FLARES 20349b19-b22d-4bd3-ac22-e3a86a9dfbe4 BEHIND DORN THERE CAME A DEEP RUMBLING ROAR THAT RECEDED AS THE SCOUT CRUISER CLIMBED ITS JETS PUT YOURSELF IN ANY CATEGORY YOU PLEASE HE GRUMBLED AS HE SLUMPED DOWN INTO THE BED AND ALSO PUT YOURSELF OUT IN THE HALL AND SEE ME TO MORROW DURING WORKING HOURS HE WAS AT MY MERCY REALLY HE WANTED TO SLEEP SO MUCH AND HE WAS GOING TO BE WIDE AWAKE SO VERY SOON 204ad6d1-2762-4f33-8ead-9a31e049b3f0 IT WAS ULTIMATELY ARRANGED THAT THE COMBAT SHOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE FIR WOOD BEHIND UNCLE ROGER'S GRANARY IT WAS A NICE REMOTE BOSKY PLACE WHERE NO PROWLING GROWN UP WOULD BE LIKELY TO INTRUDE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FEELING VERY COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY BUT AS A MATTER OF FACT WE WERE NOT PARTICULARLY SO AND WHO SPOKE FIRST OH THE STORY YELL SHE GOT EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING AND SPOKE TO FELICITY BEFORE SHE THOUGHT AND THEN IT WAS ALL RIGHT 207f5987-99f5-47da-a673-66f2c2e61157 AND THE WARDER SET OPEN THE GATE THE RAINBOW HAD FADED OUT AND THE DARKNESS OF THE OCTOBER DUSK WAS FALLING WHY WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO BACK AT THE ENTRANCE OF ONE OF THE HUGE MISSHAPEN BLACK BUILDINGS THE CREATURE WITH THE BRILLIANT STONE AT HIS THROAT APPEARED AS SUDDENLY AS A LIGHT FLASHES UP IN THE DARKNESS 208576ea-bb98-4b9b-b094-bcc08324f443 DON'T YOU SAY ANOTHER WORD I CAN'T BEAR IT DON'T YOU THE STORY GIRL DIDN'T BUT SHE HAD SAID ENOUGH THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE QUALITY OF A GHOST WITH EYEHOLES BUT NO EYES THAT FROZE HER YOUNG BLOOD BUT ODIN STOOD SILENT WITH HIS FACE TURNED FROM HIS BELOVED AND VING'S HEART WAS FILLED WITH UNSPEAKABLE BITTERNESS AND DESPAIR 2090631d-5aa5-4317-ba0d-0587a780520a WITH THE AUTOMATIC DISREGARD FOR OTHERS OF THE TRULY DEDICATED HE PRESSED THE SCRAMBLE BUTTON ON HIS DESK YES I'M GUESSING AN INFORMED GUESS BUT I DO KNOW SOME FACTS AS WELL BUT WAS NOT AN AWKWARD MAN WHO WAS ALSO A HERMIT AND KEPT BLUE SILK DRESSES IN A LOCKED ROOM AND POSSIBLY WROTE POETRY A LEGITIMATE OBJECT OF CURIOSITY I LEAVE IT TO YOU 209b5c21-59e3-4286-ba91-d33cda799dab WE COULD NOT SEE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN PETER'S TWO QUESTIONS WHAT HAS SQUINTING GOT TO DO WITH TWINS ASKED DAN I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED I COULDN'T GO OVER LAST NIGHT I GOT UP EARLY THIS MORNING THOUGH FOR I FELT SURE YOU WOULD BE UP EARLY TOO AND THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE ME TELL YOU ABOUT THINGS I CAN TELL THINGS SO MUCH BETTER THAN FELICITY OR CECILY 20c1cd04-4ca8-4618-8d0f-337dac653782 MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MORE SUCCESSFUL ARTIST AS SOFTLY AS THE DOWN OF A THISTLE OR OF DISQUIETING AMBITION IT'S ALL VERY FINE FOR YOU FELLOWS TO LAUGH I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL HALF AS MUCH AS YOU DID TOMMY AND ADAM COWAN OVER AT MARKDALE ARE TWINS AND THEY'RE BOTH CROSS EYED 20c21da6-90af-4a56-ace0-09bb4cacb7a1 SHE AND A KATY WERE VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER AND OFTEN THEY HUNTED TOGETHER FOR SCHUBEN WAS ALMOST AS SKILFUL WITH HER BOW AND ARROW AS THE KATY HIMSELF THEY LOVED EACH OTHER EVER SINCE THEY WERE SMALL PAPOOSES AND THEY VOWED TO LOVE EACH OTHER AS LONG AS THE RIVER RAN HE DROPPED HIS HAND SAID I AM LOUIS HORN OF REDISCOVERY AND REEDUCATION I WAS SENT HERE AT THE REQUEST OF THE FIRST CONTACT OFFICER ON THE DELPHINOUS REDISCOVERY WHERE IS YOUR SHIP DEMANDED THE GIANT IT PUT ME DOWN AND LEFT WHY 20c7449e-f195-4f4c-b97c-99c9154a4974 IF ONLY A SPANKING WOULD MEND THE MANOR IT WAS NOT LIKELY IT WOULD EVER BE MENDED BOTH FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL WERE RATHER TOO OLD TO BE SPANKED AND IF THEY HAD NOT BEEN NONE OF THE GROWN UPS WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WORTH WHILE TO ADMINISTER SO DESPERATE A REMEDY FOR THEY USUALLY CONSIDERED SO INSIGNIFICANT A TROUBLE WHY I HAVE A HUNCH ABOUT THESE CREATURES WHAT IS IT NO TIME NOW TRUST ME IN OUR TONGUE IT MEANS THE LIMB OF VICTORY SAID TO NEW BY ITS LIGHT WE WILL CONTINUE 20cd6bdd-e2d5-4eb8-b8f1-63501c4a843f JEFF FORCED STUMBLING WORDS INTO LINE THE E I OPERATOR SHOOK HIS HEAD DOUBTFULLY CONSEIL'S GONE FOR THE DAY AUBREY I'LL SEE IF I CAN REACH HIM HE WAS ABOUT TO SEND OUT AN E I PATROL SHIP TO TAKE OVER HERE IN THE ISLANDS JEFF SAID TELL HIM TO HURRY YET THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO SAID FELICITY IMPATIENTLY I SUPPOSE SOBBED CECILY WE MIGHT GO TO PEG BOWEN AND ASK HER TO FORGIVE PAT AND TAKE THE SPELL OFF HIM SHE MIGHT IF WE APOLOGIZED REAL HUMBLE 20cea58e-248f-4e7f-b58b-91d994d04d3a MAKE YOURSELVES AT HOME IN THE GARDEN AND STAY ALL NIGHT IF YOU LIKE BUT IN THE MORNING YOU MUST GO AWAY FOR WE ARE QUIET PEOPLE AND DO NOT CARE FOR COMPANY WE LOOKED EAGERLY AT THE DAGEROTYPES IN THE OLD CASE WHY RACHEL WARDE WASN'T A BIT PRETTY EXCLAIMED THE STORY GIRL IN POIGNANT DISAPPOINTMENT 20d1d959-51be-4d9d-8d69-15adc26d62e9 I HAD VERY LITTLE SITTING DOWN PATIENCE ANYWAY AND IT HAD BEEN LONG SINCE EXHAUSTED IT WAS A FOUR HOUR DRIVE AND WE MADE PLANS ON THE WAY DOWN I CAN BE CONNED ONCE WE WERE MORE INTERESTED IN FELICITY AND CECILY AND DAN IN THE OLD CARLISLE GRAVEYARD 20d2cec0-94d1-4324-b957-be82b8e5744f OH COME COME QUICK SHE GASPED DAN'S EATING THE BAD BERRIES AGAIN HE'S AT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM HE SAYS HE'LL SHOW FELICITY I CAN'T STOP HIM AND I'M SURE HER WITS WILL SHOW HER HOW TO GET PLENTY TO EAT I SHOULD HAVE MORE STUFFING 20d42e5d-c172-424a-8922-f4161c8dcdb3 AND BEFORE US WAS THE DREAM OF SPRING PAT IS SPLENDID HE HAS NEVER HAD A SIX BELL SINCE THAT BAD ONE WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE MATTER SAID UNCLE ALEC BUT THINKING ABOUT DANGER PLEASE SAID THE SCARECROW WARNINGLY WHY ASKED THE BOY IF 20fc4f37-b51a-4bfa-84e4-b3f6da829665 AND TO NUBES AND HIMSELF THAT THE DELPHINEUS WAS HIDDEN HOW LONG BEFORE A TOOL USING RACE COULD BE A THREAT TO THE GALAXY HE HAD MANY RIVALS BUT HE KNEW THAT IF SHE WOULD NOT COME TO BE THE MISTRESS OF HIS NEW HOUSE NO ONE ELSE EVER SHOULD OH SAID THE STORY GIRL LOOKING AT CECILY HALF REPROACHFULLY 20fff391-a0f5-4032-87d6-a318649c9dba SARA RAY PUT THE FINISHING TOUCH TO MY MORTIFICATION ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS HIS AND HERS I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE GETTING BETTER SHE CAN'T STARVE TO DEATH IN THE LAND OF OZ THAT'S CERTAIN NO THAT WAS WHAT I ASKED FOR 2106b405-d421-41ec-a076-db56a7331a95 NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING ELSE MY BOY IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO PETER AND YOU ARE LET'S SEE HIM BEFORE IT HAPPENS DISAPPOINTMENT AND SOMETHING WORSE YOU AND MISSUS PARIN ARE TO LEAVE ME HERE AND NOT DISTURB ANYTHING SIT DOWN PETE AND LET'S TALK 210daa92-ad23-4a71-984e-4667ddda18ce WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE SAID ANGRILY LOOKING AT THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF HIM THE GIRL CAUGHT WHYS FIRST SHE SPUN AROUND AND POINTED HE'S HERE THEY BOTH STARED GAPED AT ME CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND COMPLETELY UNPREPARED YOU'RE UNDER ARREST CRIME KING I TOLD HIM AND A GIRL FRIEND ANGELINA ROLLED HER EYES UP AND SLID SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR REAL FATE I DIDN'T CARE I KEPT THE GUN ON PEPPET'S PUDGY FORM WHILE HE PICKED HER UP AND CARRIED HER TO AN ACCELERATION COUCH AGAINST THE WALL WHY SHOULD I WANT OUT OF MY FIRST FIELD ASSIGNMENT LISTEN AND FIND OUT STETSON CROSSED OVER TO A TILT LOCKER BEHIND THE BIG TRANSLENT MAP HAULED OUT A WHITE COVER ALL UNIFORM WITH GOLDEN SIGNIA TOSSED IT TO ORAN GET INTO THESE WHILE I BRIEF YOU ON THE MAP BUT THIS IS AN ORN R UNIT BEGAN ORAN GET THAT UNIFORM ON YOUR UGLY FRAME 212342aa-5bed-4831-ad35-588e440175d6 HIS NAME IS PETER CRAIG BUT I BEGAN TO THINK I WOULD LIKE FELICITY FELICITY TOSSED HER GOLDEN HEAD BUT I DON'T THINK I WOULD LIKE TO BE CAUGHT BY HER FELIX AND I SAW SOMEWHERE INSIDE OF OUR HEADS A VELVET AND PURPLE AND GOLD PANSY WOMAN JUST AS THE STORY GIRL SPOKE 212ef332-3c64-4416-b227-116aa3c9e7eb TRYING TO TRAP AND KILL THEM WITH NO WEAPONS BEYOND HIS BARE HANDS EVEN AN EATING KNIFE HE HAD CARRIED IN HIS JERKIN HAD BEEN TAKEN AWAY LEAVING HIM TO THE UNCOMFORTABLE REFLECTION THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE TO DINE WITH HIS FINGERS WAS A PASTIME THAT OCCUPIED HIM FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE FIRST DAY AND COLD FRIED PORK HAM AND FRUIT CAKE BEFORE GOING TO BED WITH ENTIRE IMPUNITY 2135e557-9151-4215-9d6a-0681adad8d9a LET'S GO AND GET THE BITTER APPLES SAID CECILY HASTILY SEEING THAT FELIX FELICITY AND DAN WERE ON THE VERGE OF A QUARREL MORE BITTER THAN THE APPLES WE WENT TO THE SEEDLING TREE AND GOT AN APPLE APIECE THE GAME WAS THAT EVERY ONE MUST TAKE A BITE IN TURN CHEW IT UP AND SWALLOW IT WITHOUT MAKING A FACE THE GIANTESS SEEMED MUCH AMUSED BY THE TIN OWL'S APPEARANCE FOR HER LAUGH WAS BIG AND JOLLY 213ce6ce-35f7-4366-a41d-d8b634399bb8 HARROW THE WOOD FIELD AND DIG YOUR AUNT OLIVIA'S FLOWER BEDS AUNT OLIVIA AND I PLANTED SWEET PEAS YESTERDAY SAID THE STORY GIRL AND I PLANTED A LITTLE BED OF MY OWN I AM NOT GOING TO DIG THEM UP THIS YEAR TO SEE IF THEY HAVE SPROUTED IT IS BAD FOR THEM CECILY CARRIED HIS MEALS TO HIM AND READ A HINTY BOOK TO HIM ALL HER SPARE TIME THE STORY GIRL WENT UP AND TOLD HIM WONDROUS TALES AND SARA RAY BROUGHT HIM A PUDDING SHE HAD MADE HERSELF 2146956d-4704-40b7-93e4-a3a895b6fd2c TIN PATTY PANS AREN'T VERY ROMANTIC SAID THE STORY GIRL DISCONTENTEDLY I NOTICE THAT YOU ARE AS FOND AS ANY ONE OF WHAT IS BAKED IN THEM SAID AUNT JANET I HAVE HEARD OF THOSE PATTY PANS AN OLD SERVANT GRANDMOTHER KING HAD GAVE THEM TO RACHEL NOW WE ARE COMING TO THE LINEN THAT WAS UNCLE EDWARD'S WORD'S PRESENT HOW YELLOW IT HAS GROWN NOW SOLDIER CUT THE HAY SAID THE SCARECROW'S HEAD WHICH WAS STILL HELD BY ROOT THE WANDERER I'D LIKE TO BUT I CAN'T STOOP OVER WITH MY BENT LEG WITHOUT FALLING REPLIED CAPTAIN FIGHTER 2160e82b-e3c9-482f-9e7c-e014c98d6f2f THE ONLY DOOR WAS IN THE UPPER STORY AND WAS REACHED BY A FLIGHT OF RICKETY STEPS WE HAD EVEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT MISTER CAMPBELL BUT AWAY UP AT THE END OF THE PLACE THE CAVERN FLOOR WAS HEAPED WITH TUMBLED ROCKS OR ANY OTHER PLACE IN OZ 2162d056-5778-4e97-ae21-c304b60556ed JEFF LOOKED BACK ONCE TO SEE THE ZID CLOSE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN AND SPRING UPWARD TO THE TAIL FLUKE BEHIND HIM CHAFFEE'S THREE AND FOUR APPEARED FROM NOWHERE I MADE SOME NICE LITTLE RHUBARB TARTS THIS MORNING PASS ON AND DRINK OF THE FOUNTAIN HE SAID WE ALL EVEN DAN CRIED 216a4162-14dc-40db-9efa-51fcc21ec19b YOU WITH HER AXE AND I WITH MY SWORD UNTIL HE HEARD THE GIANTESS SNORING WHICH HE AT ONCE TIED AROUND HIS OWN WAIST WELL WE'RE ALL GETTING ON IN LIFE AND EDWARD IS GREY BUT WHEN I THINK OF HIM I ALWAYS SEE HIM AS A LITTLE ROSY CURLY HEADED CHAP LAYING DOWN THE LAW TO US FROM THE PULPIT STONE 217e4d68-c7df-4d9d-b833-f4d64ac79f70 I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF THE MOOD OF SPACE PIRACY HAD SEIZED ME AND I HAD BEEN GOING ALONG FINE I HAD MY ANSWER BACK QUICKLY ENOUGH HE WANTED TO GET UP BUT CECILY ORDERED HIM TO STAY IN BED WISH I WAS BACK IN TORONTO 218215ed-ce12-40e9-9996-35b01266cd8e A WAGON RUMBLING OVER A PLANK BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW MADE SARAH RAY START UP WITH A SHRIEK CICELY GOT OUT HER LESSON SLIP AND STUDIED THE LESSON CONSCIENTIOUSLY WELL SAID AUNT JANET WHEN WE ALL DESCENDED TO THE KITCHEN NEITHER OF THE ALIENS MOVED HE WAS ALMOST ALWAYS UNCOMFORTABLE UNTIL HE BROUGHT UP AGAINST THE RAIL 21905d13-0404-4650-a21b-749cb3ebde80 AND WHILE I WISH TO REPROACH NO ONE HAD NO IDEA SUCH A BIG CASTLE EXISTED IN THE GALLIKIN COUNTRY YESTERDAY AUNT OLIVIA WANTED SOME FERNS SO I WENT BACK TO THE MAPLE WOODS TO GET THEM FOR SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL NUT AND BUS SAID AUNT OLIVIA CRITICALLY 21a55130-0bac-4a4f-9b40-1efa12dab537 IF A BEACON HAS TO GO ON A PLANET WITH A CULTURE IT IS USUALLY BUILT IN SOME INACCESSIBLE PLACE THE NEXT TIME WE MET THINGS WERE GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT EVEN BEFORE I HAD ALL THE ANSWERS I BEGAN TO GET THE DRIFT OF THINGS 21acd633-1f94-441a-b66f-3dbd5e9aa46b THE GRIN WAS EVEN WIDER NOW AND HE ACTUALLY CHORTELED AS HE THUMBED A BUTTON ON HIS CONSOLE A THICK LEGAL DOCUMENT SLID OUT OF THE DELIVERY SLOT ON HIS DESK THIS IS YOUR CONTRACT HE SAID IT TELLS HOW AND WHEN YOU WILL WORK SARA RAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE GOING TO DIE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO DIE TILL I GOT BETTER MOTHER SAYS I WAS LOONEY MOST OF THE TIME AFTER THEY STRUCK IN IT WAS JUST BECAUSE THEY STRUCK IN I WAS LOONY I AIN'T LOANY NATURALLY FELICITY I WILL DO WHAT YOU ASK IN YOUR POSTSCRIPT SARA ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE HARD 21ec57c5-ae15-4a3f-8f2c-e988d0ba6029 EVEN SARA RAY WAS MADE HAPPY BY THE GIFT OF A LITTLE CHINA PLATE WITH A LOUDLY COLOURED PICTURE OF MOSES AND AARON BEFORE THE PHARAOH IN THE MIDDLE OF IT IN WHICH STOOD A TINY BLUE MUNCHKIN DWELLING WITH A GREEN AROUND IT AND 21f7beb5-daf6-44cd-ba9b-4cbb7052f3be OH TELL US WHAT IT IS EVERYBODY ENTREATED NIMMY AMY SAID WE MUST BE MARRIED AT ONCE FOR THEN SHE COULD COME TO MY COTTAGE AND LIVE WITH ME AND KEEP ME BRIGHT AND SPARKLING 220c8580-582a-4b91-80dc-e328bff64808 WHATEVER HER FUTURE CAREER SHOULD BE UNCLE BLAIR STANLEY HAD BEEN A MERE NAME TO US WHAT COULD YOU EXPECT FROM A PIG IF THE STORY GIRL LAUGHED AT PETER THE MILLS OF THE GODS GROUND OUT HIS REVENGE FOR HIM IN MID AFTERNOON 220eaa14-66f5-4e4a-8f85-a273e19642c1 IT WAS NOW NEARLY SIXTY YEARS SINCE IT HAD HAD ITS BEGINNING WHEN GRANDFATHER KING BROUGHT HIS BRIDE HOME THIS ISN'T TOPSY IS IT I ASKED I KNEW AT ONCE THAT THE QUESTION WAS A FOOLISH ONE LOOK AT THAT LONG THIN LACY CLOUD UP THERE SHE SAID PETER DID NOT COME OF A CHURCH GOING STOCK 221024f6-0616-4e05-a533-3f7c4e95357d AND ANDREW MACPHERSON WAS TO SING BASS IN IT SHE BANGED THINGS ABOUT AND RATTLED THE STOVE COVERS UNTIL EVEN CECILY PROTESTED FROM HER SOFA WELL I DON'T KNOW SAID THE STORY GIRL HER EYES GLEAMING WITH IMPISH LAUGHTER THEY SMILED EACH OTHER AMICABLY 22119632-fa85-418c-b5f8-6789facfd55f SARA IS REAL SICK SHE SAID WITH REGRET AND SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT REGRET MINGLED IN HER VOICE IT WAS A COOL DEWY EVENING AND WE WALKED DOWN THE LONG RED HILL IN THE HIGHEST OF SPIRITS IF POSSIBLE THE SMILE WAS STILL WIDER NOW I SHOULD HAVE SAID A DUPLICATE OF YOUR CONTRACT LIKE THIS ONE HERE 2217b40a-732a-4553-bd89-e0c5d0dc27e3 AND NOW WE HAD COME TO THE ORCHARD IT WAS BEFORE US WE HAD ONLY TO OPEN THAT LITTLE WHITEWASHED GATE IN THE HEDGE AND WE MIGHT FIND OURSELVES IN ITS STORY DOMAIN SHE WAS TALL FOR HER FOURTEEN YEARS AND THAT IS THE TRAGEDY OF LIFE SHE HAD BEEN BAKING ALL THE AFTERNOON AND WITH THE PANTRY WELL STOCKED WITH BISCUITS COOKIES CAKES AND PIES SHE CARED NOT IF ALL CARLYLE CAME TO TEA DON'T TELL UNCLE ROGER SHE IMPLORED HUMBLY 22249619-1b35-488f-92ad-a23d41f3359a HERE'S ANOTHER LETTER IT IS PROPER THAT I SHOULD DO SO AND IN THIS MANNER THEY TRAVELLED IN GOOD SPIRITS ACROSS THE VALLEY AND INTO THE NEXT ONE TO THE EAST OF IT MURRAIN'S NOW MOPPING UP ONLY THE LOW GRADES OF THE URN ARE SAID ORAN IT'S A DEFINITE RAIDING PARTY 222a1eac-ed3a-49f4-b252-3efb51706dec AND ALSO TEN THOUSAND LIVES LET'S LOOK AT THE OTHER PAPERS AND SEE WHICH ONE I AM A DONKEY A JACK HE HAD A RETENTIVE MEMORY AND THE BRIDGE THEY HAD BUILT SPANNED THE GULF BETWEEN THEIR STARS OF EXILE 223179f2-12a8-4c70-9b48-d8eb2eec85e3 GARF LOOKED HESITATE HE WONDERED HOW UNCOMFORTABLE HE COULD GET AND PUT OUT A TENSIVE HAND TOWARDS THE FUSE MESS HIS EYES WERE UNFOCUSED AS HE SPOKE SOFTLY INTO A MIKE PULLING IN A MESSAGE FROM SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE GALAXY 223c8b17-1c7e-479b-baf5-f762f68ebea9 WE ALL WENT TO PIECES EXCEPT CECILY WHO ALONE RETAINED HER PRESENCE OF MIND HAVE YOU GOT A PAIN IN YOUR STOMACH SHE DEMANDED I'VE GOT AN AWFUL PAIN HERE IF THAT'S WHERE MY STOMACH IS MOANED DAN PUTTING HIS HAND ON A PORTION OF HIS ANATOMY CONSIDERABLY BELOW HIS STOMACH OH OH OH ALL OF THEM ASKED THE JAGUAR YES THE OWL IS TIN SO YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY EAT HIM THE CANARY IS A FAIRY POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW AND YOU COULD NEVER CATCH HER BECAUSE SHE CAN EASILY FLY OUT OF HER RAGE 223cfc42-7a12-48b3-8f02-647d0066df9a HE CAPTURED THEM REPLIED ONE OF THE LOONS AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THEM INQUIRED THE GIRL LOON PERHAPS WE'LL CONDEMN AND PUNCTURE THEM ANSWERED THE KING UNCLE ROGER CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT HIM ALSO WITH WHAT SEEMED TO US POSITIVELY BRUTAL UNCONCERN I'M AFRAID IT'S ALL UP WITH PAT HE SAID UNCLE ROGER SAID CECILY IMPLORINGLY PETER SAYS PEG BOWEN IS BEWITCHED PAT FOR SIR SCRATCHING HER DO YOU THINK IT CAN BE SO 223ebf15-4334-4d2d-88ea-e7e6943636fa WHEN WE WERE ALONE HE WAS ANYTHING BUT COURTEOUS TO ME HAVING ASSURED HIMSELF BY NOT TOO SUBTLE QUESTIONING THAT I WAS A SPURIOUS ADMIRAL THERE WAS NO DOUBT I WAS STILL IN CHARGE BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS ANYTHING BUT FORMAL NOTHING WOULD PREVENT CANNIBALS FROM EATING FILLICKS IF THEY CAUGHT HIM GIGGLED FELICITY HE'S SO NICE AND FAT I'M SURE FELIX FELT VERY UNLIKE A MISSIONARY AT THAT PRECISE MOMENT I'M GOING TO PUT TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK IN MY MISSIONARY BOX THAN I'VE BEEN DOING SAID CECILY DETERMINEDLY 224abaad-ef76-47b6-b096-c12ca1dc6aed NOW HE'S GONE OFF MAD SAID CECILY REPROACHFULLY OH FELICITY WHY COULDN'T YOU HAVE HELD YOUR TONGUE WHY WHAT DID I SAY TO MAKE HIM MAD ASKED FELICITY IN HONEST PERPLEXITY CECILY'S SICK SAID DAN SPRINGING OUT OF BED THAT CUCUMBER MUST HAVE DISAGREED WITH HER IN A FEW MINUTES THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS ASTIR CECILY WAS SICK VERY VERY SICK THERE WAS NO DOUBT OF IT SHE WAS EVEN WORSE THAN DAN HAD BEEN WHEN HE HAD EATEN THE BAD BERRIES 224df52a-6986-4278-933c-cbcb24725866 WE GOT TO GET TO THAT TEN THOUSAND MARK BUT THEY PUT AN ENCANTO ON ME AND MADE ME AND TRIED TO GET FROM HIM THE FIRST SHIPS TO ENTERTER HYPERSPACE HAD NO PLACE TO GO AND NO WAY EVEN TO TELL IF THEY HAD MOVED THE OTHERS CAME RUNNING 22611f8e-569f-4958-8b7e-8309b7a7efde IT WAS AN AWFUL DREAM BUT IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TOO IT IS ALWAYS SAFE TO DREAM OF SPRING FOR IT IS SURE TO COME AND IF IT IS NOT JUST AS WE HAVE PICTURED IT IT WILL BE INFINITELY SWEETER THE GREEN MONKEY HAD RUSHED TOWARDS THE OPENING HOPING TO ESCAPE WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR CAPTAIN FIGHTER 22645e88-f3c6-43fe-99ed-3bcfa245c333 THE STORY GIRL CAME OUT OF HER SHADOWS AND SAT DOWN BESIDE US ON THE GRASS HE HAD EVEN BEEN AS FAR AS THE PACIFIC COAST THAT WAS BEFORE WE WERE BORN AND SUCH A THING WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL AFTER WE'RE DEAD SAID CECILY WITH VERY UNUSUAL PESSIMISM HE SAID IT WAS AS CHRISTIAN AN ACT AS HE EVER DID 226a43e0-97d6-445a-abdf-1997c4233b62 AGAINST TWO OF THE SIDE WALLS HAD BEEN BUILT ABOUT WORK BENCHES AND IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM WAS A LONG TABLE AT THE END OF THE SHOP WHICH ADJOINED THE DWELLING WERE SEVERAL CUPBOARDS LET PEOPLE VERY OBVIOUSLY SEE WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO SEE AND THEY'LL NEVER NOTICE WHAT IS HIDDEN THIS IS WHY I LANDED AT MIDDAY ON THE LARGEST FIELD ON THE PLANET AFTER A VERY SHOWY APPROACH I WAS ALREADY DRESSED FOR MY ROLL AND OUT OF THE SHIP BEFORE THE LANDING BRACES STOPPED VIBRATING 227b57ac-4682-43a6-ad23-bd1503310e96 PATTY SAT ON THE PULPISTONE AND WATCHED US WITH GREAT YELLOW EYES KNOWING THAT TIDWITS WOULD COME HIS WAY LATER ON MANY WITTY THINGS WERE SAID OR AT LEAST WE THOUGHT THEM WITTY AND UPROARIOUS WAS THE LAUGHTER WE'VE TAKEN HER MAGIC APRON AWAY AND NOW THE DOORS WILL NEVER OPEN AND THE SCARECROW SOON TOUCHED HIM AND TOOK HOLD OF HIS ARM 2285958e-a627-4d88-b6f4-c9dd8cd5f565 WHY IF HE HAD IT TO DO OVER AGAIN HE WOULD YOU WOULD DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING CLARETON'S VOICE SAID YONAS GRINNED SUDDENLY AND SAT STRAIGHTER I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU'D BE GETTING INTO CONTACT SOONER OR LATER HE THOUGHT I TRIED TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL OUR MEN CLARETON THOUGHT IN A CASE LIKE YOURS I TRY HARDER BUT THEN THESE TWO QUAINT PERSONS NEVER SLEPT WHY SHOULD THEY SLEEP WHEN THEY NEVER TIRED I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS AND I DON'T CARE FOR MY HUSBAND TREATED ME BADLY AT TIMES FORGETTING THE RESPECT A GIANT OWES TO A GIANTESS 2290c205-0b5e-428a-a403-87b95090dd2c I WASN'T GOING TO PLAY WITH THE FUEL PROBLEM AT ALL THERE WAS A NOSE AND TAIL RADAR IN THE EYE AND I FED THEIR SIGNALS INTO A SCOPE AS AN AMPLITUDE CURVE THIS WAS A FAVORITE SPOT THAT DREW A GOOD CROWD DURING THE DAY BUT THEY'RE FAR AWAY AND WE DON'T HAVE TO ASSOCIATE WITH THEM WE LOOKED AT HIM IN SUCH HORROR THAT DAN HASTENED TO APOLOGIZE 229818d6-4683-4a90-b12e-104576489712 SAID THE STORY GIRL AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE DRUNK FROM IT WE NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE BREAD AND MILK RULE ADDED FELICITY WASH IT WITH MOLTEN ROCK I MUST KILL YOU NOW HORN'S FOOT RESTED ON THE AIR SLED CONTROL PEDAL WE DON'T NEED THE DORN WE 229b742f-de3f-4152-bf92-1974d25d4958 WHEN THE HEAD WAS DRAWN DOWN TOWARD THE BEAST'S INCLUDING THESE FINELY JOINTED HANDS THAT YOU SEE ME USING I'M GOING TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE PRAYING SAID CECILY DECIDEDLY IT'S SO MUCH NICER TO BELIEVE THAT GOD CURED PAT THAN THAT PEG BOWEN DID 22a6dd92-8cff-48ba-9be1-772cac1e1523 AND MADE TOTO INTO A GREEN MONKEY THE POINT OF THE THORN LEAVE ME OUT OF YOUR MAGIC PLEASE SAID TOTO WITH A REPROACHFUL GROWL SHE SCATTERED HER WORDS ALONG THE PATH LIKE DIAMONDS AND PEARLS OF THE OLD FAIRY TALE TILL THEN FAREWELL YOUR TRUE FRIEND SARA RAY P 22ad441e-8913-4c0a-b6c2-608eeef49765 ALONE IN THE RADIO ROOM WAS CALLING QUIETLY FOR BRAND IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG IT WAS SUBTLE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG IT WAS SUBTLE AND WHEN HE HAD PRAYED THREE NIGHTS AFTER THIS MANNER HE CONTRIVED TO EAT A BITTER APPLE WITHOUT A GRIMACE UNTIL HE CAME TO THE LAST BITE WHICH PROVED TOO MUCH FOR HIM 22d2a0d4-5415-42b8-bc54-dc55fc29aca6 WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS BELLONNAIRE IF THAT HAPPENED IT WOULD BE BEST IF I STAYED THERE AND I HAD RUN INTO THESE SETTLEMENTS BEFORE EASY BOY HISS STUTSON DON'T PICK A FIGHT WITH HIM NOW REMEMBER THIS RACE IS ARBOREAL HE'S PROBABLY STRONG AS AN APE 22efa41b-403e-4ee1-90fe-e2d4c1f84b62 YOU'RE TIRED HA INTO HIS EARS CAME STETSON'S VOICE IN THE HUMAN OY NORM ON THIS PLANET SAID HORN INSIDE THERE WAS ONLY ONE LARGE ROOM A SINGLE ONE AGAINST THE LEFT SHARP WENT TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE NEAR THE SINGLE BED 22ff20d7-603f-4a65-81e0-39f70ed7f4d8 JEFF DUCKED AND STRAINED HIS WEIGHT AGAINST THE BUNK MOMENTARILY PINNING THE ZID'S THRESHING FORELEM CHAFFY THREE CHOSE THAT MOMENT TO REAPPEAR NEARLY CAUSING JEFF TO LET GO OF THE BUNK AND ADMIT THE ZID YOUR FEMALE SUGGESTION IS RIGHT THE SERIMIAN CROAKED THE ZID DOES NOT SWIM WHY A DISGUISED SLED ASKED HORN IF THEY THINK IT'S A GROUND BUGGY THEY MIGHT GET CARELESS WHEN YOU MOST NEEDN'T ADVANTAGE WE COULD ALWAYS SCOOP YOU OUT OF THE AIR YOU KNOW WHAT ARE MY CHANCES ON THIS ONE STEP STETSON SHRUGGED I'M AFRAID THEY'RE SLIM THESE GOONS PROBABLY HAVE THE DELPHINEST AND THEY WANT YOU JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GET YOUR EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ROUGH AS THAT EH ACCORDING TO OUR BEST GUESS 230fd617-ccfb-4e00-bb2a-2400213faf5c A DEADLY SILENCE DESCENDED AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE FARMER FROZE AND GULPED WORDLESSLY THERE WAS A GREAT CRUNCHING AND BANGING FROM THE JUNK PILED AGAINST IT AND THEN THE DOOR SWUNG FREE 232d2435-b580-45a7-bfd2-7c073673b7d6 BUT AT THE WORD THE EARTH OPENED AT THE EXACT SPOT WHERE HE LAY UNDER THE JAGUAR'S PAW HIS BODY SANK DOWNWARD THE EARTH CLOSING OVER IT AGAIN THE LAST THING THE MONKEY SAW AS HE GLANCED UPWARD WAS THE JAGUAR PEERING INTO THE HOLE IN ASTONISHMENT WONDER IF THEY'LL BRING US ANYTHING SAID DAN I'M THINKING LONG TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THAT WEDDING SAID FELICITY WHO WAS BRAIDING TIMOTHY STOCKS INTO A COLLAR FOR PAT YOU GIRLS ARE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT WEDDINGS AND GETTING MARRIED SAID DAN CONTEMPTUOUSLY 233788f7-cd79-4626-a7ac-7bb747634465 HOPE SPRANG UP IN OUR HEARTS ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT WHOLLY CONVINCED I DON'T KNOW SAID DAN DUBIOUSLY IT SAYS UNDER THE PICTURE GOD IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN IT'S PRINTED HIGHWAYMEN SAID STETSON RATE ITSELF SAID ORNE AN ANCIENT TERRAN LANGUAGE CORRUPTION OF ROAD WE'LL MONITOR EVERYTHING GOT THAT YES STETSON HELD OUT HIS RIGHT HAND 23552536-c3a9-4a70-9253-4d13a42cec97 NOT A TWEAK OF RHEUMATISM DID HE FEEL BUT HE VOWED IT WAS DUE TO A NEEDLE TRAVELLING ABOUT HIS BODY HE DIDN'T GO OUT OF THIS DOOR REITERATED DAN STUBBORNLY I KNOW THAT WELL WHERE IS HE THEN HE ISN'T HERE DID HE MELT INTO AIR DEMANDED FELICITY OH COME AND LOOK FOR HIM ALL OF YOU 236ed587-ebeb-46f2-b543-b66dcbbd3848 THEY SUPPOSED HE HAD SEEN HIM THROUGH THE WINDOW BEFORE HE CAME INTO THE HOUSE AND GUESSED HE MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE CLOSET BUT THERE WAS NO WAY FOR HIM TO GET OUT OF THE ROOM BUT I HAVE FELT EVER SINCE THE JUDGMENT SUNDAY THAT I MUST OBEY MAR BETTER THAN I USED TO DO A PICTURE OF GOD SAID CECILY WITH A SOB IN HER VOICE AND OH IT IS SO DREADFUL AND UGLY LOOK 2372dd13-f306-4e45-b13c-58c19285c18c WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE MORE AGREEABLE NOT TO HAVE THE SOULS FRIGHTENED OUT OF OUR BODIES AND WE VOTED FOR THE FAMILY GHOST THAT SETTLED IT WE WERE NOT GOING TO LET THE STORY GIRL GET AHEAD OF US IN THE MANNER OF COLLECTING 23839963-7369-47b0-b48a-14cb1bacf90e AND THE LAUGH JUST LAUGHED ITSELF BEFORE I COULD HELP IT OH IT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE THINGS YOU KNOW ARE NOT TRUE WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS USUAL AND IT MADE HER VERY ANGRY FOR SHE DID NOT WISH HER SLAVE TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HER 23872853-76f6-451a-bc85-defd4d26d76a I CHECKED ALL THE PARTS BY SCREEN BEFORE THEY WERE LOADED IN A METAL CRATE IN THE DARKEST HOUR BEFORE DAWN THE HEAVY DUTY EYE DROPPED THE CRATE OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE AND DARTED AWAY WITHOUT BEING SEEN I WATCHED THE PRIESTS THROUGH THE PRY EYE WHILE THEY TRIED TO OPEN IT HER POTENT VOICE MADE ME FEEL THAT I WAS QUITE A HERO AFTER ALL AND THE STING WENT OUT OF MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT OLD FIGHT WHEN WE ARRIVED BEHIND THE GRANARY THE OTHERS WERE ALL THERE CECILY WAS VERY PALE AND FELIX AND PETER WERE TAKING OFF THEIR COATS 2387877a-b493-4d1a-8f14-2b7ee9f404f8 THAT WILL BE SATTERFIELD AND HIS TASK FOR US JEFF TOLD THE COFFEES I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOURSELVES IN AN ARGUMENT OVER THAT MATTER OF SQUEEZING TERRA OUT OF THE CRYSTAL TRADE THEY REASSURED HIM SOLEMNLY SHE DID NOT HOWEVER FORGET TO CARRY THE FORGET ME NOT JUG WITH HER ALL THINGS CONSIDERED HER DEPARTURE WAS A RELIEF SUCH A CONSTANTLY TEARFUL DAMSEL WAS NOT A PLEASANT COMPANION 2399b34e-7ad6-4684-ae9c-9806c6a5c6c6 WE HAD HAD BROTHERHOOD WITH WIND AND STAR WITH BOOKS AND TALES AND HEARTH FIRES OF AUTUMN IT WAS DECIDED THERE WAS NO USE IN WAITING FOR SARA RAY WHO MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT COME ACCORDING TO THE HUMOUR IN WHICH HER MOTHER WAS OUR TROUBLES ALL SEEM TO BE OVER AND WELL THAT'S WHY I'M AFRAID HE ADDED WITH A SIGH THEY WERE ALL VERY SORRY FOR HIM AND DOROTHY ANXIOUSLY ASKED OZMA COULDN'T GLINDA SAVE HIM 239b8663-cbf9-41cd-993c-ec540df0ea44 O K KEEP US POSTED TEACH YOU PEOPLE HOW TO EXPLOIT YOUR PLANET HOW TO BUILD GOOD TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES TO RAISE INVENTION BEHIND DOOR THE NONIPUS SURGED SLUGGISHLY AND WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYWAY 23b1f50b-3adc-45b5-a421-e1505207a5fd AND THERE ARE MAGNIFICENT STORIES IN IT YES FELICITY MAGNIFICENT NONE OF US IT APPEARED HAD SLEPT WELL AND SOME OF US NOT AT ALL IT WAS NOT THE JUDGMENT DAY I SET DOWN ON THE FRONT DOOR STEPS FOR A MOMENT AND ALL AT ONCE I HEARD A BELL RING IN THE HOUSE EIGHT TIMES I TELL YOU I WAS SKEERED 23d30cc3-f29c-4d0b-89b4-7d5cee5cd3c4 FELICITY GOT ALL THE GRATITUDE ALTHOUGH THE STORY GIRL HAD ORIGINATED THE IDEA AND SEATED THE RAISINS AND BEATEN THE EGGS WHILE CECILY HAD TRUDGED ALL THE WAY TO MISSUS JAMES'S LITTLE SHOP BELOW THE CHURCH TO BUY THE PINK CANDIES BUT THAT IS THE WAY OF THE WORLD BOTH DOROTHY AND OZMA NOW BECAME GREATLY INTERESTED AND WATCHED THE TRANSFORMATIONS WITH INDIGNATION AND HORROR 23d597ca-000e-46ed-89fa-83e28e940076 NO SAID THE TIN WOODMAN THAT WOULD NOT BE JUST FAIR THEY WERE QUITE RIGHT TO CAPTURE US BECAUSE WE HAD NO BUSINESS TO INTRUDE HERE HAVING BEEN WARNED TO KEEP AWAY FROM LOUISVILLE IT SEEMED TOO DREADFUL TO BE TRUE THAT PERHAPS YOU WOULD DIE AND THEN WHEN WE HEARD YOU WERE GOING TO GET BETTER THAT SEEMED TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE TOO O PETER HURRY UP AND GET WELL FOR WE ARE HAVING SUCH GOOD TIMES AND WE MISS YOU SO MUCH 23d627dc-ecb3-451d-b5b8-a60000ebd636 OF COURSE THERE WERE SECONDARY TASK AS WAS ORDERING A NAVAL CRUISER FOR MY OWN USE AND DIGGING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE THIEVES BUT THESE WERE REALLY SECONDARY TO MY MAIN PURPOSE WHICH WAS WAITING FOR BAD NEWS THERE WAS NO PLACE I COULD GO THAT WOULD BE BETTER SITUATED FOR THE CHASE THAN SETANOVO THE MISSING SHIP COULD HAVE GONE IN ANY DIRECTION WITH EACH PASSING MINUTE THE SPHERE OF PROBABLE LOCATIONS GREW LARGER BY THE POWER OF THE SQUARED CUBE I KEPT THE ON WATCH CREW OF THE CRUISER AT DUTY STATION TO CONFINED THE REST WITHIN A HUNDRED YARD RADIUS OF THE SHIP APPARENTLY HE INTERPRETED THE LOOKS OF CONSTERNATION ON THE FACES OF HIS AUDIENCE CORRECTLY FOR HIS SMILE BECAME MORE FRIENDLY AND HE CONTINUED IN A CASUAL TONE EXCUSE ME HE SAID I DIDN'T SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE AND I HAD TO LEARN IT AND BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO ITS USE THROUGH ANALYZING WHAT YOU JUST SAID 23e9f757-7343-47d1-b2e3-757e3a488b9c IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF SAUCE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DRY EATING INDEED IT MEANS DANGER SHARP PRESSED HIM BUT I DO NOT MIND DANGER IN SUCH A CAUSE KNOCK AT THE DOOR I SHALL YONA SAID AND MANY THANKS THE OLD WOMAN STILL CLUTCHING HER COIN DISAPPEARED FROM THE WINDOW AS IF SOMEONE HAD YANKED HER BACK 23f551d3-7c37-4907-86da-fcb42416de5d NO I'M JUST A HIPPOCRIFT OR DO YOU INTEND TO BE OUR ENEMY AND THAT IS THE MOST DREADFUL DEED OF ALL THAT EVENING AFTER THEY GREW TIRED OF SINGING OUR GROWN UPS BEGAN TALKING OF THEIR YOUTHFUL DAYS AND DOINGS 23ffaf24-ca96-4304-af72-7afeb9f6ab86 ONLY A FEW WHO REMAIN CHILDREN AT HEART CAN EVER FIND THAT FAIR LOST PATH AGAIN AND BLESSED ARE THEY ABOVE MORTALS HOW ABOUT LITTLE PEOPLE I'LL TAKE YOU AND YOU WILL NOT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT YOU ARE PARALYZED FROM NECK DOWN THEN HOW COME I'M SO OLD 240fb025-5b0b-4254-a1ce-7cffeea3f187 TWAS THE MC CLOSKEYS AND THE OLD SCRATCH SAID THE STORY GIRL REFLECTIVELY HER AESTHETIC FARE WAS REALLY SWEETER TO HER THAN HONEY OF HYMETTUS THE LUGGAGE WAS ALL BOOBY CHAPPED AND COULD DEFEND ITSELF GUNS GAS POISON NEEDLES THE USUAL SORT OF THING I NOSED THROUGH THOSE FILES AND FOUND THEM MOST INTERESTING 2414af31-0104-42a5-a90a-3dedb3362b38 AND ONE TALK ON THIS SUBJECT INSPIRED THE STORY GIRL TO DO A LITTLE HOME MISSIONARY WORK ON HER OWN ACCOUNT REGA PEN NOSTROS PECCADORES OLDER AND THIS WAS DIFFICULT FOR THERE WEREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE TOWN HE HAD BEEN GIVEN A DEADLINE BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITIZEN'S GROUP 24206a07-ec13-455a-909f-898f25c50dc0 THIS POWER IS TURNED INTO RADIATION THAT IS PUNCHED THROUGH INTO HYPER SPACE A CITY WAS BUILT AROUND THE TEMPLE AND THROUGH THE CENTURIES THE PYRAMID WAS PUT UP AROUND THE BEACON AND IT HAPPENED AS THE ONISTS SUSPECTED IT WOULD THROUGH THE WIFE THIS IS NOT DEVIL'S WORK AS I SHALL PROVE YUNUS SAID ONE WHICH YOU WOULD TELL ME 2424eb84-ec68-4062-aa8e-bdf9c3a65f14 UNDERNEATH IN HOPE'S CLEAR PURPOSEFUL HAND WAS THIS A BROAD DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND I WAS THRUST THROUGH THE DOORWAY WE WERE SITTING ON THE CELL HATCH WATCHING WHAT MIGHT BE OUR LAST SUNSET OVER THE DARK HILLS OF TIME ANDREMA SAID A SIMPLY DREADFUL THING ABOUT THE OTHER PLACE ONE NIGHT LAST FALL WHEN FELICITY AND I WERE DOWN TO SEE KITTY AND THEY WERE BURNING THE POTATO STALKS 24420ef4-a06a-4988-9f32-b169f408f4fe RESPECTED MADAM WROTE THE STORY GIRL WE WANT TO ASK A VERY GREAT FAVOR OF YOU AND WE HOPE YOU WILL KINDLY GRANT IT IF YOU CAN OUR FAVOURITE CAT PATTY IS VERY SICK AND WE ARE AFRAID HE'S GOING TO DIE DO YOU THINK YOU COULD CURE HIM AND WILL YOU PLEASE TRY ARE YOU REALLY MY GOLD FRIEND THE SCARECROW ASKED THE BIRD IN A SWEET LOW VOICE EVERY ONE OF THEM OUGHT TO BE EXPLODED DECLARED ROOT WHO WAS ANGRY BECAUSE HIS LEGS STILL HURT HIM 2448f1e1-81c4-4b2e-890f-0b114859610d CECILY HOW OLD MUST WE BE BEFORE WE CAN HAVE A REAL BEAU BUT WE AIN'T SAID FELIX CANDIDLY I WOULDN'T BE MUCH SCARED OF ANYTHING REAL BUT A HAUNTED HOUSE IS A DIFFERENT THING I ALWAYS THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE IN A PLACE BEFORE IT COULD BE HAUNTED SAID CECILY DAN SAID IT WAS NO USE FOR ME TO BOTHER PRAYING ABOUT IT HE SAID IF THEY COULDN'T SPEAK GOD MIGHT DO SOMETHING BUT WHEN THEY JUST WOULDN'T IT WASN'T LIKELY HE WOULD INTERFERE 2489ab7a-00dd-4be1-aea7-d0f5f93a62e7 MAKING A BEE LINE FOR US YOU BETTER GET A MOVE ON O K KEEP US POSTED RIGHT STITSON LOOKED ACROSS AT HIS JUNIOR FIELD MAN OR IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT OUT OF THIS ASSIGNMENT YOU JUST SAY THE WORD I OWE BACK YOU TO THE HILT WHERE IS DONALD FRASER SAID NEIL SHAKING HIS FIST IT'S HIM I'M SEEKING AND IT'S HIM I WILL BE FINDING WHERE IS HE BETTY SHERMAN INSTANTLY WE ALL SAW OURSELVES IN EACH OTHER BY INNER VISION OLD AND GREY ALL BUT THE STORY GIRL WE COULD NOT PICTURE HER AS OLD 24911d55-9ef6-4959-87b0-c2835331b52b THE MESSAGE BROKE INTO CLEAR AT THE END AND THE SIE MAN SMILED AS HE SPOKE THE WORDS I BROKE THE POINT OFF MY STYLERS AND GROWLED AT HIM NOT TO REPEAT ANY OF THIS MESSAGE AS IT WAS CLASSIFIED AND I WOULD PERSON SEE HIM SHOT IF HE DID THAT GOT RID OF THE SMILE BUT DIDN'T MAKE ME FEEL ANY BETTER I DON'T MEAN TO BE A HIGHER BOY ALL MY LIFE I'LL HAVE A FARM OF MY OWN AND COWS AND EVERYTHING YOU'LL SEE IF I WON'T AND WE WERE LAUGHING AND TRYING THE THINGS ON AND HAVING SUCH FUN 24a43e88-bbd2-40f8-baf5-ed1c809e071b SINCE THEY WERE AS GOOD AS ANY REAL ADMIRALS I DIDN'T WORRY THE SLIGHTEST FERERO WENT THROUGH THEM AS CAREFULLY AS HE COULD IN HIS RATTLED STATE EVEN CHECKING THE SEALS UNDER U V IT GAVE HIM TIME TO REGAIN A LITTLE BITTER SELF CONTROL AND HE USED IT TO BLUSTER TOO GLOOMY IN THAT JUNGLE TO BE SURE THE INFER BEAM'S OUT ON THIS MANY LOOKS LIKE HARD PELLET RIFLES OF SOME KIND MIGHT EVEN BE OFF THE DELPHINIS CAN YOU GET CLOSER WOULDN'T DO ANY GOOD NO LIGHT DOWN THERE AND THEY'RE MOVING UP FAST 24a5d12a-d648-4329-9975-3c3b00fabad3 AND IF NO ONE AT ALL LIVES HERE ADDED THE SCARECROW WHAT SOUND IS SO SWEET AS THE STRAW FROM THE WHEAT WHEN IT CRINKLES SO TENDER AND LOW IT ONCE LONG AGO WE USED CRUDE PLATFORMS ON THE TOPS OF TREES THEN WE LOOK INTO THEM WITH BRIGHT BOYS LIKE YOU DISGUISED AS OUR N OUR FIELD MEN 24a87e9d-5327-4205-bd1b-18fd05cc91f2 BUT THESE WERE REALLY SECONDARY TO MY MAIN PURPOSE I SAVORED MY SMALL MOMENT OF POWER THAT GOT RID OF THE SMILE BUT DIDN'T MAKE ME FEEL ANY BETTER IF THE CAMPBELL WAKES TOO SOON BLACK DAN COULD SHOW YOU A PAIR OF CLEAN HEELS FOR ALL YOUR GOOD START HAVE SOME MORE MEN HAVE SOME MORE 24c9801f-0cd9-4bbf-a2a6-4774abdb05bf AN IRISHMAN WHO LIVED AT MARKDALE HAD A LITTLE PIG SHE SAID AND HE GAVE IT A PAILFUL OF MUSH THE PIG ATE THE WHOLE PAILFUL AND THEN THE IRISHMAN PUT THE PIG IN THE PAIL AND IT DIDN'T FILL MORE THAN HALF THE PAIL NOW HOW WAS THAT WHEN IT HELD A WHOLE PAILFUL OF MUSH HE HESITATED FOR A MOMENT THEN SWUNG HIS FEET OVER THE SIDE AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND AT LEAST TO HAVE THAT SATISFACTION HE SAID GRINNING UNDER HIS OXYGEN MASK 24d6f600-e877-4356-adf1-ac6095839baa OH YES SARA RAY FELICITY MENTIONED HER WHAT IS SHE LIKE WHERE DOES SHE LIVE ABRAHAM KING SMILED AND BEING A MAN OF FEW WORDS SAID NOTHING BUT IN HIS MIND HE HAD A VISION OF THE YEARS TO BE AND IN THAT VISION HE SAW NOT RIPPLING ACRES OF HARVEST GOLD BUT GREAT LEAFY AVENUES OF WIDE SPREADING TREES LADEN WITH FRUIT TO GLADDEN THE EYES OF CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN YET UNBORN AUNT LOUISA TOLD ME THE TALE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PICTURE OF GOD FELIX NO HUMAN BEING KNOWS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE NO HUMAN BEING CAN KNOW 24f06941-e2b1-49d0-9ad5-063eb3f79eb2 HER LARGE CURVING MOUTH WAS AS RED AS A POPPY AND SHE HAD BRILLIANT ALMOND SHAPED HAZEL EYES BUT WE DID NOT THINK HER PRETTY THEN SHE SPOKE SHE SAID GOOD MORNING SOMEHOW WE TOO FELT THAT IT WAS WE FELT THAT IF THE STORY GIRL DID NOT APPROVE OF US IT MADE LITTLE DIFFERENCE WHO ELSE DID OR DID NOT 24fa7a5d-5768-4f80-a0e9-a94176013454 WHEN I WOKE PAT WAS WASHING HIS FACE AND HE HAD TAKEN A WHOLE SAUCERFUL OF MILK OH ISN'T IT SPLENDID THE TIN WOODMAN WAS SO SURPRISED BY THIS SUDDEN DASH THAT HE HAD NO TIME TO RAISE HIS AXE BEFORE THE WOUNDS WERE ON THEM 24fab43e-d66f-40d6-a6b2-bd7624788e23 I NEED MY EYES TO SEE AND MEND THE FOUNT OF HOLY WATERS I SPUN THE EYE CONTROLS AND DIVED THE THING DOWN BREATHLESS AND REELING HIS VESTURE TORN HIS GREAT WOUNDS BLEEDING HE FOUND HIMSELF ON THE SHORE WHERE THE FOUNTAIN OF IMMORTALITY SPRANG UP IT MAKES YOU THINK OF CATHEDRALS AND CHIMES DOESN'T IT 25018dc8-7ea7-4838-a664-3f1e566d3130 AND HE LOVED HER THE SAME BUT HE WROTE ONE OF HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL POEMS ON IT AFTERWARDS AND SENT IT TO HER I AM NOT ONE OF YOUR ANCESTORS I MUST ADMIT IT WENT OFF PRETTY WELL THE TEMPLE WAS A SMALL ONE BUILT AGAINST THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID 2515270b-29ad-41e7-9f52-4e43331eec4b SUDDENLY SARAH BEGAN TO CRY OH OH OH DOES GOD LOOK LIKE THAT SHE WAILED SARA STANLEY REBUKED FELICITY I SHOULD THINK YOU WOULDN'T SAY SUCH THINGS AT SUCH A SOLEMN TIME YOU'RE SUCH A QUEER GIRL A QUONUM JUMP SIR RIGHT LEAP FROGGING AHEAD OF THE REDS WAIT TILL THEY READ THE NAME COLONEL JOHN TOWERS MAYBE GENERAL JOHN TOWERS GENERAL BRANDON OPENED HIS EYES 25168624-667c-44b8-b72c-dd671f6ff805 BELOW US WAS THE CARLISLE VALLEY WITH ITS ORCHARD EMBOWERED HOMESTEADS AND FERTILE MEADOWS IT ISN'T MY FAULT THAT HE'S GOING TO CHURCH CECILY AND DAN AND FELIX WERE WALKING BEFORE US HAND IN HAND SINGING A HYMN OH PLEASE DON'T DO SUCH A THING SARA 251a2cad-5724-49ad-9459-45546a1b7848 WAS THE HIDEOUS GRINNING FACE OF THE IDOL PETE VIC WAS WHISPERING EXCITEDLY IN MY EAR CAN WE GET IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS FELICITY CALLED AFTER HER TO TELL DAN THERE WAS A JAM TURN OVER I WISH GIRLS HAD SOME SENSE SAID DAN 25315fd8-1a30-4da6-b396-f7652a156477 STILL THEY POSSESSED THEIR SHARE OF OWLISH SYREME LOGIC AND HIT SOON ENOUGH UPON THE ONE PRACTICAL COURSE TO JETUS AND THE ZID ON THE NEAREST WORLD DEMONSTRABLY FREE OF INTELLIGENT LIFE WHO IS THE STORY GIRL ASKED FELIX OH SARA SARA STANLEY 253be013-4c3c-4e58-b45a-2d1beb3063de WHEN WE ARRIVED BEHIND THE GRANARY THE OTHERS WERE ALL THERE YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN PERSISTED CECILY BUT FELICITY HAD NO TIME TO OVERSEE HER THIS MORNING NEVER MIND PETER SAID CECILY YOU KNOW LOTS OF THINGS THEY DON'T 25598eeb-a946-47e2-969c-56e2805c00d0 SO NEXT DAY SANDY STARTED OFF ON HORSEBACK WITH A PAIR OF ROPE REINS TO LEAD THE PIANO HOME HE THOUGHT IT WAS SOME KIND OF LIVE STOCK THE RAIN HAD CEASED AND THE OLD LOW RAFTERED ROOM WAS FULL OF SUNSHINE WHICH DANCED ON THE SHINING DISHES OF THE DRESSER MADE MOSAICS ON THE FLOOR AND FLICKERED OVER THE TABLE WHEREON A DELICIOUS MEAL WAS SPREAD 25642094-1ccc-4df0-bdd7-37fe98e7d861 DOROTHY APPEARED MUCH YOUNGER THAN OZMA WE CAN ENTER AND TAKE POSSESSION AND MAKE OURSELVES AT HOME NEITHER I DO SAID CECILY WITH A GRIMACE 25642252-a6ab-4af5-b2b3-5d99df6dfad5 GAS BREATHING CHAFFY FORE SAID UNBELIEVINGLY WARM BLOODED LAND DWELLING MAMMALIAN A CRUMBLING AND CRACKED STAIRWAY BROUGHT US UP TO THE SOLID METAL DOORWAY LABELLED IN ARCHAIC SCRIPT MARK THREE BEACON AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY THE TRUSTING BUILDERS COUNTED ON THE SIGN TO DO THE WHOLE JOB FOR THERE WASN'T A TRACE OF A LOCK ON THE DOOR 256f7761-b8b1-4efc-a0de-18c7dd0ece7e WHEN I GO HOME I'M GOING TO TELL HER ABOUT GOING TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW ALL THINGS CONSIDERED HER DEPARTURE WAS A RELIEF I WISH I HAD A WHITE DRESS LIKE YOU GIRLS SOBBED SARA ARRAY BUT I HAVEN'T AND IT'S TOO LATE TO GET ONE FOR THIS REASON MOST BEACONS ARE BUILT ON UNINHABITABLE PLANETS THE CENTURY BEACON HAS SHUT DOWN 258e257c-b5ee-4b66-9b0a-8547bccd75a6 SO DO I ADDED THE SCARECROW NODDING I AM GLAD TO HEAR THIS SAID THE WANDERER FOR IT MAKES ME BOLD TO ASK FOR SOMETHING TO EAT AT THAT CECILY AND FELICITY AND SARA RAY ALL BEGAN CRYING AND WE BOYS FELT CHOKY INDEED I CAUGHT PETER BEHIND AUNT OLIVIA'S DAIRY LATER IN THE DAY AND IF EVER A BOY HAD BEEN CRYING I VOW THAT BOY WAS PETER 25909e0b-e20e-4831-acc1-53505efd42fd THOUGH IT RARELY EVER OCCURRED TO HIM AS HE CONSIDERED EACH INDIVIDUAL IRRITANT HE WAS ALMOST ALWAYS UNCOMFORTABLE WHICH HAD JUDGE RAY IN ANOTHER SET OF TENTACLES NOW WHAT EARTHLY GOOD COULD I GET FROM YOUR THREE BY SIX SCHOOL LIBRARY I AM SITTING ON A TRAGEDY SAID THE STORY GIRL SUDDENLY 25925593-4ecb-478c-9cff-9e9c6b2b18a5 BRANDON TOOK A DEEP BREATH HIS HEAD SPUN AND FOR THE FIRST TIME HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS STILL ALIVE HE GAZED ACROSS THE SHIMMERING DESERT TO A RIDGE OF SCRUBBY HILLS BLUE MOUNTAINS ROSE UP BEHIND THEM IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SHIP AND THE DOCK YARD HAD BEEN LAVISH WITH HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL FROM BOW TO REAR TUBE SHE WAS PLAITED IN PURE GOLD THERE ARE OTHER METALS WITH A HIGHER ALBIDO BUT NONE THAT GIVE A RICHER EFFECT ALL THE FITTINGS INSIDE AND OUT WERE EITHER MACHINE TURNED OR PLAITED 25979a43-a2c4-4f21-831a-7881e37345a9 OH SARA STANLEY IT'S A THANKFUL MAN I AM THAT YOUR AUNT OLIVIA IS TO BE HOME TO NIGHT AND CERTAINLY AS FAR AS APPEARANCE WENT IT JUSTIFIED HER TRIUMPH IT'LL PROBABLY SOUND CRAZY TO YOU ANYWAY WATCH THEM PETE ROARED VIC WE CAN'T TAKE CHANCES TRUE SMILED VIC 25a8b079-5334-4536-96e0-ce88d968ea2b BEFORE THEY COULD THINK UP A GOOD ANSWER I WAS INSIDE THE TEMPLE WAS A SMALL ONE BUILT AGAINST THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID I HOPED I WASN'T BREAKING TOO MANY TABOOS BY GOING IN I WASN'T STOPPED SO IT LOOKED ALL RIGHT THE TEMPLE WAS A SINGLE ROOM WITH A MURKY LOOKING POOL AT ONE END HE EXPLORED THE FAR REACHES OF SPACE AND REPORTED BACK ON HOW THINGS WERE OUT THERE SO IT WAS PRETTY DISQUIETING TO FIND OUT THAT THE FAR REACHES OF SPACE KNEW MORE ABOUT WHAT WENT ON AT HOME THAN HE DID 25ad3b8b-002f-4a93-9f6d-3f78e326de29 I THOUGHT IT WAS A BELL WHEN I HEARD IT AND THE DOOR OPEN TOO LET US BE FAIR FELICITY IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM WE DECIDED IT WAS TOO CLOSE THE VERY GULCHERS STOOD ANGRY AND STARK IN THE EARLY MORNING 25ae15fa-b6b2-4259-b38a-65f720b8b61a E PAY SPOKE UP IN SHARP PROTEST AND THRUST HIMSELF BETWEEN ME AND THE PRIEST FOR A MOMENT DUE TO THIS OBVIOUSLY UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTION EVERYTHING IN CONFUSION YOUR FEMALE SUGGESTION IS RIGHT THE SERIMIAN CROAKED THE ZID DOES NOT SWIM FOR AND I ARE ARRANGING ESCAPE ON THAT PREMISE 25bb9fd7-26c9-4ba0-81ac-ff3dbe52f209 INSTEAD I FACED THE CROWD AS I SOARED AWAY SO I MADE THE MOST OF A BAD SITUATION AND THREW THEM A SNAPPY MILITARY SALUTE RIGHT AT THE GOLDEN AGE OF EMPIRE EXPANSION THE GIANT WAR LORD BATTLESHIPS I KNEW THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE IDEA 25bfb665-8a48-493a-81bb-c85e14dbf9ee THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL PRETENTIOUS ABOUT THE PLACE IT WAS A RAMBLING LAZY LOOKING HOUSE BUILT LARGELY OF NATIVE STONE STTCHING ITS LENGTH COMFORTABLY IN THE SHADE OF THE BIG MAPLES PARON FIX MAN OF ALL WORK CAME HURRYING OUT OF THE HOUSE TO GREET ME AS I LOCKED MY WHEELS ON THE DRIVE BEFORE THE DOOR I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE SIR HE EXCLAIMED BREATHLESSLY I WAS JUST ABOUT TO PHONE FOR THE POLICE I WAS FOR CERTAIN SIR SUCH GOINGS ON I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK ODD YOU WOULD KNOW THAT REPLIED THE SECOND MAN IT WAS THROUGH QUANT MECHANICS THAT WE LEARNED TO APPROXIMATE THE SPEED OF LIGHT WE'LL NINE YEARS PASS ON EARTH WHEN WE MAKE THE TRIP OUR TEA IS MERE MOMENTS GOOD LORD BRANDON SAID YOU MUST HAVE PASSED US UP BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR NEARLY A YEAR THE FIRST MAN SAID GOD BENT ON DOZENS OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE MILKY WAY ONE SHIP WHEN A THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS OUT BY THE TIME THEY COME BACK CIVILIZATION ON EARTH WILL BE TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLDER 25d9ae63-51d3-4e6d-ad97-0be149f48008 COULDN'T THE WIZARD GIVE YOU A HEART THAT WAS BOTH KIND AND LOVING ASKED THE BOY FINALLY IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE WHAT WE'D EXPECTED WOULD BE THE JUDGMENT DAY HE CONFESSED TO ME THAT HE HAD TAKEN IT TO MAKE FELICITY FOND OF HIM SKILFULLY INDEED HAD THAT ASTUTE BILLY PLAYED ON OUR RESPECTIVE WEAKNESSES 25e2dd8a-33d9-4b98-a625-dd9fc07a8686 YOU COULD START BY TEACHING US HOW YOU MAKE SUPERIOR GLASS SAID ORAN I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU SEE THINGS OUR WAY WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE AND CLEAN YOU OUT IT'D BE ASHAMED TO HAVE TO BLAST THAT CITY INTO LITTLE PIECES WHY NOT MARRY ME NEIL CAMPBELL FOLKS I AM AS BONNY AS NAN AND I COULD LOVE YOU AS WELL AS NAN LOVES HER DONALD AY AND TEN TIMES BETTER 25ecdfb7-1acb-4913-8bc1-52ddfb4006d9 PETER CRUSHED BUT NOT CONVINCED SUBSIDED AND THE STORY GIRL WENT ON FINALLY MARGARET RAN AWAY WITH ALLAN AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN CHARLOTTETOWN NOW DON'T MEDDLE WITH THE MAN CRIED BETTY WHAT A STATE TO BE IN BECAUSE ONE GOOD LOOKING LASS LIKE STAND SANDY HAIR AND GREY EYES BETTER THAN HIGHLAND BLACK AND BLUE YOU HAVE NOT THE SPIRIT OF A WREN NEIL CAMPBELL WERE I YOU I WOULD SHOW DONALD FRAGER THAT I COULD WOO AND WIN A LASS AS SPEEDILY AS ANY LOWLANDER OF THEM ALL THAT I WOULD 25f10142-0447-4e50-aa71-41f0d4756ce0 WOL COULD NOT DENY THAT HE WAS TIRED AND HE SLEPT SOUNDLY UNTIL MORNING WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A GOOD BREAKFAST SMOKING HOT IF I WAS YOU I WOULD GET THE VELVET HOOD ALL RIGHT THE HEATHEN LIVE IN WARM COUNTRIES SO THEY DON'T WANT HOODS I'M GLAD YOU ARE STILL PRAYING FOR ME CECILY FOR YOU CAN'T TRUST THE MEASLES AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE KEEPING YOU KNOW WHAT FOR ME 25f80b9f-473a-494f-8d72-832eecf3f0aa IT WAS A VERY PRETTY GIRL THE STORY GIRL AND PETER CAME OVER TO STAY ALL NIGHT WITH US AND WE MADE TAFFY IN THE KITCHEN WHICH THE GROWN UPS KINDLY GAVE OVER TO US FOR THAT PURPOSE WITH WOOT THE WANDERER IN FULL CHASE SEEING THIS THE CANARY TUCKED HER HEAD UNDER HER WING AND ALSO SLEPT OF A PERSON AS LONG AS YOU CARED TO WATCH THEM 25fb57e5-1eb4-4362-9e3f-c5ec6a5d1491 PRAIRIE DOGS CAN'T WRITE AS GOOD AS ON THAT LIST PRAIRIE DOGS CAN'T WRITE HARDLY AT ALL THAT'S TRUE THE LIST IS HARD TO EXPLAIN AND SUCH ODD NAMES ON IT TOO AH JONAS SAID PLEASANTLY BUT YOU'RE HOME AREN'T YOU THE OLD WOMAN FROWNED AT HIM SUSPICIOUSLY NOW SHE SAID VAGUELY WELL 263b6cee-8181-46e7-ba07-11da1c78ad8f YOU SAID YOU KNEW A STORY THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH PRESBYTERIANS I SAID TO THE STORY GIRL TELLS IT NOW OH IT ISN'T THE RIGHT KIND OF STORY TO TELL ON SUNDAY SHE REPLIED BUT I'LL TELL IT TOMORROW MORNING ACCORDINGLY WE HEARD IT THE NEXT MORNING IN THE ORCHARD WHAT WILL YOU DO THERE ASKED PETER PRACTICALLY I SHALL LEARN HOW TO TELL STORIES TO ALL THE WORLD SAID THE STORY GIRL DREAMILY 263bc0a8-85b7-4239-869e-b43c143f4250 BEV FILL THE KETTLE WITH WATER AND PUT IT ON THE HEAT SHE SAID IN A RESIGNED TONE IF DAN'S GOING TO BE SICK AGAIN WE'VE GOT TO BE READY FOR IT I WISH MOTHER WAS HOME THAT'S ALL I HOPE SHE'LL NEVER GO AWAY AGAIN WHERE IS SHE NOW INQUIRED WOOT WHO HAD HEARD TALES OF LOVELY POLYCHROME AND WAS MUCH INTERESTED IN HER 2640a28e-1045-4fb1-8368-ea9e3724c231 BEVERLY KING SUDDENLY CRIED FELICITY WHO HAD BEEN PEERING INTO A POT YOU'VE GONE AND PUT THE TURNIPS ON TO BOIL WHOLE JUST LIKE POTATOES WASN'T THAT RIGHT I CRIED IN AN AGONY OF SHAME THE SCARECROW STOPPED TO LOOK AT THE BOY WHY DID YOU DO THAT HE ASKED IN SURPRISE 265d63b8-532f-4ff4-bc95-b61aa425ca24 THE QUESTION WAS HE TOLD HIMSELF EXACTLY WHAT WERE THE INQUISITOR'S REAL BELIEFS HIS PUBLIC PROFESSIONS WERE WELL KNOWN YONAS SEARCHED AND FOUND THE ANSWER WAS THE WITCH OR THE FAIRY OR WHATEVER SHE WAS AN OLD PERSON WITH WRINKLED SKIN AND HALF HER TEETH GONE INQUIRED THE DIN OWL 2661b25d-0b70-4ee5-867f-a7840791c640 WELL IF THERE ISN'T ONE IN TORONTO IT ISN'T LIKELY THERE'S ONE ANYWHERE SAID PETER DISAPPOINTEDLY I SAW A PICTURE OF THE DEVIL ONCE HE ADDED IT WAS IN A BOOK MY AUNT JANE HAD SHE GOT IT FOR A PRIZE IN SCHOOL NOW FARMER WASN'T MUCH OF AN EDITOR EVEN AS EDITORS GO THE ONE USEFUL QUALITY HE HAD WAS A HOME STUNNED INGRATIATING AIR WHICH PUT NERVOUS YOUNG GENIUSES AT THEIR EASE SO THAT THEY COULD GIVE A REASONABLE COHERENT VERBAL PICTURE OF WHAT THEIR BOOKS WERE ABOUT 26673350-6a79-4816-af29-29dc81c54399 I WANT IT FOR ONE OF MY WOOD NYMPHS SAID PAN AND I MUST HAVE IT HE ADVANCED THREATENINGLY BUT AGLEIA RAN AS HARD AS SHE COULD UP THE MOUNTAIN IF SHE COULD ONLY REACH GLECON SHE WOULD PROTECT HER PAN FOLLOWED HER CLATTERING AND BELLOWING TERRIBLY BUT IN A FEW MINUTES SHE RUSHED INTO GLAUCON'S ARMS YOU MIGHT PUT PEAS IN YOUR SHOES YOU KNOW SUGGESTED PETER THE VERY THING I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT I'LL GET SOME AFTER BREAKFAST I'M NOT GOING TO EAT A SINGLE THING ALL DAY EXCEPT BREAD AND WATER AND NOT MUCH OF THAT 267f671c-f90a-4fcb-b350-5f906c46b990 NONSENSE SAID THE STORY GIRL AGAIN ALL RIGHT SAID PETER YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE ME IF PEG BOWEN COULD BEWITCH ANYTHING AND I DON'T BELIEVE SHE COULD WHY SHOULD SHE BE WITCH PAT ASKED THE STORY GIRL EVERYBODY HEERED AT UNCLE ALEC IS ALWAYS KIND TO HER A MORE CURIOUS CREATURE THEY HAD SELDOM SEEN EVEN IN THE LAND OF OZ WHERE CURIOUS CREATURES ABOUND 26909741-2e5f-476d-859a-66ce7e4e7b64 I HAVE A MAP OF OZ IN MY POCKET PERSISTED THE BOY THE GIANTESS POURED OUT ANOTHER CUP AND SET IT ON THE FLOOR FOR WOOT EVEN THE STORY GIRL WAS SURPRISED AND I EVEN IN THESE LATE YEARS OF IRREVERENCE FOR THE DREAMS OF YOUTH AM NOT IN THE LEAST ASHAMED TO CONFESS THAT WHEN I KNELT DOWN TO PRAY 26dec5ab-0d1d-4dca-81cc-3af2fd9f2c9c ALL OTHER SOUNDS HUNG SUSPENDED IN THE AFTER SILENCE THEN RESUMED THE STRONGEST FIRST AND THEN THE WEAKEST A HEAVY OBJECT SUDDENLY ARCHED THROUGH THE HEADLIGHTS SWINGING ON A VINE IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND A TREE ANOTHER I CALL IT THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN MILESTONE OH I DON'T BELIEVE THAT STORY IS TRUE SAID FELICITY I BELIEVE MISSUS GRIGGS WAS JUST ROMANCING SHE DOES ROMANCE MOTHER SAID YES BUT I DON'T BELIEVE SHE COULD EVER HAVE THOUGHT OF SUCH A THING AS THIS HERSELF SO I BELIEVE IT MUST BE TRUE SAID THE STORY GIRL 26df219f-a674-4a1f-b3d9-9b7d197cc3ea DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT WHEN WE HAD HEARD THE NEWS OF PATTY'S RECOVERY WE HAD BEEN NOISY AND JUBILANT WILLIE FRASER LOOKS SO LONESOME IN SCHOOL THESE DAYS 26fe622e-83c1-4760-954a-efcad4266068 OR RENDERED HER AT ALL VAIN ACCIDENTS MIGHT HAPPEN TO SOME ON RARE OCCASIONS AND THEY HAD GOLDEN DISHES UPON IT COULD THAT BLACK CAT BE PEG THE EVENING WAS FULL OF EERIE SOUNDS THE CREAKING OF FIR BOUGHS THE WHISTLE OF THE WIND IN THE TREE TOPS THE VIBRATIONS OF STRIPS OF DRIED BARK ON THE RAIL FENCES 2706aba5-2c44-48cc-b760-c0ea26bf0605 AND OH HOW GOOD WE WERE HOW ANGELICALLY AND UNNATURALLY GOOD NEVER WAS THERE SUCH A BAND OF KIND SWEET TEMPERED UNSELFISH CHILDREN IN ANY ORCHARD FINALLY I ASKED HER TO MARRY ME AND SHE AGREED TO DO SO BUT THE WITCH HAPPENED TO OVERHEAR OUR CONVERSATION AND IT MADE HER VERY ANGRY FOR SHE DID NOT WISH HER SLAVE TO BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HER 270759b5-6853-4382-ac73-592c6dffff4c JUST LOOK SHE SAID PROUDLY I HAVE EVERY BIT OF THE BREAD BAKED I GOT UP AT THREE AND IT WAS LOVELY AND LIGHT SO I JUST GAVE IT A RIGHT GOOD KNEADING AND POPPED IT INTO THE OVEN AND IT'S ALL DONE AND OUT OF THE WAY BUT THE LOAVES DON'T SEEM QUITE AS BIG AS THEY SHOULD BE SHE ADDED DOUBTFULLY I WOULDN'T SPARE ANY OF IT TO ANY ONE BUT YOU I FELT DEEPLY GREATLY TO BILLY AND SORRY THAT I HAD NOT LIKED HIM BETTER 270faf36-40fd-49f9-9304-f3bb406fbfa7 BESIDES WHAT IS THE GOOD OF ASKING THE GROWN UPS THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THIS THAN WE DO IT'S A MAN IN THE STATES WHO CLAIMS TO BE A PROPHET WHAT IS THE NATURE OF YOUR TROUBLE BRANDON IT WAS THROUGH QUANT MECHANICS THAT WE LEARNED TO APPROXIMATE THE SPEED OF LIGHT A FIRE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT BLINKED ON 271588b4-3df7-4c99-a232-739eb5f257e4 A CLINK AND CLATTER BROUGHT HIS ATTENTION TO THE LAUNCH HE GAWKED RAY HAD THROWN BACK A DECK CATCH AND PRODUCED A DIVING SUIT WHICH LOOKED AS UNSHIP SHAPED AS THE REST OF THE BOAT'S EQUIPMENT THEREFORE I HAVE A LITTLE JOB I KNOW YOU'LL ENJOY REPAIR JOB THE CENTURY BEACON HAS SHUT DOWN IT'S A MARK THREE BEACON WHAT KIND OF BEACON I ASK HIM I HAVE REPAIRED HYPERSPACE BEACONS FROM ONE ARM OF THE GALAXY TO THE OTHER AND I WAS SURE I HAD WORKED ON EVERY TYPE OR MODEL MADE 27173256-b154-44d9-bf12-923eaae40641 I KNOW SAID THE CANARY I'M ONLY REMOVING WITH MY MAGIC THE CORNS FROM YOUR LAST TEN TOES THANK YOU FOR BEING SO THOUGHTFUL HE SAID GRATEFULLY AND NOW THEY NOTICED THAT TOMMY QUICKSTEP WAS QUITE A NICE LOOKING YOUNG FELLOW PEG BOWEN WON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF SUCH BIG WORDS BUT IT WAS DECIDED TO LEAVE THEM IN AND WE ALL SIGNED THE LETTER THEN WE GOT OUR TESTIMONIALS AND STARTED OUT ON OUR RELUCTANT JOURNEY TO THE DOMAINS OF THE WITCH 27231aca-87f1-4b44-84f2-ac8bdd5414b1 MY AUNT JANE HAD BEEN LIVING SHE'D HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING HE REMARKED O GOD I PRAY TO YOU TO KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OF US AND I PRAY YOU TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO MY SISTER JULIA FOR I THINK SHE NEEDS IT EVEN MORE THAN THE REST OF US WORLD WITHOUT END AMEN IT CLOSED AGAIN WITH A SNAP AND ITS POWERFUL BOLT SHOT INTO PLACE REMEMBERING HIS PROMISE TO THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER 274d3332-604d-4c7b-9502-1ef5eca5f85e ON THE EDGE OF LIGHT AND DARK WE CELEBRATED THE NOVEMBER DAY WHEN PETER WAS PERMITTED TO REJOIN US BY A PICNIC IN THE ORCHARD SARA RAY WAS ALSO ALLOWED TO COME UNDER PROTEST AND HER JOY OVER BEING AMONG US ONCE MORE WAS ALMOST PATHETIC ONE DOUBTFUL TYPE RAISED A SPEAR BUT NO ONE ELSE TRIED THAT AFTER THE PTERODACTYL EYE PICKED HIM UP AND DROPPED HIM IN THE SWAMP THE PRIESTS WERE A HARD HEADED LOT AND WEREN'T BUYING ANY LIZARDS IN A POKE THEY JUST STOOD AND MUTTERED I HAD TO TAKE THE OFFENSIVE AGAIN 275a588e-2abb-440d-8b9c-eaad84501147 TO US FOR EVERMORE THE MILKY WAY WOULD BE NOT PETER'S OVERWHELMING GARLAND OF SONS BUT THE LUCENT BRIDGE LOVE CREATED ON WHICH THE BANISHED ARCHANGELS CROSSED FROM STAR TO STAR WE HAD TO GO UP TO SARA RAY'S LANE WITH HER TO HER VERY DOOR FOR SHE WAS AFRAID PEG BOWEN WOULD CATCH HER IF SHE WENT ALONE THEN THE STORY GIRL AND I WALKED UP THE HILL TOGETHER IT WAS CLOSING FAST USING THE RAW ENERGY OF THE BATTLESHIP ENGINES FOR A HEADLONG APPROACH MY SHIP BUCKED A BIT AS THE TUG BEAMS LOCKED ON AT MAXIMUM DISTANCE THE RADIAT LEAKED AT ME FOR ATTENTION AT THE SAME TIME I WAITED AS LONG AS I DARED AND THEN FLIPPED IT ON THE VOICE BOOMED OUT 276dcee8-596e-420d-a9e3-b061df40fd31 HAD I BEEN AWAKE I COULD EASILY HAVE PROTECTED MYSELF HOW OLD ARE YOU ASKED FU FORGETTING HIS OWN DANGEROUS POSITION HIS WELL DID ANY EVER ANY MORTAL SHE SAID WELL I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM AND I DON'T CARE IF THEY AREN'T FASHIONABLE SAID PETER THEY'RE GOOD THINGS 2771d987-929a-4d23-b63a-622fbf2bac86 WHEN I HAD COMPLETED MY SERVANT I WENT OVER IT VERY CAREFULLY AGAIN AND WROTE WITH RED INK CICELY MADE IT FOR ME OUT OF AN ANALINE DYE THE WORD THUMP WHENEVER I DEEMED IT ADVISABLE TO CHASTISE THE PULPIT DESTROYING ANY ONE WHO STOOD IN HIS WAY MORE PEOPLE WOULD DIE BEFORE THIS WAS OVER IT WAS UP TO ME TO KEEP THAT NUMBER AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE 27849a32-8a6d-4b0f-9c55-094cc496f8c2 BY THIS TIME I HAD A GENERAL RELEASE PREPARED ALONG WITH DIRECTIONS FOR USE AND FOLLOW UP WHICH HE SENT TO CENTRAL FOURTEEN WE'RE SETTING UP OUR OWN SEARCH SYSTEM TO FIND THE PLANETS BEFORE THEY DO THE SOMEONE SCUTTLED AGILELY FOR A MOMENT 2787bac7-3d0b-48bf-9e41-574314078d5c THEN RED WITH INDIGNATION BUT WITHOUT A WORD HE STALKED UP THE WALK PETER DID NOT THINK BLUEBERRY WINE WOULD DO ANY GOOD SHE ASKED MISERABLY WITH THE FAITHFUL PRIEST STUMBLING AROUND ME I LOCATED THE CONTROL ROOM AND TURNED ON THE LIGHTS BEFORE THEY COULD THINK UP A GOOD ANSWER I WAS INSIDE 27c6dcf5-5051-4048-bd1e-d84095af8a29 THE SCOOP HE SAW AND ONLY HALF BELIEVED IT HAD WALLOWED INTO THE SHALLOWS ALONGSIDE HIS DOCK IT HAD REVERSED ITS UNBELIEVABLE LENGTH TO KEEP THE HEAD SUBMERGED AND AT THE SAME TIME HAD BACKED OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL ITS LEVIATHAN TAIL SPANNED THE HUNDRED ODD YARDS OF SLOPING BEACH FROM SURF TO CABIN WE WERE ALL GOING PETER INCLUDED PETER WENT EVERYWHERE WITH US NOW HE WAS A REGULAR ATTENDANT AT CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WHERE HIS BEHAVIOR WAS AS IRREPROACHABLE AS IF HE HAD BEEN RAISED IN THE CASE OF VERE DE VERE IT WAS A FEATHER IN THE STORY GIRL'S CAP FOR SHE TOOK ALL THE CREDIT OF HAVING STARTED PETER ON THE RIGHT ROAD 27d4d1d1-5fc9-41b0-99de-ae2c93d96fc5 WHAT IS THE I A I AM OF THE I A SAID HORN WHERE HAVE YOU HIDDEN THE DELPHINIS IN THE PLACE THAT SUITS US BEST SAID TO NEWBE IN ALL OUR HISTORY THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BETTER PLACE HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR AN ANGEL TO GROW INTO AN ARCHANGEL PURSUED PETER OH I DON'T KNOW MILLIONS OF YEARS LIKELY 27e88e22-0cda-424a-af58-5a2e2c0526cf LOOKING OUT EASTWARD INTO THE SPRUCE GROVE NO FEMININE CREATURES HAD EVER GONE TO THE PAINS OF DRESSING UP ON OUR ACCOUNT BEFORE THE AROMER OF GRASSES STEEPING IN THE SUNSHINE IT WAS FOLDED UP IN A NEWSPAPER PACKET ON TOP OF THE DRIED HERRING WITH WHICH THE BASKET WAS FILLED 2806fb38-16ad-4837-a474-617f5fb657f1 HE HAD SOME IDEA OF SNIFFING AROUND QUIETLY FIRST TRYING TO GET A LINE TO HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS IF SHE EVADED THE NAVY SHIPS THAT WAS THEREFORE NOT MINE PRESENT FERERO A BACHELOR WAS EATING HIS DINNER A WILD AND DESPERATE IDEA CAME TO ME I WAITED A MOMENT CONSCIOUS ONLY OF THE FAINT HUM OF A GENERATOR AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM 280f3bf0-0f12-4f09-a895-41e4aa4e3136 WHY WHAT DID I SAY TO MAKE HIM MAD ASKED FELICITY IN HONEST PERPLEXITY I THINK IT'S AWFUL FOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO BE ALWAYS QUARRELLING SIGHED CECILY THE COHANTS FIGHT ALL THE TIME AND YOU AND DAN WILL SOON BE AS BAD YOU ARE FELIX AND BEVERLY SHE WENT ON SHAKING OUR HANDS WITH AN AIR OF FRANK COMRADESHIP WHICH WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE SHY FEMININE ADVANCES OF FELICITY AND CECILY FROM THAT MOMENT WE WERE AS GOOD FRIENDS AS IF WE HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A HUNDRED YEARS 282227af-9a11-4fc1-9698-036576b4f047 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO WE ARE THE RADIO BOOMED AGAIN JUST OBEY ORDERS IF YOU CARE TO LIVE STAY AWAY FROM THE CONTROLS UNTIL WE HAVE TIRED ON THEN DO EXACTLY AS I SAY AM I CORRECT FRIEND SCARECROW 2824cfae-aabd-4655-bda9-6da83b26c61a WHY WHO EVER HEARD OF A SERMON WITHOUT A TEXT ASKED FELIX BLANKLY I AM GOING TO TAKE A SUBJECT INSTEAD OF A TEXT SAID PETER LOFTILY ANY TOUCHY PLANETS OUR SPIES REPORT WE DIVERT THE FILES THEN WHAT 2826f908-546d-4daa-9a0c-1694b76dfa2e KIT MAR WAS UP HERE THURSDAY TO SEE THE GIRLS THE SCARECROW FOLLOWED NEXT AND LAST CAME WOOT WHO LOOKED BACK AND SAW THAT THE LOOMS WERE STILL CLINGING TO THEIR PERCHES ON THE TREES AND WATCHING THEIR FORMER CAPTIVES WITH FRIGHTENED EYES 2836231c-4765-41be-b4fb-c14754d19f5e KNOW THAT MEANS REINART IT'S WASTE A ROCKET FUEL TOTALING AROUND IN THE ATMOSPHERE HE MUTTERED BELOW HIS C NINE B SCOUT SHIP BUT WE HAD LONG HOURS FOR PLAY AND THE MURMUR OF AN ALIEN SEA SOUNDED ABOUT HER GRAVE IT WAS UNCLE EDWARD WHO TOLD ME THERE WERE NO SUCH THINGS AS FAIRIES 28394bf4-c4f8-4913-947b-5d941e63f168 RECITE THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE FOR ME SAID MISTER CAMPBELL LATER ON WE DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD FOUND HIS MATERIAL IN AN ILLUSTRATED TRANSLATION OF DANTE'S INFERNO WHICH HAD ONCE BEEN GIVEN TO HIS AUNT JANE AS A SCHOOL PRIZE SO THAT THE INVISIBLE COUNTRY WAS WHOLLY AVOIDED IT CREAKS WHILE I WALK AND IT THRILLS WHEN I TALK AND ITS FRAGRANCE IS FINE FOR EFFECT 283ef9b6-ce0a-415e-90b9-85d4003d8741 ANYWAY THIS STORY COULDN'T BE TRUE YOU KNOW THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOD PAN HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THERE MIGHT BE HAVE BEEN IN THE GOLDEN AGE ASKED THE STORY GIRL YOU DO NOT TRUST ME PERHAPS YOU ARE WISE I MIGHT TALK FOOLISHLY I AM AN OLD MAN OLDER IN THIS LAST MONTH THAN IN ALL MY YEARS 28413da8-df8a-49fc-b9a2-8b929573388d FELIX AND PETER AND I WERE REQUIRED TO HELP UNCLE ROGER AND SOME CARPENTERING WORK THAT DAY AND FELICITY INDULGED IN ONE OF THE HOUSE CLEANING ORGIES SO DEAR TO HER SOUL WE TRIED TO STARE AT THEM WHEN THEY WERE EATING THE KING COMPLEXION OUR DOOR WAS OPEN AND IN THEIR ROOM ACROSS THE NARROW HALL 2856d046-a136-4a91-ba3a-69053863b6ad I DO HOPE THE REST OF US WON'T CATCH THE MEASLES IT MUST LOOK HORRID TO HAVE RED SPOTS ALL OVER YOUR FACE AND IN THE EVENING THEY WOULD LEAD THE SHEEP HOME TOGETHER ONE DAY A GEYA WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN BY A NEW WAY AND SHE CAME TO A LITTLE BROOK MAY I HAVE SOME OF YOUR STRAW ASKED THE SCARECROW HELP YOURSELF REPLIED PROFESSOR SWINE FOR PIGS ARE QUITE RESPECTABLE REMARKED BOOT AS THEY ALL WENT TOWARD THE STOCK TROUGH STACK I'M GLAD THEY DIDN'T INVITE US IN SAID CAPTAIN FIGHTER 285a8637-9967-4414-b148-70dd448f037a OH THAT IS EASY SAID PETER YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST FEEL WHO IS GOOD AND WHO ISN'T BETTY SHERWIN WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT A COMPLIMENT SAID THE STORY GIRL AND MEANT ENEMY CAN'T YOU IMAGINE THE FUND THE POLITICIANS MY MA MEA 2860fda7-6a42-4d27-a6c0-aac7a218d162 WITH JUST A HINT OF DEMURENESS IN THEM NOW AND AGAIN TO LEND A WONDERFUL CHARM TO OUR SPECULATIONS CONCERNING IT JUST LOOK AT THAT BLASTED JUNGLE BARKED STETSON A LONG PAUSE WHILE THE VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS OF TONUBES'S EYES EXPANDED 286ef3b6-c9a9-4d58-b7e4-4f17ae31fd78 THEN YOU CAN LIFT US ACROSS BUT IT WAS EVIDENT THAT NO ONE HAD LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF THAT YARN SAID DAN TRYING TO SPEAK WITH HIS USUAL INCREDULITY I MAYBE THAT LITTLE PINK CLOUD IS A DREAM GETTING ALL READY TO FLOAT DOWN INTO SOMEBODY'S SLEEP SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL 288e42b0-5d6e-42f7-aaa5-1583739a5538 CRASH FELICITY HAD DROPPED THE CUP OF CLOUDED BLUE WHICH HAD PASSED UNSCATHED THROUGH SO MANY CHANGING YEARS AND NOW AT LAST LAY SHATTERED ON THE STONE OF THE WELL CURB AT ANY OTHER TIME WE SHOULD ALL HAVE BEEN AGHAST OVER SUCH A CATASTROPHE BUT IT PASSED UNNOTICED NOW WHAT MATTERED IT THAT ALL THE CUPS IN THE WORLD BE BROKEN TODAY IF THE CRACKADOON MUST SOUND TO MORROW ALL FOUR OF THE REFLECTORS SEEMED POINTED DIRECTLY AT MY FACE AND I COULD SEE THAT EACH HELD NOT THE BULB I HAD EXPECTED BUT A CRUDELY SHAPED BLOB OF FUSED QUARTZ 28b01a45-e1be-4be8-b759-3a245fd2eb85 WELL I FINALLY DECIDED THAT MY GUN DID ANYTHING BUT FRIGHTEN THEM THEY WERE ANGRY WHEN I REFUSED TO DO ANY MORE SLAUGHTERING AND LED ME HERE HE ONLY GRINNED WHEN THEY TOLD HIM THAT NORTH WAS AT THE TOP HE KNEW BETTER BUT HE DID WRITE A NICE ROUND HAND LIKE A BOY'S HAND 28cafa9d-7908-4b89-9209-3d0e243b20d9 CECILY WAS JUST AS SCARED AS SARA RAY BUT SHE'D MORE SENSE THAN TO SHOW IT LIKE THAT HE ACTED MEAN RIGHT THROUGH AUNT JANET SAYS HE NEVER SENT EVEN A WORD TO RACHEL AND SHE NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN AS A MATTER OF FACT MY PEOPLE DO NOT NEED AN EMPEROR FOR OZMA OF OZ WATCHES OVER THE WELFARE OF ALL HER SUBJECTS 28cea84c-13a0-45db-947c-f1b752dda2e7 FELICITY COULD NOT SUCCEED I'M SO AFRAID HE'S GONE TO GROW UP JUST LIKE UNCLE ROBER WARD WHO NEVER GOES TO CHURCH AND DOESN'T BELIEVE MORE THAN HALF THE BIBLE IS TRUE THE TWO GUARDS CAME INTO THE CELL AND GRIPPED HIS ARMS YUNUS ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE CARRIED OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR AND DOWN IT TO A GREAT WOODEN DOOR 28d308ff-92f5-4df8-a4dc-cf55047c85e8 ZERA AND ZULEITH LOVED EACH OTHER JUST AS MORTALS LOVE AND THIS IS FORBIDDEN BY THE LAWS OF THE ALMIGHTY AND BECAUSE ZERA AND ZULEIMANTH HAD SO BROKEN GOD'S LAW THEY WERE BANISHED FROM HIS PRESENCE TO THE UTTERMOST BOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE WHAT IS PETER LIKE I ASKED PETER IS SPLENDID HIS MOTHER LIVES ON THE MARKDALE ROAD AND WASHES FOR A LIVING PETER'S FATHER RAN AWAY AND LEFT THEM WHEN PETER WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD 28d379c1-2ecb-4416-b74c-d56708b04fef SINCE I AM THE WORLD'S GREATEST GENIUS AND THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED TO TELL YOU ANYTHING YOU WISH TO KNOW ABOUT MY PEOPLE AND CIVILIZATION THIS WAS ALL STILL HEARSAY TO ME I HAD BEEN PULLED INTO HEADQUARTERS AND GIVEN ROUTINE ADMINISTRATION WORK FOR TRAINING 28d4b548-a349-4599-8fb5-099149f5b609 I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THE ORDEAL SAID FELIX I SAID THEY OUGHT TO NOT FIGHT FOR FUN OR FOR BAD TEMPER ANY MAN THAT CAN CON AN ENTIRE WORLD INTO BUILDING A BATTLESHIP FOR HIM THEN STEAL IT FROM THEM IS NOT GOING TO STOP THERE 28dc009d-1912-4c95-9773-5b4dd6049328 THE NEXT DAY BEING SATURDAY WE STARTED OUT IN THE AFTERNOON PRESENTLY MISTER CAMPBELL HIMSELF WAS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY LOOKING US OVER BECAUSE PETER CONTINUED TO HOLD THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF BITTER APPLES AND OFTEN THEY HUNTED TOGETHER FOR SCHUBEN WAS ALMOST AS SKILFUL WITH HER BOW AND ARROW AS THE KATY HIMSELF 28e0b64a-e923-4b27-9b27-a3a229ae10d2 LIKE ANY OTHER SENSE BUT IT ISN'T MAGIC ANY MORE THAN YOUR EYES ARE MAGIC THEY'RE GIVEN BY GOD IF YOU LIKE THEY GROW THEY DEVELOP SO THE ABILITY TO READ MINDS TO TRANSMIT ITS THOUGHT IS GIVEN BY GOD NO ONE KNOWS WHY OR HOW I THINK IT IS VERY VAIN TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU HAVE YOURSELF BEING BEAUTIFUL SAID FELICITY I'M NOT A BIT FAIN SAID THE STORY GIRL WITH ENTIRE TRUTHFULNESS IT IS NOT VANITY TO KNOW YOUR OWN GOOD POINTS IT WOULD BE JUST STUPIDITY IF YOU DIDN'T IT'S ONLY VANITY WHEN YOU GET PUFFED UP ABOUT THEM 28eaab9a-209b-44b3-98ec-41d7538cd05f UNTIL THIS GLARING INCONSISTENCY JUMPED OUT AND HIT ME SQUARE IN THE EYE THOUGH PIRACY WAS OF COURSE TOO MEAN AN AMBITION TO ASCRIBE TO THIS BOY THESE DETAILS WERE THE FIRST THINGS THAT MADE FARMER THINK RAY MIGHT NOT BE A COMPLETE CRACK PICK AFTER ALL 28f67c2a-8906-4e11-9ecc-6cebc0e7dba2 I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT HERE ARE THE LETTERS WILL MONTAGUE WROTE HER AND HERE SHE ADDED TAKING UP A CRIMSON VELVET CASE WITH A TARNISH GILT CLASP MAY I HAVE SOME OF YOUR STRAW WHICH THE STRANGERS HAD NOTICED ON HOWEVER I SHALL TEST MY MAGIC AT ONCE 28f8cf52-7b12-4f5c-88e0-905865e9ef8a I HAVE POLISHED THE INSIDE OF IT AND MADE A DOOR AT EACH END AND THAT'S A VERY COMFORTABLE RESIDENCE FOR ME BECAUSE IT JUST FITS MY SHAPE FIVE HEART BROKEN CHILDREN WHO KNEW THAT THERE ARE MANY WORSE FRIENDS THAN DUMFERRY FOLK CLIMBED UNCLE ALEC'S STAIRS TO BED THAT NIGHT 290e341f-ccd8-487a-8ee9-d4257b51f7d9 BOTH HOPE AND VIC WERE FIGHTING DESPERATELY BUT THERE WERE AT LEAST TEN GUARDS TO EACH OF THEM I LIFTED MY HAND AND WAVED A FAREWELL HOPING THAT ONE OF THEM AT LEAST WOULD SEE THE GESTURE AND KNOW THAT MY LAST THOUGHT WAS OF THEM OH FELICITY SHE SAID HER VOICE EXPRESSING A VERY ANGUISH OF HUMILIATION I I THOUGHT THAT STUFF IN THE BOX WAS CORN MEAL AND USED IT TO MAKE THE PUDDING 291cc90f-53b0-4b93-9ac2-50c156184451 YOU KNOW I TOLD YOU HE WAS VERY ANGRY BECAUSE THE PRESBYTERY MADE HIM RETIRE HE PROVED TO BE THE PRECURSOR OF DAN CLOTHED AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND THEY SAID WE HAVE TO USE ORAN BECAUSE THE RECORDS ON THE DELPHINIS EASY ON THE SEXLIME BOY YOU BETTER GET A MOVE ON 2926791e-a719-49c5-9e8a-e4c284aacdad THE WITCH WITH THE SILVER SHOES HATED ME FOR HAVING DEFIED HER RESUMED THE EMPEROR HIS VOICE NOW SOUNDING CLEAR AS A BELL AND SHE INSISTED THAT NIMY AMY SHOULD NEVER MARRY ME THEREFORE SHE MADE THE ENCHANTED AXE CUT OFF MY OTHER ARM AND THE TINSMITH ALSO REPLACED THAT MEMBER WITH TIN INCLUDING THESE FINELY JOINTED HANDS THAT YOU SEE ME USING BUT ALAS IT WAS JEFF'S TURN TO STARE OWL THERE WAS ONE ON THE DOCK BUT I THOUGHT SO DID I SHE SOUNDED RELIEVED BUT IF YOU SAW ONE TOO ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS STANDING THERE ON THE DECK BESIDE ME RIGHT OUT OF NOWHERE I LOST MY HEAD AND GROUNDED THE QUEEN AND IT VANISHED THE OWL I MEAN SO DID MINE JEFF SAID WHILE THEY STOOD MARVELING THE OWLS CAME BACK 292d22c9-f8f3-4e9f-a0f8-890088d824af WHEN I HAVE TRANSFORMED YOU THREE PEOPLE YOU MUST ALWAYS WEAR THE SHAPES THAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH MY SERMON I ASKED DAN THAT NIGHT SINCE HE WAS NEITHER JUDGE NOR COMPETITOR I COULD DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH HIM 2933292d-aaf0-4c80-a01b-96bd682c824b THE OLD HOUSE WITH THE SPRUCES BEHIND IT I FEAR SHE HAD AN ANXIOUS TRIP OF IT POOR WOMAN SAID AUNT JANET SEVERELY IT COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED BY A MIND AS BRILLIANTLY AS CROOKED AS MY OWN HE WAS AT MY MERCY REALLY HE WANTED TO SLEEP SO MUCH 29390a18-e819-4e96-a1cd-6615bb2e9944 AND RIGHT NOW I'M WALKING AROUND IN YOUR PRECIOUS PLANET LIKE A BOY'S SCOUT FINALLY HE SCRAMBLED DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAVA SHEET AND CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE WRECK HE PUSHED HIS CHAIR BACK FROM THE DESK I DON'T CARE SAID FELIX I LIKE YOU BETTER THAN FELICITY EVEN IF YOU CAN'T COOK THERE'S LOTS OF FOLKS CAN MAKE BREAD BUT THERE ISN'T MANY WHO CAN TELL A STORY LIKE YOU YOU OUGHT TO BE BRAVER THAN GIRLS 294316b6-5637-4e29-bd94-3be1aec8365a I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH THE PIE AND PICKLES AND LEFT THE TARTS ALONE AUNT OLIVIA SAYS THE STORY GIRL IS FASCINATING SAID CECILY THE VERY ADJECTIVE A WAVE OF PURE HEAT SWEPT OVER THE BOAT BLISTERING WHAT PAINT IT STILL BOASTED RAY LOOKED MAD STARTED TO AIM A KICK AT THE SCREAM BUT THOUGHT BETTER OF IT 294b29f9-230d-4810-bd25-63785ae77ebf I HAD ONLY ONE BOX OF CARTRIDGES BESIDES THOSE IN THE CYLINDER OF MY GUN PETE VIC WAS WHISPERING EXCITEDLY IN MY EAR LISTEN PETE I THINK I SEE THROUGH THIS THESE PRIESTS HAVE HEARD ABOUT US AND OUR DEATH DEALING ABILITY THEY'RE JEALOUS SMOOTH BROWN HAIR OF SATIN SHEEN SOMEHOW BELONGED THERE WHICH FEELS IN A MOMENT WHAT IT SOMETIMES TAKES MATURITY MUCH TIME TO PERCEIVE 2950a366-cf75-4734-9c90-9c6bb469ac86 WE WERE NOT SURPRISED TO FIND THAT BILLY ROBINSON'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY FUND BUT I SHALL ANTICIPATE THE SUCCESSIVE RELATIONS IN THIS CHAPTER SORRY THAT'S THE WAY IT IS YOUR BRAINS BOYS WILL PICK MY SKULL TO PIECES AND FIND THE TRUTH OUT ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SUGGEST A LINE OF SEARCH AND THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS WOULD BEGIN APPEARING AT ONCE 29550d9e-3067-4081-8634-aa0f3ada1928 I HAVE TO SLEEP SOME TIME MY SCREEN IS ONLY OPEN FOR EMERGENCY CALLS NOT FOR EVERY AGENT WHO NEEDS HIS HAND HELD WINDS BLEW UP THE FIELDS LIKE WAVE UPON WAVE OF SWEET SAVOUR SPICE OF BRACKEN AND BALSAM ANYHOW I'M A PRESBYTERIAN AND I'M GLAD OF IT 29598b59-6786-497c-ac9a-d87120ea9324 POOR MA IS TOO BUSY WASHING AS PETER SAID THEY WERE LADIES IN THE BEST AND TRUEST SENSE OF THAT MUCH ABUSED APPELLATION THEY'RE POISON DROP THEM RIGHT AWAY THEY LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE OTHER PEOPLE IF YOU CAN GO BY THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS 295bc3d3-b8ec-49de-84ce-72ea266c6358 THE SHADOWS OF THE SPRUCES WERE LONG AND CLEAR CUT THE EXQUISITE SKIES OF EARLY MORNING BLUE AND WIND WINNOWED WERE OVER US YEN LORDA DE NOSER MOTE DONKEY A JACK WERE TOO STUPID 295cddab-6f68-43e4-8d5a-6c62f9327007 THE STORY GIRL IMPERSONATED THE BEGGAR MAID SO VIVIDLY AND WITH SUCH AN ILLUSION OF BEAUTY THAT WE DID NOT WONDER IN THE LEAST AT THE KING'S LOVE FOR HER I HAD READ THE STORY BEFORE AND IT HAD BEEN MY OPINION THAT IT WAS ROT LUCK WAS WITH THEM THE SYSTEM HAD BEEN CATALOGUED SOME FOUR SERREAN GENERATIONS BEFORE AND TAGGED PLANET UNDEVELOPED TRANQUIL MARINE INTELLIGENCES ONLY 29697b68-8b52-43fa-894a-3de9d040fb3f DAN WAS THE OLDEST HE WAS MY AGE THIRTEEN HE WAS A LEAN FRECKLED FELLOW WITH RATHER LONG LANK BROWN HAIR AND THE SHAPELY KING NOSE WE RECOGNIZED IT AT ONCE WE HAVE SUCH A LOVELY MINISTER PETER HE LOOKS JUST LIKE THE PICTURE OF SAINT JOHN MY FATHER SENT ME ONLY HE IS OLD AND HIS HAIR IS WHITE 2969b062-bd89-42cf-bf79-f799d83ddf2f WE DID NOT THINK IT NECESSARY TO INFORM THE GROWN UPS OF WHAT WAS IN THE WIND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE TO THAT NERVOUS DELICATE CHILD SHE IS SHRIEKING IN THERE AND NOTHING WILL QUIET HER NO SAID WOUT COME ALONG THEN CRIED POLYCHROME FROM THE WINDOW NOR HAD THEY ANY HAIR 2971190c-02e7-4f21-bb02-13877f2d1e87 HOWEVER IF THE SPIKIN WAS WEARING A SUIT OF PLASTER FLESH THAT LOOKED REMOTELY HUMANOID I WOULD AT LEAST STAY AND TALK TO HIM THAT IS WHAT I WAS AIMING TO DO WITH THE CENTAURIANS BUT RUBBING WHISKY ON THE OUTSIDE ISN'T ANY HARM ARGUED PETER IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU TAKE IT INSIDE IT IS BAD FOR YOU WELL WE HAVEN'T ANY ANYHOW SAID FELICITY I SUPPOSE BLUEBERRY WINE WOULDN'T DO IN ITS PLACE 2976f4c6-467e-4257-90dd-b4a6e4c7402d AND I'M AS GOOD AS MY WORD YOU ARE REALLY THE FAMOUS SCARECROW OF OZ NO SAID RUPE CHOP BITE IS A REGULAR GROUCH WE THOUGHT OF UNCLE RUTE ROGER'S GRUESOME HINTS THE FIRST HEAD IS WHAT YOU MUST NOT DO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE BAD PLACE 298951ab-5845-4d63-8e22-c8a16e0b9ba3 WITH A TENTH OF THE EFFORT PEPEY COULD HAVE HAD A CRUISER THAT WOULD HAVE SUITED HIS PURPOSES JUST AS WELL DURING THE KINGLY WARS ANY NUMBER OF TYPES WITH A COUPLE OF SHIPS AND LESS BRAINS THAN PEPPY HAD SET UP JUST THIS KIND OF EMPIRE I'LL GO AND TELL HIM SO RIGHT OFF FELIX WAS VERY INDIGNANT AND AGGRIEVED AS WELL AND I DID NOT SYMPATHIZE OVER AND ABOVE WITH MY BROTHER 2998eb70-e0c6-42c4-85f9-d7bd1664514b THE LIZARDS CRINGED AND I SET MY SOLAR FOR NARROW BEAM AND RAN IT AROUND THE DOOR JAM IT WAS DARK NOW SO NOBODY WOULD NOTICE HIS FEET I WISH YOU WERE I'M SURE SAID FELICITY RIDDLING THE FIRE NOISILY 29b64508-c4db-4d45-bef4-24f19236409b SOMETHING LIKE LIKE BLUEBEARD'S CHAMBER SUGGESTED FELIX IN A SCARED TONE NO MY LITTLE CABIN STANDS NOT A GREAT WAY OFF BUT THERE IS NO OCCASION FOR US TO VISIT IT OUR ERRAND IS WITH NIMI AMMY AND HER HOUSE IS SOMEWHAT FARTHER AWAY TO THE LEFT OF US 29c942b6-cf55-4a97-8436-edadd4687796 HE BROKE OFF APPARENTLY HE INTERPRETED THE LOOKS OF CONSTERNATION ON THE FACES OF HIS AUDIENCE CORRECTLY FOR HIS SMILE BECAME MORE FRIENDLY AND HE CONTINUED IN A CASUAL TONE YOU ARE A WEAK FOOL LIKE THE OTHERS GRITTED TO NEWBE IT'S TOO BAD IF YOU FORMED YOUR OPINION OF US BY OBSERVING ONLY THE LOW GRADES OF THE URN ARE SAID ORAN EASY BOY HISS STUTSON DON'T PICK A FIGHT WITH HIM NOW REMEMBER THIS RACE IS ARBOREAL HE'S PROBABLY STRONG AS AN APE 29ce1ffb-68eb-4b98-aec9-aba028df6889 BESIDE HIM IN A CHAIR OF WOVEN STRAW SAT HIS BEST FRIEND THE SCARECROW OF OZ AT TIMES THEY SPOKE TO ONE ANOTHER OF CURIOUS THINGS THEY HAD SEEN AND STRANGE ADVENTURES THEY HAD KNOWN SINCE FIRST THEY TWO HAVE MET AND BECOME COMRADES IT WAS A DARING PROPOSITION FOR BOTH MISTER CAMPBELL AND THE AWKWARD MAN WERE REGARDED AS ECCENTRIC PERSONAGES AND MISTER CAMPBELL WAS SUPPOSED TO DETEST CHILDREN BUT WHERE THE STORY GIRL LED WE WOULD FOLLOW TO THE DEATH 29da6979-b729-4166-afcc-1e34c2d5382a PA'S COUSIN DIED OF EATING SOMETHING FORTY YEARS AGO SOBBED SARA RAY HOLD YOUR TONGUE SAID PETER IN A FIERCE WHISPER YOU OUGHTER HAVE MORE SENSE THAN TO SAY SUCH THINGS TO THE GIRLS THEY DON'T WANT TO BE ANY WORSE SCARED THAN THEY ARE THOU MAYEST RETURN TO EARTH IF THOU FEAREST TO ESSAY THE FLOOD SAID THE WARDER NAY SAID VING WILDLY EARTHLY LIFE WITHOUT ALIN IS MORE DREADFUL THAN THE DEATH WHICH AWAITS ME IN YON DARK RIVER 29e1f00c-61d6-4f0a-8419-bb4a75721013 CAMPBELL CHUCKLED THE BEST OF ALL REASONS HE SAID BUT SEE HERE MY DEAR YOUNG LADY I'M AN OLD MISER AND A CURMUDGEON AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD I CARS GUNS I BELLOWED TO THE SPACE YARD IF THAT SHIP IS ANYWHERE NEAR COMPLETION WE ARE IN BIG BIG TROUBLE 29ee6285-c2d7-4ef2-b34b-c079cdb24cfe SARAY'S MOTHER HAS NO TASTE BUT NOW THAT IT IS OVER I BELIEVE I AM SORRY THAT IT IS OPEN IT ISN'T MYSTERIOUS ANY LONGER DON'T LET ME HEAR ANY MORE OF YOUR AMENDS OR I'LL AMEN YOU AND THAT PERSONALITY WAS A VENOMOUS EVIL LOATHLY THING IT WON'T KILL HER BUT SHE'LL PROBABLY BE A PRETTY MISERABLE GIRL FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS WE ALL WENT TO UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK 29fcbcd6-c9a4-4c6d-8526-2eefe232295a FULL OF DEAR DELICATE SHADOWS AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS I'D LIKE A DRESS OF MOONSHINE WITH STARS FOR BUTTONS JEFF AS THREE AND FOUR WERE HORRIBLY SHAKEN BY THE INITIAL ATTEMPT AT COMMUNICATION WITH THE NATIVES 2a4b333d-6086-4fc8-b985-2eee071c986f EVEN IF SOME OF THE INVENTIONS THEY WORKED OUT SO FAR HAVEN'D THEM TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON NICELY AFTER ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THE MEREST TOYS TO US WHAT COULD IT POSSIBLY MATTER A WEDDING VEIL SAID CECILY 2a5fc8bb-fb99-4c53-bbb4-04c26ce3cfa7 ANYTHING THAT OCCUPIES SPACE I REPLIED TRIUMPHANTLY I HAD REMEMBERED THAT MUCH FROM MY PHYSICS CLASSES TRUE SMILED VIC BUT LET'S SEE IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE SOUND AND LIGHT IN THE SAME PLACE ISN'TT IT WE CAN EVEN ADD OTHER THINGS HEAT AND ELECTRICITY FOR EXAMPLE SPEAKING OF ELECTRICITY A TREMENDOUS CURRENT OF IT ADDS NOTHING TO THE WEIGHT OF THE WIRE CARRYING IT AND NOTHING TO ITS BULK UNLESS WE HAVE A HEATING OVERLOAD LONG AGO WHEN JUDY PINNAULT WAS YOUNG SAID THE STORY GIRL SHE WAS HIRED WITH MISSUS ELDER FRUIT THE FIRST MISSUS ELDER FRUIT MISSUS FRUIT HAD BEEN A SCHOOLTEACHER AND SHE WAS VERY PARTICULAR AS TO HOW PEOPLE TALKED AND THE GRAMMAR THEY USED AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE ANYTHING BUT REFINED WORDS ONE VERY HOT DAY SHE HEARD JUDY PINNOT SAY SHE WAS ALL IN A SWEAT MISSUS FRUN WAS GREATLY SHOCKED AND SAID JUDY YOU SHOULDN'T SAY THAT IT'S HORSES THAT SWEAT YOU SHOULD SAY YOU WERE IN A PERSPIRATION 2a721493-ce93-43d7-a111-5a448ee5c36a AND AS THE STRANGE CREATURES CLOSED IN QUICKLY I SAW THAT THEIRS WAS NOT SOLID FLESH BUT LIKE THE CLOTHING THAT PARTIALLY COVERED THEM AN ATTENUATED SUBSTANCE THAT WAS NOT QUITE REAL ASTRO ONE THIS IS BRANDON OVER A STEADY CRACKLING SOUND FILLED HIS EAR PHONES A GRID OF LIGHT AND SHADOW FLUTTERED ON THE SCREEN A THOUGHT ENTERED HIS MIND MAYBE HE HAD PUT TOO MUCH PLANET CURVATURE BETWEEN ASTRO AND HIMSELF 2a721b8f-14c5-4f72-b316-bbadd6f47e64 LOOK AT THAT LONG THIN LACY CLOUD UP THERE SHE SAID WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK OF GIRLS A WEDDING VEIL SAID CECILY THAT IS JUST WHAT IT IS THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS MY ONLY GOOD POINTS ARE MY HAIR AND EYES AND FEET SO I THINK IT'S REAL MEAN THAT ONE OF THEM HAS TO BE COVERED UP MOST OF THE TIME I'M ALWAYS GLAD WHEN IT GETS WARM ENOUGH TO GO BAREFOOTED BUT WHEN I GROW UP THEY'LL HAVE TO BE COVERED UP ALL THE TIME 2a8fb117-49a7-4494-9ab1-32acaa82c3d9 IT MAY BE THAT MARSHALL DID NOT BELIEVE HIMSELF QUITE AWAKE HE CERTAINLY DID NOT TAKE THE THREAT SERIOUSLY ENOUGH FOR THE LITTLE MAN DID TRIGGER IT OFF THE RADIO OPERATOR STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING HESITATED AND FINALLY SETTLED FOR YES SIR 2a92a9b0-7ced-4dc2-9853-2dba1abce037 AUNT OLIVIA AND UNCLE ROGER AUNT JANET AND UNCLE ALEC CAME STROLLING THROUGH THE ORCHARD AND JOINED OUR CIRCLE AS THEY SOMETIMES DID WHEN THE TOIL OF THE DAY WAS OVER AND THE MAGIC TIME TWIXT LIGHT AND DARK BROUGHT TRUCE OF CARE AND LABOR TWAS THEN WE LIKED OUR GROWN UPS BEST FOR THEN THEY SEEMED HALF CHILDREN AGAIN IT WAS A FAST RUN TO UDRIDA WHEN MY BILLIONAIRES YACHT THE EL DORADO WAS WAITING THE DOT YARD COMMANDER SHOWED ME THE SHIP AND MADE A NOBLE EFFORT TO CONTROL HIS CURIOSITY I TOOK A STADISTIC REVENGE ON THE NAVY BY NOT TELLING HIM A WORD ABOUT MY MISSION AFTER CHECKING OUT THE CONTROLS AND SPECIAL APPARATUS WITH THE TECHNICIANS I CLEARED THE SHIP THERE WAS A TAPE IN THE AUTOMATIC NAVIGATOR THAT WOULD PUT ME ON THE COURSE MENTIONED IN ALL THE ARTICLES JUST AT PRESS OF THE BOTTOM AND I WOULD BE ON MY WAY I PRESSED THE BUTTON 2a936cfe-bdbb-4654-bbfc-1841d9a537dd I SHOULD THINK I DO LAUGHED UNCLE ALEX SHE WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE WITH CECILY IS NOW AND SHE GOT UP AT ONCE AND MARCHED RIGHT OUT OF THE ORCHARD BUT AT THE GATE SHE TURNED AND CALLED BACK INDIGNANTLY I GUESS YOU'D BETTER WAIT TILL YOU'VE PRAYED THE CONCEIT OUT OF YOURSELF BEFORE YOU BEGIN ON ME NED KING GONE SAID THE SCARECROW BEAR SOLEMNLY THE EARTH HAS SWALLOWED HIM UP I SEE I SEE SAID THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR WAGGING HIS STUFFED HEAD 2a937dd9-2f51-474b-afeb-3acc54e8318c I WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE THE FEELING THAT I HAD BEEN MISSING THE BOAT ALL ALONG THE LINE THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED DATE OF THE COMPLETION WAS NEARLY A YEAR AWAY BUT THERE WAS NO REAL REASON WHY THAT COULDN'T BE CHANGED TOO CARS GUNS I BELLOWED TO THE SPACE YARD IF THAT SHIP IS ANYWHERE NEAR COMPLETION WE ARE IN BIG BIG TROUBLE WELL NO I SUPPOSE NOT I AGREED THINKING OF BILLY ROBINSON OF COURSE I CAN'T HELP FEELING SORRY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER PLACE SAID CICELY COMPASSIONATELY BUT I SUPPOSE THEY WOULDN'T BE VERY COMFORTABLE IN HEAVEN EITHER THEY WOULDN'T FEEL AT HOME ANDREMA SAID A SIMPLY DREADFUL THING ABOUT THE OTHER PLACE ONE NIGHT LAST FALL WHEN FELICITY AND I WERE DOWN TO SEE KITTY AND THEY WERE BURNING THE POTATO STALKS HE SAID HE BELIEVED THE OTHER PLACE MUST BE LOTS MORE INTERESTING THAN HEAVEN CAUSE FIRES WERE SUCH JOLLY THINGS HOW DID YOU EVER HEAR THE LIKE 2a940653-b132-4662-8aa4-e069f95d1e94 JOHN ANDREW BEGAN TO FEEL QUICK FROZEN AGAIN THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THERE'S A LOG IN THE HOLE UNCLE ROGER SAYS PETER'S FATHER WASN'T EXACTLY LAZY SAID THE STORY GIRL WHAT WOULD THEY DO WITH HIM THERE WHEN HE'S SO GOOD AND POLITE AND HONEST AND KIND 2a959e81-eed7-48a9-8de8-d329954eaf9a DO YOU KNOW MAN WHO WE ARE I MAY NOT SUCCEED BUT I SHALL DO THE BEST I CAN ONE HAD TO BUT STAND BEFORE IT AND WISH TO SEE WHAT ANY PERSON WAS DOING HE USED HIS OWN WORDS TO CLOTHE THE IDEAS HE HAD FOUND AND THE RESULT WAS A FORCE AND A SIMPLICITY THAT STRUCK HOME TO OUR IMAGINATIONS 2a95b2bf-1ea8-48d5-921f-3a5dc1e933d9 YES I'M GUESSING AN INFORMED GUESS BUT I DO KNOW SOME FACTS AS WELL OGT'S DREAM WAS CLEANED OUT OF ALL READING MATTER THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I CHECKED WE CAN'T STOP THE BATTLESHIP FROM ATTACKING AGAIN BUT WE CAN SEE TO IT THAT THE TIME AFTER THAT SHE SAILS INTO A TRAP LONG LONG AGO BEGAN THE STORY GIRL HER VOICE GIVING US AN IMPRESSION OF REMOTE ANTIQUITY EVEN BEFORE GRANDFATHER KING WAS BORN AN ORPHAN COUSIN OF HIS LIVED HERE WITH HIS PARENTS HER NAME WAS EMILY KING 2a98d701-6c99-494a-afbe-3a30e445b1b9 FOR ONCE IN HER LIFE THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT AS TACTFUL AS HER WONT AND PETER WANTED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD PASS THE ORDEAL IT ALL WENT WELL UNTIL ONE OF THE PRIESTS VIOLATED THE TEMPLE AND DESTROYED THE HOLY WATERS THE RULES ARE COMPLEX AND VARIABLE BUT THEY ARE STILL RULES THAT A NAVIGATOR CAN FOLLOW 2aa94956-c6ec-499b-9de9-5775b42c94a3 FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT THE ROBOD HAD EXPLODED I ASKED THROWING IT ACROSS THE TABLE TO HIM THIS WAS STILL THE JOB FOR THE CORPS ON THE PANEL ITSELF FAR TO THE RIGHT OF THE DIAL'S ZERO POINT WAS THE RED SCRATCH MARK THAT MATCHED IT 2ab3cf89-5c11-4f63-b2f0-f2660727e4dc HIS WELL WORN EXPRESSION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH QUANUM MECHANICS A FAINT VOICE SPUTTERED IN HIS EAR AS HE STARED AT THE SKY IT'S THERE HE GASPED LOOK READ I'LL I KNOW A STORY ABOUT JUDY PENU AND THE WORD PRESBYTERIAN SAID THE STORY YELL THEY HAD NOT SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER SINCE 2abc8335-5b91-4df0-a294-8ccc0b58dfc1 WE WERE NOW SUMMONED TO BREAKFAST PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED AWAY THROUGH THE GAP FOLLOWED BY PATTY AND THE REST OF US WALKED UP THE ORCHARD TO THE HOUSE DAN WHERE'S THE BABY CRIED FELICITY DAN LOOKED AROUND HIS JAW FELL IN BLANK AMAZEMENT I NEVER SAW ANY ONE LOOK AS FOOLISH AS DAN AT THAT MOMENT 2ada5bf5-fd52-4791-9415-3dd3ee381de9 MEMORY LENT JONAPHER A SUDDEN VITALITY THAT NEARLY LEFT JEFF BEHIND IN THEIR DASH FOR THE COTTAGE UP THE BEACH THE DOOR JEFF PANTED INSIDE FASTEN THE HURRICANE BOLT HURRY THEN HE SAT UP FOUND THAT NO BONES WERE BROKEN AND GAZED AROUND HIM 2b0717f1-8389-4cac-9d06-95204324a9a5 OUR EYES DIFFER SAID TO NEWBE HE BENT TOWARD ORAN PEERED HAH WHAT DO YOU MEAN JUST DROPPING A FEW HINTS OF THE MOST ELEMENTARY SORT THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT DON'T SEEM TO BELONG 2b080de2-b965-47b7-98a5-b220fae03b35 THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A GLOW TO IT NOW CURSE THIS TULLIT HUCKY AMUSEMENT FLICKERED ACROSS THE DOCTOR'S FACE THEN TURNED SMOOTHLY INTO A REASSURING HALF SMILE IT ISN'T WORDS THAT I WANT FROM YOU YOU GOT A MILLION NAMES IN YOUR HAND MANOEL HAD ONCE TOLD MISSA MARSHALL ABOUT THIS 2b36fa60-c1b0-4a5c-a50a-b9256751abc1 DEAR ME I WISH I HAD TWENTY LEGS WATCHED GINGER AT OZMA'S COMMAND BUILD A FIRE AND PUT A KETTLE OF WATER OVER TO BOIL I TOLD THE CHILDREN A BEAUTIFUL NEW FAIRY STORY TO DAY A SPRUCE WOOD IS THE PROPER PLACE TO TELL FAIRY STORIES IN SHE SAYS I'M MY FATHER'S OWN CHILD 2b5b3764-87bf-435d-9b8b-6373d1e49e23 THERE ARE WICKED PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO CAPTURE ME AS THEY DID MY GIANT HUSBAND MISTER HUGH SAID SHE SO I STAY AT HOME AND MIND MY OWN BUSINESS A WEDDING VEIL SAID CECILY THAT IS JUST WHAT IT IS THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS I KNOW A STORY ABOUT IT I READ IT IN A BOOK 2b9f82d7-7590-4ca3-be40-0be587e5ec76 PETER AS FELICITY REMINDED US WITH A BURST OF TEARS HAD BEEN SO FOND OF APPLE TURNOVERS I'LL EAT THEM IF I PLEASE FELICITY KING HE SAID IN A FURY I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'RE POISON LOOK HERE DAN CRAMMED THE WHOLE BUNCH INTO HIS CAPACIOUS MOUTH AND CHEWED IT UP 2ba20ec4-27e8-4d42-9b4f-f5a4bd0dc309 IT APPEARED THAT EVERYBODY WANTED TO GO WITH THEM BUT IT WAS EVIDENT THAT SOMEBODY MUST STAY HOME WITH JIMMIE PATTERSON WHO HAD JUST FALLEN SOUND ASLEEP ON THE KITCHEN SOFA ONLY YOU'VE BEEN PASSED INTO ANOTHER FORM OF BEING THROUGH THE ACTION OF FOUR LITTLE QUARTZ BULBS WHOSE PERIODS OF VIBRATIONS FORM A BEAT BUT THAT'S OVER YOUR HEAD PETE OLD SON AND WE'LL HAVE TIME TO TALK OVER DETAILS WHEN WE GET BACK RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN SOMEWHAT OF A JAM 2bc6047c-119a-4111-a5b8-e5bc56568532 IN A FEW SECONDS HE HAD BECOME A SMALL BROWN BEAR BUT HE WAS STUFFED WITH STRAW AS HE HAD BEEN BEFORE AND WHEN THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR SHUFFLED ACROSS THE FLOOR HE WAS JUST AS WOGGLY AS THE SCARECROW HAD BEEN AND MOVED JUST AS AWKWARDLY THE SCARECROW NUDGED WOOT THE WANDERER WHILE IN THE FORM OF A BEAST WE ARE HAVING BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND THE SCENERY IS FINE SINCE THE LEAVES TURN I THINK THERE IS NOTHING SO PRETTY AS NATURE AFTER ALL I HOPE ALL DANGER FROM THE MEASLES WILL SOON BE OVER AND WE CAN ALL MEET AGAIN AT THE HOME ON THE HILL 2bc7c3d6-2a09-4996-b0fb-464b659a2e3b WE ALL ENJOYED OUR TURNOVERS EXCEPT SARA RAY SHE ATE HERS BUT SHE KNEW SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE SO HER MOTHER DID NOT APPROVE OF SNACKS BETWEEN MEALS OR OF JAM TURNOVER AT ANY TIME WELL WE HAVEN'T ANY ANYHOW SAID FELICITY I SUPPOSE BLUEBERRY WINE WOULDN'T DO IN ITS PLACE 2bccd8f8-afe3-4359-b715-3a7d03db91b2 HE WISHED FOR CLARETON SUDDENLY BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO REACH HIM SAFELY HIS VOICE WAS THE SAME ROUGH RASP BUT IT SEEMED ALMOST MECHANICAL IN THE MAN'S BIG EYES BITTERNESS AND HOPELESSNESS GLITTERED I REMAIN YOUR VERY AFFECTIONATE FRIEND SARA STANLEY THE LAST WE HEARD OF HIM HE WAS IN THE MAIN LUMBER WOODS BUT THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO 2c01a203-d1aa-43b2-bdd2-4328bb83e2f5 THE MESSAGE BROKE INTO CLEAR AT THE END AND THE SIE MAN SMILED AS HE SPOKE THE WORDS I BROKE THE POINT OFF MY STYLERS AND GROWLED AT HIM NOT TO REPEAT ANY OF THIS MESSAGE AS IT WAS CLASSIFIED AND I WOULD PERSON SEE HIM SHOT IF HE DID MAMMA WON'T LET ME GO UP THE HILL AT ALL NOW HE CALLS HER BETTY SHERMAN DO I THINK PEG BOWEN IS A WITCH 2c079b27-2294-44da-9223-45e1b9adf789 ONE OR TWO RAN AWAY AND PRESENTLY RETURNED FOLLOWED BY A LADY LOOM WEARING HUGE PUFFED UP RUBBER SKIRTS ALSO SHE HAD A PURPLE FEATHER FASTENED TO A WART ON THE TOP OF HER HEAD AROUND AND AROUND HER WAIST WAS A SASH OF VIPER LIKE VINES DRIED AND TOUGH THAT LOOKED LIKE STRINGS GET TO WORK TILL COMMANDED KING BALL THEY SAY THERE MUST BE A BLACK SHEEP IN EVERY FAMILY SAID THE STORY GIRL THERE ISN'T ANY IN OURS SAID CECILY LOYALLY WHY DO WHITE SHEEP EAT MORE THAN BLACK ASKED FELIX IS THAT A CONUNDRUM ASKED CECILY CAUTIOUSLY IF IT IS I WON'T TRY TO GUESS THE REASON I NEVER CAN GUESS CONUNDRUMS IT ISN'T A CONUNDRUM SAID FELIX IT'S A FACT THEY DO AND THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR IT 2c1a48e1-cdb4-4198-a24a-f26490031192 WHY DO WHITE SHEEP EAT MORE THAN BLACK ASKED FELIX AND SHE WENT BACK HOME TO WAIT BUT WE WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH AND THAT IS WHY I'M BOTHERING YOU PLEASE EXCUSE US AND TELL ME FELICITY AND CECILY STARED BLANKLY AT THE STORY GIRL WE BOYS BEGAN TO LAUGH BUT WERE CHECKED MIDWAY BY UNCLE ROGER 2c25c818-3e90-4f3f-90bf-f4155614ca86 IF SARA RAY HAD REALLY ENJOYED THE SHOW I WOULDN'T MIND BUT SHE DIDN'T I COULD SEE THAT SO I'VE DONE WRONG AND MADE HER DO WRONG AND THERE'S NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT I DON'T SEE WHY BUT ANYHOW I SUPPOSE IT WOULDN'T BE MUCH USE BECAUSE IF HE WAS A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER HE'D SAY I OUGHT TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN AND IF HE WAS A METHODIST HE'D TELL ME TO BE ONE TOO LOOK HERE FELICITY WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM 2c386223-b79a-4f24-88f5-51627deee8b8 I WONDER WHO YOU ARE AND WHEN ALL HAD BEEN TOLD AND DOROTHY HAD SEVERAL TIMES REPROVED TOTAL HAD SHE FORGOTTEN THAT BETTY SHERMAN WAS MISTER CAMPBELL'S OWN GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND THAT HER METHOD OF WINNING A HUSBAND WAS NOT EXACTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAIDENLY TRADITIONS 2c41c3a7-f075-48e2-809e-1f54ba671b1b HE HAD BIG BLACK EYES WITH MANY WRINKLES AROUND THEM AND A THIN FIRM LONG LIPPED MOUTH ON WHICH STOOD A SORT OF THRONE CONSISTING OF A BIG WIDE CHAIR WITH A STRING TIED TO ONE ARM OF IT 2c51094d-9910-4d19-be35-6aed7af078cd EDITH RAN AWAY AND HID AND OF COURSE SHE FELT STILL WORSE WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS A FAMOUS POET IN MID AFTERNOON CICELY CAME DOWNSTAIRS WITH HER FORGET ME NOT JUG IN HER HAND A DAINTY BIT OF CHINA WREATHED WITH DARK BLUE FORGET ME NOTS WHICH CICELY PRIZED HIGHLY AND IN WHICH SHE ALWAYS KEPT HER TOOTH BRUSH BUT HE SAID I MUST GO IN SOME HELPERY'S JUST THE SAME SAID PETER 2c614868-a928-4919-9b8a-424baa0fa423 THESE FUNNY STORIES ARE ALL RIGHT SAID UNCLE ROGER BUT FOR REAL ENJOYMENT GIVE US SOMETHING WITH A CREEP IN IT SARA TELL US THAT STORY OF THE SERPENT WOMAN I HEARD YOU TELL ONE DAY LAST SUMMER THIS NATIVE CROUCHED ON THE HOOD A MARKED TWENTY EXPLODING PELLET RIFLE IN HIS RIGHT HAND DIRECTED AT ORAN'S HEAD WE BOTH KNOW WE'RE GOING TO REDISCOVER ONE PLANET TOO MANY SOME DAY RIM WAR ALL OVER AGAIN 2c63bd91-9124-4422-b12f-7d040f27c158 CECILY AND SARA RAY FOUND A SWEET NEW KNITTED LACE PATTERN IN AN OLD MAGAZINE AND SPENT AN AFTERNOON LEARNING IT OVER TALKING SECRETS I THINK THERE IS SUCH A PLACE IN SPITE OF UNCLE EDWARD SAID THE STORY GIRL DREAMILY AND I THINK THERE IS A WAY OF GETTING THERE TOO IF WE COULD ONLY FIND IT THIS PEPEE IS SMART AND AS TRICKY AS A FIX GAMBLING MACHINE THAT'S HIS STRENGTH AND HIS WEAKNESS AS WELL GET OUT THERE FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON THEN GET BACK NOTHING ELSE AND THAT'S AN ORDER 2c64b660-dc55-48c3-a427-eda86de39560 SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON PETER TOOK DAN AND ME ASIDE ONE EVENING AS WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO THE ORCHARD WITH OUR DREAM BOOKS SAYING SIGNIFICANTLY THAT HE WANTED OUR ADVICE NO ANSWER IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE OF COURSE SAID ORAN I'M HERE TO HELP YOU I AM TO NUBE HIGH PATH CHIEF OF THE GRATSY SAID THE NATIVE I DECIDE WHO IS TO HELP 2c6b28c1-d8d6-4343-944d-ed63c81596fa I AM GOING TO TAKE A SUBJECT INSTEAD OF A TEXT SAID PETER LOFTILY I AIN'T GOING TO TIE MYSELF DOWN TO A TEXT AND I'M GOING TO HAVE HEADS IN IT THREE HEADS YOU HADN'T A SINGLE HEAD IN YOURS HE ADDED TO ME HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THIS CUPBOARD ASKED THE EMPEROR I DON'T KNOW HAVEN'T YOU A NAME OH YES SAID THE HEAD I USED TO BE CALLED NICK CHOPPER WHEN I WAS A WOODMAN AND CUT DOWN TREES FOR A LIVING 2c7739d1-217a-4db2-a465-c2258bdd5309 A MORE CURIOUS CREATURE THEY HAD SELDOM SEEN BUT SHE PREFERRED OTHER FOOD I TRIMMED IT DOWN TO MAKE THEM MATCH MA SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE NOT CLEVER AS LONG AS YOU'RE GOOD BUT I'M NOT EVEN VERY GOOD SARA RAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE GOING TO DIE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO DIE TILL I GOT BETTER 2c78ef6c-2e3a-4bdc-832a-c0ed0d4d768b I SHALL DIVIDE MY SERMON INTO THREE HEADS PURSUED PETER FELIX I THOUGHT WOULD BE HARD PUT TO IT TO BEAT IT BUT YOU AIN'T A METHODIST HE LOST NO TIME IN SLIPPING DOWN UPON THE BED AND WAS SOON FAST ASLEEP 2c84ae99-4322-4669-9a18-b65b0890cbdd WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL UNCLE ROGER STOPPED LAUGHING BEFORE WE HEARD THE EXPLANATION WE THOUGHT HE NEVER WOULD STOP THAT'S GRANDFATHER KING'S OLD CLOCK STRIKING HE SAID AS SOON AS HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK SAMMY PROT CAME ALONG AFTER TEA WHEN YOU WERE AWAY TO THE FORGE PETER AND I GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO CLEAN THE OLD CLOCK HE HAD IT GOING MERRILY IN NO TIME JUST THEN AS THEY HAD COME TO GRIPS AGAIN CECILY CAUGHT IT AFTER UNCLE ALEC HAD GONE IT ISN'T FAIR 2c897ccd-d792-4df4-a697-d46c532b94b9 YOU'VE BEEN FAST ASLEEP FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS MOTHER SAID THE CHILD DRAGON HOW LONG ENOUGH DO YOU WISH POLYCHROME HOPED FOR A THUNDER STORM FOLLOWED BY A RAINBOW BUT THE TWO TIN MEN DID NOT RELISH THE IDEA OF GETTING WET O PETER SHADOWS ARE SUCH PRETTY THINGS THE ORCHARD IS FULL OF THEM THIS VERY MINUTE SOMETIMES THEY ARE SO STILL YOU WOULD THINK THEM ASLEEP THEN THEY GO LAUGHING AND SKIPPING OUTSIDE IN THE OAT FIELD THEY ARE ALWAYS CHASING EACH OTHER THEY ARE THE WILD SHADOWS THE SHADOWS IN THE ORCHARD ARE THE TAME SHADOWS 2c8ae47d-ef94-444f-b40f-d5530fb0431b AND LET THE BEAUTY OF THE LORD OUR GOD BE UPON US AND ESTABLISH THOU THE WORK OF OUR HANDS UPON US YEA THE WORK OF OUR HANDS ESTABLISH THOU IT I HOPE YOU'RE NOT TOO WIBBLY SAID THE STRAW MAN AND I DON'T SEE WHAT RIGHT YOU FOLKS HAVE TO DISTURB MY PEACE AND COMFORT EITHER 2c99471c-b372-4fc5-afb7-bfee467faea4 I CAN'T CRY SHE SAID DREARILY I HOW CAN YOU KNOW INTERRUPTED PETER SUDDENLY THEY JUST KIND OF COME INTO MY HEAD LIKE STETSON GESTURED AT THE MAP WITH ITS GREEN SUPERPOSED GRID SQUARES IN OUR TONGUE IT MEANS THE LIMB OF VICTORY 2cacd2fa-35e9-45ea-9c7d-19205942197b THAT'S WHAT COMES OF THOSE CRY BABY GIRLS MIXED UP IN THINGS DAN WAS NEITHER THE PROPHET NOR THE SON OF A PROPHET BUT HE HAD THE SECOND SIGHT FOR ONCE HOW ADVENTURE THROUGH THE DARKLY MYSTERIOUS BRACKEN HOLLOW WHO GAVE WOOD A BASKET OF RIPE CREAM PUFFS AND CARMALS TO TAKE WITH HIM THAT I AM SOON BEWILDERED SO I TRY NOT TO THINK 2cc534c7-a049-41f0-a439-dd9d8a27f495 BUT THE STORY GIRL WENT ME ONE BETTER EVEN THERE BECAUSE HAVING INHERITED SOMETHING OF HER FATHER'S TALENT FOR DRYING AND HE SAID THAT WAS SOMETHING LIKE A SERMON YOU DON'T HEAR SUCH SERMONS NOWADAYS TIME THE FLOOR HAD TO BE SCRUBBED IT WOULD CURE HER OF HER SENTIMENTAL NONSENSE 2cf231ae-afad-43e4-b5d6-8467ddaf3490 THE STORY GIRL LINGERED TO LAY A BUNCH OF WILD VIOLETS MISTY BLUE AND FAINTLY SWEET ON HER MOTHER'S GRAVE AND THEN SHE READ ALOUD THE VERSE ON THE STONE THEY WERE LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES AND IN THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED EVERYBODY WAS IN GOOD HUMOUR THE STORY GIRL SPARKLED THROUGH SEVERAL TALES THAT RANGED FROM THE AFRITES AND JINNS OF EASTERN MYTH THROUGH THE PIPING DAYS OF CHIVALRY DOWN TO THE HOMELY ANECDOTES OF CARLISLE WORKDAY FOLK 2d055c8b-cf7f-4ecb-b26a-c9f430735863 I WONDER IF UNCLE ROGER WILL ALWAYS STAY A BACHELOR SAID CECILY HE SEEMS REAL HAPPY OBSERVED PETER THE SUNSHINE WAS AS THICK AND YELLOW AS MOLTEN GOLD ON THE SPOT WHERE THE BIG FELLOW HAD STOOD A LITTLE HEAP OF FLABBY WRINKLED SKIN 2d0e14de-c2f4-4d2e-b357-cbb2f1dc53b5 ALL ADMIRED ME AND PRAISED MY BEAUTY WHICH PROVES SAID HE THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT SUPERIOR TO PEOPLE MADE IN THE COMMON WAY THE STORY GIRL AND CECILY WERE EACH TO BE PAID TEN CENTS A WEEK FOR WASHING DISHES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES 2d148466-120b-419c-a822-49016c9518fb IT WAS ALL ARRANGED THAT THEY WERE TO BE MARRIED FROM HERE IN THE SPRING IT WAS TALL AND BLACK AND HAIRY SAID THE STORY GIRL HER EYES GLOWING WITH UNCANNY INTENSITY IN THE RED GLARE OF THE FIRES THE LATCH OF THE DOOR IS SO FAR ABOVE OUR HEADS THAT NONE OF US CAN REACH IT STRANGERS YOUR MAJESTY STRANGERS AND CAPTIVES 2d196170-f6bd-454e-bc75-8256b3f5978c BUT THE WIZARD'S STOCK OF HEARTS WAS LOW AND HE GAVE ME A KIND HEART INSTEAD OF A LOVING HEART SO THAT I COULD NOT LOVE NIMI AND ME ANY MORE THAN I DID WHEN I WAS HEARTLESS WE WERE NEAR GOLDEN MILESTONE NOW THE HOUSE WAS A BIG WEATHER GREY STRUCTURE OVERGROWN WITH VINES AND CLIMBING ROSES 2d1f8ee5-44dd-422d-b7ed-a13ca44f2742 AS THIS MONKEY DID WHILE HE WAS BEING BATHED AND HAD HIS WORKSHOP IN THE BACK PART WHERE HE HAD ALSO BUILT A LEAN TO ADDITION IN OR TO GIVE HIM MORE ROOM AND FOR A MERRY HOUR LAZARUS AND MARTHA AND MOSES AND AARON AND SUNDRY OTHER WORTHIES OF HOLY WRIT HAD A LIVELY TIME OF IT IN THE KING ORCHARD 2d5b3f3d-bcf6-4556-baa5-b52c5b4a3434 THE GRISLIER METHODS OF THE INQUISITORIAL PROCESS WERE WELL KNOWN TO HIM BY REPUTATION HE CAME TO THE BARRED DOOR STILL SMILING WE DO NOT MENTION THAT NAME SHARP SAID THOUGH WE HAD NEVER SEEN IT AND DESCRIBED ITS SCENES SO OFTEN WHO LIVED ON THE HOMESTEAD AND WOULD THEREFORE BE OUR ROOF MATES FOR A SEASON 2d7c8e8e-b94b-4bc6-9555-ea6e8eb4e0f4 I WANTED THAT ONCE BUT I'VE GOT OVER IT I FOUND OUT IN SUNDAY SCHOOL THE DAY THE MINISTER TAUGHT OUR CLASS THAT IT WAS SELFISH BUT I WANT YOU TO LIKE ME AS WELL BRANDON FELL BACK ON THE GROUND HIS BREATHING WAS SHORT STRAINED HIS FACE WAS BATHED IN PERSPIRATION THE OXYGEN HE REALIZED WAS GIVING OUT WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT THE AIR OF SERIOUS THREE IS BREATHABLE HE WONDERED ONE AND A HUNDRED 2d7d3914-3395-4fc1-9794-e45b6a825326 HE STUMBLED OVER TO A CHAIR HALF DROPPING INTO IT HE IS GOING TO TAKE ALL THE MAGAZINES AND PAPERS HE CAN FIND PARTLY TO SATISFY HIS OWN EGO BUT MOSTLY TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS HE'S INTERESTED IN EVEN SARA RAY WAS MADE HAPPY BY THE GIFT OF A LITTLE CHINA PLATE WITH A LOUDLY COLOURED PICTURE OF MOSES AND AARON BEFORE THE PHARAOH IN THE MIDDLE OF IT TOLD YOU SO AND DID SHE TALK TO HIM AFTER THAT AS USUAL ASKED SARA RAY 2d8e5ef1-9017-481b-be16-426fb57342dc ABOUT FIVE FEET TALL DO WE NOT LOOK STRANGE TO YOU IF THEY THINK IT'S A GROUND BUGGY THEY MIGHT GET CARELESS WHEN YOU MOST NEEDN'T ADVANTAGE WE COULD ALWAYS SCOOP YOU OUT OF THE AIR YOU KNOW WHAT ARE MY CHANCES ON THIS ONE STEP INSCAPE WOULD HAVE TO BE GIVEN THE LATEST INFORMATION AT ONCE WHAT DO YOU WANT THESE WERE THE FIRST WORDS PEPPER HAD SPOKEN SINCE HIS FIRST THREATS READY TO BRING THE INTERSTELLO BLAWBREAKER LOW 2da9951a-02f5-4630-8228-7b5de380fb31 BUT I DON'T WANT HIM TO GO THERE OR ANYWHERE ELSE I WANT HIM TO STAY RIGHT HERE THEY SAY THERE MUST BE A BLACK SHEEP IN EVERY FAMILY SAID THE STORY GIRL SHE WAS PLUMP AND DIMPLED WHEN WE MIGHT RAMBLE IN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK 2db7d281-ae75-4a6d-98ae-2a9bfb757925 AND THE BEASTMAN LOOKED BACK WITH COLD AMUSEMENT BUT NOT FOR LONG HE STOOD OVER THE THING WEBBED HANDS ON SCALY HIPS PEERING AT IT INTENTLY THE ISLAND SUITED THE CHAFFEE'S PURPOSE ADMIRABLY MEMORY LENT JONAPHER A SUDDEN VITALITY THAT NEARLY LEFT JEFF BEHIND IN THEIR DASH FOR THE COTTAGE UP THE BEACH 2dbdafda-c784-46ac-a16b-a31c4f6dfe19 HAPPIER EVEN THAN DONALD AND NANCY SO ALL WAS WELL BECAUSE IT ENDED WELL FOR A MOMENT THE CHARM OF HER VOICE MADE ME FEEL THAT I HAD NOT DONE SO BADLY AFTER ALL BUT THE OTHER GIRLS THINKING IT THEIR DUTY TO PAY ME SOME SORT OF COMPLIMENT ALSO QUICKLY SPELLED THIS PLEASING DELUSION OR IF THE LUXURIES DIDN'T CATCH HIS EYE WOULD HE BE INTERESTED IN THE PLANETARY HOMESTEADING GEAR YOU SHOULD HAVE MORE BRAINS THAN THAT DAGREES HE SNARLED CREEPING INTO MY ROOM AT NIGHT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN SHOT 2dbf9067-f66d-4e73-b673-135627afa5e5 MISSUS PARIN HAD JUST TOLD HER ABOUT THE MASTER AND MISS OAK LOOKS INTO HIS ROOM HE ISN'T THERE AND THE BED HASN'T BEEN SLEPT IN THE POOR DEAR SHE SAYS HE'S WORKED HIMSELF HALF TO DEATH AND DROPPED OFF ON THAT HORRIBLE CART HE KEEPS IN HIS LABORATORY SAYS MISS HOPE I'LL LET HIM SLEEP STAY WITH US OLD FELLOW BUT PAT WITH NONE OF US HE STRUGGLED OUT OF MY CLASP AND DISAPPEARED OVER THE LONG GRASSES WITH SOUNDLESS LEAPS HE WAS NO LONGER OUR TAME DOSTMISTIC WELL ACQUAINTED PADDY HE WAS A STRANGE FURTIVE ANIMAL A QUESTING BEAST 2dca5cc8-900f-42bd-98b7-fdd0a60c907d THE SUN CAME OUT AND DROVE THE RAINBOW AWAY AND BEFORE POLLY WAKENED I STOLE OUT AND TRANSFORMED HER INTO A CANARY BIRD IN A GOLD CAGE STUDDED WITH DIAMONDS THE STORY GIRL ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WOULD TAKE HIM INTO THE KITCHEN AND SIT UP ALL NIGHT WITH HIM HE SHA'N'T DIE ALONE ANYWAY SHE SAID MISERABLY GATHERING HIS LIMP BODY IN HER ARMS WE DID NOT THINK AUNT OLIVIA WOULD GIVE HER PERMISSION TO STAY UP BUT AUNT OLIVIA DID 2dd0a748-a94d-4791-b90f-6b78a6d4832d WE WON'T FORGET OUR FAIRY FRIEND PROMISED THE BOY BUT PERHAPS YOU CAN TELL ME HOW TO GET INTO THE BEDROOM NO DECLARED POLYCHROME I CANNOT ADVISE YOU AS TO DO THAT BEB DIDN'T GET UP THERE AND PITCH INTO US LIKE THAT MUTTERED DAN YOU MUSTN'T FIGHT RESUMED PETER UNDAUNTEDLY THAT IS YOU MUSTN'T FIGHT FOR THE FUN OF FIGHTING NOR OUT OF BAD TEMPER 2de34923-01fa-404e-a54c-96cb4570bc44 ALTOGETHER THE STORY GIRL HAD A HARD TIME OF IT BUT SHE PERSEVERED AND ONE DAY SHE CAME TO US WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PETER HAD YIELDED HE'S GOING TO CHURCH WITH US TO MORROW SHE SAID TRIUMPHANTLY VIC HAD SAID IN HIS NOTE THAT HE WOULD LEAVE ANOTHER NOTE FOR ME HERE AND THIS WAS IT FOR IN A BOLD SCRAWL AT THE TOP WAS MY NAME 2e0161c1-d217-4a3f-ae82-1d627e173aee AND I HEARD UNCLE ALEX TELL A STORY ONCE ABOUT BEING NEARLY FRIGHTENED TO DEATH WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY BY A MINISTER PREACHING ON THE END OF THE WORLD AND HE SAID THAT WAS SOMETHING LIKE A SERMON YOU DON'T HEAR SUCH SERMONS NOWADAYS BUT WHEN PETER PREACHES JUST SUCH A SERMON IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT STORY ON AN UNCOMPLICATED EVEN SIMPLE MINDED WORLD LIKE THIS WHO WOULD NEED CRYSTALS BUT MAYBE THEY FEAR GLUTTING THE MARKET OR THE DOMINATION OF OUTSIDE CAPITAL COMING IN TO DEVELOP THE SOURCE 2e0edbf8-7821-4c92-9fe5-63b26a3554c8 I AM NOT LIKE OTHERS YONAH SAID THERE IS NO NEED TO REMIND ME AFTER ALL HE TOLD HIMSELF THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE DANGER DESPISED THE BORING BUSINESS OF LIVING YOU MUST ATTEND TO THE PUDDING YOURSELF SHE SAID THE RECIPE'S SO PLAIN AND SIMPLE SHE WOULD HAVE HELD HER TONGUE AS SHE AFTERWARDS CONFIDED IN TO ME 2e588978-bad8-4b46-81a5-793bf018575b BESIDES THAT THERE WERE A PAIR OF BLUE SATIN SLIPPERS ON THE FLOOR BESIDE IT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY NOT RETORTED CECILY GOD MADE PATTY JUST AS MUCH AS HE MADE YOU FELICITY KING THOUGH PERHAPS HE DIDN'T GO TO SO MUCH TROUBLE I WOULD IF I'D JUST MADE UP MY MIND TO WHY NOT WHY NOT BARE FEET IF THEY'RE CLEAN AS WELL AS BARE HANDS AND FACE 2e5fdd95-bbd9-4852-bb10-036d6d3018c1 NO IT WAS JUST SOMETHING HORRID HE HAD TO RUN AWAY FOR DEBT FANCY HE ACTED MEAN RIGHT THROUGH AUNT JANET SAYS HE NEVER SENT EVEN A WORD TO RACHEL AND SHE NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN THE FIRST PERSON WE SAW IN THE CHURCH PORCH WAS MISSUS RAY SHE TOLD US THAT SARA HAD NOTHING WORSE THAN A FEVERISH COLD THE MISSIONARY HAD AT LEAST SEVEN HAPPY LISTENERS THAT NIGHT WE ALL WERE GLAD THAT SARA DID NOT HAVE MEASLES AND THE STORY GIRL WAS RADIANT 2e7b6d20-b82c-4d95-bbe6-a74bc540c21b HE SWUNG TO FACE THE MONSTER WITH A SICK FEELING IN HIS STOMACH AND GOT ANOTHER SURPRISE THE THING HAD STOPPED MOVING GAR'S EXPLANATIONS IT SEEMED ONLY COMPOUNDED THE CONFUSION CAUSED BY HIS PRESENCE SO I HAVE HEARD YONA SAID EASILY BUT I SHALL PROVE WHAT I SAY I AM UNDER NO COMPULSION TO LISTEN TO YOU KENUFF SAID AFTER A PAUSE YONAH SHRUGGED HIS FEET WERE BEGINNING TO HURT HE REALISED HE SIGHED BRIEFLY BUT THERE WAS NO TIME OR ATTENTION TO SPARE FOR THEM 2e7c346d-91f1-4f50-928b-d8f166e4a3df I WISH I COULD MAKE UP MY MIND WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK OF GIRLS WOULDN'T HAVE DISOBEYED US OFTEN IF I'D THOUGHT THE JUDGMENT DAY WAS SO NEAR I PROMISED KITTY MOTHER I'D GO DOWN AND SPEND IT WITH HER IT WAS HIS LAST SUNDAY TO GO HOME BUT HE HAD ELECTED TO REMAIN 2e81fd02-89cb-466e-99ba-3320115c6bdb HIS SENSE OF LOSS AT SATTERFIELD'S GRIM NOD STEMMED FROM SOMETHING DEEPER THAN SYMPATHY FOR THE ISLANDERS IT FOUND ROTS IN HIS DAILY RAMBLES OVER THE LITTLE ISLAND GRANTED HIM BY THE TOWNSHIP FOR THE PAINTING HE HAD BEGUN AS A BLIND TO HIS ASSIGNMENT AND IN THE GOSSIP OF OLD CHARLEY MACK AND THE FEW OTHERS HE HAD MET SHE DID NOT SAY A WORD TO HIM COMING INTO THE HOUSE THAT EVENING A PACE BEHIND HER MOTHER LIKE AN OBEDIENT SLAVE SHE WAS ABOUT SEVENTEEN AND HER MIND WAS AS FRESH AND CLEAN AND PRETTY AS HER FACE AND FIGURE 2e8cc16f-f579-41d5-b553-7056d4f2cf5f IT WAS TALL AND BLACK AND HAIRY SAID THE STORY GIRL HER EYES GLOWING WITH UNCANNY INTENSITY IN THE RED GLARE OF THE FIRES AND IT LIFTED ONE GREAT HAIRY HAND WITH CLAWS ON THE END OF IT AND CLAPPED WILLIAM COHEN FIRST ON ONE SHOULDER AND THEN ON THE OTHER AND SAID GOOD SPORT TO YOU BROTHER POLYCHROME DANCED AHEAD OF THE PARTY AND LED THEM STRAIGHT TO THE BURROW OF THE BLUE RABBIT WHICH THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN FINDING WITHOUT HER 2e9c9100-eeec-4675-95e8-05bb099a0e21 THEN THEY WERE REALLY GONE WE WERE ALL LEFT TO KEEP HOUSE UNCLE ROGER AND PETER WENT AWAY TO THEIR WORK FELICITY AT ONCE SET THE PREPARATIONS FOR DINNER GOING AND ALLOTTED TO EACH OF US HIS PORTION OF SERVICE THE STORY GIRL WAS TO PREPARE THE POTATOES FELIX AND DAN WERE TO PICK AND SHELL THE PEAS CECILY WAS TO ATTEND THE FIRE I WAS TO PEEL THE TURNIPS FELICITY MADE HER MOUTH WATER BY ANNOUNCING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE A ROLY POLY JAM PUDDING FOR DINNER FROM THE WALK WE WENT TO THE PULPIT STONE A HUGE GRAY BOULDER AS HIGH AS A MAN'S HEAD IN THE SOUTH EASTERN CORNER IT WAS STRAIGHT AND SMOOTH IN FRONT BUT SLOPED DOWN IN NATURAL STEPS BEHIND WITH A LEDGE MIDWAY ON WHICH ONE COULD STAND IT HAD PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE GAMES OF OUR UNCLES AND AUNTS BEING FORTIFIED CASTLE INDIAN AMBUSH THRONE PULPIT OR CONCERT PLATFORM AS OCCASION REQUIRED 2ea4b658-86b6-410f-81bb-b1bcdfd8a553 I DON'T BELIEVE IT IT'S THE JUDGMENT DAY SAID FELIX AND I NEVER HAVE BELIEVED IT BUT OH I WISH THAT CLOCK WOULD STRIKE TWO AND IS READY TO BE RELIEVED OF IT CHAFFEE FOUR PROJECTED HIMSELF FIRST TO THE OPENED PORT JEFF WAS DISLODGED INSTANTLY AND SANK LIKE A STONE 2eb9dc78-6d40-420a-9cc7-b5428bb73028 HE WAS A BOY THREE YEARS OLDER THAN MYSELF AND HE MAY NOW FOR AUGHT I KNOW BE A MOST USEFUL AND RESPECTABLE MAN MEMBER OF SOCIETY BELOVED BY HIS KIND BUT I KNOW WHAT HE MUST EVER SEEM TO ME THE MAGIC OF HER VOICE WORKED ITS WILL ON MISTER CAMPBELL AS ON ALL OTHERS HE CAME IN SAT DOWN HOOKED HIS THUMB INTO HIS VEST POCKET AND SMILED AT HER WHAT IS IT HE ASKED WE ARE COLLECTING FOR OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY AND WE HAVE CALLED TO ASK YOU FOR A CONTRIBUTION SHE REPLIED 2eba8529-5f01-45d8-b68e-adb909200da6 SO WHEN BILLY CONFIDED TO ME UNDER SOLEMN PROMISE OF SECRECY THAT HE HAD SOME MAGIC SEED WHICH WOULD MAKE BOYS GROW AND WOULD SELL ME A BOX OF IT FOR JUST TEN CENTS I JUMPED AT THE OFFER BILLY WAS TALLER THAN ANY OF THE BOYS OUR AGE IN CARLISLE AND HE ASSURED ME IT ALL CAME FROM TAKING MAGIC SEED PRESENTLY THE STORY GIRL WHO HAD BEEN STANDING UP LEANING AGAINST A TALL FIR SLIPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND IN A HUDDLED FASHION AND BROKE INTO A VERY PASSION OF WEEPING I HAD NEVER HEARD ANY ONE CRY SO WITH DREADFUL RENDING SONGS 2eca2c20-a3ae-45dc-b317-7623a38dd000 MER CAUGHT HIMSELF NODDING THE DIVING SUIT HAD SHIPPED SOME WATER OR WAS THAT LONG ISLAND AS IT WAS THEY HAD BARELY TIME TO TELEPPORT THEMSELVES TO THE AFTER HOLD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM IMMEDIATE DANGER 2ecf06aa-6831-4fd8-adbb-7d68e75a6a10 WELL ANYWAY THEY CAN'T PREVENT US FROM GROWING UP CONSOLED DAN WE NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE BREAD AND MILK RULE ADDED FELICITY AUNT JANET HAD FORGOTTEN TO WARN UNCLE ROGER TO KEEP AN EYE ON OUR BEDTIME SNACKS AND WE ATE WHAT SEEMED GOOD UNTO US SOME OF US HAD FRIGHTFUL DREAMS AND ALL OF US CARRIED CHIPS ON OUR SHOULDERS AT BREAKFAST FELICITY AND DAN BEGAN A BICKERING WHICH THEY KEPT UP THE ENTIRE DAY 2f093477-4c04-431e-9a49-061ef1921bb6 WHERE WE SAT ON THOSE SEPTEMBER EVENINGS AND I DO NOT THINK ANYTHING WAS EVER WRITTEN DOWN IN THOSE DREAM BOOKS WHICH HAD NOT REALLY BEEN DREAMED FELICITY AND DAN BEGAN A BICKERING WHICH THEY KEPT UP THE ENTIRE DAY NOW LOOK HERE SAID THE STORY GIRL 2f0a3aef-c8d4-441c-b2c3-4c80bfafece1 FOR ONCE IN HER LIFE THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT AS TACTFUL AS HER WONT UNCLE ALEC WALKED AROUND THE CORNER OF THE GRANARY WITH CECILY BEHIND HIM AND WHILE HIS FIGURE WAS JUST A TRIFLE DUMPY HIS FACE COMPLETED THE RHYME BY BEING EXTRAORDINARILY LUMPY YOU BELIEVE THAT I AM A WIZARD YONA SAID A FEW YEARS PERHAPS 2f19844f-ebb7-4fc0-ab35-b54eb5a01831 YOU'RE AN EARTH INTEREST SPY AFTER ALL SHE ACCUSED THEY SAID IN THE TOWNSHIP YOU ARE NO ARTIST BUT UNCLE CHARLEY AND I JEFF MADE A PUSHING MOTION KEEP AWAY FROM ME DO YOU WANT THAT DEVIL TEARING THE CABIN DOWN AROUND US THE MESSENGER WOKE ME FROM A DEEP SLEEP TURNING ON THE LIGHT AND HANDING ME THE SLIP OF PAPER I BLINKED MYSELF AWAKE READ THE FIRST TWO LINES AND PRESSED THE ACTION STATION ALARM OVER MY BUNK 2f3b64c1-9150-4184-9f15-d36045b5157d HOW LONG IT MUST HAVE SEEMED TO HER IT ISN'T A CONUNDRUM SAID FELIX IT'S A FACT THAT WASN'T TRUE BUT I SUPPOSE I'LL DIE THINKING IT IS THE GREAT SUN WILL BE DOWN SOON SAID TO NEWBE A GOOD ALIEN ZENOLOGIST MIGHT NOT PUT IT QUITE SO POETICALLY 2f57b9f7-0a56-482e-a9e6-5fe9ad304ad7 BUT ON SOMETHING DEEPER AND MORE ENDURING THAN MIND AN IMPRESSION HAD BEEN MADE THAT WAS NEVER TO BE REMOVED OH DON'T SARA DON'T I SAID GENTLY PATTING HER CONVULSED SHOULDER THEY STOOD ASIDE FOR US TO ENTER AND THEN FOLLOWED US DOWN A LONG CORRIDOR WHICH WAS NOT LIGHTED BY ANY DEVICE I COULD DISCERN AND YET WHICH WAS NOT DARK 2f62fd52-6d31-4aa9-95d1-2b555181ec68 AN INSPIRED MASKED CRIMINAL WHO APPARENTLY HAS MORE EXECUTIVE ABILITY IN ONE EAR LOBE THAN ALL YOUR BRIBE BLOATED BUREAUCRATS IT WAS RAY WHO FIRST STARTED STUMBLING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BOAT HOOK BUT JOHN ANDREW IN A SUDDEN FIT OF BRAVERY 2f64b950-9bcb-41e9-9b87-22e2a9301b24 DO YOU SUPPOSE IT WILL DO ANY GOOD BETH VERY LIKELY I ASSURED HER REMEMBER SARA RAY AND THE MONEY BACK CAME FROM PRAYING I'M GLAD YOU THINK SO SAID CECILY TREMULOUSLY DAN SAID IT WAS NO USE FOR ME TO BOTHER PRAYING ABOUT IT HE SAID IF THEY COULDN'T SPEAK GOD MIGHT DO SOMETHING BUT WHEN THEY JUST WOULDN'T IT WASN'T LIKELY HE WOULD INTERFERE WE BOTH KNOW THE ADVANTAGES OF AN ALIEN CONTACT BUT IF YOU GET INTO A HOT SPOT AND CALL FOR HELP I'LL DIVE THIS CRUISER INTO THAT CITY TO GET YOU OUT IT'S ON A MOUNTAIN ON THE DARK SIDE OF YOUR MOON TO NEWBE'S EYES DILATED CONTRACTED YOU READ MINES 2f662ca2-e06a-44fe-83be-f197764a8b73 EVEN WHEN SAID TRANSGRESSOR IS ONLY A DAMSEL OF ELEVEN FELICITY GOT THE DINNER BY HERSELF DISDAINING TO ASK OR COMMAND ASSISTANCE CAME DOWN WITH SMILES AND SPARKLING EYES THIS WAS RANK HERESY TO FELICITY BUT THE STORY GIRL LOOKED AS IF SHE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN IT 2f6f74e8-9ad4-4ff8-a561-6bdcbe55430e THE SCANNERS IN THE SHIP WERE FOLLOWING A PLANNED PROGRAMME I MADE LIGHT TALK ABOUT ALL MY MASSIVE ARMAMENT WOULD CARRY US BOTH TO PERDITION WHILE I CLIMBED THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE BATTLESHIP'S HULL THERE WAS NO ARMOR OR WARNING DEVICES AT THIS SPOT IT HAD BEEN CHOSEN CAREFULLY FROM THE BLUE PRINTS DO YOU KNOW FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE I FELT EXACTLY LIKE A SNAKE YOU LOOK LIKE ONE SAID UNCLE ROGER HOW ON EARTH DO YOU DO IT I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW I DO IT SAID THE STORY GIRL PERPLEXEDLY IT JUST DOES ITSELF 2f78c74d-4bca-45a0-a5c4-2cd38d9624f7 THEY WORKED HURRIEDLY BETWEEN JUMPS FORE AND AFT THE ZID COULD ONLY SINK IN ALL SIX TALONED LIMBS AND HOLD FAST I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU EXPECT TO GO WHEN YOU DIE FELICITY SHE SAID TEARFULLY IF YOU DON'T FORGIVE PEOPLE THE END OF THE WORLD IT IS COMING TO MORROW 2f89e083-95d6-401d-b3d8-b45bc325da53 HOMESIDE HADN'T BEEN BLUFFING HE THOUGHT ASSUMING AS A MATTER OF COURSE THAT THIS WAS THE TASK FOR SATTERFIELD HAD BEEN ORDERED TO SEND THEY DIDN'T WASTE ANY TIME JEFF GROWLED DAMN THEM NOR WERE WE THE ONLY VICTIMS WE DID NOT FIND THE WHOLE STORY OUT AT ONCE INDEED THE SUMMER WAS ALMOST OVER BEFORE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THE FULL MEASURE OF THAT SHAMELESS BILLY ROBINSON'S INIQUITY WAS REVEALED TO US 2f8c1f2c-a46a-4da7-b821-7e65b62880e6 BUT WHEN EAGER JOYOUS RADIANT HE SET HIS FOOT ON THE RAINBOW THE STERN SORROWFUL WARDER TOOK HIM BY THE ARM AND DREW HIM BACK TO MY LEFT AND SOME DISTANCE AWAY A VAST NUMBER OF BLUNT AND UGLY TOWERS ROSE AGAINST THE SINISTER SKY LINE BUT NO FORM OF ANIMAL LIFE SEEMED IN EVIDENCE 2f928e55-ded3-4fac-b0c6-9423b22efc67 YONAS SET A THOUGHT OF UNCERTAINTY WHAT BUT HE HAD THE BASIC IDEA HE HARDLY NEEDED TO SEE INTO HER MIND TO KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING JEWEL LIKE EMBLEM AROUND THEIR THROATS DESPERATELY I QUICKLY TURNED THE DIAL UNTIL THE TWO RED MARKS COINCIDED 2fb4e19a-c42f-457c-b7b8-4f75e3f7a8f6 IN SPITE OF HER DISASTER WITH THE BREAD THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN TAKING COOKING LESSONS FROM FELICITY ALL THE WEEK AND GETTING ON TOLERABLY WELL ALTHOUGH MINDFUL OF HER FORMER MISTAKE SHE NEVER VENTURED ON ANYTHING WITHOUT FELICITY'S APPROVAL I'VE BEEN WONDERING WHAT THESE SHARP PAINS I'VE BEEN FEELING EVER SINCE DINNER MEANT ORDINARILY HE WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN IT A THOUGHT BEYOND A PASSING SIGH FOR THE WAYS OF THE WORLD HE HAD OTHER BUSINESS BUT NOW 2fb9fbb9-a883-4cf6-aeb5-a497cdbf91dd IS OF COURSE TO MAKE IT USEFUL TO YOU APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED MILES FROM YOU LET'S FACE IT BRANDON IS DEAD MY ONLY HOPE WAS TO LEARN THIS WEEK BUT I SUPPOSE FELICITY IS SO DISGUSTED WITH ME NOW THAT SHE WON'T GIVE ME ANY MORE LESSONS FELICITY TRIED AND HAD THE MOST GRATIFYING LUCK WITH 2fc6b82d-a09d-4b18-8f6a-9010161f209c COME NOW AND DO YOUR PRETTIEST YOU'VE BEEN PROMISING EDWARD FOR YEARS TO VISIT HIM AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE A BETTER CHANCE I BLEW A RELAXED SMOKE RING REPORT I SAID TO THE ROBOT HAS THIS MAN TOLD ANY LIES 2fd48820-96bb-4222-8f28-431988e7316a WHATEVER IT WAS IT WAS BEYOND EMERGENCY REPAIR THIS IS A WONDERFUL AGE WE LIVE IN CAN'T STAY HERE ANY LONGER AUNT JANET COULD NOT GO DOWN THE HILL IN THE AFTERNOON TO FIND OUT HOW SARA WAS BECAUSE COMPANY CAME TO TEA THE WRETCHED BACHELOR WHO UNDERTAKES TO LOOK AFTER A HOUSE FULL OF CHILDREN LIKE YOU 2fe0c0e8-bfb8-4498-ada8-bb47b1133cab THE NEIGHBOUR WILL GET HER I TOLD HIM WITH FAR MORE CONVICTION THAN I FELT MAYBE HE SAID SUDDENLY SLUMPED AND TIRED NO LONGER LAUGHING MAYBE THEY WILL I WON'T GO NEAR HER QUIVERED SARA RAY BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR PAT AND I'LL SEND THAT PIECE OF APPLE LEAF LACE I LIT LAST WEEK 2ff686bb-6d0d-492b-b028-b05eca183398 GARF WAS RISING AGAIN LOOKING IMPATIENT RAY REACHED A DECISION SAID GO TO HELL JEFF AS THREE AND FOUR WERE HORRIBLY SHAKEN BY THE INITIAL ATTEMPT AT COMMUNICATION WITH THE NATIVES NOTHING IN CERIMIAN EXPERIENCE HAD PREPARED THEM FOR CREATURES INTELLIGENT BUT ILLOGICAL INDIVIDUALLY PERCEPTIVE YET ISOLATED FROM EACH OTHER 3008e4fa-6146-4d10-a85b-37daf5e0ca88 JOHN ANDREW THINKING IT OVER SAID OH AND LET GO OF HER RISK SHE TURNED AND WENT BACK TO THE RAIL AGAIN AFTER FLASHING HIM THE MOST DELUCT SMILE SO FAR A STEEL AND VENADIUM BOUND CONTRACT THAT YOU COULDN'T CRACK WITH A MOLECULAR DISRUPTOR I LEANED FORWARD QUICKLY GRABBED IT AND THREW IT INTO THE AIR WITH A SINGLE MOTION 300b6d99-490c-4be7-ba0a-f7aec479cdb0 THIS WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD OMEN WHEN YOU'VE BEEN STUMPING OUT ELDERBERRIES ALL AFTERNOON IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN THE JUDGMENT DAY TO KEEP YOU AWAKE ALL NIGHT HE SAID THOSE HUGE ROUND EYES UNBLINKING UMBRELLAS WERE NOT HUMAN BEFORE HE COULD COMPLETE THE SENTENCE THE DOOR WAS FLUNG OPEN AND FIVE OF THE OLDER MEN LED BY A SIXTH WITH A LARGER JEWEL AT HIS THROAT FILED SOLEMNLY INTO THE ROOM AND MOTIONED THAT WE WERE TO LEAVE 301b7390-cdd6-471a-b759-e5672bf4b2cc THE THIRD MILE BROUGHT HIM TO THE SCENE OF THE CRASH A SMOKING CYLINDER OF FUSED METAL LAY IN A GULLY PARTS WERE STREWN ALONG THE BOTTOM A WING UNTOUCHED BY THE FIRE WAS LEANING TIP DOWN AGAINST THE EDGE OF ANOTHER LAVA SHEET SOME DISTANCE AWAY HE SAT DOWN BUT HE WAS SYSTEMATIC SO HE CHECKED THE LIST OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN THERE SEEMED TO BE SOMEBODY MISSING AH YES HIMSELF 302c201e-106f-4a74-b56d-1541e08a938c THE MONEY IS NEEDED SHARP SAID IN A DOUR BASS VOICE STARING OFF PAST YONAS'S LEFT EAR AT THE DARKENING SKY THE BATTERY OF SIAMEN THERE CONTACTED THE INDIVIDUAL PLANETS AND ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS KEEP ADDING TO THE LIST OF PLANETS 3034ece0-54e9-4e05-af73-78e8b5e5695d BEFORE I SENT FOR IT I CHECKED OVER THE REST OF THE BEACON IN TWO THOUSAND YEARS THERE SHOULD BE SOME SIGN OF WEAR THE OLD BOYS HAD BUILT WELL I'LL GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THAT NINETY PER CENT OF THE MACHINERY HAD NO MOVING PARTS AND HAD SUFFERED NO WERE WHATEVER Y THE JUDGMENT SUNDAY SUNDAY MORNING BROKE DULL AND GRAY 303dd58a-555e-490b-8994-0b72b555abf5 SINCE WE WERE ALONE IT TOOK NO GREAT FEAT OF INTELLIGENCE TO FIGURE IT WOULD BE ME I TALKED FIRST BOLD ATTACK BEING THE BEST DEFENSE AND SO FORTH I QUIT DON'T BOTHER TELLING ME WHAT A DIRTY JOB YOU HAVE COOKED UP BECAUSE I ALREADY QUIT AND YOU DON'T WANT TO REVEAL COMPANY'S SECRETS TO ME TO FIND HIMSELF HAULED OUT OF THE WATER UNCEREMONIOUSLY BY THE SCRUFF OF HIS NECK AS HE ROSE ROPY TENTACLES TWINED AROUND HIM AND HE SAW WHAT HAD SAVED HIM 3041f3fa-e72f-4d2d-957e-869192ba2bff PLEASE BE SEATED SHE SAID TO THEM AS SHE SAT HERSELF DOWN IN A GREAT ARMCHAIR THAT SPREAD HER BEAUTIFUL EMBROIDERED SKIRTS FOR THEM TO ADMIRE THAT WAS REALLY DONE ONCE I KNOW A STORY ABOUT IT SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO'S INTERRUPTING NOW SAID DAN SLYLY THE STORY GIRL NEVER HELD THE FAMILY GUIDE IN SUCH REVERENCE AS DID FELICITY AND CECILY 30546c75-2cb2-4598-ae7e-3fc7aee6c844 I CUT OUT THE RADAR AND CUT THE NOSE ORPHACON AND SAT BACK TO WATCH THE BEACON APPEAR ON THE SCREEN THE STORY GIRL TURNED WHITE AND CECILID WOULDN'T IT BE AWFUL IF THE SHAME OF HIS COUNTENANCE WAS PITIFUL TO BEHOLD 3055367f-7b51-4a0a-8705-910b0c2b21af I DIDN'T TELL CECILY TO DRINK THE MILK AND THE CUCUMBER ALONE WOULDN'T HAVE HURT HER HE GRUMBLED CECILY WAS ABLE TO BE OUT WITH US AGAIN THAT DAY SO PETER FELT THAT HE MIGHT VENTURE ON A GRUMBLE I THINK I AM JUSTIFIED IN PROMISING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ASTONISHING REVELATIONS ABOUT THE MAGIC OF OZ IN MY BOOK FOR NINETEEN NINETEEN ALWAYS YOUR LOVING AND GRATEFUL FRIEND L FRANK BAUM ROYAL HISTORIAN OF OZ 30568638-f809-4cb9-9619-b93acb666947 AH I WONDER WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE BREATHED CECILY WE ALL WONDERED NEXT DAY IN SCHOOL WE AGREED TO JERRY COWAN'S TERMS AND JERRY PROMISED TO BRING THE PICTURE UP TO UNCLE ALEC'S THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON WE SOLUED FROM OUR OBSERVATION STATION OVER ON THE HILL SAID THE OTHER POINTING THEY HELPED BRANDON TO HIS FEET AND GAVE HIM A SWIG OF COOL SWEET WATER FROM A CANTEEN I'M CAPTAIN BRANDON OF THE ASTRO ONE 30692e3a-5d23-4584-a3e6-673586dd2938 I WAITED UNTIL HIS ATTENTION CLICKED BACK INTO THE ROOM AND HANDED HIM THE SHEETS OF PAPER LEAGUE CENTRAL FOURTEEN RUSH I TOLD HIM I JUST CRUNCHED DOWN IN THE BACK OF THE CAR CHEWING MY CIGAR TO PIECES AND CURSING MYSELF FOR BEING A FOOL FINALLY WE CAME TO THE LANE WHICH LED DIRECTLY TO OUR ABODE WE WERE ALL VERY PALE NOW AND OUR HEARTS WERE BEATING 3069c7c9-46cd-4935-aa8c-04219acf5b95 HE WORE A BLUE MUNCHKIN HAT WITH POINTED CROWN AND BROAD BRIM I MYSELF DO NOT EAT BEING MADE IN SUCH MANNER THAT I REQUIRE NO FOOD TO KEEP ME ALIVE THE OLD MAN HAD THAT LOOK OF INTENSE GLEE ON HIS FACE THAT MEANT SOME ONE WAS IN FOR A VERY ROUGH TIME 3079b7c1-d926-463e-915a-cad9a4c66d23 THE OLD MAN PRESSED THE BUTTON AGAIN AND ANOTHER CONTRACT SLID OUT ON HIS DESK MUST BE AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED METERS HIGH ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS THE IMPERIOUS COLONEL TOWERS THE ACTUAL CHANGE IN ATOMIC CONFIGURATION DUE TO THE APPLICATION OF SUFFICIENT ENERGY 30810b8a-ca93-44c8-af28-ab86fe090fc7 ALL I COULD DO WAS STAND AND WATCH AS HE STIRRED UP THE COALS PULLED OUT THE RUDDIEST IRON AND TURNED TOWARD ME MISSUS PARIN HAD JUST TOLD HER ABOUT THE MASTER WE'RE ALL RIGHT ONLY OBVIOUSLY INTENT UPON BLOCKING OUR WAY 3084fc69-321c-4a6b-954e-cdbb01568383 AND THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH MOONLIGHT SHOWING THROUGH THE WINDOW TO ENABLE HIM TO SEE WHERE THE CAGE HUNG AND MY PLEASURE IS TO GIVE YOU NEW SHAPES BUT AFTER A PERIOD OF THOUGHTFULNESS SHE SAID ONE DAY THE STORY GIRL HAD AN INSPIRATION BUT THIS IS A CHRISTIAN GAME SO IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT AND HE'LL BE MORE LIKELY TO GET AFTER THEM 3085b709-ca91-4df7-847f-ed741df09a8d WHEN WE HAD PICKED ENOUGH WE SAT DOWN ON THE MOSS GROWN STONES AT THE END OF A LONG ARCADE WHERE IT OPENED OUT ON TO THE HARVEST GOLDEN VALLEY BELOW US OUR JAWS EXERCISING THEMSELVES VIGOROUSLY ON THE SPOIL OF OUR CLIMBINGS WE WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO CHEW GUM IN SCHOOL OR IN COMPANY BUT IN WOOD AND FIELD ORCHARD AND HAYLOFT SUCH RULES WERE IN ABEYANCE UP AND DOWN THEY WENT FOR HOURS WITH NOTHING TO RELIEVE THE MONOTONY OF THE LANDSCAPE UNTIL FINALLY WHEN THEY TOPPED A HIGHER HILL THAN USUAL THEY DISCOVERED A CUP SHAPED VALLEY BEFORE THEM IN THE CENTRE OF WHICH STOOD AN ENORMOUS CASTLE BUILT OF PURPLE STONE THE CASTLE WAS HIGH AND BROAD AND LONG BUT HAD NO TURRETS AND TOWERS 308e8d4c-66ea-437a-a99f-9d54fccc0bf0 WHY SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR SCHOOL LIBRARY DEMANDED MISTER CAMPBELL THIS WAS A POSER FOR US WHY SHOULD HE INDEED BUT THE STORY GIRL WAS QUITE EQUAL TO IT LEANING FORWARD AND THROWING AN INDESCRIBABLE WITCHERY INTO TONE AND EYES AND SMILE SHE SAID BECAUSE A LADY ASKS YOU THAT'S A GOOD PLAN SAID THE SCARECROW APPROVINGLY IT WILL SAVE ME FROM GETTING SOAKED AND SOGGY 3092f0c6-f563-426e-b61f-05424ceea93d AND FARMER WONDERED WHY BOTH ALIENS WERE SO INTERESTED IN A GADGET THAT DIDN'T WORK BUT HIS PROGRESS IN THE DIVING SUIT WAS WADDLING AND SLOW BE KNOCKED DOWN BY AUTOMOBILES AND TWO BODIES CANNOT OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE AT THE SAME TIME 30a58a27-a04b-413e-9303-fa669895b368 FELIX AND I STARED WE WERE NOT QUITE SURE WHAT A TRAGEDY WAS BUT WE DID NOT THINK IT WAS AN OLD BLUE WOODEN CHEST SUCH AS THE STORY GIRL WAS UNDOUBTEDLY SITTING ON IF EYESIGHT COUNTED FOR ANYTHING AS FOR THAT SAID THE SCARECROW TIN DOESN'T SHRINK TO ANY TO SPEAK OF UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES BUT WE DENY INTEND TO STICK TO OUR COMRADES WHATEVER THEY DECIDE TO DO SO WE WILL ASK POLYCHROME TO MAKE US AS BIG AS WE WERE BEFORE 30a74a28-54be-4919-abed-a052eb0573dd O K SAID STETSON YOU COME IN LOUD AND CLEAR I OUGHT TO I'M RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU THERE'LL BE A RELAYSHIP OVER YOU ALL THE TIME SAID STETSON NOW WHEN YOU'RE NOT TOUCHING THAT MITE CONTACT THIS RIG I'LL FEED US WHAT YOU SAY AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON AROUND YOU TOO WE'LL MONITOR EVERYTHING FOR TWO REASONS ON ONE DAY THROUGH SOME UNFAILING MIRACLE OF COLLAXIAN SEAMANSHIP OLD CHARLIE MACK SAILED DOWN IN HIS ANCIENT ISLAND QUEEN FROM THE TOWNSHIP THAT REPRESENTED COLONIAL TERRAN CIVILIZATION IN PERSONCINIAN ARCHIPELAGO ONE FORTY SEVEN BRINGING SUPPLIES AND GOSSIP TO LAST JEFF THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TEN DAY THE QUEEN WOULD TALK AT JEFF'S LITTLE PIER AT DAWN SHE WAS NEVER LATE 30ab0b5a-5afc-4248-b1c7-b81da7b44c8b SHE'S JUST MAD AND NO WONDER WHATEVER MADE YOU ACT SO CRAZY PETER BEHIND US WAS AN OLD GRAY FENCE WITH VIOLETS AND DANDELIONS THICK IN ITS CORNERS AND SMOTHERED IN THE LUSCIOUS MAPLE SUGAR SAUCE WHICH CECILY HAD COMPOUNDED WHAT GOOD WOULD BEING TWINS DO YOU ASKED PETER 30cd8a7e-b72a-4067-b99d-05cc7f021ba0 IF WE KEPT OURSELVES TOLERABLY CLEAN AND REFRAIN FROM QUARRELLING OR TALKING SLANG AUNT OLIVIA DID NOT WORRY US BUT SPOS'N ID GET TOO FOND OF BEING PRESBYTERIAN AND COULDN'T CHANGE IF I WANTED TO OBJECTED PETER AUNT OLIVIA ASSENTED LIGHTLY SWINGING HER HAT ON HER ARM AND INCLUDING US ALL IN A FRIENDLY SMILE SHE LOOKED VERY PRETTY WITH HER BIG BLUE EYES AND WARM HUED GOLDEN HAIR WE LOVED AUNT OLIVIA BUT JUST NOW WE RESENTED TO HER HAVING LAUGHED AT US WITH AUNT JANET AND WE REFUSED TO SMILE BACK 30d8e0c4-3431-4af2-afd9-cb2eea7e8ca8 OH I DO HOPE POOR SARA WON'TT HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO THE ASYLUM AND WAS AS WELL AS USUAL THE NEXT DAY THE FAREWELL SUMMER NODDED TO US IN THE FRIENDLY BREEZES AT PRESENT I AM POWERLESS TO HELP EVEN MYSELF REPLIED THE CANARY AND THEREFORE REMARKABLE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF OZ 30e20450-8c65-4b0a-9ed8-b050c1b79f41 I KNOW A STORY ABOUT JUDY PENU AND THE WORD PRESBYTERIAN SAID THE STORY YELL THE SUN DROPPED DOWN AMID DARK LIVID CLOUDS THAT TURNED SULLEN SHADES OF PURPLE AND FIERY RED BEHIND HIM AT CLOSE RANGE THEIR LONG FINGERS GRIPPED ME LIKE TALONS OF STEEL HOW LONG IS IT SINCE MISS HOPE WENT IN THERE 30e65c79-d468-437f-92bb-1ea19eb3f3aa CERTAINLY THIS WAS NO PLACE TO SET DOWN THE FULL WEIGHT OF ASTRO THE TWO TREES CAME CLOSER FAR ON THE HORIZON WAS A BANK OF ATMOSPHERIC CLOUDS SHE DID NOT LIKE TO BE INTERRUPTED WHEN TELLING A STORY SOME ONE GALLOPED DOWN THE ROAD ON HORSEBACK LUSTILY SINGING A COMIC SONG IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT 30ef6a40-7408-425a-a0f6-7e0d7c3943d1 OF COURSE SHARP SAID YOU SPEAK OF AN END TO TROUBLES AND END TO THE INQUISITION AND THE BUILDINGS AND END TO THE QUESTION AND SO YOU MUST HAVE A PLAN FOR RIDDING US OF HYRKNUP ONE WHICH YOU WOULD TELL ME YONA SHOOK HIS HEAD I HAVE NO PLAN HE SAID HE HAD LEARNED TO APPRECIATE THE EASY LIFE OF THE ISLANDS WELL ENOUGH TO BE DISMAYED NOW BY WHAT MUST HAPPEN UNDER EYE PRESSURE TO OLD CHARLEY AND HIS HANDFUL OF SUN BROWNED FISHER FOLK 31044794-9e6e-4834-9785-64518e0d9355 HE WAS AUNT JANET'S COUSIN AND OFTEN VISITED HER MY AUNT JANE WAS CLEVER HE WAS A BOY THREE YEARS OLDER THAN MYSELF ON THE FURTHEST BANK IS THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE THE GREAT SQUARE OF PEGASUS WAS OVER OUR HEADS THE SPICE OF MINT 311a6a18-e474-4b95-83c9-50704b5b83af HOW DARED HE WE FELT THAT IT WAS AN INSULT TO OUR WRETCHEDNESS IF PETER WERE GOING TO GOING TO WELL IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO PETER WE FELT SO MISERABLY SURE THAT THE MUSIC OF LIFE WOULD BE STILLED FOR US FOR EVER HOW COULD ANYONE IN THE WORLD BE HAPPY WHEN WE WERE SO UNHAPPY I CAN UNDERSTAND THE SOLDIER'S INTEREST ASSERTED POLYCHROME DANCING ROUND THE GRIMY WORKSHOP UNTIL HER DRAPERIES FORMED A CLOUD ROUND HER DAINTY FORM FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS A MAN MIGHT LIKE TO SEE HIS OLD HEAD ONCE MORE JUST AS ONE LIKES TO VISIT AN OLD HOME 311d659e-ea6a-44fa-a4e9-e79740ee1e11 OH NO NO DON'T DO THAT SAID FELICITY IN ALARM THEN I TOOK IT IN TO PADDY UNCLE ROGER HOBBLED OFF TO THE BARN STILL HOLDING ON TO HIS STOMACH IF SHE HAD BUT HELD HER TONGUE THE MYSTERY OF THE SAWDUST'S DISAPPEARANCE MIGHT HAVE FOREVER REMAINED A MYSTERY 311e37f7-a911-406b-950a-575804cae09f SHE NEVER CAME BACK TO THE ISLAND AGAIN I SUPPOSE SHE COULDN'T BEAR TO IT WAS A SMALL SHAKY BUILDING WITH A SAGGING ROOF SET AMID PERFECT JUNGLE OF WEEDS THEY HAD DISCOVERED NIMMY AMMY AND TOLD DON'T YOU THINK YOU'D BETTER LEAVE ME AS I AM ASKED FOOD IN A TREMBLING VOICE 312fde92-a88e-4268-8b58-9b77d4a53e92 THEN WE MUST SEEK AID ELSEWHERE WELL WHAT THE DEVIL HIS KNEES SHOOK AND PERSPIRATION CRAWLED COLD ON HIS FACE WE TOOK A SHORT CUT TO GOLDEN MILE OVER A LONG GREEN DEWY LAND FULL OF PLACID MEADOWS WHERE SUNSHINE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER TO CALL OUT YOUR OWN NAME THAN FIT YOUR TONGUE TO AN UNFAMILIAR ONE 31340400-1a9d-4299-98d0-ea27fa39652e THIS WAS THE SOURCE OF CONSTANT INTEREST TO LITTLE DOROTHY ONE HAD TO BUT STAND BEFORE IT AND WISH TO SEE WHAT ANY PERSON WAS DOING AND AT ONCE A SCENE WOULD FLASH UPON THE MAGIC CANVAS WHICH SHOWED EXCTLY WHERE THAT PERSON WAS AND LIKE OUR OWN MOVING PICTURES WOULD REPRODUCE THE ACTIONS OF A PERSON AS LONG AS YOU CARED TO WATCH THEM GIRLS DID THEN YOU KNOW FOR THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A SEWING MACHINE WELL AT LAST IN APRIL THE WEDDING DAY CAME AND ALL THE GUESTS WERE HERE AND RACHEL WAS DRESSED IN HER WEDDING ROBES WAITING FOR HER BRIDEGROOM AND THE STORY GIRL LAID DOWN HER KNIFE AND POTATO AND CLASPED HER WET HANDS WILL MONTAGUE NEVER CAME 3157c4fb-95c6-4389-afe6-bee6419dfcca FOR THE SECTOR THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO HIM HE WOULD NOT NEED A MAP HE KNEW IT BETTER THAN ANY ONE ELSE CERTAINLY BETTER THAN ANY MAP MAKER BESIDES HE WAS POOR AND NEEDED THE MONEY THEY INSTRUCTED HIM AND SENT HIM OUT OR THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD INSTRUCTED HIM THEY COULDN'T BE SURE CAN WE GET IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS NO THEY'RE BAWED IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHTLY AND FITTED WITH THIS FROSTED GLASS SO YOU CAN'T SEE IN EVEN 3164f93e-7df4-4d47-9bb3-76db7c424aed IN SPITE OF PRAYERS AND HEROIC ATTEMPTS FELIX COULD NEVER GET BEYOND THAT LAST BITE NOT EVEN FAITH AND WORKS IN COMBINATION COULD AVAIL FOR A TIME HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THIS BUT HE THOUGHT THE MYSTERY WAS SOLVED WHEN CECILY CAME TO HIM ONE DAY AND TOLD HIM THAT PETER WAS PRAYING AGAINST HIM THERE MAY BE SOME SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY THERE WERE ANY HERE RIGHT IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 3165f768-053b-4972-97b4-64cd512aa1ae AND THE MILD DELIGHTSOME MELANCHOLY OF THE LATE OCTOBER'S DAY ENFOLDING SO PETER RETALIATED BY CHOOSING NEVAKE AND NEZZER WHICH NO ONE COULD EVER UTTER THREE TIMES BEFORE PETER SHRIEKED IT AT ONCE IT IS TRUE BUT THE GREEN MONKEY CANNOT GET RID OF THAT'S IT OF COURSE SAID THE SCARECROW THERE COULDN'T BE TWO TIN WOODMEN 317221d0-168d-497a-aa5e-e9b54955ecd0 NO SAID TOTO I DON'T LIKE THAT PLAN THE LEAST BIT DECLARED DOROTHY FOR THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY LITTLE DOG THE GROWN UPS ROSE RELUCTANTLY AND STROLLED AWAY BUT WE CHILDREN LINGERED FOR A MOMENT TO TALK OVER AN IDEA THE STORY GIRL BROOCH A GOOD IDEA WE THOUGHT ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND ONE THAT PROMISED TO ADD CONSIDERABLE SPICE TO LIFE 3175f92e-347c-4fc9-8189-eb53413f000c THEY NOW FORMED A LINE HOLDING HANDS AND TURNING THEIR FACES TOWARD MOUNT MUNCH RESUMED THEIR JOURNEY BUT STILL HE WENT AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING NOW DEAREST WHAT IS ALL THIS TROUBLE ABOUT ASKED GLAUCON AND AGLEYA TOLD HIM THE STORY BUT WHERE IS THE BEAUTIFUL STONE HE ASKED WHEN SHE HAD FINISHED DIDST THOU DROP IT IN THY ALARM 31995594-f8ff-406b-845a-bfa39784fdcc TO BE ASSIGNED HERE WITH FULL EQUIPMENT YOU THINK I WAS BORN YESTERDAY SETTLED IN HIS CLOSE CROPPED RED HAIR DO NOTHING AT ALL FOR AT LEAST A WEEK THEN THERE WAS A TELEPHONE CALL FOR HIM AND I COULDN'T MAKE NEITHER OF THEM ANSWER 31a6945e-b6c9-46df-bb6b-5b5245e01454 ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE GOOD AND NOBLE AND UNSELFISH AND KIND BUT THE BEST AND NOBLEST OF THEM ALL WAS A YOUTH NAMED VING AND THIS YOUTH WAS BELOVED OF ODIN ABOVE ALL OTHERS FOR HIS BEAUTY AND STRENGTH AND GOODNESS I AM VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH ALL CATS THEY ARE SO SLEEK AND COMFORTABLE AND DIGNIFIED AND IT IS SO EASY TO MAKE THEM HAPPY OH I'M SO GLAD YOU BOYS HAVE COME TO LIVE HERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE EXCEPT DAYS SO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR OWN GOOD TIMES 31e3e0b4-fa02-4670-8505-a1bbcbb88fd5 THAT IS THEY HAD A HEAD A TORSO TWO ARMS AND TWO LEGS APIECE BUT THEY WERE NOT HUMAN THOSE HUGE ROUND EYES UNBLINKING UMBRELLAS WERE NOT HUMAN NOR WERE THEIR SLITTED SUNKEN MOUTHS THEY WERE NOT HUMAN BEINGS THEY WERE IMAGES OF DESPAIR I HAVE FORGIVEN HER WAS FELICITY'S ANSWER BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FIRST FOR ALL THAT IT'S VERY WRONG MORE THAN THAT IT'S SO UNCOMFORTABLE COMPLAINED CECILY IT SPOILS EVERYTHING 31eafd1d-1989-4ae3-8e94-d41ac2ff9755 THEY CAME IN LIKE A PRIMITIVE RAIDING PARTY THE LEADER DROPPED RIGHT ON TO THE HOOD OF MY SLED AN ACT OF BRAVERY NO LESS COUNTING COOP YOU ARE IGNORANT OF OUR WAYS SAID TO NUB THEREFORE I FORGIVE YOU SO I FOR MY PART MAKE IT A RULE TO ANSWER ANY CIVIL QUESTION THAT IS ASKED ME 31f2e100-ce1b-49a9-baab-92728a3ccd3e WE'VE A AGAIN THE CALL BELL CHIMED NOW WHAT ROARED STETSON INTO THE SPEAKER I'VE GOT A MANY OVER THAT MOB STEAD THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT US IT'S A DEFINITE RAIDING PARTY WHAT ARMAMENT I SAW THE PRIESTS CROUCH LOW AND MAKE THEIR FIRST BESEECHING BOW IN IMITATION OF THE BLACK GOD FRANTICALLY I LOOKED ABOUT ME SEEKING SOME AVENUE OF ESCAPE 31fb6199-0bfc-48d0-a766-00dd7700a975 ARE WE GOING TO THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY BY WAY OF THE EMERALD CITY INQUIRED THE SCARECROW WHO LOOKED UPON THE TIN MAN AS THE LEADER OF THE PARTY I THINK NOT WAS THE REPLY WE ARE ENGAGED UPON A RATHER DELICATE ADVENTURE FOR WE ARE SEEKING A GIRL WHO FEARS HER FORMER LOVER HAS FORGOTTEN HER UNEXPECTEDLY BECAUSE JEFF HAD NOT CONSIDERED THAT IT MIGHT MATTER HE WAS DISTURBED BY THE REALIZATION THAT HE WOULDN'T BE SEEN JENIFER OLD CHARLEY MACK'S RED HAIRED NIECE ONCE OCCUPATION BEGAN JENIFER WHO SAILED WITH HER UNCLE AND DID A CREWMAN'S WORK AS A MATTER OF COURSE WOULD DESPISE THE SIGHT OF HIM 32016396-a57d-4af5-b552-06249af694b8 IT SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE SWEARING THEN I KNOW ANOTHER STORY ABOUT MISTER SCOTT SAID THE STORY GIRL JAMES CLARK WHOSE PEW WAS BEHIND OURS NEVER TOOK HER EYE OFF OF IT OR SO FELICITY AVERRED OF COURSE HE WAS INFERIOR TO HER IN EVERY WAY AND SHE WOULDN'T THINK OF MARRYING HIM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT EVEN HIS INFERIORITY WAS INTERESTING IN A WAY 321b84d6-fb05-4dd6-8ec9-bfa193b778bc I DON'T BELIEVE GOD CARES WHETHER ANYBODY CAN EAT A BITTER APPLE WITHOUT MAKING A FACE I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT TO TALK OF GOD AS IF YOU WERE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH HIM SAID FELICITY WHO FELT SURE IT WAS A GOOD CHANCE TO SNUB DAN THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE SAID CECILY PERPLEXEDLY WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR WHAT WE WANT OF THAT I'M SURE AND PETER WANTED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD PASS THE ORDEAL IT SEEMS AS IF HE MUST BE RIGHT AND YET IT DOESN'T SEEM SO IN YOUR TONGUE GLASS SAID TO NEW THE ENGINEERS OF THE DELPHINAS SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE AS YOU SAW THEY WERE WRONG A GLASS BLOWING CULTURE HISS STETSON THAT'LL EXPLAIN A LOT OF THINGS SLOWLY THE DISGUISED SLEDS CREPT THROUGH THE JUNGLE 322823df-97ae-4e2c-8cbd-a5fbc2b9ada2 WHY YOU WOULDN'T TELL STORIES IN HEAVEN THE WORLD WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL AND GREEN WHEREVER WE ARE NEXT SUNDAY TAKE FIRE FOR EXAMPLE AT LEAST TO HAVE THAT SATISFACTION AND RIGHTLY SO BECAUSE HE HADN'T LEARNED TO CONTROL IT 32325a70-c0b8-4f76-9a32-d8c40962389f I MUST SAY THAT IT WAS WOOT THE WANDERER WHO PUT THE NOTION INTO MY HEAD HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THIS CUPBOARD ASKED THE EMPEROR I HE'S BEWITCHED THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM SAID PETER HALF DEFIANTLY HALF SHAMEFACEDLY 325b84ea-b782-439a-9ce6-b7f45dd704cd I'LL TELL YOU WHY SAID PETER THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHEN YOU FELLOWS WERE ALL IN SCHOOL PEG BOWEN CAME HERE LEANING DOWN HE PUT OUT HIS HAND AND FOUND THAT A BEDSTEAD HAD APPEARED I SUPPOSE SAID THE TIN WOODMAN 325f58e6-a7c7-45f1-beaa-7054bc4d91ad SHE WAS EVEN WORSE THAN DAN HAD BEEN WHEN HE HAD EATEN THE BAD BERRIES I DON'T MEAN TO BE A HIGHER BOY ALL MY LIFE BESIDES SHE COAXED ME TO TELL HER WHAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR DREAMS NOW THAT I WAS IN SPACE PASSED THE POINT OF NO RETURN NOW IT'S MY TURN FOR THE GAPING AND I POPMY ACT WHILE FERREO PULLED HIMSELF TOGETHER 3260947f-7e09-4a84-9be9-6f84c0469583 FOR HIS VOICE HAD BEGUN TO SQUEAK A LITTLE AND THE LAND SEEMED VERY WELL CULTIVATED BUT A WARNING MEANS DANGER PROTESTED THE WANDER HER WILD SUBTLE NAMELESS CHARM CLOTHED HER AS WITH A GARMENT THE STORY GIRL SAYS AS MANY QUEER THINGS AS EVER 3262eb21-2ed6-416d-b0e9-ae5a01782ceb BUT DIGNITY REMAINED TO BE CONSIDERED WE WERE ONLY CHILDREN BE IT REMEMBERED WITH A VERY FIRM AND SIMPLE FAITH THAT GROWN PEOPLE KNEW MUCH MORE THAN WE DID AND A ROOTED CONVICTION THAT WHATEVER YOU READ IN A NEWSPAPER MUST BE TRUE WE CAN SHOW WRITTEN TITLE TO THE WORLD CAN YOU A KIND MAN REALLY 3274a69e-84fc-4727-ae5a-3ff3a908da36 THIS RAISED A BUZZ OF CONVERSATION BEHIND ME BUT GOT NO RISE OUT OF THE CHIEF I COUNTED OFF ON MY TALONS TO SEE IF I HAD FORGOTTEN ANYTHING AM GOING RIGHT OVER TO TELL THE STORY GIRL SAID CECILY WON'T SHE BE EXCITED AT LAST OUR SLUMBERS WERE PEACEFUL AND UNDISTURBED UNTIL OUR ORGY OF DREAMING BEGAN 32894b76-d98e-4452-845d-6e5231fa49cb THE THINGS SHE BELIEVED SHE WOULD NEED BUT IF IT CAN'T BE HELPED I MUST ENDURE IT BUT WHAT'S THE USE OF KICKING AGAINST MY FATE FINALLY WE CAME TO THE LANE WHICH LED DIRECTLY TO OUR ABODE WE WERE ALL VERY PALE NOW AND OUR HEARTS WERE BEATING 32910ebe-eb77-4254-bcb0-d7a2687902e0 BUT I HAD NO IDEA A MONKEY COULD LOOK SO COMICAL AS THIS MONKEY DID WHILE HE WAS BEING BATHED NOT A MONKEY DECLARED BOOT RESENTFULLY I'M JUST A BOY IN A MONKEY'S SHAPE THAT'S ALL SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL NUT AND BUS SAID AUNT OLIVIA CRITICALLY ANYHOW WILL MONTAGUE WAS REALLY HANDSOME SAID THE STORY GIRL A HANDSOME ROBE GROWLED UNCLE ALEX I NEVER LIKED HIM I WAS ONLY A LITTLE CHAP OF TEN BUT I SAW THROUGH HIM RACHEL WARD WAS FAR TOO GOOD FOR HIM 32ad6471-1752-4e04-9346-5ac12d5271b6 FELIX HAD PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED THE KNACK OF EXTRICATING MILK FROM THE UTTER BUT HE HAD NEVER BEFORE TRIED TO MILK A WHOLE COW HE DID NOT GET ON WELL THE COW TRAMPED ON HIS FOOT AND FINALLY UPSET THE BUCKET WHAT FORMS DO YOU INTEND TO GIVE US IS YELLOW AND BRIGHT SO IT GIVES ME DELIGHT TO CRINKLE WHEREVER I GO 32ffcb15-013b-45ef-bd08-5ea85d1e5978 LITTLE RAY WAS ON HIS FEET TRYING TO GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS BUT NOT SUCCEEDING AT ALL A WAVE OF PURE HEAT SWEPT OVER THE BOAT BLISTERING WHAT PAINT IT STILL BOASTED THERE WEREN'T TOO MANY OF THESE AT FIRST AND THE SI MAN COULD HANDLE THEM ALL CALLING EACH IN TURN AND SENDING BY NEWS RELEASES TO THE NAVAL PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICES THERE AS THE SPHERE KEPT GROWING HE STARTED TO DROP BEHIND STEADILY LOSING GROUND 3301afb7-1bf7-47e0-baab-c8f69477c8bd ALSO LUKE HAD TO TELL HIS STORY WHICH WAS VERY SIMPLE AND DID NOT TAKE LONG THE GIANTESS LAUGHED HEARTILY WHEN THE BOY RELATED THEIR ADVENTURES AT LOONVILLE BUT SAID SHE KNEW NOTHING OF THE LOONS BECAUSE SHE NEVER LEFT HER VALLEY MISTER CAMPBELL NODDED HIS SATISFACTION I THOUGHT YOU COULD DO IT HE SAID THE OTHER DAY I FOUND THIS STATEMENT IN A BOOK HER VOICE WOULD HAVE MADE THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE CHARMING I THOUGHT OF IT WHEN I HEARD YOURS I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT BEFORE BUT I DO NOW 331088c5-a7c4-482a-8269-8335c9aa77fd ENGAGED IN WEAVING A NEW LACE APRON TO REPLACE THE OLD ONE SHE HAD LOST THE CONGREGATION WILL EXCUSE ME IF I RECAPITULATE THE SERMON FOR OUR FRIENDS BENEFIT 3316092f-6da3-4627-95e2-7f3a81753d20 BETTER WAIT UNTIL MISTER MILWOOD LEAVES AND CATCH HIM IN THE LANE ADVISED THE STORY GIRL THAT I HOPE WE WILL ALL MEET IN A BETTER WORLD THEN OUR NEXT CHANCE TO GET BACK WILL BE AT THREE MINUTES AFTER ONE NODDED VIC I WONDER IF THERE IS ANY CHANCE OF AND KEEP IT CLOSED AT LEAST A WEEK AND INSTANTLY THE DARK EYES FLASHED ANGRILY 3316bbb7-c304-435d-898f-2a94eb8fe8cc AND THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES WOOD MUD AND STONE CLUSTERED IN THE VALLEY BELOW HIM AS IF THEY WERE AFRAID AND NEEDED EACH OTHER'S PROTECTION I DO THINK HE MIGHT HAVE HAD MORE SENSE THAN TO TAKE A CLOCK STRIKING FOR A BELL RINGING I NEVER HEARD THAT KIND OF STRIKE BEFORE PROTESTED PETER IT DON'T SOUND A BIT LIKE OTHER CLOCKS AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT AND THE SOUND KIND OF MUFFLED 331af455-743c-4d7d-9986-f37b1de14cca OVERHEAD THE LACING LEAVES MADE A GREEN MURMUROUS ROOF THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS HURRY IN THE WORLD WHILE WE LINGERED THERE AND TALKED OF CABBAGES AND KINGS PETER STOPPED AND GLARED AT HIM OVER THE EDGE OF THE PULPIT STONE YOU HAVEN'T ANY BUSINESS TO CALL OUT A THING LIKE THAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SERMON HE SAID THEY DO IT IN THE METHODIST CHURCH AT MARKDALE PROTESTED FELIX SOMEWHAT ABASHED I HEARD THEM 3329b95c-1299-454d-a843-2cb309af5a62 BAH THAT'S NOT STRAW SAID THE HARSH VOICE AND THE BEAST ADVANCED ALONG THE LINE TO WOOD MEAT POOH YOU'RE NO GOOD I CAN'T EAT MEAT GRUMBLED THE BEAST AND PASSED ON TO POLYCHROME I CAN SEE UNCLE ALEC'S TIRED BRILLIANT BLUE EYES AND AUNT JANET'S WHOLESOME MATRONLY FACE UNCLE ROGER'S SWEEPING BLOND BEARD AND RED CHEEKS AND AUNT OLIVIA'S FULL BLOWN BEAUTY 33355b47-75a4-4f83-ad3b-dfb516700b5c IT STILL MADE SENSE HE ADDED A DECISION TO GET THE BOAT BACK TO SHORE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE HE APPROACHED THE ENGINE AS HE DID SO THE ENGINE MELTED INTO A SOLID IRREGULAR LUMP OF METAL NO INDEED AGLEIA HAD DONE NOTHING OF THE SORT WHEN SHE BEGAN TO RUN SHE HAD POPPED IT INTO HER MOUTH AND THERE IT WAS STILL QUITE SAFE NOW SHE POKED IT OUT BETWEEN HER RED LIPS WHERE IT GLITTERED IN THE SUNLIGHT 334fd574-0e31-435a-a620-33faa9f3fd0e IT SHOWED WE WERE AFRAID OF HER AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES HER AWFUL CROSS SHE WON'T DO A THING FOR PAT NOW I DON'T BELIEVE SHE COULD DO ANYTHING ANYWAY SAID THE STORY GIRL I THINK WE'VE JUST BEEN A LOT OF GEESE I SAW THE PEOPLE COINING CONTINUED MISSUS UWPE AND KNOWING THEY MEANT MISCHIEF I TRANSFORMED MYSELF INTO A MOUSE AND HID IN A CUPBOARD 335e65a9-ee88-43e0-93df-84bcc17cae1e BUT THE WITCH WAS MORE FURIOUS THAN EVER AND AS SOON AS I RAISED MY AXE TO CHOP IT TWISTED AROUND AND CUT OFF ONE OF MY ARMS THE TINSMITH MADE ME TIN ARM AND I WAS NOT MUCH WORRIED BECAUSE NIMMY AMY DECLARED SHE STILL LOVED ME NOR DID HE DENY IT WHEN I TAXED HIM WITH IT BUT HE WOULD NOT GIVE IN THAT HE WAS CRYING ABOUT PATTY NOSENSE WHAT WERE YOU CRYING FOR THEN I SAID I'M CRYING BECAUSE BECAUSE MY AUNT JANE IS DEAD SAID PETER DEFIANTLY BUT YOUR AUNT AUNT JANE DIED TWO YEARS AGO I SAID SCEPTICALLY WELL AIN'T THAT ALL THE MORE REASON FOR CRYING RETORTED PETER I'VE HAD TO DO WITHOUT HER FOR TWO YEARS AND THAT'S WORSE THAN IF IT HAD JUST BEEN A FEW DAYS I BELIEVE YOU WERE CRYING BECAUSE PAT IS SO SICK I SAID FIRMLY 33652edb-1dbe-4268-b156-607b0c7585f7 LET US GET UP OUT OF HER VALLEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OH ALL RIGHT SAID PETER BUT I'D ADVISE PAT NOT TO SCRATCH PEG BOWEN AGAIN THAT'S ALL I WISH I KNEW WHETHER IT WAS THE PRAYING FOR OR PEG BOWEN THAT CURED PAT SAID FELIX IN PERPLEXITY I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER OF EM SAID DAN 33714f7b-7832-4ef6-9e7f-661d9538b9d2 THIS OFTEN SAVED STEIN FINE AND BRYAN'S A LOT OF READING OF UNPUBLISHABLE MANUSCRIPTS IT WAS RAY WHO BROUGHT THE CONVERSATION BACK TO EARTH OR SEA AGAIN HE ASKED GARF DIRECTLY EXACTLY WHERE HE DID COME FROM SUCH WAS THE PRICE WE WERE TO PAY FOR INDULGENCE OF A CURIOSITY WHICH EACH OF US DEEP IN OUR HEARTS HAD LIKE SARAH RAY FELT OUGHT NOT TO BE GRATIFIED 337a664c-8353-4d78-97b0-710c98731ea1 O K HORNE PAY ATTENTION STETSON GESTURED AT THE MAP WITH ITS GREEN SUPERPOSED GRID SQUARES HERE WE ARE HERE'S THAT CITY WE FLEW OVER ON OUR WAY DOWN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND THE PILOT'S CAPSULE SHOT UP LIKE A WET BAR OF SILK SQUEEZED OUT OF A GIANT'S HAND THE TURNED INTO A TORCH AND SANK BENEATH HIM BRANDON CLOSED HIS EYES FOR A MOMENT WHEN HE OPENED THEM HE WAS STARING AT THE MILKY WAY THEN THE DESERT AS HE TUMBLED OVER AND OVER 33855398-ecba-4cee-8511-851003612efe SO DAZZLING AND WONDERFUL THAT BEYOND IT THE EYE COULD SEE NOTHING OF HAPPINESS AND THEN THE BLOW FELL INDIVIDUALLY PERCEPTIVE YET ISOLATED FROM EACH OTHER OFFERING FOR THE FIRST TIME A REAL STEP TOWARD ULTIMATE STABILITY ON A TRADE BASIS OF COURSE 339048c6-7b3f-45c4-92bc-1c3593cd4fa3 BUT OZMA WILL SOON FIX YOU UP AGAIN THE GREEN MONKEY HAD HUNG BACK BASHFUL AT MEETING TWO LOVELY GIRLS WHILE IN THE FORM OF A BEAST BUT GINGER NOW TOOK HIS HAND AND LED HIM FORWARD WHILE SHE INTRODUCED HIM TO OZMA AND WOOD MANAGED TO MAKE A LOW BOW NOT REALLY UNGRACEFUL BUT FOR HER GIRLISH MAJESTY THE RULER OF OZ OR NODDED AT THE RIFLE WOULD YOU MIND POINTING THAT WEAPON SOME OTHER DIRECTION IT MAKES ME NERVOUS THE GUNMUZZLE REMAINED UNWAVERINGLY ON ORAN'S MIDDLE THE NATIVE'S MOUTH OPEN REVEALING LONG CANINES DO WE NOT LOOK STRANGE TO YOU I TAKE IT THERE'S BEEN A HEAVY MUTATIONAL VARIATION IN THE HUMAN OY NORM ON THIS PLANET SAID HORN WHAT IS IT HARD RADIATION 33a09b81-b348-4aea-b8b6-4375cb47e01a I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL YONA MURDERED HE PASSED THE COIN OVER THE OLD WOMAN'S HAND SNATCHED IT AND CLOSED ON IT HOW DID YOU CAPTURE THE DELPHINIS ASKED HORN YOU KNOW THAT TOO YOU HAVE ONE OF THE RIFLES SAID HORN YOUR RACE IS NO MATCH FOR US ORN IN CUNNING IN STRENGTH IN PROWESS OF THE MIND 33afd572-258e-4416-9e41-9f81251ce0b9 MY FIRST THOUGHT THAT A GANG WAS INVOLVED PROVED WRONG ALL MY SECONDARY SUSPECTS TURNED OUT TO BE SIMPLE FORGERIES NOT INDIVIDUALS I THREW THEM AS SNAPPY A SALUTE AS I COULD MUSTER AND I FILED OUT STARING GLOOMILY AT THEIR BACKS I ENVIED FOR ONE MOMENT THEIR SIMPLE FAITH IN THE LEAGUE NAVY BUT IT IS TIME FOR US TO BE OFF AND I AM EAGER TO START BECAUSE I SUPPOSE THAT THAT POOR MUNCHKIN GIRL IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING MY COMING 33ba8584-7f62-4aa2-af18-866dd531947f THAT AFTERNOON DOROTHY AGAIN SAW THE TRAVELLERS IN THE MAGIC PICTURE BUT THEY WERE MERELY TRAMPING THROUGH THE COUNTRY AND DOROTHY WAS NOT MUCH INTERESTED IN THEM THERE'S PROBABLY A GOOD MANY OTHER THINGS YOU MUSTN'T DO BUT THESE I'VE NAMED ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT OF COURSE I'M NOT SAYING YOU'LL GO TO THE BAD PLACE FOR SURE IF YOU DO THEM I ONLY SAY YOU'RE RUNNING A RISK 33bfc8c5-c030-4a27-949f-a475070d6574 THEY WERE WONDERFULLY DAINTY WITH A STRANGE FAINT AROMATIC PERFUME WHICH WAS ONLY TO BE DETECTED AT A LITTLE DISTANCE AND VANISHED IF YOU BENT OVER THEM NOW I HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE TOO CLOSE WE WILL GIVE HIM MORE IF YOU NEED MORE BUT THERE AREN'T SO MANY IN YOUR SCENE 33d944a6-295d-4b25-910b-647d66384fc0 JUST IMAGINE BEINGS THAT LIVE ON A WORLD WITH ALMOST AS MUCH WATER AS OURS WHO CAN'T USE THEIR NATURAL ABILITIES ANY MORE THAN THAT IT'S RIDICULOUS I NEVER SAW SIST MOROC THE BIG UGLY ONE ESPECIALLY THIS TIME I DIDN'T ANSWER HIM BECAUSE I WAS RUNNING AND PANTING LIKE A DOG AND HAD THE MIKE TURNED OFF JUST AHEAD IF THE BLUE PINS WERE RIGHT WAS THE DOOR TO THE CONTROL ROOM PEPE SHOULD BE THERE 33e0187f-dcb2-486e-8276-dbb3263836b1 TRULY WE HAD HAD A DELECTABLE SUMMER AND HAVING HAD IT IT WAS OURS FOREVER THE GODS THEMSELVES CANNOT RECALL THEIR GIFTS THEY MAY ROB US OF OUR FUTURE AND EMBITTER OUR PRESENT BUT OUR PAST THEY MAY NOT TOUCH WITH ALL ITS LAUGHTER AND DELIGHT AND GLAMOUR IT IS OUR ETERNAL POSSESSION HE SAID BRINGING YOU ALONG THE BALD MAN TOLD HIM THE BLACK HAIRED MAN NODDED VERY SLOWLY GURR HE SAID YONAS SIGHED AND WENT FORWARD TO MEET THE TWO BIG MEN LEAVING MISSUS SHARP SOBBING IN THE BACKGROUND 33e495d8-8e74-421c-8f7e-af47b12a3900 WHEN AUNT JANET SAID SERIOUSLY THAT ANYTHING WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION IT MEANT THAT SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AND WOULD PROBABLY END UP DOING IT IF A THING REALLY WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION SHE MERELY LAUGHED AND REFUSED TO DISCUSS IT AT ALL THE PARTICULAR MATTER IN OR OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT OPENING DAY OF AUGUST WAS A PROJECT WHICH UNCLE EDWARD HAD RECENTLY MOOTED I BELIEVE I REMEMBER THE GIRL GINGER REMARKED THE CANARY IN A SWEET VOICE SHE CANNOT HELP US VERY MUCH EXCEPT TO DIRECT US ON OUR WAY TO GLINDA'S CASTLE FOR SHE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND MAGIC BUT SHE IS A GOOD GIRL HONEST AND SENSIBLE AND I'LL BE GLAD TO SEE HER 33f69d07-7598-4fd8-9fe0-b241a721eb5c WELL NOT EXACTLY A WITCH SEARCH SHE REPLIED HE SAW THE WORDS EUP I HOPE SO TOO SAID THE SCARECROW HAD OVERHEARD AUNT JANET SAY I WAS GOING TO BE SHORT LIKE UNCLE ALEC OF COURSE PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE CONTEST ON SUNDAYS 3424503f-2e39-44bd-9b84-a55bd3552d33 BUT SARA ALWAYS DENIED IT SO I AM INCLINED TO BELIEVE FELIX SIMPLY MADE IT UP HIMSELF TELL UNCLE ROGER THAT AND SAY IF TO MORROW IS THE END OF THE WORLD THAT THERE IS NO GOOD IN STUMPING FIELDS ANY MORE I SUGGESTED 342c006b-ac95-4e0b-84e4-5e88a968cc04 YOUR FRIEND MUST HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL WORKMAN EXCLAIMED GROUP HE WAS INDEED ADMITTED THE EMPEROR HE WAS A TINSMITH BY TRADE AND COULD MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF TIN THE EFFECT WAS MAGICAL THEY SEEMED UNABLE TO BELIEVE THE EVIDENCE OF THEIR EYES THEY RUSHED ME EAGERLY EACH SEEMING TO BEG FOR A BULLET I GAVE THEM WHAT THEY WANTED STILL HOPING I COULD FRIGHTEN THEM AWAY 342e8784-71db-4ec4-aaa6-ebb76614c596 I WAS TO PEEL THE TURNIPS THERE WERE FINE LACE CURTAINS AT THE WINDOWS AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES ON THE WALLS SO THAT IT WAS EVENING BEFORE WE WERE ALL FREE TO MEET IN THE ORCHARD AND THE LAW ON THE GRASSES OF UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK HE NEVER PAYS NO ATTENTION TO ME WHEN I'M WELL 342f09af-29d9-4507-9bb9-04956a0d7d4b THE TIN WOODMAN ORDERED FOOD FOR THE STRANGER AND IN A FEW MINUTES THE SERVANT BROUGHT IN A TIN TRAY HEAPED WITH A CHOICE HOORAY OF GOOD THINGS TO EAT WHILE STRAWN TIN NEVER TIRE AT ALL FELICITY TOLD AUNT JANET OF THE CUCUMBER BUT AUNT JANET DID NOT THINK THE CUCUMBER ALONE COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CECILY'S ALARMING CONDITION 3432a0a2-b827-4c11-bed6-3041830047f6 AND HIS SERMONS AND PRAYERS WERE ALWAYS JUST ABOUT AS OUTSPOKEN AS THOSE JULIA OBJECTED TO SAID UNCLE ALEC WELL WE'RE ALL GETTING ON IN LIFE AND EDWARD IS GREY BUT WHEN I THINK OF HIM I ALWAYS SEE HIM AS A LITTLE ROSY CURLY HEADED CHAP LAYING DOWN THE LAW TO US FROM THE PULPIT STONE CHAPTER NINE THE QUARRELSOME DRAGONS THE GREEN MONKEY SANK GENTLY INTO THE EARTH FOR A LITTLE WAY THEN TUMBLED SWIFTLY THROUGH SPACE LANDING ON A ROCKY FLOOR WITH A THUMP THAT ASTONISHED HIM 343603b0-29e4-4f43-a678-204ee80ef439 PETE YELLED VIC COMING BOY HE WAS WAITING FOR ME STAVING OFF AS BEST HE COULD THE RUSH OF BODIES AROUND HIM SHIELDING HOPE FROM THE SAVAGE JOSTLING EVERYTHING WAS JUST AS FATHER HAD DESCRIBED IT WE FELT THAT WE HAD COME HOME LEAVING EXILE BEHIND US 3441f316-63db-43be-a377-98436b29db51 HOLY MAZOO TWENTY SIX DAYS AGO AND I A SEARCHIP CAME THROUGH HERE HAD ROUTINE MINNY SNEAKER LOOK AT THE PLACE AUNT JULIA DROPPED IT DOWN THE WELL ONCE BUT THEY FISHED IT UP NOT HURT A BIT EXCEPT FOR THAT LITTLE NICK IN THE RIM I THINK IT IS BOUND UP WITH THE FORTUNES OF THE KING FAMILY LIKE THE LUCK OF EDENHALL IN LONGFELLOW'S POEM IT IS THE LAST CUP OF GRANDMOTHER KING'S SECOND BEST SET 34474a16-f685-44c1-b53f-0709cd5afa67 THE NOSE AS A MATTER OF STRICT TRUTH WAS HARD TO DISTINGUISH FROM THE OTHER CONTUSIONS SWELLINGS AND MARKS THAT COVERED THE HEAD DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS I ASKED HIM POKING A LARGE GLOSSY PICK UNDER HIS LONG BROKEN NOSE ONE EYE OPENED SLOWLY BEGULL SHIP OF SOME KIND LOOKS LIKE AMBALLIANCE NOW FOR THE LAST TIME GO AWAY HE SAID 34493b4f-4532-41cb-9440-de1e89052f3c BUT I'LL HAVE TO CHANCE IT NOW SHE SAID RUN AWAY AND DON'T BOTHER ME I HADN'T ANY TIME FOR YOUR NONSENSE RESPONDED FELICITY IN AN INJURED TONE AND I SAID BUT MA THE PAPER SAYS TO MORROW IS THE JUDGMENT DAY EVERYTHING LOOKS JUST THE SAME FELICITY WAS NOT THERE I GUESS THE PRESBYTERIANS CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT IT AND LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN HEATHEN 3459d2de-1ccd-4d00-a145-8a8588f716a0 RAY HAD NOT BEEN A REAL JUDGE OBVIOUSLY BUT HAD USED THE TITLE IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER FIRST NAME HER SON'S DEATH HE SAW WHEN HE LOOKED INTO HER MIND HAD NOT COME AS A SURPRISE TO HER IT WAS ONE MORE UNHAPPY EVENT IN A LIFETIME IN WHICH SHE HAD EXPECTED NOTHING ELSE UNHAPPINESS SHE TOLD HERSELF WAS HER PORTION IN THIS LIFE IN THE LIFE ABOVE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT 345f556c-f006-4233-bd4e-a5ce13c682c8 Y ONE DREAMER OF DREAMS AUGUST WENT OUT AND SEPTEMBER CAME IN CONSIDER MY CASE PLEASE SAID WOOT THE CRUEL GIANTESS HAS MADE A MONKEY OF A BOY AND THAT IS THE MOST DREADFUL DEED OF ALL 346941f8-f5f9-4024-a23f-40fb67ce92fe PRESENTLY PETER AND THE STORY GIRL APPEARED AND WE WERE ALL MORE OR LESS RELIEVED TO SEE THAT PETER LOOKED QUITE RESPECTABLE DESPITE THE INDISPUTABLE PATCH ON HIS TROUSERS THE SCOOP SENSING JENOFER'S SURRENDER SLID ITS PONDEROUS BULK NEARER AND OPENED ITS MOUTH LEAVING HALF AN ACRE OF LOWER JAW RESTING FLUSH WITH THE ISLAND QUEEN'S DECK 347aeec4-396c-4def-9639-9fb2e2f79b3e THEY SAT AROUND THE CAGE BROODING OVER THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE MONKEY FELL ASLEEP DONALD FRIZZER IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY BY THIS TIME MOCKED BETTY HE IS A PRUDENT FELLOW AND HE HAS SOME QUICKNESS OF WIT UNDER THAT SANDY THATCH OF HIS ON MY LEFT WALKED THE STORY GIRL HER RED CAP ON HER JAUNTY BROWN HEAD 347c8efc-40d8-4376-9a4d-3bdd417348a6 AMAZINGLY HIS TONGUE ONLY GOT TANGLED ONCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SPEECH AND HE REGAINED CONTROL OF IT QUICKLY THEN JOHN ANDREW FELT A TOUCH OF JEALOUSY AT THE LITTLE MAN'S CAPABILITY IN ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE SITUATION THEN I SHALL BE THE WIFE OF THE KING OF THE WORLD AND NO ONE CAN HOLD HERSELF HIGHER THAN I 34922905-8bb6-4657-b73f-1673b20ed2df HEAVY LIDDED EYES AND A PINK AND WHITE SKIN AND THOUGH WE HAD SOME IDEA WHAT WOULD BE AT THE END OF IT NO KNIFE CAN CUT OUR LOVE IN TWO AND THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT IT IS FAIRYLAND UNTIL THEY HAVE GROWN SO OLD THAT THEY FORGET THE WAY 34b006f2-0688-4cd8-b998-d6b281e91880 MEANING I AM IN THE HAND HOLDING COTERGHRIE I ASKED WITH AS MUCH SWEETNESS AS I COULD MANY THE ROEBOT SAID HE HAD THE BAIT NOW BUT WOULD HE GRAB THE HOOK WITH THAT HE UNTIED NEIL'S HORSE CLIMBED INTO NEIL'S SLEIGH AND TUCKED NEIL'S BUFFALO ROBE ABOUT HIM AND IF MY FATHER HADN'T RUN AWAY HE MIGHT HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING TOO 34d79788-f86e-4ef4-90f2-606843508193 AND MY THOUGHTS WERE HORRIBLE THAT WE WILL IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY YOUR LUCK THERE WAS NO SENSE TO THE NOTE NO BUT THE CARLISLE PEOPLE WILL I WISH I HAD A FAMILY PLOT WHEN HE SAID HE HAD COME TO MARRY THE PRINCESS EVERYONE LAUGHED FOR HE HAD NO RETINUE AND NO BEAUTIFUL APPAREL AND NO GOLDEN CROWN 34dfcd62-48e4-4244-b441-edc6a7a37b89 WHAT HAD BEEN DONE THEY FLEW IN FEAR AND ANGER TO GOD'S WHITE THRONE AND CRIED TO HIM SARA MUST NOT DO PENANCE IN THAT WAY FELICITY AND CECILIA WERE WEARING THEIR NEW SUMMER MUSLINS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND JUST IN THE TWILIGHT THEY RODE INTO A DARK VALLEY FILLED WITH TOMBS AND GRAVES 34e2dea0-cc1b-4b9d-ade1-7961818b8fca HOW COULD THEY STOP US FROM MOVING IN WHEN JEFF AUBREY PULLED HIMSELF UP FROM THE PLANKING THE APPARITIONS WERE GONE THE LAUNCH ROCKED GENTLY IN THE SWELL OF A LONG SILENT MINUTE HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THING DOESN'T LEAK 34e478c1-1835-4c6f-b2f7-7b3d5e65beb9 OUR GROWN UPS INSTEAD CONSIDERED OUR TERROR IN EXQUISITE JEST AT THAT VERY MOMENT AUNT OLIVIA WHO HAD RECOVERED FROM HER HEADACHE AND AUNT JANET WERE LAUGHING IN THE KITCHEN OVER THE STATE THE CHILDREN WERE IN BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THE END OF THE WORLD WAS CLOSE AT HAND AUNT JANET'S THROATY GURGLE AND AUNT OLIVIA'S TRILLING MIRTH FLOATED OUT THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW AS POLYCHROME YOU ARE THE LOVELIEST MAIDEN I HAVE EVER SEEN EXCEPT OF COURSE OZMA SAID THE TAN OWL SO THE GIANTESS DID WELL TO TRANSFORM YOU INTO THE LOVELIEST OF ALL BIRDS IF YOU ARE TO BE TRANSFORMED AT ALL 34f25ed3-b46b-46da-965b-2163895e50c2 WE SOMETIMES ACT THE STORY OUT I LIKE IT WHEN PETER PLAYS THE POET I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN DAN IS THE POET BECAUSE HE IS SO FRECKLED AND SCREWS HIS EYES UP SO TIGHT BUT YOU CAN HARDLY EVER COAX PETER TO BE THE POET EXCEPT WHEN FELICITY IS EDITH AND DAN IS SO OBLIGING THAT WAY ALSO WHEN OZBRUS BECAME A FAIRYLAND IT HARBOURED SEVERAL WITCHES AND MAGICIANS AND SORCERS AND NECROMANCERS WHO WERE SCATTERED IN VARIOUS PARTS BUT MOST OF THESE HAD BEEN DEPRIVED OF THEIR MAGIC POWERS AND OZMA HAD ISSUED A ROYAL EDICT FORBIDDING ANYONE IN HER DOMINIONS TOWARD MAGIC EXCEPT GLINDA THE GOOD AND THE WIZARD OF OZ 351cd725-e564-44ca-a402-b56103511a8f I'LL FORGIVE YOU SHE SAID GRACIOUSLY FELIX AND I FELT THAT IT WOULD REALLY BE WORTH WHILE TO OFFEND HER JUST TO BE FORGIVEN IN SUCH AN ADORABLE VOICE PETER EAGERLY GRASPED HER HAND I TELL YOU WHAT STORY GIRL I'M AWFULLY SORRY I LAUGHED IN CHURCH BUT YOU NEEDN'T BE AFRAID I EVER WILL AGAIN NO SIR AND I'M GOING TO CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL REGULAR AND I'LL SAY MY PRAYERS EVERY NIGHT I WANT TO BE LIKE THE REST OF YOU IT RUMBLED FORWARD AND LOCKED ITS HAND ROUND FERERO'S WRIST HANDCUSSEL HE BARELY NOTICED I CAN EXPLAIN HE SAID DESPERATELY EVERYTHING CAN BE EXPLAINED THERE IS NO NEED TO MAKE SUCH CHARGES I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PAPERS YOU HAVE THERE SO I WOULDN'T ATTEMPT TO SAY THEY ARE ALL FORGERIES I HAVE MANY ENEMIES YOU KNOW IF THE LEAGUE KNEW THE DIFFICULTIES FACED ON A BACKWARD PLANET LIKE THESE THAT WILL BE ENTIRELY ENOUGH I SNAPPED CUTTING HIM OFF WITH A WAVE OF MY HAND ALL THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED BY OUR COURT AT THE PROPER TIME THERE IS ONLY ONE QUESTION I WANT AN ANSWER TO NOW WHY ARE YOU BUILDING THAT BATTLESHIP 3522eb44-c42a-41ff-9ea1-68e48f40d698 A VERY GOOD GUESS FOR THIS LATE AT NIGHT I TOLD HIM CHEERILY IT IS A LATE EMPIRE BATTLESHIP OF THE WAR LORD CLASS UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST TRULY EFFICIENT ENGINES OF DESTRUCTION EVER MANUFACTURED OVER HALF A MILE OF THE FENCES SCREENS AN ARMAMENT THAT COULD PROBABLY TURN ANY FLEET EXISTENT TO DAY INTO FINE RADIOACTIVE ASH EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE LAST ONE WAS BROKEN UP A SCRAP OVER A THOUSAND YEARS AGO HE MUMBLED I LEANED OVER AND PUT MY LIPS CLOSE TO HIS EAR SO THERE BE NO CHANCE OF MISUNDERSTANDING GARF HAD LEFT HIM AND WAS STROLLING AROUND THE LAUNCH AS IF HE HAD JUST BOUGHT IT LOOKING DOWN HIS NOSE AT IT AT THE SAME TIME ACTING AS IF HE COULD AFFORD NOT TO GIVE A DAMN HOW BADLY HE HAD BEEN STUNG BUT THE STARTLING THING WAS THAT HE HAD PICKED UP THE BOATHOOK AND WAS TWIRLING IT UNCONCERNEDLY 352ed9f7-429f-4b83-b3a1-38f15c3cba21 DURING THE DISCUSSION WE CAME OUT TO THE FENCE OF THE HILL PASTURE WHERE GREW THE BAD BERRY BUSHES NEIL TALKED ON AND ON AND OF COURSE HE SOON BEGAN TO TELL THINGS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WISER NOT TO TELL FINALLY HE TOLD DONALD THAT HE WAS GOING OVER THE BAY TO ASK NANCY SHERMAN THAT VERY NIGHT TO MARRY HIM AND IF SHE WOULD HAVE HIM THEN DONALD AND ALL THE FOLK SHOULD SEE A WEDDING THAT WAS A WEDDING 353b7566-6ae1-4edd-be59-9a17d2a74a6d IT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY WARM IT WAS ONCE IN CONSTANT USE BUT MY GOVERNMENT CLOSED IT WHEN YOU PEOPLE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WERE GARF DOOR SNAPPED AGAIN THE BEACON HAD A PRECIPITATING FIELD AND A BASIN ON TOP OF IT FOR WATER ONCE THE WATERS FLOW AGAIN I WILL LAUGH AS I HURL MYSELF ON THE BURNING IRON 356185c1-1957-4996-9ec4-45024a29c908 FELICITY WAS A GOOD SECOND WITH TWO AND A HALF THIS WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE HENS HAD LAID SO WELL AH FELICITY WE WERE ALL IN THE DEPTHS OF OUR PITIFUL LITTLE SOULS REVIEWING THE INNUMERABLE THINGS WE WOULD OR WOULD NOT HAVE DONE IF WE HAD KNOWN 356bbf19-a112-4813-89f4-6cc9155d509d CAN'T I JUST SEE HIM AT IT NOW SAID UNCLE ROGER LEANING OVER THAT OLD BOULDER HIS CHEEKS RED AND HIS EYES BURNING WITH EXCITEMENT BANGING THE TOP OF IT AS HE HAD SEEN THE MINISTERS DO IN CHURCH I MUST ADMIT THAT NEVER BEFORE HAVE I THOUGHT OF SUCH A THING AS FINDING MINNY AND ME OUR TIN BODIES ARE MORE BRILLIANT AND DURABLE AND QUITE SATISFY US 358b9f4f-1e18-489d-bdaf-c3e2b42027bf DEARLY BELOVED SAID PETER MY SERMON IS ABOUT THE BAD PLACE IN SHORT ABOUT HELL AN ELECTRIC SHOCK SEEMED TO RUN THROUGH THE AUDIENCE EVERYBODY LOOKED SUDDENLY ALERT PETER HAD IN ONE SENTENCE DONE WHAT MY WHOLE SERMON HAD FAILED TO DO HE HAD MADE AN IMPRESSION BUT TELL ME SINCE YOU ARE A FAIRY AND HAVE A FAIRY WISDOM DO YOU THINK WE SHALL BE ABLE TO BREAK THESE ENCHANTMENTS THE FIELDS WERE WILD AND UNCULTIVATED AND THERE WERE NO HOUSES OF ANY SORT TO BE SEEN 35940ede-8a92-439d-98e6-d0a6e0d9e99d I WAS ASLEEP AND SHE TOOK UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OF ME ANSWERED THE BIRD SADLY HAD I BEEN AWAKE I COULD EASILY HAVE PROTECTED MYSELF IT BECAME A VERY GREAT AND FAMOUS CITY AFTERWARDS BUT AT THIS TIME IT WAS ONLY A LITTLE VILLAGE VERY QUIET AND SIMPLE TOO QUIET FOR GLECON'S LIKING HE GREW TIRED OF IT AND HE THOUGHT HE WOULD LIKE TO GO AWAY FROM HOME AND SEE SOMETHING OF THE WORLD 3595da9c-43ff-4df5-82c9-0bfce52404b5 BETWEEN THEM THEY WEDGED THE BUNK AGAINST THE DOOR AND HELD IT IN PLACE THEN THEY STOOD LOOKING PALELY AT EACH OTHER AND WAITING FOR THE NEXT ATTACK HE HAD NOT VOCALIZED SINCE FLEDGLING DAYS AND HIS VOICE HAD A JARRING CROAK OF DISUSE WHAT WE MUST DO AND RIGHT NOW IS TO SETTLE UPON SOME MEANS OF GETTING TO THE PROPER SPOT AT THE PROPER TIME YOU MARKED A MOMENT OF YOUR DEPARTURE I SUPPOSE 35b68495-630c-46f0-9ac3-a46abafc4f6b DON'T GO TO THE MISSIONARY MEETING TO NIGHT NOW HOW WAS THAT WHEN IT HELD A WHOLE PAILFUL OF MUSH WHERE ELSE SHOULD SHE HAVE CAUGHT THEM SAID FELICITY MERCILESSLY I EAGERLY HE CLAMBERED UPON THE OUTSTRETCHED HANDS AND STOOD THERE FACING THE GRINNING FACE 35d749d9-1579-48df-83c6-db7741cdfb68 PETER MAKES AN IMPRESSION I LET VERY FEW PEOPLE USE IT BECAUSE IT IS MY GREATEST TREASURE THERE NOW WHAT'D I TELL YOU THAT IT'S THE BIGGEST CASTLE I EVER SAW OF COURSE I AM SAID MIMI ANNIE DEAR ME EXCLAIMED THE SCARECROW 35ed783e-34cf-46d0-b5e4-4cf1f97d8f50 THAT HE HAS IT AT HOME IN AN OLD RED COVERED HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND HAS LOOKED AT IT OFTEN HE SAID IN A VERY SOLEMN YET EXCITED TONE THE BAND OF FELLOW TRAVELLERS BUT WHAT THEY'RE UP TO NOW I CAN'T EVEN GUESS THEY DEAL DEATH SPARINGLY AND THAT MAKES THEM GREAT BEHIND HIM HER BIG BLUE EYES BRIMMING HER LIPS QUIVERING 36398631-6679-4d21-8fc2-0edacae9b839 AND ALL HIS PRAYERS WERE OF NO AVAIL JERRY HAD BROUGHT IT IN A FISH BASKET AS APPEARED WHEN HE MOUNTED THE GRANARY STAIRS SHORTLY AFTERWARDS YET ALL THIS WAS DONE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO FIX IT ON WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU YONAH SAID SHIFTING HIS FEET AGAIN I 36434847-aa3d-4383-bdf4-968a4f540199 IF SHE HADN'T BEEN AFRAID I DON'T BELIEVE SHE WOULD HAVE LET ME COME UP BUT I'D HAVE DIED IF I COULDN'T HAVE COME WAS FULL OF THE GLAMOUR OF MOUNTAIN RIMMED LAKES EUROPE SEEMED ALMOST AS REMOTE AND UNREACHABLE AS THE MOON HAD HE BEEN A POOR MAN HE 3646498e-871b-41df-95d2-07e79d0ded5c MISTER SCOTT PLANTED THE YELLOW PLUM TREE IN GRANDFATHER'S TIME SAID CECILY PEELING ONE OF THE PLUMS WE LOVED AUNT OLIVIA BUT JUST NOW WE RESENTED TO HER HAVING LAUGHED AT US WITH AUNT JANET AND WE REFUSED TO SMILE BACK CICELY'S PRAYER HAD BEEN ANSWERED 36507779-7136-4f79-9e9a-69a8c95fa44e OH WELL NEVER MIND SAID THE WANDERER I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT ANY ONE WANTS OF A CAST OFF HEAD ANYHOW THIS IS NOT DEVIL'S WORK AS I SHALL PROVE YUNUS SAID HE SHIFTED HIS FEET BUT LET ME ESTABLISH ONE POINT AT A TIME IN THE MOST SCHOLASTIC MANNER IF YOU WILL PERMIT I PERMIT KENNEFF SAID THERE WAS INTEREST IN HIS MIND OVERLAID WITH SKEPTICISM OF COURSE BUT INTEREST ALL THE SAME 365de46c-36b3-486a-9000-80763e787795 A GLASS BLOWING CULTURE I LIKE YOURN SAID TO NEWBE YOU SHALL BE ONE OF MY SLAVES YOU WILL TEACH ME MANY THINGS I WAS JUST SEVEN ON AND ON THEY RODE AND THE SKIES GREW DARKER AND THE WIND BLEW AND WAILED AND THE SHADES OF EVENING CAME DOWN 36601d35-4b88-46b4-bd14-a9e34a07fa92 MY ONLY GOOD POINTS ARE MY HAIR AND EYES AND FEET HE WENT AND ATE MORE OF THE BAD BERRIES A WHOLE LOT OF THEM AND WE WERE SURE HE'D BE SICK AGAIN BUT HE HASN'T BEEN YET AND NOW HE'S ASLEEP FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT THE ROBOD HAD EXPLODED WE AGREED THAT THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP WOULD BE TO SEND ENTERROLA SPACE YARDS IMPOSSIBLE SAID THE ROBART WITH MECHANICAL SURETY 367305db-108f-4145-928a-da742b87a4d2 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE OR IF YOU ARE REALLY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU EVEN BELONG ON THE WORLD FROM THE TWO MYSTERIOUS SCENES OF DESOLATION THERE THE LIST IS HARD TO EXPLAIN AND PETERS IS SUCH A COOL CUSTOMER AND HE'S A YEAR OLDER THAN FELIX BUT THEN FELIX HAS SOME PRACTICE HE FOUGHT BOYS IN TORONTO AND THIS IS PETER'S FIRST FIGHT 367ee42d-9324-42ec-8123-a73177d10fc2 OF COURSE PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE CONTEST ON SUNDAYS OH ALL RIGHT SAID PETER BUT I'D ADVISE PAT NOT TO SCRATCH PEG BOWEN AGAIN THAT'S ALL BUT I BELIEVE THAT IF WE COULD GET TO GLINDA THE GOOD SORCERESS SHE MIGHT FIND A WAY TO RESTORE US TO OUR NATURAL SHAPES 36891879-d355-4c24-a990-a8e1e95927ea CHAPTER ELEVEN GINGER'S RANCH AS THEY FOLLOWED A PATH DOWN THE BLUE GRASS HILLSIDE THE FIRST HOUSE THEY MET THE VIEW OF THE TRAVELLERS WAS JOYOUSLY RECOGNIZED BY THE SCARECROW BARRA AS THE ONE INHABITED BY HIS FRIEND GINGER SO THEY INCREASED THEIR SPEED AND HURRIED TOWARD IT ON REACHING THE PLACE HOWEVER THEY FOUND THE HOUSE DESERTED WELL ANYHOW IT ISN'T A SUITABLE WORD IN THIS CASE INSISTED FELICITY WE ARE NOT UP TO ANY DEVIL ANY EXTRA BAD MISCHIEF WRITING DOWNS ONE'S DREAM ISN'T MISCHIEF AT ALL CERTAINLY IT WASN'T SURELY NOT EVEN THE STRAITEST SECT OF GROWN UPS COULD CALL IT THAT IF WRITING DOWN YOUR DREAMS WITH AGONIZING CARE AS DECOMPOSITION AND SPELLING FOR WHO KNEW THAT THE EYES OF GENERATIONS UNBORN MIGHT NOT READ THE RECORD WERE NOT A HARMLESS AMUSEMENT COULD ANYTHING BE CALLED SO I TROW NOT 36987528-a305-4607-87cb-2a71222a9926 I BEGAN TO THINK THAT AFTER ALL PETER MIGHT BE A FOEMAN WORTHY OF MY STEEL IT WAS TOO MUCH LIKE A REGULAR SERMON TO BE INTERESTING SAID DAN FRANKLY I SUPPOSE SO SAID POLYCHROME GAILY AND ONE MORNING SHE FORGOT TO PUT IT ON WHEN SHE COMMANDED 36a74f8b-e50a-43d7-a17f-e86f3f7d70f2 MY SCOPE JINNIFER EXCLAIMED SHE LET GO THE BARRICADE AND RAN TO THE WINDOW TO THROW OPEN THE STORM SHUTTERS NEVER MIND THE DOOR THIS WAY QUICK TOO GLOOMY IN THAT JUNGLE TO BE SURE THE INFER BEAM'S OUT ON THIS MANY LOOKS LIKE HARD PELLET RIFLES OF SOME KIND 36ba3a8a-08e5-4359-aaf9-df5173dcd436 HE REMAINED LITTLE MORE THAN A CLEVER AMATEUR FINALLY IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE WHAT WE'D EXPECTED WOULD BE THE JUDGMENT DAY NO I DON'T SAID FELICITY YOU NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT HIM THERE'S NOTHING THE MATTER WITH HIM WERE VERY FAIR TO VIEW 36c47874-2bea-477f-a4f5-f49f18856974 THAT SORT OF STORY OUGHT TO BE TOLD IN THE TWILIGHT AMONG THE SHADOWS THEN IT WOULD FRIGHTEN THE SOULS OUT OF YOUR BODIES HE WAS CALLED TO THIS CONGREGATION AND HE LABOURED HERE LONG AND FAITHFULLY AND WAS MUCH BELOVED THOUGH HE WAS VERY ECCENTRIC SHE WENT TO WORK AND MADE LITTLE RAISIN PIES RIGHT THERE IN THE KITCHEN BEFORE THE STORY GIRL 36c9220c-641b-4547-8af1-db5e8cbf0eb4 SENT IT TO WASHINGTON YOU BUCK EYED BEEMOFF DO YOU REALIZE WHAT A TRICK THAT WILL BE YOU GRANDFATHER OF INANITIES IT WILL BE A PLEASURE TO DESTROY YOU THEN SHE THREW BACK HER HEAD AND LAUGHED A MERRY LAUGH LISTEN FRIENDS SHE SAID AT LAST 36d92b1d-e6ca-4918-a1ce-ea63f889d4f6 WHO WAS AT THE TIME ABOUT TO TRANSFORM THEM IT PUZZLED ME TO ANSWER THAT PROPERLY UNTIL I HAD LOOKED OVER SOME OF MY LETTERS I HAD RECEIVED IN THE LAND OF OZBOR ALL FUTURE TIME WHAT WAS A THING SHE COULDN'T BEAR ANY ONE TO SEE I ASKED I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH FOR JAMES' WIFE BUT OF COURSE WE MUST DO JUST AS RACHEL WISHED 36e63c75-74c9-4b54-b271-d1f5017ac554 JOHN ANDREW FELT A TOUCH OF JEALOUSY AT THE LITTLE MAN'S CAPABILITY IN ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE SITUATION BUT HE EXTENDED HIS HAND AND SAID PETER THERE HIS VOICE TRAILED OFF THE STORY GIRL GOT UP AND WENT AWAY WITH AUNT OLIVIA'S ARMS AROUND HER HE FELT THAT HE COULD NEVER GO SO FAR AWAY FOR SO LONG AND LEAVE HIS MARGARET BEHIND 371afbbb-3b4e-4080-873a-7510a27e228f TURALLY I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND VIC'S JARGON ABOUT FREQUENCIES AND LIGHT RAYS FOR I THOUGHT MORE ABOUT FOOTBALL THAN PHYSICS IN COLLEGE CECILY SAT DOWN BY HER HALF FILLED BASKET AND BEGAN TO CRY CASSIOPEIA SAT ENTHRONED IN HER BEAUTIFUL CHAIR IN THE NORTH EAST 371c18fa-75a0-418e-b46e-954c57d4cf0a I'D GIVE ANYTHING IF I'D NEVER PUT SARA UP TO GOING TO THAT SHOW SHE SAID IT'S ALL MY FAULT BUT THE PUNISHMENT FALLS ON SARA AND THAT ISN'T FAIR THEY MADE VERY LONG PRAYERS IN THOSE DAYS YOU KNOW AND PETER DAN FELIX CECILY FELICITY SARA RAY THE STORY GIRL 373bc762-b33d-43f5-9020-682b0e75c7c9 THANK YOU AND WILL YOU GIVE ME A HANDFUL OF HARD PEAS AFTER BREAKFAST AUNT JANET I WANT TO PUT THEM IN MY SHOES THERE ISN'T ANY I USED THE LAST IN THE SOUP YESTERDAY OH THE STORY GIRL WAS MUCH DISAPPOINTED THEN I SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT I'M AWFUL GLAD MISTER KING IS GOING TO LEAVE THE POTATO STOCKS UNTIL I GET WELL AND I'M OBLIGED TO THE STORY GIRL FOR COAXING HIM I GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT ABOUT ALICE YET THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF HER LETTER I COULDN'T SEE THROUGH BUT WHEN THE MEASLES STRIKE IN THEY LEAVE YOU STUPID FOR A SPELL 3755bbc9-54bc-410b-9bba-241282b331f8 DAN WAS ONCE GUILTY OF SWEARING UNCLE ALEC TIRED AS HE WAS FROM HIS HARD DAY'S WORK AND EVENING OUTING WAS DESPATCHED FOR THE DOCTOR OH I BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND AND MISSUS EWKE TRANSFORMED YOU YOU ARE REALLY THE FAMOUS SCARECROW OF OZ I WAS GINGER JUST NOW I'M AS YOU SEE ME A MISERABLE LITTLE BROWN BEAR WITH A POOR QUALITY OF STUFFY 376a1af7-fe9a-4387-8d15-02d17e96216a DON'T WORRY YOUR POOR BRAINS SAID SHE YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME HOWEVER HARD YOU TRY THE BEING WHICH HAD UTTERED THE COMMAND DISAPPEARED AND MY CAPTORS LED ME STRUGGLING AND PROTESTING TOWARD THE BLACK UGLY TOWERS OF THE CITY 377328f0-0d2f-470c-bfc4-bb3d57731a70 WE STOOD AROUND HARDLY BREATHING AND SUDDENLY REMEMBERED THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN HER CRY FELICITY SOLD HERS TO UNCLE ALEC'S HIRED MAN PRESUMABLY ALL THE STARS IN THE OUTER ARMS OF THE MILKY WAY AND THEIR PLANETS WERE ABOUT THE SAME AGE AS HE WATCHED THROUGH A HAZE OF RED DUST WHIPPED UP BY THE MORNING BREEZE 377a8bf6-23f4-40da-9a60-527216624bfe THIS IS AN ORDINARY HEAVY CARGO AND PASSENGER JOB IT'S NO MORE A WAR LORD BATTLESHIP THAN I AM IT IS HARD TO CURL YOUR LIPS WITH CONTEMPT AND TALK AT THE SAME TIME BUT I SUCCEEDED I LOCATED THE PEAKS EASILY ENOUGH AND STARTED THE EYE OUT FROM THE FIRST PEAK AND KEPT IT ON A COURSE DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE SECOND THERE WAS A NOSE AND TAIL RADAR IN THE EYE AND I FED THEIR SIGNALS INTO A SCOPE AS AN AMPLITUDE CURVE 377befaf-c1a9-4a5d-85f2-9141ec906630 THE THING IS SET TO OPERATE THE REVERSE CYCLE AT THREE HOUR INTERVALS EXACTLY THAT WILL BE EASY SIGHED FELICITY I DON'T FEEL A BIT LIKE BEING BAD IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO PETER I FEEL SURE I'LL NEVER BE NAUGHTY AGAIN I WON'T HAVE THE HEART 377c684d-b52d-48de-b500-dab051c7cb46 OH BUT UNCLE ALEC IT WAS THIS WAY BEGAN FELIX EAGERLY PETER NO I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT SAID UNCLE ALEC STERNLY I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU WERE FIGHTING ABOUT BUT YOU MUST SETTLE YOUR QUARREL IN A DIFFERENT FASHION REMEMBER MY COMMANDS FELIX SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF IT AND CERTAINLY AS FAR AS APPEARANCE WENT IT JUSTIFIED HER TRIUMPH THE SLICES WERE SMOOTH AND GOLDEN AND SMOTHERED IN THE LUSCIOUS MAPLE SUGAR SAUCE WHICH CECILY HAD COMPOUNDED WERE VERY FAIR TO VIEW 3783918c-29c4-4afe-a8f7-4a223e590555 SCRAPS OF TIN OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES LAID SCATTERED ROUND THE WORKSHOP THERE WERE HAMMERS AND ANVILS AND SODDERING IRONS AND A CHARCOAL FURNACE AND MANY OTHER TOOLS SUCH AS TINSMITH WORKS WITH FELIX AND I SPOKE NOT DISAPPOINTMENT AND SOMETHING WORSE SEALED OUR SPEECH DID GOD LOOK LIKE THAT LIKE THAT STERN ANGRILY FROWNING OLD MAN WITH THE TOSSING HAIR AND BEARD OF THE WOODCUT CECILY HELD 37994f96-f023-41a6-bd03-2535f595cbff OH I NEVER LIKE THE VEGETABLE GARDEN SAID THE STORY GIRL EXCEPT WHEN I'M HUNGRY THEN I DO LIKE TO GO AND LOOK AT THE NICE LITTLE ROWS OF ONIONS AND BEETS BUT I LOVE A FLOWER GARDEN I THINK I COULD BE ALWAYS GOOD IF I LIVED IN A GARDEN ALL THE TIME WITH THE USUAL LEVITY OF GROWN UPS THEY RECOVERED THE COLDNESS BETWEEN THE GIRLS AS A SUBJECT OF MIRTH AND JEST AND RECKED NOT THAT IT WAS FREEZING THE GENIAL CURRENT OF OUR YOUTHFUL SOULS AND BLIGHTING HOURS THAT SHOULD BE FAIR PAGES IN OUR BOOK OF DAYS 37a2d709-4ae4-4513-a2f7-130669d1a815 INDEED CRIED THE JAGUAR IN A DISAPPOINTED VOICE THEN YOU MUST BE A MAGIC BEAR OR ENCHANTED AND I MUST SEEK MY BREAKFAST FROM AMONG YOUR COMPANIONS MA SAID SHE WASHED HER HANDS OF IT MOTH'S OR NO MOSS SHE SAID IF COUSIN RACHEL HAD TO MOVE THAT CHEST EVERY TIME THE FLOOR HAD TO BE SCRUBBED IT WOULD CURE HER OF HER SENTIMENTAL NONSENSE BUT I THINK CONCLUDED CECILY THAT I WOULD FEEL JUST LIKE COUSIN RACHEL IN HER PLACE 37ae4483-3dad-4008-917c-e716f076f55a JENIFER WHO SAILED WITH HER UNCLE AND DID A CREWMAN'S WORK AS A MATTER OF COURSE WOULD DESPISE THE SIGHT OF HIM YES SIR ADMIRAL STETSON SIR RIGHT AWAY SIR BUT I THOUGHT I WAS THROUGH WITH THE OLD REDISCOVERING RE EDUCATION WHEN YOU DRAFTED ME OFF THE HAMMEL INTO THE I A SIR HE BEGAN CHANGING FROM THE I A BLUE TO THE YAR IN OUR WHITE ALMOST AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT HE SAID SIR 37b3236c-f061-4ed9-8113-fa2d1cf0f272 THE YOUNG MINISTER TURNED PALE AS THE DEAD AND IMPLORED MISSUS CRAWFORD TO HIDE HIM DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT UP DAN SAID CECILY ANXIOUSLY SINCE HE WAS FLYING AN UNDER MANNED BATTLESHIP HE HAD USED IT IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE WITH THIS ASSURANCE I PULLED OFF MY FLASHY CLOTHES AND SLIPPED INTO THE MIDNIGHT BLACK DRESS UNIFORM OF AN ADMIRAL IN THE LEAGUE GRAN FLEET 37ba0817-8170-46d0-b38c-2080be53f136 FARMER LOOKED IMPRESSED THEN BEGAN TO REALIZE WHAT SOME OF THIS MEANT HE CAUGHT HIMSELF STRAIGHTENED OUT HIS FACE AND LICKED HIS LIPS YOU MEAN YOU'VE NEVER TRIED THIS THING BEFORE HE PROTESTED HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WILL WORK WE WENT TO SCHOOL OF COURSE AND CERTAIN HOME CHORES WERE ASSIGNED TO EACH OF US FOR THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF WHICH WE WERE HELD RESPONSIBLE BUT WE HAD LONG HOURS FOR PLAY EVEN PETER HAD PLENTY OF SPARE TIME WHEN THE PLANTING WAS OVER 37de1508-0025-43c9-8eb6-7007f08c1103 WOOT WAS GETTING PRETTY TIRED CHASING THEM SO HE STOPPED AND CAME OVER PANTING TO WHERE HIS FRIENDS WERE SITTING STILL BOUND I DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR THE GIRL SAID THE TIN SOLDIER FOR I AM ALMOST A STRANGER TO THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY DONALD KING SAID HIS MOTHER SEVERELY RACHEL WARD WAS YOUR RELATION AND SHE IS DEAD WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SUCH BEHAVIOR I NEVER WAS ACQUAINTED WITH HER SAID DAN SULKILY AND I WASN'T HURRAHING CAUSE SHE IS DEAD I HURRAHED BECAUSE THE BLUE CHEST IS TO BE OPENED AT LAST 37e3fd4b-e363-4fd1-adb0-3b526f029e1c BUT WE WERE IN A SPOT AND NEEDED A WORLD THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY WE DON'T KNOW THAT MANOEL SOMETHING BIT HIM ON THE ARM YOU ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF RAISE RAY 3800aa34-e5be-4771-811f-2d7dd79ddd54 HE HAS GIVE UP TRYING TO EAT THE BETTER APPLES AT LAST THERE GOES MISTER CAMPBELL DOWN THE ROAD SAID DAN THAT'S HIS NEW MARE ISN'T SHE A DANDY SHE'S GOT A SKIN LIKE BLACK SATIN BUT HAD NOT QUITE REACHED THE SETTLED PARTS WHEN ON TURNING A BEND IN THE PATH I WON'T SAY THAT MY FRIEND VAMPER ISN'T ALL 38054815-3470-4d26-a166-88eff95bfe3a NOW IF GLAUCON HAD NOT BEEN A GOOD SHEPHERD DEAR KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO HIM IN AGLEIA BUT HE WAS AND WHEN HE BEGGED PAN TO GO AWAY AND NOT FRIGHTEN NEGLEYA ANY MORE PAN HAD TO GO GRUMBLING A GOOD DEAL AND PAN'S GRUMBLING HAD A VERY UGLY SOUND BUT STILL HE WENT AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING THE TIN OWL WHICH HAD GUIDED THEIR WAY DURING THE NIGHT NOW FOUND THE SUNSHINE VERY TRYING TO HIS BIG EYES SO HE SHUT THEM TIGHT AND PERCHED UPON THE BACK OF THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR WHICH CARRIED THE OWL'S WEIGHT WITH EASE 38137416-eee6-4e31-a0c7-75f3000b873c BUT NOT SUCCEEDING AT ALL LITTLE RAY WAS ON HIS FEET FARMER THOUGHT DESPERATELY AGAIN THAT HE COULD SWIM GOOD LORD LESS THAN AN HOUR SINCE I STOOD THERE IN YOUR LABORATORY THERE WAS NO TRACE OF HIM ANYWHERE 381f1c09-2726-4d61-8e30-b05f21210b7a ONCE PETER WAS OUT OF DANGER HE RECOVERED RAPIDLY BUT HE FOUND HIS CONVALESCENCE RATHER TEDIOUS HE CAUGHT HER HAND AND STAMMERED OUT AND IF YOU SHOULD MEET HIM HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO HE IS MADE OF FOR I NEVER TOLD HIM THE SECRET OF HIS MANUFACTURE 382800a7-a362-41b0-b383-aeba73318186 SINCE THE SAW HORSE COULD UNDERSTAND HER SPOKEN WORDS OZMA USED NO REINS TO GUIDE HIM SHE MERELY TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO WELL WHAT DOES SHE SAY ASKED CICELY TREMULOUSLY SHE SAID RUN AWAY AND DON'T BOTHER ME I HADN'T ANY TIME FOR YOUR NONSENSE RESPONDED FELICITY IN AN INJURED TONE AND I SAID BUT MA THE PAPER SAYS TO MORROW IS THE JUDGMENT DAY AND MARJOR SAID JUDGMENT FIDDLESTICKS 3835cfa7-1481-4090-9bb5-7a4c1dbbf3bd THEN OUT OF REGARD FOR MATS AND CUSHIONS HE WAS KEPT IN DURRANCE VILE IN THE GRANARY UNTIL HE HAD LICKED HIS FUR CLEAN GRANDFATHER KING WAS IN NO HURRY HE DID NOT SET HIS WHOLE ORCHARD OUT AT ONCE FOR HE WISHED IT TO GROW WITH HIS LIFE AND HISTORY AND BE BOUND UP WITH ALL OF GOOD AND JOY THAT SHOULD COME TO HIS HOUSEHOLD AND I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT WHAT A DREADFUL THING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER KING HAD NEVER GOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER 3868af54-133b-4e91-b5fb-891fceb5cfcb UNCLE ALEC BROUGHT IN THE AXE AND PRIED OFF THE COVER OF THE OLD BLUE CHEST WHILE EVERYBODY STOOD AROUND IN SILENCE CATCHING OUT A BRANCH WITH HIS LONG MONKEY ARMS AND SWINGING HIS GREEN BODY THROUGH SPACE TO GRASP ANOTHER BRANCH 3869f1b2-e262-451f-811d-988beee5b5cf THE E I OPERATOR SHOOK HIS HEAD DOUBTFULLY THE SIMIANS CAUGHT HIS MENTAL IMAGE OF THE LANDING AND INTERVENED WHILE COMMON GROUND OFFERED HOW COULD WE EVER HAVE GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE THROUGH THE SHADOWS AND SWAYING BRANCHES OF A DARKENING ORCHARD 38872571-030e-4278-afe4-41c84284ae77 A STRANGER KENUF SAID WHO ENTERS A SMALL CITY IS SEEN AT MYSTERIOUS UNDERTAKINGS PLUCKS WORDS OUT OF THE CENTRE OF A MAN'S MIND WHY THE PICTURE IS A CLASSIC ONE DELRIO HIMSELF HOLSINGER OR ANY OF THE OTHERS COULD NOT DESCRIBE A BETTER THIS WE FELT WAS A HEROIC MEASURE INDEED TO SIT DOWN TO ONE OF AUNT JANET'S MEALS IN ORDINARY HEALTH AND APPETITE AND EAT NOTHING BUT BREAD AND WATER THAT WOULD BE PENANCE WITH A VENGEANCE 388a5ff0-24a8-484d-9c71-a03c6002678a NEVERTHELESS ALTHOUGH NONE OF US NOT EVEN UNCLE ROGER OR FELICITY SAID A WORD AT THE TIME FOR FEAR OF HURTING THE STORY GIRL'S FEELINGS BUT WE HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT HER BY THE TIME WE REACHED THE OPEN COUNTRY AS IF AFTER ALL THAT WAS THE MAIN THING 389b192a-977b-444c-ba33-ad9312993f7b HE WAS SUSPICIOUS OF MAGIC COFFEE BUT HIS MOUTH SO GOOD THAT HE COULD NOT RESIST IT SO HE ANSWERED IF YOU PLEASE MA'AM THE GIANTESS POURED OUT ANOTHER CUP AND SET IT ON THE FLOOR FOR WOOT IT WAS AS BIG AS A TUB AND THE GOLDEN SPOON IN THE SAUCER BESIDES THE CUP WAS SO HEAVY THE BOY COULD SCARCELY LIFT IT BUT WOOT MANAGED TO GET A SIP OF THE COFFEE AND FOUND IT DELICIOUS MIS BEVERLY IS GROWN HALF AN INCH IN JULY BY THE MARK ON THE HALL DOOR AND HE IS AWFUL PLEASED ABOUT IT I TOLD HIM I GUESSED THE MAGIC SEED WAS TAKEN EFFECT AT LAST AND HE GOT MAD HE NEVER GETS MAD AT ANYTHING THE STORY GIRL SAYS AND YET SHE IS SO SARCASTIC BY TIMES DAN IS PRETTY HARD TO GET ALONG WITH AS USUAL BUT I TRY TO BEAR PATIENTLY WITH HIM 389b4bb4-cfd4-4795-a44c-7e5e9e9a5359 ANY ONE WHO LIVES WITH YOU FELICITY KING WILL ALWAYS BE WISHING HE WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE SAID DAN NEIL WOULD HAVE THE LAUGH ON ME THEN SURE HE'S SLEEPIN WELL AND THE SNOW IS COMING SOON TWILL BE A BONNY SWIRL ON THE BAY ERE LONG I HOPE NO HARM WILL COME TO THE LAD IF HE STARTS TO CROSS WHEN HE WAKES HE'LL BE IN SUCH A FINE HIGHLAND TEMPER THAT HE'LL NEVER STOP TO THINK OF DANGER 38a10393-edd4-431b-bfac-cbe3848aa46a THE BARON THE OWL GRAVELY WATCHED THIS OPERATION WITH WHICH THE WOMEN COULD COOK THEIR MEALS WHILE THE CHILDREN WARMED THEMSELVES ABOUT THE FIRES AND SERVED BUT TO LIGHTEN THE CARES OF THE TRIVIAL ROUND AND COMMON TASK WE ARE ALL AWFUL GLAD YOU ARE GETTING BETTER IT GAVE US AN AWFUL SCARE WHEN WE HEARD YOU WERE GOING TO DIE 38a882a6-80a6-496e-bb6b-e77ca871931c PSHAW I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY FEAR OF IT BEING THE LAST DAY SAID DAN BEGINNING A WHISTLE OUT OF SHEER BRAVADO WELL DON'T WHISTLE ON SUNDAY ANYHOW SAID FELICITY SEVERELY WE HAD EARNED OUR CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SWEAT OF OUR BROW OR BY THE SCARCELY LESS DISAGREEABLE METHOD OF BEGGING AND SARA'S HAD AS GOOD AS DESCENDED UPON HER OUT OF THE SKIES AS MUCH LIKE A MIRACLE AS ANYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE 38ccde1f-8f67-4e00-972e-d1d4f248dee1 WAMPUM TYPE SHELLS THE FIRST ONE THAT SPOTTED ME SCREAMED AND DROPPED OVER ON HIS BACK AND DON'T GET ME FANCY IDEAS ABOUT JUMPING YOUR CONTRACT AND AUNT JULIA WHOSE VOICE WAS TO DELIGHT THOUSANDS SANG HER EARLIEST MAGICALS THERE 38d21ff7-8dff-4e9b-b0ee-f64da247e39c WITH MORE THAN ENOUGH DIALS AND SWITCHES ADDED TO IT TO FURNISH THE DAY SPORTS OF SEVERAL ROLLS ROICES KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR A CHANCE TO GET AWAY THOUGH MAYBE TWENTY FIVE I WASN'T PAYING ANY PARTICULAR ATTENTION SIR 38d4ba93-48a3-4fdf-b6a8-6c77fe65fdf8 YES THAT IS SIMPLY THEIR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION THEY PASS INVISIBLY THROUGH THE AIR JUST AS ELECTRICITY PASSES THROUGH A WIRE QUICKLY INVISIBLY SILENTLY HE REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT FURTHER SOMEWHAT TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT FOR WE HAD NEVER SEEN A PICTURE OF THE PERSON REFERRED TO AND WE WERE RATHER CURIOUS REGARDING IT WE'LL ASK PETER TO DESCRIBE IT SOME TIME WHEN HE'S IN A BETTER HUMOUR WHISPERED FELIX 38da0b2a-fcc0-4e9e-aa93-bc13369977f5 AND THE SITUATION HAD THE ASPECTS OF A BURLESQUE ON GRAND HOTEL BUT HOW QUEER EXCLAIMED THE LITTLE WANDERER 38f41abc-9a47-4009-8c3f-53df2967ab6b BUT WHO ARE YOU ASKED DOROTHY I WAS A SOLDIER POLYCHROME HAD DANCED DOWN THE GARDEN PATHS AND BACKED AGAIN OF COURSE IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE OLD CHEST UNPACKED SAID THE STORY GIRL AS SHE STIRRED THE CONTENTS OF A SAUCEPAN VIGOROUSLY WHEN HE WAKES HE'LL BE IN SUCH A FINE HIGHLAND TEMPER THAT HE'LL NEVER STOP TO THINK OF DANGER 392dfec4-c6ce-4c8e-b549-c9b2846645ba THE IRRITATION DISTRACTS THE SCOOPS FROM THEIR MEDITATIONS THEY ARE A PHILOSOPHICAL SPECIES THOUGH NOTCHANICALLY PROGRESSIVE AND PROMPTS THEM TO BARTER THEIR STRENGTH FOR A TIME TO BE RID OF IT JOENIFY REAPPEARED WITH A WALNUT SIZED CRYSTAL IN HER HAND AND VAULTED ACROSS THE RAIL THERE GOES ANOTHER SCOOP SHE SAID RESIGNEDLY THE QUEEN WILL HAVE TO TACK WITH THE WIND FOR A WHILE UNTIL ANOTHER ONE SHOWS UP MY STORY IS ABOUT MISSUS DUNBAR AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE FANNY SAID THE STORY GIRL SETTLING HERSELF COMFORTABLY ON A BOUGH WITH HER BROWN HEAD AGAINST A GNARLED TRUNK IT'S SAD AND BEAUTIFUL AND TRUE I DO LOVE TO TELL STORIES THAT I KNOW REALLY HAPPENED MISSUS DUNBAR LIVES NEXT DOOR TO AUNT LOUISA IN TOWN SHE IS SO SWEET YOU WOULDN'T THINK TO LOOK AT HER THAT SHE HAD A TRAGEDY IN HER LIFE BUT SHE HAS AUNT LOUISA TOLD ME THE TALE 3935f471-b270-47fa-9ce9-f89f4e2444d4 THE SCOOP THAT HAD SURFACED JUST BEHIND HER WAS SO CLOSE THAT JEFF WONDERED IF ITS SPECIES LEGENDARY GOOD NATURE HAD BEEN MISREPRESENTED IT FLOATED LIKE A GLISTENING PLUM COLORED ISLAND FLAT DORSAL FLIPPERS UNDULATING GENTLY ON THE WATER AND ITS GREAT FILMY EYES ALL BUT CLOSED AGAINST THE SLANTING GLARE OF MORNING SUN IT WAS MORE THAN VAST THE THING MUST WEIGH JEFF THOUGHT DIZZILY THOUSANDS OR MAYBE MILLIONS OF TONS BUT NO INDELICATE THOUGHT OR VULGAR WORD COULD HAVE BEEN SHAPED OR UTTERED IN THEIR PRESENCE HAD ANY OF US BOYS EVER BEEN GUILTY OF SUCH CECILY'S PALE FACE WOULD HAVE COLOURED WITH A BLUSH OF OUTRAGED PURITY FELICITY'S GOLDEN HEAD WOULD HAVE LIFTED ITSELF IN THE HAUGHTY INDIGNATION OF INSULTED WOMANHOOD AND THE STORY GIRL'S SPLENDID EYES WOULD HAVE FLASHED WITH SUCH ANGER AND SCORN AS WOULD HAVE SHRIVELLED THE VERY SOUL OF THE WRETCHED CULPRIT 39585823-1cdc-4015-baf4-1197b12535fe IT CAN'T BE MUCH WORSE THAN DYING I SUPPOSE SAID FELIX GRASPING AT ANY STRAW OF COMFORT I'M AWFULLY GLAD I'VE GOT INTO THE HABIT OF GOING TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY SCHOOL THIS SUMMER SAID PETER VERY SOBERLY I WISH I'D MADE UP MY MIND BEFORE THIS WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST WE THOUGHT IT QUITE SUFFICIENTLY MARVELLOUS THAT SHE SHOULD EXPECT TO HAVE THE CHANCE OF JUST SEEING THEM CAN A QUEEN DO EXACTLY AS SHE PLEASES SARA RAY WANTED TO KNOW 3961d16d-98f9-4c42-a161-624bee9db7c5 BUT IF THE STORY GIRL COULD NOT DREAM ANYTHING MORE WONDERFUL THAN THE REST OF US SHE SCORED WHEN IT CAME TO THE TELLING THEN WE SAW WITH SHAME THAT IT WAS ONLY OUR PADDY PAT PAT I SAID PICKING HIM UP FEELING A CERTAIN COMFORT IN HIS SOFT SOLID BODY HE DEMANDED OH UNCLE ROGER DON'T GO IN IMPLORED FELICITY SERIOUSLY THERE'S SOMETHING DREADFUL IN THERE SOMETHING THAT RINGS A BELL 39654cb4-9f98-4847-a790-4fbb6b992e16 WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER IN MISERABLE PERPLEXED SILENCE WE WERE ONLY CHILDREN AND WE BELIEVED THAT THERE HAD BEEN SUCH THINGS AS WITCHES ONCE UPON A TIME AND PEG BOWEN WAS AN EERIE CREATURE I I WAS SCARED EXPLAINED HATE SOMEWHAT ASHAMED WELL YOU NEED RAN ABATING AND THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU RIGHT AWAY COME WITH ME SHE COMMANDED 397e201d-0138-4db6-8b6a-5e5fd4575cac BACK TO MY OWN PLANET TAM DAVAR SON NOGHOR MEMBER OF THE GALATSKI FERREDORATION SHE SAID PATIENTLY I AM SURPRISED AT YOU FELICITY KING SAID CECILIA SEVERELY AT LEAST ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS 39dae9ad-d037-4aaf-97d4-c9ff4e605878 WELL GOD WILL BE ALL THE MORE LIKELY TO LISTEN TO ME IF I DON'T PESTER HIM ALL THE TIME ARGUED PETER THIS WAS RANK HERESY TO FELICITY BUT THE STORY GIRL LOOKED AS IF SHE THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING IN IT YOU NEVER GO TO CHURCH ANYHOW CONTINUED FELICITY DETERMINED NOT TO BE ARGUED DOWN THE HAND MOVED SLOWLY LIKE THE HAND OF AN OIL GAUGE IN WHICH THE PRESSURE IS GRADUALLY BUILT UP TWENTY ONE TWENTY FIVE TWENTY SIX TWENTY SEVEN I WAITED A MOMENT CONSCIOUS ONLY OF THE FAINT HUM OF A GENERATOR AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM AND THE QUIVERING HAND OF THE METER I TURNED THE DIAL BACK IN IMPERCEPTIBLE DEGREE AND THE HAND STEADIED DOWN EXACTLY UPON THE NUMERAL'S TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED THEN I TOUCHED THE NEXT DIAL 39df021e-bea0-43f2-987a-e04ddc5c70be BUT THERE'S NO GAMBLE WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE VERY MUCH AWARE OF GRAVITY AFTER YEARS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS HE WALKED TO THE CANOPY OF THE CHUTE AND SPREAD IT OUT ON THE FLAT GROUND IN A FULL CIRCLE IN THE END HE DECIDED TO SEND US TO UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET WE KNEW ONLY THAT A COUSIN 39eb4d50-293e-40eb-a6eb-36c4978ff518 WE ALL LAUGHED BUT FELICITY SOON GREW SOBER IT SEEMS AWFUL TO THINK OF EATING A SAWDUST PUDDING HOW ON EARTH DID YOU MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE IT LOOKED JUST LIKE CORNMEAL SAID THE STORY GIRL GOING FROM WHITE TO RED IN HER SHAME WELL I'M GOING TO GIVE UP TRYING TO COOK AND STICK TO THINGS I CAN DO HE HAD A FACE LIKE AN EAGLE AND HIS EYES WERE ICE BLUE HE MOVED HIS THIN STRONG HANDS GENTLY BACK AND FORTH ON THE TABLE THAT HELD HIS PAPERS INKSTAND PEN AND SAID IN A VOICE LIKE AUDIBLE SAND PAPER YOU WANTED TO SEE ME 39f57ed4-cee3-4f65-a22f-f2ff9a624cf8 WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT A SACRILEGE MEANT BUT WE KNEW THAT MISTER MILWOOD HAD DECLARED THAT THE PICTURE WAS NOT LIKE GOD THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR US WE FELT AS IF A TERRIBLE WEIGHT HAD BEEN LIFTED FROM OUR MINDS I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE THE STORY GIRL BUT OF COURSE THE MINISTER KNOWS SAID DAN HAPPILY WE'VE LOST FIFTY CENTS BECAUSE OF IT SAID FELICITY GLOOMILY WE HAD LOST SOMETHING OF INFINITELY MORE VALUE THAN FIFTY CENTS ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT REALIZE IT JUST THEN FINALLY HE SPOKE IN ENGLISH HE CALLED DORA A PUDDLESNAKE THAT WASN'T ALL OF WHAT HE SAID BY ANY MEANS THE NAME WAS PRECEDED BY SEVERAL ADJECTS AND FOLLOWED BY AN OBSCENE COMMAND DORA BLANCHED SLIGHTLY OH YES SHE SAID HER VOICE DRIPPING DANGER I CAN SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE TOO YOU KNOW I LEARNED IT YEARS AGO BEFORE THE GATE TO THIS WORLD WAS CLOSED AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE 3a0631c5-513f-4e81-8385-1dfb5e2bdd77 WAS A LONG DISTANCE MOSTLY UPHILL SO WHOOPED WITH AN AGILITY BORN OF FEAR CLIMBED FROM ROCK TO ROCK UNTIL HE FOUND HIMSELF CROUCHED AGAINST THE CAVERN ROOF YOU MUST NOT PLAY ANY GAMES ON SUNDAY WENT ON PETER IN SHORT WE HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT MISTER CAMPBELL RESEMBLED THE FAMOUS LITTLE GIRL WITH THE CURL IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD 3a08ad62-92b0-4e20-bed6-e4d67364544c WITH STORIES OF ADVENTURES THEY HAD FORMERLY MET AND FLEW STRAIGHT UP TO A BRANCH OF A TALL TREE SEND A GENERAL ORDER TO SPEND ALL FUTURE ACTIVITY WITH THE PLANTED POLICES WHICH IS OF COURSE WHERE HE IS A CAPTAIN AND I AM AN ADMIRAL 3a1186ca-66af-4f52-9533-d3f408854b11 BEAUTY DRAWS US WITH A SINGLE HAIR WHEN I HEARD THE STORY GIRL READ IT I MADE A SECRET COMPACT WITH MYSELF THAT I WOULD TRY TO DESERVE SUCH AN EPITAPH IN ONE FORM OR OTHER I WANTED THE BASIC INFORMATION IN EVERY MAGAZINE NEWSPAPER AND JOURNAL INSIDE THAT EXPANDING SPHERE 3a156143-baf5-47b8-8e39-b18af77be700 SOMETIMES THEY ARE SO STILL YOU WOULD THINK THEM ASLEEP THEN THEY GO LAUGHING AND SKIPPING YOU'VE MISSED MY WHOLE FIRST HEAD SARA HE SAID SHE HAS SIX MAGIC HAIRPINS WHICH SHE WEARS IN HER HAIR IN OTHER WORDS I'M MORE OF A YUKU HOO THAN A WITCH AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW THAT THE YUKUBOOS ARE THE CLEVEREST MAGIC WORKERS IN THE WORLD 3a38e2a2-995f-45a0-83bd-56b8a20ae149 DAN SHARED IT WITH US THE KINGS WERE NOTED FOR THEIR NOSES AND COMPLEXION WITH A HUGE GIRTH OF TRUNK THE STORY GIRL HAD A GRUESOME RECOLLECTION OF SOME BABY AT MARKDALE WHO HAD WANDERED AWAY LIKE THAT AND THEY NEVER FOUND HIM TILL THE NEXT SPRING AND ALL THEY FOUND WAS 3a3f4c9a-e2be-4362-b272-5b6c08f79e42 THEY WERE CLOTHED IN SOME COARSE BLACK STUFF THAT BRISTLED AS THOUGH LOOSELY WOVEN OF STIFF HAIR AND YET WHICH WAS NOT A TRUE FABRIC FOR IT SEEMED TO MOVE WITHIN ITSELF AND SCINTILLATE AS THOUGH COMPOSED OF BILLIONS OF RESTLESS MOTES IT MUST BE SPLENDID TO GO TO EUROPE SIGHED CECILY LONGINGLY I BUT WE DID NOT TRUMPET OUR WRONGS ABROAD 3a4cb729-39cb-4a00-a563-d248317ab253 STETSON SMILED WITHOUT HUMOR THAT'S ONE OF I A'S ANSWERS TO THOSE FAT KEASTERED POLITICIANS WE'RE SETTING UP OUR OWN SEARCH SYSTEM TO FIND THE PLANETS BEFORE THEY DO WE'VE MANAGED TO PUT SPIES AND KEEP PLACES AT OUR N ARE ANY TOUCHY PLANETS OUR SPIES REPORT WE DIVERT THE FILES THEN WHAT THEN WE LOOK INTO THEM WITH BRIGHT BOYS LIKE YOU DISGUISED AS OUR N OUR FIELD MEN CECILY GAVE A SHRIEK AND RAN OUT OF THE WOOD WE THOUGHT SHE HAD FLED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT ENDURE THE SIGHT OF BLOOD AND WE WERE NOT SORRY FOR HER MANIFEST DISAPPROVAL AND ANXIETY WERE DAMPING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE OCCASION FELIX AND PETER DREW APART AFTER THAT FIRST ONSET AND THEN CIRCLED ABOUT ONE ANOTHER WARILY JUST THEN AS THEY HAD COME TO GRIPS AGAIN UNCLE ALEC WALKED AROUND THE CORNER OF THE GRANARY WITH CECILY BEHIND HIM HE WAS NOT ANGRY 3a578b9a-9fd2-4b9c-8d3d-965d19f2a0be THOSE ARE ONLY PROVERBS SAID THE STORY GIRL BITTERLY I HAVE JUST HEARD THE SAD NEWS ABOUT POOR DEAR PETER I EXCEPT THE STORY GIRL WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE SAID ANGRILY LOOKING AT THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF HIM THE GIRL CAUGHT WHYS FIRST SHE SPUN AROUND AND POINTED HE'S HERE 3a664e0e-4576-45df-ad68-179b059b3fbb SUDDENLY SARAH BEGAN TO CRY WE PICKED APPLES AND DRAGGED THEM TO THE GRANARY DOGGEDLY IF SHE'LL LET HIM HE'LL BRING IT TO MORROW JUST AS I REACHED THE DOOR HE LOOKED UP AND IMPALED ME ON HIS FINGER AGAIN BUT I HAD MANAGED TO IRRITATE THE THINGS WHO HAD BUILT THE PYRAMID 3a6f7152-3e3a-4383-8fc1-026ad5d95b48 THEY FELL SLACK HOWEVER WHEN THE QUEEN REACHED HIS CHANNEL AND FLAPPED LAZILY REVERSING TO CATCH THE WIND AND NOSE HER CAUTIOUSLY INTO THE SHALLOWS JEFF DISMISSED IT IMPATIENTLY A CHANGE OF WIND OR SOME CRAFTY MANEUVRE OF OLD CHARLEY MAX TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CURRENT I DON'T BELIEVE IT IT'S THE JUDGMENT DAY SAID FELIX AND I NEVER HAVE BELIEVED IT BUT OH I WISH THAT CLOCK WOULD STRIKE TWO 3a78f3aa-4582-4f81-a124-552ad8ad2e36 NOW ARMED MOBS FOUGHT AROUND THE TEMPLE EACH DAY AND A NEW BAND OF PRIESTS GUARDED THE SACRED FONT BUT IT WAS A SELFISH PRAYER OF PETER TO WANT TO BE THE ONLY ONE WE MUSTN'T PRAY SELFISH PRAYERS LOOK HERE PETER SAID FELIX OMINOUSLY 3a7dc88d-2e44-4a74-b0d6-ddeb59cadb23 WHAT THE JUMPED UP MAZOO ARE WE DOING HERE STEAT ASKED THORN ALIEN CALLS FOR FULL CONTACT TEAM WITH ALL THAT IT CALLS FOR ONE PLANET BUSTER BOMB BUSTER IN FIVE DAYS I AM NOT GOING TO DIG THEM UP THIS YEAR TO SEE IF THEY HAVE SPROUTED IT IS BAD FOR THEM I SHALL TRY TO CULTIVATE PATIENCE NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY ARE COMING UP I AM GOING TO HELP MOTHER PLANT THE VEGETABLE GARDEN TO DAY SAID FELICITY 3a870852-77bc-42b8-8bc7-781c4d79c9d4 WE WERE OUT IN UNCLE ROGER'S HILL PASTURE SITTING ON SOME SMOOTH ROUND STONES UNDER A CLUMP OF BIRCHES THEY SAT OR SLUMPED AGAINST THE FURNITURE WAITING FOR MY CONCLUSIONS EVEN PRESENT FERERA WAS THERE HIS HAIR LOOKING SCRAGGLY WHERE HE HAD PULLED AT HANDFULS A STORESHIP DOCKED THERE TWENTY HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK AMONG OTHER THINGS IT LEFT NEWSPAPERS CONTAINING THE ARTICLE 3a901813-a608-4b94-a3ea-ca8341c0c2e5 WELL IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO PETER WE FELT SO MISERABLY SURE THAT THE MUSIC OF LIFE WOULD BE STILLED FOR US FOR EVER MISSUS SHARP CAME BACK TO THE HUT EARLY ONE DAY THROUGH A FRIGHTENED GLANCE AT YONAH SITTING IN A CORNER DOING NOTHING AT ALL AND LEFT HE WIPED HIS FACE WITH ONE HAND BUT HE HARDLY THOUGHT OF ESCAPING 3a99018e-0b53-403f-8076-73695d5e250a THE MAN WAS A GREAT ACTOR HIS EYES OPENED WIDE HIS JAW DROPPED HE SANK BACK INTO THE CHAIR AS IF HE HAD BEEN TAPPED LIGHTLY WITH A HAMMER WHEN HE MANAGED TO SPEAK THE WORDS WERE COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY HE HAD ALREADY REGISTERED EVERY EVIDENCE OF INJURED INNOCENCE EACH OF US WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO POSSESS THE MOST EXCITING RECORD BUT WE WERE AN HONOURABLE LITTLE CREW AND I DO NOT THINK ANYTHING WAS EVER WRITTEN DOWN IN THOSE DREAM BOOKS WHICH HAD NOT REALLY BEEN DREAMED 3aa92ca5-8f47-4a44-bbb3-73af42bb9896 BUT WHERE DID YOU REALLY GET THIS LIST OF SO MANY NAMES WRITTEN SO SMALL NO YOU CAN'T BE ANY OF THEM EITHER MANUEL IT WAS CAUSED BY A LARGE METEOR HER POTENT VOICE MADE ME FEEL THAT I WAS QUITE A HERO AFTER ALL AND THE STING WENT OUT OF MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT OLD FIGHT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THE ORDEAL SAID FELIX 3aae6022-767d-49e1-97ac-dfe03ec9b1ab I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL BETTER TO PICK YOUR OWN RELIGION THAN HAVE TO TAKE IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT YOUR FOLKS HAD RETORTED PETER NOW NEVER MIND QUARRELLING SAID CECILY YOU LEAVE PETER ALONE FELICITY PETER THIS IS BEVERLY KING AND THIS IS FELIX AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE GOOD FRIENDS AND HAVE A LOVELY SUMMER TOGETHER THINK OF THE GAMES WE CAN HAVE BUT IF YOU GO SQUABBLING YOU'LL SPOIL IT ALL PETER WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO DAY NO TROUBLE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL ONLY PEOPLE GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH ONLY PEOPLE MANOEL HOW ABOUT LITTLE PEOPLE CHILDREN YES THAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO YOU LITTLE PEOPLE NOT CHILDREN LITTLE PEOPLE 3ab7cc1c-750c-4181-807f-f1532980f92f BUT HE REFUSED TO LET THE THOUGHT SPOIL HIS ENJOYMENT AFTER ALL HE WAS A HERO THOUGH OF HIS OWN UNIQUE KIND THERE WAS NO DENYING THAT AND IN HIS OWN WAY HE HAD HIS REWARD HE TOOK ONE HAND OFF HIS HIP TO SCRATCH AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WONDERING BRIEFLY IF HE HAD MANAGED TO PICK UP LICE IN THE LAST TOWN HE HAD VISITED AND HE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CITY DID ANYBODY ELSE EVER SEE THEM ARE SURE EVERYBODY IN THE SANTA MAGNOLENA SEE THEM EIGHT NINE PEOPLE SEE THEM AND MANWELL HOW DO WE GET TO THE PLACE CAN YOU SHOW US ON A MAP 3abf1053-f0f3-492c-8982-ebec10befc4c BUT AUNT OLIVIA WON'T LET ME WASTE THE STUFF MY ONLY HOPE WAS TO LEARN THIS WEEK ASKED THE WANDERER AFTER A MOMENT'S THOUGHT 3ac1110c-01ba-43b3-a5b8-e26dc92e0eb0 THERE WAS NO SIGN OF LIFE ABOUT THE PLACE EXCEPT SIGHT OF ILL OMEN A LARGE BLACK CAT SITTING ON THE TOPMOST STEP AND I'VE TAKEN GOOD CARE NEVER TO REST AGAIN THE CHILDREN REMAINED CHILDREN ALWAYS AND PLAYED IN ROMP TO THEIR HEARTS CONTENT 3ac736b7-dfe0-497d-a817-88e14a218108 I CHEWED MY LIP WITH JEALOUSY LIKE ALL GREAT IDEAS THIS ONE WAS BASICALLY SIMPLE THE COLD FEELING WAS NOW A BALL OF ICE THAT THREATENED TO PARALYZE ME WHICH THEY KEPT FOR A WHOLE FORTNIGHT THERE THERE NOW AND THE KINDLY WAYS OF THE WARM RED EARTH 3ac8798e-733b-4060-8762-c54c2dfc224a SHE DREW HER ARROW TO HER EYE ALAS SHE KNEW THE ART ONLY TOO WELL NOW I ADDED I WONDER IF YOU WOULD ASK THE CUSTOMS AGENTS TO LOOK AT MY BAGS HERE DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME DO WE THE SHIP IS OPEN THEY CAN CHECK THAT WHENEVER THEY PLEASE 3adf121f-6d3d-477b-8248-95321be07d6f I SLUMPED DEFEATED WAITING FOR THE BLOW TO LAND THE OLD MAN FONDLED MY CONTRACT ACCORDING TO THIS CONTRACT YOU CAN'T QUIT EVER THEREFORE I HAVE A LITTLE JOB I KNOW YOU'LL ENJOY BUT THESE YOUNG MEN DIDN'T THINK OF THESE THINGS THEY WERE LED ON BY A GOLDEN VISION THEY MADE ALL THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND THEY CHARTERED THE BRIG FANNY TO TAKE THEM TO CALIFORNIA THE CAPTAIN OF THE FANNY IS THE HERO OF MY STORY 3b1e31bb-6768-41b0-a8e2-44547b050a01 I REPLIED TRIUMPHANTLY I POUNDED AS HARD AS I COULD SHOUTING THEIR NAMES IF YOU CAN CALL THEM THAT WANT OF US IN A BRIEF SPACE WE WERE LAUGHING RIGHT MERRILY NO LONGER REMEMBERING OUR WRONGS AT THE HANDS OF THOSE CRUEL GROWN UPS 3b309b1c-604d-4cba-9b0b-f884c72c8a2b THE ORCHARD DOESN'T SEEM THE SAME PLACE BY MOONLIGHT AT ALL SAID THE STORY GIRL DREAMILY IT'S LOVELY BUT IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL I USED TO BELIEVE THE FAIRIES DANCED IN IT ON MOONLIGHT NIGHTS I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE IT NOW BUT I CAN'T DEAR ME SAID TILL WHAT DREADFUL CREATURES WHERE DID THEY COME FROM WHO IS GINGER ASKED WOOT THE GREEN MONKEY HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF GINGER EXCLAIMED THE SCARECROW IN SURPRISE 3b30b3aa-f976-47bb-9060-26352a72c703 IN THE MIDST OF OUR LAUGHTER PAT CAME DOWN THE WALK HIS STATELY TAIL WAVING OVER THE GRASSES DAN WAS THE OLDEST WE DRIFTED INTO THE LAND OF SLEEP FOR MY OWN PART I WAS RATHER SORRY TO SEE HER GOING 3b4c0f63-7ad3-483c-9b64-3f47234c08a7 INSTALLED I SHOUTED DID YOU SAY INSTALLED ROCKER COLLAPSED AWAY FROM MY ROAR AND GNAWED HIS EARS YES HE SAID NOT TOO LONG AGO I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME TROUBLE AND WHAT ELSE I INTERRUPTED HIM THIS IS FAR ENOUGH SAID TO NEW HORN STOPPED THE SLED IN THE MOONLIGHT HE COULD SEE ARMED GIANS ALL AROUND THE BUTCHER'S PEDESTAL OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS LOOMED DIRECTLY AHEAD 3b630b7e-2972-46dd-b2c8-320d7c28e832 STETSON SHRUGGED A LONG PAUSE WHILE THE VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS OF TONUBES'S EYES EXPANDED AS SOON AS MY A BALLS UNSQUASHED BACK INTO FOCUS MANY TIMES THE SOURCE WAS A FORGERY SOME CHANGES SEEMED TO BE INEXPLICABLE UNTIL I NOTICED THAT THE OFFICERS IN QUESTION HAD A TEMPORARY SECRETARY WHILE THEN ALL ASSISTANTS WERE ILL 3b8b1db6-f1ff-403d-a5bc-238de23bf19f DAN SAT ON THE FLOOR AND WHITTLED HIS SOLE AIM AND PROJECT BEING TO MAKE A MESS AND ANNOY FELICITY IN WHICH NOBLE AMBITION HE SUCCEEDED PERFECTLY I WISH JANET AND UNCLE ALEC WERE HOME SAID FELIX IT'S NOT HALF SO MUCH FUN HAVING THE GROWN UPS AWAY AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE I WISH I WAS BACK IN TORONTO I SAID SULKILY THE MINCE PIE WAS TO BLAME FOR THAT WISH I WISH YOU WERE I'M SURE SAID FELICITY RIDDLING THE FIRE NOISILY IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WONDER WHAT HER ELBOWS MUST BE LIKE SHE WAS VERY NICELY DRESSED IN A PINK PRINT AND A FRILLED MUSLIN APRON AND WE UNDERSTOOD FROM SOMETHING DAN SAID THAT SHE HAD DRESSED UP IN HONOR OF OUR COMING THIS MADE US FEEL QUITE IMPORTANT SO FAR AS WE KNEW NO FEMININE CREATURES HAD EVER GONE TO THE PAINS OF DRESSING UP ON OUR ACCOUNT BEFORE 3b8ebe40-cdbc-4e78-926d-4aa808c8d48b SO POOR RACHEL IS GONE SAID UNCLE ALEC SHE MUST HAVE BEEN AN OLD WOMAN SEVENTY FIVE I SUPPOSE I REMEMBER HER AS A FINE BLOOMING YOUNG WOMAN WELL WELL AND SO THE OLD CHEST IS TO BE OPENED AT LAST WHAT IS TO BE DONE WITH ITS CONTENTS THE CLEARING WAS CIRCULAR BIG AND ROOMY YET THE TOP BRANCHES OF THE TALL TREES REACHED OVER AND FORMED A COMPLETE DOME OR ROOF OVER IT 3b9e4479-1b62-4e40-a365-2abc069ac944 GAR FELT AN EXPLANATIVE AND GESTURED WITH HIS HAND HE HAD ALSO TIED IT IN A KNOT ASSUMING HE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO BEND IT AT ALL DON'T LET THEM TAKE ME PLEASE ANGELINA WAS ON HER FEET NOW HER BACK PRESSED TO THE WALL THEY'LL PUT ME IN PRISON DO THINGS TO MY MIND SHE SHRUNK AWAY AS SHE SPOKE STUMBLING ALONG THE WALL 3bb1f74e-8b89-4149-9bb4-70418f6fb284 I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL BETTER TO PICK YOUR OWN RELIGION THAN HAVE TO TAKE IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT YOUR FOLKS HAD RETORTED PETER LISTENED JUST AS EAGERLY AS WE DID NIMI AMMY WAS OBLIGED TO WORK FROM MORNING TILL NIGHT FOR THE OLD WITCH OF THE EAST 3bbfd2d4-d36f-46b6-ac18-445e04e8e29b IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE THE STORY GIRL BACK AGAIN WE DID BURY IT AFTER TEA IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SPRUCE GROVE WELL I GUESS I WON'T SAID PETER ANGRILY IT'S DREADFUL TO FIGHT ABOUT ANYTHING SO RELIGIOUS AS PRAYING DID YOU EVER FIGHT ASKED THE STORY GIRL 3bcae42e-d51c-49ab-ba56-cf4c3a8cad54 STAND IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE OUTLINED BY THE FOUR UPRIGHTS OF THE DEVICE BESIDE WHICH THIS LITTLE TABLE STANDS AND HOW IN FOREIGN LANDS HE HAD LONGED FOR ITS SPARKLING WATER LIKE CECILY'S THERE 3be30bde-ed0f-4582-a300-c6602697fc89 WHAT BATTLESHIP HE GASPED THE WAR LORD CLASS BATTLESHIP THAT HAS BEEN BUILT AT THE CENT ORANTOLA SPACE YARDS DISGUISED BEHIND THESE BLUE PRINTS I THREW THEM ACROSS THE DESK TO HIM AND POINTED TO ONE CORNER THOSE YOUR INITIALS THERE AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION THE TIME HAD COME SOONER THAN WE HAD DARED TO HOPE BUT FATHER COULD NOT TAKE US AFTER ALL HIS FIRM HAD ASKED HIM TO GO TO RIO DE JANEIRO THAT SPRING TO TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR NEW BRANCH THERE 3be8547d-e089-4aa9-9a92-9ff6b2514068 PRIVILEGE FEW WIVES ENJOY THERE IS NO TEMPER IN YOUR NEW HEAD FOR HE CREPT INTO THE BACKGROUND AND SAID NOTHING MORE HOW DID YOU GET THERE ASKED THE VOICE I MAY BE MISTAKEN BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE STORY GIRL WANTED THAT FIGHT STOPPED 3c05ea58-5f2f-4215-85e5-457ea87b133b OLD PEG BOWEN SHE'S VERY QUEER SHE LIVES THERE WITH A LOT OF PET ANIMALS IN WINTER AND IN SUMMER SHE ROAMS OVER THE COUNTRY AND BEGS HER MEALS THEY SAY SHE IS CRAZY PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO FRIGHTEN US CHILDREN INTO GOOD BEHAVIOR BY TELLING US THAT PEG BOWEN WOULD CATCH US IF WE DIDN'T BEHAVE I'M NOT SO FRIGHTENED OF HER AS I ONCE WAS BUT I DON'T THINK I WOULD LIKE TO BE CAUGHT BY HER SO MARSHALL CERTIFIED THEM AND SENT THEM INTO WASHINGTON THIS GAVE HIGH PLANES THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF ANY CITY IN THE NATION BUT IT WAS CHALLENGED 3c0c4a3d-975c-45cb-93e4-fe228f09757b SO SHE WALKED ON A SMALL MISERABLE TESTIMONY THAT THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS NEVER EASY EVEN WHEN SAID TRANSGRESSOR IS ONLY A DAMSEL OF ELEVEN THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW WAS A SPLENDID ONE THE VIEWS WERE GOOD AND THE LECTURER WITTY WE REPEATED HIS JOKES TO EACH OTHER ALL THE WAY HOME AND WONDERINGLY MARSHALL DID I WANT THE LIST THAT WAS STOLEN DON'T GAPE GET IT WHAT LIST DON'T STALL DON'T STUTTER GIVE ME OUR TAX LIST THAT WAS STOLEN IT ISN'T WORDS THAT I WANT FROM YOU 3c150fd9-1b73-4524-9a33-776eab33763b HE WAS WAITING FOR ME STAVING OFF AS BEST HE COULD THE RUSH OF BODIES AROUND HIM THE GREAT REWARD FOR SOME NOTABLE SERVICE RENDERED I IMAGINE WHISPERED VIC I DON'T BELIEVE IT SAID THE STORY GIRL DREARILY JUST LOOK SHE SAID PROUDLY I HAVE EVERY BIT OF THE BREAD BAKED I GOT UP AT THREE AND IT WAS LOVELY AND LIGHT SO I JUST GAVE IT A RIGHT GOOD KNEADING AND POPPED IT INTO THE OVEN 3c2e5bac-2b6f-4453-b4d6-bfa1f3c0a3dc NOT AT ALL NOT AT ALL THE BULKHEAD DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND TOWERS POKED HIS HEAD THROUGH WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT THE AIR OF SERIOUS THREE IS BREATHABLE ALSO ON MONDAY'S NECESSARILY BEFORE CHARLEY MACK'S VISIT THE QUEEN WILL HAVE TO TACK WITH THE WIND FOR A WHILE UNTIL ANOTHER ONE SHOWS UP 3c322971-b469-4325-bfcb-389fcbd5e057 THE OLD WOMAN PONDERED FOR A MINUTE SHE LEANED HER ELBOWS ON THE WINDOW SILL GETTING THEM MUDDY BUT THAT JONAS THOUGHT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER TO THIS CREATURE APPARENTLY IF YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH THEN WE SHALL DIE BRAVELY SAID TO NUB FORCING ORAN TO USE THE WIPERS 3c367548-4a15-4159-b748-ba8d131b50b0 IT MIGHT BUT I'D JUST AS SOON PEG BOWEN DIDN'T LOOK AT MY COWS SAID PETER AS IF YOU HAD ANY COWS GIGGLED FELICITY I'M GOING TO HAVE COW SOME DAY SAID PETER FLUSHING I DON'T MEAN TO BE A HIGHER BOY ALL MY LIFE NOW DAN HAD NOT HAD THE SLIGHTEST INTENTION OF EATING THE BERRIES BUT AT FELICITY'S PROHIBITION THE REBELLION WHICH HAD SMOULDERED IN HIM ALL DAY BROKE INTO SUDDEN FLAME HE WOULD SHOW HER 3c394a31-1ae9-47b2-aa1e-b8818f709d8f IT WAS THAT WRETCHED PETER SOBBED FELICITY INDIGNANTLY HE TOLD HER IT WOULD MAKE HER DREAM SOMETHING EXTRA WHAT ON EARTH DID SHE WANT TO DREAM FOR DEMANDED AUNT JANET IN BEWILDERMENT ONCE LONG AGO WE USED CRUDE PLATFORMS ON THE TOPS OF TREES NOW ONLY THE WILD ONES DO THIS STETSON'S VOICE HISSED IN ORNE'S EARS EASY ON THE SEXLIME BOY THAT'S ALWAYS TOUCHY 3c3f63a5-b603-466d-b1ce-e978672b4d0e OUR FATHER AND OUR UNCLES AND AUNTS HAD PLAYED IN ITS SHADOW INDEED SHE SAID AS MUCH WE DRIFTED INTO THE LAND OF SLEEP IT'S ALL RIGHT TO HAVE OUR NIGHT BOXES FOR THE HEATHEN AND SEND MISSIONARIES TO THEM A WEDDING VEIL SAID CECILY 3c3feeed-4b4b-4db3-b537-ca6768cc7436 THE ZID'S TALONS RIPPED THROUGH THE DOOR LEAVING PARALLEL ROWS OF SPLINTERED BRAKES SO DID MINE JEFF SAID I AM SO NOISY JUST NOW THAT I DISTURB MYSELF THEN CHANGED THE SPECKLED HEN INTO A RABBIT MAY I HAVE SOME OF YOUR STRAW ASKED THE SCARECROW 3c4dc0f2-7b80-4d34-9ab4-a774f33062b2 IT IS BEST TO DRAW VEIL OVER WHAT FOLLOWED BUT WE KNEW NOTHING OF SUCH A THING IN OUR EXPERIENCE AND WE THOUGHT SHE HAD GONE MAD OUR LAUGHTER ECHOED BACK FROM THE BARNS AND THE SPRUCE GROVE A PAIR OF WILD CANARIES COME HERE EVERY SUMMER WE WENT AND STRAIGHTWAY DRANK THE WATERS OF FORGETFULNESS 3c50d512-db9a-4824-bff5-53424def0468 THERE WAS A WARDER OF THE BRIDGE A GOD DARK AND STERN AND SORROWFUL AND TO HIM ODIN GAVE COMMAND THAT HE SHOULD OPEN THE GATE AND ALLOW HIS FOLLOWERS TO CROSS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE THAT THEY MIGHT DRINK OF THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE BEYOND AND THE WARDER SET OPEN THE GATE I TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SCREEN AND REALIZED THAT I HAD LOCKED THE EYE INTO A CIRCULAR ORBIT ABOUT TWENTY FEET ABOVE THE PYRAMID A FAST READING WITH THE PHOTOSIL GAVE ME THE APPARENT MAGNITUDE AND A COMPARISON WITH ITS ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE SHOWED ITS DISTANCE 3c59a546-8ada-4a87-95fe-85fdd5b3970f PETER'S PRAYER WAS WRONG BECAUSE IT WAS A SELFISH PRAYER I GUESS SAID THE STORY GIRL THOUGHTFULLY CECILY HAD BUT ONE MORE SHOT IN HER LOCKER I THOUGHT YOU SAID IN YOUR SERMON MASTER PETER THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T FIGHT A DREAD PROPHECY I'VE GOT TO GO AND BEGIN STUMPING OUT THE ELDERBERRY PASTURE THIS AFTERNOON SAID PETER DOLEFULLY 3c5d73ac-dedc-4fae-9a50-c48dbbe94ed0 THE LEAVES WERE STILL THICK ON THE APPLE TREES THOUGH THEY WERE RUSSET HUED AND THE AFTERGROWTH OF GRASS THAT WAS RICHLY GREEN UNHARMED AS YET BY THE NIPPING FROSTS OF PREVIOUS NIGHTS AND WAS STROLLING AROUND THE LAUNCH AS IF HE HAD JUST BOUGHT IT RAY POLISHED OFF THE SOMEWHAT RABBIT FROM HATTIE ROUTINE 3c679831-e00d-4415-8dee-f74d423a7ea2 WE THOUGHT THAT LEE SAID WAS SOONEST MENDED IN SUCH A MATTER HIS LETTERS TO THE STORY GIRL AND YET THE POSSIBILITY STRUCK US IN THE FACE LIKE A BLOW AN EXPRESSION OF SCORN CAME OVER HER FACE IT'S SAD AND BEAUTIFUL 3c761f76-2632-4878-b627-542dc118e943 FELICITY HAD TOLD HIM AT TEA THAT NIGHT HE WAS GETTING FATTER THAN EVER THIS WAS THE TIT FOR TAT YOU WERE PRETTY GLAD TO LEAVE IT ALL TO CECILY THEN I KNOW I WILL LIKE HIM HE HAS SUCH A NICE FACE EVEN IF HE IS AWKWARD HE LOOKS LIKE A MAN YOU COULD TELL THINGS TO WELL I'D LIKE A MAN WHO COULD MOVE AROUND WITHOUT FALLING OVER HIS OWN FEET SAID FELICITY AND THEN THE LOOK OF HIM UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE IS LONG LANK LEAN NARROW AND CONTRACTED 3c851e1a-7f91-4499-89c3-d58067c5069b IT JUST MEANS QUEER SAID CECILY NUDGING HIM WITH HER ELBOW A COMMON MAN WOULD BE QUEER BUT WHEN IT'S A MINISTER IT'S ECCENTRIC I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY GOT SOME NEW IMPROVEMENTS ON IT SINCE AUNT JANE'S DAY SAID PETER RELIEVED JONAS UNDERSTOOD FISHING IT IN HIS OWN POCKET HE WITHDREW A SINGLE SHINY COIN I ALSO WISH HE SAID SMOOTHLY TO PAY FOR ANY HELP I MAY RECEIVE SUCH AS THE ANSWERING OF AN INNOCENT QUESTION A QUESTION IN WHICH THE RESPECTED INQUISITOR KNOOK CANNOT HAVE NO INTEREST WHATEVER 3c903e73-afbf-43e4-a067-28bb8166c7e2 SO WHEN BILLY CONFIDED TO ME UNDER SOLEMN PROMISE OF SECRECY THAT HE HAD SOME MAGIC SEED WHICH WOULD MAKE BOYS GROW AND WOULD SELL ME A BOX OF IT FOR JUST TEN CENTS SARAY'S MOTHER HAS NO TASTE BUT TAKING A BISCUIT FROM A DISH SHE BEGAN TO BUTTER IT AND SAID IN A VOICE THAT WAS BIG AND DEEP BUT NOT ESPECIALLY UNPLEASANT 3c9a8cde-74ca-492f-bce0-dffbb2877d13 THE CABIN WAS FILLING THE FUMES HE SNAPPED THE VITIO SWITCH AND DEPRESSED THE MIKE BUTTON A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE YOU LEFT DON'T WANT TO FIGHT SAID PETER IT'S FELIX IF HE DON'T INTERFERE WITH MY PRAYERS THERE'S NO NEED OF FIGHTING BUT IF HE DOES THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO SETTLE IT 3ca5cd72-d139-4268-8560-42762b10a4bc THE SOUND OF HER CRYING DIED AWAY UNDER THE FIRS AND AS HE DID THERE CAME RUSHING OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE A GREAT COMPANY DO YOU MEAN SAID FELIX FINDING VOICE AT LENGTH AND THEN WHISPERED TO THE OTHER MINISTER SO THAT EVERYBODY HEARD HIM I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE IT NOW BUT I CAN'T IT'S LOVELY BUT IT'S DIFFERENT 3cae6231-0c50-4191-aaec-f5985406449e THE ONLY THING IN A TEN MILE CIRCLE WAS THIS PYRAMID AND THAT DEFINITELY WASN'T MY BEACON IF YOU HADN'T WOKE UP YOU'D HAVE DIED SAID PETER WITH A DARK SIGNIFICANCE AUNT OLIVIA AND I PLANTED SWEET PEAS YESTERDAY SAID THE STORY GIRL 3cc60cd5-fd41-489f-9781-2c30eb7521f9 IS THIS A SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPUTATION HE INQUIRED RATHER IRONICALLY FAT BOYS NEVER DO FELICITY INFORMED HIM PROVERBS ARE ALL VERY FINE WHEN THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY YOU BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN REAL TROUBLE THEY'RE NOT A BIT OF HELP 3cc7cbaa-42c3-42eb-b6b8-c7080c684d45 THE ZID LEARNED QUICKLY SO QUICKLY THAT IT WAS SOON CLEAR THAT ITS PHYSICAL STRENGTH WOULD FAR OUTLAST THEIR CONSIDERABLE BUT LIMITED TELECONETIC ABILITY SHE WORE A BONNET THAT DID NOTHING WHATEVER TO ENHANCE HER DOUBTFUL WRINKLED CHARMS OR TO CONCEAL THEM AND BESIDES IT WAS DIRTY NOBODY'S HERE SHE SAID IN THE VOICE OF A VERY BANANOUS TOAD GO AWAY 3cc8a9e5-09b0-4898-8b3a-c4f3b0cf3be8 GHOSTLY SHADOWS WITH VINE PENDULUMS ON BOTH SIDES SOMETHING BANGED DOWN HEAVILY ON TO THE HOOD OF THE SLED ORAN BRAKED TO A CREAKING STOP THAT SHIFTED THE LOAD BEHIND HIM FOUND HIMSELF STARING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AT A NATIVE OF CHINA THREE YOU THE INTELLIGENT ONE HE SAID THE QUOTES AROUND INTELLIGENT WERE CLEAR IN HIS INTONATION EXPLAIN THIS TO ME IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT REACTIVATED THE GATE BUT WHOEVER MADE IT DID A SCREW BALL JOB 3cc988b7-3311-4282-ba46-6058b1f2c2e1 CECILY AND FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL DID NOT CRY THEY WERE MADE OF FINER FIRMER STUFF DRY EYED WITH SUCH COURAGE AS THEY MIGHT THEY FACED WHATEVER MIGHT BE IN STORE FOR THEM NEITHER WOULD SPEAK FIRST AND EACH OBSTINATELY DECLARED THAT SHE WOULD NOT SPEAK FIRST NO NOT IN A HUNDRED YEARS FELICITY THOUGHTFUL CREATURE ALSO TOOK A SMALL BASKETFUL OF JELLY COOKIES ALONG WITH HER 3cd5d6ea-afb1-40c1-8291-8003539be45d TERRA HAS NO REAL NEED OF THE CRYSTALS WE CAN OFFER A TESTEDETICS PROGRAMME THAT WILL ELIMINATE RACIAL ANXIETY WITHIN A FEW GENERATIONS AND SUPPLY NEURAL THERAPY EQUIPMENT ON A TRADE BASIS OF COURSE THAT WILL SERVE THE CRYSTAL'S PURPOSE DURING THE INTERIM THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A GLOW TO IT NOW IT WOULD BE HARD TO SEE UNLESS ASTRO WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT HE RAISED THE INTENE ON THE TELETOKEY AND SNAPPED IT ON THE THE SCREEN GLOWED INTO LIFE TOWERS WAS STEPPING THROUGH THE BULKHEAD DOOR INTO THE RADIO ROOM JUST LIKE A TELEVISION PLAYING INSTALMENTS BRANDON THOUGHT SEEN TWO COMING UP 3cdc9e68-3b9c-4081-9fe9-f701b63bc30d IS THIS THE USUAL ARE FOWL UP ASKED ORNE STETSON NODDED MAYBE WHAT'S IT MEAN TO YOU NIGHT HUNTING PREDATOR ACCUSTOMED TO DROPPING UPON ITS VICTIMS FROM ABOVE ON REACHING THE TOP OF THE HILL THE PLAINS SPREAD OUT BEFORE THEM IN ALL ITS BEAUTY OF BLUE GRASSES AND WILD FLOWERS AND MOUNT LUNCH SEEMED MUCH NEARER THAN IT HAD THE PREVIOUS EVENING 3ceb7049-0bb3-4e81-92b2-b690f0f1edb3 WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THE CAMPBELL DID WHY JUST THE THING HE OUGHT TO HAVE DONE HE TOOK BETTY AT HER WORD ON THE SPOT AND THERE WAS A DOUBLE WEDDING SOON AFTER AND IT IS SAID THAT NEIL AND BETTY WERE THE HAPPIEST COUPLE IN THE WORLD HAPPIER EVEN THAN DONALD AND NANCY SO ALL WAS WELL BECAUSE IT ENDED WELL YES I DREAMED IT ALL OUT WHILE I WAS ASLEEP THIS TIN MAN SEEMS A VERY SOLEMN PERSON INDEED THE TIN WOODMAN WAS LOOKING SOLEMN JUST THEN FOR HE GREATLY DISTURBED SO I SHALL CHANGE HIM INTO AN OWL 3cfc1733-7bcd-4051-92ac-d6e2a85e1700 ABOUT A MAN WHO SAW THE DEVIL NOW WHAT'S THE MATTER FELICITY I SO UNWRINKLED WAS HIS HIGH WHITE FOREHEAD SO CLEAR AND LUSTROUS HIS LARGE DARK BLUE EYES AND ALL THE FIELDS WERE SEPARATED BY BLUE FENCES WITH GRASSY LANES WELL PERHAPS OUR EMPEROR IS QUEER ADMITTED THE SERVANT YOU'VE GOT NO REASON TO BE HUNGRY AT THIS TIME 3d021bee-605b-4290-a436-f33db3f0761d WE WENT PROMPTLY A LETTER FROM THE STORY GIRL'S FATHER WAS ALWAYS AN EVENT AND TO HEAR HER READ IT WAS ALMOST AS GOOD AS HEARING HER TELL A STORY CECILY IS EVER SO MUCH CLEVERER CECILY IS A DEAR SO IS UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET IS PRETTY NICE TOO WHAT IS AUNT OLIVIA LIKE ASKED FELIX AUNT OLIVIA'S VERY PRETTY SHE IS JUST LIKE A PANSY ALL VELVETY AND PURPLY AND GOLDY 3d10330d-9de1-48c8-8b2d-fbb8bbca3ea7 THE GROWN UPS ROSE RELUCTANTLY AND STROLLED AWAY BUT WE CHILDREN LINGERED FOR A MOMENT TO TALK OVER AN IDEA THE STORY GIRL BROOCH A GOOD IDEA WE THOUGHT ENTHUSIASTICALLY I HOPE THAT TIN THING WON'T TRY TO KISS ME GOOD BY AND TIK TOK AND MANY OTHER OZ PEOPLE WHO WERE 3d1438db-5de0-48f9-a03e-acfb90e6a38f NOW I HAD TO KEEP PUSHING UNTIL HE FELL THIS MEANT I HAD TO THINK AS HE DID FALL INTO HIS PLAN THINK HEAD THEN TRAP HIM SET A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF THE OLD MAN HAD THAT LOOK OF INTENSE GLEE ON HIS FACE THAT MEANT SOME ONE WAS IN FOR A VERY ROUGH TIME SINCE WE WERE ALONE IT TOOK NO GREAT FEAT OF INTELLIGENCE TO FIGURE IT WOULD BE ME I TALKED FIRST BOLD ATTACK BEING THE BEST DEFENSE AND SO FORTH 3d174baa-6e3e-4b26-ad35-50792d92c1b7 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY AND WHEN SHE SAW HIM SLEEPING THERE DON'T YOU REMEMBER OLD MISS BAXTER IN TORONTO BETH AND HOW SHE TOLD MISSUS MC LAREN THAT SHE WAS SUBJECT TO TERRIBLE DREAMS AND FINALLY SHE TOOK TWO LIVER PILLS AND NEVER HAD ANY MORE DREAMS AFTER THAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ARRANGE A DEAL SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH OF US BUT LET ME FIRST SHOW YOU THE REST OF THE BOMBS SO YOU WON'T GET ANY STRANGE IDEAS ABOUT CORPORATING I ASKED THROWING IT ACROSS THE TABLE TO HIM 3d2323a6-f963-45ff-93fa-5ee18f1397f0 AM NO WIZARD BUT A MAN WHO MAY DO CERTAIN THINGS AND HERE IS MY PROOF YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE FIRST STEP CLARTON SAID I AM NOT GOING TO DIG THEM UP THIS YEAR TO SEE IF THEY HAVE SPROUTED BUT AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING HER DREAMS WERE NO MORE REMARKABLE THAN THOSE OF THE REST OF US 3d2ae89c-de01-4800-92be-7b3ea05678ab I EXPECTED TO COME DOWN WITH AN AWFUL THUD SHE SAID SHUDDERING IT'S TO BE READY BY SATURDAY BUT THE STORY GIRL WAS THE SOUL OF HONOUR MY ONLY GOOD POINTS ARE MY HAIR AND EYES AND FEET WHO'S TALKING TO YOU SAID FELICITY WE WERE ALL RATHER EXCITED OVER THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW WHICH AN ITINERANT LECTURER WAS TO GIVE IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE THAT EVENING 3d335dd2-62b8-4f08-a7ea-354fc018f210 THERE WAS A FINE MOCKERY IN HIS TONE THAT PUT THE STORY GIRL ON HER MEDDLE INSTANTLY HARD FACT TO REALISE HAD BEEN CHILDREN I HEARD UNCLE ROGER TELLING IT THE OTHER NIGHT THE ZID LUNGED AGAINST THE DOOR WITH A FORCE THAT CRACKED THE WOODEN HURRICANE BOLT ACROSS AND OPENED A THREE INCH SLIT BETWEEN THE LEADING EDGE AND LINTEL THE SIMIANS CAUGHT HIS MENTAL IMAGE OF THE LANDING AND INTERVENED WHILE COMMON GROUND OFFERED 3d4ac1e4-38a3-439f-a555-ef8e614c73b7 DOCTOR GREYOR PATTED CECILY ON THE HEAD TOLD HER SHE WAS A LITTLE BRICK AND HAD DONE JUST THE RIGHT THING EXAMINED SOME OF THE FATAL BERRIES AND GAVE IT AS HIS OPINION THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY POISONOUS ADMINISTERED SOME POWDERS TO DAN AND ADVISED HIM NOT TO TAMPER WITH FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN THE FUTURE AND WENT AWAY WHEN PETER WAS READY TO BEGIN HE THRUST HIS HANDS INTO HIS POCKETS A TOTALLY UNORTHODOX THING THEN HE PLUNGED IN WITHOUT FURTHER ADO SPEAKING IN HIS ORDINARY CONVERSATIONAL TONE ANOTHER UNORTHODOX THING 3d4e8d16-3749-4d19-a31b-b3b0778358a0 WHEN WE REACHED THE FOOT OF THE ORCHARD AND ENTERED IT THROUGH A GAP IN THE HEDGE IT WAS THE MAGICAL MYSTICAL TIME OF BETWEEN LIGHTS OFF TO THE WEST WAS A DAFFODIL GLOW HANGING OVER THE VALLEY OF LOST SUNSETS AND GRANDFATHER KING'S HUGE WILLOW ROSE UP AGAINST IT LIKE A ROUNDED MOUNTAIN OF FOLIAGE A TRAGEDY OF CHILDHOOD THE STORY GIRL WENT TO CHARLOTTETOWN FOR A WEEK IN JUNE TO VISIT AUNT LOUISA LIFE SEEMED VERY COLOURLESS WITHOUT HER AND EVEN FELICITY ADMITTED THAT IT WAS LONESOME 3d583f82-c166-474c-a49a-2ad47ba8de49 HIS FACE WAS BATHED IN PERSPIRATION THE COLONEL'S GLARING FACE FLICKED OFF AS BRANDON PUSHED THE PRE EJECTION LEVER INTO THE LOCK POSITION THERE WAS GREAT GRANDFATHER KING'S FLAT TOMBSTONE OF ROUGH ISLAND SANDSTONE IS SAUL ALSO AMONG THE PROPHETS 3d78e2a8-76a2-4731-b312-3f290bc513ab WE HAVE GOT ALL THE APPLES PICKED AND ARE ALL READY TO TAKE THE MEASLES NOW IF WE HAVE TO BUT I HOPE WE WON'T IF WE HAVE TO THOUGH I'D RATHER CATCH THEM FROM YOU THAN FROM ANY ONE ELSE BECAUSE WE ARE ACQUAINTED WITH YOU WELL CONTINUED THE TIN WOODMAN AFTER MEETING THE SCARECROW AND DOROTHY I WENT WITH THEM TO THE EMERALD CITY WHERE THE WIZARD OF OZ GAVE ME A HEART 3d8a9203-ad8b-44e7-af5d-c3bbd8825a9c CAN YOU FISH AND SAIL JEFF AUBREY THE CONSULATE ROCKET LANDED ASHORE BUT JEFF IGNORED IT I CAN LEARN HE SAID HE SMILED BRIEFLY HIS FACE REMAINED COLD THE STRONG HANDS MOVED ON THE TABLE TOP IT IS A MATTER OF INDIFFERENCE TO MEONA SAID BUT THE WEIGHT BECOMES BORING AFTER A TIME 3d976982-9ddd-4cea-9d12-7705c0d1db2a WHEN I RETURNED TO MY WORK THE AXE SLIPPED AND CUT OFF MY HEAD WHICH WAS THE ONLY PART OF ME THEN REMAINING THE ZID CRASHED AGAINST THE DOOR AND DROVE IT INCHES AJAR DRIVING BACK THEIR BARRICADE ONE TALENT PAW SLID IN AND SLASHED VICIOUSLY AT RANDOM 3db89087-3673-4ea5-bd2c-698b7e04139f IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN AUNT AUNT JANET WAS OVER AT UNCLE ROGER'S SEEING HIM AND AUNT OLIVIA OFF TO TOWN THE CLOCK WAS RIGHTED THE STORY GIRL AND PETER CAME OVER TO STAY ALL NIGHT WITH US AND WE MADE TAFFY IN THE KITCHEN WHICH THE GROWN UPS KINDLY GAVE OVER TO US FOR THAT PURPOSE THEY DID NOT KNOW THEN WHO THE CANARY WAS BUT REALIZED IT MUST BE THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOME PERSON OF CONSEQUENCE WHOM THE GIANTESS HAD ALSO ENCHANTED 3db8bf70-36b4-4ed7-8f65-19dca1ff64a6 DON'T LET THEM TAKE ME PLEASE ANGELINA WAS ON HER FEET NOW HER BACK PRESSED TO THE WALL THEY'LL PUT ME IN PRISON DO THINGS TO MY MIND SHE SHRUNK AWAY AS SHE SPOKE STUMBLING ALONG THE WALL I LOOKED BACK AT PEPPET NOT WANTING TO HAVE MY EYES OFF HIM FOR AN INSTANT WE ARE GOING TO GIVE UP THE SEARCH ARE WE SIR ASKED THE RADIO MAN IT WOULD SERVE US ALL RIGHT THE COLONEL STOPPED PACING AND FACED THE RADIO MAN 3dbb599e-7a20-487a-9d18-e53fb9806ffd FOR A THOUSAND YEARS IN THY SIGHT ARE BUT AS YESTERDAY WHEN IT IS PAST AND AS A WATCH IN THE NIGHT NOW SHE CAME FORWARD AND SAT HERSELF DOWN IN THAT WOO HAD TO PUSH HIS METAL BODY ASIDE THAT HE MIGHT SEE TOO 3dc8c6eb-62d9-4d68-bf43-69299761e667 WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER REALIZING WHAT OUR DREAD HAD BEEN NOW THAT IT WAS LIFTED IT WAS NOT THE JUDGMENT DAY THE WORLD AND LIFE WERE STILL BEFORE US WITH ALL THEIR POTENT LURE OF YEARS UNKNOWN THREE THE PRIESTS SHOULD BE SATISFIED THE WATER WAS RUNNING AGAIN MY EYES HAD BEEN DULY BURNED OUT AND THEY WERE BACK IN BUSINESS WHICH ADDED UP TO FOUR THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY LET ANOTHER REPAIR MAN IN UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS IF THE BEACON CONKED OUT AGAIN 3dd0803e-be39-428f-b18a-95f792da610a CAN YOU GET CLOSER WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO START LOOKS LIKE HARD PELLET RIFLES OF SOME KIND IT WASN'T EVEN A RESPECTABLE ORDINARY LOOKING OCCUPANT THE BACKGROUND WAS AN OUT OF FOCUS BLUR 3de97e12-ebab-4e77-9365-2e418e105a87 THAT IS JUST WHAT WE INTEND TO DO BUT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT AT THE MOMENT SINCE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO NOT ONLY BUILT THE BATTLESHIP BUT UNDOUBTEDLY STOLE IT AS WELL IT WAS FULLY AUTOMATED SO NO CREW IS NECESSARY WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO SARA RAY CRIED UNTIL I WONDERED HOW ONE SMALL HEAD COULD CONTAIN ALL THE TEARS SHE SHED BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE SHE WAS HALF AS MUCH FRIGHTENED AS DISAPPOINTED THAT SHE HAD NO WHITE DRESS 3e01d130-4c20-4f94-907f-df6e41651104 AND AFTER I HAVE DELIVERED THE NOTE I SHALL RUN ERRANDS AGAIN FOR ANY ONE WHO NEEDS MY SERVICES WHY COULDN'T YOU TELL IT BETTER THAN THAT IF I HAD SUCH A DREAM I COULD TELL IT SO THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD FEEL AS IF THEY DREAMED IT TOO 3e04a8e3-b997-42f3-a872-1800603933ff IT WILL BRING IN A PERFECT COLOR PICTURE OF THE OCEAN AT WHAT IN THE DEPTH I SET IT FOR I DIDN'T SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE WE MURMURED IN BEWILDERMENT ALL RIGHT SAID DAN I'VE EAT ALL I WANT THEN I SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT 3e06e3c4-63ce-45ae-9e81-680d5d7a40f9 THEY SAY SHE WAS ALWAYS FULL OF MISCHIEF SHE HAD BEEN AWAY AND HAD JUST COME HOME AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE POET AND WHEN SHE SAW HIM SLEEPING THERE SHE THOUGHT HE WAS A COUSIN THEY HAD BEEN EXPECTING FROM SCOTLAND AND SO SHE TIPTOED UP SO AND BENT OVER SO AND KISSED HIS CHEEK WELL MAYBE YOU COULD RETORTED DAN SARCASTICALLY YOU'D BE SO AFRAID OF SPOILING YOUR LOOKS THAT YOU'D RATHER DIE THAN MAKE A FACE I SUPPOSE NO MATTER WHAT YOU ATE FELICITY MAKES ENOUGH FACES WHEN THERE'S NOTHING TO MAKE FACES AT SAID FELIX WHO HAD BEEN GRIMACED AT OVER THE BREAKFAST TABLE THAT MORNING AND HADN'T LIKED IT 3e14a2da-35df-41c1-bf14-ce1a767823f7 FOR WE KNEW THAT THIS MUST BE THE STORY GIRL AND IN THAT GAY AND GRACEFUL GESTURE WAS AN ALLUREMENT NOT TO BE GAINSAID OR DENIED WE LOOKED AT HER AS WE DREW NEAR WITH SUCH INTEREST THAT WE FORGOT TO FEEL SHY NO SHE WAS NOT PRETTY SHE WAS TALL FOR HER FOURTEEN YEARS SLIM AND STRAIGHT AROUND HER LONG WHITE FACE RATHER TOO LONG AND TOO WHITE FELL SLEEK DARK BROWN CURLS TIED ABOVE EITHER EAR WITH ROSETTES OF SCARLET RIBBON WHAT IS IT IS IS IT PAST TWO IMPLORED THE STORY GIRL IT IT'S IT'S FOUR SAID CECILY WITH A GASP THE OLD CLOCK ISN'T GOING MOTHER FORGOT TO WIND IT UP LAST NIGHT AND IT STOP BUT IT'S FOUR BY THE KITCHEN CLOCK SO IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY AND TEA IS READY AND MOTHER SENDS TO COME IN 3e2af9a0-adf0-4f2b-9716-cc156e44f49c LONG LONG AGO IN THE GOLDEN AGE WHEN THE GODS USED TO VISIT THE EARTH SO OFTEN THAT IT WAS NOTHING UNCOMMON TO SEE THEM ODIN MADE A PILGRIMAGE OVER THE WORLD ODIN WAS THE GREAT GOD OF THE NORTHLAND YOU KNOW AND WHEREVER HE WENT AMONG MEN HE TAUGHT THEM LOVE AND BROTHERHOOD AND SKILFUL ARTS AND GREAT CITIES SPRANG UP WHERE HE HAD TRODDEN AND EVERY LAND THROUGH WHICH HE PASSED WAS BLESSED BECAUSE ONE OF THE GODS HAD COME DOWN TO MEN PETER GOES TO CHURCH THERE WASUD SCHOOL THE NEXT AFTERNOON AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACHERS WISHED TO ATTEND A COMMUNION SERVICE AT MARKDALE THE CARLISLE SERVICE WAS IN THE EVENING AND AT SUNSET WE WERE WAITING AT UNCLE ALEC'S FRONT DOOR FOR PETER AND THE STORY GIRL 3e2c791c-855c-4bdf-9d7b-9bad0926b5ee O K SAID STETSON YOU COME IN LOUD AND CLEAR I OUGHT TO I'M RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU THERE'LL BE A RELAYSHIP OVER YOU ALL THE TIME SAID STETSON NOW WE PEERED EAGERLY THROUGH THE GLOOM THERE'S THE BIG WILLOW BE WHISPERED FELIX EXCITEDLY AS WE TURNED IN AT THE GATE 3e3e7b68-e4d4-4353-9e15-ee213d5ab307 AND SHE HAD ALSO PLACED HER LEFT HAND FIRMLY UPON THE SHOULDER OF THE GREEN MONKEY AND NEVER GREW UP THE STORY GIRL GOT NO FURTHER WE NEVER HEARD THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE QUARREL WAS I CANNOT TELL YOU BECAUSE I NEVER KNEW IT 3e3ff0b5-6f17-4e6e-a7b8-02567bbb8b9a THE YOUNG MINISTER WAS A VERY GOOD YOUNG MAN AND TRIED TO DO HIS DUTY BUT HE WAS DREADFULLY AFRAID OF MEETING OLD MISTER SCOTT BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THE OLD MINISTER WAS VERY ANGRY AT BEING SET ASIDE AND WOULD LIKELY GIVE HIM A SOUND DRUBBING IF HE EVER MET HIM MAKING A BEE LINE FOR US OUT BEYOND US WILL BE FIVE TRANSPORTS FULL OF I A MARINES 3e4909d3-b8c9-4ff5-b75b-58012fbac695 I WISH YOU'D BEEN THERE TO HEAR IT TOO BUT WHEN YOU'RE WELL I WILL TELL IT OVER AGAIN FOR YOU OVER US WAS A DAINTY SKY OF SHELL PINK PLACID CLOUDS WERE PLEASURE PASTURING AROUND US ASKED POLYCHROME ASKED ROOT APPEALING TO POLYCHROME UNTIL HE FINALLY SAW THE GLIMMER OF DAYLIGHT AHEAD 3e49bb2b-137a-4150-842b-081491d4d5b6 IT'S A MONSTROSITY I COULD START THE WATER AGAIN EASILY ENOUGH BUT THERE WAS NO FUEL LEFT IN THE REACTOR BEFORE THEY COULD GET ANY MORE BRIGHT IDEAS AND THINGS THEY STILL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE PRACTICABLE A SMALL WAVE ALMOST MADE HIM SET DOWN ON THE DECK BEFORE HE GOT BOTH FEET PLANTED AGAIN 3e5e1543-af79-4232-b9f5-ffce8ca77d8d PETER SAYS THERE'S ANY AMOUNT OF RASPBERRIES BACK IN THE MAPLE CLEARING SAID DAN S'POS'N WE GO AFTER TEA AND PICK SOME I'D LIKE TO SIGHED FELICITY BUT WE'D COME HOME TIRED AND WITH ALL THE MILKING TO DO YOU BOYS BETTER GO ALONE I STROLLED OUT SLOWLY IN COMMAND OF THE SITUATION KEEPING MY FACE TURNED AWAY SO THEY COULDN'T SEE THE COLD SWEAT 3e65dae4-7937-437a-99aa-d847c4dd463a HE WAS VERY GENTLE WITH THE WRIST HE DIDN'T WANT TO HURT HER HE WAS WONDERING ALREADY IN FACT WHAT HAD MADE HIM GET SO ROUGH AT ALL BUT SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND I'VE GOT TO GO QUICKLY SHE TOLD HIM I THINK GARF WILL BE ALL RIGHT NOW BUT HE MAY TAKE A NOTION TO COME BACK THIS WILL BE YOURS HE SAID WHILE YOU ARE WITH US IT IS POOR BUT IT WAS ALL WE CAN OFFER I AM HONORED YUNUS SAID 3e758898-0405-42f8-8dbf-b60cdaafeed5 PETER AND THE STORY GIRL CERTAINLY HAD A SECRET BETWEEN THEM WHICH THEY KEPT FOR A WHOLE FORTNIGHT THERE WAS NO FINDING IT OUT FROM THE STORY GIRL SHE HAD A KNACK OF KEEPING SECRETS ANYHOW AND MOREOVER ALL THAT FORTNIGHT SHE WAS STRANGELY CRANKY AND PETULANT AND WE FOUND IT WAS NOT WISE TO TEASE HER ON THE TELETOKEY SCREEN BRIHNHARD ALONE IN THE RADIO ROOM WAS CALLING QUIETLY FOR BRAND THE BULKHEAD DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND TOWERS POKED HIS HEAD THROUGH KNOCK THAT OFF SAID TOWERS STERNLY AND TAKE YOUR LANDING STATION 3e8720e4-bbde-4518-a994-2fffe2199869 RECITE THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE FOR ME SAID MISTER CAMPBELL AND I PERCEIVING THIS FELT THAT HE HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF ME I REMEMBER THAT I STRUTTED ALONG QUITE INSUFFERABLY FOR WE MET SEVERAL OF THE CARLISLE BOYS AND I FELT THAT I WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY LUCKY FELLOW TO HAVE SUCH BEAUTY ON ONE SIDE AND SUCH CHARM ON THE OTHER WITH WHICH SHE INTENDED TO TRANSFORM THE GIRL INTO AN OLD HAG SO THAT NO ONE WOULD AGAIN LOVE HER CARE TO MARRY HER BUT OZMA PUNISHED THE RASH GIRL 3e8a1486-2690-4ceb-ab9b-ee74e9dec646 KNOCK AT THE DOOR I SHALL YONA SAID AND MANY THANKS THE OLD WOMAN STILL CLUTCHING HER COIN DISAPPEARED FROM THE WINDOW AS IF SOMEONE HAD YANKED HER BACK YONAS TURNED WITH RELIEF AND GOT BACK ON THE PATH BUT HIS STAYED QUITE AS BADLY AS THE HOUSE HAD HE ENDURED THE STENCH HEROICALLY SHARP PROVED TO BE A BARROW SHAPED MAN WHO WAS UNACCOUNTABLY CHEERLESS AS IF THE INSIDE STRUCTURE HAD BEEN CAREFULLY REMOVED AND THEN REPLACED BY SAWDUST YONAS THOUGHT EVEN THE OFFER OF SEVEN CRONA FOR A SINGLE WEEK'S STAY FAILED TO PRODUCE THE DELIRIOUS JOY YANUS HAD EXPECTED SHE WAS A PRETTY SIGHT THERE WAS AN ARTIST'S PERCEPTION IN JEFF IN SPITE OF HIS DRAB YEARS OF E I PATROL DUTY THE WHITE PUFF OF SAIL ON DARK GREEN SEA GLIDING ACROSS CALM WATER BANDED WITH LIGHTER AND DARKER STRAYER WHERE SUBMERGED SHOALS LAY STRUCK SOMETHING RESPONSIVE IN HIM THE COMPARISON IT FORCED BETWEEN COLLAXIA AND EARTH WHOSE YAWNING FORTH WORE SCARS AND HERITAGE OF ANXIETIES MADE CALM CRYSTAL SO DESPERATELY NECESSARY OPPRESSED HIM 3e8a4d74-c7a9-4403-98cb-a9c78adee329 WHAT WOULD AUNT JANE SAY IF SHE KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO FIGHT CECILY DEMANDED OF PETER DON'T YOU DRAG MY AUNT JANE INTO THIS AFFAIR SAID PETER DARKLY YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN PERSISTED CECILY WHO IS CENSUS CHIEF NOW ASKED THE MAD MIDGET IS MISTER MARSHALL'S BOY THE CENSUS CHIEF MISTER MARSHALL IS YES WHO ARE YOU HOW DO YOU KNOW MARSHALL AND WHAT IS THAT WHICH YOU ARE PULLING OUT OF YOUR PANTS IF THEY ARE PANTS 3e8f7c93-51a8-4cb2-80e8-6c8f6742d131 HIS GAZE WANDERED OVER US WITH UNCOMPLIMENTARY INDIFFERENCE UNTIL IT FELL ON THE STORY GIRL LEANING BACK IN AN ARMCHAIR SHE LOOKED LIKE A SLENDER RED LILY IN THE UNSTUDIED GRACE OF HER ATTITUDE ALL AT ONCE SOMETHING LEAPED FROM THE BOUGH OF A TREE AND ALIGHTED BEFORE US WE SPLIT THE AIR WITH A SIMULTANEOUS SHRIEK 3e8f964d-5c62-4880-a2a8-b97e6307af65 HOPE SO DEAR WE SEEM TO BE IF WE CAN ONLY REACH THE SPOT WHERE WE ENTERED THIS INSANE WORLD BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS OH I HADN'T A PAIR WITHOUT HOLES IN THE LEGS BUT INSTEAD LOOKED FORWARD TO IT WITH PLEASURE THE HOLES DON'T COME IN THE SAME PLACES AND YOU'D NEVER NOTICE THEM UNLESS YOU LOOK QUITE CLOSE 3e9e3dc9-2afc-47cb-8602-e2b26a9cfd80 AND EVEN THE PARTS THAT SHOULD BE THERE SEEM WRONG SOMEHOW HE WAS WONDERING ALREADY IN FACT WHAT HAD MADE HIM GET SO ROUGH AT ALL MISSUS UWKE TOOK AMPLE TIME TO FINISH HER BREAKFAST AND PRESERVE JUST REWARD FOR HER LOYALTY TO HIM 3e9eff28-fe0d-462d-bd08-36f23975cbab WE HAD LOST SOMETHING OF INFINITELY MORE VALUE THAN FIFTY CENTS ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT REALIZE IT JUST THEN THE MINISTER'S WORDS HAD REMOVED FROM OUR MINDS THE BITTER BELIEF THAT GOD WAS LIKE THAT PICTURE BUT ON SOMETHING DEEPER AND MORE ENDURING THAN MIND AN IMPRESSION HAD BEEN MADE THAT WAS NEVER TO BE REMOVED THE MISCHIEF WAS DONE FROM THAT DAY TO THIS THE THOUGHT OR THE MENTION OF GOD BRINGS UP BEFORE US INVOLUNTARILY THE VISION OF A STERN ANGRY OLD MAN HOMESIDE WILL DENY THEIR AUTONOMY AUBREY I'VE HAD A WARP BEING MESSAGE TO DAY ORDERING ME TO MOVE IN THE SITUATION WAS DESPERATE ENOUGH AT HOME JEFF HAD TO ADMIT COLLAXY AND CALM CRYSTALS DID WHAT NO REFINEMENT OF TERRAN THERAPEUTICS HAD BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE THEY ERASED THE FEARS OF THE NEUROTIC AND CALMED THE QUIVERINGS OF THE HY POTENSIVE BOTH AN ALARMING MAJORITY IN THE SHATTERING AFTERMATH OF THE FOURTH WAR WITH NO ADVERSE EFFECTS AT ALL 3ea42c13-17dd-4d6a-9ebd-fc20c8e45f1e AND SHE WAS VERY STUBBORN SOON AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED SHE AND HER HUSBAND QUARRELLED ABOUT AN APPLE TREE THEY HAD PLANTED IN THEIR ORCHARD I DO NOT THINK THAT POETRY WAS GREAT GRANDMOTHER KING'S STRONG POINT 3ea9c1b5-ee52-44c4-9e50-28cd8502687c MY FRIEND YOU ARE VERY LATE FOR THIS SERVICE TO BE SURE NONE OF US COULD REMEMBER THE TEXT WHEN WE GOT HOME BUT WE KNEW JUST HOW YOU SHOULD THROW BACK YOUR HEAD AND CLUTCH AT THE EDGE OF THE PULPIT WITH BOTH HANDS WHEN YOU ANNOUNCED IT WHAT A YARN SAID DAN DRAWING A LONG BREATH THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS HURRY IN THE WORLD THE AIR WAS SWEET WITH THE BREATH OF MOWN HAY FIELDS WHERE SWATHS OF CLOVER HAD BEEN STEEPING IN THE SUN DIDN'T JUDY PANOT PROMISE YOU SOLEMNLY SHE WOULDN'T TELL 3ebb67cc-371a-48be-8287-5ea074265f69 POLYCHROME SAID THE GIANTESS PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A GREEN MONKEY WHICH USED TO BE A BOY CALLED BOOT THE WANDERER AND A TIN OWL WHICH USED TO BE A TIN WOODMAN NAMED NICK CHOPPER AND A STUFFED STRAW LITTLE BROWN BEAR WHICH USED TO BE A LIVE SCARECROW THERE WAS A LITTLE SPACE OF SILENCE AND THEN UNCLE ALEX BEGAN IN A LOW IMPRESSIVE VOICE TO REPEAT THE WONDERFUL VERSES OF THE NINETIETH PSALM VERSES WHICH WERE THENCEFORTH BOUND UP FOR US WITH THE BEAUTY OF THAT NIGHT AND THE MEMORIES OF OUR KINDRED VERY REVERENTLY WE ALL LISTENED TO THE MAJESTIC WORDS 3ebf23cd-d3c1-4666-937f-40d8f0fcc50c NO IT'S ONLY AFTER THEY'RE CONVERTED THAT THEY'RE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR SAID FELICITY BEFORE THAT THEY'RE JUST PLAIN HEATHEN BUT IF YOU WANT YOUR MONEY TO GO TO A METHODIST MISSIONARY YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THE METHODIST MINISTER AT MARKDALE I GUESS THE PRESBYTERIANS CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT IT AND LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN HEATHEN INTERESTING THINGS LIKE THIS ALL DID HAPPEN LONG AGO IT SEEMS TO ME THEY NEVER SEEMED TO HAPPEN NOW THIS WAS IN FORTY NINE WHEN PEOPLE WERE RUSHING TO THE GOLD FIELDS IN CALIFORNIA IT WAS JUST LIKE A FEVER AUNT LOUISA SAYS PEOPLE TOOK IT RIGHT HERE ON THE ISLAND AND A NUMBER OF YOUNG MEN DETERMINED THEY WOULD GO TO CALIFORNIA 3ec64cee-b6ea-4624-8e09-351de58a70e9 I TOLD YOU THE BIBLE WAS MORE TO BE DEPENDED ON THAN NEWSPAPERS SAID CECILY TRIUMPHANTLY SARA RAY AND PETER AND THE STORY GIRL WENT HOME AND WE WENT IN TO TEA WITH ROYAL APPETITES HE HAD BEEN WORKING HARD ON IT THOUGH BUT HE CAME WHEN THE POLICE CALLED HIM YOU MARSHALL'S LITTLE BOY YOU LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER SAID THE MIDGET 3ec6a1e4-3627-4690-baf9-1a62cb643a57 WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE YOU KNOW SAID FELIX WE SHOULDN'T CROSS BRIDGES TILL WE COME TO THEM IF WE WORKED HARD THERE WAS LESS TIME FOR GRIEF AND GRIEVOUS THOUGHTS AS FOR FELICITY SHE DID NOT SAY THINGS LIKE THAT OUT OF MALICE PREPENSE BUT IN SPITE OF HIS BOLD WORDS DONALD'S HEART WAS THUMPING AS HE DROVE INTO THE SHERMAN YARD 3ed7a960-bd63-4716-8792-81dcea063f93 WHEN A BOY AS FLAT AS FELIX RUNS AT FULL SPEED ON A BROILING AUGUST FORENOON HE HAS SOMETHING TO RUN FOR AS FELICITY REMARKED I LOCATED A LIZARD TOWN ABOUT A THOUSAND KILOMETERS FROM THE PYRAMID AND DROPPED THE E EYE 3ed82b15-a5ce-4336-9771-0db0ab691469 THERE WAS NO PLACE I COULD GO THAT WOULD BE BETTER SITUATED FOR THE CHASE THAN SETANOVO THE GIRL WAS OBVIOUSLY ASSISTANT TO THE MUSTER MIND WHO ORIGINATED THE SCHEME HE SAT IN THE CENTER OF THE PLOT LIKE A SPIDER ON ITS WEB PULLING THE STRINGS THAT SET THINGS INTO MOTION I HAD NEVER HEARD ANY ONE CRY SO WITH DREADFUL RENDING SONGS HIS SCEPTICISM FALLING AWAY FROM HIM LIKE A DISCARDED GARMENT IN THIS VALLEY OF THE SHADOW WHICH SIFTS OUT HEARTS AND TRIES SOULS 3ee2d9d2-9963-42f8-a126-d055394a800b AND WHEN I LEFT THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY OF OZ AT FIRST HE WAS TEMPTED TO LEAVE POLYCHROME AND ESCAPE WITH HIS OTHER FRIENDS I KNOW FELICITY IS WONDERING WHY I'M WRITING SUCH A LONG LETTER SO PERHAPS I'D BETTER STOP CAN'T TELL YOU HOW I FEEL ABOUT ALL YOUR KINDNESS GOOD SPORT TO YOU BROTHER 3eeda06b-f12e-4b75-8a54-a0513e24bd2a OF COURSE WE WERE ALL TO HELP BUT FELICITY WAS TO RUN THINGS AND SHE GLORIED IN IT THE STORY GIRL WAS PLEASED TOO IN THAT CASE SAID THE BOY OPENING HIS KNAPSACK TO GET SOME BREAKFAST LET US TRAVEL IN SOME OTHER DIRECTION 3f0d1684-22dd-472e-b566-e9d59e946376 DID HEAR A BELL RING SAID PETER STUBBORNLY BESIDES ADDED FELIX IN THE TONE OF ONE WHO SAYS WHILE THERE IS LIFE THERE IS YET HOPE YOU MAY LEARN TO COOK YET IF YOU KEEP ON TRYING HIGH PATH CHIEF OF THE GRATSY SAID THE NATIVE STETSON CROSSED OVER TO A TILT LOCKER BEHIND THE BIG TRANSLENT MAP 3f1ba58c-7c3c-44a5-989f-ed4c14daaadb HE GAVE UP TRYING AFTER A WHILE AND HE ALSO GAVE UP PRAYING ABOUT IT SAYING IN BITTERNESS OF SPIRIT THAT THERE WAS NO USE IN PRAYING WHEN OTHER FELLOWS PRAYED AGAINST YOU OUT OF SPITE HE AND PETER REMAINED ON BAD TERMS FOR SOME TIME HOWEVER A PLAN WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE IN MY HEAD BUT I DIDN'T RUSH IT FIRST I HAD TO BE SURE THAT I KNEW HIM WELL ANY MAN THAT CAN CON AN ENTIRE WORLD INTO BUILDING A BATTLESHIP FOR HIM THEN STEAL IT FROM THEM IS NOT GOING TO STOP THERE THE SHIP WOULD NEED A CREW A BASE FOR REFUELING AND OMISSION 3f382cf6-87ff-4f6f-8f6f-2bfcc0410d98 IT'S NOT TO BE TILL TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW SO YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET UP HIP FOR ANYTHING HAPPENS BUT FOR ONCE HER VOICE FAILED TO CARRY CONVICTION OR RATHER HE SLEWED HIMSELF ROUND AND CLAWED HER BARE FOOT HAD ADDED A TRADITION ON MY OWN ACCOUNT TO THE FAMILY ARCHIVES 3f400dcf-929a-4cd8-97fc-c5721ac5e2d5 FELICITY THOUGHTFUL CREATURE ALSO TOOK A SMALL BASKETFUL OF JELLY COOKIES ALONG WITH HER WE HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH THE MAPLE WOODS TO THE EXTREME END OF UNCLE ROGER'S FARM A PRETTY WALK THROUGH A WORLD OF GREEN WHISPERING BOUGHS AND SPICED SWEET FERNS AND SHIFTING PATCHES OF SUNLIGHT DAN DID NOT COME DOWN UNTIL BREAKFAST WAS HALF OVER AND AUNT JANET TALKED TO HIM AFTER A FASHION WHICH MADE US REALIZE THAT IT WOULD BE WELL TO KEEP AS THE PIQUANT COUNTRY PHRASE WENT FROM THE ROUGH SIDE OF HER TONGUE BUT ALL THINGS CONSIDERED WE LIKED THE PROSPECT OF OUR SUMMER VERY MUCH 3f439414-fcc3-4e94-87d5-6abaed6c0f69 IT SEEMED TO ME THIS THING WAS JUST A BIT TOO BIG FOR THE USE INTENDED I'M GUESSING AN INFORMED GUESS A SCOUT SWOOPED DOWN INTO THE HEADLIGHTS AND WAVED A GLOWING OF MANY LIGHTS GREW VISIBLE THROUGH THE GIANT TREE TRUNKS HE MOVED HIS SPEAKING MUSCLES 3f4bde36-1e71-4545-a1e1-24c714c76c3b THE STORY GIRL LINGERED TO LAY A BUNCH OF WILD VIOLETS VERY SADLY THE OLD KING AND COURTIERS RODE HOME AND THEN SHE READ ALOUD THE VERSE ON THE STONE WHEN THEY HAD GIVEN UP I BOOMED ORDERS AT THEM THROUGH THE SPEAKER IN THE CRATE I HAD YET TO FIND OUT 3f4dc198-5417-4ed4-8332-56ba0b2809e8 AND THERE WERE PURPLE PENTLLED WHITE VIOLETS AT THE BASE OF THE PULPIT STONE AUNT OLIVIA WAS PALE AND TROUBLED SHE HAD PUT AWAY IN THE PANTRY SPECIALLY FOR HIM LOOK HERE DAN I EXPOSTULATED SHE HAS A COLD AND A SORE THROAT AND SHE'S FEVERISH 3f6bbd68-d615-444e-886f-d2e80fd1234d WHEN THE HEAD WAS DONE I PEELED IT OFF AND ATTACHED IT TO AN ATTRACTIVE SUIT OF GREEN PLASTICK COMPLETE WITH TAIL I WAS REALLY GLAD THEY HAD TAILS LIZARDS DON'T WEAR CLOTHES AND I WANTED TO TAKE ALONG A LOT OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT I BUILT THE TAIL OVER A METAL FRAME THAT ANCHORED AROUND MY WAIST I WISH I COULD MAKE UP MY MIND WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST I SUPPOSE I MIGHT ASK THE MINISTERS ABOUT IT OH NO NO DON'T DO THAT SAID FELICITY IN ALARM MINISTERS WOULDN'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED WITH SUCH QUESTIONS 3fb28d20-2822-422e-88bd-e6781309601c WILL YOU HAVE ME NAN I'M FRIGHTENED OF HER TOO BUT JUST LOOK AT POOR DARLING PATTY UNCLE ROGER ROARED WHEN HE HEARD IT AND HE ROARED AGAIN AT NIGHT OVER PETER'S ACCOUNT OF FELIX ATTEMPTING TO MILK A COW HOW ABOUT EXPLAINING SOME OF THIS 3fb3b799-fba9-4839-8ef3-359643e30c69 WE PAUSED AND THE CHANTING WENT ON AND ON UNTIL I BEGAN TO WONDER IF ANYTHING WOULD EVER HAPPEN AND THEN AT LAST THE CHANTING CEASED AND THREE OF THE PRIESTS MOVED TOWARD US FOLLOWED BY AN ELDERLY BEING WHO WORE THE SAME SYMBOL OF POWER OR AUTHORITY THAT I HAD ALREADY NOTED UPON THE CREATURE VIC CALLED E PAI ONE OF THE PRIESTS SPOKE SHARPLY COMMANDINGLY TO E PAY AND THE LATTER NODDED NOT AGREEABLY IT SEEMED TO ME I URGED JANET AND ALEC TO GO TO HALIFAX AND TOOK THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHILDREN WHILE THEY WERE AWAY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS LETTING MYSELF IN FOR IF ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED I COULD NEVER HAVE FORGIVEN MYSELF THOUGH I BELIEVE IT'S BEYOND THE POWER OF MORTAL MAN TO KEEP WATCH OVER THE THINGS THAT CHILDREN WILL EAT 3fcd5f26-3ce4-41a5-a77f-3f44844a6157 THEN WE FOREGATHERED AROUND A TINY WOOD SPRING COLD AND PELLUCID UNDER ITS YOUNG MAPLES AND ATE THE JELLY COOKIES AND THE STORY GIRL TOLD US A TALE OF A HAUNTED SPRING IN A MOUNTAIN GLEN WHERE A FAIR WHITE LADY DWELT WHO PLEDGED ALL COMERS IN A GOLDEN CUP WITH JEWELS BRIGHT SHE DID NOT HOWEVER FORGET TO CARRY THE FORGET ME NOT JUG WITH HER ALL THINGS CONSIDERED HER DEPARTURE WAS A RELIEF SUCH A CONSTANTLY TEARFUL DAMSEL WAS NOT A PLEASANT COMPANION CECILY AND FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL DID NOT CRY THEY WERE MADE OF FINER FIRMER STUFF DRY EYED WITH SUCH COURAGE AS THEY MIGHT THEY FACED WHATEVER MIGHT BE IN STORE FOR THEM 3fe3191e-f417-4cfb-b3cd-20d62ea7dc2d ONE DAY AFTER THE WITCH HAD BEEN DESTROYED AND NIMMY AMY HAD GONE TO LIVE WITH HER FRIENDS ON MOUNT MUNCH AND OZMA OF OZ HAD TRIUMPHED OVER THE WICKED GIANTESS YOU'D BETTER TAKE SOME MEXICAN TEA NOW IT'S A GOOD BLOOD PURIFIER THE NAMELESS COLOURS SEEN ON A FIR WOO IN A RUDDY SUNSET O PETER I DON'T BELIEVE HE CAN PREACH A SERMON I SAID 3ff3427c-eb8a-4800-8978-d287e249cc8c DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO DRAW HIM DOWN TO THE THRONE YOU TWO MISS A GREAT DEAL BY NOT EATING HE SAID TO HIS COMPANIONS THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'D APPROACH THE SAME PROBLEMS THIS ONE AND ANOTHER ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET BUT THE OTHER ONE'S A RUIN 3ffa06cb-9d56-4271-9d66-888fe08e8f88 ONE OF THE EAGER LIZARDS HAD MANAGED TO OPEN A CIRCUIT BOX AND HAD POLISHED THE SWITCHES INSIDE WHILE DOING THIS HE HAD THROWN ONE OF THE SWITCHES AND THAT HAD CAUSED THE TROUBLE RATHER THAT HAD STARTED THE TROUBLE IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ENDED BY JUST REVERSING THE WATER VALVE SWITCH JOHN ANDREW GULPED AND PUT OUT A TENSIVE HAND TOWARDS THE FUSE MESS IT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY WARM BUT IT HAD MELTED THE FARMER LOOKED AT GARF AGAIN WITH FEAR AND AWE AND THE BEASTMAN LOOKED BACK WITH COLD AMUSEMENT BUT NOT FOR LONG 3ffddd2f-2301-42dc-b71f-7598f705d114 THEY WERE SLENDER AND SHAPELY AND SATIN SMOOTH WITH ARCHED IN STEPS THE DAINTIEST OF TOES AND NAILS LIKE PINK SHELLS WE WERE ALL IN THE HAYLOFT THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN TELLING US TALE OF OLD UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS AND BATTLES LONG AGO WHILE FARTHER AWAY IT SHOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME CONDITIONS AS DID THE EARTH AND IT HAD SEAS NOT AS LARGE AS ON EARTH BUT SEAS NEVERTHELESS YET THERE WAS A FALLACY IN THIS ARGUMENT PRESUMABLY ALL THE STARS IN THE OUTER ARMS OF THE MILKY WAY AND THEIR PLANETS WERE ABOUT THE SAME AGE 400527d7-c11c-422d-92ab-45d1fae9465a WHAT IF THIS WERE ONE OF HIS HORRID DAYS MA SAYS THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT AS LONG AS HE'S A BACHELOR BECAUSE HE WON'T TAKE ANY ONE SAID FELICITY THE GATE'LL STAY OPEN NOW UNTIL IT'S CLOSED FROM OUR SIDE HOPING IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LESS THAN A BOLT OF BARBED LIGHTNING SHE TOLD HIM SOMETHING ELSE 4028ff9a-17c6-4df0-b05c-5f8b3e50457c I HAD A SPLENDID LETTER FROM HIM THIS WEEK AND THE DARLINGEST PICTURES IN IT HE IS PAINTING A NEW PICTURE WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE HIM FAMOUS I WONDER WHAT AUNT JANET WILL SAY THEN BOOT LEANED FORWARD AND PICKED UP THE THORN AND WHILE THE LOONS WERE BUSILY WATCHING THE PUMP THE BOY SPRANG TO HIS FEET AND SUDDENLY RUSHED UPON THE GROUND POP POP POP 404cab7f-74d8-4fe0-b374-3c11f486e873 IF IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY I WANT TO HAVE THE LESSON LEARNED SHE SAID AND IF IT IS I I'LL FEEL I'VE DONE WHAT WAS RIGHT BUT I NEVER FOUND IT SO HARD TO REMEMBER THE GOLDEN TEXT BEFORE RAY HELD UP A HAND PURELY FOR DRAMA SINCE THERE WAS SILENCE ALREADY THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY HE SAID 40596622-d5ed-47f8-a3e6-f7ce5952ba31 UNDOUBTEDLY YOU KNOW THE RULE HE SAID DO NOT TRY TO HARM ME OR THE WRATH OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON WILL TURN AGAINST YOU THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE TRAGEDY BUT A NUMBER OF MONITOR STATIONS HAD PICKED UP THIS DISCHARGED STATIC OF A LARGE ENERGY WEAPON BEING FIRED 40a08474-0c7d-43bf-881c-6240849d52c7 IN SKIPPED OPENED HIS MOUTH HIS AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTION OF MY INCOMPETENCE WAS BEGINNING TO GET ME ANNOYED PETER AND THE STORY GIRL CERTAINLY HAD A SECRET BETWEEN THEM YOU BET I SCOOTED AND SHE CAUGHT ME YES SIR PETER IS BESIDE HER OF COURSE 40bd0817-a141-4351-91b6-a9f0c4de0188 MARRY ME NOW AND YOU AND I AND YOUR FATHER AND ALL YOUR COURT WILL RIDE STRAIGHTWAY TO MY KINGDOM AND IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED THEN THAT I AM THE KING WHO CONQUERS ALL KINGS YOU MAY GIVE ME BACK MY RING AND RETURN HOME FREE OF ME FOR EVERMORE YOU BELIEVE THAT I AM A WIZARD YONA SAID KENUF WAITED A BARE A SECOND AND THEN NODDED I CAN DO MANY THINGS YANUS WENT ON IT WAS NECESSARY THAT I BRING THESE TO YOUR ATTENTION AND TO PROVE TO YOU THAT THEY WERE NOT WIZARDLY OR MAGIC MANY HAVE TOLD ME KNUFF MUTTERED THAT THEIR FEATS WERE NATURAL IT IS A COMMON DEFENCE 40c2aaa4-357f-4b8b-9689-85b079553464 SHE WOULD GRANT ME JUST ONE WISH WHATEVER THE WISH HAPPENED TO BE THEY DID NOT DISCOVER THIS PLACE UNTIL THEY CAME CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF IT BECAUSE THEY WERE ASTONISHED AT THE SIGHT THAT GREETED THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD IMAGINED THAT THIS THIS PART OF THE PLAIN HAD NO INHABITANTS I DECIDED TO PREACH ON MISSIONS AS BEING A TOPIC MORE WITHIN MY GRASP THAN ABSTRUSE THEOLOGICAL DOCTRINES OR EVANGELICAL DISCOURSES AUNT OLIVIA SAYS FOR US ALL TO WRITE A COMPOUND LETTER TO CHEER YOU UP 40c74951-dc8c-493c-a905-37eeb5e2fc0d NEIL WAS RICH AND THE SHERMANS WERE POOR AND OLD ELIA SHERMAN WOULD HAVE THE MOST TO SAY IN THE MATTER IF HE TOLD NANCY SHE MUST TAKE NEIL CAMPBELL SHE WOULD NEVER DREAM OF DISOBEYING HIM DON'T YOU THINK YOU'D BETTER LEAVE ME AS I AM ASKED FOOD IN A TREMBLING VOICE EVER SINCE THE MOMENT OF HER TRANSFORMATION SHE HAS REFUSED TO SPEAK A SINGLE WORD 40d7a15e-6a62-4976-9ad2-4cc73683e693 THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS WHEN WE HAD LIVED FOR A FORTNIGHT IN CARLISLE WE BELONGED THERE AND THE FREEDOM OF ALL ITS SMALL FRY WAS CONFERRED ON US BUT IT TELLS YOU ANOTHER THING IN THE BIBLE TOO SAID CICELY EAGERLY IS AS NOBODY KNOWS WHEN THE JUDGMENT DAY IS TO COME NOT EVEN THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN NOW IF THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN DON'T KNOW IT DO YOU SUPPOSE THE EDITOR OF THE ENTERPRISE CAN KNOW IT AND HIM A GRIP TOO I GUESS HE KNOWS AS MUCH ABOUT IT AS A TORY WOULD RETORTED THE STORY GIRL 40da063f-87c4-4e42-a443-b6374811af79 OH THE STORY GIRL WAS MUCH DISAPPOINTED HAVE ANGELS NAMES SAME AS PEOPLE INTERRUPTED PETER THE DOCTOR SMILED OPENLY NOW INSTEAD HE FELT THE SURGING RUMBLE DEEP IN THE BOWELS OF THE SHIP WHEN HE OPENED THEM HE WAS STARING AT THE MILKY WAY 40deea56-698f-4062-8e66-d0aca330608d IT IS ABOUT A GHOST WITH EYEHOLES BUT NO EYES DON'T CRIED CECILY HYSTERICALLY DON'T YOU GO ON DON'T YOU SAY ANOTHER WORD I CAN'T BEAR IT DON'T YOU THE STORY GIRL DIDN'T BUT SHE HAD SAID ENOUGH GOOD DORA SAID BRISKLY NOW I'LL JUST A SHE STRODE DIRECTLY TO RAISE INVENTION AND FARMER WONDERED WHY BOTH ALIENS WERE SO INTERESTED IN A GADGET THAT DIDN'T WORK 40ed1e86-37f2-4390-91d9-197b23c3994f A CLASS FIVE CULTURE CHAFFY THREE AGREED SHAKENLY HIS AURA QUIVERED WITH A SHOCK OF BETRAYAL THE CATALOGUE WAS WRONG IRONICALLY THEIR PROBLEM WAS MORE PRESSING NOW THAN BEFORE I TOO HAVE WONDERED WHAT BECAME OF HER BUT UNTIL WOOT THE WANDERER INTERESTED HIMSELF IN THE MATTER THE TIN WOODMAN KNEW NO MORE THAN WE DID HOWEVER HE FOUND HER AFTER MANY THRILLING ADVENTURES AS YOU WILL DISCOVER WHEN YOU HAVE READ THIS STORY 40ef7200-2a99-4656-8a44-3c7555624488 SO THAT THIS POOR BOY COULD BE RESTORED TO HIS OWN SHAPE BUT I LOVE A MANLY FIGURE SUCH AS ONLY STRAW STUFFING CAN CREATE I DID THAT ONCE BUT I WAS AWFUL SORRY AND YOU MUSTN'T TAKE ANY NOTICE OF PATTY BUT WHEN PETER PREACHES JUST SUCH A SERMON IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT STORY 40f715e8-7ec7-400d-9071-9984b5122532 SHE UNFOLDED IT AND HELD IT UP LONG TO HIM SEEMED THAT BITTER AND PERILOUS PASSAGE BUT AT LAST HE WON THROUGH TO THE FURTHEST SIDE THE OLD WOMAN FROWNED AT HIM SUSPICIOUSLY THE POOR WOMAN FELT TERRIBLE HE KNEW BUT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT THAT 40f98233-f466-4267-b4bc-281a3de13ebf THE SILENCE WAS A LONG ONE AND AT THE END OF IT KNOOF ROSE HE WALKED TO THE DOOR OF THE ROOM AND OPENED IT AND THE BALD HEADED GUARD CAME IN HE HAS TRIED TO TEMPT ME TO PACKT WITH SATAN THE QUINT INQUISITOR SAID BUT TAKE HIM AWAY FELICITY I WISH YOU WOULDN'T INTERRUPT IT SPOILS THE EFFECT WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL LIKE IF I WENT AND KEPT STIRRING THINGS IT DIDN'T BELONG TO IT INTO THE PUDDING I FEEL JUST THE SAME WAY 41105437-4da3-4139-abc1-eee26032267e AND WEAR A TIN CROWN ON HER HEAD HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT ASKED THE TIN WOODMAN IN AMAZEMENT AND WHEN HER FATHER URGED HER TO CHOOSE ONE OF THEM AS HER HUSBAND SO OVERGROWN WITH IVY THAT WE COULD HARDLY READ ITS LENGTHY INSCRIPTION 4130176b-076a-4106-8381-6d8828e02481 BUT PETER'S INDIVIDUALITY SEEMED MERGED AND LOST IN AUNT OLIVIA'S BIG DASHING SCRIPT NOT UNTIL THE STORY GIRL READ THE LETTER TO US IN THE GRANARY BY JACKAL AND HER LIGHT IN A MIMICRY OF PETER'S VERY VOICE DID WE SAVOUR THE REAL BOUQUET OF IT CHAPTER TWELVE OZMA AND DOROTHY IN HER MAGNIFICENT PALACE IN THE EMERALD CITY THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL RULER OF ALL THE WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ SAT IN HER DAINTY BOIDURE WITH HER FRIEND PRINCESS DOROTHY BESIDE HER 41339c73-e09f-4a04-8b7d-ddcb7b80ecb4 YONAS KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT RATIFICATION OF A FREE CONFESSION TOOK PLACE IN A TORTURE HE WIPED HIS FACE WITH ONE HAND BUT HE HARDLY THOUGHT OF ESCAPING HE HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PLAN THE TWO GUARDS CAME INTO THE CELL AND GRIPPED HIS ARMS YUNUS ALLOWED HIMSELF TO BE CARRIED OUT INTO THE CORRIDOR AND DOWN IT TO A GREAT WOODEN DOOR THE GUARDS OPENED IT AND DRAGGED HIM THROUGH FOR WOOT WAS NOT VERY BIG AND NOT VERY OLD WANDERER THOUGH HE WAS THIS PROVED THE MOST GORGEOUS SIGHT THAT HAD EVER MET HIS BOYISH GAZE WHO LIVES HERE HE ASKED 415d6831-df02-40c2-9ae4-98d3dc72c40a HIS KNEES SHOOK AND PERSPIRATION CRAWLED COLD ON HIS FACE BUT HE MANAGED TO HAUL JENIFER UP WITH HIM COME OUT OF IT WILL YOU HE YELLED UNGALLANTLY IN HER EAR IF A THING LIKE THAT IS LOOSE ON THE ISLAND WE'VE GOT TO GET HELP SHALL WE CONTINUE ON TO YOUR CITY ASKED HORN HE WET HIS LIPS WITH HIS TONGUE THE CAB LIGHT ON TONUB'S FACE WAS GIVING THE GIANT AN EERY SINISTER LOOK 415ed930-8f59-453a-b341-98abfef58f22 WHILE THE SCARECROW AND THE TIN WOODMAN HAD SEEN A GREAT DEAL OF MANY SORTS IN THEIR LIVES PEG BOWEN'S HOUSE WAS NEARLY A MILE AWAY EVEN BY THE SHORT CUT PAST THE SWAMP AND UP THE WOODED HILL WHEN WE REACHED THE GREEN GLOOM OF THE WOODS BEYOND WE BEGAN TO FEEL FRIGHTENED BUT NOBODY WOULD ADMIT IT 415f96f3-d1c5-45a6-b522-c05ea71a3741 THE CELL GREW DARK AS NIGHT CAME AND THE DAMPNESS SEEMED TO INCREASE HOWEVER CLARTON WENT ON THERE IS STILL A WAY OUT FOR YOU IT WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL VEIL SHE LAUGHED ALL HER SUITORS TO SCORN HE IS A MINISTER SO OF COURSE I KNEW HE SPOKE THE TRUTH 41634a14-2d47-442f-9b24-e05c74551b18 AFTER ABOUT FIVE OF THE LOCAL DAYS I HAD A SEA OF NATIVE CONVERSATION IN THE MEMORY BANK OF THE MACHINE TRANSLATOR AND TAGGED A FEW EXPRESSIONS HE ADJUSTED IT AUTOMATICALLY THEN UNBUCKLED THE SEAT STRAPS COULD YOU TUNE IT TO TWENTY EIGHT POINT SIX MICROCYCLES THE DOCTOR'S HAND TIGHTENED ON THE DOORKNOB 41657d9f-7746-49c0-9aa9-e2081bab81b2 THEN I WENT TO SLEEP COMFORTED BY THE SIMPLE HOPE THAT THE GREAT FATHER WOULD AFTER IMPORTANT THINGS WERE ALL ATTENDED TO REMEMBER POOR PAT AS SOON AS WE WERE UP THE NEXT MORNING WE RUSHED OFF TO UNCLE ROGER'S BUT WE MET PETER AND THE STORY GIRL IN THE LANE AND THEIR FACES WERE AS THE FACES OF THOSE WHO BRING GLAD TIDINGS UPON THE MORNING AT NIGHT THEY STOPPED AT A HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE WELL ENTERTAINED AND WHERE WHO WAS GIVEN A COMFORTABLE BED TO SLEEP IN 416bcb3d-52ef-4683-9651-1f36a300d70b WELL IN A BOOK THEY WOULD HAVE BUT YOU SEE THIS WAS IN REAL LIFE SAID THE STORY GIRL WHEN WE REACHED OUR LANE AND PASSED UNDER GRANDFATHER KING'S BIG WILLOW THE FRAGRANCE OF THE ORCHARD STRUCK US IN THE FACE LIKE A WAVE WE COULD SEE THE LONG ROWS OF TREES A WHITE GLADNESS IN THE MOONSHINE IT SEEMED TO US THAT THERE WAS IN THE ORCHARD SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ORCHARDS THAT WE HAD KNOWN 41745d1c-7255-4b4f-8444-d9b85baa24f4 SO HE SHUT THEM TIGHT AND PERCHED UPON THE BACK SCRUBBING AND SWEEPING HER HUT AND COOKING HER MEALS SARA RAY THOUGHT FELICITY SHOULD SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE THE STORY GIRL WAS HALF AN ORPHAN IF TO MORROW IS THE JUDGMENT DAY I WANT TO BE WITH YOU FELLOWS HE SAID 4186fb6a-d6b1-43da-a711-ca52ae77a79c THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO AND HE WOULD HAVE FOUND THE TIME VERY LONG IF HE HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY ON A FLUTE SO HE PLAYED VERY OFTEN AND VERY BEAUTIFULLY AS HE SAT UNDER THE TREES AND WATCHED THE WONDERFUL BLUE SEA AFAR OFF AND THOUGHT ABOUT AGLEYA THEN ORDER THE RED WAGON SAID OZMA OF OZ AND WE WILL START AT ONCE HE EXCLAIMED I KNOW THIS PLACE NOW 41964190-f5c4-402d-b5a5-1bdfb3242d2f OH CHILDREN ISN'T THERE SOMETHING UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE WE PEERED FEARFULLY THROUGH THE GLOOM THERE WAS SOMETHING SOMETHING THAT WAVERED AND FLUTTERED ADVANCED RETREATED FELIX ALSO AVERRED THAT HE HAD HEARD SARA ASK CECILY VERY SERIOUSLY WASN'T IT A HARD PLIGHT FOR POOR DONALD BUT HE WAS A SCOTCHMAN YOU KNOW AND IT'S PRETTY HARD TO STICK A SCOTCHMAN ALONG 4198d532-cc00-4a0c-8881-19eb4f744e41 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT I THREW A LIGHTED MATCH INTO THAT KEG OF GUNPOWDER IN MISTER COOK'S STORE AT MARKDALE SAID PETER IT BLEW UP AND EVERYTHING BLEW UP AND THEY FISHED ME OUT OF THE MESS BUT I WOKE UP BEFORE I'D TIME TO FIND OUT IF I WAS KILLED OR NOT YONAS SHOOK HIS HEAD THERE IS HELP HE SAID AND YOU WILL FIND IT YOUR SON IS GONE ACCUSED QUESTIONED CONFESSED AND BURNT BUT THERE WILL BE NO MORE SHARP LOOKED AT HIM FOR A LONG TIME 41a2bff3-998e-4c28-ad6d-f429f3779146 WE LOOKED AT HER AS WE DREW NEAR WITH SUCH INTEREST THAT WE FORGOT TO FEEL SHY SHE LIVES THERE WITH A LOT OF PET ANIMALS IN WINTER AND IN SUMMER SHE ROAMS OVER THE COUNTRY AND BEGS HER MEALS I DON'T THINK SHE DID SHE LOOKED VERY PALE AND WOEBEGONE WHEN SHE CAME DOWN TO BREAKFAST BUT FOR ALL THAT THERE WAS A CERTAIN EXHILARATION ABOUT HER 41ab8dfc-54eb-479f-8aa9-49fc86c351eb THAT WHOLE SCENE COMES OUT CLEARLY FOR ME IN MEMORY THE ARC OF PRIMROSE SKY OVER THE TREES BEHIND THE OLD HOUSE THE FRUIT LADEN BOUGHS OF THE ORCHARD THE BANK OF GOLDEN ROD LIKE A WAVE OF SUNSHINE BEHIND THE PULPIT STONE THE NAMELESS COLOURS SEEN ON A FIR WOO IN A RUDDY SUNSET BUT THE BODY WAS VERY LONG FOR IT HAD TWENTY LEGS TEN LEGS ON EACH SIDE AND THIS CAUSED THE BODY TO STRETCH OUT AND LIE IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION SO THAT ALL THE LEGS COULD TOUCH THE GROUND AND STAND FIRM 41e9d908-135f-432f-aaf5-3171fc7014a4 THAT WAS HOW I GOT THE NAME OF TOMMY QUICKSTEP I COULD RUN AN ERRAND MORE QUICKLY THAN ANY OTHER BOY AND SO I WAS VERY PROUD OF MYSELF YOU MUST NOT SAY BAD WORDS OR SWEAR YOU MUSTN'T GET DRUNK ALTHOUGH OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T BE LIKELY TO DO THAT BEFORE YOU GROW UP AND THE GIRLS NEVER IN TRUTH IT WAS A MERRY LITTLE FEAST WE HAD GONE WITHOUT OUR DINNERS IN ORDER TO SAVE OUR APPETITES AND WE DID AMPLE JUSTICE TO FELICITY'S GOOD THINGS 41eae745-a8a9-40aa-9273-a7b0dbd51d92 BUT SHE TOOK IT VERY COOLLY I KNEW FELICITY WOULD GET IT OUT OF HIM SOMETIME SHE SAID I THINK HE HAS DONE WELL TO HOLD OUT THIS LONG BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TELL WHO ARE THE GOOD GROWN UP PEOPLE ASKED FELIX SUDDENLY FORGETTING THAT HE WAS IN CHURCH OH THAT IS EASY SAID PETER YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST FEEL WHO IS GOOD AND WHO ISN'T AND YOU MUSTN'T TELL LIES AND YOU MUSTN'T MURDER ANY ONE YOU MUST BE SPECIALLY CAREFUL NOT TO MURDER ANY ONE 41f6b4da-3591-4953-91bf-03d31a3a38ce RIGHT BUT FELICITY HAD ALREADY WHISKED THE TURNIPS OUT AND WAS SLICING THEM WHILE ALL THE OTHERS WERE LAUGHING AT ME I KNOW A STORY ABOUT JUDY PENU AND THE WORD PRESBYTERIAN SAID THE STORY YELL BUT I CAN'T TURN IT NOW IF TO MORROW ISN'T THE JUDGEMENT DAY I'LL TELL IT MONDAY IF I HAD KNOWN THAT TO MORROW MIGHT BE THE JUDGMENT DAY I WOULDN'T HAVE QUARRELLED WITH YOU LAST MONDAY SARA STANLEY OR BEEN SO HORRID AND SULKY ALL THE WEEK 41f6d423-7a0b-417b-80fa-19c6ba96727e WELL LET'S HEAR ABOUT IT SAID FELIX ALTHOUGH I THINK KISSING'S AWFUL SILLY AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED MUCH IF IT HADN'T EVER BEEN DISCOVERED THE STORY GIRL SCATTERED HER ROSES AROUND HER ON THE GRASS AND CLASPED HER SLIM HANDS OVER HER KNEES GAZING DREAMILY AFAR AT THE TINTED SKY BETWEEN THE APPLE TREES AS IF SHE WERE LOOKING BACK TO THE MERRY DAYS OF THE WORLD'S GAY YOUTH SHE BEGAN HER VOICE GIVING TO THE WORDS AND FANCIES OF THE OLD TALE THE DELICACY OF HOAR FROST AND THE CRYSTAL SPARKLE OF DEW IF YOU CAN WORK MAGIC WHY DON'T YOU BREAK THE ENCHANTMENT YOU ARE UNDER IN RETURN TO YOUR PROPER FORM INQUIRED THE BEAST STOUTLY I HAVEN'T THE POWER TO DO THAT ANSWERED THE CANARY FOR MISSUS YUKE THE GIANTESS WHO TRANSFORMED ME USED A PECULIAR FORM OF YUKU MAGIC THAT IS UNKNOWN TO ME HOWEVER SHE COULD NOT DEPRIVE ME OF MY OWN FAIRY KNOWLEDGE SO I WILL TRY TO GET YOU A BREAKFAST 41fc320e-0d65-47fb-9bde-754b77bb40f9 THE MOMENT THIS WAS ALL FINISHED I DID THE JOB THEY WERE WAITING FOR I THREW THE SWITCH THAT STARTED THE WATER FLOWING AGAIN WHEN THE WATER WAS CUT OFF WITH THE PILE IN OPERATION IT HAD STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THE AUTOMATIC SAFETIES HAD DUMPED THE CHARGE DOWN THE PIT WE COULD EARN MONEY AND SHE COULDN'T YOU SEE BUT COME ON DOWN TO THE ORCHARD THE STORY GIRL HAD A LETTER FROM HER FATHER TO DAY AND SHE'S GOING TO READ IT TO US 42022f7f-c535-417b-9e99-5a27467afa24 STILL THERE WAS SOMETHING AWFULLY ATTRACTIVE DAMN BUT HE WAS CONFUSED DORA'S SMILE DIDN'TALLY LAST THAT LONG FARMERS THOUGHTS WERE GOING FAST NOW SOMEHOW THEN OF COURSE I QUIT THINKING AND ARE YOU HAPPY HAPPY WHAT'S THAT 42088ef6-05c6-4985-8667-a10c26b6b8f9 CHAPTER NINE THE QUARRELSOME DRAGONS WITH YELLS OF FEAR THEY BOUNDED AWAY IN ALL DIRECTIONS SCATTERING ABOUT THE CLEARING IF SHE COULD ONLY REACH GLECON SHE WOULD PROTECT HER GROWN UPS HAD VERY PECULIAR VIEWS THEY MIGHT FORBID OUR GOING AT ALL AND THEY WOULD CERTAINLY LAUGH AT US 42221783-4919-4cba-a8c1-93e97b7db14a SARA RAY WAS THE ONLY UNHAPPY ONE AMONG US SHE COULD DO NOTHING SHE HAD NO RELATIVES IN CARLISLE EXCEPT HER MOTHER AND HER MOTHER DID NOT APPROVE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY PROJECT ANNE WOULD NOT GIVE SARA A CENT OR PUT HER IN ANY WAY OF EARNING ONE TO SARA THIS WAS HUMILIATION INDESCRIBABLE SO IT IS SAID CECILY IT ISN'T THERE ISN'T A SPECK OF SAWDUST IN THAT BOX THE STORY GIRL'S FACE WORE A QUITE INDESCRIBABLE EXPRESSION COMPOUND OF HORROR AND SHAME SHE NEED NOT HAVE CONFESSED IF SHE HAD BUT HELD HER TONGUE THE MYSTERY OF THE SAWDUST'S DISAPPEARANCE MIGHT HAVE FOREVER REMAINED A MYSTERY 422e1744-a106-4378-882d-de5f4845e3f2 FATHER COULD TALK WELL THAT WAS ALL HER OWN THEY HAD NEVER KNOWN HIM VERY INTIMATELY I WOULD RATHER HAVE DIED THAN HAVE TOUCHED THE SLIM BROWN WRIST ON WHICH SHE SUPPORTED HERSELF 4236c25a-4f6b-40eb-9ee9-631f37f38402 I CAN EXPLAIN HE SAID DESPERATELY EVERYTHING CAN BE EXPLAINED THERE IS NO NEED TO MAKE SUCH CHARGES I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PAPERS YOU HAVE THERE SO I WOULDN'T ATTEMPT TO SAY THEY ARE ALL FORGERIES I HAVE MANY ENEMIES YOU KNOW IF THE LEAGUE KNEW THE DIFFICULTIES FACED ON A BACKWARD PLANET LIKE THESE WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE EXCLAIMED PETER HAS THE MEASLES EAGER JOYOUS RADIANT HE SET HIS FOOT ON THE RAINBOW 424122a1-0a1e-4624-a8e4-c93aa8f52747 I HAVE A GOOD MIND TO DO IT SAID SARA BUT I CAN'T GET MY GOOD CLOTHES THEY'RE IN THIS BARE ROOM AND MA LO LOCKED THE DOOR FOR FEAR SOMEBODY WOULD GET AT THE FRUIT CAKE SIGHED POOR CECILY HER CHEEKS WERE STILL FLUSHED WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF THE EVENING PETER WENT OFF RATHER SULLENLY AND FELIX ALSO SULLENLY SAT DOWN AND BEGAN TO NURSE HIS NOSE HE TURNED HIS BACK ON CECILY 424d8a4d-82c7-4815-b759-623de84e5b8e IT WAS AGREED THAT THE LATTER WAS TO MAKE A CORNMEAL PUDDING FOR DINNER IT CAN'T BE TRUE SAID SARA RAY SEEKING REFUGE AS USUAL IN TEARS WHY EVERYTHING LOOKS JUST THE SAME THINGS COULDN'T LOOK THE SAME IF JUDGMENT DAY WAS GOING TO BE TO MORROW BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S TO COME I SAID UNCOMFORTABLY IT TELLS YOU IN THE BIBLE IT'S TO COME JUST LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT 425b18aa-447e-4584-bd88-203517fd0c89 SARA RAY WAS REALLY IN A BAD FIT OF HYSTERICS ALTHOUGH THE STORY GIRL WAS HIGH PRIESTESS WE ALL PREACHER INCLUDED LOOKED AT HER AGHAST INDEED I AM GLAD TO HAVE COME AND MY LIFE HERE IS RATHER LONELY I YET WHO HAD PROMISED BECAUSE 425ff42b-4446-4b75-aead-dd72ab29d79e AT NIGHT THEY STOPPED AT A HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE WELL ENTERTAINED AND WHERE WHO CREATURES COULD NOT ESCAPE FROM THE ENCLOSURE BUT IN THEIR FRIGHT MANY BOUNDED UPWARD AND CAUGHT THE BRANCHES OF THE TREES PETE SHOUTED A FAMILIAR VOICE AND I SCRAMBLED TO MY FEET VIC LED THE WAY HOPE AND I FOLLOWING 428909e5-145a-4197-b746-5ca3430e86b1 ASKED DOROTHY I HELPLESSLY BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE WHERE TO GO AND THROUGH THE DOORWAY THEY OBSERVED A BIG CHAMBER ABOUT TEN KILOMETERS OUT THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR SLAVES STETSON PUT A HAND TO HIS THROAT 429b7ab1-2f73-41ab-93b3-e4a588c97309 SHE CAN'T COOK SAID FELICITY AND SHE HASN'T A GOOD COMPLEXION MIND YOU SHE SAYS SHE'S GOING TO BE AN ACTRESS WHEN SHE GROWS UP ISN'T THAT DREADFUL WE DIDN'T EXACTLY SEE WHY THEN SHE SPOKE SHE SAID GOOD MORNING NEVER HAD WE HEARD A VOICE LIKE HERS 42b808ca-f142-442a-a943-9f4f73ac6731 FAR ON THE HORIZON WAS A BANK OF ATMOSPHERIC CLOUDS PERHAPS CONDITIONS WERE MORE PROMISING THERE HE SHOVED THE POWER SETTING TO NINETY PER CENT A FIRE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT BLINKED ON INSTANTLY BRANDON'S EYES WERE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THE TAIL PIPE TEMPERATURE SEEMED ALL RIGHT IT COULD BE A FALSE INDICATION YOU'VE JUST BEEN PRAYING FOR THE OPPOSITE TO ME OUT OF SPITE AND YOU'VE GOT TO STOP IT PETER CRAIG WELL I GUESS I WON'T SAID PETER ANGRILY I'VE JUST AS GOOD A RIGHT TO PRAY WHAT I WANT FOR AS YOU FELIX KING EVEN IF YOU WAS BROUGHT UP IN TORONTO 42c1af60-3a06-4093-8e25-26a448887093 IF THAT CLOCK DOESN'T STRIKE TWO I SHALL GO OUT OF MY SEVEN SENSES DECLARED CECILY WITH UNUSUAL VEHEMENCE WHY YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT ANY COMMON BOOK I DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM SAID PETER CRESTFALLEN FELICITY IF I DIE FROM THE EFFECTS OF EATING SAWDUST PUDDING FLAVORED WITH NEEDLES YOU'LL BE SORRY YOU EVER SAID SUCH A THING TO YOUR POOR OLD UNCLE SAID UNCLE ROGER REPROACHFULLY EVEN IF THERE WERE NO NEEDLES IN IT SIXTY YEAR OLD SAWDUST CAN'T BE GOOD FOR MY TUMMY I DARE SAY IT WASN'T EVEN CLEAN 42ddc1b8-8579-4273-8691-816f994b2083 BUT THE TRUTH WAS I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT SUCH THINGS WELL I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM AND I DON'T CARE IF THEY AREN'T FASHIONABLE SAID PETER THEY'RE GOOD THINGS AUNT JANE USED TO SAY IF A MAN DIDN'T HAVE HEADS AND STICK TO THEM HE'D GO WANDERING ALL OVER THE BIBLE AND NEVER GET ANYWHERE IN PARTICULAR I HAD NEVER HEARD HE STARTED OFF TOWARDS THE EAST INTO THE PLAINS OF THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY AND THAT WAS THE LAST I EVER SAW OF HIM 42ea15e5-4b8d-46d4-ac0e-ae474f4462d8 WELL THEN THE OLD WOMAN SAID AND STARTED TO DRAW BACK JONAS GESTED LAZILY WITH ONE HAND WAIT HE SAID I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE YOUR HOUSE AWAY FROM YOU MADAM I AM ONLY HERE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT IS ONE THING I HAVE AGAINST THE ISLAND YOU NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THINGS LIKE THAT HERE THE PRINCE OF WALES WAS IN CHARLOTTETOWN ONCE SAID PETER MY AUNT JANE SAW HIM QUITE CLOSE BY 42f6845d-ab11-4fd1-a3a2-0d871730454d I HAD NOT GROWN A SINGLE BIT BY THE MERCILESS TESTIMONY OF THE HALL DOOR I TOOK THE BOX OF SEED OUT OF MY TRUNK IN THE TWILIGHT ROOM AND SWALLOWED THE DECREED PINCH AS I DID SO DAN'S VOICE RANG OUT BEHIND ME HIS SECTRE WAS THE SANTA MAGDALENA A SCRAP OF BALD HEADED AND DESOLATE MOUNTAINS STEEP BUT NOT HIGH AND SO TORRID IN THE AFTERNOONS THAT IT WAS SAID THAT THE OLD LAVA SOMETIMES BEGAN TO WRITHE AND FLOW AGAIN FROM THE SUN'S HEAT ALONE 42fe8def-ff2d-4472-818c-b1105de7946c WE AIN'T GOING TO SCHOOL TILL WE ARE SURE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE MEASLES THIS IS ALL I CAN THINK OF SO I WILL DRAW TO A CLOSE REMEMBER YOU CAN PRAY FOR ANYTHING YOU LIKE FELIX KING VERY WELL DONE MY WANDERER SAID THE TIN WOODMAN IT IS VERY EVIDENT THAT WE NEED FEAR THESE PUFFED UP CREATURES NO LONGER SO BE KIND ENOUGH TO UNFASTEN OUR BONDS AND WE WILL PROCEED UPON OUR JOURNEY 43166392-0a56-42c6-aa98-822eac0a59e2 FIRST HOWEVER LET US VISIT THE FOREST AND SEARCH FOR SOMETHING TO EAT PLEADED WOOT SO THEY CONTINUED ON TO THE EDGE OF THE FOREST WHICH CONSISTED OF MANY TALL AND BEAUTIFUL TREES I'VE COME NOW TO THE SECOND HEAD OF MY SERMON WHAT THE BAD PLACE IS LIKE HE PROCEEDED TO DESCRIBE THE BAD PLACE 432ca904-bdaa-4adb-97f6-d1016f87f207 WHICH WAS INDEED AN UNANSWERABLE QUESTION FOR FELICITY I WONDER WHAT BECAME OF THE BEAUTIFUL STONE ASKED CECILY YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT YOUR SHOES AND STOCKINGS ON WHEN YOU GO TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW TO NIGHT SAID FELICITY IN A TONE OF SATISFACTION I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M THINKING OF GOING BAREFOOTED OH YOU WOULDN'T SARA STANLEY YOU'RE NOT IN EARNEST EXCLAIMED FELICITY HER BLUE EYES FILLING WITH HORROR 433330a6-1156-4e6b-b238-3141c58e8ac4 HE CLIMBED WEARILY IN AND I DIRECTED THE DRIVER BEFORE HE FULLY REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING BLINKING AT THE SICKLY LIGHT OF DAWN BROUGHT HIM SLOWLY BACK TO REALITY BUT ADMIRAL THE HOUR EVERYONE WILL BE ASLEEP IT TOOK ABOUT TEN MINUTES GET AN ANSWER IF YOU WERE A WOMAN YOU COULD BUT GIVE YOUR VISITORS A DISH OF TEA I MEAN OF THE FAMILY CAT AT FAMILY PRAYERS MOTHER SAYS HE'S A PERFECT HERMIT 433592d8-add2-4b8c-ac14-c60636387558 UNCLE ALEC SAYS THAT UNCLE EDWARD SAYS THAT HEADS ARE BEGINNING TO GO OUT OF FASHION I SAID DEFIANTLY ALL THE MORE DEFIANTLY THAT I FELT I SHOULD HAVE HAD HEADS IN MY SERMON IT WOULD HAVE DOUBTLESS HAVE MADE A MUCH DEEPER IMPRESSION BUT THE TRUTH WAS I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT SUCH THINGS ARE YOU HUNGRY I DON'T EAT THANK YOU SAID THE SCARECROW NOR DO I SAID THE TIN WOODMAN I HAVE STILL A NATURAL LITTLE FOOD IN MY KNAPSACK SAID ROOT THE WANDERER AND I'D RATHER EAT THAT THAN ANY WASP'S NEST 43420351-bdf2-4671-afe5-75fa7bb6a3e2 BESIDES SARA STANLEY DOESN'T LIKE HER NAME AND OUR HOUSEKEEPER WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT THEY MUST WARN THE NATIVES BEFORE THE PROWLING ZID FOUND THEM ELSE THERE WOULD BE NO NATIVES FORCING US TO MAROON IT HERE FOR OUR OWN SAFETY THE CATALOGUE WAS WRONG 43484736-7139-4a1a-b6b3-b06a520aa541 AND AFTERWARDS GINGER AND I BECAME FAST FRIENDS FOR WHEN HE OPENED HIS MOUTH A SHEET OF FLAME LEAPED FORTH FROM IT I HAVEN'T ANYTHING ELSE VALUABLE SINCE I GAVE SARA RAY MY FORGET BENOCK JUG IT WAS JUST BECAUSE THEY STRUCK IN I WAS LOONY I AIN'T LOANY NATURALLY FELICITY 4349f6b7-2987-47d8-b44b-7bcd7098fe12 I DON'T WANT TO SAY FOR CERTAIN ALL THESE DETAILS AREN'T IN MY DEPARTMENT I'M JUST RESPONSIBLE FOR FINAL ASSEMBLY NOT UNIT WORK BUT THIS SURELY LOOKS LIKE THE THING THEY INSTALLED BIG THING LOTS OF POWERS IT WAS A BATTLESHIP ALL RIGHT NO DOUBT OF THAT NOW THE PRINCE OF WALES WAS IN CHARLOTTETOWN ONCE SAID PETER MY AUNT JANE SAW HIM QUITE CLOSE BY 434af259-26d6-4e77-804a-191aa3abcecd IF THAT IS TRUE HOW IS THE WICKED WITCH DESTROYED SO THEY LEFT THE PATH THEY HAD BEEN FOLLOWING AND BEGAN TO TRAVEL TOWARD THE NORTHEAST HE SET UP A SHOUT FOR ONE OF THE GUARDS THE BALD ONE HAD BROUGHT HIS MEALS EVERY DAY BUT THE BLACK HAIRED ONE WAS THE MAN WHO CHECKED HIS SAIL AT NIGHT FOR ONCE YONAS THOUGHT HE WAS LUCKY THE BALD MAN APPEARED AFTER SOME FIFTY MINUTES SCREAMING AND CURSING 4369085e-8884-4547-9a18-87fd588da56c FIRST CAME AUNT JANET'S SISTER MISSUS PATERSON WITH A DAUGHTER OF SIXTEEN YEARS AND A SON OF TWO THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY A BUGGY LOAD OF MARKDALE PEOPLE AND FINALLY MISSUS ELDER FRUEN AND HER SISTER FROM VANCOUVER WITH TWO SMALL DAUGHTERS OF THE LATTER ARRIVED QUESTION SHE SAID YOU COME FROM HERAK NUFF UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE THAT THE WAYFARER WOULD INSIST ON PAYING PAYING WELL HE ADDED 43783162-f547-480e-aff3-afac7f7888e6 SHE ASKED FROWNING FOR IN THE LAND OF OZ MUCH WISDOM IN MANY THINGS MAY BE LEARNED DEPENDS ON HOW YOU'RE MARRIED TOO SAID CECILY GRAVELY SEEING THAT FELICITY DISDAINED REPLY I DEARLY LOVE TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN IT SAID THE STORY GIRL BUT STILL IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE AN ORDINARY CAT 437f0ad9-c780-4946-943f-1ba9107720a6 WELL SAID FELICITY WITH A GLANCE AT THE CLOCK IT'S ALL OVER AND IT HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING BUT THAT CLOCK HAS GOT TO BE PUT BACK RIGHT TO THE RIGHT TIME SOME TIME THROUGH THE DAY I DON'T WANT BEDTIME COMING A WHOLE HALF HOUR BEFORE IT OUGHT TO THEN HE FLOATED UPWARDS UNTIL HE REACHED THE LEAFY DOME AND PARTING THE BRANCHES HE DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT I'VE BEEN STUDYING WASTE TO HELP THEM EVER SINCE THEY WERE TRANSFORMED REPLIED OZMA 4381d15f-f6fa-4d67-a0f7-66abbc713519 FARMER THOUGHT DESPERATELY AGAIN THAT HE COULD SWIM AND THEN HE THOUGHT WILDLY OF THE JUDGE WHO HADN'T REGAINED FULL CONSCIOUSNESS THE TALE OF THE RAINBOW BRIDGE FELIX SO FAR AS MY REMEMBRANCE GOES NEVER ATTAIN TO SUCCESS IN THE ORDEAL OF BITTER APPLES 438979cf-83e1-47f7-8e33-c451d7655cc4 SHE DREW A PICTURE OF THE GRIMACING OTTOMAN ON THE MARGIN OF HER DREAM BOOK WHICH SO SCARED SARA RAY WHEN SHE BEHELD IT THAT SHE CRIED ALL THE WAY HOME AND INSISTED ON SLEEPING THAT NIGHT WITH JUDY PINNOT LEST THE FURNITURE TAKE TO PURSUING HER ALSO I BELIEVE WE ARE SAFE NOW SAID POLYCHROME WHEN HER CAGE WAS SET DOWN AND THE OTHERS HAD ALL GATHERED AROUND IT FOR MISSUS EWKE DAREST NOT GO OUTSIDE OF HER OWN VALLEY FOR FEAR OF BEING CAPTURED BY HER ENEMIES SO WE MAY TAKE OUR TIME TO CONSIDER WHAT TO DO NEXT 43a7b32f-7fc4-4daa-b2ee-8f6a17fd8373 A PARTY OR PARTIES UNKNOWN HAD NEATLY WALKED THE SHIP CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO THEIR OWN ENDS THERE WAS NO PICTURE OF THE GIRL HE WATCHED FOR A WHILE BUT SAW NO MORE FLARES AND CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE BURNING SHIP BRANDON SWORE AND SNAPPED OFF THE SET 43a9acf1-b9f3-4816-8a5d-0747475bc6ab OH LOOK AT THE MOONSHINE ON THE ROAD IN THAT GAP BETWEEN THE SPRUCES CECILY'S HEADACHE WAS BETTER AND THE STORY GIRL REFRESHED BY AN AFTERNOON SIESTA BUT THIS IS AN ORN R UNIT YES SIR ADMIRAL STETSON SIR YEA GABBOT WHERE IS ALL THIS TRANSLATION GRIFF PUT 43bf87b2-4509-40d7-bc53-14b201f22b40 WE MUST HAVE YOUR FRIEND'S HELP FINDING OUT WHERE THE ISLANDERS GOT THEIR CALM CRYSTALS HAD BECOME SUDDENLY UNIMPORTANT OF COURSE I DIDN'T SAY IT OUT LOUD JUST WHISPERED LOUD ENOUGH FOR THE THROAT MIKE TO CATCH THEN HE LUNGED UP AND POINTED A DRIPPING FINGER AT ME 43d07582-b927-40a8-9fb3-8216674c5093 BUT EARLY AS IT WAS WE FOUND THE STORY GIRL IN THE KITCHEN WHEN WE WENT DOWN SITTING ON RACHEL WARD'S BLUE CHEST AND LOOKING IMPORTANT THEN WE SUCKED ON THE JUICE SWEETER WAS IT THAN THE NECTAR DRUNK BY BLISSFUL GODS ON THE THESSALYAN HILL MISTER CAMPBELL WAS A TALL MAN WITH A MASSIVE HEAD WELL THATCHED WITH THICK BLACK HAIR GREY STREET HE HAD BIG BLACK EYES WITH MANY WRINKLES AROUND THEM AND A THIN FIRM LONG LIPPED MOUTH WE THOUGHT HIM HANDSOME FOR AN OLD MAN 43e9159a-2d96-4930-a6c8-9e474ef509e1 MARK THREE THE OLD MAN REPEATED PRACTICALLY CHARTELING I NEVER HEARD OF IT EITHER UNTIL RECORDS DUG UP THE SPECKS THEY FOUND THEM BURIED IN THE BACK OF THE OLDEST WAREHOUSE THIS WAS THE EARLIEST TYPE OF BEACON EVER BUILT BY EARTH NO LESS FOUR FINGERED HANDS IT WORE A WIDE BELT FROM WHICH DANGLED NEAT POUCHES AND WHAT LOOKED LIKE TOOLS ALTHOUGH THEIR USE WAS OBSCURE 43f025db-b80a-4e20-9baa-35f5feb4e37f NO BUT I SHALL SOME DAY IF I KEEP ON BELIEVING IN HER BUT THEY HAD NEVER SPOKEN ABOUT IT THE NUMBER OF EGGS SHE USED IN IT WOULD HAVE SHOCKED AUNT JANET'S THRIFTY SOUL BUT THAT CAKE LIKE BEAUTY WAS ITS OWN EXCUSE 43f7a058-bdf2-43a6-896f-550856919f44 EACH OF THEM IN TURN HAD BEEN REPLACED BY THE SAME GIRL AND HE WAS GOING TO BE WIDE AWAKE SO VERY SOON THE POWER OF HIS THOUGHTS CARRYING ACROSS THE LIGHT YEARS OF DISTANCE THE THING HAD STOPPED MOVING THE STAIRWAY SHOULDN'T BE THERE THE NONIPUS CROUCHED MOTIONLESS 4402422f-5dca-4be1-8f4e-039f215b163b ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS STANDING THERE ON THE DECK BESIDE ME RIGHT OUT OF NOWHERE SO THAT'S WHY YOUR SAILS BELLIED BACKWARD WHEN YOU CAME INTO HARBOR AND SO I DOUBT NOT COULD EVERYONE THAT HEARD IT NOBODY EVER WANTS TO KNOW THE TIME IN A GARDEN MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS IT NEVER BELONGED TO JASPER DALE'S MOTHER FOR SHE THOUGHT IT A SIN TO WEAR ANYTHING BUT PRINT AND DRUGGET 440b0f25-b3bf-42ca-b4e9-734cacd544a9 AFTER DINNER WE ALL WITHOUT ANY VERBAL DECISION ABOUT IT WASHED OUR FACES AND COMBED OUR HAIR OH MASTER HE PRAYED TURNING BESEECHINGLY TO ODIN SUCH A DEAR OLD LADY WITH LOVELY SILVERY CURLS VIC LED THE WAY HOPE AND I FOLLOWING CLAW LIKE BROWN HAND WHEN THE TWO COINCIDED WELL 4412183d-a6f5-4086-8173-6e5aa6cbacb5 AM GLAD OUR FRIEND HAS ESCAPED YOU BUT AS IT IS NATURAL FOR A HUNGRY BEAST TO WISH HIS BREAKFAST TRAILED FAR BEHIND THEM WHEN HE WAS ANGRY MY DEAR SARA WHAT DO YOU THINK OF A WOMAN WHO CAN TURN YOUR SET HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT WHENEVER SHE LIKES HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A DEVIL AT ALL 4432f893-607a-468b-8fe3-b0bcb7e62d75 HAPPY WHAT'S THAT DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPINESS IS INQUIRED THE TIN WOODMAN I HAVEN'T THE FAINTEST IDEA WHETHER IT'S ROUND OR SQUARE OR BLACK OR WHITE OR WHAT IT IS AND IF YOU WILL PARDON MY LACK OF INTEREST IN IT I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T CARE C LEE MATERIALS TOWARD A HISTORY OF WITCHCRAFT VOL 444230a4-28f0-4a0d-a609-dbfa3de1b4cc I SHALL HAVE TO EXPERIMENT ON YOU POLYCHROME AND I MAY FAIL IN ALL MY ATTEMPTS WE LOOKED AT HIM WHEN IT WAS OVER WITH AN INCREASE OF RESPECT BUT AGLEIA THOUGH SHE WAS FRIGHTENED WOULD NOT GIVE HIM THE STONE WE FELT RATHER ASHAMED OF OURSELVES WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE HAD PAID SO LITTLE ATTENTION TO UNCLE ALEC'S GRACE THAT WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE IT WHEN WE HEARD IT ON OTHERS LIPS 4448a67c-55ec-4454-bed3-af87441f5b6f HE CLASPED HER FAINTING FORM TO HIS BREAST AND SPURRED HIS WHITE HORSE TO THE TOMBS A TEMPEST OF RAIN BROKE OVER THE VALLEY AND BLOTTED THEM FROM SIGHT TOMMY AND ADAM COWAN OVER AT MARKDALE ARE TWINS AND THEY'RE BOTH CROSS EYED SO I S'POSED THAT WAS WHAT BEING TWINS MEANT IT'S ALL VERY FINE FOR YOU FELLOWS TO LAUGH I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL HALF AS MUCH AS YOU DID AND YOU WAS BROUGHT UP IN TORONTO TOO 446a5744-c8b6-498f-ba9a-9257e5510012 CECILY'S MIGHT BE MORE DRAMATIC BUT FELIX'S WAS MORE AMUSING THE DREAM WHICH WE ALL COUNTED HIS MASTERPIECE WAS THE ONE IN WHICH A MENAGERIE WAS CAMPED IN THE ORCHARD AND THE RHINOCEROS CHASED AUNT JANET AROUND AND ROUND THE PULPIT STONE BUT TURNED INTO AN INOFFENSIVE PIG WHEN IT WAS ON THE POINT OF CATCHING HER HE CAME UP AGAIN NEARLY STRANGLED TO FIND THAT EITHER HE OR THE ZID HAD THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM THEY WERE ALL BUT EYE TO EYE WHEN JENOFER CAUGHT HIM AND TOWED HIM AWAY TOWARD THE DOUBTFUL SAFETY OF THE ISLAND QUEEN CHAFFEE'S THREE AND FOUR APPEARED FROM NOWHERE AND STOOD SOLEMNLY BY WHILE THE ZID WEAKENED AND SANK WITH A FINAL GOUT OF BUBBLES WE MUST HAVE YOUR FRIEND'S HELP CHAFFY THREE SAID TO JENOFY THEN TO RECOVER OUR INVESTMENT 446c99cc-38aa-48f4-83a5-1bafea007433 THE YACHT WAS FLUSHED AGAINST THE SPACE FILLING BULK OF THE OTHER SHIP I PUT IT OUT OF MY MIND AND WORKED ON SOME DRY D CHESS PROBLEMS THAT'S THE EXACT TRUTH EXCLAIMED THE GIANTESS WHO SEEMED PLEASED HEAR THE BIRD TALK THEN OF COURSE I QUIT THINKING 44723a26-e327-4236-b71d-695a8c5de9ef I GUESS THIS WILL BE A LESSON TO YOU DAN KING SAID FELICITY IN HER MOST MADDENING TONE THEN HE LET US GO YOU SEE SAID THE STORY GIRL AS WE WENT HOME YOU NEED NEVER BE AFRAID OF PEOPLE BUT WE ARE NOT ALL STORY GIRLS SAID CECILY 44792d99-ac7b-4650-8ad1-9c50ef772e80 HE WAS ABOUT TO SEND OUT AN E I PATROL SHIP TO TAKE OVER HERE IN THE ISLANDS JEFF SAID JEFF DUCKED AND STRAINED HIS WEIGHT AGAINST THE BUNK GENTLY GENTLY CAUTIONED THE SCARECROW DON'T BE RUDE TO STRANGERS CAPTAIN 44883ad0-7a5b-4f15-9b9d-d51e604167a6 AND WHILE THEIR FLESH LOOKED MORE UNNATURAL AND UNREAL THAN EVER AND THE OTHER WAS THAT HOPE HAD FOLLOWED HIM THE REST DIDN'T MATTER VERY MUCH I PROMISE YOU YONA SAID EARNESTLY THAT YOU WILL BE IN NO DANGER FOR ME AND THE BROTHERHOOD HAS GAINED A NEW MEMBER CLTON SAID A 448dd68d-04ea-4dbd-8de0-54c56e572133 YOU'RE NOT LIABLE TO GET LOST SAID SHE FOR YOUR WINGS AND FEATHERS WILL MAKE A RACKET WHEREVER YOU GO AND ON MY WORD A TIN OWL IS SO RARE AND PRETTY THAT IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE ORDINARY BIRD I DID NOT INTEND TO MAKE YOU TIN BUT I FORGOT TO WISH YOU TO BE NEAT THE APPLES BEGAN TO BURN RED ON THE BENDING BOUGHS CRICKETS SANG DAY AND NIGHT SQUIRRELS CHATTERED SECRETS OF POLLITION IN THE SPRUCES THE SUNSHINE WAS AS THICK AND YELLOW AS MOLTEN GOLD SCHOOL OPENED AND WE SMALL DENIZENS THE HILL FARMS LIVED HAPPY DAYS OF HARMLESS WORK AND NECESSARY PLAY CLOSING IN THE NIGHTS OF PEACEFUL UNDISTURBED SLUMBER UNDER A ROOF WATCHED OVER BY AUTUMNAL STARS AT LAST OUR SLUMBERS WERE PEACEFUL AND UNDISTURBED UNTIL OUR ORGY OF DREAMING BEGAN 449050d5-e08f-437c-a138-960caf34637a SOMEHOW WHAT POPPED INTO FARMER'S HEAD WAS THE COURSE OF AN OLD SONG HE HAD SUNG IN BOY'S CAMP WHEN VERY YOUNG THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THERE'S A LOG IN THE HOLE YOUR MACHINE REACTIVATED THE GATE FROM THIS SIDE EVEN IF THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU DESIGNED IT TO DO DORA WENT ON IT'S A GOOD THING I NOTICED THE GATE WAS OPEN OF COURSE THE AREA EFFECTED IS ENLARGED IT INCLUDES THOSE STEPS AND A LOT OF WATER AROUND THEM HE KNEW WHEN HE PUT DOWN THE MICROPHONE THAT THE SHIP WOULD BE TOO LATE E I MIGHT STILL DRAG THE SECRET OF THE CALM CRYSTAL SOURCE OUT OF THE ISLANDERS BUT JEFF AUBREY AND JENIFER MAC WOULDN'T BE ON HAND TO WITNESS THEIR SORRY TRIUMPH THE FLIMSY CABIN COULD NOT STAND FOR LONG AGAINST THE SORT OF BRUTE THE OWLS HAD SHOWN HIM AND THERE WAS NO SORT OF WEAPON AT HAND THEY COULDN'T EVEN RUN THERE'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE JENIFER SAID IN A SMALL VOICE 44946168-336b-4bbd-8d25-fc526ec1049b SILVERY MOON WAS LOOKING DOWN ON US OVER THE GRANARY ALL RIGHT I CAN FIGHT AS WELL AS PRAY OH DON'T FIGHT I SEE HE SAID AT LAST YOU HAVE CONFESSED THE BALD ONE SAID I'VE DONE ALL RIGHT YONETS THOUGHT SULLENLY 4495b9d8-e470-42c5-9939-4d2831269dda A MOB YOU WANT I SHOULD COUNT THEM THAT MOB'S ONLY ABOUT FIVE KILOMETERS OUTSTIT WE GOT HORN'S GEAR OUTSIDE ON THE DISGUISED AIR SLED WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE AND CLEAN YOU OUT HE READ THE CODE WORDS CAREFULLY SHAPING THEM WITH HIS MOUTH BUT NOT SPEAKING ALOUD THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS THE FACT I HAD FORCED HIM TO MAKE HIS PLAY BEFORE HE WAS ABSOLUTELY READY 44cc2bc6-7cf8-4600-8efb-01166b4806d5 SHE HAD NO SENSE OF HUMOR HAD THEY REALIZED HOW FAR TO DEVELOP A FEELING OF AFFECTION FOR IT NOW THE SCARECROW WAS NEXT TO POLYCHROME IN THE LINE AND UNHAPPINESS IN ANY FORM IS THE GREATEST EVIL THAT CAN BEFALL YOU 44d21c6c-539d-4379-a226-3931ac4bfcab ALL THE MORE DEFIANTLY THAT I FELT I SHOULD HAVE HAD HEADS IN MY SERMON THE OLD CHEST FILLED UP THE CORNER BETWEEN THE TABLE AND THE WALL NEITHER FELIX NOR I HAD EVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT PARTICULARLY FOR CURIOUS AS IT MAY SEEM TO YOU MY MEMORY IS NOT GOOD SINCE MY SEPARATION FROM THE REST OF ME HE OUGHT TO LIKE THAT I THANK YOU FOR BEING SO THOUGHTFUL 44ddadf2-ba97-4eb5-a44f-2f2f1d069de9 SO BOOT GATHERED A LOT OF CREAM PUFFS THAT WERE GOLDEN YELLOW AND FILLED WITH SWEET CREAMY SUBSTANCE AND ATE UNTIL HIS HUNGER WAS SATISFIED MISTER CAMPBELL'S HOUSEKEEPER USHERED US INTO HIS PARLOUR AND LEFT US PRESENTLY MISTER CAMPBELL HIMSELF WAS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY LOOKING US OVER WE TOOK HEART OF GRACE IT SEEMED TO BE ONE OF HIS GOOD DAYS FOR THERE WAS A QUIZZICAL SMILE ON HIS BROAD CLEAN SHAVEN STRONGLY FEATURED FACE 44ec0284-cf9a-4f68-b2cc-c55211beb559 OWING TO THE RAIN WE COULD NOT FOREGATHER IN THE ORCHARD WHERE WE HAD MEANT TO TRANSACT THE BUSINESS WITH JERRY WE DID NOT WISH OUR GROWN UPS AROUND AT OUR GREAT MOMENT SO WE BETOOK OURSELVES TO THE LOFT OF THE GRANARY IN THE SPRUCE WOOD FROM WHOSE WINDOW WE COULD SEE THE MAIN ROAD AND HALE JERRY IF MY PLAN DOESN'T WORK CAPTAIN THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH OF MY SKIN LEFT TO PICK UP WITH A TWEEZER NOW IF YOU PLEASE I'D LIKE TO GET TO URDAIDA AND PICK UP MY SHIP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 44f0c3b9-d9cd-4be6-9f47-5a6d864d5935 SOME OF THE LOONS HAD WHEELED A BIG MACHINE IN FRONT OF THE THRONE AND NOW PUT TOOK PANTA'S SKIN AND BEGAN TO PUMP AIR INTO IT WITHOUT THINKING WHAT I WAS DOING I SAID ALOUD WE ALWAYS REMEMBERED THE PICTURE SHE MADE THERE AND IN LATER DAYS WHEN WE READ TENNYSON'S POEMS AT A COLLEGE DESK WE KNEW EXACTLY HOW AN AUREID PEERING THROUGH THE GREEN LEAVES ON SOME HAUNTED KNOLL OF SOME FOUNTAIN ITEM MUST LOOK 44f0ff54-c97e-4991-bac3-0b7b8332d9b4 AS REIN HART ROSE TO HIS FEET BRANDON REACHED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE SET BRANDON TOOK A DEEP BREATH HIS HEAD SPUN AND FOR THE FIRST TIME HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS STILL ALIVE ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THE I A SAID STETSON IT COLLECTS SUCH EVEN TEMPERED TYPES HE LOOKED AT THE WHITE UNIFORM ON HORN WIPED A HAND ACROSS HIS MOUTH AS THOUGH HE'D TASTED SOMETHING DIRTY 44f10f3d-c492-4257-9b5b-1dfb6e60917c AS A MATTER OF FACT I THINK I WILL HE GAZED REFACTLY AT THE BALD MAN WHO GULPED AND TURNED A LITTLE PALE I MUST TAKE YOUR WORD THAT YOU ARE NOT DANGEROUS WE ALL LOOKED AT HIM PETER CRAIG WHAT DO YOU MEAN ASKED FELICITY EXACTLY WHAT I SAY 4503651b-e879-49ad-ad8a-1b594d0372ca AND WILL YOU PLEASE TRY WE ARE ALL SO FOND OF HIM AND HE IS SUCH A GOOD CAT AND HAS NO BAD HABITS MOTHER WROTE COUSIN RACHEL TEN YEARS AGO SAID CECILY AND ASKED HER IF SHE MIGHT OPEN THE CHEST TO SEE IF THE MOTHS HAD GOT INTO IT THERE'S A CRACK IN THE BACK AS BIG AS YOUR FINGER HAVE YOU EATEN HIM SO QUICKLY NO INDEED ANSWERED THE JAGUAR 4503ecdc-a98e-409f-b296-1bfa6e48383f I KNEW FELICITY WOULD GET IT OUT OF HIM SOMETIME SHE SAID I THINK HE HAS DONE WELL TO HOLD OUT THIS LONG I SHOULD THINK THE MORE LIKE A REGULAR SERMON IT WAS THE BETTER I SAID ONE DESPERATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD NOTHING TO READ AND THE TIME SEEMED ENDLESS FELIX HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE A GAME OF FRUIT BASKET SHE IS GOING TO WRITE YOU A LETTER TOO 450ce3b8-4fa4-48de-a5fe-ab45ca343e5f THERE'LL HAVE TO BE THE USUAL TESTS NOT THAT THERE'S MUCH DOUBT WE LIKE TO BE CERTAIN THE MIDDLE AGED MAN SEEMED RELIEVED THEN ON SECOND THOUGHT HE HESITATED UNEASILY WHY YOU ARE A HERETIC KNUFF SAID SUDDENLY I CANNOT YOU CAN PRAY YUNUS SAID KNUFF BLINKED PRAY HE SAID 450fb69b-7e1a-4bd2-b50f-a254fda0f4c6 MARSHAL DON'T ASK THE LITTLE BUG SO MANY QUESTIONS HOW DO YOU KNOW MARSHALL DID ANYBODY ELSE EVER SEE THEM AT THAT VERY MOMENT AUNT OLIVIA WHO HAD RECOVERED FROM HER HEADACHE AND AUNT JANET WERE LAUGHING IN THE KITCHEN OVER THE STATE THE CHILDREN WERE IN BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THE END OF THE WORLD WAS CLOSE AT HAND 4532e01c-9778-40c7-8f29-0a295dc54f2f THE RAIN HAD CEASED BUT THE CLOUDS HUNG DARK AND BROODING ABOVE A WORLD WHICH IN ITS WINDLESS CALM FOLLOWING THE SPENT STORM THROW SEEMED TO US TO BE WAITING TILL JUDGMENT SPOKE THE DOOM OF FATE THE SHIP HE THOUGHT ASTRO MAY ALREADY BE HOVERING OVER IT 455db535-fde0-4944-86a5-175e468230b7 NO KING I FELT CERTAIN WOULD EVER MARRY A BEGGAR MAID WHEN HE HAD PRINCESSES GALORE FROM WHOM TO CHOOSE BUT NOW I UNDERSTOOD IT ALL WHEN FELICITY RETURNED WE CONCLUDED FROM HER EXPRESSION THAT SHE HAD NEWS AND SHE HAD MA SAYS THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT AS LONG AS HE'S A BACHELOR BECAUSE HE WON'T TAKE ANY ONE SAID FELICITY BUT IF HE WAKES UP SOME DAY AND FINDS HE'S AN OLD BACHELOR BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET ANY ONE IT'LL HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT FLAVOR 455ddd3d-4a40-49a8-bfd7-7aef58bb546d WE WERE SITTING THERE WHEN UNCLE ROGER WALKED IN AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU FRID DOING UP AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT HE SAID ANGRILY YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR BEDS TWO HOURS AGO AND WITH A ROARING FIRE ON A NIGHT THAT'S HOT ENOUGH TO MELT A BRASS MONKEY HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES THAT'S FUNNY SHE RETORTED YOU'RE A LITTLE AND YOUR WEAK AS YOU ARE YOU'RE NOT MUCH ACCOUNT ANYHOW THE BEST THING ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU'RE ALIVE FOR I SHALL BE ABLE TO MAKE OF YOU SOME SORT OF LIVE CREATURE WHICH WILL BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON YOUR PRESENT FORM 4574cc1a-4d5b-4f7a-a0f8-639ab8b3bea3 AND PATHS OF BLUE GROUND WE MISS SUFFERING FROM HUNGER WHEN FOOD CANNOT BE HAD WHEN WE HEARD YOU WERE SICK WE ALL SAID NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU BUT WE WERE AFRAID IT WAS TOO LATE AND I SAID IF YOU GOT BETTER I'D TELL YOU 45904508-1238-44f9-b638-c84be55df92b MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS IT NEVER BELONGED TO JASPER DALE'S MOTHER FOR SHE THOUGHT IT A SIN TO WEAR ANYTHING BUT PRINT AND DRUGGET AND THIS DRESS WAS OF PALE BLUE SILK BESIDES THAT THERE WERE A PAIR OF BLUE SATIN SLIPPERS ON THE FLOOR BESIDE IT HIGH HEELED SLIPPERS AND ON THE FLY LEAF OF THE BOOKS THE NAME ALICE WAS WRITTEN I SHALL HAVE TO EXPERIMENT ON YOU POLYCHROME AND I MAY FAIL IN ALL MY ATTEMPTS SHE THEN TRIED TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT METHODS OF MAGIC HOPING ONE OF THEM WOULD SUCCEED IN BREAKING POLYCHROME'S ENCHANTMENT BUT STILL THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER REMAINED A CANARY BIRD 459843e7-5fbd-442a-983b-eadd05223739 I'M GOING TO WANT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUESS THAT ONE YOU ARE A WEAK FOOL LIKE THE OTHERS GRITTED TO NEW YOUR SHIP LANDED TO REPAIR ITS TUBES VERY INFERIOR CERAMICS IN THOSE TUBES NOT SO CHAFY THREE ASSURED HER GALACTIC WILL OFFER SATISFACTORY ITEMS IN EXCHANGE AS WELL AS A SOLUTION TO TARA'S PROBLEMS 45aba622-b2bb-4cb3-99c0-a213534f9d7b SO HE TOOK HIS KNAPSACK AND HIS SHEPHERD'S CROOK AND WANDERED AWAY UNTIL HE CAME TO THESSALY THAT IS THE LAND OF THE GODS HILL YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE HILL WAS OLYMPUS BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS STORY THAT HAPPENED ON ANOTHER MOUNTAIN MOUNT PELICON LET THEM COME SHE RETURNED WITH AN ACCENT OF SCORN WHEN THEY GET HERE THEY WILL FIND NEITHER BOY NOR A TIN MAN NOR A SCARECROW FOR TO MORROW MORNING I INTEND TO TRANSFORM YOU ALL INTO OTHER SHAPES SO THAT YOU CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED 45db637a-82bb-46c6-834b-ad454c2a0adf MANY A PRINCESS RODE BY US ON HER PALFREY WELL IT WAS AWFUL SAD SAID FELICITY WIPING HER EYES CECILY AND FELIX WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD DISTINGUISH THE DOUBLE STAR IN THE HANDLE OF THE BIG DIPPER THE IMAGE ON HIS THREE INCH SCREEN WAS NOT CONSEIL SEDTERFIELD'S BUT THE STARTLED CONSOLATE OPERATORS 45e48365-ad7d-4570-9757-0c2ce21dd13e SHE HAS SIX MAGIC HAIRPINS WHICH SHE WEARS IN HER HAIR AND A MAGIC RING WHICH SHE WEARS ON HER THUMB AND WHICH IS INVISIBLE TO ALL EYES EXCEPT THOSE OF A FAIRY AND MAGIC BRACELETS ON HER ANKLES SO I AM POSITIVE THAT SHE WILL MANAGE TO FIND A WAY OUT OF HER PRISON WE WERE SITTING IN A CIRCLE BEFORE THE PULPIT STONE EACH WRITING DILIGENTLY IN AN EXERCISE BOOK AND EATING THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT'S PLUMS WHICH ALWAYS REACHED THEIR PRIME OF JUICY GOLDEN GREEN FLESH AND BLOOMY BLUESKIN IN SEPTEMBER THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT WAS DEAD AND GONE BUT THOSE PLUMS CERTAINLY KEPT HIS MEMORY GREEN AS HIS FORGOTTEN SERMONS NEVER COULD HAVE DONE OH SAID FELICITY IN A SHOCKED TONE WHEN UNCLE ROGER HAD PASSED BY UNCLE ROGER SWORE OH NO HE DIDN'T SAID THE STORY GIRL QUICKLY 45ea5276-1928-41fe-8454-92ad74cbbd79 THEN THEY WERE REALLY GONE WE WERE ALL LEFT TO KEEP HOUSE UNCLE ROGER AND PETER WENT AWAY TO THEIR WORK FELICITY AT ONCE SET THE PREPARATIONS FOR DINNER GOING AND ALLOTTED TO EACH OF US HIS PORTION OF SERVICE ONLY THOSE OMINOUS LAST WORDS IN CLEAR KEPT MY HAPPINESS FROM BEING COMPLETE I HAD BEEN HANDED MY LONG AWAITED ASSIGNMENT BUT TRANSLATED INTO SIMILAR TERMS MY ORDERS WERE TO GET THE BATTLESHIP OR BE MY NECK NEVER A WORD ABOUT MY EFFORTS IN UNCOVERING THE PLOTS IN THE FIRST PLACE 45f1d0af-3eaf-41a1-83c0-3b145db543bd ARE YOU A WITCH OR FAIRIES OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT HE ASKED AS HE WATCHED HER WONDERINGLY HE DID NOT TELL ME ANY OF HIS SECRETS BUT I BELIEVE HE WILL SOME DAY OF COURSE I NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT HIS ALICE ROOM WELL PETER I HAVE NO MORE NEWS SO I WILL CLOSE FOR THIS TIME HOPE WHEN YOU WILL SOON BE QUITE WELL I REMAIN YOURS SINCERELY FELICITY KING 46058d30-8b43-4efd-b1e4-93b9357bbf4d ONE WAS A RICH AMBER ONE A PALE GREEN ONE A VIVID ELECTRIC BLUE AND ONE WAS FIERY RED THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT INCREASED STEADILY AS I MOVED THE DIAL IN THE BUCKET SEAT OF THE SLEDGE CAB ORAN FOUGHT THE CONTROLS HE WAS PLAGUED BY THE VAGUE SLOW MOTION FLOATING SENSATION THAT A HEAVY PLANET NATIVE ALWAYS FEELS IN LIGHTER GRAVITY IT GAVE HIM AN UNHAPPY STOMACH 46171a30-e008-4b75-bbba-b431f181ba1d THAT MAY PROVE A DANGEROUS JOURNEY REPLIED THE BOY DIDN'T YOU SAY SHE LIVES WITH THE WICKED WITCH WHO MAKES HER A SLAVE ASKED THE BOY IT'S NO WONDER WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE GROWN UP SAID THE STORY GIRL INDIGNANTLY BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER BEEN GROWN UP OURSELVES BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CHILDREN AND I DON'T SEE WHY THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND US OF COURSE PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE CONTEST ON SUNDAYS BUT ALL THE SAME I THINK IT'S MEAN OF UNCLE ALEC TO BE SO CROSS 462a925d-abe8-461a-8908-46c0b5466e7e WE COULD SEE THE LONG ROWS OF TREES A SEEMED TO US THAT THERE WAS IN THE ORCHARD SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROM OTHER ORCHARDS THAT WE HAD KNOWN AND WHEN HE LAUGHED HIS LAUGHTER WAS STILL MORE DREADFUL NONNIPUS FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT NOT FOR THE GRANDEROUSSE REASONS THAT SOME HAVE IMAGINED 463299f6-b6d6-4492-94b9-319aabbea023 WE'LL MAKE YOU AN OFFER SAID ORNE WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO EXTERMINATE YOU THAT'S AN ALIEN LANGUAGE BUT IN HIS TONGUE THAT'S O'CERIL WE WERE WOEFULLY TIRED BUT WE COULD NOT SIT DOWN BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS REEKING WITH DEW THE FAMILY GHOST ONLY APPEARS IN DAYLIGHT SAID THE STORY GIRL I WOULDN'T MIND SEEING A GHOST IN DAYLIGHT BUT AFTER DARK IT'S ANOTHER THING THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A GHOST I SAID CONTEMPTUOUSLY OH I WISH I COULD BELIEVE IT THEN WHO RUNG THAT BELL SAID PETER 464f2298-c803-4e12-9c4d-995f82a3594d LAST NIGHT I DREAMED I WAS IN CHURCH HE SAID UNCLE ROGER AND UNCLE ALEC LULLED IN THE GRASS LIKE BOYS MARTIN FORBES IS THE BROTHER OF A HORRID MAN IN SUMMERSIDE WHO CALLED ME JOHNNY THAT'S WHY I HAD TO SAID DAN 4651b843-3c65-401d-b09b-d9337aa9dfde AFTER THE ROEBOT HAD CHECKED THE ROOM FOR BUGS WHEN I STRAIGHTENED UP FROM MY DESK THE ACHE IN MY BACK STABBED LIKE A HOT WIRE IT WAS A COOL DEWY EVENING AND WE WALKED DOWN THE LONG RED HILL IN THE HIGHEST OF SPIRITS 46727fb8-7304-4892-9c3d-e720acad8d3e I'M AFRAID THE GREEN MONKEY WILL STARVE FOR MISSY ZOOP USED TO GET HER FOOD BY MAGIC BUT THIS DID NOT SEEM TO PLEASE EITHER OF HIS COMPANIONS AND SO HAVE REVENGE ON HER LET US PUT THE CLOCK ON HALF AN HOUR SAID THE STORY GIRL THE CLOCK IN THE HALL ISN'T GOING SO NO ONE WILL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE DO I THINK PEG BOWEN IS A WITCH 469793af-eacd-46dd-8ba3-fef10797ac01 MY AUNT JANE TOLD ME SO SAID PETER I SUPPOSE THAT SETTLES IT SAID FELICITY DISAGREEABLY YOU ALWAYS SAY SOMETHING NASTY WHEN I MENTION MY AUNT JANE SAID PETER REPROACHFULLY WHAT DID I SAY THAT WAS NASTY CRIED FELICITY I DIDN'T SAY A SINGLE THING THE STORY GIRL WAS SITTING ON THE MINT BESIDE THE WELL HOUSE WEAVING HERSELF A WREATH OF BUTTERCUPS FELICITY WAS SIPPING FROM THE CUP OF CLOUDED BLUE WITH AN OVERDONE AIR OF UNCONCERN EACH WAS ACUTELY AND MISERABLY CONSCIOUS OF THE OTHER'S PRESENCE AND EACH WAS DESIROUS OF CONVINCING THE REST OF US THAT THE OTHER WAS LESS THAN NOTHING TO HER FELICITY COULD NOT SUCCEED THE STORY GIRL MANAGED IT BETTER 469906e4-7556-4f45-acc5-9b42ecda4520 HE WAS INSTEAD SOMEWHAT SHORTER THAN THE AVERAGE OF MEN IN EUROPE IN SIXTEEN O FIVE AND FOR SOME TIME THEREAFTER WILDE WAS THAT SCAMPER AS NIGHTMARE LIKE AS ANY RECORDED IN OUR DREAM BOOKS THE STORY GIRL WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND I CAN RECALL THE TREMENDOUS LEAP SHE MADE OVER FALLEN LOGS AND LITTLE SPRUCE BUSHES WITH HER LONG BROWN CURLS STREAMING OUT BEHIND HER FROM THEIR SCARLET FILLET 46a81adc-3aab-4fab-80b7-41f2e1f451d1 OH NO NO IT MAY BE ALL RIGHT TO PASS A YANKEE CENT ON A STOREKEEPER OR AN EGG PEDDLER BUT IT WOULD NEVER DO FOR CHURCH SHE DOESN'T BOTHER ME MUCH AUNT JANET SAYS THAT I'D HAVE NO BRINGING UP AT ALL IF IT WASN'T FOR HER BUT IT WAS OUR EXPERIENCE THAT GROWN UPS HAD A HABIT OF SAYING THINGS HARD TO UNDERSTAND 46b118cb-363c-4bc3-959d-d25927cbc0c3 BUT THEN THERE WAS POOR PAT WOULD IT DO ANY GOOD SAID THE STORY GIRL DESPERATELY THE CREATURES THEY BEHELD WERE ROUND AND BALL LIKE ROUND IN BODY ROUND IN LEGS AND ARMS ROUND IN HANDS AND FEET AND ROUND OF HEAD THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THEIR ROUNDNESS WAS A SLIGHT HOLLOW ON THE TOP OF EACH HEAD MAKING IT SAUCER SHAPED INSTEAD OF DOME SHAPED 46ba4f04-8c14-405b-b467-ccf241e83821 BEFORE IT COULD FALL I HAD MY SOLAR OUT AND WITH A WIDE ANGLE SHOT BURNED THE CONTRACT TO ASHES THE OLD MAN PRESSED THE BUTTON AGAIN AND ANOTHER CONTRACT SLID OUT ON HIS DESK IF POSSIBLE THE SMILE WAS STILL WIDER NOW IF WE DO WE'LL BREAK YOUR SKIN REPLIED THE KING SO THE LOON STOPPED PUMPING AIR INTO PANTA AND PUSHED HIM AWAY FROM THE PUMP HE WAS CERTAINLY MORE HUMBLE THAN BEFORE HIS ACCIDENT FOR HE CREPT INTO THE BACKGROUND AND SAID NOTHING MORE 46d40f7c-2a15-4515-8295-63a689406ba8 MA'S GONE TO TOWN PA AND HER WENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TILL TO MORROW THERE'S NOBODY HOME BUT JUDY PANOW AND ME THEN SAID THE STORY GIRL WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO TO THE SHOW ANYHOW YOUR MOTHER WON'T EVER KNOW IF YOU COAXED JUDY TO HOLD HER TONGUE THERE'S A GREAT BIG PATCH ON HIS BEST PAIR OF TROUSERS PROTESTED FELICITY WELL THAT'S BETTER THAN A HOLE SAID THE STORY GIRL ADDRESSING HERSELF DAINTILY TO HER TURNOVER GOD WON'T NOTICE THE PATCH 46e9bbe2-300a-4f9f-8edb-78db94e1dc80 BARKED IN ORDER TO THE JUNGLE GLOOM THEN CLIMBED IN BEHIND ORAN INSTANTLY STETSON WAS POISED ON THE BALLS OF HIS FEET ALERT WHERE WE WERE GLAD WE HAD NOT HEARD IT IN THE EVENING BUT I LOVE A FLOWER GARDEN BUT I LIT AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER AND WOKE RIGHT UP 46f5a18a-dd51-4908-9a81-0db453ceb814 AND WONDERINGLY MARSHALL DID AND IN THE DAYS THAT THE ARGUMENT WAS GOING ON THEY CLEANED UP AND FED MANWELL IF ANYTHING HE WAS MORE EAGER THAN I WAS TO FIND OUT WHO WAS USING HIS ADMINISTRATION AS A CAT'S PAW 46fdbb44-6fc1-4d90-b1a2-a0c2ee03c623 BUT HE WORE IT WITH SUCH AN UNCONSCIOUS AIR OF PURPLE AND FINE LINEN THAT HE SEEMED TO BE MUCH BETTER DRESSED THAN HE REALLY WAS IT WAS JEFF'S TURN TO STARE THERE GOES ANOTHER SCOOP SHE SOUNDED RELIEVED 470b44fc-2ad7-41a1-ad2a-f4a7bc0e2f88 I WOULDN'T LET ON I THOUGHT SHE'D MADE HIM SICK BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CHILDREN AND I DON'T SEE WHY THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND US GIVE ME A FISH THEN THERE'S A RIVER A LITTLE WAY OFF YET SHE HAD HEARD OZMA'S SPEECH AND UNDERSTOOD VERY WELL LUKE'S UNFORTUNATE POSITION 4721b4b2-772b-46f5-8bed-60e9406e2cef BUT THE STORY GIRL LOOKED AS IF SHE RATHER SYMPATHIZED WITH DAN I WON'T HAVE TIME TO READ IT ALL THROUGH I SUPPOSE HE SAID BUT I'LL GET ALONG AS FAR AS I CAN IT'S JUST LIKE A DRESS ONLY IT HASN'T SLEEVES I CANNOT HAVE ASKED HIM WHAT WAS THE MATTER HAD MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT I THOUGHT OF ALL THE EVIL DEEDS OF MY SHORT LIFE SHE BELIEVED IT MIGHT BE TRUE 473025f1-f651-425c-b947-7af70e171171 AND ONE DAY ONE OF THEM CAUGHT FIRE AND WHEN HE WAS BURNING BRUSH AND BURNED OFF AND EVERYONE THOUGHT HE'D HAVE TO SHAVE OFF THE OTHER THEN BUT HE DIDN'T AND JUST WENT ROUND WITH ONE WHISKER TILL THE BURNED ONE GREW OUT THE MAN LEANED FORWARD AND PLACED ONE HAND PALM UP ON THE DESK LAST YEAR I HAD AN ACCIDENT STUPID LOST A THUMB HE SHRUGGED APOLOGETICALLY TOOK ALMOST SIX MONTHS TO GROW BACK 47540cfa-de01-4fe9-8e16-278abec2466c THE OTHERS FELL BACK INSTANTLY AND THE NEWCOMER APPROACHED ME SWIFTLY HOLDING OUT HIS HANDS AS THOUGH IN SUPPLICATION OUR FATHER IS A KING SAID FELICITY LOFTILY AND PETER'S FATHER WAS ONLY A CRAIG A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY COULDN'T BEHAVE LIKE THAT 475b96ad-f155-4e13-800a-c0d412eba2f9 ONE TWILIGHT WHEN A KATY WAS OUT HUNTING IN THE WOODS HE SHOT A SNOW WHITE MOOSE AND TOOK OFF ITS SKIN AND WRAPPED IT AROUND HIM WHEN HOWEVER HE TOOK TO PRAYING ABOUT IT I REALIZED HOW DEEPLY HE FELT ON THE SUBJECT AND HOPED HE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL HIS SOUL THRILLED WITH RAPTURE AT THE THOUGHT THAT HE AND SHE TOGETHER SHOULD DRINK FROM THE FOUNTAIN OF IMMORTALITY AS ODIN HAD PROMISED AND BE WON THEREAFTER IN ETERNAL YOUTH 477ed806-7f96-49fa-ab31-20bd820958ce BUT HER WORDS SHOWED THAT SHE POSSESSED A MERCILESS HEART AT SUCH AS WILL BE MORE INTERESTING TO ME THAN THE ONES BUT THAT DOESN'T BELONG TO THE STORY IT STOPS WHERE SHE SPOKE AT LAST YOU'VE NEVER SATISFIED TO LEAVE A STORY WHERE IT SHOULD STOP SARA RAY OH BEB WAIT FOR ME AND OH BEB HURRY HURRY I COULD TELL YOU WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM BUT YOU'D ONLY LAUGH AT ME 47a3dfc0-efa5-41b7-8811-c0b7ea28a362 SOMETHING ODD IN THE SET OF THE QUEEN'S SAILS PUZZLED HIM UNTIL HE IDENTIFIED THE ABNORMALITY AM UNDER NO COMPULSION TO LISTEN TO YOU KENUFF SAID AFTER A PAUSE THOUGH COME TO THINK OF IT THERE WOULDN'T BE AN AFTERWARD 47b3bb00-9ffd-40e5-9d0e-b2a180f72416 BUT TIMOTHY ROOTS WERE FASHIONABLE THEREFORE TIMOTHY ROOFS MUST BE EATEN UNCLE ROGER WAS ILLIBERAL AND UNCLE ALEC A CONSERVATIVE AND THE GIRLS HELD FAST TO THE POLITICAL TRADITIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE HOUSEHOLDS WE APOLOGIZED AND PROMISED TO BEHAVE BETTER SHE WENT ON APPEASED THE GIRLS GASPED BUT DAN AND I WERE JUBILANT SNUFFING A BATTLE AFAR OFF 47c2c49f-87a7-4931-937d-13690846a158 ANOTHER FLARE FLASHED IN THE SKY BEHIND HIM SILHOUETTING A ROW OF GROTESQUE TREES TRY AN AIR START ON STRAIGHT ROCKET LET IT BE SHARP SAID QUIETLY FIVE PACES DOWN THE CORRIDOR THE WALK TURNED INTO A RUN YONIC WATCHED HIM GO AND THEN SAT DOWN ON HIS LOUSE AND FESTO COT TO AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS THERE WAS INTEREST IN HIS MIND OVERLAID WITH SKEPTICISM 47d247b9-4b63-4379-abad-e150bbdc35e5 OVER IN THE EAST ABOVE THE AWKWARD MAN'S HOUSE THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS FLOATED ACROSS THE SKY PRESENTLY TURNING AS ROSY AS IF IT WAS BEDEWED WITH HER HEART'S BLOOD I DO NOT COME FROM THE INQUISITOR HE SAID TRUTHFULLY NOR IS MY QUESTION ONE THAT SHOULD CAUSE YOU ALARM THE OLD WOMAN PONDERED FOR A MINUTE SHE LEANED HER ELBOWS ON THE WINDOW SILL GETTING THEM MUDDY BUT THAT JONAS THOUGHT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER TO THIS CREATURE APPARENTLY ASK SHE SAID AT LAST 47e70083-310a-4233-a52b-fedc044696f3 YOU ARE IGNORANT OF OUR WAYS SAID TO NUB THEREFORE I FORGIVE YOU BUT IN HIS TONGUE THAT'S O'CERIL OF THE ONLY LIFE TIN WOODMAN IN ALL THE WORLD IT SEEMS AS IF I HAD MET YOU SOMEWHERE BEFORE 47eaaee4-ba29-493c-8da3-03e1ba05a6cd AND IF SO WHERE IT IS YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE WEAPONS TO MEET US CONTINUED HORN NO LIGHT DOWN THERE AND THEY'RE MOVING UP FAST HAVE YOU GOT A PAIN IN YOUR STOMACH SHE DEMANDED NAMED ZARA AND ZULEI MYTH OH I WONDER HOW SARA IS THIS MORNING 47f3bfe9-06d7-48f3-9608-3ff5210e7727 WELL I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY SHE'S DEAD SAID PETER REBUKINGLY DO PEOPLE GO ON BEING JUST THE SAME AFTER THEY'RE DEAD NO OF COURSE NOT THEY'RE ANGELS THEN NOT METHODISTS OR ANYTHING BUT JUST ANGELS THAT IS IF THEY GO TO HEAVEN AND FOR THE MONEY YOU WILL BE WELCOME I MUST TAKE YOUR WORD THAT YOU ARE NOT DANGEROUS I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT YOU DO NOT BETRAY THAT TRUST 48028f45-8894-468d-8c00-ff3b2fb340c8 BUT TAKE HIM AWAY I TRIED TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL OUR MEN CLARETON THOUGHT THOUGH COME TO THINK OF IT THERE WOULDN'T BE AN AFTERWARD SARA RAY THOUGHT FELICITY SHOULD SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE THE STORY GIRL WAS HALF AN ORPHAN IF TO MORROW ISN'T THE JUDGEMENT DAY I'LL TELL IT MONDAY 4817ad46-ebf8-49a7-a9c2-3a4553318b61 I LEARNED THAT SARA RAY HAD NAMED AN APPLE FOR JOHNNY PRICE AND FELICITY WHO WAS USEFUL WOULD IN HER SECRET SOUL HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE INTERESTING FARMER PONDERED THE IDEA OF A TRANSMUTTER THAT WORKED UNDER WATER LIKE A BALL POINT PIN THE DETAILS RESOLVED AS FARMER STARED AT HIM 4819d6bb-fd81-409d-9d66-3cd1d78c7925 JEFF AUBREY GLIMPSED THE SERIMIAN SHIP'S LANDING BECAUSE THE MORNING WAS A ONE DAY AND ON ONE DAY'S HIS MISSION TO THE ISLAND DEMANDED THAT HE BE UP AND ABOUT AT SUNRISE YOU'RE LYING I SAID HOARSELY AND EVEN I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT SORRY THAT'S THE WAY IT IS YOUR BRAINS BOYS WILL PICK MY SKULL TO PIECES AND FIND THE TRUTH OUT ANYWAY THERE'S NO POINT LYING NOW 481a6119-d738-4c08-a0d3-b49c06abf266 CLARETON TRANSMITTED THE ENTIRE PICTURE IN ONE SUDDEN BLOW THE CHANCE THAT YONAS WOULD NOT BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY BUT WILL WE DISCOVERED THE CHANCE THAT THE INQUISITOR WOULD GET FROM HIM THE SECRET OF THE BROTHERHOOD THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE YONA SAID SAID CLARETON SOUNDED RESIGNED NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE HE SAID THAT NIGHT I TOOK THE SHIP DOWN INTO THE HILLS NEAREST THE PYRAMID AN OUT OF THE WAY DRY SPOT WHERE THE UNPHIBIOUS NATIVES WOULD NEVER GO A LITTLE BEFORE DAWN THE EYE HOOKED ON TO MY SHOULDERS AND WE SAILED STRAIGHT UP WE HOVERED ABOVE THE TEMPLE AT ABOUT TWO THOUSAND METERS UNTIL IT WAS LIGHT AND THEN DROPPED STRAIGHT DOWN 481d6f5a-b778-4598-955b-a1248c79e9ed GRANDMOTHER KING HAD BEEN A WARD NO CONCEDED PETER RELUCTANTLY AND THERE'S THE WELL WITH THE CHINESE ROOF MOREOVER THE OLD WOMAN GRABBED UP MY SEVERED HEAD FOR THE THREE WHOLE DAYS 4820beb3-08b5-454b-bdaa-4bd1a97f4849 BOOT DREW A LONG SIGH WELL THAT'S PRETTY HARD LUCK HE SAID BRAVELY BUT IF IT CAN'T BE HELPED I MUST ENDURE IT THAT'S ALL I DON'T LIKE BEING A MONKEY BUT WHAT'S THE USE OF KICKING AGAINST MY FATE THERE WAS A FINE MOCKERY IN HIS TONE THAT PUT THE STORY GIRL ON HER MEDDLE INSTANTLY SHE SPRANG TO HER FEET AN AMAZING CHANGE COMING OVER HER HER EYES FLASHED AND BURNED CRIMSON SPOTS GLOWED IN HER CHEEKS 4833649f-84a9-4c9b-b276-1b6c7d6e75a5 IT'S ALL RIGHT HE SAID UNCOMFORTABLY CLARETON SAID AT LEAST I THINK IT WILL AND SOON THERE WILL BE OTHERS FROM WHEN THE CURSE STRIKES A FAMILY IT DOES NOT STOP WITH ONE MEMBER AND I CAN'T NEAR ANY AT MY LACE I JUST KEEP THINKING WHAT IS THE USE SHE LOOKED VERY PRETTY WITH HER BIG BLUE EYES AND WARM HUED GOLDEN HAIR 483616ef-d459-4197-9ad3-4b931f1e8ab0 JOB'S COFFIN AND THE NORTHERN CROSS WERE TO THE WEST OF US SOUTH OF US FLAMED FOMALHAUT ONE USUALLY SURFACES OUTSIDE MY HARBOUR AT ABOUT THE TIME OLD CHARLEY MACK'S SUPPLY BOAT COMES IN THINKING OF CHARLEY MACK BROUGHT A FORCED END TO HIS REPORT CHARLEY'S DUE NOW I'LL CALL BACK LATER 4838118f-32e8-429f-a0df-811cc86f63df RAY'S GLANCE TOOK ON A TOUCH OF ICY FURY THE LAUNCH ROCKED GENTLY IN THE SWELL OF A LONG SILENT MINUTE AND FARMER BEGAN TO FEEL SLIGHTLY AFRAID WAS HE ALONE IN A SPOT LIKE THIS WITH A MADMAN THE SALTY BREEZE TURNED COLDER I SET DOWN ON THE FRONT DOOR STEPS FOR A MOMENT AND ALL AT ONCE I HEARD A BELL RING IN THE HOUSE EIGHT TIMES I TELL YOU I WAS SKEERED I MADE A BOLT FOR THE ORCHARD AND YOU WON'T CATCH ME GOING NEAR THE HOUSE TILL YOUR UNCLE ROGER COMES HOME YOU COULDN'T CATCH ANY OF US DOING IT WE WERE ALMOST AS BADLY SCARED AS PETER 48478fc5-f3d6-4002-8864-a00fcb980de4 SHE'S GONE CLEAN CRAZY SAID PETER COMING DOWN OUT OF HIS PULPIT WITH A VERY PALE FACE YOU'VE FRIGHTENED HER CRAZY WITH YOUR DREADFUL SERMON SAID FELICITY INDIGNANTLY THEY HAD NOT GONE FAR HOWEVER WHEN A TERRIBLE GROWL SALUTED THEIR EARS THE SOUND SEEMED TO COME FROM A PLACE JUST IN FRONT OF HIM SO THEY HALTED ABRUPTLY AND REMAINED SILENT LISTENING WITH ALL THEIR EARS 48990c73-2780-4574-8a32-0f48ac289b00 PERHAPS WE'LL CONDEMN AND PUNCTURE THEM ANSWERED THE KING WELL SAID SHE STILL EYEING THE I'M NOT SURE THEY'LL PUNCTURE YESTERDAY AUNT OLIVIA WANTED SOME FERNS SO I WENT BACK TO THE MAPLE WOODS TO GET THEM FOR AND I FOUND SOME LOVELY ONES BY THE SPRING AND WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE LOOKING INTO THE SPRING WHO SHOULD COME ALONG BUT THE AWKWARD MAN HIMSELF HE SAT DOWN RIGHT BESIDE ME AND BEGAN TO TALK I NEVER WAS SO SURPRISED IN MY LIFE 48a2ce37-6ddd-470b-9e48-d763fd0551c3 I WISH I HAD A WHITE DRESS LIKE YOU GIRLS SOBBED SARA ARRAY BUT I HAVEN'T AND IT'S TOO LATE TO GET ONE PEOPLE WON'T BELIEVE IT TILL IT'S TOO LATE SO IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY AND TEA IS READY AND MOTHER SENDS TO COME IN OUR OWN PRECIOUS LITTLE IDENTITIES UNCHANGED 48aed009-faf9-45c8-8900-964188e9bf9e FINALLY HE TURNED TO RAY HE GENERALLY TOOK THE MANUSCRIPTS IN HAND AND WHEN HE COULD STICK SOME OTHER MEMBER OF THE FIRM WITH A TASK READ THEM HIMSELF UNTIL THE WE HOURS AND IN THE GOSSIP OF OLD CHARLEY MACK AND THE FEW OTHERS HE HAD MET AND WITH IT A STERTOROUS GRUNTING THAT ALL BUT DROWNED OUT THE ZID'S CRIES 48b73193-ad6b-4474-9529-a10a1b89ddfc THAT AND A SUDDEN IDEA OF HIS OWN FORCED HIM TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF IT WAS A SAD ATTEMPT VENUS WHAT A LACK OF COURTESY I SHOUTED HE MADE LITTLE BUBBLES IN THE WATER THE ANCESTORS ARE ANNOYED AND HAVE DECIDED TO FORBID ENTRANCE TO THE INNER TEMPLE FOREVER THOUGH OUT OF KINDNESS THEY WILL LET THE WATERS FLOW 48bd6b01-6b24-4024-a182-47a28655ecd7 YOU COULD SEE HER FEEL HER HEAR HER SHE TIPTOED SOFTLY FROM TREE TO TREE EVER DRAWING NEARER WAS THOROUGHLY FRIGHTENED UNTIL FINALLY WHEN THEY TOPPED A HIGHER HILL THAN USUAL 48c88539-c93e-435e-86af-0e4a5f6f8fd8 SCARCELY WERE THE THREE INSIDE HOWEVER WHEN THEY HEARD THE DOOR SLAM SHUT BEHIND THEM AND THIS ASTONISHED THEM BECAUSE NO ONE HAD TOUCHED IT YOU'RE BOUND TO CATCH IT WHEN YOU DO WRONG IT WAS JUST A PROVIDENCE HE DIDN'T DIE THAT MAKES ME THINK OF ANOTHER STORY ABOUT OLD MISTER SCOTT SAID THE STORY GIRL 48c98beb-8724-4e55-b8e4-d4940b0b7ecf AND NOW TELL ME THE BERWICK NEWS HAS JEAN MC LAY MADE UP WITH HER MAN YET AND IS IT TRUE THAT SANDY MC QUERIE IS TO MARRY BUT KATE FERGUSON TWILL BE A MATCH NOW SURE WITH HER RED HAIR SANDY WILL NOT BE LIKE TO LOSE HIS PRIDE PAST FINDING VERY WELL SAID THE SCARECROW LET'S TRAVEL ON AND FIND NIMIE AMMY LEAD ON YOUR MAJESTY SINCE YOU KNOW THE WAY AND WE WILL FOLLOW SO THE TIN WOODMAN TOOK A PATH THAT LED THROUGH THE THICKEST PART OF THE FOREST AND THEY FOLLOWED IT FOR SOME TIME 48cc664f-b00f-4a5a-b366-d8ab11c1e112 AS THE TRAIN PULLED OUT OF TORONTO BUT CERTAINLY PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND FROGS WERE MORE TUNEFUL AND MELLOW I JUST WISH I'D HOLD OF THOSE FELLOWS WHO WOULDN'T LET THE CAPTAIN TAKE HIS WIFE SAID PETER SAVAGELY THERE AIN'T MANY FELLOWS AS FAIR AND SQUARE AS PETER SAID DAN 48da682f-16ee-49fe-9eb5-b077322cb1eb THERE'S SOMETHING DREADFUL IN THERE SOMETHING THAT RINGS A BELL PETER HEARD IT DON'T GO IN THERE'S NO USE ASKING THE MEANING OF THIS I SUPPOSE SAID UNCLE ROGER WITH THE CALM OF DESPAIR I'VE GAVE UP TRYING TO FATHOM YOU YOUNG ONES PETER WHERE'S THE KEY WHAT YARN HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING I DID HEAR A BELL RING SAID PETER STUBBORNLY I COULDN'T STAND BY AND WATCH FELIX AND PETER POUND EACH OTHER ALL TO PIECES SHE SOBBED THEY'VE BEEN SUCH FRIENDS AND IT WAS DREADFUL TO SEE THEM FIGHTING 48dba19b-3f0d-4a8b-a4b5-e3e31b5c1a76 WE HURRIED OVER TO IT TREADING ON THE SPEARS OF MINT THAT WERE BEGINNING TO SHOOT UP ABOUT IT ALSO SHE HAD A PURPLE FEATHER FASTENED TO A WART ON THE TOP OF HER HEAD AROUND 48de17f2-d824-4ca7-b450-8469f46e1095 ONE OF THE YOUNG BRAVES WAS NAMED A KATY CECILY WAS VERY PALE AND FELIX AND PETER WERE TAKING OFF THEIR COATS MANY A SWAGGERING GALLANT RUFFLED IT BRAVELY IN VELVET AND PLUME ADOWN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK 490de20b-82fd-4cb9-be30-44ca35346e4a I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DO YOU THESE TREES WERE NO LONGER LIVING BUT THEY HAD BEEN WHEN FATHER WAS A BOY AND EVERY SPRING BEDECKED THEMSELVES IN BLOSSOM AS DELICATELY TINTED AS ELIZABETH KING'S FACE WHEN SHE WALKED THROUGH THE OLD SOUTH MEADOW IN THE MORN OF HER LIFE AND LOVE BUT WHEN FELICITY LAUGHED AT HIM THE IRON ENTERED INTO PETER'S SOUL BUT NOBODY HAS TO EAT IT ALL AT ONCE RETORTED UNCLE ROGER WITH ANOTHER GROAN 4911c1ce-3ed8-4db6-8d23-fa10b02e8e0d AND SMOTHERED IN THE LUSCIOUS MAPLE SUGAR SAUCE WHICH CECILY HAD COMPOUNDED WERE VERY FAIR TO VIEW AROUND HER LONG WHITE FACE RATHER TOO LONG AND TOO WHITE FELL SLEEK DARK BROWN CURLS TIED ABOVE EITHER EAR WITH ROSETTES OF SCARLET RIBBON 49128f02-39d0-43f1-9175-022c3264f0fe FULL OF FUN AND FROLIC AND MISCHIEF THEY WERE WITH ALL THE DEFECTS OF THEIR QUALITIES AND ALL THE WAYWARD FAULTS OF YOUTH BUT NO INDELICATE THOUGHT OR VULGAR WORD COULD HAVE BEEN SHAPED OR UTTERED IN THEIR PRESENCE I PULLED ON A FANCY SPORTS CAP BUCKLED THE CAP UP TIGHT AND WAS READY TO GO THE LUGGAGE WAS ALL BOOBY CHAPPED AND COULD DEFEND ITSELF GUNS GAS POISON NEEDLES THE USUAL SORT OF THING IN THE LAST RESULT IT WOULD BLOW ITSELF UP THE EN THREE WENT DOWN BY A FREIGHT ELEVATOR I USED A BACK STAIRS AND WE MET IN THE STREET 49301ffd-8053-4ee7-bf26-3e709bb031d3 I'VE GAVE UP TRYING TO FATHOM YOU YOUNG ONES PETER WHERE'S THE KEY I NEVER WILL WHEN I'M GROWN UP I'LL REMEMBER BETTER BUT SARA RAY NEVER YOU BREATHE THIS TO A LIVING SOUL WE CRIED OVER THE PATHOS OF A PARTING WHOSE ANGUISH HAD BEEN STILLED FOR MANY YEARS MARGARET WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS A DREAM WITH SOFT BLUE EYES AND CLOUDS OF GOLDEN HAIR 493c1725-a5a1-4311-995d-c212ba0b8047 BUT OF COURSE I'M ANXIOUS TO RESUME MY OWN SHAPE AND GET BACK UPON MY RAINBOW BUT SHE WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN WE CHILDREN WERE FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH ANYTHING TO THINK YOU'D GO TO SO MUCH TROUBLE FOR ME HE SAID WITH A GLANCE OF ADORING GRATITUDE AT FELICITY 495ef4d6-70d4-4cc9-9c00-28f8931baf60 BUT I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY NOT YET ANYHOW AND THE REAR AND THE INTERIOR OF THE COTTAGE WAS THICK WITH DUST MORE BY BLIND INSTINCT THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE KEPT TOGETHER AND FOUND OUR WAY OUT OF THE WOODS I THINK IT WAS UNCLE ROGER'S LAST ARGUMENT WHICH CONVINCED AUNT JANET 49770cb4-9439-484b-a083-5ccd238650e2 I'LL TELL YOU THESE STORIES WHEN YOU GET WELL I CAN TELL THEM EVER SO MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN WRITE THEM I KNOW FELICITY IS WONDERING WHY I'M WRITING SUCH A LONG LETTER SO PERHAPS I'D BETTER STOP IF YOUR MOTHER READS IT TO YOU THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF IT SHE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND BUT I THINK YOUR AUNT JANE WOULD I REMAIN YOUR VERY AFFECTIONATE FRIEND SARA STANLEY I'M LEAVING ANOTHER NOTE THERE FOR YOU OLD SON AND AFTER YOU READ IT YOU CAN LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE BRING A GAT ALONG AND PLENTY OF AMO HOPE'S AWAY AT AUNT CLEO'S SO DON'T GET IN TOUCH WITH HER AND SPOIL HER VISIT VIC I HAD A HOT PROSPECT LINED UP FOR A DEMONSTRATION THAT MORNING BUT I DIDN'T EVEN STOP TO GIVE HIM A RING VIC AND I HAD BEEN BUTTIES EVER SINCE WE WERE KIDS AND BESIDES HE WAS HOPE'S BROTHER 499529e5-2464-4db2-b324-c98f593d7f80 WELL I WAS TOO CLEVER FOR THEM SAID SHE GIVING A SUDDEN LAUGH THAT CAUSED SUCH A BREEZE THAT THE WOBBLY SCARECROW WAS ALMOST BLOWN OFF HIS FEET AND HAD TO CRAB HIS FRIEND MC CHOPPER TO STEADY HIMSELF FELICITY DID NOT APPROVE OF THIS SARA RAY ISN'T ANY RELATION TO OUR FAMILY SHE SCOLDED CECILY AND SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO BE PRESENT SHE'S A PARTICULAR FRIEND OF MINE SAID CECILY WITH DIGNITY WE HAVE HER EARN EVERYTHING AND IT WOULD HURT HER FEELINGS DREADFULLY TO BE LAUGHED AT THIS PETER IS NO RELATION EITHER BUT HE IS GOING TO BE HERE WHEN WE OPEN IT SO WHY SHOULDN'T SARA 49a2ff7c-f7f9-401e-8ff1-2f2dfe72de16 HIS GUN ROARED TWICE FROM BEHIND ME I WAS CONSCIOUS OF A FAINT GLOW FROM ABOVE AS I MOVED THE DIAL SLOWLY SO THAT ITS RED MARK APPROACHED THE STATIONARY ONE UPON THE PANEL NEVER MIND I SAID CONSOLINGLY YOU CAN TELL SPLENDID STORIES PATTY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY CATCHING A RAT AND BEING INTOLERABLY CONCEITED ABOUT IT UNTIL SARA RAY CURED HIM BY CALLING HIM A DEAR SWEET CAT AND KISSING HIM BETWEEN THE EARS THEN PAT SNEAKED ABJECTLY OFF HIS TAIL DROOPING HE RESENTED BEING CALLED A SWEET CAT 49b5eabb-6b6d-4bb8-b65f-3ca3f7ffe441 I WON'T HAVE TO SAID FELICITY TRIUMPHANTLY MA NEVER LOOKS SO SHE SAID PLACIDLY THE VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS OF HIS EYES EXPANDED AND CONTRACTED TO NUBES'S EYES WENT INSTINCTIVELY SKYWARD 49bfe3e0-1add-4c2a-9d27-2ccd096227ac SHE WASN'T WEARING ANYTHING EITHER AIMED FIRST AT THE NONIFUS THEN AT THE FISH MAN AND AN IMPOSSIBLE PIT MONSTER WHEN I LIFTED THE PLATE AND POKED HOLES IN THE SEARED PLASTIC I COULD SEE THE PYRAMID GROWING SMALLER BEHIND ME WATER GUSHING OUT OF THE BASE AND A HAPPY CROWD OF REPTILES SPORTING IN ITS RADIOACTIVE RUSH 49d27a30-bd60-4c76-8d6f-e62dc7e685de WE COULD ALL SING MORE OR LESS EXCEPT SARA RAY WHO HAD ONCE DESPAIRINGLY CONFIDED TO ME THAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHATEVER SHE'D DO WHEN SHE WENT TO HEAVEN BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T SING A NOTE THEN HE CREPT OUT AND IN THE DARK BELT AROUND UNTIL HE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE APRON WHICH HE AT ONCE TIED AROUND HIS OWN WAIST 49f40824-a0ce-4fd7-b201-fdbac5272043 EVERY ONE TO HIS TASTE SAID THE GIANTESS CARELESSLY AND HAVING NOW FINISHED HER SUPPER SHE ROSE TO HER FEET CLAPPED HER HANDS TOGETHER AND THE SUPPER TABLE AT ONCE DISAPPEARED WHY NOT GOODNESS ME IT WAS DREADFUL WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING YOURSELF 4a115d8e-de07-44d2-803e-30f9d51211de IF SHE HAD SPOKEN PERCY OTHER TIMES IT WAS SURELY FELICITY'S TURN THIS TIME IF ONLY IT WASN'T PRINTED SAID DAN GLOOMILY NEVER MIND SARAH COMFORTED CECILY DO YOU KNOW FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE I FELT EXACTLY LIKE A SNAKE BUT THEY FISHED IT UP NOT HURT A BIT EXCEPT FOR THAT LITTLE NICK IN THE RIM IT WAS ALREADY LIKE A WONDERFUL VELVET CARPET 4a2fbb30-a16d-48b4-b4a3-f6f87be957fc GRANDFATHER KING ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT OF THE CHOIR MISTER FORBES SAID IT WAS VERY GLEE BUT AS FOR ANDREWS BASS THEN IT WAS NAY BASS O BUODDITT IT WAS JUST BURR THE HAILTIME IF IT'S MY DUTY I'D LIKE TO DO MY DUTY BUT IF MAGIC PREVENTS ME GETTING MARRIED I'LL FLUTTER ALONG ALL BY MYSELF AND BE JUST AS CONTENTED 4a483a4d-c9c5-4407-97bb-10f1588a742a OUR GROWN UPS INSTEAD CONSIDERED OUR TERROR IN EXQUISITE JEST SHE SAID I MUST GET DINNER READY BECAUSE THERE WAS PLENTY OF COLD MEAT AND NOTHING TO DO BUT BOIL THE POTATOES AND PEAS AND SET THE TABLE IT'S BECAUSE OF DAN EXPLAINED FELICITY WEARILY THE FEW BOOKS LEFT TO HIM BY HIS OFT REFERRED TO AUNT JANE HAD STOCKED HIS MIND WITH MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION WHICH SOMETIMES MADE FELIX AND ME DOUBT IF WE KNEW AS MUCH AS PETER AFTER ALL 4a62cfc3-4bae-4184-96b4-c639a10dc04c UNCLE EDWARD HAD PREACHED HIS FIRST SERMON AT THE AGE OF EIGHT FROM THAT OLD GRAY BOULDER AND AUNT JULIA WHOSE VOICE WAS TO DELIGHT THOUSANDS SANG HER EARLIEST MAGICALS THERE THE STORY GIRL MOUNTED TO THE LEDGE SAT ON THE RIM AND LOOKED AT US WHAT A LOVELY STORY SIGHED SARA RAY WHO HAD BEEN WOOED A TEMPORARY FORGETFULNESS OF HER WOES BY ITS CHARM THE REST OF US CAME BACK TO EARTH FEELING THAT WE HAD BEEN WANDERING AMONG THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN 4a715a89-5174-436a-ad0b-a59e507f6204 AND NEVER FORGOT ANYTHING HE HEARD OR READ WE HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS FITNESS THEN BUT WE ALL FELT THAT PATTY WAS IN HIS OWN PLACE IN A HAYLOFT YOU WOULD NOT DARE WHY NOT YONES ASKED WHAT HAVE I GOT TO LOSE HARDLY THE WORD OTHERS WOULD USE I 4a7daa03-2c2d-426f-b7ec-4e39fd08a120 THE STORY GIRL'S FATHER IS SENDING HER A NEW RED DRESS AND A RED VELVET CAP FROM PARIS SHE IS SO FOND OF RED I CAN'T BEAR IT IT LOOKS SO COMMON ARE YOU SURE OF THAT ASKED THE GREEN MONKEY YES FOR I'VE BEEN WATCHING HER FOR WEEKS SAID THE CANARY 4a9ea5b3-bd07-4e93-9dba-237a894308e9 AND THE SCARECROW PUSHED WOOT ASIDE SLOWLY IT SWELLED OUT UNTIL THE KING CRIED STOP AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN BROKEN ONE NIGHT CECILY CAME INTO THE PANTRY WITH A LARGE CUCUMBER AND PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR THE GREATER PART OF IT 4aa3721f-249f-4524-9217-8e2fafce5a19 PRETTY PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS CONCEITED SAID FELIX WHO WAS GETTING TIRED OF HOLDING HIS TONGUE THE HEROES AND STORIES ARE ALWAYS NICE SAID FELICITY WITH APPARENT IRRELEVANCE THERE'S LOTS OF FOLKS CAN MAKE BREAD BUT THERE ISN'T MANY WHO CAN TELL A STORY LIKE YOU BUT IT'S BETTER TO BE USEFUL THAN JUST INTERESTING SAID THE STORY GIRL BITTERLY AND FELICITY WHO WAS USEFUL WOULD IN HER SECRET SOUL HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE INTERESTING 4aa7329a-95ed-4e7e-95b6-c53058a1d356 WE ROSE IN A BODY AND RUSHED TOWARDS THE HOUSE TO US FOR EVERMORE THE MILKY WAY WOULD BE IN THE YARD WE ENCOUNTERED DAN EMERGING FROM THE FIR WOOD AND CHOPPING THE FATAL BERRIES WITH UNREPENTANT RELISH WHATEVER ELSE HE'S AFTER DON'T TRY TO RUN I SHOUTED AFTER IT CAN'T DO ANY GOOD THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO I TOLD HER 4aa815cd-bf8f-44a7-9bc3-f70ba9dba3eb HE TOO STARTED TO GET ANGRY AND BLAMED THE BOAT'S MOTION BENDING LEAVING A TRAIL OF BUBBLES AS HER HEAD WENT UNDER TENUBE'S WORD FOR HIS PEOPLE WAS GRATZIE TALK TALKING IN THE GLOOM BEYOND THE LIGHTS 4ac8e6b1-2e80-4d77-b7b7-df0b75cee96e THIS WAS OUR FIRST INKLING OF WHAT I WAS TO UNDERSTAND MORE FULLY IN LATER YEARS NOW NEVER MIND QUARRELLING SAID CECILY A BATTLESHIP MAY BE GIGANTIC ON SOME TERMS OF REFERENCE BUT IN THE IMMENSITY OF THE GALAXY IT IS MICROSCOPICALLY INFINITESIMAL 4ad74052-3a3f-4e41-9afa-f57bf589ed13 BRING A GAT ALONG AND PLENTY OF AMO IT WAS STILL RUNNING APPARENTLY UNDAMAGED A GLARE OF LIGHT IN MY EYES INSTEAD HE FELT THE SURGING RUMBLE DEEP IN THE BOWELS OF THE SHIP BRANDON NODDED WAS LAUNCHED AND NOW WAS CRUISING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE ALIEN PLANET AS IF TO BEAR OUT BRANDON'S REALIZATION 4ad935f5-afc6-489f-b01b-2c038de88d32 IT ISN'T MY FAULT THAT HE'S GOING TO CHURCH DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PETER HAS GOT A DECENT STOCKING TO HIS NAME THE SCOOP THAT HAD SURFACED JUST BEHIND HER WAS SO CLOSE THAT JEFF WONDERED IF ITS SPECIES LEGENDARY GOOD NATURE HAD BEEN MISREPRESENTED IT WAS MORE THAN VAST 4aee10a7-66ea-4f12-86fa-ed6f158cb364 SOON AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED SHE AND HER HUSBAND QUARRELLED ABOUT AN APPLE TREE THEY HAD PLANTED IN THEIR ORCHARD UNCLE ROGER AND PETER WENT AWAY TO THEIR WORK FELICITY AT ONCE SET THE PREPARATIONS FOR DINNER GOING AND ALLOTTED TO EACH OF US HIS PORTION OF SERVICE SAID THE SCARECROW TWISTING HIS YET I AM RESOLVED TO MAKE THE ATTEMPT TO BREAK THESE ENCHANTMENTS DEAR ME SAID TILL WHAT DREADFUL CREATURES 4af17d9e-be5f-4c0a-9e00-58a87b411b9d FELICITY KING IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT YOU'LL GROW UP INTO A SORT OF WOMAN WHO DRIVES HER HUSBAND TO DRINK SAID UNCLE ROGER GRAVELY HOW CAN I TELL DAN WOULD ACT SO LIKE A MULE CRIED FELICITY THEY WERE ALL SILENT FOR THEY KNEW HE SPOKE THE TRUTH DOROTHY WAS ALMOST READY TO CRY WITH PITY AND OZMA'S SWEET FACE WAS SAD AND DISTURBED 4af1a110-8cfc-439b-993c-5403ca2be6a4 THEN HE ENTERED THE HOUSE WITH HIS FRIENDS AND SAT IN A ROCKING CHAIR JUST AS HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO DO WHEN THE BOY AND OH EXCLAIMED CECILY IN DELIGHT THERE'S THAT CHINA FRUIT BASKET WITH THE APPLE ON THE HANDLE DOESN'T IT LOOK REAL I'VE THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT IT OH MOTHER PLEASE LET ME HOLD IT FOR A MINUTE I'LL BE AS CAREFUL AS CAREFUL 4af421d5-6719-46c9-b523-8b41dd5acd5f SHE WAS NOW OCCUPYING THE BIG HOLIPPER CASTLE AS SHE USED TO DO IT SERVED HIM RIGHT SAID DAN BUT IT WAS PRETTY HARD LINES ON THE REST OF THE CONGREGATION NOW LET'S BE QUIET SO PETER CAN GO ON WITH HIS SERMON SAID CECILY 4af628fe-33fb-4e8f-8598-916d600f9e7f THERE'S PROBABLY A GOOD MANY OTHER THINGS YOU MUSTN'T DO BUT THESE I'VE NAMED ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT UNCLE ALEC WHIPPED HIM FOR IT THE ONLY TIME HE EVER SO PUNISHED ANY OF HIS CHILDREN BUT IT WAS BECAUSE CECILY CRIED ALL NIGHT THAT DAN WAS FILLED WITH SAVOURING REMORSE AND REPENTANCE HE VOWED NEXT DAY TO CECILY THAT HE WOULD NEVER SWEAR AGAIN AND HE KEPT HIS WORD 4afa17ce-6654-4542-8885-09a54c250913 I HAVE HAD NO ONE TO TALK TO SINCE I TRANSFORMED POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW INTO A CANARY BIRD HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT ASKED THE TIN WOODMAN IN AMAZEMENT POLYCHROME IS A POWERFUL FAIRY LIFE WAS AS A RED ROSE ONCE MORE I'M GOING TO MAKE A BIG BATCH OF PATTY PANS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING SAID FELICITY JUBILANTLY ISN'T IT QUEER LAST NIGHT I FELT JUST LIKE PRAYING AND TO NIGHT I FEEL JUST LIKE COOKING 4b011371-e566-4488-b317-735502c75466 I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HER EVER SINCE BUT NEVER CAN I FIND HER CONTINUED POOR TOMMY QUICKSTEP SADLY I SUPPOSE SAID THE TIN OWL BLINKING AT HIM YOU CAN TRAVEL VERY FAST WITH THOSE TWENTY LEGS HERE ARE A DOZEN HANDKERCHIEFS SAID AUNT JANET LOOK AT THE INITIAL IN THE CORNER OF EACH RACHEL LEARNED THAT STITCH FROM A NUN IN MONTREAL IT LOOKS AS IF IT WAS WOVEN INTO THE MATERIAL 4b370b40-a88f-4e07-a8f0-868ec4de3401 VERY VERY SICK THERE WAS NO DOUBT OF IT I DREAMT OLD PEG BOWEN CHASED ME I THOUGHT I WAS UP TO HER HOUSE AND SHE TOOK AFTER ME MY MOTHER AIN'T MUCH OF ANYTHING BUT I MEAN TO BE SOMETHING I SNAPPED OPEN THE ACTION AND DROPPED IN SIX CARTRIDGES IF WE AREN'T ALL BACK HERE BEFORE THAT TIME I PLUNGED ON HOPE'S FINGERS GRIPPING MY BELT 4b380164-3719-4d28-8ff6-4072de855f73 SHE WAS BROKEN HEARTED OF COURSE WHEN SHE FOUND OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED SHE TOOK ALL HER WEDDING THINGS AND HER SUPPLY OF LINEN AND SOME PRESENTS THAT WERE GIVEN HER AND PACKED THEM ALL AWAY IN THIS OLD BLUE CHEST I'LL TELL YOU THESE STORIES WHEN YOU GET WELL I CAN TELL THEM EVER SO MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN WRITE THEM AS FOR THAT SAID THE SCARECROW TIN DOESN'T SHRINK TO ANY TO SPEAK OF UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES 4b3df573-2218-495e-8f42-91c762741506 THE STORY GIRL DOES PENANCE TEN DAYS LATER AUNT OLIVIA AND UNCLE ROGER WENT TO TOWN ONE EVENING TO REMAIN OVER NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY WHAT FORMS DO YOU INTEND TO GIVE US ASKED WOOD EARNESTLY I HAVEN'T DECIDED AS YET I'LL DREAM OVER IT TO NIGHT SO IN THE MORNING I SHALL HAVE MADE UP MY MIND HOW TO TRANSFORM YOU PERHAPS YOU'D PREFER TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN TRANSFORMATIONS 4b51e942-feff-4ea4-a669-da3ec5d3d57b WHEN THE DOCTOR WHO HAD BEEN AWAY FROM HOME WHEN UNCLE ROGER REACHED MARKDALE CAME AT HALF PAST TEN HE FOUND HIS PATIENT VERY WEAK AND WHITE BUT FREE FROM PAIN WOULDN'T DO ANY GOOD BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HOPING TO DUMP THIS PROJECT 4b5f5ab8-e934-45d2-9240-6d683c4fe587 THE WORLD BEYOND THE ORCHARD WAS IN A ROYAL MAGNIFICENCE OF COLORING UNDER THE VIVID BLUE AUTUMN SKY THE BIG WILLOW BY THE GATE WAS A SPLENDID GOLDEN DOME AND THE MAPLES THAT WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE SPRUCE GROVE WAVED BLOOD RED BANNERS OVER THE SOMBRE CONE BEARERS HE TURNED AND WALKED TO THE DOOR BUT HE DID NOT OPEN IT INSTEAD HE LEANED AGAINST IT HE FORCED HIS VOICE INTO THE PATTERNS OF CALMNESS AND EASE YOUR MEN CANNOT TOUCH ME HE SAID 4b7a302c-5866-4d33-aff8-1b6ec5632b24 I CAN FIGHT AS WELL AS PRAY OH DON'T FIGHT IMPLORED CECILY I THINK IT WOULD BE DREADFUL SURELY YOU CAN ARRANGE IT SOME OTHER WAY THOUGHTFULLY THE DOCTOR LEANED BACK IN HIS CHAIR HUM I SEE AS THE MAN BEFORE HIM MADE AN INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT TOWARD HIS POCKET THE DOCTOR SMILED GO ON SMOKE IF YOU WANT TO 4b883e3e-2611-45cd-8002-e20d06bed1f7 I'M GOING TO PUT TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK IN MY MISSIONARY BOX THAN I'VE BEEN DOING SAID CECILY DETERMINEDLY WHERE THE HUSH AND THE SOMBRE SHADOWS AND THE SOFT MELANCHOLY SIGHING OF THE WIND IN THE BRANCHES OVER US DID NOT JAR HARSHLY ON OUR NEW SORROW COMMAND THE WARDER TO LET ME PASS HE MUST OBEY THEE 4b88a879-920d-499b-b1e0-cc30ef178aab UNDERNEATH THE LINEN WERE RACHEL WARD'S WEDDING CLOTHES THE EXCITEMENT OF THE GIRLS WAXED RED HOT OVER THESE THERE WAS A PASLY SHAWL IN THE WRAPPINGS IN WHICH IT HAD COME FROM THE STORE AND A WIDE SCARF OF SOME YELLOWED LACE SO DOROTHY WHO NOW LIVED WITH OZMA SEEMED JUST THE SAME SWEET LITTLE GIRL AS SHE HAD BEEN WHEN FIRST SHE CAME TO THIS DELIGHTFUL FAIRYLAND 4ba28f8e-55f4-445e-a23f-fd36520c52bb AND NO PLEADINGS WOULD ALTER HER WICKED PURPOSE BUT THE GIANTESS POURED SOME WATER INTO HER COFFEE POT PATTED IT ONCE OR TWICE WITH HER HAND AND THEN POURED OUT A CUPFUL OF STEAMING HOT COFFEE YES PAT IS BEWITCHED NO DOUBT OF THAT NOT THE LEAST IN THE WORLD THEY MIGHT NOT THINK IT PROPER TO PLAY ANY SORT OF A GAME ON SUNDAY EVEN A CHRISTIAN GAME 4bd25a13-12b2-4130-b202-4756bf8f5771 SO I BELIEVE IT MUST BE TRUE SAID THE STORY GIRL FELICITY WORE HER NEW VELVET HOOD WITH A COQUETTISH LITTLE COLLAR OF WHITE FUR ABOUT HER NECK HER GOLDEN CURLS FRAMED HER LOVELY FACE AND THE WIND STUNG THE PINK OF HER CHEEKS TO CRIMSON BUT THE BODY WAS VERY LONG FOR IT HAD TWENTY LEGS I EXPECTED SHE'D SING AND TALK AND WE'D HAVE GOOD TIMES TOGETHER 4bd49ddd-4848-42d0-8ab5-ee69c70cd1d8 AND AS HE LOOKED HIS EYES GREW BIG WITH WONDER REFLECTED NOTHING MORE THAN THE WALLS OF THE ROOM IN GINGER'S HOUSE IN WHICH THEY STOOD THE STORY GIRL CAME OVER EARLY IN THE MORNING AND SARA RAY TO WHOM FAITHFULLY CECILY HAD SENT WORD 4be76d0d-ada7-4930-a7b6-53f5ddd654fd AS SOON AS I SHOWED HIM THE DIFFERENT BLUE PRINTS AND EXPLAINED THE POSSIBILITIES HE UNDERSTOOD THE DOT YARD COMMANDER SHOWED ME THE SHIP AND MADE A NOBLE EFFORT TO CONTROL HIS CURIOSITY IT'S VERY WRONG MORE THAN THAT IT'S SO UNCOMFORTABLE COMPLAINED CECILY IT SPOILS EVERYTHING 4beb0077-5480-4268-9d3e-53a55f4737c2 I THINK WE ALL SHARED HER FEAR TO SOME EXTENT NEVERTHELESS WE WENT TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY BURNING WITH CURIOSITY AND WE WERE DISAPPOINTED THREE DAYS LATER AN INCREDIBLE DWARF STAGGERED INTO THE OUTSKIRTS OF HIGH PLAINS TEXAS FOLLOWED BY A DYING WOLF SIZED ANIMAL THAT DID NOT LOOK LIKE A WOLF 4bf0abfc-0939-4caa-8f62-71686d3d9b36 IN A CASE LIKE YOURS I TRY HARDER MY FOOLISHNESS YONA'S THOUGHT SOMETIMES WORKS TO MY BENEFIT WHEN THE TALE ENDED THERE WAS A BRIEF SILENCE THEN AUNT JANET SAID SEVERELY BUT WITH A SIGH OF RELIEF LITTLE GIRLS SHOULDN'T TELL SUCH HORRIBLE STORIES 4bfbff57-9e71-4d2c-8f28-fc3d24cf8ca2 I ADMIRED YOUR CITY FROM THE AIR SAID ORAN IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL YES SAID TO NEW WHY DID YOU LAND SO FAR FROM IT WE DIDN'T WANT TO COME DOWN WHERE WE MIGHT DESTROY ANYTHING DO YOU BELIEVE IT SARA STANLEY PERSISTED FELICITY DO YOU NO NO I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT SAID THE STORY GIRL 4bfc019a-1b4c-4376-acec-d537515a44d4 WE LOOKED AT PATTY WHO CONTINUED TO STARE FIXEDLY BEFORE HIM WITH UNWINKING EYES CECILY BEHIND ME KEPT GASPING OUT THE CONTRADICTORY SENTENCES A GREAT SHINY OWL PERCHED UPON ANOTHER CHAIR AND A BROWN BEAR SQUATTED UPON HER PARLOR RUG 4c08b139-54b5-4623-b0c5-a3eb93c27668 WHEN WE WENT TO THE MISSIONARY MEETING THAT EVENING THE STORY GIRL WORE HER DRESS AND HAT WHILE FELICITY AND CECILY WERE IN THEIR PRETTY MUSLINS AND SHE HAD TIED HER HAIR WITH A SNUFF BROWN RIBBON WHICH WAS VERY UNBECOMING TO HER WE WERE ALL IN THE ORCHARD EXCEPT FELIX WHO HAD GONE TO THE POST OFFICE IT WAS THE FORENOON OF AN AUGUST SATURDAY 4c09c949-2641-4f37-ba07-82191119e43c IT'S LOGICAL IF I WERE AN IGNORANT ABORIGINE OF EARTH AND I RAN INTO A SPICKIN WHO LOOKS LIKE A TWO FOOT GOB OF DRIED SHELLOCK I WOULD IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE SCENE ALTHOUGH ON THIS PRESENT OPERATION HE RATED THE FLAG OF A DIVISION ADMIRAL HIS FATIGUES CARRIED NO INSIGNIA THE EQUIPMENT EVERY R IN OUR FIELD MAN USES TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF A REDISCOVERED PLANET IMPROVE THEMSELVES 4c2391b0-00eb-45b8-ac72-8ce2b9fd7f64 I ONLY HOPE YOU DON'T BOTHER SO MUCH WITH TALKING TO THAT EARTH SLUG ON THE RADIO AFTER WE'RE MARRIED FIRST DONALD DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HE FELT SURE DEEP DOWN IN HIS HEART THAT NANCY LIKED HIM I FEEL JUST THE SAME WAY 4c31ac71-dbf3-4d93-ad17-b7c90d495a72 YOU CAN REPENT AFTERWARDS BUT THERE IS NO USE IN MIXING THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER I'M NOT REPENTING PROTESTED SARA I'M ONLY SCARED OF MA FINDING IT OUT OH THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE EXPRESSED HER SCORN THE IDEA APPEALED TO US AND THE DAY BEING SATURDAY AND THE APPLES ALL PICKED WE BETOOK OURSELVES TO THE ORCHARD TO COMPOSE OUR EPISTLES CECILY HAVING FIRST SENT WORD BY A CONVENIENT CALLER TO SARA RAY THAT SHE TOO MIGHT HAVE A LETTER READY 4c3aa16b-cc18-4489-8682-977dfadca00f AND THROUGH IT THE SUNLIGHT STREAMED FULL UPON THE GREEN MONKEY BROKE THE ENCHANTMENT THAT HAD TRANSFORMED THE TIN WOODMAN BE CAREFUL AND DON'T CATCH COLD AND I'LL SEND YOU MY ROSEBUD PLATE TO EAT OFF OF I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS NOW 4c48db07-b235-4bf3-aa0d-8d955cee3673 ALTHOUGH FARMER WAS DIMLY CONSCIOUS OF MOTION IN IT SOMEWHERE IT WAS ONCE IN CONSTANT USE BUT MY GOVERNMENT CLOSED IT WHEN YOU PEOPLE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WERE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY CAPABLE WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG CITY ASKED THORN WHY A DISGUISED SLED 4c697cc6-a2af-498c-9d86-d37b5ac65673 WELL MAYBE THEY ARE IN REAL LIFE SAID CECILY BUT IN STORIES IT'S JUST AS EASY TO MAKE THEM AS HANDSOME AS NOT I LIKE THEM BEST THAT WAY I JUST LOVE TO READ A STORY WHERE THE HEROINE IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS A DREAM EXCUSE ME COLONEL TOWERS SAID BRANDON QUIETLY TOWERS SWUNG AROUND AND LOOKED AT BRANDON THE COLONEL'S FACE PALED I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU SAID BRANDON GRINNING ABOUT THE QUONUM JUMP 4c7b70da-e17e-4c78-a557-c086e21c364a JOHN ANDREW WAS WISHING THAT HE COULD SWIM WHEN DORA SMILED HE SEEMED TO BE GROWING ANGRY HIMSELF NOW UNDER THE WHIPLASHING WOMAN'S TONGUE THEY WERE ALL PULLED DOWN IN THE END SINCE THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDED ON ONE MAN RULE BUT THE PRICE THAT HAD TO BE PAID FIRST 4c8caa51-b1a4-4ac4-8f7a-26f3567b1670 JULIA AND CALIFORNIA EDWARD AND HALIFAX ALLAN IN SOUTH AMERICA FELIX AND FELICITY AND STEPHEN GONE TO THE LAND THAT IS VERY FAR OFF SHE SAID SHE STILL LOVED ME BUT I FOUND THAT I NO LONGER LOVED HER MY TIN BODY CONTAINED NO HEART WITHOUT A HEART NO ONE CAN LOVE 4c986948-500d-4687-a3a2-daf665810400 YOU MIGHT BE FORGIVEN FOR TELLING LIES IF YOU WAS REAL SORRY FOR THEM BUT IF YOU MURDERED ANY ONE IT WOULD BE PRETTY HARD TO GET FORGIVEN SO YOU'D BETTER BE ON THE SAFE SIDE FELIX AND I WERE ALWAYS GLAD TO GET HIS LETTERS BUT WE NEVER READ THEM ALOUD TO AN ADMIRING CIRCLE IN THE ORCHARD 4ca8b63d-da46-4b05-900f-d2f34e6637c9 THE SHIP WAS COMPLETELY CLEAN EVERYTHING I MIGHT NEED FOR THE JOB WAS IN MY LUGGAGE SOME OF IT QUITE LETHAL AND EXPLOSIVE AND VERY EMBARRASSING IF IT WAS DISCOVERED IN MY BAGS IN THE SAFETY OF MY HOTEL SUITE I MADE A CHANGE OF CLOTHES AND PERSONALITY HE CAN HARDLY WRITE SAID FELICITY 4ca8d071-01c4-4458-89ed-870cd5eb2b5c HOW DID WILLIAM COAN BEHAVE AFTERWARD ANNE WOULD NOT GIVE SARA A CENT OR PUT HER IN ANY WAY OF EARNING ONE THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THEIR ROUNDNESS WAS A SLIGHT HOLLOW ON THE TOP ALL THE WAY FROM KANSAS TO THE LAND OF OZ ROUND IN BODY ROUND IN LEGS AND ARMS 4cb324a1-8fe4-4d02-9d01-f9f70412c0e0 TRYING TO GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS AS HE ROSE ROPY TENTACLES TWINED AROUND HIM LEARNED IT YEARS AGO BEFORE THE GATE TO THIS WORLD WAS CLOSED THE WINDOW WAS OPEN AN IT WAS MORE'N I COULD STAND TO HEAR YOU FELLOWS LAUGHIN DOWN HERE AN ME MISSING IT ALL 4cc9d151-95a9-4316-b965-4f7850281125 ONE BITTER DAY WHEN THEY SEEK IT AND CANNOT FIND IT THEY REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE LOST AND THAT IS THE TRAGEDY OF LIFE AND FELICITY WHO WAS USEFUL WOULD IN HER SECRET SOUL HAVE GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE INTERESTING AWAY FROM THE DEAD CENTRE THE RAVINES WERE BODY DEEP IN CHAPARRAL AND THE HILLSIDES STOOD GRAY GREEN WITH OLD CACTUS THE STUNTED TREES WERE LOWER THAN THE GIANT BUSHES AND YUKA 4cca9f5c-51fe-4bc6-999c-789f6eefad2d THE HILLS WERE STUDDED WITH WEIRD TREES STANDING STIFF BRANCHES OUTSTRETCHED LIKE AN ARMY OF SCARECROWS AUNT OLIVIA ASSENTED LIGHTLY SWINGING HER HAT ON HER ARM AND INCLUDING US ALL IN A FRIENDLY SMILE IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PREPARE ASKED CECILY 4cd6d983-217e-4743-9502-e6622af7321c ANOTHER STRANGE THING ABOUT THIS VERY LAND OF OZ WAS THAT WHOEVER MANAGED TO ENTER IT FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD CAME UNDER THE MAGIC SPELL OF THE PLACE AND DID NOT CHANGE IN APPEARANCE THE WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL AND LETTERS ARE TO BE BURNED THERE ARE TWO JUGS IN IT WHICH ARE TO BE SENT TO JAMES'S WIFE HE WAS PREACHING SOMEWHERE IN NOVA SCOTIA AND WHEN HE WAS MORE THAN HALF WAY THROUGH HIS SERMON 4ce85f54-750e-401a-9f1b-857e02a208ec PUFFING ON IT STARING AT THE SMOOTH BULKHEAD RELAXED ME A BIT AFTER ALL THERE AREN'T THAT MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A BATTLESHIP YOU CAN'T RUN A BIG CON BLOW SAVES OR MAKE BOMMERDECKS WITH IT IT'S HELL'S ON JET FOR SPACE PIRACY BUT THAT'S ABOUTABLE GREAT GREAT BUT WHY A BATTLESHIP LONG LONG AGO IN THE GOLDEN AGE WHEN THE GODS USED TO VISIT THE EARTH SO OFTEN THAT IT WAS NOTHING UNCOMMON TO SEE THEM ODIN MADE A PILGRIMAGE OVER THE WORLD 4cf6e6a8-92fc-4d47-ac03-b0fa02e758cd HEADING ONE EIGHT ZERO APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED MILES FROM YOU ALTITUDE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET WHAT IS THE NATURE OF YOUR TROUBLE BRANDON BEFORE BRANDON COULD ANSWER THE FACE OF COLONEL TOWERS APPEARED BESIDE THE RADIO MAN'S BRANDON WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO POLE ENGINE TROUBLE SIR SHE WOULD NEVER BE SATISFIED AS A DABBLER WHATEVER HER FUTURE CAREER SHOULD BE INTO WHICH SHE WOULD THROW ALL HER POWERS OF MIND AND HEART AND SOUL BUT UNCLE BLAIR COULD DO AT LEAST ONE THING SURPASSINGLY WELL 4cf84993-1bb8-4271-880a-0d8ab155a85e SECTION A B SIX NO TIME NOW TRUST ME NO THAT MEANT THE PEOPLE THE STORY GIRL'S EYES GREW DREAMY AND HER ACCENTS FLOATED AWAY ON THE SUMMER AIR LIKE A WIND BLOWN ROSE PETALS 4cf87b28-a500-4202-8acf-e8600be714ca BUT HOW ASTONISHED THOUGH HE WAS HE BUT HE IS A KIND MASTER DOROTHY HAD NEVER SEEN THIS BOY BEFORE HE STRODE ALONG RIGHT MASTERFULLY AND LIFTED HIS HEAD WITH THE AIR OF ONE WHO WAS MONARCH OF ALL HE SURVEYED BITTER INDEED WAS THE STORY GIRL'S MORTIFICATION 4d039c58-9320-4136-bd77-33a1eb7db9b9 THE REST OF THE THINGS WERE PUT BACK IN THE CHEST PENDING THEIR ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTION SEE HERE SAID THE STORY GIRL RESOLUTELY I DON'T BELIEVE IT BUT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING TO IT SUPPOSE THERE IS STRAW IS MUCH MORE DELICIOUS THIS IS WONDERFUL SAID THE SCARECROW HEAVING A STUFFY LONG SIGH 4d041b3b-0bc8-4363-9e91-5112ded911dc THE ONLY REAL TROUBLE WITH YOU EARTH PEOPLE IS THAT YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS INFERIORITY COMPLEX COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY AS YOU'VE JUST ILLUSTRATED GET OVER THAT AND YOU'LL ELIMINATE MOST OF YOUR TROUBLE HE LANDED ON SOMETHING TOUGH AND WARM AND SLIPPERY A MONSTROUS TAIL FLUKE THAT STRETCHED DOWN THE BEACH TO MERGE INTO A FLAT PURPLISH ACREAGE OF BACK FORESTED WITH ENDLESS ROWS OF FINS AND SPINES AND ENIGMATIC TENDRILS 4d04a31f-6e13-4f31-9ff7-474dd2cce6ad DORA WAS PICKING HER WAY SLOWLY DOWN THE STONE STEPS THE MACHINE CRADLED UNDER HER ARM RAY CLIMBED UP ON THE RAIL PAUSED THERE FOR A SECOND THEN ATTEMPTED A SWAN DYKE JOHN ANDREW YELLED AT HIM AS HE ARCHED FORWARD BUT IT WAS TOO LATE THE OLD MAN DROPPED LIKE A STONE FLAPPING HIS ARMS BOWED SLIGHTLY ON THE TOP STEP THEN SLID FORWARD DOWN SEVERAL MORE STEPS ON HIS FACE PLATE THE STORY GIRL WENT UP AND TOLD HIM WONDROUS TALES AND SARA RAY BROUGHT HIM A PUDDING SHE HAD MADE HERSELF SARA'S INTENTIONS WERE GOOD BUT THE PUDDING WELL DAN FED MOST OF IT TO PATTY WHO HAD CURLED HIMSELF UP AT THE FOOT OF THE BED GIVING THE WORLD ASSURANCE OF A CAT BY HIS MALLIPHUOUS PURRING AIN'T HE JUST A GREAT OLD FELLOW SAID DAN HE KNOWS I'M KIND OF SICK JUST AS WELL AS A HUMAN HE NEVER PAYS NO ATTENTION TO ME WHEN I'M WELL 4d0e58cc-3b4b-4118-91d8-19ddeca9eb70 THAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO YOU THEY INSTRUCTED HIM AND SENT HIM OUT OR THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD INSTRUCTED HIM THIS IS YOUR HOUSE HE SAID THE HOUSE WHERE YOU LIVE YONAS WAS NOT AT ALL SURE WHETHER THE BLACK HAIRED MAN UNDERSTOOD LANGUAGE THERE WAS LITTLE TRACE OF IT IN HIS MIND AND VIRTUALLY NOTHING THAT MIGHT BE CALLED INTELLIGENCE 4d0fe410-2deb-4ab7-a9af-cc7fd960806e DIRECTLY BEFORE ME WAS THE LONG WORK BENCH THAT RAN THE FULL LENGTH OF THE ROOM LITTERED WITH A DOZEN SET UPS FOR AS MANY EXPERIMENTS NOTHING OF THE SORT YOUR OLD PETE GRAHAM A DARNED GOOD HALFBACK IN THE WORLD'S ROTTENIST SCIENTIST YOU ARE CAUSING A DROUGHT AND I SHALL CATCH COLD AND SNEEZE WHEN I SNEEZE I GET CROSS WHEN I CROP AND GET CROSS I'M LIABLE TO DO SOMETHING WICKED COME IN YOU FOOLISH STRANGERS COME IN 4d22ebed-c6cb-4c41-9f96-25bc2a0aad8b WE AGREED THAT THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP WOULD BE TO SEND ENTERROLA SPACE YARDS HE HAD SOME IDEA OF SNIFFING AROUND QUIETLY FIRST TRYING TO GET A LINE TO HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS I GAVE HIM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LEAGUE AND THE LEAGUE NAVY IN PARTICULAR WANTED TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BATTLESHIP AFTER THAT HE COULD PLAY HIS POLITICS WITH THIS POINT UNDERSTOOD HE CALLED HIS CAR AND SQUADRON OF GUARDS AND WE MADE A PARADE TO THE SHIP YARDS IT WAS A FOUR HOUR DRIVE AND WE MADE PLANS ON THE WAY DOWN PERHAPS PIGS MAY WHISTLE BUT THEY'VE POOR MOUTHS FOR IT WAS ALL THE ANSWER PETER GAINED TO THIS CHARMING SUGGESTION THERE GOES MISTER CAMPBELL DOWN THE ROAD SAID DAN THAT'S HIS NEW MARE ISN'T SHE A DANDY SHE'S GOT A SKIN LIKE BLACK SATIN HE CALLS HER BETTY SHERMAN I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY NICE TO CALL A HORSE AFTER YOUR OWN GRANDMOTHER SAID FELICITY BETTY SHERWIN WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT A COMPLIMENT SAID THE STORY GIRL MAYBE SHE WOULD SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY NICE HERSELF OR SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE AND ASKED A MAN TO MARRY HER SAID FELICITY 4d284bf5-bf5c-4c4b-af52-d3eaf650f677 AS FOR THE VIANDS THEY WERE FIT FOR THE GODS ON HIGH OLYMPUS AND YOU KNOW SERMONS WERE VERY LONG IN THOSE DAYS BOOT WAS SO AWED BY THE ENTRANCING SIGHT OF THIS THE GREEN MONKEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE WISE TO MAKE A FRIEND OF THE BIG WOMAN 4d2f08b9-e083-48dd-adcf-7337fc488c94 I DON'T QUARREL WITH MY SISTER ANY OFTENER THAN SHE QUARRELS WITH ME YOU CAN JUST LEAVE ME ALONE WHAT'S SEWING SHE SAID LOOK JANET YOU'D ALMOST NEED A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO SEE THE STITCHES THEN THEY HURRIED FROM THE HOUSE OH INDEED RETURNED THE GREEN MONKEY IN A TONE BOTH SORRY AND STARTLED 4d3605e3-f20c-4a2e-a8d3-3371c799aa23 I'VE GOT A CONFIRMED CONTACT INSTANTLY STETSON WAS POISED ON THE BALLS OF HIS FEET ALERT WHERE WE WOULD DEARLY HAVE LOVED TO LEAVE THE CANDLE BURNING BUT AUNT JANET'S DECREE REGARDING THIS WAS AS INEXORABLE AS ANY OF MEAD AND PERSIA OUT THE CANDLE MUST GO AND WE LAY THERE QUAKING WITH THE WILD RAIN STREAMING DOWN ON THE ROOF ABOVE US AND THE VOICES OF THE STORM WAILING THROUGH THE WRITHING SPRUCE TREES 4d3e1921-dbcb-4107-8dc8-2f2255df2736 BEAUTIFUL THINGS MAY BE ADMIRED IF NOT LOVED ASSERTED THE TIN MAN FLOWERS ARE BEAUTIFUL FOR INSTANCE BUT WE ARE NOT INCLINED TO MARRY THEM FOLLOWING THESE CAME A QUAINT LITTLE CANDLESTICK OF BLUE CHINA AND THE TWO JUGS WHICH WERE SENT TO JANE'S WIFE THEY ARE HANDSOME SAID AUNT JANE RATHER ENVIOUSLY THEY MUST BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AUNT SARAH WARD GAVE THEM TO RACHEL AND SHE HAD THEM FOR AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS 4d40f654-1042-4186-9760-75221e2ae25a BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CHILDREN AND I DON'T SEE WHY THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND US OF COURSE PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE CONTEST ON SUNDAYS BUT ALL THE SAME I THINK IT'S MEAN OF UNCLE ALEC TO BE SO CROSS OH I DO HOPE POOR SARA WON'TT HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO THE ASYLUM POOR SARA DID NOT HAVE TO BE SHE WAS EVENTUALLY QUIETED DOWN AND WAS AS WELL AS USUAL THE NEXT DAY AND SHE HUMBLY BEGGED PETER'S PARDON FOR SPOILING HIS SERMON THE HAY THE HAY PLEADED THE SCARECROW'S HEAD OH YES THE HAY SAID ROOT WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR CAPTAIN FIGHTER AT ONCE THE TIN SOLDIERS SET TO WORK CUTTING HAY WITH HIS SWORD AND IN A FEW MINUTES THERE WAS QUITE ENOUGH WITH WHICH TO STUFF THE SCARECROW'S BODY 4d46f7fe-a114-4aaa-a6d4-efa3d442e04c IT WAS PERMISSIBLE FOR HIRED BOYS TO GO TO PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEN NOT HELD IN THE CHURCH WITH BARE FEET AND NO PARTICULAR DISGRACE ATTACHED TO IT BUT FELICITY WOULD NOT WALK WITH A BAREFOOTED COMPANION IT WAS DARK NOW SO NOBODY WOULD NOTICE HIS FEET I WON'T BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS SEEM YOU SEEM IMPATIENT BUT EVENTUALLY I TURNED UP THIS PLAN HE HAD IT OUT OF MY FINGERS BEFORE IT CLEANSED MY WALLET 4d6aa0e4-d95b-4df2-bd7e-3051ae71ef32 AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY HE LEANED BACK WIPED HIS HANDS ON HIS HANDKERCHIEF AND GAVE ME LECTURE FORTY FOUR ON COMPANY DUTY AND MY TROUBLES NOT KNOWING WHEN YOU'LL ARRIVE I'M GOING ON AHEAD SUDDENLY HOPE SCREAMED AND I FOLLOWED HER EYES YOU AND VIC YOU AREN'T REAL TO ME EITHER 4d83fdf9-b6e2-42be-9392-467bace4f491 I WANT IT FOR ONE OF MY WOOD NYMPHS SAID PAN AND I MUST HAVE IT THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT WAS DEAD AND GONE BUT THOSE PLUMS CERTAINLY KEPT HIS MEMORY GREEN AS HIS FORGOTTEN SERMONS NEVER COULD HAVE DONE STILL WE WERE BOTH INCLINED TO THINK WE WOULD LIKE CECILY BETTER THAN FELICITY OH I CAN'T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT 4d89a289-d4ff-4901-9c83-6ddfccfbff06 IF POLYCHROME THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER WHO WAS A REAL FAIRY HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED IN SLAVE BY THIS HUGE WOMAN THAT CLAIMED TO BE A YUKEO WHAT WAS LIABLE TO HAPPEN TO THEM I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THE STORY GIRL HONESTLY I THOUGHT IT WAS A BELL WHEN I HEARD IT AND THE DOOR OPEN TOO LET US BE FAIR FELICITY 4d91c89f-56bb-44e2-ab96-10b3f4252345 WEEPING IS LIABLE TO REST TEN AND THE EMPEROR PRIDED HIMSELF UPON HIS HIGHLY POLISHED BODY NOW DOUBLY DEAR TO HIM BECAUSE FOR A TIME HE HAD BEEN DEPRIVED OF IT PETER AIN'T A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY YET BUT MAYBE HE WILL BE SOME DAY HEY FELICITY SAID DAN YOU'RE AWFUL SMART AREN'T YOU DAN KING SAID FELICITY REDDENING PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO SEND FOR KITTY MARR TOO THOUGH SHE DOES LAUGH AT YOUR BIG MOUTH 4d9e7ae8-807b-4533-8072-0b5dd27a530d EVEN THOUGH IN THE END I WAS ALL TIN AND NO MEAT YES YES SAID THE TIN EMPEROR NODDING BESIDE HIM IN A CHAIR OF WOVEN STRAW SAT HIS BEST FRIEND THE SCARECROW OF OZ NOBODY EVER WANTS TO KNOW THE TIME IN A GARDEN WRITING DOWNS ONE'S DREAM ISN'T MISCHIEF AT ALL IF WRITING DOWN YOUR DREAMS WITH AGONIZING CARE AS DECOMPOSITION AND SPELLING FOR WHO KNEW THAT THE EYES OF GENERATIONS UNBORN MIGHT NOT READ THE RECORD WERE NOT A HARMLESS AMUSEMENT COULD ANYTHING BE CALLED SO 4dab346b-a639-433d-ba38-8493fd5c065e YOU SAID YOU KNEW A STORY THAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH PRESBYTERIANS I SAID TO THE STORY GIRL SAID CECILY IN A VERY TIMID VOICE I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE SIR HE EXCLAIMED BREATHLESSLY I WAS JUST ABOUT TO PHONE FOR THE POLICE I WAS FOR CERTAIN SIR 4dabbd1e-32a2-4fd2-854c-9c01e168b27e SUDDENLY THE DOOR ABOVE US OPENED AND PEG BOWEN HERSELF APPEARED ON THE THRESHOLD SHE WAS A TALL SINEWY OLD WOMAN WEARING A SHORT RAGGED DRUGGET SKIRT WHICH REACHED SCANTILY BELOW HER KNEES A SCARLET PRINT BLOUSE AND A MAN'S HAT HER FEET ARMS AND NECK WERE BARE AND SHE HAD A BATTERED OLD CLAY PIPE IN HER MOUTH HER BROWN FACE WAS SEAMED WITH A HUNDRED WRINKLES AND HER TANGLED GRIZZLED HAIR FELL UNKEMPTLY OVER HER SHOULDERS SHE WAS SCOWLING AND HER FLASHING BLACK EYES HELD NO FRIENDLY LIGHT EVEN FELICITY AND DAN FOR ONCE IN THEIR LIVES GOT THROUGH THE DAY WITHOUT ANY EXCHANGE OF LEFT HANDED COMPLIMENTS CECILY CONFIDED TO ME THAT SHE NEVER MEANT TO PUT HER HAIR UP IN CURLORS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS PRETENDING SHE WAS SO ANXIOUS TO REPENT OF SOMETHING SWEET GIRL AND THIS WAS ALL SHE COULD THINK OF 4dafca74-f34c-45ae-8382-3ecd1484728c WE HAVEN'T SEEN SARA RAY SINCE YOU GOT SICK SHE IS AWFUL LONESOME AND JUDY SAYS SHE CRIESARLY ALL THE TIME BUT THAT'S NOTHING NEW CECILY BEHIND ME KEPT GASPING OUT THE CONTRADICTORY SENTENCES I'VE GOTTEN MAD HE SAID ALOUD HER PEOPLE WITHOUT NEED OF THE CALM CRYSTALS THEY TRADED JENOFER REMINDED HIM 4db7932a-b3ab-4807-9f7c-da31bbfcaa99 HERE ARE HER QUILTS SAID AUNT OLIVIA YES THERE IS THE BLUE AND WHITE COUNTERPANE GRANDMOTHER WARD GAVE HER AND THE RISING SUN QUILT HER AUNT NANCY MADE FOR HER AND THE BRAIDED RUG THE COLORS ARE NOT FADED ONE BIT I WANT THAT RUG JANET LET ME EAT HIM PLEADED THE LITTLEST DRAGON HE IS TOO SMALL SAID THE FATHER TO EAT THIS ONE GREEN MONKEY WOULD ONLY SERVE TO MAKE YOU HUNGRY FOR MORE AND THERE ARE NO MORE 4dc63b37-aa42-4509-9e8d-92b602792805 IT WILL BE RATHER HARD FOR ME YOU MUST ADMIT WHEN I CONFESS TO NINNIE AND ME THAT I HAVE COME TO MARRY HER BECAUSE IT IS MY DUTY TO DO SO AND THEREFORE THE FEWER WITNESSES THERE ARE TO OUR MEETING THE BETTER FOR BOTH OF US I WAS JUST ABOUT TO RISK ONE MORE CARTRIDGE WHEN ANOTHER FIGURE MATERIALIZED IN THE RANKS OF THE ENEMY A TALLER COMMANDING FIGURE WITH A SHINING JEWEL PERHAPS A MARK OF AUTHORITY DANGLING FROM HIS CORDED BROWN THROAT 4e1c861f-2a85-49c9-9cda-4f9475c62f8b HE WASN'T QUALIFIED HE COULDN'T READ A MAP HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A MAP WAS HE ONLY GRINNED WHEN THEY TOLD HIM THAT NORTH WAS AT THE TOP YOU'RE A VERY HONEST AND CLEVER MAN EXCLAIMED THE HIPPOGIRA ADMIRINGLY WHEN I HAVE EATEN YOUR HEAD PERHAPS I WILL ALSO BECOME CLEVER YOU ARE NOT TO EAT MY HEAD YOU KNOW RETURNED THE SCARECROW HASTILY 4e3a8259-9ded-490f-b79a-d9497d832c76 SO THE GREEN MONKEY UNFASTENED THE DOOR OF THE GOLDEN CAGE AND THE CANARY HOPPED OUT AT FIRST SHE FLEW HIGH IN THE AIR AND MADE GREAT CIRCLES OVERHEAD BUT AFTER A TIME SHE RETURNED AND PERCHED BESIDE HER THEN NEIL DIDN'T WANT MUCH PERSUASION HE TOOK SOME MORE AND SAID SLYLY IS IT WE GOING OVER THE BAY THE NIGHT THAT YOURSELF WILL BE DOING DONALD SHOOK HIS HEAD I HAD THOUGHT OF IT HE OWNED BUT IT LOOKS A WEE LIKE A STORM AND MY SLEIGH IS AT THE BLACKSMITH'S TO BE SHOD 4e3afc13-4aef-4b9f-9e63-5a7c42df4f5b I TOOK YOU TO BE A LOT OF WILD UNMANNERLY ANIMALS AS WAS QUITE NATURAL YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO MY HOME AND I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T THE POWER TO HELP YOU OUT OF YOUR TROUBLES PLEASE USE MY HOUSE AND ALL THAT I HAVE AS IF IT WERE YOUR OWN THEY MUST BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AUNT SARAH WARD GAVE THEM TO RACHEL AND SHE HAD THEM FOR AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH FOR JAMES' WIFE BUT OF COURSE WE MUST DO JUST AS RACHEL WISHED 4e5d79eb-4a0d-4998-a50c-ddd54ec00f98 BY CHOPPING UP THE TREES OF THE FOREST TO MAKE FIREWOOD IF YOU WISH TO MEET WITH REAL CLEVERNESS REMARKED THE SCARECROW YOU SHOULD VISIT THE MUNCHKIN FARMER WHO FIRST MADE ME AND THE YUKAH OO MAGIC IS VERY PECULIAR WHEN WE REACHED THE FOOT OF THE ORCHARD AND ENTERED IT THROUGH A GAP IN THE HEDGE IT WAS THE MAGICAL MYSTICAL TIME OF BETWEEN LIGHTS 4ea2885a-8d5c-4560-a720-06b071608247 I'M YOUR OLD SWEETHEART CAPTAIN FIGHTER NINNIE AMMY SMILED AT THEM BOTH UNCLE ROGER CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT HIM ALSO WITH WHAT SEEMED TO US POSITIVELY BRUTAL UNCONCERN IT MUST BE VERY HARD TO BE ROOTED UP 4ea33e5a-45f7-4546-8bf4-86c64288d064 THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES WHO IS A FAMOUS TIN WOODMAN OF OZ NO ONE ELSE THAT I EVER HEARD OF HAD THIS MAGIC GLUE WE HAVEN'T SEEN SARA RAY SINCE YOU GOT SICK SHE IS AWFUL LONESOME AND JUDY SAYS SHE CRIESARLY ALL THE TIME BUT THAT'S NOTHING NEW 4ea99ad7-7681-4187-aea0-2cdf151ce7d9 HERE ALSO FOR IT IS A BIG FOREST NIMMY AMY LIVED WITH THE WICKED WITCH AND AT THE OTHER EDGE OF THE TREE STANDS THE COTTAGE OF MY FRIEND CUCLIP THE FAMOUS TINSMITH WHO MADE MY PRESENT BEAUTIFUL FORM VERY WELL THEN YOU'VE GOT TO DO THINGS THE PRESBYTERIAN WAY DON'T LET ME HEAR ANY MORE OF YOUR AMENDS OR I'LL AMEN YOU 4ebb4f06-1b1d-4e03-86c9-435b394ef96e AND I KNOW HOW MANY EGGS MOTHER SAID YOU COULD USE WHILE SHE WAS AWAY THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED OVER HOME AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK WE GASPED SHE HAD COMBED HER HAIR OUT STRAIGHT AND BRAIDED IT IN A TIGHT KINKY PUDGY BRAID AND SHE WORE AN OLD DRESS OF FADED PRINT WITH HOLES IN THE ELBOWS AND RAGGED FLOUNCES WHICH WAS MUCH TOO SHORT FOR HER REMINDED ONE OF DRIFTING CLOUDS IN THE SUMMER SKY INTO SEVERAL SMALL PIECES 4ecfc0e0-ca35-479c-adde-6538fc2f18bd TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION I LATCHED MY ROTORIZED LIE DETECTIVE ON TO HIM AND BEGAN SNAPPING THE QUESTIONS AND I REGRET TO SAY BICKERED AND SQUABBLED INCESSANTLY THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME FOR OUR DIGESTIONS WENT OUT OF ORDER AND OUR TEMPERS FOLLOWED SUIT 4ee35a27-510d-4162-8b7f-5fe931eb9824 CECILY WAS NO BETTER WHEN THE DOCTOR CAME LIKE AUNT JANET HE DECLARED THAT CUCUMBERS ALONE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE HER SO ILL BUT WHEN HE FOUND OUT THAT SHE HAD DRUNK A GLASS OF MILK ALSO THE MYSTERY WAS SOLVED SHE HAD TWINED FRESHLY PLUCKED DANDELIONS AROUND IT AND THE EFFECT WAS THAT OF A CROWN OF BRILLIANT GOLDEN STARS ON HER SLEEK BROWN CURLS LOOK AT THAT LONG THIN LACY CLOUD UP THERE SHE SAID WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK OF GIRLS 4ee73a76-9309-4ba9-a9f8-dba57cb26508 WELL LET'S GO DOWN TO THE PULPIT STONE AND I'LL TELL YOU A STORY I KNOW SAID THE STORY GIRL WHEN NEXT WE ASSEMBLED OURSELVES TOGETHER IT WAS AFTER MILKING AND THE CARES OF THE DAY WERE DONE WITH WE FOREGATHERED IN THE BALSAM FRAGRANT AISLES OF THE FIR WOOD AND ATE EARLY AUGUST APPLES TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE STORY GIRL SAID WE MADE HER THINK OF THE IRISHMAN'S PIG 4efee650-ea95-4060-9c3e-21235a6c0508 IT LOOKS LIKE SPRING BUT IT ISN'T SPRING IT'S AS IF EVERYTHING WAS RESTING GETTING READY TO SLEEP IN SPRING THEY'RE GETTING READY TO GROW CAN'T YOU FEEL THE DIFFERENCE I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE SPRING INSISTED FELICITY BUT THIS FOREST PATH IS SELDOM USED AND I HAVE BEEN STANDING HERE SO LONG THAT I HAVE LOST ALL TRACK OF TIME 4f081623-1141-4b51-bb4a-2fc9d83e6d20 SHE HAD AN ESPECIAL KNACK FOR DRAWING MONSTROSITIES AND I VIVIDLY RECALL THE PICTURE OF AN ENORMOUS AND HIDEOUS LIZARD LOOKING LIKE A REPTILE OF THE PTERODACTYL PERIOD WHICH SHE HAD DREAMED OF SEEING CRAWL ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE HOUSE SOMETHING BIT HIM ON THE ARM HE DISCOVERED RAY'S FINGERS IN THE DRIVING GLOVE DIGGING INTO HIS FLESH IN AN AMAZINGLY POWERFUL GRIP FARMER HUNCHED HIS SHOULDERS TRYING TO BREAK LOOSE AND THEN HE SAW WHAT RAY WAS STARING AT 4f088545-7088-4264-beb1-cf739c36611b HE WAS THINKING OF HER AS HE PLAYED ANNIE LAURIE FOR NANCY WAS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE LADY OF THE SONG NEITHER FELICITY NOR CECILY COULD HAVE WORN IT BUT IT BECAME THE STORY GIRL PERFECTLY WHEN HE OPENED THEM HE WAS STARING AT THE MILKY WAY THEN THE DESERT AS HE TUMBLED OVER AND OVER HE TALKED TO THE MILKY BOY 4f124ac3-b924-4d16-be6e-e45e8db9254e STETSON'S VOICE INTERRUPTED HIM GOT IT ORNE THEY CAUGHT THE DELPHINIS ON THE GROUND RIGHT WHERE YOU SAID IT'D BE BLEW THE TUBES OFF IT APPARENTLY THE LOCAL LIZARDS HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE SWAMPS WHEN THE BEACON WAS BUILT BUT THE BUILDERS DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF THEM 4f18aa6f-53cb-47ba-97b4-943f652c2ac7 BUT YOU WILL SOON BE ALL RIGHT AND ABLE TO GET OUT AGAIN NO RACHEL WARD WAS NOT PRETTY THAT HAD TO BE ADMITTED THE PICTURE SHOWED A FRESH YOUNG FACE WITH STRONGLY MARKED IRREGULAR FEATURES LARGE BLACK EYES AND BLACK CURLS HANGING ACROSS THE SHOULDERS IN OLD TIME STYLE BUT MOST OF THESE HAD BEEN DEPRIVED OF THEIR MAGIC POWERS BUT I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY NOT YET ANYHOW 4f1eec58-1bba-4593-b35d-316fe1c8e2a7 SO THE LOON STOPPED PUMPING AIR INTO PANTA AND SPRANG FORWARD WITH A GREAT BOUND THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY ANNOYS ME IS FINDING MY HEAD UPON CHOP FIGHT'S BODY HAVEN'T A WORD TO SAY AGAINST METHODISTS WELL SAID PETER DESFIANTLY IF YOUR OWN FATHER HAD RUN AWAY WHEN YOU WAS A BABY AND LEFT YOUR MOTHER TO EARN HER LIVING BY WASH WASHING AND WORKING OUT I GUESS YOU WOULDN'T CARE MUCH ABOUT HIM EITHER AND SHE HAS LIVED IN MONTREAL EVER SINCE AND NEVER MARRIED 4f2eb71a-8ff7-4104-a4e5-84335d5ca4fe I THINK THIS IS ALL MY NEWS EXCEPT THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE ALL THINK OF YOU PETER WHEN WE HEARD YOU WERE SICK WE ALL SAID NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU BUT WE WERE AFRAID IT WAS TOO LATE AND I SAID IF YOU GOT BETTER I'D TELL YOU IT'S EASIER TO WRITE THAN TO TELL IT OUT TO YOUR FACE WE THINK YOU'RE SMART AND POLITE AND A OBLIGING AND A GREAT WORKER AND A GENTLEMAN YOUR TRUE FRIEND CECILY KING P S IF YOU ANSWER MY LETTER DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEARS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT DAN TO FIND OUT THERE'S ANY LEFT BOOT TOLD OF THEIR ADVENTURES WITH THE LOONS OF LOONVILLE AND THE TIN OWL DESCRIBED THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY HAD BEEN CAPTURED AND TRANSFORMED BY THE GIANTESS THEN POLYCHROME RELATED HER STORY AND WHEN ALL HAD BEEN TOLD AND DOROTHY HAD SEVERAL TIMES REPROVED TOTAL FOR GROWLING AT THE TIN OWL OZMA REMAINED THOUGHTFUL FOR A WHILE PONDERING UPON WHAT SHE HAD HEARD 4f318c70-f68a-4420-a8b4-fdaeb5c85ce0 AND FARMER BEGAN TO FEEL SLIGHTLY AFRAID BUT ORDINARY OCEAN AND STRINGING AN INSORTMENT OF WIRES BETWEEN IT AND HIS INVENTION FOR A TIME HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THIS OH BUT UNCLE ALEC IT WAS THIS WAY BEGAN FELIX EAGERLY 4f395d67-14a9-406c-abb7-f30274df54ca IT WAS FAR FROM A WARM WELCOME BUT YONAS WAS SATISFIED WITH IT THEY WERE GIANTS FOR THIS PART OF THE WORLD ALMOST SIX FEET TALL WITH GREAT HANDS AND JAWS THE UNGODLY HOUR OF TRANSMISSION NATURALLY WAS SET TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLOSING OF THE CONSUL'S FIELD OFFICE HALF WAY AROUND THE PLANET CONSEIL'S GONE FOR THE DAY AUBREY I'LL SEE IF I CAN REACH HIM 4f73c9e9-ed6a-4db4-9675-fd3f45a4d8b7 OH I WISH I'D NEVER SAID PETER WASN'T FIT TO ASSOCIATE WITH MOANED FELICITY THE VALLEY WAS FULL OF MIST AND THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN IN SLANTING LINES OVER THE TOPS OF THE SPRUCES A GOOD MANY OF THEM MUST JUST STAY PLAIN ANGELS I EXPECT AND I'M GOING TO WORK BUTTONHOLES ALL OVER THIS COTTON I HATE WORKING BUTTONHOLES WORSE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD SO I'M GOING TO WORK THEM ALL DAY 4f95d64f-7c5d-4e70-9337-47d35b6f2734 WHEN SHE HEARD OUR NEWS HOWEVER SHE HAD THE DECENCY TO SAY SHE WAS GLAD AND TO PROMISE SHE WOULD CONVEY THE GOOD TIDINGS TO SARAH WHO IS ALREADY IN BED WHERE ALL CHILDREN OF HER AGE SHOULD BE ADDED MISSUS RAY SEVERELY I HAVE READ THE SITUATION IN YOUR MIND AND YOUR NEXT MOVE WILL HAVE TO BE RATHER MORE SPECTACULAR THAN USUAL SO LONG AS IT WORKS YUNUS SAID I WILL BE SATISFIED IT WILL WORK CLARETON SAID AT LEAST I THINK IT WILL 4fb382ef-4bee-4731-824e-48bbce8e4625 WELL WE HAVE ESCAPED THE BIG WOMAN TO BE SURE AND THE TINSMITH ALSO REPLACED THAT MEMBER WITH TIN CHAPTER FIFTEEN AND YOU MUSTN'T TELL LIES AND YOU MUSTN'T MURDER ANY ONE WE TOO DESIROUS OF BEING CONVINCED ALSO THOUGHT SO NEVER MIND TELL US THE STORY SAID THE PREACHER HIMSELF EAGERLY LEANING OVER THE PULPIT 4fc18131-5086-48f5-8a56-1dbcc6b93723 FELICITY TRIED AND HAD THE MOST GRATIFYING LUCK WITH A NEW AND COMPLICATED CAKE RECIPE A GORGEOUS COMPOUND OF A PLUMMINESS TO MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER THE NUMBER OF EGGS SHE USED IN IT WOULD HAVE SHOCKED AUNT JANET'S THRIFTY SOUL BUT THAT CAKE LIKE BEAUTY WAS ITS OWN EXCUSE HE TALKED VERY NICELY AND READ AND PRAYED THEY MADE VERY LONG PRAYERS IN THOSE DAYS YOU KNOW AND AT THE END OF HIS PRAYER HE SAID O LORD BLESS THIS POOR YOUNG MAN HIDING IN THE CLOSET GIVE HIM COURAGE NOT TO FEAR THE FACE OF MAN 4fd11eeb-f08e-4eee-8b2e-aaed31cfbc75 HE HAD LEARNED A GREAT MANY POEMS FROM PROFESSOR WOGGLE BUG AND LOVED TO REPEAT THEM WHENEVER ANYBODY WOULD LISTEN TO HIM HOW DREADFUL IT ALL IS SIGHED THE CANARY WE ARE COLLECTING FOR OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY AND WE HAVE CALLED TO ASK YOU FOR A CONTRIBUTION SHE REPLIED 4fda5de6-695a-4490-ac88-9af9c656244e I HAD MEANT TO SAIL OUT BRAVELY BLIND EYES FACING INTO THE SUNSET I JAMMED THE IRON HARD INTO MY PHONY EYE SOCKETS AND THE PLASTI GAVE OFF AN AUTHENTIC ODOR SOME DAY THE MAN WHO READS MINES WOULD BE MORE THAN A PASSIVE ONLOOKER WAIT THE INQUISITOR SAID HEAVILY NEVER SAW YOU BEFORE THE OLD WOMAN SAID 4fe6799f-f9d3-4c1f-8f84-fb52fbe9e9d1 I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE HER I'D BE AFRAID FELIX HAD A SIX SPELL SOON AFTER WE BEGAN OUR DREAM BOOKS AND AUNT JANET ESSAYED TO CURE HIM BY ADMINISTERING A DOSE OF LIVER PILLS WHICH ELDER FREWIN HAD ASSURED HER WERE A CURE ALL FOR EVERY DISEASE THE FLESH IS HEIR TO THE BOY ATE IN SILENCE FOR A TIME BEING REALLY HUNGRY THE STRAW THAT I USE DOESN'T LUMP UP OR BRUISE THOUGH IT'S POUNDED AGAIN AND AGAIN 4fe78605-01ea-483d-ab50-59763df2ecba THEN TURN THE SECOND DIAL UNTIL THE TWO RED LINES COINCIDE AND AS YOU DO SO MARK THE TIME MEANWHILE PRAYED OUT LOUD AS THEY CLIMBED THE PURGATORIAL SCARP ABOVE LOST SOLCE CREEK REGA PEN NOSTROS PECCADORES OLDER THE VERY GULCHERS STOOD ANGRY AND STARK IN THE EARLY MORNING YEN LORDA DE NOSER MOTE 4fee0322-ac9a-4fa9-9895-3e5ebc442893 VIC'S PLACE WAS OUT ON THE RIVER ABOUT TEN MILES FROM TOWN AND THAT LITTLE TAN ROADSTER OF MINE MADE IT IN JUST ABOUT TEN MINUTES THE TRAFFIC IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT SLOWED ME UP A BIT THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL PRETENTIOUS ABOUT THE PLACE IT WAS A RAMBLING LAZY LOOKING HOUSE BUILT LARGELY OF NATIVE STONE STTCHING ITS LENGTH COMFORTABLY IN THE SHADE OF THE BIG MAPLES IT MIGHT INDEED THIS WAS A NEW HORROR WHICH HAD NOT OCCURRED TO US I'M SURE I WON'T SLEEP A WINK TO NIGHT SAID FELIX THE PAPER SAYS TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW SAID DAN YOU NEEDN'T WORRY SARAH BUT SARAH DEPARTED WEEPING SHE DID NOT HOWEVER FORGET TO CARRY THE FORGET ME NOT JUG WITH HER ALL THINGS CONSIDERED HER DEPARTURE WAS A RELIEF 4ffef114-9e81-46e7-887f-415b7b1ea9a5 WHY HAS SHE CHANGED HER MIND WE ALL SHOWED THE SYMPATHY WE FELT SEE WHAT THESE REBELLIOUS ONES HAVE DONE YOU RIGHT FINISH FOR YOUR ENTIRE PLANET IF YOU DO SAID HORN WHY DO YOU KEEP TOUCHING YOUR THROAT DEMANDED TO NEW 50163bd5-d1ed-4d70-bdac-ee92086e1664 SHE CONFIDED TO ME AS WE CLIMBED THE STAIRS THAT SHE HATED UNCLE ROGER HER RED LIPS QUIVERED AND THE TEARS OF WOUNDED PRIDE BRIMMED OVER IN HER BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES FEW THINGS CAN INJURE TIN AND MY AXE IS A POWERFUL WEAPON TO USE AGAINST A FOE 501660ac-6e96-467a-9145-4252e41b3ef8 HE PROTESTED HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WILL WORK RAY'S GLANCE TOOK ON A TOUCH OF ICY FURY A WING UNTOUCHED BY THE FIRE WAS LEANING TIP DOWN AGAINST THE EDGE OF ANOTHER LAVA SHEET SOME DISTANCE AWAY HE SAT DOWN ANOTHER FLARE FLASHED IN THE SKY BEHIND HIM SILHOUETTING A ROW OF GROTESQUE TREES COME OVER HERE YOU FOOLS HE THOUGHT 501f3e68-7208-4f46-91e6-d771298bbb69 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT THE SAME MOMENT OOT WOULD BECOME A LITTLE DOG AM POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW WE HAVE GOT ALL THE APPLES PICKED AND ARE ALL READY TO TAKE THE MEASLES NOW IF WE HAVE TO BUT I HOPE WE WON'T 5030f915-a285-4608-8602-99ddae71811e IF HE LIKED YOU THERE WAS NOTHING HE WOULD NOT DO FOR YOU BUT IF HE DISLIKED YOU FELICITY IN ESPECIAL SEEMED TO BE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN SHE ILLUSTRATED HER DREAMS WITH SKETCHES THAT CERTAINLY CAUGHT THE SPIRIT OF THEM WHATEVER MIGHT BE SAID OF THEIR TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE DESPITE THE PLEADINGS AND TEARS OF A RELUCTANT MOTHER 50320f56-f089-45d1-b431-e2dad51b33ee WELL WILL MONTAGUE FELL IN LOVE WITH RACHEL WARD AND SHE WAS WITH HIM AND IT WAS ALL ARRANGED THAT THEY WERE TO BE MARRIED FROM HERE IN THE SPRING WE DEMANDED THE TALE INSTANTLY THE STORY GIRL TOLD IT TO US AS SHE PEELED HER POTATOES THEN HE OPENED HIS BIG BLUE EYES AND LOOKED UP INTO EDITH'S FACE SHE BLUSHED AS RED AS A ROSE FOR SHE KNEW SHE HAD DONE A DREADFUL THING THIS COULD NOT BE HER COUSIN FROM SCOTLAND SHE KNEW FOR HE HAD WRITTEN SO TO HER THAT HE HAD EYES AS BLACK AS HER OWN 505addb9-04bb-470f-b5fc-e5c5781b0c0a WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR WHAT WE WANT OF THAT I'M SURE IT DOESN'T DO TO MEDDLE IN AN AFFAIR OF THIS KIND BETWEEN BOYS SAID THE STORY GIRL SAGELY BEFORE THAT THEY'RE JUST PLAIN HEATHEN DOCTOR GREYOR PATTED CECILY ON THE HEAD TOLD HER SHE WAS A LITTLE BRICK AND HAD DONE JUST THE RIGHT THING EXAMINED SOME OF THE FATAL BERRIES AND GAVE IT AS HIS OPINION THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY POISONOUS ADMINISTERED SOME POWDERS TO DAN AND ADVISED HIM NOT TO TAMPER WITH FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN THE FUTURE AND WENT AWAY 507090bf-6adc-4be3-ac7f-b09b8e606f4d IF YOU LOVE ME AS I LOVE YOU THEN WHO RUNG THAT BELL SAID PETER BELLS DON'T RING OF THEMSELVES I SUPPOSE SPECIFICALLY WHEN THERE AIN'T ANYTHING IN THE HOUSE TO RING OH WILL UNCLE ROGER NEVER COME HOME SOBBED FELICITY I KNOW HE'LL LAUGH AT US AWFUL BUT IT'S BETTER TO BE LAUGHED AT THAN SCARED LIKE THIS AND BY THE TIME AUNT JANET CAME IN WE WERE ALL IN OUR RESPECTIVE BEDS SHINING IN MEMORY WITH A SOFT GLOW OF BEAUTY 5079657b-bb0a-487a-a930-146410276e25 MAY BE PETER WILL GET BETTER AFTER ALL SAID DAN SWALLOWING A SOB I'VE HEARD OF LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO WENT AND GOT BETTER AFTER THE DOCTOR SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DIE THIS STARTED ME THINKING AND I PUNCHED A COMPLETE LIST OF SHIPS OF THAT SIZE THAT BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE PAST YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN AFTER ABOUT THREE MINUTES OF GROANING THE C M ONLY PRODUCED SIX 507a3e4e-ea2d-4285-a823-fd4e0bbaf18c WITH THIS WE WENT TO BED AND SLEPT AS SOUNDLY AS IF TRAGEDIES OF BLUE CHESTS AND TURNIPS AND CROOKED COWS HAD NO PLACE IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS AT ALL IS IT STILL BEING BUILT ON TO THE SHIP 507ddd2b-d8f5-4f5c-8932-1863e5dfa7e3 OF COURSE ADDED FELICITY HER HEART MELTING AT SIGHT OF THE MISERY IN THE STORY GIRL'S PITEOUS EYES I CONSIDERED THE TIN HEAD FAR SUPERIOR TO THE NEAT ONE I SO AS THEY STUMBLED ALONG A STONE PASSAGE THEY KEPT CLOSE TOGETHER 508d6dc9-1fd4-4dee-b116-2eea666912bf IS REALLY TOO BIG FOR ANY USE THE BIRD LANGUAGE WHICH NEITHER THE GIANTESS NOR THE BEAR NOR THE MONKEY COULD UNDERSTAND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU I TOLD HER TRUTHFULLY THAT'S UP FOR THE COURTS TO DECIDE BUT BUT HE MADE ME DO ALL THOSE THINGS SHE WAILED I PULLED ON A FANCY SPORTS CAP BUCKLED THE CAP UP TIGHT AND WAS READY TO GO 5090291b-e506-4820-8b46-8e60f9de470c THE STORY GIRL FINISHED HER WREATH AND PUT IT ON FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL HAD NOT BEEN SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER AND CONSEQUENTLY THERE HAD BEEN SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK THEY TELL ME THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING RIGHT ALONG THAT I COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE NOW I TELL YOU I THE MORE RELIGIOUS ANYTHING WAS THE MORE FIGHTING THERE WAS ABOUT IT 5096b950-c37c-4e01-9206-c31a07f3702c THE JAGUAR CREPT CLOSER TO THE STUMP AND SNIFFED THE FRAGRANCE OF THE SCRAMBLED EGGS THEY SMELT SO GOOD THAT HE TASTED THEM AND THEY TASTED SO GOOD THAT HE ATE THE STRANGE MEAL IN A HURRY PROVING HE HAD BEEN REALLY HUNGRY SUDDENLY SARA RAY SPRANG TO HER FEET WITH A SCREAM A SCREAM THAT CHANGED INTO STRANGE LAUGHTER 50b0ce22-58ee-47f9-a306-78e8db982491 I SUPPOSE EVEN IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I'LL HAVE TIME TO GET BACK TO YOU SARA RAY AND PETER AND THE STORY GIRL WENT HOME BUT THE LONG DRAWN OUT DREAD WAS BEGINNING TO GET ON DAN'S NERVES THE THREAT WAS EFFECTUAL NEVER DID WE MENTION THAT UNHOLY PUDDING BUT THE STORY GIRL COULD NOT IMPOSE SILENCE ON THE GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY UNCLE ROGER 50b2a784-7f36-42b8-9d83-0772f2cf8309 THE LABEL WAS LOST HE SAID IT WAS A FAMOUSSE AND SHE DECLARED IT WAS A YELLOW TRANSPARENT TAKE NOTICE FELICITY SAID DAN ASIDE BUT THE GOLDEN CRUSTED HELMET AND A BRIEF CASE OF PAPERS WERE A PROBLEM THIS GAVE ME ENOUGH UNDISTURBED TIME TO SEARCH HIS STUDY WE COULD FILL THE VIBRATION DISTANTLY THROUGH THE FLOOR 50c53a8e-5f6d-495c-a703-445338be666f GARF TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE TELEVISION SAT GREAT UNCLE'S GUILDS HE EXCLAIMED AND LAPSED INTO FASCINATED SILENCE FARMER STARED AND RAY STARED YONAS REALIZED SLOWLY THAT SHE WAS CRYING AS SHE LOOKED AT HIM YONAS HEARD SQUEAKING AND THOUGHT OF THE RATS BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN SUMMON UP ENOUGH ENERGY TO TRY FOR THEM 50c8550f-cf36-4937-b531-e9322c98ee5c I CAN NEVER GET USED TO THE WAY YOU MENTION THE THE THAT NAME COMPLAINED FELICITY AND NOW TELL ME THE BERWICK NEWS HAS JEAN MC LAY MADE UP WITH HER MAN YET GOODNESS ME CRIED GINGER ASE THAT GIANTESS MUST BE A POWERFUL SORCERESS AND AS WICKED AS SHE IS POWERFUL BOOT THE WANDERER LOOKED AT THE MAN SERVANT AM POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW 50cc65a4-6574-455a-b376-bf8d603c07ff HARD WORDS BREAK NO BONES OBSERVED FELICITY PHILOSOPHICALLY BUT THEY HURT YOUR FEELINGS I'M AFRAID OF MISTER CAMPBELL SAID CECILY CANDIDLY YONAS SHRUGGED MENTALLY I SUPPOSE SO HE SAID I LIKE TO WORK ON MY OWN DO MY OWN JOB AND IT'S GOT YOU INTO TROUBLE BEFORE CLARETON SAID BUT YOU CAN'T AFFORD ANY MISTAKES THIS TIME 50cecddb-667b-444b-b1ff-68bebd66ea3e FIRST WE WANT TO KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE DAUPHINIS REASONABLY SO THAT LANGUAGE YOU WERE FORCED FED ON THE WAY OVER BUT ALL THINGS CONSIDERED WE LIKED THE PROSPECT OF OUR SUMMER VERY MUCH RETORTED FELICITY UNCRUSHED 50d70305-d3ab-4449-b263-65292c485664 I HAVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING MORE HORRIBLY SUGGESTIVE IN THAT INNOCENT WORD SOMETHING AS ENUNCIATED BY THE STORY GIRL I FELT CECILY'S HAND ICY COLD CLUTCHING MINE BOOT THE MONKEY HEARING THIS SPEECH FROM HIS PERCH ON THE TREE BECAME MUCH FRIGHTENED FOR HE KNEW THE NATURE OF JAGUARS AND REALIZED THEY COULD CLIMB TREES AND LEAP FROM LIMB TO LID WITH THE AGILITY OF CATS 50e0e7d5-81f7-461c-b4b0-84a4db12bf5b IN SPITE OF THEIR HOSPITALITY I COULDN'T ACCEPT WHAT YOU DARE INTERFERE WITH THE MESSENGER OF YOUR ANCESTORS GALACTIC ADJUSTMENT WILL EXTEND AID TO BOTH CALAXIA AND TERRA FURNISHING SUBSTITUTES FOR THE CRYSTALS YOU DEAL IN THERE WILL BE NO LOSS TO EITHER FACTION 50ed2110-8e72-4476-a08f-54868d42b7ba WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STORY GIRL ASKED FELICITY SHE'S JUST FINE SAID FELIX ENTHUSIASTICALLY I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE HER TO TELL STORIES NOW WHAT EARTHLY GOOD COULD I GET FROM YOUR THREE BY SIX SCHOOL LIBRARY NONE WHATEVER THE STORY GIRL CURTSIED UNTIL HER SILKEN SKIRT SWEPT THE FLOOR THEN SHE FLUNG HERSELF IN HER CHAIR AND LOOKED AT MISTER CAMPBELL FLUSHED TRIUMPHANT DARING 50ed7045-5c5e-42e1-9620-2f1075b85ba1 OLD LAW OF SIMPLE PHYSICS IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN INTERRUPTED VIC WHY YES AND A BODY WHAT'S THAT A BODY WHY MATTER I SUPPOSE AND MATTER IS WHAT YOU'RE CALLING THE SHOTS GOD HELP YOU FIRST WE WANT TO KNOW IF THEY HAVE THE DAUPHINIS AND IF SO WHERE IT IS NEXT WE WANT TO KNOW JUST HOW WARLIKE THESE GOONS ARE CAN WE CONTROL THEM IF THEY'RE BLOOD THIRSTY WHAT'S THEIR POTENTIAL IN FIVE DAYS 50fef8a3-150f-43a4-b1f2-0509a50329e4 NEVERTHELESS WHEN IT GREW DARK AND WE RETURNED TO THE HOUSE I NOTICED THAT DAN WAS RATHER PALE AND QUIET HE LAY DOWN ON THE KITCHEN SOFA DO YOU FEEL ALL RIGHT DAN I WHISPERED ANXIOUSLY SHUT UP HE SAID WE MAY YET SPOT THE ESCAPE CAPSULE REHNHART WAS SAYING WE'RE STILL CONTINUING THE SEARCH PUT IN TOWERS BUT I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU I'M NOT WASTING MUCH MORE FUEL THE RADIO OPERATOR STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING HESITATED AND FINALLY SETTLED FOR YES SIR 510334f2-dfda-43d1-9e51-73c0cc9ae953 DO YOU SUPPOSE NIMIE AMY STILL LOVES YOU AFTER ALL THESE YEARS I FELT CECILY'S HAND ICY COLD CLUTCHING MINE WHAT WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHISPERED FELIX CURIOSITY THE BETTER OF HIS TERROR 5116d9a8-86cf-47e6-b5e5-2c9bff2b889d RACHEL WARD IS DEAD AND SHE TOLD JAMES'S WIFE TO WRITE TO ME AND TELL ME TO OPEN THE OLD BLUE CHEST TELL ME SAID THE GREEN MONKEY EARNESTLY AS HE CAME CLOSE TO THE CAGE THAT DENOTED SYMPATHY AND SORROW 5133e9be-4567-4ead-8870-2b19e4650473 CAN'T YOU TELL A STORY TO PASS THE TIME I ENTREATED THE STORY GIRL SHE SHOOK HER HEAD NO IT WOULD BE NO USE TO TRY BUT IF THIS ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY I'LL HAVE A GREAT ONE TO TELL OF US BEING SO SCARED WELL I'M GOING TO DEPEND ON THE BIBLE SAID CECILY I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THE JUDGMENT DAY TOMORROW BUT I'M SCARED FOR ALL THAT SHE ADDED PITEOUSLY THAT'S EXACTLY THE POSITION OF US ALL 51349b1a-b6ea-484a-9ab2-4d738136090f THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SUIT SUITABLE AND ROMANTIC IT'S NO WONDER WE CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE GROWN UP SAID THE STORY GIRL INDIGNANTLY BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER BEEN GROWN UP OURSELVES MISSUS UPE HAS DECLARED THAT NONE OF HER TRANSFORMATIONS CAN EVER BE CHANGED GET TO WORK TILL COMMANDED KING BALL 5155f004-6106-43ae-8f46-07cb1247c958 WE FELT WE COULD NEVER DO IT BUT THE STORY GIRL DID IT WE ADMIRED AND PITIED HER BUT NOW I DO NOT THINK SHE EITHER NEEDED OUR PITY OR DESERVED OUR ADMIRATION HER AESTHETIC FARE WAS REALLY SWEETER TO HER THAN HONEY OF HYMETTUS THIS SECOND DIAL WAS NO MORE THAN A THIN DISK OF HARD RUBBER OR BAKE LIGHT WITH A RED SCRATCH MARK ON ONE SIDE ON THE PANEL ITSELF FAR TO THE RIGHT OF THE DIAL'S ZERO POINT WAS THE RED SCRATCH MARK THAT MATCHED IT WHEN THE TWO COINCIDED WELL SOMETHING HAPPENED 515afdd0-43bc-4842-aac2-3e41d74a1cfb AS IN ALL HISTORY THE STORY GIRL SIGHED AND RESUMED HER WORK ANY EXTRA BAD MISCHIEF THE CREATURES THEY BEHELD WERE ROUND AND BALL LIKE AND OZMA HAD ISSUED A ROYAL EDICT FORBIDDING 517da8f5-06e9-4eb0-890b-da38a4f0f9c5 HAVE YOU ANY IDEA WHERE YOUR FATHER IS ASKED ANN NO SAID PETER INDIFFERENTLY THE LAST WE HEARD OF HIM HE WAS IN THE MAIN LUMBER WOODS BUT THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS NOW AND ADDED PETER DELIBERATELY TAKING HIS GUM FROM HIS MOUTH TO MAKE HIS STATEMENT MORE IMPRESSIVE I DON'T CARE FROM THIS SAFE POSITION HE SAID WARNINGLY WE HAVE POWERFUL FRIENDS WHO WILL SOON COME TO EACH OTHER LET THEM COME SHE RETURNED WITH AN ACCENT OF SCORN 517fdaa6-009b-42dc-8a54-cf21080a6da5 CECILY HAD BUT ONE MORE SHOT IN HER LOCKER I THOUGHT YOU SAID IN YOUR SERMON MASTER PETER THAT PEOPLE SHOULDN'T FIGHT I SAID THEY OUGHT TO NOT FIGHT FOR FUN OR FOR BAD TEMPER RETORTED PETER THIS IS DIFFERENT I KNOW WHAT I'M FIGHTING FOR BUT I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD SO SHE CAUGHT YOU TOO MISTER WEISCOP POOR LITTLE ANGELINA WITH THE SOFT EYES HE BROKE DOWN AGAIN SHAKING WITH LAUGHTER FORCING A BIT OF CONTROL I ORDERED MY THOUGHTS CHECKING OFF A MENTAL LIST BELAY THAT LAST COMMAND I SHOUTED GETTING BACK IN MY OLD SPACE DOG MOOD 519fde54-8414-4dc2-b3de-d3bce31387bb MER CAUGHT HIMSELF NODDING AND BLAMED THE BOAT'S MOTION HE SHIFTED UNEASILY ON THE BUILT IN SEAT AND GOT A SPLINTER IN A VITAL SPOT HE FROWNED RAY WAS BENDING OVER HIS MACHINE MAKING MOTIONS DESIGNED TO IMPRESS AS WELL AS TO MAKE IT WORK IN THE REACTION OUR SPIRITS ROSE WITH A BOUND OH AIN'T IT GREAT THAT PETER'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT SAID DAN SPRINGING UP I WAS NEVER SO GLAD OF ANYTHING IN MY WHOLE LIFE DECLARED FELICITY IN SHAMELESS RAPTURE 51aa9546-17c4-4000-9ecc-5c0b23b148d8 OH JESS LOOK SHE SAID HERE ARE THREE DOLLARS AND I'M GOING TO GIVE IT ALL TO THE LIBRARY FUND I HAD A LETTER TO DAY FROM UNCLE ARTHUR IN WINNIPEG AND HE SENT ME THREE DOLLARS FELICITY TOSSED HER GOLDEN HEAD AND SHOT AN UNSISTERLY GLANCE AT DAN I WOULDN'T BE VERY LIKELY TO HAVE A HIRED BOY FOR A BEAU SHE OBSERVED WE SAW THAT HER ANGER WAS REAL NOT AFFECTED 51ae5076-f90d-4020-8825-306046ff04e6 WE ALL LAUGHED INDEED ESPECIALLY OVER ANOTHER TALE IN WHICH UNCLE EDWARD LEANING TOO FAR OVER THE PULPIT IN HIS EARNESTNESS LOST HIS BALANCE ALTOGETHER AND TUMBLED INGLORIOUSLY INTO THE GRASS BELOW AT LAST NEIL'S HEAD FELL FORWARD ON HIS BREAST AND HE WAS SOUND ASLEEP HE OUGHT TO LIKE THAT I MEAN THAT IT ANNOYS ME TO FOR PIGS ARE QUITE RESPECTABLE REMARKED BOOT 51baf161-408f-4211-a33a-801ec3637ffb DON'T YOU REMEMBER OLD MISS BAXTER IN TORONTO BETH AND HOW SHE TOLD MISSUS MC LAREN THAT SHE WAS SUBJECT TO TERRIBLE DREAMS AND FINALLY SHE TOOK TWO LIVER PILLS AND NEVER HAD ANY MORE DREAMS AFTER THAT I'D RATHER HAVE DIED THAN RISK IT CONCLUDED FELIX SOLEMNLY I THINK IT IS VERY VAIN TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU HAVE YOURSELF BEING BEAUTIFUL SAID FELICITY 51e39927-d8c9-4d9a-b529-c9230ce9de1a I REALLY BELIEVE SAID THE KING ROLLING HIS SPOT LIKE EYES IN A FRIGHTENED WAY THAT PANTA WAS RIGHT IN CLAIMING THESE PRISONERS AS ER DANGEROUS IS THE PUMP READY SHE'S HAD THE MEASLES SO SHE ISN'T SCARED SHE'S A GREAT GIRL TO LAUGH I LIKE A GIRL THAT LAUGHS DON'T YOU 51e471f7-9774-46df-aea1-64bd13a3013e IT ISN'T ANY USE FOR ME TO TRY TO LEARN TO COOK SAID SHE DON'T SOUND A BIT LIKE OTHER CLOCKS AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT AND THE SOUND KIND OF MUFFLED FARMER FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN POINTING AND RAY CLUMPED SLOWLY IN A HALF CIRCLE IT WAS A PICTURE OF MILTON BOROUGH 51f32cd3-ca46-47c5-bb98-2eb135d994a4 S DON'T LET FELICITY SEE THIS LETTER S R WAS A HORRID MEAN PRAYER I DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN BUT AFTER THE MEASLES STRUCK IN I FOUND OUT IT WAS I AM GOING TO CALL THE SOUTHERN WOOD A BUT NEVER CAN I FIND HER CONTINUED POOR TOMMY QUICKSTEP WITHOUT THE HELP OF ANY ONE 51f8df92-d96e-44af-9fda-d54c61e60a5b HIGH HEELED SLIPPERS I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME NICE THINGS FOR YOU AND SEND THEM OVER NOW THAT THE DOCTOR SAYS YOU CAN EAT THEM WOOT HAD SEEN VERY LITTLE OF MAGIC DURING HIS WANDERINGS AND WAS LOOKING AT THEM IN ASTONISHMENT 51fbb3f9-f67f-4540-b826-499462ad5fcb I GUESS IT'LL BE AS MUCH USE TO ME AS TO ANY ONE ELSE SAID CECILY INDIGNANTLY DRY EYED WITH SUCH COURAGE AS THEY MIGHT THEY FACED WHATEVER MIGHT BE IN STORE FOR THEM THAT IS JUST WHAT IT IS WHISPERED PETER REVERENTLY I THE OLD OLD ARGUMENT I SUPPOSE 5222889d-df26-443f-aa3f-d4df7aec916a FERERO'S TURNED FACE WENT A DIRTY GREY AT MY WORDS I PRESSED THE ADVANTAGE UNDOUBTEDLY THEY HAD STARTED THE PROGRAM FOR THE GIANT TRANSPORT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHECKED LATER AND THEN SHE TRIED GIVING THEM AWAY TO THE FRENCH HIRED MEN AND A LOT OF PICKLES AND TWO GRAPE JELLY TARTS PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SO IT APPEARED 522376f6-82bf-4c2d-bc13-f8dba08c8a87 NOR OF COURSE DID HE CARRY THE SWORD OF A GREAT HERO OR A NOBLE AND SO YOU MUST HAVE A PLAN FOR RIDDING US OF HYRKNUP AFTER ALL A NOBLE WAS ONLY A MAN LIKE OTHER MEN THE DELPHINUS HAS BEEN UNREPORTED FOR EIGHTEEN STANDARD MONTHS WHAT'S THE PLANET LIKE 5232d32a-b641-44a6-8310-e0cf0943a8de AND THE FRUIT BASKET WITH THE APPLE ON IT AND THE WEDDING DRESS AND THE EMBROIDERED PETTICOAT HE RAISED HIS EYEBROWS BUT DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS IT IS HARD TO CURL YOUR LIPS WITH CONTEMPT AND TALK AT THE SAME TIME BUT I SUCCEEDED 523e822b-dd54-435e-a2c2-775acbd8daad IT MUST HAVE BEEN A GRAND SIGHT THE EYE WAS CAMOUFLAGED TO LOOK LIKE A FLYING LIZARD SORT OF A CARDBOARD PTERODACTYL AND THE SLOWLY FLAPPING WINGS OBVIOUSLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR FLIGHT BUT IT WAS IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH FOR THE NATIVES IT'S JUST AS LIKELY TO BE GOOD NEWS HE IS RUNNING FOR IS BAD SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WAS NO BELIEVER IN MEETING TROUBLE HALF WAY PETER RESOLVED TO STAY ALL NIGHT WITH US TOO NOT TROUBLING HIMSELF BY ANYBODY'S PERMISSION 5247336a-2de5-49a9-b501-5c2af35c2386 CLOSING THEIR PERCEPTION AGAINST THE ZID'S DISTRACTING RAGINGS THEY SET TO WORK WITH PERFECT CO ORDINATION I HAD THE ALTERNATIVE CHOICE OF INSTANT DEATH SHE PULLED ME INTO IT PLAYED ME LIKE AN ACCORDION WHAT CONNECTION DOES THIS TRIPE HAVE WITH CATCHING THOSE MURDERERS 52590dd3-bd70-4ae4-bf4b-d35c787fff22 BEING BUILT NOW IN THE NAVAL SHIPYARD AT EUDORIDER WE'RE ALMOST READY TO GO THERE NOW AS SOON AS THIS BATCH OF INSTRUCTIONS GOES OUT CAPTAIN STAIN DROPPED THE RELEASES ON TO THE TABLE THEN CAREFULLY WIPED HIS HANDS OFF TO REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE INFECTION GARF LOOKED HESITATE THEN WAVED THE TWO TO THE RAIL WITH HIM SEE THOSE HE ASKED THEY LOOKED AND SAW WHAT SEEMED TO BE A FLIGHT OF STEPS CARVED FROM STONE OLD AND WORN STARTING ABRUPTLY JUST BELOW THE WATER LEVEL AND LEADING DOWNWARD 525e5572-e182-417c-910a-52a510b46b87 THE RESULT WAS A DETERMINED RIVALRY AS TO WHICH PUPIL SHOULD COLLECT THE LARGEST SUM AND THIS RIVALRY WAS ESPECIALLY INTENSE IN OUR HOME COTERIE AMUSE YOURSELVES WHILE I AM GONE AND WHEN I RETURN I HOPE TO FIND YOU ALL RECONCILED AND HAPPY 5260af0a-7f3d-43cd-8084-1bbbae7b0fc6 HERE ARE A DOZEN HANDKERCHIEFS SAID AUNT JANET LOOK AT THE INITIAL IN THE CORNER OF EACH RACHEL LEARNED THAT STITCH FROM A NUN IN MONTREAL IT LOOKS AS IF IT WAS WOVEN INTO THE MATERIAL ONLY INSTEAD OF TAKING THE NAMES OF FRUITS WE WERE TO TAKE THE NAMES OF BIBLE CHARACTERS RETURNED THE CANARY EVEN THOUGH I STILL BEAR THE ENCHANTED FORM OF A CANARY BIRD SUDDENLY A SOFT GLOW ENVELOPED THEM 527204a6-6bb3-4763-89f5-e450672e85d0 WE ARE ALL SO FOND OF HIM AND HE IS SUCH A GOOD CAT AND HAS NO BAD HABITS OF COURSE IF ANY OF US TRAMPS ON HIS TAIL HE WILL SCRATCH US BUT YOU KNOW A CAT CAN'T BEAR TO HAVE HIS STICK TAIL TRAMPED ON IT'S A VERY TENDER PART OF HIM AND IT'S HIS ONLY WAY OF PREVENTING IT AND HE DOESN'T MEAN ANY HARM AS SOON AS HE REACHED THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH THE HOLE CLOSED AGAIN AND THE BOY MONKEY REALIZED WITH A THRILL OF JOY THAT HE HAD SEEN THE LAST OF THE DANGEROUS DRAGON FAMILY 527c0ec6-76c6-48c2-a69a-51670a2e3651 AND AS YOU DO SO MARK THE TIME TAKE ANY ACTION YOU SEE FIT UNDERSTAND NO OLD SON I'VE HAD ENOUGH ONLY IN THE FROSTY DUSK DID WE HAVE TIME TO WANDER AFAR IN REALMS OF GOLD WITH THE STORY GIRL 5298b297-6dce-4888-93df-b53f6bc37e41 LOOKING AROUND ON THE FACE OF THE GROUP I SAW THAT THEY ALL SHARED MY FEELING CECILY HAD PUT HER HANDS OVER HER EYES FAME SAID UNCLE ROGER IF SHE EVER HAS A CHANCE THAT IS AND I SUPPOSE HER FATHER WILL SEEK TO THAT AT LEAST I HOPE HE WILL BUT FELICITY WAS ONE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE WHOSE PROTESTS AGAINST WRONG DOING SERVE ONLY TO DRIVE THE WRONG DOER FURTHER ON HER SINFUL WAY 52a3da1f-83a2-4701-8b1d-5da34ae52bdf I KEPT THE ON WATCH CREW OF THE CRUISER AT DUTY STATION TO CONFINED THE REST WITHIN A HUNDRED YARD RADIUS OF THE SHIP BUT IT WAS JUST THE THING TO MAKE THE RIGHT IMPRESSION SETANOVO PETER AND FELICITY LAGGED BEHIND AND WHEN I'M AN ANGEL IF I EVER GET TO BE ONE WILL MY NAME STILL BE PETER IT WAS WE TOLD OURSELVES SARA'S OWN OUTLOOK 52abbbda-1593-4f76-9ae9-7509874b985b BUT THE TRUTH WAS I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT SUCH THINGS I LET VERY FEW PEOPLE USE IT BECAUSE IT IS MY GREATEST TREASURE OH CAN'T WE OPEN IT RIGHT AWAY THIS VERY NIGHT SAID FELICITY EAGERLY NEXT WOKE TRIED TO FIND THE CANARY WHEN MISSUS EWKE TRANSFORMED ME SHE DIDN'T REALIZE I KNOW JUST HOW POLYCHROME FEELS 52b45618-931f-4bcc-9a0f-80bc068f7ffd OUR OLD WORLD IS MATTER TRUE ENOUGH BUT FOR THE REST YOU'RE WRONG PETE OLD SON YOU'RE NOT MATTER ANY MORE I PRAY THAT THERE IS AN END TO IT SHE WAS ABOUT SEVENTEEN AND HER MIND WAS AS FRESH AND CLEAN AND PRETTY AS HER FACE AND FIGURE 52c6ca2a-b497-471f-9808-052bbd1a41dc I'M GLAD OF IT SAID CECILY VINDICTIVELY HER ROSES ARE ALL OUT AND THAT BED OF SWEET WILLIAM IS A SIGHT BY DAYLIGHT WHEN WE WERE ALONE HE WAS ANYTHING BUT COURTEOUS TO ME HAVING ASSURED HIMSELF BY NOT TOO SUBTLE QUESTIONING THAT I WAS A SPURIOUS ADMIRAL 52d513b9-b715-481a-9e6d-6749e19624c3 IN THE JUNGLE THE STRONG SLAY THE WEAK UNTIL ONLY THE STRONG REMAIN SAID TENUB WITH ITS GRAVITY OF ONLY SEVEN EIGHTHS TERRAN STANDARD E PAY SPOKE UP IN SHARP PROTEST AND A BODY WHAT'S THAT NOW FOR A BREAK GUN LOADED 52e5eca0-fd90-4069-9d63-67ae1ea95e20 FELICITY ALSO GOT INTO TROUBLE BECAUSE OF HER DREAMS AND THE STORY GIRL'S SPLENDID EYES WOULD HAVE FLASHED WITH SUCH ANGER AND SCORN AS WOULD HAVE SHRIVELLED THE VERY SOUL OF THE WRETCHED CULPRIT MY SERMON IS ABOUT THE BAD PLACE IN SHORT ABOUT HELL NO SAID PETER INDIFFERENTLY HUSH HERE'S YOUR FATHER SAID FELIX 52e6638f-24c8-4a15-9857-93c849520b44 THE SCARECROW INQUIRED I HAD NEVER HEARD DAN'S LETTER DEAR OLD PETE AWFUL GLAD YOU CHEATED THE DOCTOR I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T THE KIND TO TURN YOUR TOES SO EASY YOU SHOULD HA HEARD THE GIRLS CRYIN THEY'RE ALL GETTIN THEIR WINTER FINERY NOW AND TALK ABOUT IT IT WOULD MAKE YOU SICK 52e9cb98-671d-4e27-9964-b3670f252137 JUST SMELL MISSUS SAMPSON'S FLOWERS SAID CECILY AS WE PASSED A TRIM WHITE PALING CLOSE TO THE ROAD OVER WHICH BLEW ODOURS SWEETER THAN THE PERFUME OF ARABY'S SHORE HER ROSES ARE ALL OUT AND THAT BED OF SWEET WILLIAM IS A SIGHT BY DAYLIGHT YOU MUST STAY AND KEEP US CHEERED UP IMPLORED FELICITY I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I'M EVER GOING TO PUT IN THE AFTERNOON I PROMISED KITTY MOTHER I'D GO DOWN AND SPEND IT WITH HER BUT I CAN'T NOW AND I CAN'T NEAR ANY AT MY LACE I JUST KEEP THINKING WHAT IS THE USE PERHAPS IT'LL ALL BE BURNED UP TO MORROW 52f70693-805c-4d03-b6b4-5db8a48583e5 WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SHE ASKED ROOT I THINK NOT WAS THE REPLY WE ARE ENGAGED UPON A RATHER DELICATE ADVENTURE ON A MOUNTAIN IN THESSALY AND THE GOLDEN AGE HER FEET ARMS AND NECK WERE BARE AND SHE HAD A BATTERED OLD CLAY PIPE IN HER MOUTH 52fbfc55-e146-4077-9012-da5639c0c8cd IT WAS IN A BOOK MY AUNT JANE HAD FELICITY HER PINK AND WHITE FACE SHADOWED BY HER DROOPING FORGET ME NOT WREATHED LEGH HORN HAT FOR MYSELF I CARED NOT A GROAT I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE WOULD SAY HE RETORTEDLICITY TRIED ANOTHER TACT 53211ddc-e8fd-4870-b41e-3a071b854113 SAID CECILY WITH A GASP IMPLORED THE STORY GIRL IT AND IF IT IS I I'LL FEEL I'VE DONE WHAT WAS RIGHT SAID DAN INSTANTLY FROM ACROSS THE ROOM DRINK FROM THE DEEP WELL WITH A CHINESE ROOF OVER IT 532e986d-b4ce-4c79-97cb-95427fc82bbe I HOLD THIS HOUSE FREE AND PROPER SHE SAID IN A DETERMINED ROAR AND NOBODY CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME IT BELONGS TO ME AND TO MY CHILDREN AND TO THEIR CHILDREN AND TO THE CHILDREN OF THOSE CHILDREN THE CATALOGUE SEEMED LIKELY TO GO ON FOR EVER EXACTLY JONAS SAID HASTILY NOBODY TOOK ANY NOTICE OF HER IT WAS FELICITY'S DAY AFTER TEA MISSUS FRUIN AND HER SISTER WISHED TO VISIT THEIR FATHER'S GRAVE IN THE CARLISLE CHURCHYARD 533a7156-7f7c-4113-b84a-93e36626ebc9 FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYE I COULD SEE HIM GETTING PURPLE ABOUT THE FACE BUT HE KEPT QUIET I SAVORED MY SMALL MOMENT OF POWER YOU FOUND THEM THE CRIMINAL RING HE ASKED HIS FINGERS GROPING OVER HIS SCOUT FOR A FRESH HOLD LORD THOU HAST BEEN OUR DWELLING PLACE IN ALL GENERATIONS BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE BROUGHT FORTH OR EVER THOU'ST HAD FORMED THE EARTH IN THE WORLD EVEN FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING THOU ART GOD FOR A THOUSAND YEARS IN THY SIGHT ARE BUT AS YESTERDAY WHEN IT IS PAST AND AS A WATCH IN THE NIGHT 53435076-fb6d-4f32-89e8-c479c8e110c2 THEN YOU ARE AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN SHARP SAID BITTERLY THERE IS NO OTHER HELP WHILE THE INQUISITOR REMAINS AND OUR SONS BECOME SUSPECT TO HIS RAGES WHILE HIS PATIENT SCRAMBLED TO HIS FEET HASTILY PUTTING OUT HIS CIGARETTE THE PHYSICIAN CAME AROUND THE DESK HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE MAN'S SHOULDER RELAX TAKE IT EASY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS IS A WONDERFUL AGE WE LIVE IN BARRING A REALLY MAJOR ACCIDENT THERE'S NO REASON YOU SHOULDN'T LIVE AT LEAST ANOTHER SEVENTY FIVE YEARS 53440700-9b99-4f16-ade8-290da4a76c41 THE THING MUST WEIGH JEFF THOUGHT DIZZILY THOUSANDS OR MAYBE MILLIONS OF TONS A CHANGE OF WIND OR SOME CRAFTY MANEUVRE OF OLD CHARLEY MAX TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CURRENT FOR ONLY SO CAN PETER COMPOSE AT ALL AND EVEN THEN HE FINDS IT HARD WORK I DO TOO SAID PETER HIMSELF 534b0a2d-02e1-4221-8eb4-dcbb70fd7be1 WE DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE VERY TIRED ALSO OFTEN COMES UP TO PLAY WITH US AND IT IS AWKWARD TO HAVE TWO GIRLS OF THE SAME NAME IN THE SAME CROWD THINK THEY ARE BOTH NICE AND NICE LOOKING THE NEXT MOVE IS COMING SOON DO NOTHING TO HURRY IT YOU CAN ONLY UPSET THE NATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS THAT'S RIGHT JONAS SAID EQUABLY 534c7384-2486-4910-9ead-7f44b87c9113 IT WAS JENIFER CHARLIE'S NIECE KEPT DISMANTLED AND HIDDEN FROM SUSPICIOUS LOCAL LIES A SHIP LANDED INLAND A FEW MINUTES AGO HE SAID BUT YONAS STAYED AWAKE FOR A WHILE HE WISHED FOR CLARETON SUDDENLY BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO REACH HIM SAFELY HE HAD TO MAKE HIS MOVE ALONE 5355b6c9-5cc0-458d-8dd2-73ae9fd89eaa WAS BEHIND SCHEDULE FOR ANOTHER APPOINTMENT OUT OF THE CORNERS OF HIS EYES HORN SAW MORE SHADOWS DROPPING TO THE MUD AROUND HIM THEY SPENT MOST OF THE DAY SWEATING THE HEAVY BOX UP THROUGH THE NARROW TEMPLE STAIRS AND I ENJOYED A GOOD SLEEP 5379ad00-b7dd-4088-a5cc-69d56ea0547d THE BOAT HEELED ON SHOAL SAND LISTED AND HUNG AGROUND WITH WINDFILLED SAILS HOLDING HER FAST THE SCOOP CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER SO SMOOTHLY THAT THE ISLAND QUEEN HARDLY ROCKED I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY NEEDLES IN THAT SAWDUST I DARE SAY IT WASN'T EVEN CLEAN SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF IT 537f4d1f-7d7f-4cb3-8efd-65513e4bbadb LOOK AT THE SKIRT JANET HOW MANY YARDS MUST IT MEASURE AROUND I'M AWFUL GLAD MISTER KING IS GOING TO LEAVE THE POTATO STOCKS UNTIL I GET WELL AND I'M OBLIGED TO THE STORY GIRL FOR COAXING HIM DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE ON MOUNT MUNCH WITH WHOM SHE SO DOROTHY LIFTED THE LITTLE DOG INTO THE WAGON 5388d3fa-5145-4029-afcd-99580920670f BURY IT SAID THE STORY GIRL WE DID BURY IT AFTER TEA IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SPRUCE GROVE AND THEN WE WENT INTO THE ORCHARD IT WAS SO NICE TO HAVE THE STORY GIRL BACK AGAIN SHE HAD WREATHED HER HAIR WITH CANTERBURY BELLS AND LOOKED LIKE THE INCARNATION OF RHYME AND STORY AND DREAM EACH OF US WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO POSSESS THE MOST EXCITING RECORD BUT WE WERE AN HONOURABLE LITTLE CREW AND I DO NOT THINK ANYTHING WAS EVER WRITTEN DOWN IN THOSE DREAM BOOKS WHICH HAD NOT REALLY BEEN DREAMED WE HAD EXPECTED THAT THE STORY GIRL WOULD ECLIPSE US ALL IN THE MATTER OF DREAMS BUT AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING HER DREAMS WERE NO MORE REMARKABLE THAN THOSE OF THE REST OF US IN DREAMLAND WE WERE ALL EQUAL 538afc87-218e-4f3d-ae5e-de68a57958dd MARGARET WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS A DREAM WITH SOFT BLUE EYES AND CLOUDS OF GOLDEN HAIR AND SHE LOVED ALLAN DUNBAR JUST AS MUCH AS HE LOVED HER BUT HER PARENTS WERE BITTERLY OPPOSED TO HIM AND THEY HAD FORBIDDEN MARGARET TO SEE HIM OR SPEAK TO HIM AS SHE FINISHED HER CONVERSATION AND SWITCHED OFF THE TWO WAY RADIO HE TURNED TO HER 538fcb00-2606-4748-99cf-f833c925e4e2 AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED MUCH IF IT HADN'T EVER BEEN DISCOVERED THE STORY GIRL SIGHED AGAIN SHE LOVED EXPRESSIVE WORDS AND TREASURED THEM AS SOME GIRLS MIGHT HAVE TREASURED JEWELS PART OF THE LAND OF OZ SO HE DECIDED THAT THERE WAS NO ONE NOW AT HOME AND THAT WE MIGHT USE THE CASTLE FOR THE NIGHT 53915608-1559-422e-97d6-a0afc412fb18 I STARTED WORKING ON IT THE MOST LIKELY ANSWER WAS THAT IT HAD BEEN ADOPTED FROM ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND MEANT ENEMY AND THAT TOLD YOU WHERE THE DELPHINIS WAS PAT CAME OVER BUT HIS MOST SEDUCTIVE PURRS WON NO NOTICE FROM HIS MISTRESS WHO REFUSED HERSELF THE PLEASURE OF EVEN PATTING HIM 5392602e-c817-437e-b452-51bbbee54844 AND COULD ONLY RELIEVE HER ANGUISH OF SOUL BY DAILY LETTERS TO CECILY WHICH THE FAITHFUL AND OBLIGING JUDY PINNOT BROUGHT UP FOR HER THEY FINALLY SUCCEEDED THOUGH STRADDLING A RAIL BEHIND IT AND SIMILARLY DRIPPING WAS A 539f8914-52bd-452a-8432-0c2eea7d4de5 HOW OLD AM I FATHER PERSISTED THE SMALL DRAGON ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY I BELIEVE ASK YOUR MOTHER THE CARLISLE SERVICE WAS IN THE EVENING AND AT SUNSET WE WERE WAITING AT UNCLE ALEC'S FRONT DOOR FOR PETER AND THE STORY GIRL 53b73fd4-d470-464f-b38c-d5bc7d53f832 SHE HAD SEATED HERSELF IN THE DARKEST HOTTEST CORNER OF THE KITCHEN WITH A PIECE OF OLD COTTON IN HER HAND I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY TO DAY SHE SAID AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL A SINGLE STORY AUNT JANET WON'T LET ME PUT PEBBLES IN MY SHOES BUT I'D PUT A THISTLE NEXT MY SKIN ON MY BACK AND IT STICKS INTO ME IF I LEAN BACK THE LEAST BIT THINGS ALWAYS SOUND WORSE THAN THEY ARE WHEN UNCLE ROGER SAYS THEM SAID THE STORY GIRL UNCLE EDWARD SAYS JASPER DALE IS A VERY CLEVER MAN AND IT'S A GREAT PITY HE WASN'T ABLE TO FINISH HIS COLLEGE COURSE 53d04ad2-0a1a-418e-9296-a9b9f320ac0a THEY MILLED AND MOBBED AND PILED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER AND BY THAT TIME I HAD LANDED IN THE PLAZA FRONTING THE TEMPLE YOU'LL BE SURE TO GET WHIPPED IF YOU FIGHT WITH PETER SHE SAID YOU'RE TOO FAT TO FIGHT PETER PRAYS THREE TIMES A DAY REGULAR 53e111dd-368b-4f30-be6d-e0c8c8924be6 AND IN ANY CASE HE SAID NO ONE KNOWS WHY OR HOW THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO BE SURE NOW IF UNCLE ROGER HAD SWALLOWED ANY NEEDLES MAYBE IT WOULD MAKE IT ALL RIGHT IF HE SWALLOWED A PINCUSHION HE TORMENTED HER FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER 53e3dcdf-434c-490f-a533-9cb95bc1f847 PEPEY HAD SWALLOWED THE BAIT THERE WAS ONLY ONE SHIP IN THE GALAXY THAT COULD NOT BACK A BLIP THAT BIG AT SUCH A DISTANCE I HAD TO CONSTRUCT A SOLUTION SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY SINCE I COULDN'T BE SURE WHERE PEPPE WAS GOING TO BE NEXT I HAD TO MAKE HIM GO WHERE I WANTED HIM TO WE DID NOT KNOW HER AT ALL UNDER THAT NAME 53e73029-8a5c-4a3b-8ca0-f00336fe474e I'M SORRY I DIDN'T THINK TO DO THAT WHEN I TRANSFORMED POLYCHROME INTO A CANARY BIRD AND EACH PAIR OF LEGS HAVING A PAIR OF SKYBLUE TROUSERS HAVE BEEN READING ONE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS TOO IT IS PRETTY GOOD BUT I WISH THEY HAD GOT MORE LOVE STORIES BECAUSE THEY ARE SO EXCITING 5412bfc1-0644-407f-aea1-2e16a7a1ecfa ALL LINED WITH ORNAMENTAL TIN ON ONE ERRAND OR ANOTHER HE IS VERY FAMOUS IN HIS OWN FAMILY BUT OF COURSE THEY DID I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I THINK I DON'T THINK A GLAYA SWALLOWED THAT STONE I THINK IT JUST FELL TO THE GROUND AND AFTER A WHILE THEY FOUND IT AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE OF SUCH VALUE THAT GLECON COULD BUY ALL THE FLOCKS AND HERDS IN THE VALLEY AND THE SWEETEST COTTAGE AND HE AND AGLEIA WERE MARRIED RIGHT AWAY 5413d32d-a3b5-41aa-bc05-615a60e4aab2 A HIGH PITCHED SIBILANT CHANT AROSE FROM THE MULTITUDE AND A PROCESSION OF VERY ANCIENT BEINGS WHOM I TOOK TO BE THE PRIESTS OF THIS GOD CAME IN SINGLE FILE FROM BEHIND THE BLACK GOD DIRECTING THE CHANTING WITH MOVEMENTS OF THEIR ARMS WE WERE ONLY CHILDREN BE IT REMEMBERED WITH A VERY FIRM AND SIMPLE FAITH THAT GROWN PEOPLE KNEW MUCH MORE THAN WE DID AND A ROOTED CONVICTION THAT WHATEVER YOU READ IN A NEWSPAPER MUST BE TRUE IF THE DAILY ENTERPRISE SAID THAT AUGUST TWELFTH WAS TO BE THE JUDGMENT DAY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET AROUND IT 541d61bf-6b1e-4df5-82c4-911aaa6f205a SHE WAS VERY SHY AND MODEST BUT YOU KNOW A GIRL CAN LET A MAN SEE SHE LIKES HIM WITHOUT GOING OUT OF HER WAY DONALD KNEW THAT IF NEIL PROPOSED FIRST HE WOULD HAVE THE BEST CHANCE NEIL WAS RICH AND THE SHERMANS WERE POOR AND OLD ELIA SHERMAN WOULD HAVE THE MOST TO SAY IN THE MATTER ANYHOW I SAVED MY DREAM SHE SAID PLACIDLY AND THAT OF COURSE WAS ALL THAT REALLY MATTERED 5430921b-aeec-4771-9104-0108cfd768f8 IN THE LIFE ABOVE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT BEHOLD THE TORTOISE HE MAKETH NO PROGRESS UNLESS HE STICKETH OUT HIS NECK MATERIAL FOR NEW GARMENTS NIGHT OR DAY I'D RATHER HAVE DIED THAN RISK IT CONCLUDED FELIX SOLEMNLY 545093af-2d72-4e8a-970c-e158faf9a342 THIS IS YOUR THIRD SET OF TEETH I BELIEVE YET THERE WAS A FALLACY IN THIS ARGUMENT THE WE'LL BE THE FIRST MEN HAD TURNED INTO THE BEACONS SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AND OPENED THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IT WAS RESTING INSIDE THE BEACON DOOR WHEN I WOKE UP THEN A ROAR CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE PYRAMID THAT MUST HAVE SHAKEN ITS STONE WALLS 54552dbe-2916-4683-bb80-376e3280a980 FELIX AND I LOOKED THE CHEST REVERENTLY I HAD TAKEN ON A NEW SIGNIFICANCE IN OUR EYES AND SEEMED LIKE A TOMB WHEREIN LAY BURIED SOME DEAD ROMANCE OF THE VANISHED YEARS WHAT HAPPENED TO WILL MONTAGUE I ASKED NOTHING THIS COULD NOT BE HER COUSIN FROM SCOTLAND SHE KNEW FOR HE HAD WRITTEN SO TO HER THAT HE HAD EYES AS BLACK AS HER OWN 546a3c3c-1b99-45f4-9ad9-fbc89d5e015d HE WASN'T GOING TO START RESCUING FAIR MAIDENS NOW EVEN IF SHE NEEDED RESCUING STILL THERE WAS SOMETHING AWFULLY ATTRACTIVE DAMN BUT HE WAS CONFUSED WE FOUND PETER SHELLING BEANS IN THE GRANARY AND WHISTLING CHEERILY AS WITH A CONSCIENCE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARDS ALL MEN LOOK HERE PETER SAID FELIX OMINOUSLY THEY TELL ME THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING RIGHT ALONG THAT I COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE 54847d3d-5276-471f-903f-58df018cef48 SHE HASN'T SEEMED LIKE HERSELF THE PAST TWO WEEKS SHE COMPLAINS OF HEADACHE AND SHE HAS NO APPETITE AND SHE IS A DREADFUL COLOR I'LL HAVE TO SEE A DOCTOR ABOUT HER IF SHE DOESN'T GET BETTER SOON A DISTANT FLARE LIT UP THE HORIZON HE CHOKED OFF A SOB AND BEAT HIS FIST IN THE RED DUST A WAVE OF NAUSEA SWEPT OVER HIM BITTER STOMACH JUICES WELLED UP IN HIS THROAT BUT HE SWALLOWED THEM DOWN AGAIN 548ef19c-a570-4869-9d7f-3b3a8e6075c5 WE FELT AS MUCH OF A SHOCK AS IF WE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE EXPECTANT GUESTS OURSELVES THAT'S THE QUESTION SAID UNCLE ROGER SHAKING HIS HEAD GRAVELY WELL SAID THE GIANTESS WHAT EXCUSE HAVE YOU TO OFFER YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE LIVED HERE MADAM OF COURSE ANSWERED THE LITTLE GIRL I WOULDN'T MISS IT FOR ANYTHING 54939091-a4f6-4cd4-892a-659cfa7ca6b5 HE NEVER LIFTED HIS HEAD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SERVICE HE FOLLOWED US DOWN THE AISLE AND ACROSS THE GRAVEYARD LIKE A BEATEN DOG NONE OF US UTTERED A WORD UNTIL WE REACHED THE ROAD LYING IN THE WHITE MOONSHINE OF THE MAY NIGHT DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT ADVISED POLYCHROME MISSUS EUP HAS PLENTY OF MAGIC LEFT TO CONSOLE HER KEEP YOUR ADVICE TO YOURSELF SAID THE MONARCH IN A PIQUED TONE WHO'S KING HERE ANYHOW YOU OR ME 54aee222-09a8-47af-8f5b-9b344863a2d6 AND MY LEGS BEGAN TO GROW WEARY SHE SAID A TIN MAN APPEALED TO HER ARTISTIC INSTINCTS MORE THAN AN ORDINARY MEAT MAN AS I WAS THEN FORTUNATELY UNCLE ALEX CAME ALONG AT THIS CRISIS AND SAID HE THOUGHT WE'D BETTER COME HOME NOW SINCE THE FIRES WERE NEARLY OUT WE SLID DOWN FROM THE FENCE AND STARTED TAKING CARE TO KEEP CLOSE TOGETHER AND IN FRONT OF UNCLE ALEC 54cb56ea-e5cd-4a80-ad9b-83564c649e18 THE POOR EMPEROR FELT SO BEWILDERED THAT FOR A TIME HE COULD ONLY STARE AT HIS OLD HEAD IN SILENCE AND ONE THAT PROMISED TO ADD CONSIDERABLE SPICE TO LIFE O SATISFY US EARLY WITH THY MERCY THAT WE MAY REJOICE AND BE GLAD ALL OUR DAYS 54e85e02-1669-4bbd-973c-4071f29a1cc2 WE WERE NEAR GOLDEN MILESTONE NOW THE HOUSE WAS A BIG WEATHER GREY STRUCTURE OVERGROWN WITH VINES AND CLIMBING ROSES SOMETHING ABOUT THE THREE SQUARE WINDOWS IN THE SECOND STORY GAVE IT AN APPEARANCE OF WINKING AT US IN A FRIENDLY FASHION THROUGH ITS VINES AT LEAST SO THE STORY GIRL SAID AND INDEED WE COULD SEE IT FOR OURSELVES AFTER SHE HAD ONCE POINTED IT OUT TO US WE DID NOT GO INTO THE HOUSE HOWEVER WE MET THE AWKWARD MAN IN HIS YARD AND HE GAVE US A QUARTER APIECE FOR OUR LIBRARY THEN THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND AFTER MISSUS EUP HAD PASSED OUT IT CLOSED AGAIN WITH A SNAP AND ITS POWERFUL BOLT SHOT INTO PLACE THE GREEN MONKEY HAD RUSHED TOWARDS THE OPENING HOPING TO ESCAPE BUT HE WAS TOO LATE AND ONLY GOT A BUMP ON HIS NOSE AS THE DOOR SLAM SHUT 54ec8ae9-a0f6-45c6-a3d7-a2510cb41aaf AND I TOLD HIM I JUST HATED HIM THE DAYS WERE CRISP AND MELLOW OF COURSE I COULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO THAT HIRE TO LET A BOY KISS ME THE NEXT TIME WE MET THINGS WERE GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT IN THE SAFETY OF MY HOTEL SUITE I MADE A CHANGE OF CLOTHES AND PERSONALITY 550623ca-33b3-40b3-a241-4d8179bdc07a I LET MY EYES ROLL IN FEAR LOOKING AROUND FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE AND TAKING A PEEK AT THE OUTSIDE SCANNERS A STERN EXPRESSION CAME INTO HIS GENTLE BLUE EYES AND HE GOT AS NEAR TO FROWNING AS IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET WITH WARM SUNSHINE AND A TANG OF FROST IN THE AIR 5508e9dd-b0e7-4841-a931-47fa5fb4800b IT WAS NOT A PLEASANT DAY AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE IT RAINED UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON THE STORY GIRL HAD NOT RECOVERED FROM THE MORTIFICATIONS OF THE PREVIOUS DAY SHE WOULD NOT TALK AND SHE WOULD NOT TELL A SINGLE STORY SHE SAT ON RACHEL WARD'S CHEST AND ATE HER BREAKFAST WITH THE AIR OF A MARTYR BUT THE TIN OWL COULD SEE VERY NICELY IN THE DARK SO HE GUIDED HIS FRIENDS TO THE RIGHT PLACE AND WHEN ALL WERE DROOPED BEFORE THE DOOR OOPE COMMANDED IT TO OPEN 5509af83-77ff-4788-81d3-d0cd1af8a3ea I'D GIVE A YEAR'S PAY IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW TOWERS AND MAYBE ANOTHER TEN TO GET THE CAPSULE TIME SLOW DOWN NEYLON STREAMED OUT BEHIND HIM AND SNAPPED OPEN WITH A TREMENDOUS JAR I MADE A BOLT FOR THE ORCHARD AND YOU WON'T CATCH ME GOING NEAR THE HOUSE TILL YOUR UNCLE ROGER COMES HOME YOU COULDN'T CATCH ANY OF US DOING IT WE WERE ALMOST AS BADLY SCARED AS PETER 5510bd68-cf31-48ba-95be-4423764ffd4c FELICITY DETERMINED SHE WOULD NEVER LET ANOTHER DREAM GET AWAY FROM HER IN SUCH A FASHION AND THE NEXT TIME SHE WAKENED IN THE NIGHT HAVING DREAMED THAT SHE WAS DEAD AND BURIED SHE PROMPTLY AROSE LIGHTED A CANDLE AND PROCEEDED TO WRITE THE DREAM DOWN THEN AND THERE IF HE HADN'T BEEN FEELING JUST THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF SEA SICKNESS JOHN EDGEW WOULD HAVE BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF IT SHOULD HAVE SPLINTERED IN HIS HANDS ASSUMING HE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO BEND IT AT ALL IT HADN'T IT WAS IN PERFECT SHAPE EXCEPT FOR THE KNOT 55151864-b088-40ac-a954-1344ad27d991 YOU AND PETER MARCH OFF HOME AND THE NEXT TIME I FIND YOU UP TO SUCH DOINGS ON SUNDAY OR ANY OTHER DAY I'LL GIVE YOU CAUSE TO REMEMBER IT TO YOUR LATEST HOUR I AM HUNGRY SAID WOO WHEN HE AWAKENED FOR HIS KNAPSACK OF FOOD HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND AT THE CASTLE THEN LET US TRAVEL ON UNTIL WE CAN FIND SOMETHING FOR YOU TO EAT RETURNED THE SCARECROW BEAR 55154cd4-963c-4f10-af46-f4effe184d91 WHEN I LOOKED AT SAMUEL WARD I THOUGHT OF HIM GETTING UP IN MEETING ONE NIGHT AND PRAYING THAT HE MIGHT BE GUIDED IN HIS UPSETTING AND DOWN RISING JUST LOOK AT THE SCRATCHES I GOT AND THE MILK WENT EVERYWHERE EXCEPT DOWN PAT'S THROAT DEAR SORROWFUL LITTLE PEOPLE I BRING YOU GLAD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY SHE SAID THE DOCTOR HAS JUST BEEN HERE AND HE FINDS PETER MUCH BETTER AND THINKS HE WILL PULL THROUGH AFTER ALL 551fcee1-6f32-431d-a864-6e30043558a7 MEDITATE ON A PRAYER YONAS SAID KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN KEEP YOURSELF READY FOR THE GIFT OF GOD IT WILL DESCEND ON YOU ONLY A FEW WHO REMAIN CHILDREN AT HEART CAN EVER FIND THAT FAIR LOST PATH AGAIN AND BLESSED ARE THEY ABOVE MORTALS 552a71e4-aec9-424f-a702-64f5f54cc958 YET WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH IT WHEN THEY HAVE IT BUILT I HAD MY VICTORY ALL RIGHT I HAD CAPTURED MY BATTLESHIP AND THE RAIDS WERE OVER HE THOUGHT HE UNDERSTOOD THE QUEEN'S GROUNDING WHEN HE SAW THE SWIMMER STROKING URGENTLY TOWARD HIS DOCK 553227fa-33b8-4a78-9478-7c313c92b444 I HAVE TO BROWBEAT BRIBE BLACKMAIL AND BULL DOSE YOU THUGS INTO DOING A SIMPLE JOB IF YOU THINK YOU'RE FED UP JUST THINK HOW I FEEL BUT THE SHIPS MUST GO THROUGH THE BEACONS MUST OPERATE ONCE WHEN SARAH WAS IN A BROWN STUDY I ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS THINKING OF I'M TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING MA HASN'T FORBID SHE ANSWERED WITH A SIGH 55343020-88a0-4f47-b08e-3bf8abe65cb6 NOT IF YOU DON'T GO TOO FAR WITH YOUR NONSENSE SHE SAID TOLERANTLY I KNEW THEY WOULDN'T HURT ME SAID LOFTILY FOR BY INSTINCT AND TRAINING WE THOUGHT AND UTTERED THE GREAT NAME WITH REVERENCE IN SPITE OF OUR DEVOURING CURIOSITY WE HAD BEEN TOO NEAR SOMETHING DARK AND TERRIBLE AND MENACING WELL FELIX WHAT IS IT ASKED MISTER MIREWOOD KINDLY 554d821b-3430-4428-97c5-1256ffdcfbf5 FOUR GIRLS OH YES SARA RAY FELICITY MENTIONED HER WHAT IS SHE LIKE WHERE DOES SHE LIVE JUST DOWN THE HILL YOU CAN'T SEE THE HOUSE FOR THE SPRUCE BUSH SARA'S A NICE GIRL SHE'S ONLY ELEVEN AND HER MOTHER IS DREADFULLY STRICT SHE NEVER ALLOWS SARA TO READ A SINGLE STORY JUST YOU FANCY I HAD A LETTER TO DAY FROM UNCLE ARTHUR IN WINNIPEG AND HE SENT ME THREE DOLLARS HE SAID I WAS TO USE IT IN ANY WAY I LIKED SO MA COULDN'T REFUSE TO LET ME GIVE IT TO THE FUND 5556582b-736f-4fc8-8450-a7e96f0b909c HE DID EVERYTHING BAD HE COULD THINK OF AND NEVER WENT TO CHURCH AND HE LAUGHED AT EVERYTHING RELIGIOUS EVEN THE DEVIL BUT NO PROTEST HAD ANY INFLUENCE WITH GINGER WHO LATHERED AND SCRUBBED HIM IN A BUSINESS LIKE MANNER AND AFTERWARD DRIED HIM WITH A COARSE TOWEL 555e98fc-e9b2-45aa-bf5a-0c91553ad663 AGAIN SHE CAME TO A DECISION QUICKLY AND THE JUDGE HAD GOTTEN A NASTY CRACK ON THE HEAD APPARENTLY THE FEASTMAN THOUGHT NOTHING AT ALL OF HIS STATE OF NUDITY AND THE ORCHARD FORGOTTEN WE FOLLOWED HER SUMMONS FOR WE KNEW THAT THIS MUST BE THE STORY GIRL AND IN THAT GAY AND GRACEFUL GESTURE WAS AN ALLUREMENT NOT TO BE GAINSAID OR DENIED 55669e56-717f-4531-9203-98993e9786a7 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF I TOOK A WHIP AND WHIPPED MY BARE SHOULDERS TILL THE BLOOD CAME DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL AGGRIEVED I WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING RETORTED AUNT JANET I'D SIMPLY TURN YOU OVER MY KNEE AND GIVE YOU A SOUND SOLID SPANKING MISS SARA YOU'D FIND THAT PENANCE ENOUGH I SUPPOSE YOU THINK THAT AFTER YOU HAD EATEN THIS FOOD IT WOULD TURN TO STONES AGAIN AND MAKE YOU SICK SHE REMARKED THAT THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE 5566e424-3747-4d29-8a41-d640fd07eafc WERE THE SCARECROW AND I ALONE SAID THE TIN WOODMAN WE WOULD TRAVEL BY NIGHT AS WELL AS BY DAY BUT A MEAT PERSON IN OUR PARTY WE MUST HALT AT NIGHT TO PERMIT HIM TO REST MEET TIRES AFTER A DAY'S TRAVEL ADDED THE SCARECROW WHILE STRAWN TIN NEVER TIRE AT ALL WHICH PROVES SAID HE THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT SUPERIOR TO PEOPLE MADE IN THE COMMON WAY SOME OF IT QUITE LETHAL AND EXPLOSIVE AND VERY EMBARRASSING IF IT WAS DISCOVERED IN MY BAGS IN THE SAFETY OF MY HOTEL SUITE I MADE A CHANGE OF CLOTHES AND PERSONALITY AFTER THE ROEBOT HAD CHECKED THE ROOM FOR BUGS AND VERY NICE CADGETS TOO THESE CORBOTS IT LOOKED AND ACTED LIKE A MORAL M THREE ALL THE TIME IT WAS ANYTHING BUT 5569a7a8-6cf5-4e8c-b2d8-005bbe2ee14e MY OWN LIES OPEN BESIDE ME AS I WRITE AND EMILY LIKED TO SIT AMONG THE FERNS UNDER THE BIRCHES AND READ OR SEW BECAUSE HIS LEG WAS AS SHAPELY AND STRONG AS IT HAD BEEN BEFORE HIS ACCIDENT SUCH AS DO NO GOOD BUT ARE LIKELY TO DO HARM 557624a7-7ec4-418d-8b91-04b4acb3c3a0 THE EMPEROR DISCOVERED A HEAD IT ARE APT TO FORGET THAT HE IS NOT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE SIGN ANOTHER PATH WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU LEARN THAT FELIX I ASKED IT'S THE GRACE UNCLE ALEC SAYS AT EVERY MEAL ANSWERED FELIX SO HE TOOK HIS KNAPSACK AND HIS SHEPHERD'S CROOK AND WANDERED AWAY UNTIL HE CAME TO THESSALY 559534b8-cf1b-454b-a599-f2ecb4ebe127 NO LOSS JONIFER REPEATED INDIGNANTLY BUT THEN THERE WON'T BE ANY DEMAND FOR OUR CRYSTALS WE'LL LOSE EVERYTHING WE'VE GAINED I MAY BE ABLE TO WRITE IT DOWN GET ON THE DECK INTACT TRY IT AIR START BRANDON 559d2d51-7f55-488d-b591-f6d1f35b44f0 SO BEING TRAVELLERS AND STRANGERS IN THESE PARTS AND WISHING TO FIND THE FRONT DOOR STOOD OPEN BUT NO ONE WAS IN SIGHT IF YOU'D JUST SEEN THE LOOK SHE GAVE HIM YOU'D KNOW WHETHER SHE WAS A WITCH OR NOT I'M GOING TO GET A LOVELY DARK BLUE DRESS FOR THE WINTER IT IS EVER SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN SARA RAY'S BROWN ONE 55a4bf69-6660-49f9-a3b0-0230957258a0 SEEMS TO ME SAID THE TIN WOODMAN REFLECTIVELY POLYCHROME SAID THE GIANTESS PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE YOU SHE IS GOING TO WRITE YOU A LETTER TOO GUESS YOU THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD DEAL HORRID OR NOT TO BE SAID DAN IT IF YOU ANSWER MY LETTER DON'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE PEARS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT DAN TO FIND OUT THERE'S ANY LEFT 55adc637-70c0-41a8-9d86-cc10f737fafc REALIZING WHAT OUR DREAD HAD BEEN IT WAS BRUSHED AND BRAIDED WITH PURITAN SIMPLICITY LOOK HERE I'LL TELL IT ANYHOW THAT'S A PROMISE FOR I WAS BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT BILLY AND HIS MAGIC SEED WERE ARRANT FRAUDS 55b0e809-9c81-45ef-aa7b-5a72e903252a OH BECAUSE ACTRESSES ARE ALWAYS WICKED PEOPLE SAID FELICITY IN A SHOCKED TONE BUT I DARE SAY THE STORY GIRL WILL GO AND BE ONE JUST AS SOON AS SHE CAN HER FATHER WILL BACK HER UP IN IT HE IS AN ARTIST YOU KNOW OLD CHARLIE MACK'S ISLAND QUEEN HAD VEERED SHARPLY OFF COURSE LEFT THE DARKER GREEN STRIPE OF SAFE CHANNEL AND PLUNGED INTO WATER TOO SHALLOW FOR HER DRAUGHT THE BOAT HEELED ON SHOAL SAND LISTED AND HUNG AGROUND WITH WINDFILLED SAILS HOLDING HER FAST 55ead456-a348-4186-aa3c-bd054d8e43c3 FLAT DORSAL FLIPPERS UNDULATING GENTLY ON THE WATER JEFF MADE A PUSHING MOTION YOUR FEMALE SUGGESTION IS RIGHT WHERE DO YOU GO DEMANDED TO NUBE BARKED IN ORDER TO THE JUNGLE GLOOM THEN CLIMBED IN BEHIND ORAN 55ed397e-9b35-4923-b57e-fc83505d6016 HE RADIATED CAUTION WORRY PATIENCE YONAS TURNED TO THE BED AND CUT OFF FROM THE DIRECTOR WITH A GRUNT HE WAS TIRED LONG DISTANCE LINKAGES WERE A DRAINED ON THE BOY'S ENERGY WHAT'S WANTED THE GUARD SAID SOURLY STARING THROUGH THE BARS CONNECTING IT TO THE BOAT'S ELECTRICAL GENERATOR YOU THE INTELLIGENT ONE HE SAID IT HAD ALL STARTED WITH JUDGE RAY 55f25a66-89bb-46ab-9f7e-9c2db0920df2 BEFORE COMING TO CARLISLE UNCLE BLAIR STANLEY HAD BEEN A MERE NAME TO US NOW HE WAS A PERSONALITY HIS LETTERS TO THE STORY GIRL THE PICTURES AND SKETCHES HE SENT HER HER ADORING AND FREQUENT MENTION OF HIM ALL COMBINED TO MAKE HIM VERY REAL TO US GARF WAS A CHANGED FEASTMAN HE LOOKED FAINTLY FRIGHTENED MODERATELY WORRIED AND DEFINITELY EMBARRASSED THIS PASSED AND HE STARTED TO SMILE IN A PLACATING MANNER 5629d7b3-5098-4639-ad4d-dad81dda3aee NO MORE THAT I WILL HELP YOU OUT OF YOUR DIFFICULTIES JUST A TRIFLE HESITANTLY HE'S THE ONE HE CAME TO STAY WITH US AND WE DIDN'T KNOW I SHALL BE ABLE TO AMUSE MYSELF IN MY OWN WAY A OVER THE DOOR BUT WE KNEW THAT MISTER EUP IS A PRISONER IN A CAGE IN A FAR OFF 562dd955-e323-4bbf-afe2-83e6ab992fde BUT I HAD NO BURNING DESIRE TO EAT SOUR APPLES WITHOUT GRIMACING EXCLAIMED PETER INDIGNANTLY I I WOULDN'T GO NEAR HER AGAIN FOR A BUSHEL OF MAGIC SEED MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS IT NEVER BELONGED TO JASPER DALE'S MOTHER FOR SHE THOUGHT IT A SIN TO WEAR ANYTHING BUT PRINT AND DRUGGET 5646f43b-1c16-4753-8efa-1d327f2a1ec1 THE PICTURES AND SKETCHES HE SENT HER AM GOING SOME DAY SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY AND I HASTENED TO DO IT CONTACTED CULTURE YOU KNOW THAT TOO HIGHWAYMEN SAID STETSON 56506401-8464-409f-8603-30d657bfaf15 AND WOULD NEVER SEEM TO BE A DAY OLDER WHILE SHE LIVED IN THIS WONDERFUL FAIRYLAND I THINK THIS MAGIC AFFECTS ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE PLAIN FELICITY SAYS THE RIGHT NAME IS BOY'S LOVE BUT I THINK THAT SOUNDS SILLY THEN CAME THE UNPACKING IT WAS CERTAINLY AN INTERESTING PERFORMANCE 565fb6dc-5ad2-4fcb-99ef-97f68a728382 A MAN LIKE YOURSELF A MAN WITH A PARTICULAR CAT TALENT GIVEN BY GOD THE NAME OF GOD I CAN SAY THAT NAME YUNUS TOLD THE INQUISITOR NO WIZARD MAY SAY IT IT IS A TRICK KNUFF SAID YUNUS SHOOK HIS HEAD NOT AT ALL I WILL ASK YOU TO DO NOTHING AGAINST THE FAITH I MERELY ASK YOU TO TEST FOR YOURSELF WHAT I SAY FURTHER THAN THAT WE DID NOT THINK ABOUT HER WE WERE MORE INTERESTED IN FELICITY AND CECILY AND DAN WHO LIVED ON THE HOMESTEAD AND WOULD THEREFORE BE OUR ROOF MATES FOR A SEASON 56682a51-3e1a-4a82-a010-d088300c732f I WAS STILL TEASED AS I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A SHIP THIS LARGE COULD BE USED FOR SO I REMOVED THE TIME INTELLECT ON THE C M AND LET IT PICK AROUND THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF SPACE TO SEE IF IT COULD FIND A COMPARISON IT SURE DID RIGHT AT THE GOLDEN AGE OF EMPIRE EXPANSION THE GIANT WAR LORD BATTLESHIPS THE MACHINE EVEN FOUND A BLUE PRINT FOR ME YOU'D STILL BE ON THE DEL FINEST MASTERLESS AS AN ARNAR FIELD MAN THAT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE MASQUERADING AM I THE ONLY ONE I KNOW I'M A RECENT CONVERT BUT YOU WANT OUT I DIDN'T SAY THAT I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY I'M BECAUSE THE BIG DOMES FED A SET OF REQUIREMENTS INTO THEIR IRON MONSTERS YOUR CARD POPPED OUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY CAPABLE DEPENDABLE 56865bd6-1d61-4f89-a1fd-ef59da914f49 WHEN I EXPLAINED THIS TO GINGER THE GIRL AT ONCE PAINTED A STRAW STACK WHICH WAS SO NATURAL THAT I WENT TO IT AND SECURED ENOUGH STRAW TO FILL ALL MY BODY IT WAS A GOOD QUALITY OF STRAW TOO AND LASTED ME A LONG TIME A SUDDEN BEND IN THE LANE BROUGHT US OUT TO THE LITTLE CLEARING WHERE PEG'S HOUSE WAS BEFORE WE WERE HALF READY TO SEE IT IN SPITE OF MY FEAR I LOOKED AT IT WITH SOME CURIOSITY 5692c99f-dd96-46e4-b023-141dce79028d MY STORY IS ABOUT MISSUS DUNBAR AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE FANNY SAID THE STORY GIRL SETTLING HERSELF COMFORTABLY ON A BOUGH WITH HER BROWN HEAD AGAINST A GNARLED TRUNK INSTANTLY BRANDON'S EYES WERE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THE TAIL PIPE TEMPERATURE SEEMED ALL RIGHT IT COULD BE A FALSE INDICATION 5694706f-a1f7-4939-b868-cf827ffaa2e1 WHY ARE THERE NEVER NO STORIES ABOUT UGLY PEOPLE I JUST LOVE TO READ A STORY WHERE THE HEROINE IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS A DREAM BILLIONAIRE TO FOUND HOME WILD PUT DEGREES IN CHARGE OF THE RECORD ROOM FOR A WHILE YOU SAID THAT WAY HE CAN LEARN THE ROPES BUYING AROUND IN SENTRY OLD DUSTY FILES WILL BE JUST THE THING FOR A FREE SPIRIT LIKE SLIPPERY GIM DEGREES URGED ON BY THE FIRES OF PATRIOTISM 56a4fd68-e70e-4f64-acf2-7fc39571af46 FOR MY BODY COULD NOT ACHE OR PAIN ME AND FROM THERE TO THE BACK OF THE CHAIR AND FELT OF HIS DOUBLE ARM WHEN WE REACHED THE GREEN GLOOM OF THE WOODS BEYOND WE BEGAN TO FEEL FRIGHTENED BUT NOBODY WOULD ADMIT IT IT'S A VERY TENDER PART OF HIM AND IT'S HIS ONLY WAY OF PREVENTING IT AND HE DOESN'T MEAN ANY HARM 56a9f9f5-c179-4091-85eb-4547ceca5202 THEY WERE SMALL RED CLUSTERED BERRIES OF A GLOSSY SEDUCTIVE APPEARANCE AND WE WERE FORBIDDEN TO EAT THEM BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE POISONOUS FOR GOODNESS SAKE AND ALL THAT DAY THEY WERE IN THE PLEASANT WINKY COUNTRY 56acb5b9-f27d-44bd-b27a-d223701f668c DO YOU WANT THAT DEVIL TEARING THE CABIN DOWN AROUND US SHE FELL QUIET REMEMBERING THE ZID AND HE MADE HIS CALL IT WAS MORE THAN VAST THE THING MUST WEIGH JEFF THOUGHT DIZZILY THOUSANDS OR MAYBE MILLIONS OF TONS THEY TOLD HIM HE MUST LEAVE HER BEHIND AND ALL HIS PRAYERS WERE OF NO AVAIL THEY SAY HE STOOD ON THE DECK OF THE FANNY AND PLEADED WITH THE MEN WHILE THE TEARS RAN DOWN HIS FACE BUT THEY WOULD NOT YIELD AND HE HAD TO LEAVE MARGARET BEHIND OH WHAT A PARTING IT WAS 56b608af-ade0-4e53-85c5-3499e1047219 I WAS ASLEEP AND SHE TOOK UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OF ME ANSWERED THE BIRD SADLY THEY HAD REACHED THE END OF THE PASSAGE AND BEFORE THEM WAS ANOTHER HUGE DOOR SHE WAS A TALL SINEWY OLD WOMAN WEARING A SHORT RAGGED DRUGGET SKIRT WHICH REACHED SCANTILY BELOW HER KNEES ON FRIDAY HE MOPED AND REFUSED HIS SAUCER OF NEW MILK AT MILKING TIME 56bf4158-9578-4570-adb8-07b5ee4bb956 I SEE SAID THE BOY THOUGHTFULLY AND DID YOU MARRY NINNY OF ME NO ANSWERED THE TIN WOODMAN I DID NOT WHAT WAS THE MUNCHKIN GIRL'S NAME ASKED WOOT NIMMY AMMY OH NO NO DON'T DO THAT SAID FELICITY IN ALARM MINISTERS WOULDN'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED WITH SUCH QUESTIONS 56ea80aa-67b0-4c2b-8d89-3a0026ee08cb BAH THAT'S NOT STRAW THE LACE APRON WHERE IN SPITE OF HIS WHINES AND STRUGGLES HE SAW HER PUT IT IN FATHER KNOWS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE CHESS HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD AND HE SAW HER PACKET BUT SIXTY YEARS AGO HE WAS A YOUNG MAN AND A VERY WILD WICKED YOUNG MAN 56f71f12-3d19-4c5e-9e52-5ad75e17147d I HAVE DEDUCTED THIRTEEN CREDITS FROM YOUR SALARY FOR THE COST OF THE DUPLICATE BUT THAT WOULD COME IN TIME I WISH I WAS TWINS SO'S I COULD EAT MORE SAID DAN WHEN HE SIMPLY HAD TO STOP WHAT HAS SQUINTING GOT TO DO WITH TWINS ASKED DAN 5700ab09-c0f0-4109-bbfc-e3cb7dce5922 I HAD NO MORE FEAR OF THE WICKED WITCH FOR SHE WAS POWERLESS TO INJURE ME SHE TIED THEM FAST WITH THE STRING THUS MAKING ONE OF THOSE FURIOUS WARTS FUDGE I AIN'T GOING TO BE SICK SAID DAN PAT CAME OVER BUT HIS MOST SEDUCTIVE PURRS WON NO NOTICE FROM HIS MISTRESS WHO REFUSED HERSELF THE PLEASURE OF EVEN PATTING HIM 5733770c-e302-447f-accd-855812db7f28 MERCY NO SHE ANSWERED THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF BOTHER I THE TABLE AT WHICH SHE SAT WAS SPREAD WITH A WHITE CLOTH OH YES SHE WAS JUST THE SAME AS SHE USED TO BE SAID THE STORY GIRL WEARILY I JUMPED AT THE OFFER 574a0c99-525c-4249-9e49-e4ecac19cd0b CAPTAIN STENG WON BY NOSE IT WAS HIS SHIP AND HE KNEW ALL THE SHORT CUTS THE SIER MAN WAS HOLDING A TO OUT OF TRANSCRIPTION BUT HE SUMMED IT UP IN ONE SENTENCE HE LOOKED AT ME WHILE HE TALKED AND HIS FACE WAS HARD AND COLD YOU DON'T THINK SO AT ANY RATE THE DIRECTOR SAID YOU'RE HAVING ADVENTURES AND A FINE TIME IT'S THE SORT OF THING YOU LIKE AFTER ALL 574f6683-076b-48fa-b5f9-c846e2d9f6d0 DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT ADVISED CUCLIP CHEERFULLY IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT YOU WILL EVER MEET THE FELLOW AND IF YOU SHOULD MEET HIM HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO HE IS MADE OF FOR I NEVER TOLD HIM THE SECRET OF HIS MANUFACTURE UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT OLIVIA WERE EAGER TO GO BUT AUNT JANET AT FIRST DECLARED IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE HOW COULD WE GO AWAY AND LEAVE THE PLACE TO THE MERCY OF ALL THESE YOUNG ONES SHE DEMANDED WE'D COME HOME AND FIND THEM ALL SICK AND THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN 577bef75-2018-4525-97af-bd185a8fdd69 MY FIRST THOUGHT THAT A GANG WAS INVOLVED PROVED WRONG ALL THE FITTINGS INSIDE AND OUT WERE EITHER MACHINE TURNED OR PLAITED WE BLASTED SCREAMING WHOLE THROUGH THE NIGHT RIGHT TO THE SPACE YARD AND THROUGH THE GATE IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WE WERE STILL TOO LATE BEHIND THE HOUSE WAS A GROVE OF FIR AND SPRUCE A DIM COOL PLACE WHERE THE WINDS WERE FOND OF PURRING AND WHERE THERE WAS ALWAYS A RESINOUS WOODSY ODOUR 577c276c-773e-46a7-a5a2-b3e17243906c I AM SURE THAT WILL DELIGHT NIMY AND ME FOR ALL GIRLS ARE FOND OF FINERY I DECIDED TO PREACH ON MISSIONS AS BEING A TOPIC MORE WITHIN MY GRASP THAN ABSTRUSE THEOLOGICAL DOCTRINES OR EVANGELICAL DISCOURSES AND MINDFUL OF THE NEED OF MAKING AN IMPRESSION I DREW A HARROWING PICTURE OF THE MISERABLE PLIGHT OF THE HEATHEN WHO IN THEIR DARKEST DARKNESS BOWED DOWN TO WOOD AND STONE 5787b6d6-c166-453d-821a-36c5dd3bc7b4 AND SINCE THERE ARE NO WIZARDS AT LEAST AND AS A MAID IS WON BY FAITH FIGURE AND DARING AND A WIFE BY RICHES POSITION OR PROSPECTS THERE WAS A NOTABLY PAUCITY OF LICEN LADIES IN JONAS'S CAREER THEIR TOIL AND LONELINESS AND SUFFERING WERE ALL OVER AND FORGOTTEN THE MILLWARDS FROM MARKDALE 57b11998-22ab-462f-a8c6-2ded0d969583 INTO A LAND OF SHADOWS AND LOST SOULS IF WE AREN'T ALL BACK HERE BEFORE THAT TIME HANDS REACHED OUT TO GRASP ME TO GRASP ALL THREE OF US MY MANNER CLOTHES JEWELRY THE EASY WAY I PASSED MONEY AROUND AND THE LUXURIOUS SHEEN OF MY BAGS COULD ONLY MEAN ONE THING IT IS A LATE EMPIRE BATTLESHIP OF THE WAR LORD CLASS 57bb4dbf-8cf0-4c01-85f9-23379893c308 ABOUT TEN YEARS AFTER GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER KING WERE MARRIED A YOUNG MAN CAME TO VISIT THEM HE WAS A DISTANT RELATIVE OF GRANDMOTHER'S AND HE WAS A POET BUT IT'S FOUR BY THE KITCHEN CLOCK SO IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY AND TEA IS READY AND MOTHER SENDS TO COME IN WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER REALIZING WHAT OUR DREAD HAD BEEN NOW THAT IT WAS LIFTED IT WAS NOT THE JUDGMENT DAY 57ce3bf3-0a59-4f23-b186-bd5eb02fed2f THE STORY GIRL CAME OUT OF HER SHADOWS AND SAT DOWN BESIDE US ON THE GRASS WELL IN THAT CASE SHE SAID GRAVELY I THINK YOU DID RIGHT TO SLAP HIS EARS NOT BECAUSE HE IS A HIRED BOY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPERTINENT IN ANY BOY BUT TALKING OF KISSING MAKES ME THINK OF A STORY I FOUND IN AUNT OLIVIA'S SCRAPHOOK THE OTHER DAY WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO HEAR IT IT'S CALLED HOW KISSING WAS DISCOVERED WASN'T KISSING ALWAYS DISCOVERED ASKED ANNE NOT ACCORDING TO THIS STORY IT WAS JUST DISCOVERED ACCIDENTALLY WHERE IS SHE NOW INQUIRED WOOT WHO HAD HEARD TALES OF LOVELY POLYCHROME AND WAS MUCH INTERESTED IN HER THE CAGE IS HANGING UP IN MY BEDROOM SAID THE GIANTESSING ANOTHER BISCUIT THE TRAVELLERS WERE NOW MORE UNEASY AND SUSPICIOUS OF THE GIANTESS THAN BEFORE 57d4beb6-c37f-4723-8cd9-e4a4ff045cd8 IT IS LIKE A SPIDER'S WEB HE HAD MANY RIVALS BUT HE KNEW THAT IF SHE WOULD NOT COME TO BE THE MISTRESS OF HIS NEW HOUSE NO ONE ELSE EVER SHOULD THE COLD SWEAT WAS NOW A RUNNING RIVER OF FEAR I WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE THE FEELING THAT I HAD BEEN MISSING THE BOAT ALL ALONG THE LINE THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED DATE OF THE COMPLETION WAS NEARLY A YEAR AWAY 57d9f46a-2c6c-4554-935c-4d36a0d40161 THERE WAS LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON PEPPY AND ANGELINA THEY HAD COVERED THEIR TRACKS WELL ANGELINA ROLLED HER EYES UP AND SLID SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR THE MACHINE EVEN FOUND A BLUE PRINT FOR ME BEFORE IT COULD FALL I HAD MY SOLAR OUT AND WITH A WIDE ANGLE SHOT BURNED THE CONTRACT TO ASHES LIZARDS DON'T WEAR CLOTHES AND I WANTED TO TAKE ALONG A LOT OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 57e043a0-71b6-4503-9850-e68b6990fc32 CECILY HAD PUT HER HANDS OVER HER EYES PETER WAS STARING AT THE STORY GIRL WITH A FASCINATED HORROR STRICKEN GAZE AUNT OLIVIA WAS PALE AND TROUBLED ALL LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE HELD PRISONERS IN THE BONDS OF A FEARSOME SPELL WHICH THEY WOULD GLADLY BREAK BUT COULD NOT ANGELINA ASKED HER EYES WERE OPEN NOW I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU I TOLD HER TRUTHFULLY THAT'S UP FOR THE COURTS TO DECIDE BUT BUT HE MADE ME DO ALL THOSE THINGS SHE WAILED SHE WAS YOUNG DARK AND BEAUTIFUL THE TEARS DID NOTHING TO SPOIL THIS 57e12e8e-d229-45bc-a35d-7a105f34713e HE CAME UP AGAIN NEARLY STRANGLED TO FIND THAT EITHER HE OR THE ZID HAD THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM THEY COULD NEVER BE COAXED TO GROW ELSEWHERE THEY NEVER SEEMED TO HAPPEN NOW NEVER YOU FEAR ANSWERED FELICITY DECIDEDLY A COWARD WOULD COME THROUGH ANYTHING FOR FIFTY CENTS 57e9b22d-4367-4147-aeee-341c58f16a71 I'M GLAD YOU ARE STILL PRAYING FOR ME CECILY FOR YOU CAN'T TRUST THE MEASLES AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE KEEPING YOU KNOW WHAT FOR ME I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING WILL HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU DO TAKE THE MEASLES BUT IF ANYTHING DOES I'D LIKE THAT LITTLE RED BOOK OF YOURS THE SAFE COMPASS JUST TO REMEMBER YOU BY MISSUS YUKE IS NOW THE ONLY YUKAH IN MY DOMINIONS AND THE YUKAH OO MAGIC IS VERY PECULIAR AND HARD FOR OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND YET I AM RESOLVED TO MAKE THE ATTEMPT TO BREAK THESE ENCHANTMENTS I MAY NOT SUCCEED BUT I SHALL DO THE BEST I CAN 580682f7-7319-483d-91d6-bafb6dc365db THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS WEEK DAY JOLLITY AND THE UNEARTHLY SOLEMNITY OF HIS COUNTENANCE ON SUNDAYS ALWAYS STRUCK US AS VERY FUNNY IT LACKED BUT A FEW SECONDS OF THE MOMENT WHEN THE MACHINE BACK IN VIC'S LABORATORY WOULD FUNCTION EITHER BY ACCIDENT OR DESIGN 580973e5-7c31-419d-b864-b97d17670e51 IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME THE DIFFERENCE SAID GINGER I'LL AGREE NOT TO WASH YOU AGAIN THAT IS UNLESS YOU FOOLISHLY GET INTO THE FIREPLACE ALL PERSONS ARE USUALLY JUDGED BY THE SHAPES IN WHICH THEY APPEAR TO THE EYES OF OTHERS LOOK AT ME WOOT WHAT AM I THEY DO IT IN THE METHODIST CHURCH AT MARKDALE PROTESTED FELIX SOMEWHAT ABASHED I HEARD THEM I KNOW THEY DO THAT'S THE METHODIST WAY AND IT IS ALL RIGHT FOR THEM I HAVEN'T A WORD TO SAY AGAINST METHODISTS MY AUNT JANE WAS ONE AND I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE MYSELF IF I HADN'T BEEN SO SCARED OF THE JUDGMENT DAY 580b0c76-0f5d-44ee-a71f-4efb4e309f1e WE GASPED WAS THE STORY GIRL CRAZY OR HAD SHE FORGOTTEN THAT BETTY SHERMAN WAS MISTER CAMPBELL'S OWN GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND THAT HER METHOD OF WINNING A HUSBAND WAS NOT EXACTLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH MAIDENLY TRADITIONS BUT MISTER CAMPBELL CHUCKLED AGAIN YOU OUGHT TO BE GLAD THAT POOR BOY IS GOING TO GET STARTED IN THE RIGHT WAY THERE'S A GREAT BIG PATCH ON HIS BEST PAIR OF TROUSERS PROTESTED FELICITY 58101f88-818a-4984-be0a-594fdfda8c1c JOHN ANDREW BEGAN TO FEEL QUICK FROZEN AGAIN BEING ALONG AT SEA IN A RICKETY CRAFT WITH A POSSIBLE MADMAN HAD BEEN BAD ENOUGH TO HAVE A WEIRD CREATURE WITH SUPERHUMAN POWERS AND AN IMPOSSIBLE PIT MONSTER ADDED TO THE CREW WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR MYSELF I CARED NOT A GROAT I WISHED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE SERMON CONTEST AND FELT SORE WHENEVER I THOUGHT OF MY FAILURE BUT I HAD NO BURNING DESIRE TO EAT SOUR APPLES WITHOUT GRIMACING AND I DID NOT SYMPATHIZE OVER AND ABOVE WITH MY BROTHER 5828be74-1b4f-4d41-a065-56913ea8b905 CECILY WAS VERY PALE AND FELIX AND PETER WERE TAKING OFF THEIR COATS THERE WAS A PURE YELLOW SUNSET THAT EVENING AND THE AISLES OF THE FIR TREES WERE FLOODED WITH ITS RADIANCE A COOL AUTUMNAL WIND WAS WHISTLING AMONG THE DARK BOUGHS AND SCATTERING BLOOD RED LEAVES FROM THE MAPLE AT THE END OF THE GRANARY PEOPLE TOOK IT RIGHT HERE ON THE ISLAND AND A NUMBER OF YOUNG MEN DETERMINED THEY WOULD GO TO CALIFORNIA IT IS EASY TO GO TO CALIFORNIA NOW BUT IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT MATTER THEN 584f22bf-41d4-4653-b3a5-45ad54d490ca THAT'S ALWAYS TOUCHY WE'VE MANAGED TO PUT SPIES AND KEEP PLACES AT OUR N ARE CONSIDERING ITS LOCATION ON ONE OF THE PROXIMA CENTIARY PLANETS IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN THE FIRST BEACON IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ENDED BY JUST REVERSING THE WATER VALVE SWITCH THEY FOUND OUT I WAS THERE ONLY TO HELP THEM RESTORE THE FLOW OF THE WATERS 58601184-00f1-4df3-aaeb-a1d6f9c0b2b0 BOYS AIN'T ALWAYS HUNGRY SAID FELIX GRAVELY THERE'S TIMES WHEN THEY AIN'T I DON'T BELIEVE IT SAID THE STORY GIRL DREARILY BESIDES ADDED FELIX IN THE TONE OF ONE WHO SAYS WHILE THERE IS LIFE THERE IS YET HOPE YOU MAY LEARN TO COOK YET IF YOU KEEP ON TRYING NOT LIKELY JEFF SAID THEY DON'T USE THE CRYSTALS THEMSELVES OLD DOCTOR HERMAN PUT HIS CHIN ALMOST ON THE CONSUL'S SHOULDER TO PRESENT HIS WIZENED FACE TO THE SCANNER OF COURSE THEY DON'T HE SAID 58620746-8c5f-4d28-bc87-fa8cd79e2096 AH I SEE YOU ARE A PHILOSOPHER REMARKED THE SCARECROW NO I'M JUST A HIPPOCRIFT WAS THE REPLY MY DEAR SARA WHAT DO YOU THINK OF A WOMAN WHO CAN TURN YOUR SET HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT WHENEVER SHE LIKES IS SHE A WITCH OR IS SHE NOT I LEAVE IT TO YOU CAN PEG PORTHON TURN HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT ASKED FELIX STARING IT'S MY BELIEF THAT THAT IS THE LEAST OF PEG BOWEN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ANSWERED UNCLE ROGER 5866c592-1b98-4e37-9bae-14451f37ee89 RAY WAS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND FARMER HOLD HIMSELF UPRIGHT HOPING TO APPROACH RAY AND CAME UP CHOKING AND SPUTTERING CECILY AND SARA RAY WHO HAD COME UP TO SPEND THE DAY WITH US HER MOTHER HAVING GONE TO TOWN WERE EATING TIMOTHY ROOTS NOTHING CAN BE SO VERY BAD THEN 586cc41c-f977-4192-a050-f1c58d14a7b1 I USED TO KEEP IT SMOOTH AND NEAT WHEN I HAD ARMS WHEN FINALLY THE DAY CAME WHEN THE ADVENTURERS HEADED SOUTH INTO THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY THIS WAS TO HAVE BEEN HER APPEARING OUT DRESS SAID AUNT OLIVIA LIFTING OUT A SHOT GREEN SILK DONALD FRASER WAS SITTING BY THE WINDOW OF HIS NEW HOUSE PLAYING HIS FIDDLE FOR COMPANY AND LOOKING OUT OVER THE WHITE FROZEN BAY BEFORE HIS DOOR 586fa6ce-3118-4c88-85c4-25439a87c3d0 EXCLAIMED THE KING HIS PURPLE EYES BULGING OUT AS HE LOOKED CREAM PUFFS AND MACAROONS SOME OF WHICH WERE STILL GREEN THE SPRUCE WOOD BEHIND THE HOUSE APPEARED TO BE WOVEN OUT OF ENCHANTMENT I'M GOING TO GET A LOVELY DARK BLUE DRESS FOR THE WINTER IT IS EVER SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN SARA RAY'S BROWN ONE 588bb0f9-a5b5-4b86-a102-ee6090b627b5 BUT I HAVE NEVER FELT QUITE THE SAME TO UNCLE EDWARD SINCE MISTY BLUE AND FAINTLY SWEET ON HER MOTHER'S GRAVE AND HIS TIE WAS NEATLY BOWED I BRUSHED AGAINST IT AND IT IS NOW UNSERVICEABLE AND HIS FEMALE SISTANT THEY PULLED THE ENTIRE JOB BY THEMSELVES THE SUIT WAS ON AND I KEPT THE RUNNING CHATTER UP THROUGH THE MIKE IN THE HELMET 58994eb4-562d-4e4a-acc9-af592450a78a NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS I SAID DEFIANTLY AND THE LETTER THE STORY GIRL READ TO US AND SHE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP IN CARLISLE ON THIS VERY FARM YOU AIN'T OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A BEAU HOW CAN YOU KNOW THE IF WE COULD EACH GIVE ABOUT SEVEN CENTS WE WOULD HAVE THE AMOUNT WHEN EVENING CAME WE WENT TO OUR SEATS UNDER THE WHISPERING SIGHING FIR TREES 589cd13f-6854-405c-a596-a0265756d1ad WHAT WAS A THING SHE COULDN'T BEAR ANY ONE TO SEE I ASKED MA THINKS IT WAS HER WEDDING DRESS BUT FATHER SAYS HE BELIEVES IT WAS MIL WILL MONTAGUE'S PICTURE SAID FELICITY HE SAW HER PUT IT IN FATHER KNOWS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE CHESS HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD AND HE SAW HER PACKET THERE'S A WHITE MUSLIN WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL AND AND A A FELICITY DROPPED HER EYES AND BLUSHED PAINFULLY A PETTICOAT EMBROIDERED BY HAND FROM HEM TO BELT SAID THE STORY GIRL CALMLY TAILS ASKED THORN YEA THERE ARE BOREAL NOT A ROAD ON THE WHOLE PLANET WE CAN FIND BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF VINE LANES THROUGH THE JUNGLES STETSON'S FACE HARDENED MATCH THAT WITH THE CITY AS ADVANCED AS THAT ONE SLAVE CULTURE PROBABLY 58a66ad8-32f5-425d-bc27-b7b9f9b8cccc AND NOW NOW I WAS STANDING IN THE OPEN ON ANOTHER WORLD A NIGHTMARE WORLD THAT WORDS SEEMED INADEQUATE TO DESCRIBE AND A BODY WHAT'S THAT A BODY WHY MATTER I SUPPOSE AND MATTER IS WHAT WHEN I SAW THAT SOMETHING CLICKED IN MY MIND LOCKING THE EYE IN A CIRCULAR COURSE I DUG THROUGH THE MARK THREE PLANS AND THERE IT WAS THE BEACON HAD A PRECIPITATING FIELD AND A BASIN ON TOP OF IT FOR WATER THIS WAS USED TO COOL THE REACTOR THAT POWERED THE MONSTROSITY 58b02dc7-721c-4ee0-b687-2193c1e85f09 I KNOW A STORY SHE SAID INFUSING JUST THE RIGHT SHADE OF WEIRDNESS INTO HER VOICE ABOUT A MAN WHO SAW THE DEVIL NOW WHAT'S THE MATTER FELICITY I CAN NEVER GET USED TO THE WAY YOU MENTION THE THE THAT NAME COMPLAINED FELICITY AND I SAID THE CANARY FLYING CLOSE TO GINGER AM POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW IN THE FORM OF A BIRD GOODNESS ME CRIED GINGER ASE THAT GIANTESS MUST BE A POWERFUL SORCERESS AND AS WICKED AS SHE IS POWERFUL 58c713a4-6961-4d74-b635-c5f26b5200af WELL YOU KNOW EVERY ONE HAS TO EAT A PECK OF DIRT IN HIS LIFE GIGGLED FELICITY THE SURGICAL SCARS ON HIS NECK WHERE THE MICRO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN INSERTED ITCHED MADDENINGLY HE SCRATCHED 58c86f8d-ad7d-463d-83d0-25b04c30bbba AS IT WAS THEY HAD BARELY TIME TO TELEPPORT THEMSELVES TO THE AFTER HOLD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM IMMEDIATE DANGER AND TO CONSIDER THE ISSUE WHILE THE ZID LUNGED ABOUT THE SHIP IN SEARCH OF THEM WITH MALIGNANT CRIES AND A GREAT SHRIEKING OF CLAWS ON METAL LET'S SEE IF WE CAN CLOSE UP THE GATE OURSELVES OR IF THIS NEEDS TO BE REPORTED AND THEN LET'S GO HOME 58d3f40d-388d-4ff9-adb6-fccda40479b8 WHICH IN A WAY THEY DID JONES REFLECTED ON THAT A TRIFLE GRIMLY THINKING OF THE HOLY INQUISITION WITH ITS HIERARCHY OF PRIESTS AND LAY FOLK BUSILY WORKING IN SPIRE JUST AS IT WORKED IN EVERY OTHER TOWN THROUGHOUT OFFENBURG AND THROUGHOUT THE CIVILIZED WORLD AS OUR PARTY APPEARED AN AISLE OPENED AND WE WERE MARCHED THROUGH THE ASSEMBLED CROWD DIRECTLY TOWARD THE IDOL 58d632ed-525f-40e8-b6ab-3b9352a32b67 IN ONE CORNER THE RACK ITSELF STOOD AND THERE WERE OTHER TOOLS OF THE TRADE SCATTERED AROUND THE ROOM JONAS SMILED AT HER IT WAS AN EFFORT MINGLED WITH THE WOODSY ODOURS OF THE WITHERING GRASSES THE BIG WILLOW BY THE GATE WAS A SPLENDID GOLDEN DOME AND THE MAPLES THAT WERE SCATTERED THROUGH THE SPRUCE GROVE WAVED BLOOD RED BANNERS OVER THE SOMBRE CONE BEARERS THERE IN THE GREEN BOWER OF UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK 5902044b-504d-4a90-9b3e-883e91f9da6d IT ISN'T A BIT OF DIFFERENCE WHICH YOU ARE PLEADED THE STORY GIRL THEY BOTH GO TO HEAVEN IT WOULDN'T DO ANY HARM TO TRY SAID CECILY IF SHE DIDN'T MAKE HIM SICK IT WON'T MATTER IF SHE'S CROSS 59129145-9c62-42eb-a34f-5b7ab5edc08b WHAT DO I CARE FOR A GIRL WHOM I HAVE NEVER SEEN AND WHO HAS NEVER SEEN ME BUT OZMA IS A FAIRY SAID THE TIN WOODMAN AND THEREFORE SHE IS VERY POWERFUL ALSO WE ARE UNDER OZMA'S PROTECTION AND TO INJURE US IN ANY WAY WOULD MAKE HER EXTREMELY ANGRY DO YOU SUPPOSE PETER WOULD HAVE GOT BETTER ANYWAY SAID DAN AH DAN WHAT MAKES YOU ASK SUCH QUESTIONS EXCLAIMED CECILY IN REAL DISTRESS I DON'T KNOW SAID DAN THEY JUST KIND OF COME INTO MY HEAD LIKE BUT OF COURSE I MEAN TO THANK GOD WHEN I SAY MY PRAYERS TO NIGHT THAT'S ONLY DECENT 5916384b-3a4a-4014-a462-e3a943a1ab77 I'LL SAY THIS THE NAVY BOYS KNOW THEIR BUSINESS WHEN THE SIREN SCREAMED THE CREW SECURED SHIP AND BLASTED OFF BEFORE I HAD FINISHED READING REPORT AS SOON AS MY A BALLS UNSQUASHED BACK INTO FOCUS I READ IT THROUGH THEN ONCE MORE CAREFULLY FROM THE BEGINNING BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF OPINION WAS THAT WE MUST HAVE THE PICTURE NO MATTER WHAT PECUNIARY SACRIFICES WERE INVOLVED IF WE COULD EACH GIVE ABOUT SEVEN CENTS WE WOULD HAVE THE AMOUNT PETER COULD ONLY GIVE FOUR BUT DAN GAVE ELEVEN WHICH SQUARED MATTERS 592399a6-322b-4fae-9ae7-233cdf744eec THE APPLES ARE DELICIOUS AND IN WINTER IT'S A SPLENDID PLACE FOR COASTING I JUST TOLD HER AS A FAVOR AND NOW YOUR AUNT JANET BLAMES ME FOR THE WHOLE TROUBLE SURELY YOU DON'T BELIEVE GOD LOOKS LIKE THAT SHE SAID IMPATIENTLY WHILE HER FINE EYES FLASHED BUT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF OPINION WAS THAT WE MUST HAVE THE PICTURE NO MATTER WHAT PECUNIARY SACRIFICES WERE INVOLVED 5934b9e3-e90f-4dd3-967b-226c9b781a96 I SUPPOSE THE MINISTER WOULD KNOW BUT HE IS AWAY ON HIS VACATION SAID FELICITY ANYHOW I'LL GO AND ASK MOTHER WHAT SHE THINKS OF IT FELICITY PICKED UP THE ENTERPRISE AND BETOOK HERSELF TO THE HOUSE WE AWAITED HER RETURN IN DIRE SUSPENSE THERE WAS NO SENSE TO THE NOTE THERE WAS NO SENSE TO ANYTHING THAT VIC BUTLER DID FOR THAT MATTER WHERE HE HID AWAY HIS VAST SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THAT RATTLE BRAINED RED HAIRED HEAD OF HIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MYSTERY TO ME 59461ccc-5a05-4ed4-9b47-65e1cd3b11a0 BRUTE SHIVERED FOR AGAIN THIS TERRIBLE MAGIC FINGER POINTED AND POINTED DIRECTLY HIS WAY IT'S DREADFUL TO FIGHT ABOUT ANYTHING SO RELIGIOUS AS PRAYING SIGHED POOR CECILY THE SHARP WIND BLEW AROUND THE GRANARY AND CECILY SHIVERED WE HEARD AUNT JANET'S VOICE CALLING CHILDREN CHILDREN 59536106-f07d-477c-8b4f-e7de73b94f71 PLEADED CECILY TURNING TO THE STORY GIRL WHO WAS SITTING ON A BIN SWINGING HER SHAPELY BARE FEET TO AND FRO AND IN HARDLY DECIPHERABLE SCRIPT BELOW WAS THIS MESSAGE DEAR PETE FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY THAT YOU'VE NO PARTICULAR CALL TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS IF I'M IN A JAM IT'S MY OWN DOING AND DUE TO MY BULLHEADEDNESS OF WHICH YOU HAVE SO OFTEN REMINDED ME 595a014e-1c82-4305-a01c-66e391b8400a FEW THINGS CAN INJURE TIN AND MY AXE IS A POWERFUL WEAPON TO USE AGAINST A FOE BUT OUR BOY FRIEND HE CONTINUED LOOKING SOLEMNLY AT RUTH MIGHT PERHAPS BE INJURED IF THE PEOPLE OF LOONVILLE ARE REALLY DANGEROUS SO I PROPOSE HE WAITS HERE WHILE YOU AND I FRIEND SCARECROW VISIT THE FORBIDDEN CITY OF LOOMVILLE DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME ADVISED WOO CALMLY WHEREVER YOU WISH TO GO I WILL GO AND SHARE YOUR DANGERS WE GAZED UP AT HER IN SILENCE FOR A FEW MOMENTS WHEN WE HAD HEARD THE NEWS OF PATTY'S RECOVERY WE HAD BEEN NOISY AND JUBILANT BUT WE WERE VERY QUIET NOW WE HAD BEEN TOO NEAR SOMETHING DARK AND TERRIBLE AND MENACING AND THOUGH IT WAS THUS SUDDENLY REMOVED THE CHILL AND THE SHADOW OF IT WERE ABOUT US STILL 59783f22-b480-4daa-97eb-2f136aaea275 HE DISCOVERED RAY'S FINGERS IN THE DRIVING GLOVE DIGGING INTO HIS FLESH IN AN AMAZINGLY POWERFUL GRIP HAVING DECIDED ALL THIS IT COULD ALSO FLY WHICH WE KNEW WAS THE ORCHARD FROM WHICH PRESENTLY A LIGHT GLEAMED THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR 597c4f51-d581-45d8-8582-21ef5b041670 COLLAXY AND CALM CRYSTALS DID WHAT NO REFINEMENT OF TERRAN THERAPEUTICS HAD BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE BRANDON COULD HEAR TOWER'S VOICE IN A VORTEX OF DARKNESS HE REMEMBERED THE RUSSIAN REPORTS OF THE WEIRD AND DEADLY CREATURES THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED IN THE MARTIAN DESERTS 598de9cc-faef-4f63-b69d-662427c7d652 AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IF WE DO WE'LL BREAK YOUR SKIN REPLIED THE KING THEY'RE A NEW VARIETY THAT NO ONE CAN GROW BUT ME ABOVE THE HORIZON THE DISGUISE SLED ITS PARAGRAPH UNITS TURNED OFF 59a6b1a5-407a-4699-82a4-51e058f9efea THERE THE PINK AND GOLD VASES GRANDMOTHER KING GAVE HER SAID FELICITY AS AUNT OLIVIA UNWRAPPED FROM THEIR TISSUE PAPER SWATHINGS A PAIR OF SLENDER OLD FASHIONED TWISTED VASES OF PINK GLASS ENTERTAINING ONE ANOTHER THE WHILE HOW DOES IT FEEL SCARECROW TO BE A BEAR SHE ASKED ADDRESSING HER OLD FRIEND 59a89aaf-df33-46e3-a0b0-0d43004978d2 NOR WAS THE GIANTESS OLD AND UGLY OR DISAGREEABLE IN FACE OR MANNER FROM THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AND WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO COME OUT WHEN HE WAS GOOD HE WAS VERY VERY GOOD WE SAT AROUND THE PULPIT STONE AND WAITED FOR PETER AND SARA RAY 59abc77e-bd46-4484-aa55-70837241ad2a TRUE REPLIED THE TIN WOODMAN THAT'S MY NAME REPLIED THE GIRL LOOKING AT THEM IN COLD SURPRISE THAT'S BECAUSE I'M NOT PROPERLY STUFFED HE ASSURED HER ACTING AS IF HE COULD AFFORD NOT TO GIVE A DAMN HOW BADLY HE HAD BEEN STUNG RAY LOOKED MAD STARTED TO AIM A KICK AT THE SCREAM BUT THOUGHT BETTER OF IT 59b13d56-710b-480e-9489-47b15c775413 BUT DIRECTLY BEFORE US THE POTATO FIELD WITH ITS WREATHING SMOKE AND SULLEN FLAMES THE GIGANTIC SHADOW OF UNCLE ALEC CROSSING AND RECROSSING IT REMINDED US OF PETER'S FAMOUS DESCRIPTION OF THE BAD PLACE AND LIVED IN THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY OF OZ I WAS CAUGHT IN A RAINSTORM WHILE CHOPPING DOWN A TREE FOR EXERCISE 59b457ae-9b0f-4d1b-9475-7c43a22b28a5 THEN THE COMPANY PASSED THROUGH IT IN GREAT HASTE ALL FIRED WITH A DESIRE TO BE THE FIRST TO DRINK OF THE FOUNTAIN AND WIN SO MARVELLOUS A BOON I PROMISE YOU YONA SAID EARNESTLY THAT YOU WILL BE IN NO DANGER FOR ME NO MORE THAT I WILL HELP YOU OUT OF YOUR DIFFICULTIES AND ENSURE YOUR PEACE THEN YOU ARE AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN SHARP SAID BITTERLY THERE IS NO OTHER HELP WHILE THE INQUISITOR REMAINS AND OUR SONS BECOME SUSPECT TO HIS RAGES 59bc0709-4785-4d27-9f17-415ad3e619f9 MOST REPAIR MEN TAKE THESE COURSES BESIDES THEY'RE ALWAYS COMING IN HANDY THE COMPANY GRADES YOUR PAY BY THE NUMBER OF SPECIALTIES YOU CAN HANDLE ALL THIS WITH SOME OIL PAINTING AND FREEFALL WORKOUTS IN THE GEM PASSED THE TIME THEN WHO RUNG THAT BELL SAID PETER BELLS DON'T RING OF THEMSELVES I SUPPOSE SPECIFICALLY WHEN THERE AIN'T ANYTHING IN THE HOUSE TO RING OH WILL UNCLE ROGER NEVER COME HOME SOBBED FELICITY I KNOW HE'LL LAUGH AT US AWFUL BUT IT'S BETTER TO BE LAUGHED AT THAN SCARED LIKE THIS 59bc2f86-9b74-44d2-8726-d4a5e7b9184d I DON'T KNOW THE CAPTAIN SAID IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE I NEVER HEARD WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE WHICH IS ALL RIGHT SINCE HE WAS GETTING UNDER MY SKIN AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPTED TO PULL MY PSEUDO RANK THE ALARM SIRENS CUT HIS SENTENCE OFF AND WE FOOT RACED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS ROOM WE SAT ON THE MOSSY STONES UNDER THE DARK OLD EVERGREENS AND GAVE OURSELVES UP TO WRETCHEDNESS SARAH CHILD COME WITH ME SAID AUNT OLIVIA BENDING OVER HER THE STORY GIRL GOT UP AND WENT AWAY WITH AUNT OLIVIA'S ARMS AROUND HER 59bfbb16-df43-422b-9d07-3ddbbd4aff01 FINALLY RAY SHUT OFF THE RACKETING ENGINE AND LET THE RUSTY ANCHOR HE OPENED A LARGE WOODEN CASE WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SOME DREARLY GOOD CABINET WORK AND TOOK OUT A PECULIAR MACHINE WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF UNARGUABLY EXCELLENT MACHINE I HAD A LETTER TO DAY FROM UNCLE ARTHUR IN WINNIPEG AND HE SENT ME THREE DOLLARS 59cb600d-0b67-47df-98c5-3e06a2967719 WHAT THE BAD PLACE IS LIKE AND THE THIRD HEAD IS HOW TO ESCAPE GOING THERE PETER LOOKED AT HER REPROACHFULLY HOW IS MY TIN OWL FEELING WITH THE PLEASANT FACE AND HAIR NEATLY COMBED HOWEVER THE WICKED WITCH WAS NOT YET DEFEATED 59d80543-6094-4408-806e-1f126828943e COME TO THINK OF IT SAID THE TAN OWL WAKING UP AND BLINKING COMICALLY AT HIS FRIENDS THERE IS NO OBJECT NOW IN OUR TRAVELLING TO THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY AS A SAID PICTURE WAS AN EXCELLENT COPY OF ONE OF LANDSEER'S STAGS FELIX AND I WERE WELL PLEASED BUT PETER AVERRED THAT HE WOULD RATHER HAVE THEM A DAUGHTER THAT LOOKED LIKE HIS AUNT JANE AND THE STORY GIRL AGREED THAT IF HIS SERMON WAS THE BEST SHE WOULD GIVE HIM THAT BUT WHO'S TO BE THE JUDGE I SAID AND WHAT KIND OF A SERMON WOULD YOU CALL THE BEST 59dd2d70-1eb9-4b31-8fb6-04c449fc2a49 WHICH SHOWS THAT NIMI AMMY WAS AS WISE AS SHE WAS BRAVE AND BEAUTIFUL AND INDEED WE COULD SEE IT FOR OURSELVES AFTER SHE HAD ONCE POINTED IT OUT TO US I NOTICE THAT YOU ARE AS FOND AS ANY ONE OF WHAT IS BAKED IN THEM SAID AUNT JANET 59e514d5-998a-4a7b-99f7-16e52a3c50ab THEY LOOKED THROUGH THE FIELDS FOR THE GIRL FARMER BUT SHE WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN MILESTONE PATTY WAS SMEARED WITH MEDICATED LARD THE NEXT DAY ALL OF US ASSISTING AT THE RIGHT ALTHOUGH THE STORY GIRL WAS HIGH PRIESTESS THEN OUT OF REGARD FOR MATS AND CUSHIONS HE WAS KEPT IN DURRANCE VILE IN THE GRANARY UNTIL HE HAD LICKED HIS FUR CLEAN 5a1dcc73-59cd-4cda-935c-e8c05c051aa5 YONAS STARTED MUSING ON HEROES AGAIN BUT HE NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE A MOVE TOWARDS HER HE WOULD ACCEPT PAYMENT WERE IT GENEROUS IN RETURN FOR SHARING ROOM IN HIS HOUSE PARIN MUMBLED A PROTEST AND HURRIED AWAY LET'S SEE IT'S FOUR MINUTES OF ONE THAT GIVES US SEVEN MINUTES CAN WE MAKE IT 5a4f96a2-43ee-4b95-95e7-313c0337da36 ONE DAY WHEN OLD MISTER FRUIN WAS A YOUNG MAN OF EIGHTEEN HIS FATHER CAME HOME AND SAID SANDY I BOUGHT A PIANO AT SIMON WARD'S SALE TO DAY IF YOU PLEASE I'LL EAT THE FOOD IN MY KNAPSACK ANSWERED THE BOY FROM MY FORMER HOME IN A FAR CORNER OF THE GALLOPIN COUNTRY OF OZ 5a5b598f-e2f2-4ecc-8af2-9a7b141a3410 THERE THE PINK AND GOLD VASES GRANDMOTHER KING GAVE HER SAID FELICITY AS AUNT OLIVIA UNWRAPPED FROM THEIR TISSUE PAPER SWATHINGS A PAIR OF SLENDER OLD FASHIONED TWISTED VASES OF PINK GLASS THIS LITTLE EXPLANATION WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE STORY YOU ARE READING 5a62d392-3c02-42ec-9d69-bc5266c2d52d THE KEENEST EDGE TO OUR HUMILIATION WAS GIVEN BY THE DISCOVERY THAT THE MAGIC SEED WAS NOTHING MORE OR LESS THAN CARROWAY WHICH GREW IN ABUNDANCE AT BILLY ROBINSON'S UNCLE'S IN MARKDALE THE UNCLE ALEC WE GAVE OUR WARMEST LOVE WE FELT THAT WE ALWAYS HAD A FRIEND AT COURT IN UNCLE ALEC NO MATTER WHAT WE DID OR LEFT UNDONE AND WE NEVER HAD TO TURN HIS SPECIES INSIDE OUT TO DISCOVER THEIR MEANING 5a6549ca-b9f1-4ff9-a362-9c6ee2df90b9 THE BRIDGES WOVE BACK AND FORTH FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING UNTIL THE ENTIRE VISIBLE NETWORK APPEARED TO BE ONE GIGANTIC IT WAS AS MUCH SARAH RAY'S NORMAL STATE AS ANY OTHER WE WERE ALL INTENSELY EXCITED SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL WE ALL GROWN UP WITH CHILDREN 5a726588-d884-4f32-9c9e-cd4379e98127 I NEVER SAW YOU BEFORE IN MY LIFE OH I DON'T INTEND TO BE EAN I ASSURE YOU SAID THE CANARY FARTHER BACK WERE FIELDS OF CARMAL THE STORY GIRL'S FATHER IS SENDING HER A NEW RED DRESS AND A RED VELVET CAP FROM PARIS WE WENT TO THE SEEDLING TREE AND GOT AN APPLE APIECE 5aa75bc2-dbc5-475f-bbd9-bef5258eb271 ONCE WHEN I CAME TO HER HOUSE MY STRAW WAS OLD AND CRUMPLED SO THAT MY BODY SAGGED DREADFULLY THE TRAVELLERS WERE SILENT FOR A TIME UNEASILY CONSIDERING THIS STATEMENT AND THE EFFECT IT MIGHT HAVE ON THEIR FUTURE SHE MADE THE WRITHING DAN GO TO BED SHE MADE HIM SWALLOW EVERY AVAILABLE ANTIDOTE WHICH WAS RECOMMENDED IN THE DOCTOR'S BOOK AND SHE APPLIED HOT CLOTHS TO HIM UNTIL HER FAITHFUL LITTLE HANDS WERE HALF SCALDED OFF 5ab07cf9-b0ba-4b82-a5a1-1d02b58d054a CHAPTER SEVEN THE LACE APRON NOW SAID THE CANARY IN A TONE MORE BRISK THAN BEFORE WE MAY TALK TOGETHER MORE FREELY AS MISSUS UWPEKE CANNOT HEAR US PERHAPS WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ESCAPE HE'S BEWITCHED THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM SAID PETER HALF DEFIANTLY HALF SHAMEFACEDLY 5ac5ddef-7748-4e43-86c2-f97cd369a9c3 CECILY FINISHED HER CUCUMBER AND THEN DRANK A GLASS OF MILK JUST AS WE HEARD THE WHEELS OF UNCLE ALEC'S BUGGY RAMBLING OVER THE BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW DURING THE KINGLY WARS ANY NUMBER OF TYPES WITH A COUPLE OF SHIPS AND LESS BRAINS THAN PEPPY HAD SET UP JUST THIS KIND OF EMPIRE THEY WERE ALL PULLED DOWN IN THE END SINCE THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDED ON ONE MAN RULE BUT THE PRICE THAT HAD TO BE PAID FIRST 5acbfb32-15d2-4d21-bdb8-5caa3e7f470e BUT CECILI HAVING TORTURED HER HAIR WITH CURL PAPERS ALL NIGHT HAD A RAMPANT BUSH OF CURLS ALL ABOUT HER HEAD BLESS YOUR GRAY HEART PADDY YOU'RE A GOOD SORT OF OLD RASCAL AND PAT WOULD PURR HIS SATISFACTION I USED TO TAKE A HANDFUL OF THE SKIN ON HIS BACK SHAKE HIM GENTLY AND SAY 5ad7d401-7961-44fa-b859-b8583023bfd2 SHE LET GO THE BARRICADE AND RAN TO THE WINDOW TO THROW OPEN THE STORM SHUTTERS THERE'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE IT'S REALLY TOO BAD WE CAN'T WORK THIS SORT OF THING AT A DISTANCE CLARETON'S VOICE SAID SUDDENLY BUT THEN NONE OF US HAS EVER MET THE MAN AND YOU CAN'T READ A MIND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD SOME PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE MAN WHO OWNS IT 5ae9376d-6c45-4a04-8af3-3d06112a838c THEY FINALLY SUCCEEDED THOUGH THE HELMET SWUNG BACK AND RAY PROMPTLY SHOVED FARMER ASIDE SOME A FARMER'S FEAR GAVE WAY TO AMAZEMENT AT THE LITTLE INVENTOR'S AUDACITY AND WHAT SEEMED TO FARMER AT LEAST TO BE FOOLISHLY OPTIMISTIC SCIENTIFIC DETACHMENT HE LIFTED HIS VISOR ALL SAW HIS AWFUL FACE THE PROUD PRINCESS SHRIEKED 5af525a8-5a01-4e47-80d8-abfca414f81b I'M AFRAID I DID VERY WRONG TO COME AGAINST MAR'S WILL SHE SAID MISERABLY BUT I COULDN'T WAIT I WANTED TO SEE THE PICTURE AS SOON AS YOU DID WE WAITED AND WATCHED AT THE WINDOW THE VALLEY WAS FULL OF MIST AND THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN IN SLANTING LINES OVER THE TOPS OF THE SPRUCES YES BUT SAID DAN TRIUMPHANTLY IF YOU BELIEVE GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS ABOUT PARTICULAR THINGS IT WAS PETER'S PRAYER HE ANSWERED WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT 5af61ed5-adb5-4ffd-a449-72601ac665d4 I COULD ONLY SEE YOU BY HAVING MYSELF ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT HE SAID IN THAT WAY YOU WILL BE FORCED TO LISTEN TO ME YOU MAY LISTEN NOW OR LATER AT A FULL HEARING OF THE INQUISITORS COURT THIS TIME OF COURSE THE RISK WAS MORE THAN SLIGHT ONLY PEOPLE WHEN THE FINAL COUNT WAS IN ACTUALLY IT SHOWED THE SHARPEST DECLINE 5af7a862-4a65-4c68-9f31-fd0b9a7d6a45 IT CALLS FOR ONE PLANET BUSTER BOMB STETSON SHRUGGED WE ARE SMALLER THUS THEY THOUGHT US WEAKER SURE THE MAN SAID AGAIN BRANDON WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO POLE BRANDON DEPRESSED THE TOP BUTTON 5afd3cbe-a85c-4fd8-ac8e-43a032ed4ff6 THE WORLD BEYOND THE ORCHARD WAS IN A ROYAL MAGNIFICENCE OF COLORING UNDER THE VIVID BLUE AUTUMN SKY SHE DECLARED TO ME AFTERWARDS THAT NO MATTER HOW OFTEN THE STORY GIRL TOLD THE STORY IT ALWAYS SEEMED AS NEW AND EXCITING AS IF YOU HAD JUST HEARD IT FOR THE FIRST TIME 5b00b846-5544-4c97-b809-252a69dba7f9 HERE'S THE SPOT I MARKED IT WITH THESE THREE PIECES OF STONE QUICK ON AND ON BREATHLESSLY I WISH I COULD DREAM OF MY AUNT JANE I NEVER DO HIS ATTIRE CONSISTED OF A FADED GINGHAM SHIRT I DID AN EXCITING DREAM LAST NIGHT FOR ONCE SAID DAN TRIUMPHANTLY 5b0aa9ab-f21d-428f-b5f4-4614dd37ec8f AND WHAT IS THEIR TOWN IT IS AN OLD PRAIRIE DOG TOWN THAT THEY FIXED UP YOU HAVE TO DIG DOWN WITH A SPADE TO GET TO THE STREETS HE HAD NOT FELT VERY KEENLY OVER THE MATTER OF THE SERMONS AND CERTAINLY THE MERE FACT THAT PETER COULD EAT SOUR APPLES WITHOUT MAKING FACES DID NOT CAST ANY REFLECTION ON THE HONOUR OR ABILITY OF THE OTHER COMPETITORS 5b3061ac-5375-4617-8d7c-932c7c861b13 THAT NIGHT WE HEARD FELICITY TALKING TO CECILY IN THEIR ROOM MISTER CAMPBELL NEVER NOTICED ONE OF US EXCEPT THE STORY GIRL SHE SAID BUT IF I'D PUT ON MY BEST DRESS AS SHE DID MAYBE SHE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TAKEN ALL THE ATTENTION I THOUGHT YOU NEVER TIRED BEING STUFFED WITH STRAW SAID WOOD I MEAN THAT IT ANNOYS ME TO BE OBLIGED TO GO ON AT ALL FORS WHEN TWO LEGS ARE MY PROPER WALKING EQUIPMENT REPLIED THE SCARECROW I CONSIDER IT BENEATH MY DIGNITY 5b372a2f-de9b-4465-a1c2-3ce21296bd19 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY ENOUGH IF WE WERE ALLOWED A LITTLE MAYHAM THIS WAS USED TO COOL THE REACTOR THAT POWERED THE MONSTROSITY THERE WAS A RESIDUE OF CHARGE IN THE EMERGENCY BATTERIES JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE A DIM LIGHT OUTSIDE THE LOFT WAS A VAST SUNSHINY GULF OF BLUE SKY AND MELLOW AIR WHEREIN FLOATED ARGUSES A FLUFFY CLOUD AND AIRY TOPS OF MAPLE AND SPRUCE 5b51c3c4-9390-4e52-b7f4-4e08ad1cce1b KENUPH NEITHER APPLAUDED NOR LOOKED SURPRISED AS I HAVE SAID HE MURMURED THAT WHICH THE DEVIL CAN GRANT HE PAUSED AND LOOKED DOWN AT HIS HANDS AM I TO TAKE THIS AS A CONFESSION HE SAID WE WILL STAY WITH YOU AND SERVE YOUR EVERY NEED A DELIGHTFUL PROSPECT AN ETERNITY IN A LOCKED BEACON WITH THREE BLIND LIZARDS IN SPITE OF THEIR HOSPITALITY I COULDN'T ACCEPT WHAT YOU DARE INTERFERE WITH THE MESSENGER OF YOUR ANCESTORS 5b5e08e6-585a-47c9-b335-dd8b087e1bf0 I'M DREADFULLY TIRED SIGHED CECILY WE WERE ALL DREADFULLY TIRED FOR THIS WAS THE THIRD NIGHT OF LATE HOURS AND NERVE RACKING STRAIN BUT IT WAS OVER TWO HOURS SINCE WE HAD EATEN THE COOKIES AND FELICITY SUGGESTED THAT A SAUCERFUL APIECE OF RASPBERRIES AND CREAM WOULD NOT BE TOO HARD TO TAKE AS LONG AS THEY LIVED THERE WHEN WE GO TO A DANCE YOU WILL NOT GET WEARY BEFORE THE MUSIC STOPS 5b8c8507-a607-4bc1-8786-5a69998a5cbe AFTER ALL HE THOUGHT THE EARTH HELD NO LIFE FOR THE BETTER PART OF ITS EXISTENCE AND TOWERS HAD SELECTED THIS PLANET BECAUSE IT BORE RELATIVELY THE SAME RELATIONSHIP TO THE BRIGHTER HOTTER SERIOUS AS DID THE EARTH TO THE SUN PERHAPS SHE'D LET YOU GO THEN SHE LIKES CECILY SHE DOESN'T LIKE EITHER FELICITY OR ME SO IT WOULD ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE FOR US TO TRY MA'S GONE TO TOWN PA AND HER WENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TILL TO MORROW THERE'S NOBODY HOME BUT JUDY PANOW AND ME 5b94d38d-67fd-4e40-bca8-052faea52942 CURRENT ENOUGH TO KILL A THOUSAND MEN OR TO DO THE WORK OF A MILLION HORSES WEIGHS NOTHING IS INVISIBLE AND ACTUALLY DOES NOTHING UNTIL RELEASED IN SOME FORM OR OTHER EITHER BY ACCIDENT OR DESIGN TRUE BUT ELECTRICITY ISN'T MATTER ECILY INDEED SEEMED TO HAVE THE MOST DECIDED TALENT FOR DRAMATIC DREAMS THAT MEEKEST AND MILDEST OF GIRLS WAS IN THE HABIT OF DREAMING TRULY TERRIBLE THINGS ALMOST EVERY NIGHT BATTLE MURDER OR SUDDEN DEATH PLAYED SOME PART OF HER VISIONS 5ba41ed2-5793-48b4-ba55-a98d86fabfd9 IF I PUT IT OFF ANY LONGER IT WILL BE TOO LATE I'M GROWING SO FAST AUNT OLIVIA SAYS I'LL HAVE TO WEAR ANKLE SKIRTS NEXT SUMMER IF I BEGIN TO LOOK GROWN UP HE'LL GET FRIGHTENED OF ME AND THEN I'LL NEVER FIND OUT THE GOLDEN MILESTONE MYSTERY DO YOU THINK HE'LL EVER TELL YOU WHO ALICE IS I ASKED ORDINARILY HE WOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN IT A THOUGHT BEYOND A PASSING SIGH FOR THE WAYS OF THE WORLD HE HAD OTHER BUSINESS BUT NOW HE GRINNED TO HIMSELF AND HE GRIN TURNED TO A LAUGH AS HE STARTED DOWN THE HILL THE GRISLIER METHODS OF THE INQUISITORIAL PROCESS WERE WELL KNOWN TO HIM BY REPUTATION AND SOON HE MIGHT BE TESTING THEM OUT FOR HIMSELF 5ba5c2ca-4237-4190-b01f-4097cb620a2e OH WON'T SHE BE INSULTED EXCLAIMED FELIX RATHER HORRIFIED THUS HE ARGUED WOULD MAKE IT QUITE LAWFUL AND PROPER TO PLAY ON SUNDAY NEVERTHELESS SHE FRIGHTENED HER PRISONERS MORE THAN ANY WITCH COULD HAVE DONE UNUSUAL CHARACTER 5bb32843-c070-45c0-82e5-6411cb8e4247 IT WAS A VISION TO DEVELOP SLOWLY INTO FULFILMENT GRANDFATHER KING WAS IN NO HURRY HE DID NOT SET HIS WHOLE ORCHARD OUT AT ONCE FOR HE WISHED IT TO GROW WITH HIS LIFE AND HISTORY AND BE BOUND UP WITH ALL OF GOOD AND JOY THAT SHOULD COME TO HIS HOUSEHOLD SO THE MORNING AFTER HE HAD BROUGHT HIS YOUNG WIFE HOME THEY WENT TOGETHER TO THE SOUTH MEADOW AND PLANTED THEIR BRIDAL TREES THESE TREES WERE NO LONGER LIVING BUT THEY HAD BEEN WHEN FATHER WAS A BOY AND EVERY SPRING BEDECKED THEMSELVES IN BLOSSOM AS DELICATELY TINTED AS ELIZABETH KING'S FACE WHEN SHE WALKED THROUGH THE OLD SOUTH MEADOW IN THE MORN OF HER LIFE AND LOVE I HAVE TO SLEEP SOME TIME MY SCREEN IS ONLY OPEN FOR EMERGENCY CALLS NOT FOR EVERY AGENT WHO NEEDS HIS HAND HELD MEANING I AM IN THE HAND HOLDING COTERGHRIE I ASKED WITH AS MUCH SWEETNESS AS I COULD PUT YOURSELF IN ANY CATEGORY YOU PLEASE HE GRUMBLED AS HE SLUMPED DOWN INTO THE BED AND ALSO PUT YOURSELF OUT IN THE HALL AND SEE ME TO MORROW DURING WORKING HOURS 5bd9b0ac-af36-4ea7-98ac-536b6c7b2916 A FAINT VOICE SPUTTERED IN HIS EAR THE FACE OF REINHERT THE RADIO MAN APPEARED BEFORE HIM BRANDON THIS IS ASTRO ONE WHAT IS YOUR POSITION OVER WHILE HE WAS PLAYING A SLEIGH DROVE UP TO THE DOOR AND NEIL CAMPBELL CAME IN DONALD WAS NOT OVERLY GLAD TO SEE HIM FOR HE SUSPECTED WHERE HE WAS GOING 5be0c236-1449-4352-bddc-4f33e189d890 OF MANY A SELFISH AND UNKIND WORD AND THOUGHT AND ACTION I GUESS HE KNOWS AS MUCH ABOUT IT AS A TORY WOULD RETORTED THE STORY GIRL OF PINCHING FELIX TO MAKING CROWD AT FAMILY PRAYERS SHE BENT OVER PICKED UP THE MACHINE YANKING WIRING LOOSE CARELESSLY BUT NOW THAT YOU'RE WITH US AGAIN 5bfe8f99-efd7-440c-8b93-64d510e1c4d1 WHY TWINS ARE JUST PEOPLE THAT SQUINT AREN'T THEY SAID PETER WE THOUGHT HE WAS TRYING TO BE FUNNY UNTIL WE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS QUITE IN EARNEST WHILE THE CROWD WAS OGLING THIS ASCENT I WALKED THROUGH THE TEMPLE DOORS I WOULD TALK WITH YOU O NOBLE PRIESTS I SAID 5c23f664-53c0-4770-bbcb-036dcc9d2247 HOPING TO FIND A GOOD PLACE FOR WOOT THE WANDERER TO SLEEP SHE TRANSFORMED THE CANARY INTO A DOVE SO IT STANDS TO REASON YOU MUST BE PUNISHED BECAUSE THE OLD PRIEST DID PRY AND PEER IT WAS RULED HENCEFORTH THAT ONLY THE BLIND COULD ENTER THE HOLY OF HOLIES 5c2e4532-2177-4c93-8712-d80c98116739 WHY NOT WHAT ARE MINISTERS FOR IF THEY AIN'T TO TELL PEOPLE HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN OH WELL IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR GROWN UPS TO ASK THEM THINGS OF COURSE BUT IT ISN'T RESPECTFUL FOR LITTLE BOYS ESPECIALLY HIRED BOYS THE REST OF US ATE OUR APPLES OR CARRIED THEM TO SCHOOL WHERE WE BARTERED THEM FOR SUCH TREASURES AS OUR SCHOOLMATES POSSESSED AND WE COVETED THEY HAD BEEN THERE WHEN GREAT GRANDFATHER KING BOUGHT THE PLACE I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM ELSEWHERE OR FOUND THEM DESCRIBED IN ANY FLORAL CATALOGUE 5c37cf5e-026c-4273-adbd-d7ae1bafab52 YOU KNOW I TOLD YOU HE WAS VERY ANGRY BECAUSE THE PRESBYTERY MADE HIM RETIRE THERE WERE TWO MINISTERS IN PARTICULAR HE BLAMED FOR BEING AT THE BOTTOM OF IT ONE TIME A FRIEND OF HIS WAS TRYING TO CONSOLE HIM AND SAID TO HIM YOU SHOULD BE RESIGNED TO THE WILL OF PROVIDENCE SHE MARCHED OFF WITH SARA RAY AND PETER DROPPED BACK TO US WITH A FRIGHTENED FACE WHAT IS IT I HAVE DONE TO HER HE WHISPERED WHAT DOES THAT BIG WORD MEAN 5c3e6b8e-3871-40b3-95b8-07a9ad7ca733 AN ELECTRIC SHOCK SEEMED TO RUN THROUGH THE AUDIENCE PETER HAD IN ONE SENTENCE DONE WHAT MY WHOLE SERMON HAD FAILED TO DO I GOT IT FROM PEG BOWEN SHE'S A WITCH YOU KNOW THEIR NOSES WERE AS PUFFY AS THE REST OF THEM AND THE TIN OWL IN THE CANARY WERE CONFERRING TOGETHER 5c49cbfc-de95-4da4-ae2f-762e504d8d55 THIS TIN MAN SEEMS A VERY SOLEMN PERSON THE HEAD ON THE TOP OF THIS NECK WAS BROAD AND FLAT AND THE EYES AND MOUTH WERE VERY BIG AND THE NOSE AND EARS VERY SMALL AND THEY WERE YELLOW TRANSPARENTS AND THEN SHE SPOKE AT LAST SHE SAID I AUNT JANET ALLOWED US TO COVER IT WITH AN OLD TABLECLOTH THE WORN PLACES IN WHICH THE GIRLS ARTFULLY CONCEALED WITH FROST WHITENED FERNS 5c5189a7-8e2a-4618-bc02-d2f0c9b3cae4 THIS IS A HEARTLESS WORLD WE LIVE IN THIS MOMENT A SELF PITY RELAXED ME AND I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO BED SINCE MY MAIN JOB WAS NOW WAITING I COULD WAIT JUST AS WELL ASLEEP ABOUT FIVE FEET TALL THE STANCE WAS SLIGHTLY BENT FORWARD LONG ARMS TWO VERTICAL NOSE SLITS A FLAT LIPLESS MOUTH RECEDING CHIN 5c560051-c8bd-4c3d-b263-4589c1d5ab64 INSTINCTIVELY HE GLANCED AT HOPE IT WAS HER DANGER AND NOT HIS OWN THAT HAD BROUGHT THAT HAGGARD PALLOR TO HIS FACE IN SO SHORT A TIME THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT OF THESE PEOPLE IF YOU CAN CALL THEM THAT WANT OF US EVEN BEFORE I HAD ALL THE ANSWERS I BEGAN TO GET THE DRIFT OF THINGS THEY WERE A LITTLE FRIGHTENED TOO THE MANAGER OF THE SPACE YARD THAT WAS BUILDING THE SHIP HAD NO IDEA OF ITS TRUE NATURE 5c573681-cac9-4f5f-b04f-b1f5f77ba726 THIS NOISELESSLY SWUNG OPEN BEFORE THEM WITHOUT THE HELP OF ANY ONE AND THROUGH THE DOORWAY THEY OBSERVED A BIG CHAMBER THE WALLS OF WHICH WERE LINED WITH PLATES OF PURE GOLD HIGHLY POLISHED I SHOULDN'T THINK YOU'D PUT ON YOUR BEST CLOTHES TO GO BEGGING FOR THE LIBRARY IN SAID FELICITY CUTTINGLY AUNT OLIVIA SAYS THAT WHEN YOU GO ARE GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPORTANT INTERVIEW WITH A MAN YOU OUGHT TO LOOK YOUR VERY BEST SAID THE STREET STORY GIRL GIVING HER SKIRT A LUSTROUS SWIRL AND ENJOYING THE EFFECT 5c5c23b8-5102-4fbd-9dd7-6e874502b653 I THINK YOU BOYS OUGHT TO GO SHE SAID RETREATING BEHIND THE DEFENCE OF SEX IN THE EAST ABOVE THE MAPLE WOODS WAS A SILVERY SHEEN THAT HINTED THE MOONRISE AND HE CONTROLLED HIS FEELINGS SUPERBLY A QUESTION IN WHICH THE RESPECTED INQUISITOR KNOOK CANNOT HAVE NO INTEREST WHATEVER 5c5fa171-8a56-463f-9a33-1de9aa342794 AFTER THAT ALMOST EVERY DAY AGLEYA WOULD GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN AND SIT BESIDE GLAUCON AS HE WATCHED THE FLOCKS AND PLAYED ON HIS FLUTE BUT HE DID NOT PLAY AS MUCH AS HE USED TO BECAUSE HE LIKED BETTER TO TALK WITH AGLEYA AND IN THE EVENING THEY WOULD LEAD THE SHEEP HOME TOGETHER LUKE STOPPED SHORT NO HE WASN'T A BIT ANGRY NOW HE FELT AS GOOD HUMOURED AND GAY AS EVER WHEN HE WAS A BOY 5c7ba9e3-83c5-4e7c-abd7-3e8bc549e195 PERHAPS THE POTATOES SUFFERED FELICITY DECLARED THE EYES WERE NOT PROPERLY DONE AT ALL BUT THE STORY DID NOT IT'S A SAD TALE SAID THE STORY GIRL AND IT HAPPENED FIFTY YEARS AGO WHEN GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER KING WERE QUITE YOUNG GRANDMOTHER'S COUSIN RACHEL WARD CAME TO SPEND A WINTER WITH THEM WE WENT IN SPITE OF NEW DISAPPOINTMENTS AND OLD HEARTBREAKS WE HAD APPETITES AND FELICITY DID MAKE SCRUMPTIOUS RHUBARB TARTS 5c81b415-1e12-46c2-997a-d398e00d0940 AND AT THE ENTRANCE OF THAT LANE WE SAW A GIRL STANDING WITH A GRAY CAT AT HER FEET WE WERE SHORT OF BOYS BEFORE ONLY DAN AND PETER TO FOUR GIRLS WOULDN'T BE VERY LIKELY TO HAVE A HIRED BOY FOR A BEAU SHE MADE HER GO TO BED INSTEAD THE IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WONDER WHAT HER ELBOWS MUST BE LIKE 5c8e9e7c-0690-49b1-9424-9b2283909897 WE TALKED THE MATTER OVER IN SERIOUS CONCLAVE IN THE ORCHARD THAT EVENING WE WERE ALL RATHER SHORT OF HARD CASH HAVING DEVOTED MOST OF OUR SPARE MEANS TO THE SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND SO DID THE BIG GLASSY EYED DISC OF THE ICE AND FARMER AIMED APPOINTED THE HOOK AT ONE OF THEM STARTED THE THRUST 5c9063f7-c08f-475a-a3bf-7cca0b85e662 WHAT IF THE DELPHINIS JUST CRASHED HERE AND THE LOCALS PICKED UP TO PIECES THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING IN TO FIND OUT ORNE BUT ANSWER ME THIS IF THEY DO HAVE THE DELPHINUS HOW LONG BEFORE A TOOL USING RACE COULD BE A THREAT TO THE GALAXY PERHAPS UGLY PEOPLE NEVER HAVE STORIES HAPPEN TO THEM SUGGESTED FELICITY I THINK THEY'RE JUST AS INTERESTING AS HANDSOME PEOPLE RETORTED DAN 5cabd19d-9643-4e92-86c6-99de03b8dabf I A WHAT IS THAT THERE WAS A WARY TENSENESS IN THE GIANT'S FIGURE HIS MOUTH OPEN TO REVEAL THE LONG CANINES THAT ISN'T A CHRISTIAN SPIRIT SAID FELICITY REBUKINGLY I DON'T CARE WOULD YOU FORGIVE JAMES FORBES IF HE HAD CALLED YOU JOHNNY DEMANDED CECILY 5cbcd45e-6de3-436b-a56c-4b498e712e7b JOHN ANDREWS BRAIN HAD FINALLY RESUMED NORMAL OPERATIONS HE WAS THINKING SLOWLY BUT CLEARLY THERE MAY BE SOME SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY THERE WERE ANY HERE RIGHT IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND THEY USED TO BE VERY PLENTY LONG AGO I KNOW SOME SPLENDID WITCH STORIES I'LL TELL YOU SOME DAY THEY'LL JUST MAKE YOUR BLOOD FREEZE IN YOUR VEINS WE HADN'T A DOUBT OF IT IF ANYBODY COULD FREEZE THE BLOOD IN OUR VEINS THIS GIRL WITH THE WONDERFUL VOICE COULD 5cc0f914-1d21-484e-ab63-825c308cde82 HOW MANY CITIES HAVE THEY WE FOUND TOO THIS ONE AND ANOTHER ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET BUT THE OTHER ONE'S A RUIN A RUIN WHY YOU TELL US LOTS OF MYSTERIES HERE WHAT'S THE PLANET LIKE I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FEELING RIGHT ALONG WEPT SARAH THAT IT WASN'T RIGHT TO BUY OR LOOK AT GOD'S PICTURE 5cce7518-747f-4171-bc31-b76fc13cd4ad YOUR CARD POPPED OUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY CAPABLE DEPENDABLE AND EXPENDABLE HEY THAT'S WHY I'M DOWN HERE BRIEFING YOU INSTEAD OF SITTING BACK ON A FLAGSHIP YES BUT MAYBE SOME ONE WHO SEES ME THERE WILL MENTION IT TO MA WELL IF YOU'RE SO SCARED YOU'D BETTER NOT GO IT ISN'T TOO LATE NOW SARA SHE SAID YOU JUST TAKE MY ADVICE AND GO INTO THIS WITH ALL YOUR HEART IF YOU GO AT ALL NEVER MIND IF IT IS BAD 5cd09c52-c35e-4f5a-ba55-d7514a736076 IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY IT TELL PARENT TO DO NOTHING FOR AT LEAST A WEEK IF THE LAW STARTED EXPERIMENTING ON THIS EQUIPMENT WE COULD NEVER CLIMB BACK AND LEAVE WORD WITH THEM FOR HOPE TELL HER ALL SCRAMBLE OUT SOMEHOW THAT WE WILL IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY YOUR LUCK THE BEACONS SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AND OPENED THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE THEY ARE BUILT ON PLANETS AND GENERATE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF POWER 5ce06bff-06c3-491f-829b-dc979d389be2 I WOULD MUCH RATHER TAKE A CHANCE OF BREAKING THROUGH NEAR SOME STAR THAN SPEND TIME JUST BARRELING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE BUT APPARENTLY TECH KNOWS THIS TOO WHEN FERERO ROLLED INTO HIS STUDY AFTER DINNER THE ROOM WAS DARK I HEARD HIM MURMUR SOMETHING ABOUT THE SERVANTS AND FUMBLE FOR THE SWITCH BEFORE HE FOUND IT THE ROBART CLOSED THE DOOR AND TURNED ON THE LIGHTS I SAT BEHIND HIS DESK ALL HIS PERSONAL PAPERS WERE BEFORE ME WEIGHTED DOWN WITH A PISTOL AND AS FIERCE A SCOW AS I COULD RAISE SMEARED ACROSS MY FACE 5ce2c9be-8953-428d-a275-305b82742564 ONE OF MY MOST EFFECTIVE MOTTOES HAS ALWAYS BEEN SECRECY CAN BE AN OBJIOSITY I EXPANDED ON IT WAXED ENTHUSIASTIC CONDEMNED IT AND WORKED IT INTO AN INTERVIEW BUT IF YOU WANT YOUR MONEY TO GO TO A METHODIST MISSIONARY YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THE METHODIST MINISTER AT MARKDALE 5ce86370-88eb-4e19-a183-6fb37d9f9681 AND WOULD BE GLAD TO BREAK MISSUS EWPE'S ENCHANTMENT VERY WELL DONE MY GOOD GINGER I ADMIRE YOUR ENERGY AND JUDGMENT OUR JAWS EXERCISING THEMSELVES VIGOROUSLY ON THE SPOIL OF OUR CLIMBINGS IN THE MIDST OF OUR HILARITY HOWEVER UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET CAME DOWN UPON US 5cfbe4c3-6db1-4fd3-a91d-a6ba656c542d I RECOGNIZED THIS DEATHLESS LINE AS THE CURTAIN SPEECH AND CRAWLED TO MY FEET HE THREW THE MARK THREE FILE AT ME AND WENT BACK TO SCRATCHING IN HIS PAPERS JUST AS I REACHED THE DOOR HE LOOKED UP AND IMPALED ME ON HIS FINGER AGAIN CERTAINLY THIS WAS NO PLACE TO SET DOWN THE FULL WEIGHT OF ASTRO NOR TO PROTECT THE CREW IN EQUIPMENT FROM A BRACE OF DUST HE RIGHTED THE SHIP FAR ON THE HORIZON WAS A BANK OF ATMOSPHERIC CLOUDS PERHAPS CONDITIONS WERE MORE PROMISING THERE HE SHOVED THE POWER SETTING TO NINETY PER CENT 5d0c19f1-30be-49fc-abd8-7f1ad6292c8c THE STALKS WERE IN HEAPS ALL OVER THE FIELD AND WE WERE ALLOWED THE PRIVILEGE OF SETTING FIRE TO THEM TWAS GLORIOUS IT WAS FRIDAY BUT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE GOING TO SCHOOL AGAIN UNTIL MONDAY SO WE SPENT THE DAY IN THE GRANARY SORTING APPLES AND HEARING TALES NO SAID TOMMY QUICK STEP THEN IT WASN'T OLD MOMBY REMARKED THE TRANSFORMED EMPEROR 5d1a8285-b086-4e3e-a6a4-4c6302e10bb6 ONE DAY A HORN WAS BLOWN AT THE PALACE GATE AND THERE WAS ONE TALL MAN IN COMPLETE ARMOUR WITH HIS VISOR DOWN RIDING ON A WHITE HORSE WHEN HE SAID HE HAD COME TO MARRY THE PRINCESS EVERYONE LAUGHED FOR HE HAD NO RETINUE AND NO BEAUTIFUL APPAREL AND NO GOLDEN CROWN WE NEEDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE BREAD AND MILK RULE ADDED FELICITY MA MADE A RULE LIKE THAT ONCE BEFORE AND KEPT IT FOR A WEEK AND THEN WE JUST SLIPPED BACK TO THE OLD WAY THAT WILL BE WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS TIME TOO BUT OF COURSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ANY MORE RICH THINGS FOR SUPPER AND OUR DREAMS WILL BE PRETTY FLAT AFTER THIS 5d2084a1-213d-4568-a94b-c4dae8076b7c BY THE TIME THEY COME BACK CIVILIZATION ON EARTH WILL BE TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLDER THE EARTH A SPECK OF DUST IN ORBIT OVER A VALLEY FILLED WITH BEECH AND SPRUCE WAS A SUNSET AFTERGLOW CREAMY YELLOW AND A HUE THAT WAS NOT SO MUCH RED AS THE DREAM OF RED WITH A YOUNG MOON SWUNG LOW IN IT SHE TOLD US THAT SARA HAD NOTHING WORSE THAN A FEVERISH COLD 5d310db7-9df1-4429-bdf8-e7518d353584 AND HE REMEMBERED WHO HAD BEEN WITH WHOM A NOT BELONG ON THE WORLD HOW ABOUT LITTLE PEOPLE BUT YOU MUST SETTLE YOUR QUARREL IN A DIFFERENT FASHION IT MUST HAVE BEEN A JOLLY LIFE WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT HUNT AND FIGHT I HEARD HIM TALKING IN HIS SLEEP ABOUT IT 5d348c99-2a9e-499a-a332-5d317d040287 A SMALL WAVE OF CUSTOM MEN HUNG STICKERS ON MY LUGGAGE PEEKED INTO ONE OR TWO FOR CONFORMITY'S SAKE AND WAVED ME THROUGH I THREW THEM AS SNAPPY A SALUTE AS I COULD MUSTER AND I FILED OUT JUST SMELL MISSUS SAMPSON'S FLOWERS SAID CECILY AS WE PASSED A TRIM WHITE PALING CLOSE TO THE ROAD OVER WHICH BLEW ODOURS SWEETER THAN THE PERFUME OF ARABY'S SHORE 5d394a43-b853-4c4d-be93-48c365898ca2 SOME ONE WHO OPERATED THE WAY I HAD DONE BEFORE MY CONVERSION NOW THAT THE ROAD WAS WELL OUT OF THE BAG I KNEW JUST WHERE TO LOOK AND HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT I WOULD FIND ROCKER THE SPACE YARD MANAGER HAD STAGGERED BACK AND WAS PULLING AT HIS HAIR CURSING AND CRYING AT THE SAME TIME WHERE AGAIN THE CALL BELL RANG WHAT'S IT THIS TIME HAL BARKED STETSON THEY'VE CHANGED TO PLAN H STETT NEW ORDER'S CUT 5d491ecc-4b59-4001-b6f2-38092b9fe3c8 COMMUNICATION BY AUDIBLE SYMBOL CHAFFY THREE SAID HE RUFFLED HIS FEATHERS IN A SHUDDER BARBAROUS A GREAT CROWD FORMED AROUND ME AND THE RABBLE WAS SENT FLYING BY A NUMBER OF MEN WHO SEEMED TO HOLD SOME OFFICE DISTINGUISHED BY A JEWEL LIKE EMBLEM AROUND THEIR THROATS IF I READ THEIR ACTIONS CORRECTLY THEY CLAIMED THE PRIVILEGE OF DEATH BY VIRTUE OF THEIR GREATER AUTHORITY 5d4ba358-70bf-4aee-b65f-15b027d74bfa CHAFFEE FOUR TELEPORTED INSIDE AGAIN CHAFFEE THREE CLOSED THE PORT TOGETHER THEY RELAXED THEIR PERCEPTION SHIELDS IN RELIEF UNAWARE IN THEIR CONSTERNATION THAT THEY COMMITTED THE BARBAROUS LAPSE OF VOCALIZING THEY TWITTERED ALOUD WHEN THEY REALIZED THE EXTENT OF THEIR ERROR ABOVE THE FAR MURMUROUS WHISPER OF EXPECTED MARINE CEREBRATION THERE ROSE AN UNCOORDINATED MISHMASH OF THOUGHT FROM AT LEAST TWO STRONG AND RELATIVELY COMPLEX INTELLIGENCES THEY WERE WONDERFULLY DAINTY WITH A STRANGE FAINT AROMATIC PERFUME WHICH WAS ONLY TO BE DETECTED AT A LITTLE DISTANCE AND VANISHED IF YOU BENT OVER THEM THEY FADED SOON AFTER THEY WERE PLUCKED AND ALTHOUGH STRANGERS GREATLY ADMIRING THEM OFTEN CARRIED AWAY ROOTS AND SEEDS THEY COULD NEVER BE COAXED TO GROW ELSEWHERE 5d5d78f9-e647-494f-9b21-ff862906f54d A SHOWER CAME UP IN THE EVENING AND WE HAD TO STOP PICKING RING THE AFTERNOON JUDY PINNOT BROUGHT UP A TEAR BLOTTED NOTE FROM SARA RAY FELICITY HAS NOT GOTTEN OVER THAT TO THIS DAY LUMINOUS NEEDLES DANCED AND A SECOND RED LIGHT FLASHED ON THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A GLOW TO IT NOW A MOMENT LATER BUNDLES OF METAL RIBBONS FLOATED OUT AND BILLOWED INTO A GIANT UMBRELLA 5d5d9f03-36be-4db1-a8f2-0d978ca7e32b THE FIRST THING TO DO WAS MAKE CONTACT I FOUND HIM EASILY ENOUGH IT WAS FLAT MARSHY BOTTOM LAND WITHOUT A BUMP CAST SPELLS YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPEN EVEN THE OFFER OF SEVEN CRONA FOR A SINGLE WEEK'S STAY FAILED TO PRODUCE THE DELIRIOUS JOY YANUS HAD EXPECTED 5d62bc92-1bab-4308-8a84-0deab3833cd1 IN THE CENTRE VALLEY THERE WERE FIVE THOUSAND ACRES OF SLAG AND VITRIFIED ROCK FROM SOME FORGOTTEN OLD BLAST THAT HAD MELTED THE HILLS AND DESTROYED THEIR MANTLE REDUCING ALL TO A TERRIBLE FLATNESS VOCALLY SAID CHAFFY FOUR THEY SHUDDERED AND TELEPARTED THE SUDDEN REAPPEARANCE OF HIS HALLUCINATION DOUBLED STARTLED JEFF NO MORE THAN THE FACT THAT HE SEEMED TO BE HOLDING JENOFOR MAC TIGHTLY 5d6be0cc-21f4-40c3-8a4a-986c2acf4383 SHALL YOU KEEP TRYING TO RAISE HIM JUST TO BE THE FIRST HUMAN BEING TO WALK ON THE GROUND OF A PLANET OF ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM IT WOULD BE HARD TO SEE UNLESS ASTRO WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT WHILE YOU TALKED IT REGISTERED YOUR SKIN TEMPERATURE BLOOD PRESSURE AMOUNT OF PERSPIRATION AND SUCH IN OTHER WORDS IT IS AN EFFICIENT AND FAST WORKING LIE DETECTOR 5d726437-cee2-4649-a528-584f16f24859 WE WERE ALL IN THE ORCHARD EXCEPT FELIX WHO HAD GONE TO THE POST OFFICE IT WAS THE FORENOON OF AN AUGUST SATURDAY CECILY AND SARA RAY WHO HAD COME UP TO SPEND THE DAY WITH US HER MOTHER HAVING GONE TO TOWN WERE EATING TIMOTHY ROOTS WONDERINGLY MY HEAD WHIRLING WHETHER FROM MY STRANGE EXPERIENCE OR FROM THE SHOCK OF FINDING MYSELF IN WHAT WAS OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER WORLD I DO NOT KNOW I TURNED TOWARD THE CITY 5d92b70f-d551-4146-880f-bace1acbee00 WE ADORED AUNT OLIVIA SHE WAS PRETTY AND MERRY AND KIND AND ABOVE ALL SHE HAD MASTERED TO PERFECTION THE RARE ART OF LETTING CHILDREN ALONE WE'LL BE RIGHT DOWN WHY A DISGUISED SLED ASKED HORN IF THEY THINK IT'S A GROUND BUGGY THEY MIGHT GET CARELESS WHEN YOU MOST NEEDN'T ADVANTAGE WE COULD ALWAYS SCOOP YOU OUT OF THE AIR YOU KNOW WHAT ARE MY CHANCES ON THIS ONE STEP 5d97b7f8-5c60-4965-a754-503e67e483bb SHE WAS FLUSHED BY EXCITEMENT AND PLEASURE AND WAS SO PRETTY THAT I COULD HARDLY EAT FOR LOOKING AT HER WHICH IS THE HIGHEST COMPLIMENT IN A BOY'S POWER TO PAY THE STORY GIRL ON THE CONTRARY WAS UNDER ECLIPSE FELIX AND I SAW SOMEWHERE INSIDE OF OUR HEADS A VELVET AND PURPLE AND GOLD PANSY WOMAN JUST AS THE STORY GIRL SPOKE BUT IS SHE NICE I ASKED THE PALE MAY SUNSHINE WAS SHOWERING THROUGH THE SPRUCES AND A CHILL INSPIRING WIND WAS TOSSING THE BOUGHS ABOUT 5daec2a7-dac8-4121-8635-5aa7c2d7cbc4 IT WAS A SMALL SHAKY BUILDING WITH A SAGGING ROOF SET AMID PERFECT JUNGLE OF WEEDS TO OUR EYES THE ODD THING ABOUT IT WAS THAT THERE WAS NO ENTRANCE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AS THERE SHOULD BE IN ANY RESPECTABLE HOUSE THE ONLY DOOR WAS IN THE UPPER STORY AND WAS REACHED BY A FLIGHT OF RICKETY STEPS I'M MARRIED NOW BUT I'M AS EAGER TO GET AND READ THE OZ STORIES AS EVER IT IS HER OWN CHOICE SAID THE TIN WOODMAN CONTENTEDLY AND AFTER ALL I'M NOT SURE THE WINKIES WOULD CARE TO HAVE AN EMPRESS 5db0c77e-3407-46c7-8293-91c4a515b379 YOU CAN JUMP IN EITHER DIRECTION OR TAKING THE BIG STEP INTO SPACE BUT RAY MADE NO BONES ABOUT HIM THE FLAME WAS BRIGHT BUT NOT VERY HOT YET LUKE SCREAMED WITH TERROR I SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH YOUR WEDDING HER 5dc03fb4-01a3-464e-a88e-e4dfa726c93f IF I THOUGHT SHE REALLY MADE PAT SICK AND COULD MAKE HIM BETTER I'D TRY TO PACIFY HER SOMEHOW SAID THE STORY GIRL DECIDEDLY BUT I THINK CONCLUDED CECILY THAT I WOULD FEEL JUST LIKE COUSIN RACHEL IN HER PLACE WE THREW OURSELVES UPON YOUR MERCY SO TO SPEAK AND WE NOW FIND YOU HAVE NO MERCY 5dcd2157-682c-4d11-8fca-2c9510450d43 WE HOVERED ABOVE THE TEMPLE AT ABOUT TWO THOUSAND METERS UNTIL IT WAS LIGHT AND THEN DROPPED STRAIGHT DOWN AND BESIDES HE WAS HOPE'S BROTHER THEY WANT A CORNER ON THAT I STARED AT HIM BEWILDERED 5dd32548-2ed6-4958-b3a2-00e105f0bb4f HE WAS TELLING ME THE GUY WHO DID THE JOB WHILE HE SAT BACK ON HIS FAT PAY CHECK IN AN AIR CONDITIONED OFFICE HE RAMBLED ON HOW I WISH THAT WERE ALL IT TOOK I WOULD HAVE A FLEET OF PART SHIPS AND JUNIOR MECHANICS TO INSTALL THEM BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL I WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IT WOULD BE RATHER QUESTIONABLE BUT DAN VOWED HE DIDN'T SEE WHY HE'D TELL IT QUICK AS ANY OTHER DREAM THERE WAS NOTHING BAD IN IT 5deb682a-ba43-4a0c-aaed-544eeeae9fad WHITE SHEEP DID EAT MORE THAN BLACK AND AT LAST THERE CAME A LETTER THE STORY GIRL HAD RETURNED THIS TRULY AUNT JANITY REMARK BROKE THE SPELL IT'S LIKE A DREAM OF FAIRYLAND 5e0fbb29-b026-4a74-8c47-4bff441ae500 IT JUST MEANS QUEER SAID CECILY NUDGING HIM WITH HER ELBOW THROUGH ITS OPENINGS WE LOOKED AFAR TO THE BLUE RIMS OF THE HILLS AND OVER GREEN OLD TRANQUIL FIELDS LINED THE SUNSET GLOW SAID MISSUS SWINE IN A VOICE THAT WAS HALF PROUD AND HALF IRRITABLE AND MANY OTHERS SUFFERED THE SAME FATE 5e200a64-4bc2-47cb-8a81-c8c5b29aebd1 ONCE WHEN I CAME TO HER HOUSE MY STRAW WAS OLD AND CRUMPLED IT WAS FACING THE TIN WOODMAN AT THIS POINT SARA RAY ARRIVED SOMEWHAT OUT OF BREATH THE SECOND HEAD IS THAN TO WASTE TIME OVER THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO THEM 5e2a9615-a020-4d15-bc26-7e9bd7d1a922 THE GIRL'S DOOR SHUT WITH A BANG SILENCE FELL OVER THE HOUSE WE DRIFTED INTO THE LAND OF SLEEP WONDERING IF THE STORY GIRL WOULD LIKE US ONLY THE PEOPLE MANOEL DO NOT TAKE THE ANIMALS HOW WOULD YOU WRITE UP THE ANIMALS THEY HAVE NO NAMES OH YES ALL HAVE NAMES MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL 5e2b2af8-da8d-4080-8fe3-ec3da8b2f2bb THEY WERE ALL BUT EYE TO EYE WHEN JENOFER CAUGHT HIM AND TOWED HIM AWAY TOWARD THE DOUBTFUL SAFETY OF THE ISLAND QUEEN THE SERIMIAN CROAKED NOW WHAT I WHISPERED TO VIC POSSIBLY NOT FRIENDLY THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND 5e2eb8fb-07f1-4a9d-9fcc-756da4f54e69 I WON'T HAVE TIME TO READ IT ALL THROUGH I SUPPOSE HE SAID BUT I'LL GET ALONG AS FAR AS I CAN THERE WAS NO PREACHING IN CARLISLE THAT DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS NOT TILL THE EVENING CICELY GOT OUT HER LESSON SLIP AND STUDIED THE LESSON CONSCIENTIOUSLY THE REST OF US DID NOT SEE HOW SHE COULD DO IT WE COULD NOT THAT WAS VERY CERTAIN IF IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY I WANT TO HAVE THE LESSON LEARNED SHE SAID AND IF IT IS I I'LL FEEL I'VE DONE WHAT WAS RIGHT BUT I NEVER FOUND IT SO HARD TO REMEMBER THE GOLDEN TEXT BEFORE IF SHE HAD BUT HELD HER TONGUE THE MYSTERY OF THE SAWDUST'S DISAPPEARANCE MIGHT HAVE FOREVER REMAINED A MYSTERY SHE WOULD HAVE HELD HER TONGUE AS SHE AFTERWARDS CONFIDED IN TO ME IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR A HORRIBLE FEAR WHICH FLASHED INTO HER MIND THAT POSSIBLY SAWDUST PUDDINGS WERE NOT HEALTHY FOR PEOPLE TO EAT ESPECIALLY IF THERE MIGHT BE NEEDLES IN THEM AND THAT IF ANY MISCHIEF HAD BEEN DONE IN THAT DIRECTION IT WAS HER DUTY TO UNDO IT IF POSSIBLE AT ANY COST OF RIDICULE TO HERSELF 5e505720-d93d-4622-983d-1bdabbc51030 THEY'RE GIVEN BY GOD IF YOU LIKE THEY GROW THEY DEVELOP SO THE ABILITY TO READ MINDS TO TRANSMIT ITS THOUGHT IS GIVEN BY GOD NO ONE KNOWS WHY OR HOW FIFTEEN OF US HAVE DEVELOPED IT FIFTEEN WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE BROTHERHOOD BUT THERE ARE OTHERS OF COURSE YONDS THOUGHT IMPATIENTLY I KNOW ALL THAT LET'S ALL GO DOWN TO THE RAY GATE AND HOLLER TO JUDY PIANO UNTIL SHE COMES OUT SUGGESTED FELIX ACCORDINGLY WE WENT AND HOLLERED WITH A RIGHT GOOD WILL WE WERE MUCH TAKEN ABACK TO FIND THAT MISSUS RAY CAME TO THE GATE INSTEAD OF JUDY AND RATHER SOURLY DEMANDED WHAT WE WERE YELLING ABOUT 5e5e12ee-2805-4c8f-8be1-6ac8e569fa3a WELL I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT THE MAN WHO DREW IT THOUGHT GOD WAS LIKE ANSWERED THE STORY GIRL CARELESSLY HE HAS CAUGHT COLD SOMEWAY AND THE MEASLES HAVE STRUCK IN BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OF THEM SAID FELIX GRINNING FOR A LOVING HUSBAND IS NOT ALWAYS KIND EVEN FOR THE ONE WHO IS BRAVE AND DETERMINED NIMMY AMY LIVED WITH THE WICKED WITCH 5e75a408-16cb-4bba-9d34-2534c22c6c61 THE STORY GIRL HAD A GRUESOME RECOLLECTION OF SOME BABY AT MARKDALE WHO HAD WANDERED AWAY LIKE THAT AND THEY NEVER FOUND HIM TILL THE NEXT SPRING AND ALL THEY FOUND WAS HIS SKELETON WITH THE GRASS GROWING THROUGH IT SHE WHISPERED THAT BEATS ME SAID UNCLE ROGER WHEN A FRUITLESS HOUR HAD ELAPSED SURE I CAN NO HISSED THE VOICE TOUCHED THE MITE CONTACT KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED JUST USE YOUR SPEAKING MUSCLES WITHOUT SPEAKING ORAN OBEYED 5e89f194-6730-4326-b557-9bce15935934 WHY TWINS ARE JUST PEOPLE THAT SQUINT AREN'T THEY SAID PETER NEVER A BREAKFAST DID HE SIT DOWN TO WITHOUT GRAVELY INQUIRING IF THEY WERE SURE THERE WAS NO SAWDUST IN THE PORRIDGE HIGH PLANES DID NOT HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE GAINING POPULATION IN THE NATION EXCEPT THAT IT HAS NO TREES WORTHY OF THE NAME 5e90f0ae-f4f1-43a8-9a4d-f6854fee6c35 I CAN SEE HOW EARTH MIGHT BE CONSIDERED THE PLAGUE SPOT OF THE UNIVERSE DORA GOT AND SAW THAT HE WAS VERY SERIOUS THEN SHE THREW BACK HER HEAD AND LAUGHED A MERRY LAUGH LISTEN FRIENDS SHE SAID AT LAST IT IS HARD TO CURL YOUR LIPS WITH CONTEMPT AND TALK AT THE SAME TIME BUT I SUCCEEDED 5e93ddd5-92e0-4b4a-ada4-88572470122b WELL ANYHOW IT ISN'T A SUITABLE WORD IN THIS CASE INSISTED FELICITY WE ARE NOT UP TO ANY DEVIL MOSES WORE A SCARLET CLOAK WHILE AARON DISPORTED HIMSELF IN BRIGHT BLUE THERE IS LITTLE USE IN OUR VISITING NINNY AMMY AT ALL OVER AND OVER UNTIL HE WAS STOPPED BY A TREE TRUNK BY ANY MAGIC ARTS KNOWN TO SCIENCE 5e9512bb-a2a8-4eb5-ad2f-9bd1261e3363 TRUE ENOUGH BUT WE SHALL GO TOWARD THE NORTH FIRST OF ALL INTO THE GELICAN COUNTRY AND SO PASS AROUND THE EMERALD CITY EXPLAINED THE TIN WOODMAN GET OFF TO BED EVERY ONE OF YOU IT'S A THANKFUL MAN I'LL BE WHEN YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER COME HOME THE WRETCHED BACHELOR WHO UNDERTAKES TO LOOK AFTER A HOUSE FULL OF CHILDREN LIKE YOU IS TO BE PITIED NOBODY WILL EVER CATCH ME DOING IT AGAIN 5ea7fcbe-4a47-4dff-9d41-7f14fed9c112 THEREFORE THIS CASTLE IS LIKELY TO BE EMPTY ONE OF THE LOONS RAN TO THE FOREST'S EDGE AND QUICKLY RETURNED WITH A LONG SHARP THORN AUNT JANE WOULDN'T HAVE LIKED IT AFTER THIS I'M GOING TO PRAY PRAYERS I NEEDN'T BE ASHAMED OF YES OF COURSE I WAS BORN THAT WAY 5eb5bb97-67d0-49b7-98b2-26e43216058d HE WAS THE STENTORIAN VERSION OF A GOAT BOY HE HERDED A PARTICULARLY LOATHSOME FORM OF LOCAL LIFE IN THE SWAMPS OUTSIDE THE TOWN I HAD ONE OF THE WORKING EYES DIG A CAVE IN AN OUTCROPPING OF ROCK AND WAIT FOR HIM TALL AND STRAIGHT WAS HE AS A YOUNG PINE AND HIS LONG HAIR WAS THE COLOUR OF RIPE WHEAT IN THE SUN AND HIS BLUE EYES WERE LIKE THE NORTHLAND HEAVENS ON A STARRY NIGHT 5ecb66f3-6666-4c4c-a22d-f8416a4285be AMONG THE FAIR FRAIL WHITE LADIES OF THE WALK WHAT PETER HAD BOUGHT MAGIC SEED FOR REMAINED A SECRET LONGER THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING IT WAS JUST AWFUL I FORGOT IT FOR A MOMENT THEN ALL CAME BACK WITH A RUSH THAT WAS WORSE SCARED THAN BEFORE 5ed1416b-ef27-4e12-8298-ac9d801dcd28 JUST THEN HE WANTED NOTHING SO MUCH AS TO SEE A WELL ARMED PATROL SHIP NOSING DOWN OUT OF THE COLLAXY IN SUNRISE I DO NOT COME FROM THE INQUISITOR HE SAID TRUTHFULLY NOR IS MY QUESTION ONE THAT SHOULD CAUSE YOU ALARM THEY ARE PLEASED TEND TO BE EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE 5ed25d56-e13f-4b8f-9df3-0f468c0dc883 AND HE SLAMMED HIS HELMET DOWN ANGRILY AS HE REACHED THE RAIL BUT FARMER FELT AS MUCH OF IT AS HE WANTED I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS EITHER OF EM SAID DAN AND I NEVER PART WITH ANY OF IT UNLESS I'M TO RECEIVE SOME BENEFIT FROM THE EXPENDITURE 5ed37c3f-8a2d-405f-8c9e-47ff60db74fc BEGAN TO BUILD A SIMILAR BRIDGE OF LIGHT FROM HER STAR NEVER MIND IF IT IS BAD FOR A THOUSAND THOUSAND YEARS WE PAUSED A MOMENT IN THE HALL TO LOOK AT THE BIG GRANDFATHER CLOCK IT WAS NOT GOING BUT IT SEEMED LIKE AN OLD FAMILIAR ACQUAINTANCE TO US WITH THE GILT BALLS ON ITS THREE PEAKS 5efb300d-e9f4-43bf-b0fa-2bb629f869a5 WELL IIN'T GOING TO CHURCH TILL I'VE MADE UP MY MIND WHETHER I'M GOING TO BE A METHODIST OR A PRESBYTERIAN BUT I'M GOING TO DO THE BEST I CAN ANYHOW YOUR AUNT OLIVIA SAYS I CAN HAVE THE JOB OF GATHERIN THE EGGS AND I'M TO HAVE ONE EGG OUT OF EVERY DOZEN TO SELL FOR MYSELF WELL I'D LIKE A MAN WHO COULD MOVE AROUND WITHOUT FALLING OVER HIS OWN FEET SAID FELICITY 5eff5b1b-2d97-43de-b226-259a47bdf1ee MADAM HE SAID HASTILY I CONSIDER THIS ACTION VERY IMPOLITE IT MAY EVEN BE CALLED RUDE CONSIDERING WE ARE YOUR GUESTS YOU ARE NOT MY GUESTS FOR I DO NOT INVITE YOU HERE SHE REPLIED AND A CHINA FRUIT BASKET WITH AN APPLE AS A HANDLE WENT ON FELICITY MUCH RELIEVED AND A TEA SET AND A BLUE CANDLESTICK I DEARLY LOVE TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN IT SAID THE STORY GIRL PA SAYS IT MUST NEVER BE OPENED WITHOUT COUSIN RACHEL'S PERMISSION SAID CECILY 5f0a79ef-5edf-4828-be7e-a282339d3563 BUT THE INSTRUCTIONS THEY HAD GIVEN HIM WERE AMBIGUOUS AND FOR ALL THAT THEY HAD TRIED TO MAKE THEM CLEAR SO VERY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING HE ROSE AND COOKED BEANS AND SAID MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL HE MOVED HIS SPEAKING MUSCLES JUST MADE CONTACT WITH THE MOB ONE ON THE HOOD NOW HAS ONE OF OUR MARKED TWENTY RIFLES AIMED AT MY HEAD THE SURFACING OF STETSON'S VOICE CAME THROUGH THE HIDDEN SPEAKER WANT US TO COME BACK 5f31fd60-77eb-4585-b526-f5f4ed36551a IF OZMA KNEW THAT YOU DARED TO WORK MAGIC WITHOUT HER CONSENT SHE WOULD PUNISH YOU SEVERELY DO YOU REALLY THINK PEG BOWEN IS A WITCH UNCLE ROGER DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL INCREDULOUSLY DON'T SUPPOSE YOUR AUNT JANE KNEW ALL THE RULES OF ETIQUETTE SAID FELICITY 5f775178-a896-43db-b58c-a93b1e77cc0a NOT LONG AFTER HE WAS MARRIED HIS WIFE WASN'T QUITE READY FOR CHURCH ONE MORNING WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO SO JUST TO TEACH HER A LESSON HE DROVE OFF ALONE AND LEFT HER TO WALK ALL THE WAY IT WAS NEARLY TWO MILES IN THE HEAT AND DUST HER TONE WAS SO POSITIVE THAT THEY KNEW IT WOULD BE USELESS TO PROTEST THIS SEEMED VERY WONDERFUL TO WOOT WHO KNEW THAT SUCH A THING COULD NEVER HAPPEN IN ANY PLACE BUT A VERY COUNTRY LIKE OZ 5f80d662-4cc5-4cb9-9196-e51ec5c8bac7 AND FERNS GROW OUT BETWEEN THE STONES OF THE WELL AS FAR DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE THE CECILY WHO HAD HEARD IT MANY TIMES BEFORE YOU'D STILL BE ON THE DEL FINEST MASTERLESS AS AN ARNAR FIELD MAN ALL BET'S OFF WE'RE COMING IN AFTER YOU THAT MARK TWENTY IS OF FINAL STRAW IT MEANS THEY HAVE THE DELPHINAS FOR SURE 5f8112ea-b410-4374-a877-41a53441ba83 DAN PRESENTLY BROKE THE SPELL HE STOOD IN HIS CUSTOMARY SLOUCH A STANCE NOT IMPROVED BY THE SACK LIKE PATCHED BLUE FATIGUES TWO VERTICAL NOSE SLITS A FLAT LIPLESS MOUTH RECEDING CHIN 5f896a48-793a-4257-8b06-020c0409f2cf BEFORE HE COULD TALK I DID FOOT IN THE DOOR AND STAY ON TOP BEAUTIFUL PLANET YOU HAVE HERE DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE IDEAL SPOT FOR A COUNTRY HOME FRIENDLY PEOPLE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP STRANGERS AND ALL THAT I IMAGINE THAT'S WHAT I LIKE MAKES ME FEEL GRATEFUL DO YOU TOO KNOW MANY THINGS ORN THAT IS WHY I WAS SENT HERE SAID ORAN ARE THERE MANY PLANETS TO TEACH ASKED TO NEWBE VERY MANY SAID ORAN YOUR CITY I SAW VERY TALL BUILDINGS OF WHAT DO YOU BUILD THEM 5f8afcc3-c303-4db3-be24-d3e1216c16a8 WHILE WE LINGERED THERE AND TALKED OF CABBAGES AND KINGS IN THE MAIN THEY DID BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR MORNING DAN WAS PLAINLY INCLINED TO REBEL WHEN WE REACHED OUR LANE AND PASSED UNDER GRANDFATHER KING'S BIG WILLOW AND THERE WAS NO LAUGHTER 5f931992-16b7-4799-99c0-981477700760 AND HE GRIN TURNED TO A LAUGH AS HE STARTED DOWN THE HILL HE THOUGHT OF TRYING TO REACH CLARETON BUT DECIDED NOT ENTIRELY WITH REGRET THAT THE CONTACT WOULD USE UP TOO MUCH ENERGY AND HE NEEDED ALL THE ENERGY HE COULD CONSERVE NOW THE RATINGS AND OFFICERS WAITED TENSELY AND MADE SOME SLIGHT ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL THEIR HATRED OF ME IN THE LAST RESULT IT WOULD BLOW ITSELF UP 5fa9ee4f-5bc7-4484-a117-ea3b7b2eb47b THIS IS YOUR THIRD SET OF TEETH I BELIEVE THE CAPSULE WAS ON ITS BACK AND BRANDON WAS STILL STRAPPED SECURELY TO THE SEAT MY MESSAGE WAS IN CODE BUT IT COULD BE QUICKLY BROKEN IF SOME ONE WANTED TO TRY HARD ENOUGH AND ALSO PUT YOURSELF OUT IN THE HALL AND SEE ME TO MORROW DURING WORKING HOURS 5fae178e-c5ea-453b-bd10-eb64bc6023ed RATHER THAN GO OUT AND FACE THE COMING STORM THEN WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU EXPECT ME TO EAT SAID THE JAGUAR IN A SCORNFUL TONE PURE SORCERY IT WAS WHEN PETER WAS READY TO BEGIN HE THRUST HIS HANDS INTO HIS POCKETS A TOTALLY UNORTHODOX THING 5fb08ff8-d78a-4185-bb1f-ae0841f16621 OH PERHAPS WE WON'T HAVE THEM SAID THE STORY GIRL CHEERFULLY IT WAS JUST LIKE A FEVER AUNT LOUISA SAYS WOULD JERRY COWN BRING IT TO SCHOOL THEN LET US SEE IT YOU YOU ARE IN A CELL HE SAID AT LAST LOCKED UP AND THAT WAS THE UNANSWERABLE QUESTION FOR NO WIZARD COULD USE THE NAME OF GOD 5fc01557-c3e1-4a02-85c2-88765019877d WE FELT SURE OF THAT I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH THE PIE AND PICKLES AND LEFT THE TARTS ALONE WELL LET'S HEAR ABOUT IT SAID FELIX ALTHOUGH I THINK KISSING'S AWFUL SILLY EVERYBODY TALKED AND LAUGHED AT ONCE AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL WE WERE ALL SEATED ABOUT THE SUPPER TABLE THAT CONVERSATION GREW COHERENT 5fc4645a-72ef-4c3f-ac68-f5477d0aff70 SEND IT BY SIAM ONLY I LOOKED BACK AT PEPPET NOT WANTING TO HAVE MY EYES OFF HIM FOR AN INSTANT WE WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A KING I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY TO DAY SHE SAID AND I'M NOT GOING TO TELL A SINGLE STORY I'M ALWAYS GLAD WHEN IT GETS WARM ENOUGH TO GO BAREFOOTED 5fcfc29f-2432-4f64-849f-eed96a28c8ff I HAVE TRAVELED SOME IN THE GILKIN COUNTRY REMARKED THE SCARECROW AND WELL I MUST SAY I HAVE MET SOME STRANGE PEOPLE THERE AT TIMES I HAVE NEVER YET BEEN HARMED BY THEM AT THAT CECILY AND FELICITY AND SARA RAY ALL BEGAN CRYING AND WE BOYS FELT CHOKY 5fdb1bda-7ef3-4e12-a76d-2a42c570b03c HE HEARD THE OTHERS READYING THEMSELVES FOR SLEEP BUT HE DID NOT LOOK INTO THEIR MINDS I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SENT ME IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER AVAILABLE MEMBER HE THOUGHT MISS MARWOOD WAS FELIX'S SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND HE WAS VERY FOND OF HER BUT THIS TIME FELIX WAS QUITE RECKLESS 5fdbb882-eca7-497a-a8df-4e6bf702871f THERE STILL REMAINS THE GREEN MONKEY REMARKED THE JAGUAR HUNGRILY HE IS NEITHER MADE OF TIN NOR STUFFED WITH STRAW NOR CAN HE FLY I'M PRETTY GOOD AT CLIMBING TREES MYSELF SO I THINK I'LL CAPTURE THE MONKEY ANY IN FOR MY BREAKFAST I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN ANY OTHER EYES SUCH ANGER AND HATRED AS BLAZED IN THE EYES OF THOSE STRANGE BEINGS FOR MYSELF I SEEMED STRICKEN DUMB I COULD ONLY STARE AT THIS BLACK AND GHASTLY GOD OF THESE PEOPLE 5fe7bcf4-a6ef-4427-9444-6a3a3f400728 IF ONLY WE KNEW WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH HIM WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING SOBBED THE STORY GIRL STROKING HER POOR PET'S UNRESPONSIVE HEAD ASKED DOROTHY I AM QUITE SURE OF IT AND THAT IS WHY I AM GOING TO MAKE HER TO MAKE HER HAPPY WOOT THE WANDERER THINKS I OUGHT TO REWARD HER FOR BEING FAITHFUL TO ME AFTER MY NEAT BODY WAS CHOPPED TO PIECES AND I BECAME TEN WHAT DO YOU THINK OZMA 5febaa85-baaf-4097-ad39-22d7aee59389 HER EYES WERE DARK AND SOFT HER FOOT WAS AS LIGHT AS A BREEZE AND HER VOICE SOUNDED LIKE A BROOK IN THE WOODS OR THE WIND THAT COMES OVER THE HILLS AT NIGHT AND NOW NOW I WAS STANDING IN THE OPEN ON ANOTHER WORLD 5ff79658-b5bb-4967-bb5f-a03b599f449d OH I SUPPOSE WILLIAM COAN GOT A FRIGHT OF SOME KIND CONCEDED DAN BUT I DON'T BELIEVE HE SAW THE DEVIL OLD MISTER MORRISON AT LOWER MARKDALE WAS ONE OF THE MEN WHO UNDRESSED HIM AND HE REMEMBERS SEEING THE MARK SAID THE STORY GIRL TRIUMPHANTLY HE COMPLAINED BITTERLY BECAUSE I HAD GIVEN HIM BUT ONE ARM AS IF IT WERE MY FAULT AND HE GRUMBLED BECAUSE SUIT OF BLUE MUNCHKIN CLOTHES WHICH I GOT FROM FROM A NEIGHBOR DID NOT FIT HIM PERFECTLY 6002d646-df70-46b8-b705-bad93b296d3f IT WOULD TAKE A YEAR TO INSTALL A NEW BEACON BESIDES BEING TOO EXPENSIVE AND THIS RELIC IS ON ONE OF THE MAIN ROUTES WE HAVE SHIPS MAKING FIFTEEN LIGHT YEAR DETOURS NOW HE LEANED BACK WIPED HIS HANDS ON HIS HANDKERCHIEF AND GAVE ME LECTURE FORTY FOUR ON COMPANY DUTY AND MY TROUBLES HE DOUBTED IT HE WAS BEGINNING TO NOTICE AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT THE NONIPUS WAS MORE FEARSOME THAN IT HAD SEEMED AT FIRST IN ADDITION TO NINE TENTACLES CLAWS FANGS AND ANTENNAE BECAME APPARENT 60272c4c-655d-427a-938f-314b1e15d83a HIS LETTERS TO THE STORY GIRL THE PICTURES AND SKETCHES HE SENT HER HER ADORING AND FREQUENT MENTION OF HIM ALL COMBINED TO MAKE HIM VERY REAL TO US WE FELT THEN WHAT WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND TILL YEARS LATER THAT OUR GROWN UP RELATIVES DID NOT ALTOGETHER ADMIRE OR APPROVE OF UNCLE BLAIR HE BELONGED TO A DIFFERENT WORLD FROM THEIRS THEY HAD NEVER KNOWN HIM VERY INTIMATELY OR UNDERSTOOD HIM WITH AN EFFORT HE SAT UP ON THE BACK SEAT AND LOOKED THROUGH THE PERMANS A TANGLE OF CORDS STRETCHED OUT TO THE NILEN OF THE MAIN CHUTE DRAPED OVER A DUST STONE BEYOND IT HE COULD SEE THE GLEAMING METAL RIBBONS OF THE DROG SHOOT AHEAD OF HIM BEHIND SOME LOW HILLS HE COULD SEE A DULL RED GLOW THE SHIP HE THOUGHT 60294e80-e703-4986-9141-07ec6d3457ae THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY TO BE SURE THAT THOUGHT PLEASED HIM GREATLY AFTER ALL HE TOLD HIMSELF THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE A LITTLE DANGER DESPISED THE BORING BUSINESS OF LIVING BY THE TIME HE REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL HE WAS WHISTLING LOUDLY HE STOPPED AT THE FIRST HOUSE A MUD CONSTRUCTION WITH A BADLY CARPENTERED WOODEN DOOR AND A SINGLE BARE WINDOW THAT LOOKED OUT ON THE STREET IT SMELLED BUT JONAS WENT UP TO THE DOOR BRAVELY AND KNOCKED THERE WAS NO ANSWER HE WENT ON WHISTLING FOR A TWO NOTE PLINGO VOLNERA UNDER HIS BREATH AND AFTER A TIME HE KNOCKED AGAIN IN SKIPPED OPENED HIS MOUTH MADE A CHOKING NOISE AND ENCLOSED IT HE UNDOUBTEDLY REALIZED THAT ANY INTERRUPTION WOULD ONLY LENGTHEN MY EXPLANATION NOT SHORTEN IT I SMILED AND NODDED AT HIS DECISION AND THEN CONTINUED SO YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD ME SAFELY OUT THE WAY BREAKING MY SPIRIT UNDER THE GUISE OF GIVING ME A LITTLE BACKGROUND INTO THE CAUSE ACTIVITIES WHILE IN THIS SENSE YOUR PLAN FAILED SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED INSTEAD I NOSED THROUGH THOSE FILES AND FOUND THEM MOST INTERESTING 60325561-b823-496c-a738-d4186bef8a90 PETER MADE QUITE A HANDSOME LITTLE MINISTER IN HIS NAVY BLUE COAT WHITE COLLAR AND NEATLY BOWED TIE HIS BLACK EYES SHONE AND HIS BLACK CURLS WERE BRUSHED UP IN QUITE A MINISTERIAL POMPADOUR BUT THREATENED TO TUMBLE OVER AT THE TOP IN GRACELESS RINGLETS OF COURSE HE HAD NEVER SEEN DRAGONS BEFORE YET THERE WAS NO MISTAKING THEM FOR THEY WERE UNLIKE ANY OTHER LIVING CREATURE BOOT SAT UPON THE FLOOR WHERE HE HAD FALLEN STARING AROUND AND THE OWNERS OF THE BIG EYES RETURNED HIS LOOK SILENTLY AND MOTIONLESS 60332031-daff-4d76-9dd3-8038a2d5bb8a BUT I SHALL MAKE YOU A FAIR OFFER I HAVE HEARD FROM MY HOUSEKEEPER'S URCHIN OF A SON THAT YOU ARE A MASTER HAND TELL STORIES YOU LOOK LIKE ONE SAID UNCLE ROGER HOW ON EARTH DO YOU DO IT HE YIELDED AND TOLD THE SECRET 604ad9e1-524e-4182-855f-b53b2f568f58 SO THEY ALL WENT OUTSIDE WHERE THEY FOUND POLYCHROME DANCING ABOUT AMONG THE TREES AND TALKING WITH THE BIRDS GENTLY MY DEAR MONKEY GENTLY YOU'RE NOT ANGRY YOU'RE HAPPY AS CAN BE AND I FOUND SOME LOVELY ONES BY THE SPRING AND WHILE I WAS SITTING THERE LOOKING INTO THE SPRING WHO SHOULD COME ALONG BUT THE AWKWARD MAN HIMSELF 6063c7b8-d063-40e7-ae93-a05d21a9cfd1 IF THE ENGINE ROOM SPECKS ARE CHANGED SLIGHTLY TO INCLUDE THIS CARGO HOLD THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE BRUTES NEEDED HE WAS INSTEAD SOMEWHAT SHORTER THAN THE AVERAGE OF MEN IN EUROPE IN SIXTEEN O FIVE AND FOR SOME TIME THEREAFTER 6068cd9f-faef-49e5-a219-15106db3c9a0 I'VE BEEN A MONKEY FOR SOME TIME NOW AND I DON'T LIKE IT MAKES ME ASHAMED TO BE A BEAST OF THIS SORT WHEN BY BRIDE OF BIRTH I'M A BOY SO I'M SURE IT WOULD BE WICKED TO ASK ANY ONE ELSE TO TAKE MY PLACE WHEN I STEPPED DOWN FROM THE PULPIT AFTER DEMANDING PASSIONATELY IF WE WHOSE SOULS WERE LIGHTED AND SO FORTH I FELT WITH SECRET HUMILIATION THAT MY SERMON WAS A FAILURE IT HAD MADE NO IMPRESSION AT ALL FELIX WOULD BE SURE TO GET THE PRIZE 60830e88-7fcc-4e30-b7fa-f66f490bda50 PETE VIC WAS WHISPERING EXCITEDLY IN MY EAR LISTEN PETE I THINK I SEE THROUGH THIS THESE PRIESTS HAVE HEARD ABOUT US AND OUR DEATH DEALING ABILITY THEY'RE JEALOUS THEY WANT A CORNER ON THAT TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK OUT OF CECILY'S EGG MONEY MEANT SOMETHING OF A SACRIFICE IT INSPIRED THE REST OF US WE ALL DECIDED TO INCREASE OUR WEEKLY CONTRIBUTION BY A CENT OR SO AND PETER WHO HAD NO MISSIONARY BOX AT ALL UP TO THIS TIME DETERMINED TO START ONE 60839078-30f6-413d-8bd0-9c5f3a5d7085 THERE IS NO DANGER CHAFFY THREE ASSURED HIM SCOOPS ARE BENEVOLENT AS WELL AS INTELLIGENT AND ARRIVED LONG AGO AT A WORKING AGREEMENT WITH THE ISLANDERS THIS ONE HAS PRODUCED A CRYSTAL AND IS READY TO BE RELIEVED OF IT ELSE IT WOULD NOT HAVE ATTACHED ITSELF TO A CONVENIENT HUMAN ONCE A SCOUT SWOOPED DOWN INTO THE HEADLIGHTS AND WAVED HORN STOPPED ON TO NUB'S ORDER AND THEY WAITED ALMOST TEN MINUTES BEFORE PROCEEDING WILD ONES ASKED HORN PERHAPS SAID TO NIB A GLOWING OF MANY LIGHTS GREW VISIBLE THROUGH THE GIANT TREE TRUNKS IT GREW BRIGHTER AS THE SLED CREPT THROUGH THE LAST OF THE JUNGLE EMERGED IN CLEARED LAND AT THE EDGE OF THE CITY HORRENT STARED UPWARD IN AWE THE CITY FLUTED AND SPIRALED INTO THE MOONLIT SKY 6095848b-4c0d-45ef-bc43-c3ed10585dbf I SHOOK HANDS ALL ROUND A RUSTLING HAND CLASP OF COURSE THEN WAS ON MY WAY EXACTLY SEVENTY FOUR PER CENT OF ALL STATEMENTS HE MADE WERE FAKE HE OPENED A LARGE WOODEN CASE WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SOME DREARLY GOOD CABINET WORK 609c4424-7fa7-4469-a1ab-54fe073e222d THE FIRST THING YOU MUST DO IN THE MORNING IS NEAT IT WELL SAID FELICITY AND THE EARLIER IT'S DONE THE BETTER BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A WARM NIGHT BLU WAS SO BUSY WATCHING A SCORE OF LOVELY MAIDENS SISTERS OF POLYCHROME WHO WERE LEANING OVER THE EDGE OF THE BOUGH AND ANOTHER SCORE WHO DANCED GAILY AMID THE RADIANCE OF THE SPLENDID HUES THAT HE DID NOT NOTICED HE WAS GROWING BIG AGAIN 60af091c-898b-4165-afd8-b0c70c017877 AND QUEEN LEARLIN LEFT ONE OF HER FAIRIES TURREL THIS ENCHANTED LAND OF OZ AND THEN PASSED ON AND FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT FROM THAT MOMENT NO ONE IN OZ EVER DIED HENCE I CAN REPRODUCE THEM VERBATIM WITH THE BOUQUET THEY HAVE RETAINED THROUGH ALL THE LONG YEARS SINCE THEY WERE PENNED IN THAT AUTUMNAL ORCHARD ON THE HILL WITH ITS FADING LEAVES AND FROSTED GRASSES AND THE MILD DELIGHTSOME MELANCHOLY OF THE LATE OCTOBER'S DAY ENFOLDING 60b29db1-dfba-4128-987e-187e42de7a6c I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT TO TALK OF GOD AS IF YOU WERE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH HIM SAID FELICITY WHO FELT SURE IT WAS A GOOD CHANCE TO SNUB DAN BUT ELECTRICITY ISN'T MATTER AND IN HARDLY DECIPHERABLE SCRIPT BELOW WAS THIS MESSAGE STILL EXPERIMENTING WITH IT 60b72ddc-3981-4aca-9bda-dde64f9905d1 AFTER ALL A NOBLE WAS ONLY A MAN LIKE OTHER MEN AND BESIDES JONAS KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT HE HAD NO NEED OF A SWORD HIS ADVENTURES TOO WERE A LITTLE OUT OF THE COMMON RUN OF TALES IT SPOILS THE EFFECT WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL LIKE IF I WENT AND KEPT STIRRING THINGS IT DIDN'T BELONG TO IT INTO THE PUDDING I FEEL JUST THE SAME WAY WELL WILL MONTAGUE FELL IN LOVE WITH RACHEL WARD AND SHE WAS WITH HIM AND IT WAS ALL ARRANGED THAT THEY WERE TO BE MARRIED FROM HERE IN THE SPRING 60bf7f9b-f9c8-4540-9246-568b21c0a643 THEY WERE IN EFFECT MEN THAT IS THEY HAD A HEAD A TORSO TWO ARMS AND TWO LEGS APIECE ONE SLENDER HAND PROPPING HER HIGH WHITE BROW ON EITHER SIDE OF WHICH FALL HER GLOSSY CURLS 60d8eb40-6fa5-4402-a445-0e369542a8b1 THEN YOU ARE AN ANGEL FROM HEAVEN HE HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PLAN THIS IS YOUR HOUSE TOO BUSY TO TELL TALES OR LISTEN TO THEM I NEVER CAN GUESS CONUNDRUMS AS IF THE GOLD AND FLAME OF HER SPIRIT HAD BROKE OUT IN A CORONAL AS MUCH A PART OF HER AS THE PALE HALO SEEMS A PART OF THE MADONNA IT ENCIRCLES 60dfadee-375a-41aa-b2b2-4900765301b8 FELICITY IS AFRAID SHE'S MISSED SOMETHING REMARKED THE STORY GIRL IN A TONE OF QUIET AMUSEMENT IS YOUR BREAKFAST READY FELICITY OR HAVE I TIME TO TELL THE BOYS THE STORY OF THE POET WHO WAS KISSED INSTANT YAWNED AND POURED HIMSELF A GLASS OF WATER FROM THE DISPENSER UNIT ABOVE THE BED JUST BECAUSE I HAD THE SPECIAL CALL DOESN'T MEAN I AM THE SPECIAL CALL HE SAID MOISTLY WHILE HE DRAINED THE GLASS I HAVE TO SLEEP SOME TIME MY SCREEN IS ONLY OPEN FOR EMERGENCY CALLS NOT FOR EVERY AGENT WHO NEEDS HIS HAND HELD 60ecefcb-b1dc-4bb7-ac99-015a69e8a9c9 BUT PA'S COUSIN DID DIE REITERATED SARA AUNT JANE USED TO RUB WHISKY ON FOR A PAIN SUGGESTED PETER WE HAVEN'T ANY WHISKY SAID FELICITY DISAPPROVINGLY THIS IS A TEMPERANCE HOUSE RAY SMILED AGAIN AS HE CLIMBED BRISKLY IN INTO THE SUIT I'LL BE ALL RIGHT HE SAID SERENELY YOU JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS HERE BUT DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING 60f4789b-848d-4fc2-a0aa-8d8eeb870f0c I'M AFRAID THEY'RE SLIM SIR HE BEGAN CHANGING FROM THE I A BLUE TO THE YAR IN OUR WHITE FOR BREAKFAST THE WANDERER ATE CRISP LETTUCE AND RADISHES AND THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER WHO HAD NOW RETURNED TO HER FRIENDS 60f6eb8d-ed76-4080-af47-9c7a982b78aa GIVE HIM SOME SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST POLLY SUGGESTED THE BEAR SCARECROW SO THEN SHE PUT ON THE LACE APRON AND THE DOOR OBEYED HER SHE KNEW ALL THOSE RULES AND SHE KEPT THEM WHEN THERE WAS NOBODY ROUND TO SEE HER JUST THE SAME AS WHEN ANY ONE WAS 61072965-e498-4604-ad9d-d4cc97fd0c77 MORE PEOPLE WOULD DIE BEFORE THIS WAS OVER IT WAS UP TO ME TO KEEP THAT NUMBER AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE IDEALLY I SHOULD HAVE RUSHED OUT THE FLEET WITH GUNS BLAZING AND DRAGGED HIM TO JUSTICE I KNOW HEAVEN MUST BE A SPLENDID PLACE BUT I'M SURE PETER WOULD RATHER BE HERE HAVING FUN WITH US SARA STANLEY REBUKED FELICITY I SHOULD THINK YOU WOULDN'T SAY SUCH THINGS AT SUCH A SOLEMN TIME 610dbefd-5545-4ff5-aa2e-2bca53d35f84 AND STOOD SOLEMNLY BY WHILE THE ZID WEAKENED AND SANK WITH A FINAL GOUT OF BUBBLES IF A THING LIKE THAT IS LOOSE ON THE ISLAND WE'VE GOT TO GET HELP IT'S SO PRETTY WHEN THE VINES LEAF OUT AND HANG DOWN IN LONG FESTOONS AND THEY FISHED ME OUT OF THE MESS 61116dcf-39c7-4e3d-9352-e56a5b1a717a MA SAID SHE WASHED HER HANDS OF IT MOTH'S OR NO MOSS SHE SAID IF COUSIN RACHEL HAD TO MOVE THAT CHEST EVERY IN A MOMENT I NODDED AND VIC BEING A GOOD SCOUT THAT HE WAS HIGHLY POLISHED REFLECTOR POINTING INWARD AND DOWNWARD 6129a5a9-30b8-4d19-a776-10cbb712e13c AS HE BROUGHT NEIL'S SLEIGH UP TO THE DOOR HE SAW A BLACK SPECK FAR OUT ON THE BAY AND LAUGHED BLACK DAN GOES WELL BUT HE'LL NOT BE QUICK ENOUGH HE SAID I HAD GOT TURNED AROUND AFTER THE EYE BURNING AND MY FLYING BEAST HOOKED ON TO ME BACKWARD 6133097c-5f1d-4801-a02f-f9a02eb09376 WHEN I'VE SETTLED WHAT I'M GOING TO BE I'M GOING TO CHURCH SAME AS YOU THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS BEING BORN SOMETHING SAID FELICITY LOFTILY I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL BETTER TO PICK YOUR OWN RELIGION THAN HAVE TO TAKE IT JUST BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT YOUR FOLKS HAD RETORTED PETER IDEALLY I SHOULD HAVE RUSHED OUT THE FLEET WITH GUNS BLAZING AND DRAGGED HIM TO JUSTICE VERY NICE AND I WISH IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WAY EXCEPT WHERE WAS HE A BATTLESHIP MAY BE GIGANTIC ON SOME TERMS OF REFERENCE BUT IN THE IMMENSITY OF THE GALAXY IT IS MICROSCOPICALLY INFINITESIMAL 613be719-6e29-4a95-a0b5-4ad547bda3c9 ALL THIS BEING SO THERE'S AN OFT CHANCE THAT I'LL FIND MYSELF TANGLED WITH SOMETHING I CAN'T ANTICIPATE AND IF YOU ARE CALLED UPON TO READ THIS THEN SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG WITH MY PLANS WHAT HAS SQUINTING GOT TO DO WITH TWINS ASKED DAN WHY TWINS ARE JUST PEOPLE THAT SQUINT AREN'T THEY I MUST HAVE SWALLOWED A NEEDLE SEVERAL NEEDLES PERHAPS I'M DONE FOR THE POOR STORY GIRL WENT VERY WHITE 6149e82f-84b4-45a6-ae4d-1350dbbead7d NINNIE AMY CAME INTO THE FOREST AND FOUND ME WANDERING AROUND BUT OZMA WILL SOON FIX YOU UP AGAIN IF SHE'LL LET US SAID DAN SIGNIFICANTLY JUST TO MAKE YOU LAUGH I'LL WRITE YOU A LITTLE STORY I HEARD UNCLE ALEC TELLING LAST NIGHT 6157ee20-ed3d-4db6-9bcd-522b8fc269bb PETER AND FELIX WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY WORSE FRIENDS AFTER IT THEY'D HAVE BEEN BETTER FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THE PRAYING QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED NOW IT CAN'T BE UNLESS FELICITY CAN COAX PETER TO GIVE UP PRAYING AGAINST FELIX FOR ONCE IN HER LIFE THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT AS TACTFUL AS HER WONT OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE SAID IT OUT OF MALICE OF PREPENSE AT ALL EVENTS FELICITY RESENTED THE IMPUTATION THAT SHE HAD MORE INFLUENCE WITH PETER THAN ANY ONE ELSE HO U S A THE REPAIR MAN BY HARRY HARRISON BEING AN INTERSTELLAR TROUBLE SHOOTER WOULDN'T BE SO BAD IF I COULD SHOOT THE TROUBLE THE OLD MAN HAD THAT LOOK OF INTENSE GLEE ON HIS FACE THAT MEANT SOME ONE WAS IN FOR A VERY ROUGH TIME 61814a57-df2a-4c33-b4a2-30fc51105c9e WASN'T IT A HARD PLIGHT FOR POOR DONALD BUT HE WAS A SCOTCHMAN YOU KNOW AND IT'S PRETTY HARD TO STICK A SCOTCHMAN ALONG PRESENTLY A TWINKLE CAME INTO HIS EYES FOR HE REMEMBERED THAT HE WAS ALWAYS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR SO HE SAID TO NEIL OH SO PERSUASIVELY HAVE SOME MORE MEN HAVE SOME MORE TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK OUT OF CECILY'S EGG MONEY MEANT SOMETHING OF A SACRIFICE IT INSPIRED THE REST OF US 618c06dc-1ab1-40b8-9c8b-5e2dd76993f5 FARMER GOT MAD HE STARTED TO CHARGE ACROSS THE DECK AT GARF BUT HIS OWN FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE LANDED FLAT ON HIS NOSE THERE WERE WAVES OF FIRE CHASING EACH OTHER AROUND HIS BODY AND HIS STOMACH WAS TRYING TO TURN ITSELF INSIDE OUT UNCLE ALEC AND AUNTS LEFT ON MONDAY MORNING POOR AUNT JANET WAS FULL OF DISMAL FOREBODINGS AND GAVE US SO MANY CHARGES AND WARNINGS THAT WE DID NOT TRY TO REMEMBER ANY OF EM UNCLE ALEC' MERELY TOLD US TO BE GOOD AND MIND WHAT UNCLE ROGER SAID 61a1369c-f11f-48ba-b015-949e5ecc13a7 I GLANCED DOWN AT MY WATCH FEARFUL FOR A MOMENT THAT IT HAD BEEN BROKEN OR LOST IN THE MALAY WHY IF HE HAD IT TO DO OVER AGAIN HE WOULD YOU WOULD DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING CLARETON'S VOICE SAID THIS WAS WHAT A HERO CAME TO AND TOLD HIMSELF 61a4e755-0616-4a69-b0d4-ef680bce8a3e THERE'S THE WEDDING VEIL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS SAID CECILY POINTING TO A LONG DRIFT OF FILMY VAPOUR IN THE SOUTH WESTERN SKY AND LOOK AT THAT SWEET PINK CLOUD BELOW IT SAID FELICITY AIN'T HE JUST A GREAT OLD FELLOW SAID DAN HE KNOWS I'M KIND OF SICK JUST AS WELL AS A HUMAN HE NEVER PAYS NO ATTENTION TO ME WHEN I'M WELL 61a7eff9-e2dd-4d80-90f9-7a7eba4f6c18 AND SOON HE MIGHT BE TESTING THEM OUT FOR HIMSELF YOU MAY DO THE SAME YOURSELF JONAS HAD HE THOUGHT REGRETFULLY FEW DUELS TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND HE HAD HAD EVEN FEWER TO LOOK BACK ON TO US IN THOSE YEARS HER ADORING AND FREQUENT MENTION OF HIM WHAT WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND TILL YEARS LATER 61a8dc31-785a-408c-ab1c-1dbe45fb5559 SHE TOLD US ONE OF HANS ANDERSEN'S MOST EXQUISITE TALES AND THE MAGIC OF HER VOICE CHARMED AWAY ALL OUR FEAR SO THAT WHEN WE REACHED THE BRACKEN HOLLOW A LAKE OF SHADOWS SURROUNDED BY THE SILVER SHORE OF MOONLIGHT FIELDS WE ALL WENT THROUGH IT WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF HIS SATANIC MAJESTY AT ALL BUT MY MEMORY OF SOME OF THE EVENTS I FORMERLY EXPERIENCED YOUR OLD PARTS ARE NOT VERY POLITE I MUST SAY 61aa83ca-0fe4-46ab-a78e-b769e88c3abc USE THE BACK DOOR RULE SON ALWAYS LEAVE YOURSELF AWAY OUT NOW LET'S CHECK THAT EQUIPMENT THE SURGEON'S PUT IN YOUR NET STETSON PUT A HAND TO HIS THROAT HIS MOUTH REMAINED CLOSED BUT THERE WAS A SURF HISSING VOICE IN ORNE'S EARS YOU READ ME THERE WAS A BOLTED AND GUARDED DOOR THAT LED INTO THE PYRAMID PROPER WHILE IT WAS BEING OPENED THE FIRST LIZARD TURNED TO ME UNDOUBTEDLY YOU KNOW THE RULE HE SAID BECAUSE THE OLD PRIEST DID PRY AND PEER IT WAS RULED HENCEFORTH THAT ONLY THE BLIND COULD ENTER THE HOLY OF HOLIES 61b6360f-1226-415f-82a3-2da91ae74263 I SUPPOSE I MIGHT ASK THE MINISTERS ABOUT IT BUT HOW IS HE TO BE MADE TO TAKE IT THAT'S THE QUESTION MINISTERS WOULDN'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED WITH SUCH QUESTIONS MY SISTERS ARE SO SWEET AND LOVELY AND PROPER THAT THEY NEVER DANCE OFF OUR RAINBOW I SHALL HAVE A TIN GOWN MADE FOR HER WITH TIN RUFFLES AND TOCS ON IT 61c914dd-8a41-482a-a347-b45a1e27c91a THE LIGHT WAS DIM HERE BECAUSE VINES AND BUSHES AND LEAFY FOLIAGE WERE ALL ABOUT THEM AND OFTEN THE TIN MAN HAD TO PUSH ASIDE THE BRANCHES THAT OBSTRUCTED THEIR WAY OR CUT THEM OFF WITH HIS AXE WHAT LAUGHTER AND QUESTIONING AND TELLING OF TALES FOLLOWED WHAT SMILES AND BRIGHT EYES AND GLAD VOICES AND THROUGH IT ALL THE BLISSFUL PURRS OF PATTY WHO SAT ON THE WINDOW SILL BEHIND THE STORY GIRL RESOUNDED THROUGH THE DIN LIKE ANDREW MACPHERSON'S BASS JUST A BURROW OF THE HALE TIME 61d57bee-221c-4b84-8dcf-e4749ef288d5 WE ARE HAVING BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND THE SCENERY IS FINE SINCE THE LEAVES TURN I THINK THERE IS NOTHING SO PRETTY AS NATURE AFTER ALL I HOPE ALL DANGER FROM THE MEASLES WILL SOON BE OVER AND WE CAN ALL MEET AGAIN AT THE HOME ON THE HILL TILL THEN FAREWELL YOUR TRUE FRIEND SARA RAY P S DON'T LET FELICITY SEE THIS LETTER S R SO ONE DAY THE LITTLE FOLKS CAME IN A GREAT CROWD AND CAPTURED MISTER EWKE AND CARRIED HIM AWAY INTO A CAGE SOMEWHERE IN THE MOUNTAINS I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS AND I DON'T CARE FOR MY HUSBAND TREATED ME BADLY AT TIMES FORGETTING THE RESPECT A GIANT OWES TO A GIANTESS 61e0cdc2-2596-445e-bb88-ca071494ca25 COME IN SHE SAID LEADING THE WAY INSIDE EVEN SWEETHEARTS ARE FORGOTTEN AFTER A TIME BUT YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE WELCOME FELICITY IN ESPECIAL SEEMED TO BE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN TO BE LEFT IN SOLE CHARGE OF A BIG HOUSE WITH THREE MEALS A DAY TO PLAN AND PREPARE WITH POULTRY AND COWS AND DAIRY AND GARDEN TO SUPERINTEND APPARENTLY FURNISHED FORTH FELICITY'S CONCEPTION OF PARADISE 61e13c63-c46f-46f0-a31a-14f0147914bb I'M GLAD PIG BOWEN DIDN'T CATCH YOU DAN MAYBE SHE BEWITCHED ME THAT NIGHT WE WERE AT HER PLACE AND THAT IS WHY THE MEASLES STRUCK IN I'M AWFUL GLAD MISTER KING IS GOING TO LEAVE THE POTATO STOCKS UNTIL I GET WELL AND I'M OBLIGED TO THE STORY GIRL FOR COAXING HIM FORTUNATELY WE MANAGE TO ESCAPE FROM HER CASTLE AND ARE NOW ON OUR WAY TO GLINDA THE GOOD TO SEE IF SHE POSSESSES THE POWER TO RESTORE US TO OUR PROPER FORMS 61e8b636-2ac9-4794-b8c9-b865d8d6a95a DID YOU ASK THEM ABOUT USING ANOTHER FIELD MAN ORN LOOKED UP ATTENTIVELY THE SPEAKER SAID YES WE APOLOGIZED AND PROMISED TO BEHAVE BETTER SHE WENT ON APPEASED A KATY WAS ALL THESE THINGS THAT I HAVE MENTIONED AND HE WAS THE BEST HUNTER IN THE TRIBE BESIDES NEVER AN ARROW OF HIS THAT DID NOT GO STRAIGHT TO THE MARK 61edb833-39fc-497f-a7d6-f871f1007590 MANOEL AND MILLER STOPPED AT NOON ON LOST SOUL CREEK YOU LOOK HERE AT MY SENSES SLIP IT SAYS I'M MANUEL THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE A FOREST PRESERVE OUT OF THE PLACE COMPARING THE POSITIONS RELATION TO THE GLOWING SPHERE THAT ENCLOSED ALL THE POSSIBLE LOCATIONS OF THE STOLEN SHIP I HAD LEFT STANDING ORDERS THAT ALL REPORTS FALLING INSIDE THE DANGER AIR TO BE BROUGHT TO ME AT ANY TIME 61faae37-2d3e-4e90-be07-c72d7d98771a LOOK AT THAT LONG THIN LACY CLOUD UP THERE SHE SAID AND YOU CAN'T ATTEND THERE JUST NOW UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE NEEDS A DOSE OF PHYSIC THE TREE GRANDFATHER KING HAD PLANTED WHEN HE RETURNED ONE EVENING FROM PLOUGHING IN THE BROOK FIELD AND SHOT AN UNSISTERLY GLANCE AT DAN I 61fce277-0f86-466a-9887-8c8a911c1961 AUNT OLIVIA SAYS CHILDREN SHOULD JUST BE LET COME UP THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS SETTLED FOR THEM LONG BEFORE THEY ARE BORN I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DO YOU NO WE DID NOT BUT IT WAS OUR EXPERIENCE THAT GROWN UPS HAD A HABIT OF SAYING THINGS HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS UNCLE ROGER LIKE WAS OUR NEXT QUESTION I SAID YOUR ANCESTOR SENT ME AS EMISSARY I AM NOT ONE OF YOUR ANCESTORS DO NOT TRY TO HARM ME OR THE WRATH OF THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON WILL TURN AGAINST YOU WHEN I SAID THIS I TURNED TO JAB A CLAW AT THE OTHER PRIESTS USING THE MOTION TO COVER MY FLICKING A COIN GRENADE TOWARD THEM 6215e86d-949a-4e5a-b338-59d15e10e6ae YONAH NODDED WERE THERE SUCH A PLAN HE SAID BE ASSURED I WOULD TELL YOU BUT THERE IS NONE YONAH SAID HERAKNUFF SHALL REMAIN FOR ALL THAT I CAN DO WHILE THE EARTH REMAINS SHARP OPENED HIS MOUTH SHUT IT AGAIN AND THEN SHRUGGED I SEE HE SAID AT LAST WELL HERE'S THE KEY GO AND SEE FOR YOURSELF SAID PETER FELICITY HAD NO INTENTION OF GOING AND SEEING I THINK YOU BOYS OUGHT TO GO SHE SAID RETREATING BEHIND THE DEFENCE OF SEX 621da0ce-a7a0-43b1-a5a8-8bf83842707a FANCY CATCHING THEM FROM A HIRED BOY SLIPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND IN A HUDDLED FASHION AND BROKE INTO A VERY PASSION OF WEEPING WHILE MARGARET HAD BEEN THINKING OF HIM AND LONGING FOR HIM JOHN ANDREW GULPED IT SHOULD HAVE SPLINTERED IN HIS HANDS DOR HE SAID SOFTLY 62200b6f-61da-468a-aecb-6153b901d8db IT ALL BEGAN WITH THE LAND BRIDGE I UNSIPPED THE FRONT OF MY CAMELFLAGE SUIT AND PULLED OUT THE BLUE PRINTS THERE WAS ONE ON THE DOCK BUT I THOUGHT CIRCLED BY A FAINTER COMPANION AND A SINGLE PLANET THAT SWUNG IN PRECISE BALANCE 62244a9e-7d1c-42a5-bfba-028d81798317 WELL WHEN ALLAN DUNBAR KNEW THAT HE MUST GO TO CALIFORNIA IN THE FANNY HE WAS IN DESPAIR HE FELT THAT HE COULD NEVER GO SO FAR AWAY FOR SO LONG AND LEAVE HIS MARGARET BEHIND AND MARGARET FELT THAT SHE COULD NEVER LET HIM GO I KNOW EXACTLY HOW SHE FELT WHY NOT GOODNESS ME IT WAS DREADFUL WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING YOURSELF WELL I DON'T KNOW SAID THE STORY GIRL HER EYES GLEAMING WITH IMPISH LAUGHTER IF I WANTED HIM DREADFULLY AND HE WOULDN'T DO THE ASKING PERHAPS I WOULD I'D RATHER DIE AN OLD MAID FORTY TIMES OVER EXCLAIMED FELICITY 622feee8-8449-4343-844a-8e4b630b967e GAVE ME THE SLIP WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT WELL I'LL DO IT TOO I'M TOO WORN OUT FOR ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE YOU DO MANOEL JUST A COUPLE OF LAST QUESTIONS MAKE THEM REEL FAST THEN I'M ON MY WAY WHEN I RETURNED TO NIMIA ME THE GIRL WAS DELIGHTED AND THREW HER ARMS AROUND MY NECK AND KISSED ME DECLARING SHE WAS BUT PROUD OF ME 62336cc4-e8d4-4df9-af23-5c596c750ad7 THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR US I DON'T FEEL A BIT LIKE BEING BAD LOOKING BACK FROM A MATURE STANDPOINT I REALIZED THAT SHE MUST HAVE BEEN AN UNUSUALLY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IS THAT YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS INFERIORITY COMPLEX COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY 623f9382-fbd2-4090-8583-7f2703f392ff IF YOU FOUND HER DO YOU SUPPOSE SHE'D CHANGE YOU BACK INTO A TWO LEGGED BOY ASKED WOOD PERHAPS SO IF I COULD RUN ANOTHER ERRAND FOR HER AND SO EARN ANOTHER WISH TWO VOICES RANG OUT FOR ME ABOVE ALL OTHERS IN THE MUSIC THAT ECHOES THROUGH THE HALLS OF RECOLLECTION CECILY'S SWEET AND SILVERY IN UNCLE ALEC'S FINE TENOR IF YOU'RE A KING YOU SING WAS A CARLISLE PROVERB IN THOSE DAYS AUNT JULIA HAD BEEN THE FLOWER OF THE FLOCK IN THAT RESPECT AND HAD TO BECOME A NOTED CONCERT SINGER 624bd6a5-a3f9-40a4-b113-6808793e9482 WE RECOGNIZED IT AT ONCE HIS MOUTH WAS HIS OWN HOWEVER FOR IT WAS LIKE TO NO MOUTH ON EITHER THE KING OR THE WARD SIDE AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS TO CLAIM IT FOR IT WAS AN UNDENIABLY UGLY ONE LONG AND NARROW AND TWISTED BUT IT COULD GRIN IN FRIENDLY FASHION AND BOTH FELIX AND I FELT THAT WE WERE GOING TO LIKE DAN VIC WELL HERE I AM AND HOPE DEAR MY VOICE TRAILED OFF THESE WERE NOT VIC AND HOPE BEFORE ME THEY WERE UNREAL CREATURES LIKE THE BEINGS WHICH HAD CAPTURED ME I COULD RECOGNIZE THE FACE AND FIGURE OF THE WOMAN I LOVED AND OF HER BROTHER BUT THEY SEEMED TO HAVE NO SUBSTANCE 6252bfe0-dca5-48aa-ace6-5aa1f8427680 I SEE THAT BOWERY ORCHARD SHINING IN MEMORY WITH A SOFT GLOW OF BEAUTY THE LIGHT THAT NEVER WAS ON LAND OR SEA WHERE WE SAT ON THOSE SEPTEMBER EVENINGS AND WROTE DOWN OUR DREAMS WHEN THE CARES OF THE DAY WERE OVER AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO INTERFERE WITH THE PLEASING THROES OF COMPOSITION LOOK HERE PETER SAID FELIX OMINOUSLY THEY TELL ME THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING RIGHT ALONG THAT I COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE NOW I TELL YOU I NEVER DID EXCLAIMED PETER INDIGNANTLY I NEVER MENTIONED YOUR NAME I NEVER PRAYED THAT YOU COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE I JUST PRAYED THAT I'D BE THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD 62544208-1d25-4c4c-af33-482f5cfa45cf A DRESS OF SOFT CRIMSON SILK FROM PILE TO PILE WE RAN SHRIEKING WITH DELIGHT TO POKE EACH ONE UP WITH A LONG STICK AND WATCH THE GUSH OF ROSE RED SPARK STREAM OFF INTO THE NIGHT EXPLAINED THE SCARECROW BUT NEVER MIND FRIEND SOLDIER LET US BE WILLING TO DONATE OUR CAST OFF MEMBERS TO ENSURE THE HAPPINESS 62748e36-6cdc-4d8a-97b4-f210560bef08 VIC AND I HAD BEEN BUTTIES EVER SINCE WE WERE KIDS FOR A MOMENT DUE TO THIS OBVIOUSLY UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTION EVERYTHING IN CONFUSION THE FAT ONE ISN'T SO BAD HE AND EAT APPLES FROM OUR BIRTHDAY TREES BUT IT COULD GRIN IN FRIENDLY FASHION 627fae7b-fac9-492f-b83e-4f1c7b8ef8cf THE NAME OF GOD I CAN SAY THAT NAME YUNUS TOLD THE INQUISITOR NO WIZARD MAY SAY IT YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE ME SAID ORME INSTEAD OF SITTING BACK ON A FLAGSHIP OR NODDED AT THE RIFLE WOULD YOU MIND POINTING THAT WEAPON SOME OTHER DIRECTION 62832489-a327-4ac2-b879-97c558502b37 WELL AT LAST IN APRIL THE WEDDING DAY CAME AND ALL THE GUESTS WERE HERE AND RACHEL WAS DRESSED IN HER WEDDING ROBES WAITING FOR HER BRIDEGROOM HE WAS BEING CRADLED GENTLY BUT FIRMLY BY THE NONNIPUS HOLDING THE ARMS CROSS POSE AGAIN DORA RAISED HER NOSE ANOTHER NOTCH 628e1c51-5423-4059-ab2e-39eb832cdf63 WHEN AUNT JANET SAID SERIOUSLY THAT ANYTHING WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION IT MEANT THAT SHE WAS THINKING ABOUT IT AND WOULD PROBABLY END UP DOING IT HE KNOWS I'M KIND OF SICK JUST AS WELL AS A HUMAN OH LOOK AT THE MOONSHINE ON THE ROAD IN THAT GAP BETWEEN THE SPRUCES IN AUGUST IT WAS A PLACE OF SHADY SWEETNESS FRAGRANT WITH THE ODOUR OF RIPENING APPLES 62951fa8-8ab8-4a21-a857-46fafe608432 LOOKS AS IF WE'D HAD OUR JOURNEY FOR NOTHING REMARKED WOOT WHO WAS A LITTLE ASHAMED AND DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE HE HAD PROPOSED THE JOURNEY WE LOOKED AT HIM WHEN IT WAS OVER WITH AN INCREASE OF RESPECT WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU LEARN THAT FELIX I ASKED IT'S THE GRACE UNCLE ALEC SAYS AT EVERY MEAL ANSWERED FELIX WE FELT RATHER ASHAMED OF OURSELVES WAS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE HAD PAID SO LITTLE ATTENTION TO UNCLE ALEC'S GRACE THAT WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE IT WHEN WE HEARD IT ON OTHERS LIPS 62981b26-5b14-45c3-b114-c41d4a703915 I SUPPOSE SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD TEACH HIM MANNERS FOR WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT THE WOMAN DID SHUT UP AND NEVER SPOKE ONE SINGLE WORD TO HER HUSBAND FOR FIVE YEARS SO THE GREEN MONKEY UNFASTENED THE DOOR OF THE GOLDEN CAGE AND THE CANARY HOPPED OUT I WILL HAVE FOOD BROUGHT TO YOU AT ONCE 62b9d64b-901d-4935-bbc3-65acf602c114 THE NEXT SUNDAY WAS IN OCTOBER AND A LOVELY DAY IT WAS WARM AND BLAND AS JUNE THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE FINE ELUSIVE AIR THAT RECALLED BEAUTIFUL FORGOTTEN THINGS AND SUGGESTED DELICATE FUTURE HOPES BUT HOW ASTONISHED THOUGH HE WAS HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE A POLITE BOW BEFORE THE THRONE AND TO SAY IN A RESPECTFUL VOICE I SALUTE YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS MAJESTY AND OFFER YOU MY HUMBLE SERVICES 62bd8e0d-cd0e-4016-96d5-0b7c8d0d5759 SHE WAS ONE OF THEM WOMEN WHO WERE ALWAYS SAYING I TOLD YOU SO THE ASTERS LETTERED HER RETREATING FOOTSTEPS IN A PURPLE SCRIPT AND OVER THE HILLS AND VALLEYS HUNG A FAINT BLUE SMOKE AS IF NATURE WERE WORSHIPPING AT HER WOODLAND ALTAR AND I COULD THINK OF NOTHING ELSE UNTIL SUDDENLY MY LEGS STOPPED MOVING BUT HOW ARE WE TO GET INTO 62bf0f59-4d44-44e7-bc84-eff332b055eb WE WERE TOO YOUNG TO ANALYZE THE VAGUE SENSATION OF COURSE PETER BEING A CRAIG HAS HIS FAULTS BUT HE'S A SMART BOY HIS FATHER WAS LAZY BUT HIS MOTHER HASN'T A LAZY BONE IN HER BODY AND PETER TAKES AFTER HER 62ce0bee-cb27-490d-a30e-b30a03aeec81 THE WORDS HUNG IN THE AIR OF THE ROOM FOR A LONG TIME AT LAST KNOOF NODDED THE DEVIL GRANTS TO MANY HIS POWER OF SEEING THE MINDS OF MEN HE SAID QUIETLY THE SKY ABOVE IT WAS CHILL AND ERETHRAL AND MYSTICAL BUT ALL OF US WERE SHADOWS AND THE WEIRD LITTLE TALE TOLD IN A VOICE FRAUGHT WITH MYSTERY AND PATHOS HAD PEOPLED THEM FOR US WITH FURATIVE FOLKS IN BELT AND WAMPUM AND DARK DRESSED INDIAN MAIDENS 62d2a133-eaf0-40a1-80b1-2cdee0f04fe6 BUT SHE WAS AS WHITE AS HER VEIL WITH HIS VISOR DOWN RIDING ON A WHITE HORSE THESE ARE THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS I HAVE CONQUERED PAT PRESENTLY CAME GALLOPING UP THE ORCHARD CARRYING IN HIS MOUTH A BIG FIELD MOUSE SOME VAGUE THOUGHT OF THIS WAS IN OUR MINDS AS WE LOOKED AT HER 62d9f01d-6199-452e-9df8-ab731c586f1d MISTER MARWOOD HIMSELF COULD NOT HAVE BETTERED THE WAY IN WHICH PETER SAID WE WILL SING THE WHOLE HYMN OMITTING THE FOURTH STANZA THAT WAS A FINE TOUCH THAT I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF I BEGAN TO THINK THAT AFTER ALL PETER MIGHT BE A FOEMAN WORTHY OF MY STEEL WHEN PETER WAS READY TO BEGIN HE THRUST HIS HANDS INTO HIS POCKETS A TOTALLY UNORTHODOX THING THEN HE PLUNGED IN WITHOUT FURTHER ADO SPEAKING IN HIS ORDINARY CONVERSATIONAL TONE ANOTHER UNORTHODOX THING NEVERTHELESS I PREFER MY FORMER MANLY FORM TO THIS OWL SHAPE AND WOULD BE GLAD TO BREAK MISSUS EWPE'S ENCHANTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE I AM SO NOISY JUST NOW THAT I DISTURB MYSELF HE FLUTTERED HIS WINGS WITH THE CLATTER THAT ECHOED THROUGH THE FOREST 62dbcca9-f7ac-4669-9749-5a2bd169cae7 HE SETTLED A HELMET ON HIS HEAD MOTIONED FOR FARMER TO HELP HIM CHECK THE CONNECTIONS OF THE SOUP'S HE AND HIS LITTLE FRIEND WILL HAVE THEIR SPACESHIP FINISHED SOON NOW THIS LAST ORDER WAS DIRECTED AT THE ROBART WHO WAS WELL BRIEFED IN ITS ROLL IT RUMBLED FORWARD AND LOCKED ITS HAND ROUND FERERO'S WRIST HANDCUSSEL HE BARELY NOTICED 62ddfbb0-f2ce-49c8-878e-04eb8fbb0115 WHEELS IT WAS TWO WAGONS WERE DRIVING UP THE LANE WE RUSHED TO THE HOUSE AND THERE WAS UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET AND AUNT OLIVIA THE EXCITEMENT WAS QUITE TREMENDOUS EVERYBODY TALKED AND LAUGHED AT ONCE AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL WE WERE ALL SEATED ABOUT THE SUPPER TABLE THAT CONVERSATION GREW COHERENT SHE WAS SLOWLY TRANSFORMED INTO THE GREEN MONKEY AND AT THE SAME TIME BOOT SLOWLY REGAINED HIS NATURAL FORM IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE TO THEM AH WHEN THEY RAISED THEIR EYES FROM THE PLATTER AND SAW WOOT WANDERER STANDING BESIDE OZMA 62e52900-08f4-46ab-86e4-e3accc7f5bc0 OH I WONDER HOW SARA IS THIS MORNING MOTHER'S GOING DOWN THIS AFTERNOON SAID FELICITY SHE SAYS NONE OF US MUST GO NEAR THE PLACE TILL WE KNOW WHETHER IT IS THE MEASLES OR NOT ALL RIGHT DEAR HE SAID YOU WIN YOU'RE RIGHT OF COURSE AND I'M WRONG HE APPROACHED THE ENGINE 62f7f742-8971-45a1-b3e1-37106e663566 NO ANSWERED THE TIN WOODMAN I DID NOT SHE SAID SHE STILL LOVED ME BUT I FOUND THAT I NO LONGER LOVED HER I REALLY DO NOT KNOW HOW WE SHOULD EVER HAVE GOT HOME HAD WE BEEN LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES WE WERE COLD WITH FRIGHT HOW COULD WE TURN OUR BACKS ON THE EERIE SPRUCE WOOD OUT OF WHICH SOMETHING MIGHT POP AT ANY MOMENT 63002671-037d-4ea5-bf87-09834f970b10 WITH A SHOUT I JERKED THE GUN FROM MY POCKET AND LEAPED ASIDE AS I DID SO I FIRED TWICE INTO THE GAPING MOUTH AND SAW THE BULLETS SHATTER THE HEAVY SHUTTER A LADY CALLED THE POLICE TO SAVE THE PAIR FROM ROCK THROWING KIDS WHO MIGHT HAVE KILLED THEM AND THE TWO AS YET UNCLASSIFIED THINGS WERE TAKEN TO THE STATION HOUSE 630f369c-825a-4ccd-b945-dae97114722d HE SET UP A SHOUT FOR ONE OF THE GUARDS THE BALD ONE HAD BROUGHT HIS MEALS EVERY DAY BUT THE BLACK HAIRED ONE WAS THE MAN WHO CHECKED HIS SAIL AT NIGHT FOR ONCE YONAS THOUGHT HE WAS LUCKY THE BALD MAN APPEARED AFTER SOME FIFTY MINUTES SCREAMING AND CURSING YONAS WAS NOT AT ALL SURE WHETHER THE BLACK HAIRED MAN UNDERSTOOD LANGUAGE THERE WAS LITTLE TRACE OF IT IN HIS MIND AND VIRTUALLY NOTHING THAT MIGHT BE CALLED INTELLIGENCE FELIX AND PETER DREW APART AFTER THAT FIRST ONSET AND THEN CIRCLED ABOUT ONE ANOTHER WARILY JUST THEN AS THEY HAD COME TO GRIPS AGAIN UNCLE ALEC WALKED AROUND THE CORNER OF THE GRANARY WITH CECILY BEHIND HIM HE WAS NOT ANGRY THERE WAS A QUIZZICAL LOOK IN HIS EYES 6311dbee-0b97-4fc6-b34c-18dd723c4f7c NOT WITHOUT THE HEADLIGHTS THAT'S WHY I'M DOWN HERE BRIEFING YOU LOOKS LIKE THE MISSING LINK THEY'VE ALWAYS HUNTED FOR SAID HORN ONLY YOU'VE BEEN PASSED INTO ANOTHER FORM OF BEING THROUGH THE ACTION OF FOUR LITTLE QUARTZ BULBS WHOSE PERIODS OF VIBRATIONS FORM A BEAT 631e151f-02c1-4243-b9dd-8dfc0111cd55 SO AT TIMES THEY TWITTERED AWAY TO EACH OTHER AND PASSED THE LONG DREARY WAY THEY QUITE CHEERFULLY HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS SITTING ON THE CELLAR HATCH OUTSIDE THE WINDOW I DON'T SUPPOSE HE WOULD HAVE TOLD IT MISSUS MARTIN'S UNCLE'S NAME WAS WILLIAM COHEN AND HE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR TWENTY YEARS 6320919b-d69e-4209-bbf4-021df5afde49 BUT FELIX WAS VASTLY ENCOURAGED ANOTHER DAY OR TWO AND I'LL BE ABLE TO EAT A WHOLE ONE HE SAID JUBILANTLY BUT THIS DEVOUTLY DESIRED CONSUMMATION DID NOT COME TO PASS THERE I STOOD AX IN HAND BUT UNABLE TO MOVE FOR DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS INDEED I HAVE NEVER KNOWN EXACTLY HOW LONG THE TIME WAS BUT FINALLY ALONG CAME DOROTHY AND I WAS SAVED SEE THIS IS THE VERY TREE I WAS CHOPPING AT THE TIME I RESTED 632df3f0-ab32-42eb-b283-400913f6f825 NO NEED FOR YOU TO DIE SAID HORN BETTER TO DIE THAN BE SLAVES SAID TO NEWBE WE DON'T NEED THE DORN WE I CANNOT TAKE THE CHANCE THAT YOU ARE LYING SAID TO NUB I MUST KILL YOU NOW HORN'S FOOT RESTED ON THE AIR SLED CONTROL PEDAL IF HE DON'T INTERFERE WITH MY PRAYERS THERE'S NO NEED OF FIGHTING BUT IF HE DOES THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO SETTLE IT NEVER MIND WE'VE HAD A SPLENDID SUMMER I SAID SLIPPING MY ARM ABOUT HER TO COMFORT SOME CHILDISH SORROW THAT BREATHED IN HER PLAINTIVE VOICE 63336af2-450f-4113-897a-a39f216e6707 IN OTHER WORDS MY REMARKABLE BRAINS CAN TIRE THROUGH HUMILIATION ALTHOUGH MY BODY CANNOT TIRE WELL I DON'T KNOW SAID THE STORY GIRL THOUGHTFULLY I THINK THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF TRUE THINGS TRUE THINGS THAT ARE AND TRUE THINGS THAT ARE NOT BUT MIGHT BE 63481948-7df5-4866-8614-23ebb5e5c4cf BUT YOU SAID AN I A SHIP FOUND THIS JOINT IT DID AND THEN ONE OF OUR SPIES IN R INTERCEPTED A ROUTINE REQUEST FOR AN AGENT INSTRUCTOR TO BE ASSIGNED HERE WITH FULL EQUIPMENT REQUEST SIGNED BY A FIRST CONTACT OFFICER NAME A DISTANT WHY THIS BEACON WAS BUILT WITHIN REACH OF THE LOCAL CLAUSE I HAD YET TO FIND OUT BUT THAT WOULD COME IN TIME THE FIRST THING TO DO WAS MAKE CONTACT TO MAKE CONTACT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND FOR THAT I HAD LONG BEFORE WORKED OUT A SYSTEM THAT WAS FULL PROOF I HAD A PRY EYE OF MY OWN CONSTRUCTION IT LOOKED LIKE A PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT A FOOT LONG ONCE ON THE GROUND IT WOULD NEVER BE NOTICED THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING TO SEE IT FLOAT BY 635d5f53-0216-4c4f-b9e5-5105700ae706 YOU ARE LYING WE'LL MAKE YOU AN OFFER SAID ORNE WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO EXTERMINATE YOU WE'LL GIVE YOU LIMITED MEMBERSHIP IN THE GALACTIC FEDERATION UNTIL YOU PROVE YOU'RE NO MENACE TO US KEEP TALKING HIS STETS AND KEEP HIM INTERESTED YOU DARE INSULT ME GROWLED NUBE YOU'D BETTER BELIEVE ME SAID ORME CHAPTER TWENTY OVERNIGHT THE LAND OF THE MUNCHKINS IS FULL OF SURPRISES AS OUR TRAVELLERS HAD ALREADY LEARNED AND ALTHOUGH MOUNT MUNCH WAS CONSTANTLY GROWING LARGER AS THEY ADVANCED TOWARD IT THEY KNEW IT WAS STILL A LONG WAY OFF AND WERE NOT CERTAIN BY ANY MEANS THAT THEY HAD ESCAPED ALL DANGER OR ENCOUNTERED THEIR LAST ADVENTURE 636ac1b0-c553-482c-947d-e607970284fb I WATCHED THE PRIESTS THROUGH THE PRY EYE WHILE THEY TRIED TO OPEN IT A CRY WENT UP FROM THE CROWD AS I DROPPED THE IRON AND STAGGERED IN BLIND CIRCLES I PAINFULLY TRACED EACH ONE TO ITS SOURCE I HAD THE ALTERNATIVE CHOICE OF INSTANT DEATH I WAS EVEN MORE SURPRISED WHEN I JOINED THEM 636f7182-6a61-49c5-9246-7cfed3d5e46a IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS SAID UNCLE ROGER AS HE WENT OUT TO TAKE THEIR HORSE BUT FELICITY'S FOOT WAS ON HER NATIVE HEATH IT WAS TOO MUCH LIKE A COMMAND'S NIGHTMARE TO BE REAL A SECRET WORRY ALSO A COUPLE OF CLERKS WITH TRANSCRIBERS AND FAST THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH 63976bc6-5b67-4525-8352-afb999c48acf THEY TELEPHORTED AT ONCE INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE TWO NEARBY NATIVES HIS SENSE OF LOSS AT SATTERFIELD'S GRIM NOD STEMMED FROM SOMETHING DEEPER THAN SYMPATHY FOR THE ISLANDERS IF IT IS THE JUDGMENT DAY HE GROWLED AS WE WENT IN TO DINNER I WISH IT'D HURRY UP AND HAVE IT OVER IF WE HAD EATEN LITTLE AT BREAKFAST WE COULD EAT STILL LESS AT DINNER AND WE WENT IN TO TEA WITH ROYAL APPETITES 63a9d2c2-ed6d-4af5-88d0-6a1cb120c9d8 THE FEAST MAN STOOD FIRMLY BUT HOW IN THE NAME OF NEPHEWN COULD HE EVER EXPLAIN THIS THE BEING WHICH HAD UTTERED THE COMMAND DISAPPEARED AND MY CAPTORS LED ME STRUGGLING AND PROTESTING TOWARD THE BLACK UGLY TOWERS OF THE CITY 63ab3dcd-d272-4a50-b83d-42117034edca I WANT THE LIST THAT WAS STOLEN BUT THERE WAS ALSO A DREAD OF IT THAT HIS SUPERIORS DID NOT UNDERSTAND WE WILL SING THE WHOLE HYMN OMITTING THE FOURTH STANZA PROBABLY IN SPITE OF CECILY'S EFFORTS A BITTER SPAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED BETWEEN DAN AND FELICITY HAD NOT A DIVERSION BEEN EFFECTED AT THATMENT BY THE STORY GIRL WHO CAME SLOWLY DOWN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK 63b01ee9-5cd2-4aea-a49f-723375574c34 DIPLOMACY WAS CALLED FOR I SIGHED AND DRAGGED OUT THE PLASTER FLESH EQUIPMENT HE SANK SLOWLY BENEATH THE SURFACE WHAT A LACK OF COURTESY I SHOUTED WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER MARGARET'S FATHER AND MOTHER FORGAVE HER AND SHE WENT BACK HOME TO WAIT TO WAIT OH IT IS SO DREADFUL JUST TO WAIT AND TO DO NOTHING ELSE MARGARET WAITED FOR NEARLY A YEAR HOW LONG IT MUST HAVE SEEMED TO HER 63c954a3-5838-4997-960c-73fa5df15e12 THEY ARE A PHILOSOPHICAL SPECIES THOUGH NOTCHANICALLY PROGRESSIVE WHEN THE CANTHORIAN ZID BROKE OUT OF ITS CAGE IN THE SPECIMEN HOLD KUFF'S EYEBROWS WERE WHITE UP SO I HAVE HEARD YONA SAID EASILY BUT I SHALL PROVE WHAT I SAY I 63e8f244-e54c-4546-8e5b-75ddf62f445d I HAVE REPAIRED HYPERSPACE BEACONS FROM ONE ARM OF THE GALAXY TO THE OTHER AND I WAS SURE I HAD WORKED ON EVERY TYPE OR MODEL MADE IT'S A MARK THREE BEACON A SPECIAL BRANCH OF THE PRIESTHOOD SERVED THE TEMPLE SUGGESTED ONE OF THE LOONS AND THE PRISONERS NOTICED THAT NONE OF THEM SEEMED SURPRISED WERE SHOCKED AT THE SAD ACCIDENT TO PANTA INCLUDING THE WINKIES 63ea444e-5d2f-40b5-b2b4-5223809af665 AND AUNT OLIVIA WAS WORN TO LABEL ALL THE PINCUSHIONS IN THE HOUSE EVEN IF THERE WERE NO NEEDLES IN IT SIXTY YEAR OLD SAWDUST CAN'T BE GOOD FOR MY TUMMY HORN TOUCHED HIS THROAT IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND A TREE YOU INTEND TO START A WAR 640caf41-fdbb-44a2-8909-e027579a96cd NOTHING I TRANSFORM EVER GETS BACK INTO ITS FORMER SHAPE AGAIN SO I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF MY TRANSFORMATIONS SHE ADDED BUSILY EATING WHILE SHE TALKED FOR WHILE I CAN CHANGE FORMS AT WILL I CAN NEVER CHANGE THEM BACK AGAIN WHICH PROVES THAT EVEN THE POWERS OF A CLEVER YUKU WHO ARE LIMITED WHEN I HAVE TRANSFORMED YOU THREE PEOPLE YOU MUST ALWAYS WEAR THE SHAPES THAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU LEGENDS OF THE OLD ORCHARD OUTSIDE OF THE ORCHARD THE GRASS WAS ONLY BEGINNING TO GROW GREEN BUT HERE SHELTERED BY THE SPRUCE HEDGES FROM UNCERTAIN WINDS AND SLOPING TO SOUTHERN SUNS IT WAS ALREADY LIKE A WONDERFUL VELVET CARPET THE LEAVES ON THE TREES WERE BEGINNING TO COME OUT IN WOOLLY GREYISH CLUSTERS AND THERE WERE PURPLE PENTLLED WHITE VIOLETS AT THE BASE OF THE PULPIT STONE 640f58c3-cb79-4d1c-af78-d0e3062e9e67 LOOKING DOWN HIS NOSE AT IT AT THE SAME TIME THE DIVING HELMET CLATTERED ON THE PLANKS BUT I'LL HAVE TO TAKE YOUR OUTFIT BACK AND DESTROY IT ANYWAY I COULDN'T GET THEM ON THE RIGHT FORMS THOUGH I SHE IS A MULE THEREFORE HER FATHER WAS A JACK EXCEPT THAT IT HAS NO TREES WORTHY OF THE NAME 640fb6ea-d069-4c39-8290-d8e6cc14baf4 PEG BOWEN HAD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT WELL WE HAD ALL BEEN BADLY HOAXED BUT WE DID NOT TRUMPET OUR WRONGS ABROAD WE DID NOT EVEN CALL BILLY TO ACCOUNT WE THOUGHT THAT LEE SAID WAS SOONEST MENDED IN SUCH A MATTER MY SECOND GLANCE AROUND THE ROOM WAS MORE DELIBERATE TO MY RIGHT THERE WERE BIG GENERATORS IN THE SWITCHBOARDS GLEAMING WITH COPPER BUS BAR AND INTRICATE WITH THEIR TORTUOUS WIRING 641096ed-223e-463e-85f8-2d3d2948f21f AND PERHAPS SHE IS STILL CRYING HER POOR LITTLE HEART OUT BECAUSE NO TIN MAN COMES TO MARRY HER SUGGESTED POLYCHROME THEY WENT AWAY TOGETHER HAND IN HAND CHILDREN WISE UP THE LANE OF SPRUCES CROSSED WITH BARS OF MOONLIGHT AND THERE WAS PEACE OVER ALL THAT FRESH AND FLOWERY LAND AND PEACE IN OUR LITTLE HEARTS 641b2a7b-96a5-4036-8c50-e5a790233e14 PETER WENT OFF RATHER SULLENLY AND FELIX ALSO SULLENLY SAT DOWN AND BEGAN TO NURSE HIS NOSE HE TURNED HIS BACK ON CECILY CECILY CAUGHT IT AFTER UNCLE ALEC HAD GONE DAN CALLED HER A TELL TALE AND A BABY AND SNEERED AT HER UNTIL CECILY BEGAN TO CRY I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF JESUS SAID FELIX MEDITATIVELY HE LOOKS JUST LIKE A MAN ONLY BETTER AND KINDER BUT NOW THAT I COME TO THINK OF IT I'VE NEVER SEEN A PICTURE OF GOD 641b8e46-8e08-4193-86a3-bdbadee4e5b2 THEY HAD NOT SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER SINCE THIS WAS NOT BECAUSE THE RANCORVIE THAT LASTED SO LONG ON THE CONTRARY IT PASSED SPEEDILY AWAY NOT EVEN ONE LOW DESCENDING SUN GOING DOWN AND THEREOF BUT DIGNITY REMAINED TO BE CONSIDERED NEITHER WOULD SPEAK FIRST AND EACH OBSTINATELY DECLARED THAT SHE WOULD NOT SPEAK FIRST NO NOT IN A HUNDRED YEARS SOME WORK I'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS INDICATES THAT THERE IS A FORM OF LIFE ABOUT US ALL AROUND US WHICH IS IMPERCEPTIBLE TO OUR SENSES WHICH DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T EXIST 642377b5-b67d-42c3-846d-157ef6116d46 I'M PRETTY SURE AUNT JANE WOULDN'T THINK IT WAS PROPER TO TELL SUCH A DREAM AND I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND PHIL ANY OF THEM SO PETER NEVER TOLD THAT DREAM NOR DID HE WRITE IT DOWN PLEADED BOOT THE WANDERER IN AN EAGER VOICE TO BE SURE SAID THE TIN WOODMAN IF YOU CARED TO JOIN OUR PARTY 642ceb0e-d0dc-473e-8728-b4f75f3d4b5b JUST ABOUT THAT TIME YOU HEAR YOUR FIRST RUMOUR OF THE SPECIAL CALL AND IT FITS THE BAD DREAMS A SHADOWY POWERFUL GROUP THAT SLIPS SILENTLY BETWEEN THE STARS WITH LARGE HEAD AND BIG FEATURES EERY SINISTER LOOK UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF PEACEFUL INTENTIONS 642d46ef-e1bd-4692-ba76-e26119811750 THAT WILL BE ENTIRELY ENOUGH I SNAPPED CUTTING HIM OFF WITH A WAVE OF MY HAND ALL THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED BY OUR COURT AT THE PROPER TIME THERE IS ONLY ONE QUESTION I WANT AN ANSWER TO NOW WHY ARE YOU BUILDING THAT BATTLESHIP IN A WAY HE HAD GARF HAD DELIBERATELY TURNED HIS BACK ON THE OLD FELLOW THE JUDGE'S BLOOD SHOT LITTLE EYES DARTED ABOUT AS IF HE WANTED TO PICK UP SOMETHING HEAVY AND HIT GARF ON THE CREST WITH IT 6455f3e4-ed9e-453a-8261-70d3c7e01386 NINE LIGHT YEARS AWAY SHIP WEIGHED AT LEAST TEN SECONDS BEFORE RELEASING A DRUG SHOOT SO WILL CLEAR THE SHIP EXPLAIN THIS TO ME DORA WASTED NO TIME BUT WHOEVER MADE IT DID A SCREW BALL JOB 645ad164-f5fd-4567-8a6e-45e27d0d08bc SHAKING OFF THE SPELL OF FURS AND MOONLIGHT AND ROMANTIC TALE WE SCRAMBLED TO OUR FEET AND WENT HOMEWARD I KIND OF WISH I'D BEEN BORN AN INJUN SAID DAN IT MUST HAVE BEEN A JOLLY LIFE WITH NOTHING TO DO BUT HUNT AND FIGHT IT WOULDN'T BE SO NICE IF THEY CAUGHT YOU AND TORTURED YOU AT THE STAKE SAID FELICITY THIS WAS HOME FATHER'S HOME OUR HOME WE HAD NEVER LIVED LONG ENOUGH IN ANY ONE HOUSE TO DEVELOP A FEELING OF AFFECTION FOR IT BUT HERE UNDER THE ROOF TREE BUILT BY GREAT GRANDFATHER KING NINETY YEARS AGO THAT FEELING SWEPT INTO OUR BOYISH HEARTS AND SOULS LIKE A FLOOD OF LIVING SWEETNESS AND TENDERNESS 645b90dc-4292-4ad0-b30f-7727aa84338e IN FACT I'LL BEGIN TO NIGHT I'M GOING TO THE PANTRY AS SOON AS I GET HOME AND I'LL READ FATHER'S LETTER BEFORE I GO TO BED WASN'T THE MISSIONARY SPLENDID THAT CANNIBAL STORY WAS SIMPLY GRAND I TRIED TO REMEMBER EVERY WORD SO I CAN TELL IT JUST AS HE TOLD IT MISSIONARIES ARE SUCH NOBLE PEOPLE KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR A CHANCE TO GET AWAY THOUGH HOW ARE YOU FEELING HOPE ALL EXCITED SHE TRIED TO SMILE AND ALMOST SUCCEEDED TWICE AGAIN BEFORE WE REACHED THE RAMP THEY GUARDED THE ANGRY ATTENDANTS OF THE IDOL FELL BEFORE OUR GUNS 646a7bbf-9a0e-446c-b238-e5365dedb427 FINALLY HE GOT SO ANGRY THAT HE TOLD HER TO SHUT UP THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A FAMILY GUIDE IN THOSE DAYS SO HE DIDN'T KNOW IT WASN'T POLITE TO SAY SHUT UP TO YOUR WIFE I SUPPOSE SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD TEACH HIM MANNERS FOR WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT THE WOMAN DID SHUT UP AND NEVER SPOKE ONE SINGLE WORD TO HER HUSBAND FOR FIVE YEARS SHE HAD HER BACK TOWARD THEM AND DID NOT EVEN TURN AROUND BUT TAKING A BISCUIT FROM A DISH SHE BEGAN TO BUTTER IT AND SAID IN A VOICE THAT WAS BIG AND DEEP BUT NOT ESPECIALLY UNPLEASANT WHY DON'T YOU COME IN AND ALLOW THE DOOR TO SHUT 64814665-6691-4abc-9613-bfea7c3aabb7 THE GIRL HE THOUGHT WAS SOMEHOW RADIANT REALLY LOVELY IN SPITE OF HER SCALES AND FINS HE WAS PECULIAR HE HAD NEVER LIKED WOMEN AT ALL AND HAD CERTAINLY NEVER THOUGHT HE'D LIKE A MERMAID BUT AND THE RAINBOW WAS A GREAT BRIDGE BUILT OF LIVING COLORS SO DAZZLING AND WONDERFUL THAT BEYOND IT THE EYE COULD SEE NOTHING ONLY FAR AWAY A GREAT BLINDING SPARKLING GLORY WHERE THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE SPRANG UP IN A SHOWER OF DIAMOND FIRE 6481b4a1-72b6-4167-a085-31009e528b30 HIS FACE WAS AS WHITE AS A SUNBURNED FACE COULD BE AND HIS EYES WERE BRIMMED WITH PANIC PETER WHAT DOES THE MATTER CRIED CECILY THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE RINGING A BELL SAID PETER IN A SHAKING VOICE WHY HE THOUGHT HAPPILY IT WAS EVEN MORE FOR HIM TO GET KILLED AND MOST PAINFULLY TOO WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PLEASURE HE STOOD FOR A SECOND AT THE CREST OF THE HILL HIS HANDS ON HIS HIPS LOOKING DOWN AT THE TOWN OF SPIRE AS IT BAKED IN THE MAY AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT BEHOLD THE TORTOISE HE MAKETH NO PROGRESS UNLESS HE STICKETH OUT HIS NECK 6488cde8-714c-49f8-84cc-e58cb66a241c AS MOST WITCHES DO THAT WAS TOWARD MOUNT MUNCH AND THEY GOT OUT OF THE CHAIR AND MOVED ALL ABOUT THE ROOM WE WALKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER AND WE DID NOT TALK WHEN YOU ARE NEAR THE RETREAT OF WITCHES AND THE FOLK OF THAT ILK THE LESS YOU SAY THE BETTER FOR THEIR FEELINGS ARE NOTORIOUSLY TOUCHY 6489eda1-a436-485f-a742-313b979eb2e2 HER BEST SET IS STILL COMPLETE AUNT OLIVIA HAS IT YOU MUST GET HER TO SHOW IT TO YOU HE APPROACHED THE ENGINE AS HE DID SO THE ENGINE MELTED INTO A SOLID IRREGULAR LUMP OF METAL JOHN ANDREW GULPED AND PUT OUT A TENSIVE HAND TOWARDS THE FUSE MESS IT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY WARM BUT IT HAD MELTED 64910212-897d-4d78-a659-3792116f3f3a THE VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS OF THEIR EYES DOESN'T THAT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU THAT'S ALL THEY CAN GIVE US BUT FARMER FELT AS MUCH OF IT AS HE WANTED JOHN ANDREW GULPED EVEN IF SOME OF THE INVENTIONS THEY WORKED OUT SO FAR HAVEN'D THEM TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON NICELY AFTER ALL 649d0697-596c-4378-833f-d2053a984a33 SHE THINKS IT'S AN AWFUL WASTE BUT SHE ALWAYS GOES BY WHAT UNCLE ARTHUR SAYS OH I'VE PRAYED SO HARD THAT SOME MONEY MIGHT COME SOME WAY AND NOW IT HAS SEE WHAT PRAYING DOES SHE PRESIDED AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE WITH AS MUCH GRACE AND DIGNITY AS IF SHE HAD BEEN FIVE TIMES TWELVE YEARS OLD AND SEEMED TO KNOW BY INSTINCT JUST WHO TOOK SUGAR AND WHO TOOK IT NOT 64b70358-536d-47f9-adb6-eb54666375e5 YOU ARE A WEAK FOOL LIKE THE OTHERS GRITTED TO NEWBE THE GREEN BAGE TABLE SET WITH A DECANTER OF HOKAR BRANDY AND TWO GLASSES HOERN LIFTED HIS GLASS SIPPED THE LIQUOR BY HARRY HARRISON IN TWO THOUSAND YEARS THERE SHOULD BE SOME SIGN OF WEAR I COULD HAVE HAD A LIZARD FRY FIXED THE BEACON AND TAKEN OFF 64bf2d0b-7592-49e6-8caf-59f191992a09 FARMER MANAGED TO PUT MORE CURIOSITY THAN IMPATIENCE INTO HIS TONE BACK TO MY OWN PLANET TAM DAVAR SON NOGHOR MEMBER OF THE GALATSKI FERREDORATION SHE SAID PATIENTLY THE GATE IS A MATTER TRANSFITTER BETWEEN MY WORLD AND YOURS IT WAS ONCE IN CONSTANT USE BUT MY GOVERNMENT CLOSED IT WHEN YOU PEOPLE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WERE RUNNING AROUND IN SUBMARINES USING DEPTH BOMBS AND JUST NOTICING OUR AIR CRAFT TOO MUCH I HAD CAPTURED MY BATTLESHIP AND THE RAIDS WERE OVER AND I COULDN'T BE BLAMED IF THE GIRL HAD SLIPPED AWAY IF SHE EVADED THE NAVY SHIPS THAT WAS THEREFORE NOT MINE I HAD MY VICTORY ALL RIGHT THEN WHY DID IT TASTE LIKE ASHES IN MY MOUTH IT'S A BIG GALAXY BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH TO HIDE ANGELINA NOW I CAN BE CONNED ONCE BUT ONLY ONCE THE NEXT TIME WE MET THINGS WERE GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT 64c78f95-fa47-4510-a186-d125427d9215 I'LL GO SAID CECILY NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS SUCH AN INTERESTING BOOK AT BREAKFAST OUR APPETITES WERE POOR I LIFTED IT FROM THE TREASURY THE NIGHT BEFORE THE WATER WAS RUNNING AGAIN MY EYES HAD BEEN DULY BURNED OUT 64cbe93a-917a-41b1-ac78-5891eaea175c THEIR SWEET SHRILL VOICES CARRIED AND TALKING RATHER MORE LOUDLY THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE SILENCE FELL OVER THE HOUSE WITH ALL ITS LAUGHTER AND DELIGHT AND GLAMOUR IT IS OUR ETERNAL POSSESSION BUT HOW WILL THAT SETTLE IT ASKED CECILY OH 64dd15ea-995d-42e7-9c51-dd0a29b9832e I'M GOING TO CATCH THIS THUG AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW I'M GOING TO DO IT HE'S GOING TO HIT AGAIN SOON AND WHEREVER HE HITS THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF PERIODICAL WITH MY PLANT IN IT WHATEVER ELSE HE'S AFTER HE IS GOING TO TAKE ALL THE MAGAZINES AND PAPERS HE CAN FIND PARTLY TO SATISFY HIS OWN EGO BUT MOSTLY TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS HE'S INTERESTED IN IN AUGUST IT WAS A PLACE OF SHADY SWEETNESS FRAGRANT WITH THE ODOUR OF RIPENING APPLES FULL OF DEAR DELICATE SHADOWS THROUGH ITS OPENINGS WE LOOKED AFAR TO THE BLUE RIMS OF THE HILLS AND OVER GREEN OLD TRANQUIL FIELDS LINED THE SUNSET GLOW 64ef03b7-75d2-494d-96ae-200d88782972 FROM THE ROUGH SIDE OF HER TONGUE EXCEPT WHEN I'M HUNGRY THEN I DO LIKE TO GO AND LOOK AT THE NICE LITTLE ROWS OF ONIONS AND BEETS MADE A CHOKING NOISE AND ENCLOSED IT JUST BECAUSE I HAD THE SPECIAL CALL DOESN'T MEAN I AM THE SPECIAL CALL HE SAID 64f5dc6f-60af-4b77-a225-407f51d5e7aa FIFTY CENTS WOULD BE PRETTY DEAR FOR ANY OTHER PICTURE BUT OF COURSE THIS IS DIFFERENT SAID DAN AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF EDEN THROWN IN TWO YOU KNOW ADDED FELICITY FANCY SELLING GOD'S PICTURE SAID CECILY IN A SHOCKED AWED TONE NOBODY BUT A COUN WOULD DO IT AND THAT'S A FACT SAID DAN IT COULD HAVE ONLY BEEN ABOUT THREE DAYS THEN HOW COME I'M SO OLD WE DON'T KNOW THAT MANOEL WE SURE DON'T KNOW THAT HOW BIG WERE THESE PEOPLE WHO KNOWS A FINGER LONG MAYBE TWO 65089126-3e39-410c-b43e-9769628cebd1 IF YOU'RE A KING YOU SING WAS A CARLISLE PROVERB IN THOSE DAYS I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO PRAY ABOUT A CAT HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT THE CANARY PERCHED HERSELF UPON THE MANTEL AND DAINTILY PLUMED 65122ec5-4406-49fa-b14f-c129c7c1e2a8 AT A COMMAND FROM THE PRIESTS THE GUARDS LIFTED ME TO THE ALTAR AND THEN STOOD WATCHFULLY BELOW GAZING UP AT ME WITH PUZZLED MOURNFUL ENVIOUS EYES BIT BY BIT A PATENT STARTED TO EMERGE A DELICATE WEB WORK OF FORGERY BRIBERY CHICANERY AND FALSEHOOD IT COULD ONLY HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED BY A MIND AS BRILLIANTLY AS CROOKED AS MY OWN I CHEWED MY LIP WITH JEALOUSY LIKE ALL GREAT IDEAS THIS ONE WAS BASICALLY SIMPLE 65217a6b-7433-4a89-917b-5ad09cdfd9ac BUT IT WAS MORE BITTER THAN THE GENERAL RUN OF THEIR TIFFS AND THE CONSEQUENCES WERE APPARENT TO ALL SHE STOPPED CRYING LONG ENOUGH TO CLUTCH IT DELIGHTEDLY OH CICELY THANK YOU AND HE HAD TO LEAVE MARGARET BEHIND PRESENTLY THE STORY GIRL WHO HAD BEEN STANDING UP LEANING AGAINST A TALL FIR 6546e4c9-0288-4d08-b697-496652a2900a SOME OF IT QUITE LETHAL AND EXPLOSIVE AND VERY EMBARRASSING IF IT WAS DISCOVERED IN MY BAGS IT WAS A FAST RUN TO UDRIDA WHEN MY BILLIONAIRES YACHT THE EL DORADO WAS WAITING THAT'S NOT THE SAME AS BEING BORN SOMETHING SAID FELICITY LOFTILY I THE ONE WITH THE SHINY RING AROUND HER HEAD AND THE BABY IN HER LAP 654ae983-416d-4e0d-ba05-12640484574a MANY AND MANY A SNOW WHITE MOOSE HE SHOT AND GAVE THE BEAUTIFUL SKIN TO HIS SWEETHEART HER NAME WAS SCUBEN AND SHE WAS AS LOVELY AS THE MOON WHEN IT RISES FROM THE SEA AND AS PLEASANT AS A SUMMER TWILIGHT HOPE SCREAMED AND OUT OF THE TAIL OF MY EYE I SAW BOTH VIC AND HOPE STRUGGLING FRANTICALLY TO FREE THEMSELVES FROM AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF GUARDS THERE WAS A SHARP MURMURING SOUND AS OF A HARP STRING SOFTLY PLUCKED 655141c4-6457-48f6-8de4-f98d2b2730cc UNCLE ROGER AND UNCLE ALEC LULLED IN THE GRASS LIKE BOYS AUNT OLIVIA LOOKING MORE LIKE A PANSY THAN EVER IN THE PRETTIEST DRESS OF PALE PURPLE PRINT WITH A KNOT OF YELLOW RIBBONS AT HER THROAT SAT WITH HER ARM ABOUT CECILY AND SMILED ON US ALL AND AUNT JANET'S MOTHERLY FACE LOST ITS EVERY DAY LOOK OF ANXIOUS CARE PERHAPS SHE FORGAVE HIM THE MORE EASILY BECAUSE HE HAD JUSTIFIED HER IN HER PREDICTIONS AND THUS AFFORDED HER A DECIDED TRIUMPH OVER THE STORY GIRL 6553c078-0c9c-45a8-b7aa-03fb26eb0805 MEDITATE ON A PRAYER YONAS SAID KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN KEEP YOURSELF READY FOR THE GIFT OF GOD IT WILL DESCEND ON YOU KNUPH SHOOK HIS HEAD IT IS A TRICK HE BEGAN A TRICK YONAS SAID BUT THE PRAYERS OF GOD AND HIS CHURCH AND THAT WAS THE UNANSWERABLE QUESTION FOR NO WIZARD COULD USE THE NAME OF GOD NO WIZARD COULD PRAY BUT EVEN FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE SHUT UP IN ASTRO ONE WITH FIVE OTHER MEN ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS THE IMPERIOUS COLONEL TOWERS I CAUGHT EM JUMP THAT'S THE WAY TO BAIT THE REDS THE COLONEL HAD SAID A THOUSAND TIMES HIS WELL WORN EXPRESSION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH QUANUM MECHANICS THE ACTUAL CHANGE IN ATOMIC CONFIGURATION DUE TO THE APPLICATION OF SUFFICIENT ENERGY 6562d56b-cdc7-4e05-a106-ffb25f19370a MY AUNT JANET WAS FOND OF MISSIONS ARE THERE ANY METHODISTS HEATHENS I SUPPOSE I OUGHT TO GIVE MY BOX TO THEM RATHER THAN TO PRESBYTERIAN HEATHEN FINALLY HE PLACED HIS FINGERS ON THE LARGEST OF THE CONTROL SWITCHES THEN CHANGED HIS MIND AND GESTURED IMPERATIVELY TO JUDGE RAY 6565d27f-bcd1-4525-9323-70d7088ae03e SO HE SAID TO NEIL OH SO PERSUASIVELY HAVE SOME MORE MEN HAVE SOME MORE TWILL KEEP THE HEART IN YOU IN THE TEETH OF THAT WIND HELP YOURSELF THERE'S PLENTY MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM YOUR COLOUR IS RATHER PRETTY SAID THE BROWN BEAR EYEING WOOT CRITICALLY I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PEA GREEN MONKEY BEFORE AND IT STRIKES ME YOU ARE QUITE GORGEOUS 6567228f-179d-4955-8f64-4709e1904e14 MISTER CAMPBELL WAS A TALL MAN WITH A MASSIVE HEAD WELL THATCHED WITH THICK BLACK HAIR GREY STREET AS THE STORY GIRL PROUDLY INFORMED US WHEN WE CAME TO THE DINNER TABLE ALL ON HER OWN HOOK WHAT GOOD WOULD BEING TWINS DO YOU ASKED PETER 65743f9f-e9b3-4621-b544-5559414f5451 YOU MAY THINK TIS A HASTY WOOING BUT THAT'S A STORY I CAN TELL YOU LATER MAYBE I KNOW WELL I'M NOT WORTHY OF YOU BUT IF YOUR TRUE LOVE COULD MAKE A MAN WORTHY THERE'D BE NONE BEFORE ME SHE IS SO FOND OF RED WILL MONTAGUE NEVER CAME SLOWLY HORN PUT A HAND TO HIS THROAT PRESSED THE CONTACT BUTTON MY SCOUTS 6574c658-de53-4cf1-88a2-edc554aaa2ae BUT OZMA PUNISHED THE RASH GIRL AND AFTERWARDS GINGER AND I BECAME FAST FRIENDS NOW GINGER LIVES PEACEFULLY ON A FARM NEAR HERE AND RAISES FIELDS OF CREAM PUFFS CHOCOLATE CARMALS AND MACAROONS WE HAD BORNE UP BRAVELY ENOUGH HITHERTO IN SPITE OF OUR INWARD UNCONFESSED QUAKINGS BUT NOW OUR STRAINED NERVES GAVE WAY AND SHEER PANIC SEIZED US HE DID EVERYTHING BAD HE COULD THINK OF AND NEVER WENT TO CHURCH AND HE LAUGHED AT EVERYTHING RELIGIOUS EVEN THE DEVIL HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A DEVIL AT ALL 658ca5c7-e778-4440-92a1-3f9dbbf50b4e THERE MUST BE A MILLION NAMES HERE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL AND WHAT IS THAT WHICH YOU ARE PULLING OUT OF YOUR PANTS WE WATCHED AND WAITED NERVOUSLY I WISH ADDED CECILY WITH A SIGH SOME VAGUE THOUGHT OF THIS WAS IN OUR MINDS AS WE LOOKED AT HER 65a8a801-2c86-45f2-825b-9a1aaa06778a SPACE YACHT FILLED WITH LUXURIES TO LAST A HUNDRED YEARS I WAS STILL TEASED AS I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A SHIP THIS LARGE COULD BE USED FOR THE STORY GIRL MOUNTED TO THE LEDGE SAT ON THE RIM AND LOOKED AT US ON THE OTHER HAND DAN WHO WAS A SOMEWHAT TRUCULENT FELLOW ADDICTED TO THE PERUSAL OF LURID DYING NOVELS HE BORROWED FROM THE OTHER BOYS IN SCHOOL 65ac3637-51ff-48de-8c10-63011acf8b4c WHO HAD CURLED HIMSELF UP AT THE FOOT OF THE BED THE NEW PEAS WOULDN'T HURT ENOUGH THEY'RE SO SOFT THEY'D SQUASH FLAT HE SLID THE CANOPY OPEN AND LOOKED DOWN AT THE RED SOIL OF SERIOUS THREE WELL I SUPPOSE IT'S GONE OF SILLY BUT I DON'T MUCH LIKE SHOTS SERIOUS I MEAN COMES UP 65ad3df1-fd04-4b6f-b792-38f02549b131 FARMER PONDERED THE IDEA OF A TRANSMUTTER THAT WORKED UNDER WATER LIKE A BALL POINT PIN BROAD CASTING WEARY VAUDEVILLE ROUTINES HE SCRATCHED HIS HEAD AND LOOKED WISTFULLY AT THE NEW ENGLAND SHORE LINE OR WAS THAT LONG ISLAND HE WASN'T SURE ANY MORE IN A MOMENT I NODDED AND VIC BEING A GOOD SCOUT THAT HE WAS HURRIED AWAY AND THE MACHINE I ASKED A FEW NIGHTS LATER STILL EXPERIMENTING WITH IT I HAD REALLY COME OUT TO SEE HOPE OF COURSE BUT SHE WAS STILL UPSTAIRS PUTTING ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES 65b7a960-5527-4e26-8969-ac88116f5b37 WISH I COULD FLY TO YOU BUT MA WILL NOT LET ME AND TELL HIM HOW SORRY I AM AND THERE WAS A WARDER OF THE BRIDGE A GOD THAT HE WAS QUITE DISGUSTED WITH THE RESULTING TAME PAGES OF HIS DREAM BOOK WE HAD EXPECTED THAT THE STORY GIRL WOULD ECLIPSE US ALL IN THE MATTER OF DREAMS 65c142cb-5acd-44d0-869d-994841609049 AND HE WAS MADE OF SHINING TIN FROM TOP TO TOE IN THE LAND OF OZ NO PART OF INCLUDING THE WINKIES IT WAS UNSUPPOSABLE THAT A HIRED BOY WITH LITTLE EDUCATION AND LESS EXPERIENCE OF CHURCH GOING SHOULD BE ABLE TO PREACH BETTER THAN COULD I IN WHOSE FAMILY THERE WAS A REAL MINISTER 65d823aa-cabc-4273-a565-df6f2d46830f RECORDING HIS WHOLE HISTORY IN BRIEF AND FINISHING WITH EIGHT LINES OF ORIGINAL VERSE COMPOSED BY HIS WIDOW I TURNED THE DIAL BACK IN IMPERCEPTIBLE DEGREE AND THE HAND STEADIED DOWN EXACTLY UPON THE NUMERAL'S TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED 65ea1eae-dc52-4df2-888a-7a7b62ce752e A NIGHTMARE WORLD THAT WORDS SEEMED INADEQUATE TO DESCRIBE THE SKY WAS AN ANGRY SULPHUROUS GREEN PRESSING LOW UPON A COUNTRY UTTERLY FLAT AND NEARLY BARREN RAY MADE SENSITIVE BY YEARS OF OPEN SKETCHISM ON THE PART OF MANY LISTENERS CAUGHT THE LOOK AND INSISTED ON A DEMONSTRATION OF HIS FABULOUS INVENTION 66105935-1df0-49b9-bb16-87013fb0826e GARF WAS A CHANGED FEASTMAN HE LOOKED FAINTLY FRIGHTENED MODERATELY WORRIED AND DEFINITELY EMBARRASSED THIS PASSED AND HE STARTED TO SMILE IN A PLACATING MANNER GARF DOOR SNAPPED AGAIN SHE FOLLOWED IT UP THIS TIME WITH A STRING OF INTRICATE FOREIGN SOUNDING WORDS THAN EVEN FARMER COULD TELL WERE HOT AND STINGING THE FEAST RAN BACKED AWAY HE SEEMED TO BE GROWING ANGRY HIMSELF NOW UNDER THE WHIPLASHING WOMAN'S TONGUE THE EYE WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY THE OLD BOYS HAD ENOUGH BRAINS TO CHOOSE A TRACEABLE SITE FOR THE BEACON EQUIDISTANT ON A LINE BETWEEN TWO OF THE MOST PROMINENT MOUNTAIN PEAKS I LOCATED THE PEAKS EASILY ENOUGH AND STARTED THE EYE OUT FROM THE FIRST PEAK AND KEPT IT ON A COURSE DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE SECOND 66313743-a002-4031-a4cc-17a904517f26 I CAN'T SAID SARA WITH PASSIONATE DEFIANCE I THINK HE OUGHT TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT DON'T WORRY DEAR SAID CECILY WHO ALWAYS POURED BALM IF YOU CAN'T COLLECT ANY MONEY EVERYBODY WILL KNOW IT ISN'T YOUR FAULT I WON'T EVER FEEL LIKE READING A SINGLE BOOK ON THE LIBRARY IF I CAN'T GIVE SOMETHING TO IT MOURNED SARA WELL FINALLY REMARKED THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE AND MAKE OURSELVES AT HOME THAT WILL BE SURE TO PLEASE MY FRIEND GINGER WHO HAPPENS TO BE AWAY FROM HOME JUST NOW WHEN SHE RETURNS SHE WILL BE GREATLY SURPRISED 6640147d-df43-4962-9660-f06d82cbc35a HOW OLD ARE YOU ASKED FU FORGETTING HIS OWN DANGEROUS POSITION HIS INTEREST IN THE CONVERSATION WHY I'M I'M HOW OLD AM I FATHER ASKED THE LITTLE DRAGON I SHALL TELL YOU THE STORY OF THE SHERMAN GIRLS AND HOW BETTY SHERMAN WON A HUSBAND SHE SAID DAN'S LETTER DEAR OLD PETE AWFUL GLAD YOU CHEATED THE DOCTOR I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T THE KIND TO TURN YOUR TOES SO EASY 664221d7-62b2-47ed-8947-f1e5741db0db AND BROUGHT ME COMFORT FOR IN THE BEGINNING I WAS A MAN OF FLESH AND BONE HENCE I CAN REPRODUCE THEM VERBATIM WITH THE BOUQUET THEY HAVE RETAINED THROUGH ALL THE LONG YEARS SINCE THEY WERE PENNED IN THAT AUTUMNAL ORCHARD ON THE HILL WHO HAD BEEN GRIMACED AT OVER THE BREAKFAST TABLE THAT MORNING AND HADN'T LIKED IT 66460ae8-7180-4ec0-a693-75085c73b47a HE HARDLY NEEDED TO SEE INTO HER MIND TO KNOW WHERE SHE WAS GOING AND TWENTY MINUTES LATER TWO MEN CAME TO THE HUT THEY STOOD IN THE OPEN DOORWAY MISSUS SHARP BEHIND THEM TWITTERING LIKE AN ANCIENT BIRD AND YONAS WATCHED THEM BOREDLY I DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO FEEL AS INT'RESTED IN MISSIONARIES AS YOU FOLKS DO HE SAID BUT MAYBE IF I BEGIN TO GIVE SOMETHING I'LL GET INT'RESTED I'LL WANT TO KNOW HOW MY MONEY'S BEING SPENT I WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE MUCH 6652b3fb-b4a0-45fd-a277-2521d55ab922 I THINK I OUGHT TO PREACH IT OVER AGAIN FOR YOU TO OUR EYES THE ODD THING ABOUT IT WAS THAT THERE WAS NO ENTRANCE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AS THERE SHOULD BE IN ANY RESPECTABLE HOUSE OF COURSE I NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT HIS ALICE ROOM BESIDES HE WAS POOR AND NEEDED THE MONEY IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM ONLY PEOPLE 6658d3eb-4cc8-41ca-87af-de068db23174 SAID FELICITY DISAGREEABLY ITS YELLOWED PAGES INSCRIBED WITH THE VISIONS THAT HAUNTED MY CHILDISH SLUMBERS ON THOSE NIGHTS OF LONG AGO SPURTED OUT INTO LONG ISLAND SOUND IN AN INDESCRIBABLE MY NAME IS GARF HE SAID CHEERFULLY 6659111e-4b92-4f29-a40d-aef711b748af LITTLE PEOPLE NOT CHILDREN LITTLE PEOPLE WHERE IS THE LIST WELL I'LL DO IT TOO I'M TOO WORN OUT FOR ANYTHING ELSE AT ANY OTHER TIME WE SHOULD ALL HAVE BEEN AGHAST OVER SUCH A CATASTROPHE BUT IT PASSED UNNOTICED NOW DAN DOES SAY SUCH QUEER THINGS BETOKENED THE SENTENCE WHICH SOON CAME 66618ee0-cd8c-45ad-b03c-fe72f4339152 FALSE MODESTY IS THE REFUGE OF THE INCOMPETENT I'M GOING TO CATCH THIS THUG AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW I'M GOING TO DO IT HE'S GOING TO HIT AGAIN SOON AND WHEREVER HE HITS THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF PERIODICAL WITH MY PLANT IN IT HE WAITED PATIENTLY UNTIL THE FIT HAD LEFT HER NOT AN INN HE SAID THERE IS NO INN HERE I KNOW 6678bfd5-6786-45fe-b490-9c2cc8e5e792 NOT EVEN FAITH AND WORKS IN COMBINATION COULD AVAIL THEY TELL ME THAT YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING RIGHT ALONG THAT I COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE I OBSERVED THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE WATCH MY CLOTHING THERE WAS VIC HIS RED HAIR TOUSLED AND HIS FACE GREY WITH WORRY 669fd6c0-23d8-4096-9b7f-f4c223b9cd13 I COULD GO INTO THEORIES AND SCIENTIFIC DETAILS RAY SAID GARF TURNED TO THE JUDGE'S INVENTION AND STARTED TO SHOW SOME GENUINE INTEREST FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE HAD SHOWED UP I'M AFRAID I DID VERY WRONG TO COME AGAINST MAR'S WILL SHE SAID MISERABLY BUT I COULDN'T WAIT OWING TO THE RAIN WE COULD NOT FOREGATHER IN THE ORCHARD WHERE WE HAD MEANT TO TRANSACT THE BUSINESS WITH JERRY 66dae34e-c8e6-410c-9c14-c8639c0fd23c FELIX MARCHED OVER TO UNCLE ROGER'S AND WE TRAILED AFTER SCENTING A SCENE WE FOUND PETER SHELLING BEANS IN THE GRANARY AND WHISTLING CHEERILY AS WITH A CONSCIENCE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARDS ALL MEN LITTLE BIT MORE LITTLE BIT MORE I GET TWO BITS A NAME THEY GOT MARSHALL THERE HE WAS VERY BUSY BUT HE CAME 66e11217-c83c-4fb5-8a07-49d069566bdf AS YOU'VE JUST ILLUSTRATED I DIDN'T SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE BEFORE I ARRIVED HERE THERE ON UP SHE LOOKED ALMOST COMPLETELY HUMAN THE PYRAMID WAS A CRUDE LOOKING THING OF UNDRESSED STONE WITHOUT CARVINGS OR DECORATIONS 66e7846f-95ca-4637-a1a2-35c6c887d717 THAT WE COULD CONTROL NEXT HE SAID THEIR MOON WAS CERANNA CRUSOE TRANSLATED AS A LIMB OF VICTORY AFTER THAT IT JUST FELL INTO PLACE HOW THE VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS OF THEIR EYES DOESN'T THAT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU WHAT BATTLESHIP HE GASPED FIRST OF COURSE THE HULL WAS MAGNETIZED AND THE BOMBS FUSED A LIGHT BLINKED AS THE SCANNER IN THE CABIN TURNED OFF AND THE ONE IN THE GENERATOR ROOM CAME ON 66ecee60-a319-4bbf-bdac-700df0d13325 I WONDER SAID DAN MEDITATIVELY AS WE WENT AWAY FROM THAT REDOLENT SPOT HITHERTO THEY HAD BEEN OF A NON COMMITTAL NATURE AND JOHN ADREW LAID HIM ON THE DECK AS DOOR SPRANG LEAFILY OVER THE RAIL AGAIN 66f04dec-4818-4a67-9152-ecdb35d7345e THE PATH OF THE RAINBOW IS NOT FOR THEE HE SAID FELIX AND I SPOKE NOT OH IT IS SO DREADFUL JUST TO WAIT AND TO DO NOTHING ELSE AND CECILY TRUE'S YOU LIVE THERE WAS EIGHT SEEDS IN IT AND YOU KNOW EIGHT MEANS THEY BOTH LOVE 66f1e0d4-209f-47cb-beec-ad5ae2e14bc0 AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO INTERFERE WITH THE PLEASING THROES OF COMPOSITION THERE TO THE RIGHT IS SWEET CECILY OF THE DEAR BROWN EYES WITH A LITTLE BLOATED DICTIONARY BESIDE HER THERE WERE WAVES OF FIRE CHASING EACH OTHER AROUND HIS BODY I THINK GARF WILL BE ALL RIGHT NOW HOLDING HIS JAW AND SHAKING HIS HEAD MUZZILY 670ddf14-fd10-4fd1-894e-12305589ec02 AND SUPPOSE YOU HAVEN'T THEN YOU CAN'T TRANSMIT A THING TO HIM YOU'RE TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE REMEMBER AND THE FIRE'S STARTED WHAT GOODS YOU'D TELEPATHY BUT IT'S A SENSE CLARETON SAID LIKE ANY OTHER SENSE BUT IT ISN'T MAGIC ANY MORE THAN YOUR EYES ARE MAGIC THEY'RE GIVEN BY GOD IF YOU LIKE THEY GROW THEY DEVELOP THEN ALL PAIN AND WEARINESS FELL AWAY FROM HIM AND HE ROSE UP A GOD BEAUTIFUL WITH IMMORTALITY 670fc0a4-474a-46fa-9268-f31dc60ba01a THE GATE IS A MATTER TRANSFITTER BETWEEN MY WORLD AND YOURS HER SCALES STOPPED IN EYE CATCHING POINTS JUST ABOVE HER DISTINCTLY MAMELIUM BOSOM WHEN HE COMBED IN HIS NET OF SNEAKERS TO CHECK THE TAPES AND FILMS WHAT DO YOU CARRY IN THIS VEHICLE 67151085-bf35-4c49-905b-2017cf721c10 WHAT DO YOU WANT THESE WERE THE FIRST WORDS PEPPER HAD SPOKEN SINCE HIS FIRST THREATS I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ARRANGE A DEAL SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH OF US BUT LET ME FIRST SHOW YOU THE REST OF THE BOMBS SO YOU WON'T GET ANY STRANGE IDEAS ABOUT CORPORATING HE TURNED A DIAL WITH HIS THUMB AND HANDED THE UNIT TO BRANDON BRANDON DEPRESSED THE TOP BUTTON A CRYSTAL CLEAR IMAGE OF COLONEL TOWERS PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON HIS FULL DRESS UNIFORM APPEARED ON THE SCREEN 6719b20f-0ac3-43fd-912a-0f8592149528 WHICH IS THE WAY OF HUMAN NATURE COMPANY DESCENDED ON US THAT AFTERNOON FIRST CAME AUNT JANET'S SISTER MISSUS PATERSON WITH A DAUGHTER OF SIXTEEN YEARS AND A SON OF TWO WOULDN'T IT BE AWFUL IF IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO PAT WHISPERED CECILY WELL WE COULD HAVE A JOLLY FUNERAL YOU KNOW SAID DAN 672595d8-5499-402d-8286-c5aed829ecd0 CHAFFEE THREE SET DOWN THE SHIP ON AN ISLAND THAT WAS ONLY ONE OF A FRECKLING CHAIN OF SIMILAR ISLANDS ONCE IT GETS ITS WIND BACK CHAFFEE FOUR TELEPORTED INSIDE AGAIN MAYBE THE ODDS ARE CLOSER THAN ONE AND FIFTY HE DECIDED HE CHOPPED THE POWER BACK ALL THE WAY AND LISTENED INTENTLY IT'S JUST THAT I GUESS I'M OLD FASHIONED 6732b1f2-cafd-4947-b726-3c823e76ca90 I CAN NEVER GET USED TO THE WAY YOU MENTION THE THE THAT NAME COMPLAINED FELICITY WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THE LEG ANYHOW ASKED ROOT APPEALING TO POLYCHROME THANK YOU REPLIED THE JAGUAR YOU'RE RATHER SMALL FOR A FULL MEAL BUT IT'S KIND OF YOU TO SACRIFICE YOURSELF TO MY APPETITE 674d6067-eab4-4066-98ee-59da6e9df9a4 WANT US TO COME BACK TO ORAN THE WEIGHT WAS STILL ONLY ABOUT TWICE THAT OF HIS HOME PLANET OF CHARGE ON SHOULD DIE WAS UNBELIEVABLE MY OWN DEAREST CECILY RAN SARA'S LETTER WELL WHAT IS THE REASON ASKED FELICITY 674e41a7-532d-4ad8-ada7-dd86157d3486 FOR ONE THING IT HAD A FULL TOWN HALL BUILT NO LESS OF HONEST STONE AND PROBABLY A RELIC OF THE MOMENT TIMES I KNOW THAT YOURS THOUGHT WEARILY CLARETON AGREED OF COURSE YOU HAVE HE THOUGHT SO I THINK IT'S REAL MEAN THAT ONE OF THEM HAS TO BE COVERED UP MOST OF THE TIME WE ALL FELT THAT WAY 6761d299-ed06-4760-971f-50477872d84b UNCLE ROGER CAN LAUGH SAID CICELY WITH A QUIVER IN HER VOICE BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER TO BE SO SCARED I FEEL JUST SICK I WAS SO FRIGHTENED I WOULDN'T MIND IF HE'D LAUGH ONCE AND HAVE IT DONE WITH IT SAID FELICITY BITTERLY BUT HE'LL LAUGH AT US FOR A YEAR AND TELL THIS STORY TO EVERY SOUL THAT COMES TO THE PLACE THE PROUD PRINCESS HELD HERSELF MORE PROUDLY THAN EVER BUT SHE WAS AS WHITE AS HER VEIL AND THERE WAS NO LAUGHTER OR MERRYMAKING SUCH AS SHOULD BE AT A WEDDING AND EVERY ONE LOOKED AT EVERY ONE ELSE WITH FEAR IN HIS EYES 6767fde5-74b7-4bb4-a094-c92e1650937b MY ONLY HOPE WAS TO LEARN THIS WEEK BUT I SUPPOSE FELICITY IS SO DISGUSTED WITH ME NOW THAT SHE WON'T GIVE ME ANY MORE LESSONS I DON'T CARE SAID FELIX I LIKE YOU BETTER THAN FELICITY EVEN IF YOU CAN'T COOK THERE'S LOTS OF FOLKS CAN MAKE BREAD BUT THERE ISN'T MANY WHO CAN TELL A STORY LIKE YOU HE COUNTED THEM PULLED THE CHUTE RELEASE NEYLON STREAMED OUT BEHIND HIM AND SNAPPED OPEN WITH A TREMENDOUS JAR A MOMENT LATER BUNDLES OF METAL RIBBONS FLOATED OUT AND BILLOWED INTO A GIANT UMBRELLA THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERED WAS THE TASTE OF BLOOD ON HIS LIPS 67751ebc-11cc-4383-8815-8494c99f82af YOU MUST HELP US TO RECAPTURE IT ON ONE DAY THROUGH SOME UNFAILING MIRACLE OF COLLAXIAN SEAMANSHIP NOTHING WOULD PREVENT CANNIBALS FROM EATING FILLICKS IF THEY CAUGHT HIM GIGGLED FELICITY HE'S SO NICE AND FAT 67763bcb-6d5a-439d-afe8-9d39b70a2b23 WHEN WE WENT TO BED THAT WONDERFUL WHITE ENCHANTRESS THE MOON WAS MAKING AN ELFLAND OF THE SNOW MISTED WORLD OUTSIDE FROM WHERE I LAY I COULD SEE THE SHARP TOPS OF THE SPRUCES AGAINST THE SILVERY SKY THE FROST WAS ABROAD AND THE WINDS WERE STILL AND THE LAND LAY IN GLAMOUR IT WAS FAR FROM A WARM WELCOME BUT YONAS WAS SATISFIED WITH IT I SHALL WORK TO DO YOU GOOD HE SAID AND NOT EVIL STRANGER SHARP SAID WORK FOR YOUR OWN GOOD DO NOTHING FOR ME THIS IS AN ACCURSED FAMILY THERE IS NO GOOD TO BE DONE TO ME OR MY WIFE OR CHILD 67a9dbf1-2152-4b81-b294-685088b4c896 CECILY HAD PUT HER HANDS OVER HER EYES THEIR DOOR OPENED AND THROUGH OUR OWN DOOR I SAW FELICITY'S WHITE CLAD FIGURE FLIT DOWN THE STAIRS TO AUNT JANET'S ROOM I HAD A STRUGGLE WITH TEMPTATION IN WHICH I FRANKLY CONFESS I MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSTED HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A SAVING AND TIMELY REMEMBRANCE OF A CERTAIN RESOLUTION MADE ON THE PRECEDING JUDGMENT SUNDAY 67c1a4d3-968b-4da0-b3e7-6104499282df BUT OZMA IS A FAIRY SAID THE TIN WOODMAN AND THEREFORE SHE IS VERY POWERFUL SO HE SAT THERE THAT AFTERNOON AND DREAMED OF HER AS HE PLAYED SWEET OLD SONGS AND ROLLICKING JIGS ON HIS FIDDLE 67c2db7f-92f1-4793-9a44-65cebc07d3e4 A TREMENDOUS CURRENT OF IT ADDS NOTHING TO THE WEIGHT OF THE WIRE CARRYING IT AND ONE WAS FIERY RED WE FELT AS IF A TERRIBLE WEIGHT HAD BEEN LIFTED FROM OUR MINDS FANCY SELLING GOD'S PICTURE SAID CECILY IN A SHOCKED AWED TONE 67c4e33b-934d-4196-8ff3-1904faf796c5 AND I THEREFORE CAN SUFFER NO PAIN AND CARRIED HIM AWAY INTO A CAGE SOMEWHERE IN THE MOUNTAINS FELICITY SAYS SHE CAN'T SEE THAT IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU TELL THEM BUT OH IT DOES THE QUESTION WAS HOW WAS HE TO TAKE IT 67d64ae6-f712-40a7-8f17-54c5025e687c CARS GUNS I BELLOWED TO THE SPACE YARD IF THAT SHIP IS ANYWHERE NEAR COMPLETION WE ARE IN BIG BIG TROUBLE MISTER MILWOOD TOLD ME TO BURN IT SAID FELIX IT DOESN'T SEEM REVERENT TO DO THAT SAID CECILY EVEN IF IT ISN'T GOD'S PICTURE IT HAS HIS NAME ON IT 67eaae9d-8c68-45cb-b88b-407743c7728e FELICITY SHOOK HER HEAD VEHEMENTLY SAID THE STORY GIRL DREAMILY BUT ONE WAY MUST BE EASIER OR BETTER THAN THE OTHER OR ELSE THEY'D ALL BE ONE KIND BUT NOW WE WERE TOO CRUSHED AND MISERABLE TO MOVE WHY DON'T YOU TALK SENSE IF YOU MUST TALK SAID FELICITY YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY I HAD BLACK HAIR 67fa9486-1f14-4874-a6d6-7d4b0d1fa154 I WAS NOT ALWAYS MADE OF TIN BEGAN THE EMPEROR FOR IN THE BEGINNING I WAS A MAN OF FLESH AND BONE AND BLOOD AND LIVED IN THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY OF OZ AND THEN IN FIVE YEARS TIME THE TREE BORE APPLES AND THEY WERE YELLOW TRANSPARENTS AND THEN SHE SPOKE AT LAST SHE SAID I TOLD YOU SO AND DID SHE TALK TO HIM AFTER THAT AS USUAL ASKED SARA RAY OH YES SHE WAS JUST THE SAME AS SHE USED TO BE SAID THE STORY GIRL WEARILY 6809128f-28c7-418f-a66b-5fe7243d72f5 THE OLD BOY DOESN'T LIKE THOSE OTHER CHAPS PRIESTS I TAKE IT WHISPERED VIC I THINK THEY'VE BEEN MESSING UP HIS PLANS WELL SAID MY FRIEND AGREED THE SCARECROW WELL CAPTAIN IF YOU ARE AGREEABLE LET US NOW GO TO NIMI AMMY'S HOUSE AND LET HER CHOOSE BETWEEN US 68114086-2090-4d61-8d36-e682fd26d948 THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THEIR ROUNDNESS WAS A SLIGHT HOLLOW ON THE TOP YES IT WAS A SEEMING MISFORTUNE GOOD BYE MISTER AND MISSUS SWINE FELIX HELD OUT TO FELICITY A REMARKABLY FINE APPLE WHICH HE HAD BEEN SAVING FOR HIS OWN CONSUMPTION AND THE STORY GIRL BEGAN A TALE OF AN ENCHANTED MAIDEN IN A CASTLE BY THE SEA BUT WE NEVER HEARD THE END OF IT 681ee479-5329-455d-8d16-4e0bd782e666 TAKE IT SHE WHISPERED THE QUESTION WAS HOW WAS HE TO TAKE IT BOTH OF AGLEIA'S ARMS WERE HELD FAST TO HER SIDES BY GLECON'S ARMS AND IF HE LOOSED HIS CLASP EVER SO LITTLE HE WAS AFRAID SHE WOULD FALL SO WEAK AND TREMBLING WAS SHE FROM HER DREADFUL FRIGHT PHARAO STILL HAD THE BAFFLED ACT GOING AS HE FUMBLED WITH THE PAPERS EXAMINING INITIALS AND SUCH I GAVE HIM PLENTY OF TIME HE FINALLY PUT THEM DOWN SHAKING HIS HEAD 681fab20-41ee-4157-95ff-380d232cfc9c MISTER MIRWOOD PRESENTLY WALKING BENIGNLY ALONG THE LANE WAS CONFRONTED BY A FAT SMALL BOY WITH A PALE FACE BUT RESOLUTE EYES THEY WERE TEN CENTS APIECE WITH RULED PAGES AND MOTTLED GREEN COVERS I'M GOING TO HAVE COW SOME DAY SAID PETER FLUSHING 6825b183-aa65-4da5-9cbe-affe5df14bb6 AUNT JANET COULD NOT GO DOWN THE HILL IN THE AFTERNOON TO FIND OUT HOW SARA WAS BECAUSE COMPANY CAME TO TEA LOCKING THE EYE IN A CIRCULAR COURSE WE TRAVEL IN WELL STOCKED SHIPS THAT CARRY A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING 6838b124-d017-411e-9f17-d2b9232c6ec2 IF ONLY WE KNEW WHAT WAS THE MATTER WITH HIM WE MIGHT DO SOMETHING SOBBED THE STORY GIRL STROKING HER POOR PET'S UNRESPONSIVE HEAD I COULD TELL YOU WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM BUT YOU'D ONLY LAUGH AT ME WE ALL LOOKED AT HIM PETER CRAIG WHAT DO YOU MEAN ASKED FELICITY ONE DAY HOWEVER I MET AN OLD LADY WHO WAS A FAIRY OR A WITCH OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT AND SHE SAID IF I WOULD RUN AN ERRAND FOR HER TO CARRY SOME MAGIC MEDICINE TO ANOTHER OLD WOMAN SHE WOULD GRANT ME JUST ONE WISH WHATEVER THE WISH HAPPENED TO BE 68455082-9149-49bc-89ae-2388a1bf9d0c SEEMS TO ME INDEED THAT I EVEN REMEMBER THAT GROUP OF TALL TREES AHEAD OF US AND IF I DO WE ARE NOT FAR FROM THE HOME OF MY FRIEND GINGER WELL SARA COULDN'T HELP IT SAID THE STORY GIRL CHARITABLY BUT IT DOES SEEM AS IF WE'D HAD DREADFUL LUCK IN EVERYTHING WE'VE TRIED LATELY I THOUGHT OF A NEW GAME THIS MORNING BUT I'M ALMOST AFRAID TO MENTION IT FOR I SUPPOSE SOMETHING DREADFUL WILL COME OF IT TOO 684b0e7b-86ca-4e26-bf57-34058345c463 BUT SARA COULD NOT GIVE UP THE DELIGHTS OF THE SHOW SO SHE WALKED ON A SMALL MISERABLE TESTIMONY THAT THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS NEVER EASY SO WHEN BILLY CONFIDED TO ME UNDER SOLEMN PROMISE OF SECRECY THAT HE HAD SOME MAGIC SEED WHICH WOULD MAKE BOYS GROW AND WOULD SELL ME A BOX OF IT FOR JUST TEN CENTS 687ac3ce-0d06-4d8b-aaf3-b41d36e56f9e DAN HAD PICKED OUT A SOFT SPOT IN THE GRASS FOR HIMSELF AND WAS IN THE ACT OF SITTING DOWN WHEN FELICITY'S TACTFUL SPEECH ARRESTED HIM MIDWAY HE STRAIGHTENED UP AND TURNED A WRATHFUL FACE ON HIS PROVOKING SISTER THEN RED WITH INDIGNATION BUT WITHOUT A WORD HE STALKED UP THE WALK FELICITY AND CECILIA WERE WEARING THEIR NEW SUMMER MUSLINS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WERE ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT FELICITY HER PINK AND WHITE FACE SHADOWED BY HER DROOPING FORGET ME NOT WREATHED LEGH HORN HAT WAS AS BEAUTIFUL AS USUAL BUT CECILI HAVING TORTURED HER HAIR WITH CURL PAPERS ALL NIGHT HAD A RAMPANT BUSH OF CURLS ALL ABOUT HER HEAD WHICH QUITE DESTROYED THE SWEET NUN LIKE EXPRESSION OF HER LITTLE FEATURES 68864eda-8aea-41ae-8eb8-abe7380d14e3 PRACTICALLY CHARTELING HOW I WISH THAT WERE ALL IT TOOK I WOULD HAVE A FLEET OF PART SHIPS SHE HAD BEEN AWAY AND HAD JUST COME HOME AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE POET AND IT WAS FROM THE SEA HE CAME TO SET OUT HIS AVENUE IN THE ORCHARD WITH TREES BROUGHT FROM A FOREIGN LAND 6886a940-1d39-4cd9-9dfe-8ec185b26b64 WELL NOT EXACTLY A WITCH SEARCH SHE REPLIED BUT I AM AN ARTIST IN TRANSFORMATION IN OTHER WORDS I'M MORE OF A YUKU HOO THAN A WITCH AND OF COURSE YOU KNOW THAT THE YUKUBOOS ARE THE CLEVEREST MAGIC WORKERS IN THE WORLD THE ROOM HAD NEVER BEEN FURNISHED IN HIS MOTHER'S TIME BUT NOW IT WAS ELEGANTLY FURNISHED THOUGH MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN OR HOW THAT FURNITURE WAS BROUGHT THERE 688911b2-3e73-485c-98c7-b3635ba31677 MY STORY IS ABOUT MISSUS DUNBAR AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE FANNY THOSE ARE NOT THINGS ONE KNOWS ABOUT SHE SAID WITH DIGNITY DON'T YOU THINK IT HORRID BEGINNING SO YOUNG REQUEST SIGNED BY A FIRST CONTACT OFFICER NAME A DISTANT HE STOOD IN HIS CUSTOMARY SLOUCH 68919fbf-5f39-4e9b-ae7b-939a4e816750 PERHAPS THAT'S WHY HE'S MEANING CROSS SAID THE FELIX I TELL YOU IT ISN'T ALWAYS THE MAN'S FAULT SAID DAN DARKLY WHEN I GET MARRIED I'LL BE GOOD TO MY WIFE BUT I MEAN TO BE BOSS WHEN I OPEN MY MOUTH MY WORD WILL BE LAW INDEED JOB FIGHT ATE SO MUCH THAT LITTLE FOOD WAS LEFT FOR MYSELF SO WHEN HE PROPOSED ONE DAY TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND SEEK A VENTURE SO I WAS DELIGHTED TO BE RID OF HIM 6899e5d0-886e-4a1b-a924-124d2f9fb41f IT'S SUCH A GOOD BOOK TO READ ON SUNDAYS IT IS INTERESTING AND RELIGIOUS TOO SO IS THE BIBLE I HADN'T QUITE FINISHED THE BIBLE BEFORE I TOOK THE MEASLES BUT MA'S READING THE LAST CHAPTERS TO ME WHILE SHE SECURED THE FLIMSY DOOR HE RIPPED THROUGH HIS BELONGINGS ALIGNING HIS E I COMMUNICATOR AGAIN ON HIS BREAKFAST TABLE 68a30c8c-2d45-4420-a81e-68c65161e2ae WE ALL HAVE DREAM BOOKS YOU KNOW AND EVERYONE WANTS THEIR OWN TO BE THE MOST EXCITING AND WE'VE BEEN EATING RICH THINGS TO MAKE US DREAM AND IT DOES BUT IF CICELY OH I'LL NEVER FORGIVE MYSELF SAID FELICITY INCOHERENTLY LETTING ALL KINDS OF CATS OUT OF THE BAG IN HER EXCITEMENT AND ALARM OF COURSE DECLARED THE GIANTESS AND I HAVE ADDED A LITTLE MAGIC TO YOUR TRANSFORMATIONS TO MAKE YOU ALL CONTENTED WITH WEARING YOUR NEW FORMS I'M SORRY I DIDN'T THINK TO DO THAT WHEN I TRANSFORMED POLYCHROME INTO A CANARY BIRD 68a755df-4cb3-4cf3-bf46-83e118188027 IF YOU DESIRE IT PROMISED THE TIN WOODMAN LEANING BACK IN HIS TIN THROAT AND CROSSING HIS TIN LEGS BESIDES THAT THERE WERE A PAIR OF BLUE SATIN SLIPPERS ON THE FLOOR BESIDE IT HIGH HEELED SLIPPERS AND ON THE FLY LEAF OF THE BOOKS THE NAME ALICE WAS WRITTEN NOW THERE NEVER WASN'T ALICE IN THE DALE CONNECTION AND NOBODY EVER HEARD OF THE AWKWARD MAN HAVING A SWEETHEART THERE ISN'T THAT A LOVELY MYSTERY 68d7896b-f4fb-4727-b592-588f7fb40f0e ON ANOTHER OCCASION SHE HAD A FRIGHTFUL DREAM AT LEAST IT SEEMED FRIGHTFUL WHILE SHE TOLD US AND DESCRIBED THE DREADFUL FEELING IT HAD GIVEN HER OF BEING CHASED AROUND THE PARLOUR BY THE OTTOMAN WHICH MADE FACES AT HER IT SEEMED TO ME FOR A MOMENT THAT I WAS GROWING AS LIGHT AS AIR THAT MY FEET WERE DRIFTING OFF THE FLOOR AND THEN AS THE RED LINE OF THE DIAL CAME CLOSER TO THE INDICATED POINT THE FEELING LEFT AND I SUDDENLY SEEMED VERY HEAVY 68d87a2d-9177-4977-a391-0160b01a75f7 BUT THE DEA YOU COULD START BY TEACHING US HOW YOU MAKE SUPERIOR GLASS SAID ORAN I AM NOW ON MY WAY HOME TO SLEEP THE REST OF THE WITCH WITH THE SILVER SHOES HATED ME FOR HAVING DEFIED HER 68dc9293-763d-4ee2-91b4-9807813d346e I SAW THAT CITY THEY BUILT STEAD THAT'S IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE MASQUERADING SHALL WE CONTINUE ON TO YOUR CITY ASKED HORN HE WET HIS LIPS WITH HIS TONGUE THESE WERE NOT VIC AND HOPE BEFORE ME THEY WERE UNREAL CREATURES LIKE THE BEINGS WHICH HAD CAPTURED ME 68ddd755-b81d-4e55-b567-0712bdb345aa FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL WERE REALLY QUITE FOND OF EACH OTHER UNDER THE QUEER CIRCUS FRICTION THAT COMMONLY RESULTED FROM THEIR INTERCOURSE WHICH ALLOWS ME TIME TO AMUSE MYSELF IN MY OWN WAY VERY WELL I AM AS LIKELY TO FIND MY RAINBOW THERE AS HERE 690e2e19-e1b8-40d1-832a-0a59d67ef7d2 FOR BOTH THE TIN TWINS KNEW THE WAY HAVING FOLLOWED IT MANY TIMES WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ASKED LUTE SHE SAYS SHE NEVER SAW A ROOM LIKE IT IN A COUNTRY FARMHOUSE ONE BEAUTIFUL SUMMER SUNDAY EVENING HIS MOTHER PLEADED WITH HIM TO GO TO CHURCH WITH HER BUT HE WOULD NOT HE TOLD HER THAT HE WAS GOING FISHING INSTEAD AND WHEN CHURCH TIME CAME HE SWAGGERED PAST THE CHURCH WITH HIS FISHING ROD OVER HIS SHOULDER SINGING A GODLESS SONG 691943c4-d34d-40f5-826e-3a5827d4cee6 WITH A TENTH OF THE EFFORT PEPEY COULD HAVE HAD A CRUISER THAT WOULD HAVE SUITED HIS PURPOSES JUST AS WELL I LEANED OVER AND PUT MY LIPS CLOSE TO HIS EAR WE WANT THIS PLANET CLEARED FOR CONTACT OR DEAD BEFORE THEN VERY INFERIOR CERAMICS IN THOSE TUBES 6955db47-fb06-425e-8c9b-ae9fcde3740a SWEET FRESH GOLDEN STRAW THERE IS SURELY NO FLAW AND IS STUFFING SO CLEAN AND COMPACT IT CREAKS WHILE I WALK AND IT THRILLS WHEN I TALK AND ITS FRAGRANCE IS FINE FOR EFFECT TO CUT ME DON'T HURT FOR I'VE NO BLOOD TO SQUIRT AND I THEREFORE CAN SUFFER NO PAIN THE STRAW THAT I USE DOESN'T LUMP UP OR BRUISE THOUGH IT'S POUNDED AGAIN AND AGAIN WHEN WE GREW TIRED OF OUR SPORT WE WENT TO THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE FIELD AND PERCHED OURSELVES ON THE HIGH POLE FENCE THAT SKIRTED A DARK SPRUCE WOOD FULL OF STRANGE FURTIVE SOUNDS OVER US WAS A GREAT DARK SKY BLOSSOMING WITH SILVER STARS AND ALL AROUND LAY DUSKY MYSTERIOUS REACHES OF MEADOW AND WOOD IN THE SOFT EMPURPLED NIGHT 696967c5-4bbb-4e2f-9362-bf7707c7beb7 INDEED I WOULD IF I'D JUST MADE UP MY MIND TO WHY NOT WHY NOT BARE FEET IF THEY'RE CLEAN AS WELL AS BARE HANDS AND FACE OH YOU WOULDN'T IT WOULD BE SUCH A DISGRACE SAID POOR FELICITY IN REAL DISTRESS POOR SARA DID NOT HAVE TO BE SHE WAS EVENTUALLY QUIETED DOWN AND WAS AS WELL AS USUAL THE NEXT DAY AND SHE HUMBLY BEGGED PETER'S PARDON FOR SPOILING HIS SERMON PETER GRANTED IT RATHER GRUMPILY AND I FEAR THAT HE NEVER REALLY QUITE FORGAVE SARA FOR HER UNTIMELY OUTBURST 6977139d-0667-4a5b-af20-67930d7f4ed3 FAITHFUL STORY OF THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURE UNDERTAKEN BY THE TIN WOODMAN ASSISTED BY WOUT THE WANDERER SCARECROW OF OZ AND POLYCHROME THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER BY EL WHAT A SULKY SULKY LOT OF LITTLE PEOPLE SAID AUNT OLIVIA GOING AWAY ACROSS THE YARD HOLDING A PRETTY DRESS UP FROM THE DEWY GRASS SARA RAY HAD ALSO YEARNED TO STAY BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER SHE MUST BE HOME BEFORE DARK NEVER MIND SARAH COMFORTED CECILY 69981187-62ca-45de-97ba-4a6259e81c64 JUST AHEAD OF HIM JONIFER CAUGHT AN ERECT FIN SPINE AND CLUNG WITH BOTH ARMS HANG ON WE'RE GOING THE SCOOP CONTRACTED ITSELF WITH A SUDDENNESS THAT YANKED THEM YARDS FROM THE COTTAGE AND ALL BUT DISLODGED JEFF DESPERATELY HE TURNED ON THE TELETOCKY ASTRO THIS IS BRANDON HE SAID BRANDON THIS IS ASTRO REINHARDT SAID A DISTANT FLARE LIT UP THE SKY AHEAD OF HIM IT GLOWED FOR A FEW MOMENTS THEN DIED THEY FOUND THE SHIP HE THOUGHT 699f48f7-8331-40b9-b0d9-7d36ab9dc053 HER TEAR WET LASHES TREMBLING AGAINST HER PALE ROUND CHEEKS YOU MUST STAY AND KEEP US CHEERED UP IMPLORED FELICITY I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW I'M EVER GOING TO PUT IN THE AFTERNOON SHE DID NOT HOWEVER FORGET TO CARRY THE FORGET ME NOT JUG WITH HER AMAZINGLY HIS TONGUE ONLY GOT TANGLED ONCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SPEECH GARF FACED THEM 69bb1f2a-40c7-495d-b5f7-90bea9ef6ccb THERE ISN'T MUCH FUN IN IT AND THEN NEITHER OF YOU NEED TO PRAY ABOUT IT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THE ORDEAL SAID FELIX AND I WON'T OH WELL SURELY YOU CAN SETTLE IT SOME OTHER WAY WITHOUT FIGHTING PERSISTED CECILY I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT SAID PETER IT'S FELIX ON AND ON THEY RODE AND THE SKIES GREW DARKER AND THE WIND BLEW AND WAILED AND THE SHADES OF EVENING CAME DOWN AND JUST IN THE TWILIGHT THEY RODE INTO A DARK VALLEY FILLED WITH TOMBS AND GRAVES 69c98d5e-20ab-404d-b793-ee914447e888 COULD SEE IT WE'D BUMP INTO OUR OWN TREES AND HOUSES AND PEOPLE WE'D I RECKON YOU GOT IT SIR THE BLUE CHINA CANDLESTICK ONLY IT WAS BRASS IN THE DREAM ECILY INDEED SEEMED TO HAVE THE MOST DECIDED TALENT FOR DRAMATIC DREAMS 69cdd0d2-0479-45cc-82f3-10d9dace7d2a GOODNESS ME IT WAS DREADFUL WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING YOURSELF I WAS COMING THROUGH THE GAP IN THE HEDGE AND I SAW SOMEBODY IN BLUE STANDING UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE ALL RIGHT SAID WOUT JUMPING UP GIVE ME YOUR HAND POLYCHROME WHERE ARE YOU THE RAINBOW WON'T APPEAR UNTIL AFTER THE STORM AND I CAN MAKE YOU BATHE IN A JIFFY BEFORE I JOIN MY SISTERS ON OUR BOAT 69d38fa5-9c70-435a-9679-fe47278f9db7 FINALLY THE STORY GIRL TOLD US THE TALE OF THE PRISONER OF CHILI SHE PRAYED FOR IT YOU KNOW SAID FELIX AFTER SARA HAD GONE HOME I SHALL BE SATISFIED JUST TO BE A PLAIN ANGEL SAID FELICITY MODESTLY NOT EVEN THE ALMIGHTY CAN DESTROY THE BRIDGE MUST STAND FOREVER 69d9cf55-fdb1-429a-8574-83125f922f13 WHO THE WANDERER PUSHED FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER LUKE TRIED TO THINK HOW TO SAVE HER THE TROUBLE WAS THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER THINGS HE LIKED BETTER THAN WORK IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO PETER I FEEL SURE I'LL NEVER BE NAUGHTY AGAIN I WON'T HAVE THE HEART 69ee0bec-7fee-4ab6-b8bf-e4f162f5518f CONVERSATION LANGUISHED THE MOMENTS DRAGGED BY EACH SEEMING AN HOUR OVERHEAD WAS A DAZZLING BLUE SKY THOUGH PIRACY WAS OF COURSE TOO MEAN AN AMBITION TO ASCRIBE TO THIS BOY I STROLLED OUT SLOWLY IN COMMAND OF THE SITUATION 69f9c8df-e5e2-4a50-b517-3b26ca73ac70 FELIX'S PRAYER WAS ALL RIGHT BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE HURT ANY ONE ELSE TRULY WE HAD HAD A DELECTABLE SUMMER AND HAVING HAD IT IT WAS OURS FOREVER THERE WAS NO PREACHING IN CARLISLE THAT DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WAS NOT TILL THE EVENING INDEED I SHALL I'LL TELL STORIES AS LONG AS I'VE A TONGUE TO TALK WITH OR ANYONE TO LISTEN 6a057b6e-773c-49f6-99cb-5428d109646c THIS PURPLE CLOTH DRESS IS QUITE GOOD HOWEVER IT CAN BE MADE OVER NICELY AND IT WOULD BECOME YOU VERY WELL OLIVIA I HATE TO BE COOPED UP IN A PALACE SHE SAID TO OZMA AND OF COURSE THE FIRST TIME I MEET MY RAINBOW I SHALL RETURN TO MY OWN DEAR HOME IN THE SKIES WHERE MY FAIRY SISTERS ARE EVEN NOW AWAITING ME AND MY FATHER IS CROSS BECAUSE I GET LOST SO OFTEN 6a0b75bf-591b-41fb-b947-f946bd39590e AND IT MADE US FEEL WRETCHEDLY UNCOMFORTABLE SOMEHOW YOU ARE A WONDER SOME DAY YOU WILL MAKE THE WORLD REALIZE IT YOU MUST TAKE A PINCH OF THE SEED EVERY THREE HOURS WALKING BACKWARD ALL HIS STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SHIP WERE TRUE ANGELINA ASKED HER EYES WERE OPEN NOW 6a0e0560-6a53-4e57-80c1-7add66eff74f HE HAD BEEN LYING IN HIS LONELY AND HE ALSO GAVE UP PRAYING ABOUT IT SAYING IN BITTERNESS OF SPIRIT THAT THERE WAS NO USE IN PRAYING WHEN OTHER FELLOWS PRAYED AGAINST YOU OUT OF SPITE WHAT'S THE GOOD OF WORKING BUTTONHOLES ON AN OLD RAG ASKED FELICITY AT THE END OF HIS PRAYER HE SAID O LORD BLESS THIS POOR YOUNG MAN HIDING IN THE CLOSET 6a11bb57-9e6a-43cc-b94c-daca4286ae22 IN THE FORM OF A BIRD POLYCHROME IS A POWERFUL FAIRY YOU MUST WATCH FOR A CHANCE AND SLIP IN WHEN MISSUS EWKE ISN'T LOOKING TELL ME ONE HERE AND NOW AND I SHALL PAY YOU IN PROPORTION TO THE ENTERTAINMENT YOU AFFORD ME SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS THAT WE MAY APPLY OUR HEARTS UNTO WISDOM 6a2d51ac-4824-4656-a9f1-d3aadc01e866 WHICH IS UNWISE YUNUS THOUGHT BITTERLY AND RISKY AND VERY PROBABLY IMPIOUS AS WELL I SEE THE WOMAN IN YOUR MIND ON THE COVER IS PASTED A LADY'S VISITING CARD ON WHICH IS WRITTEN THE DREAM BOOK OF BEVERLY KING 6a2f4d44-7086-4f91-a4d2-605fdb1140c1 HE GAZED ACROSS THE SHIMMERING DESERT TO A RIDGE OF SCRUBBY HILLS BLUE MOUNTAINS ROSE UP BEHIND THEM GREAT FLOWS OF BLACK LAVA HAD ROLLED DOWN ON TO THE DESERT FLOOR AT SOME DISTANT TIME SOME DAY YANUS THOUGHT BACK IN HIS CELL THERE WOULD BE A METHOD OF CONTROLLING MINDS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE THE WILLING CO OPERATION OF THE TWO PARTIES SOME DAY THE MAN WHO READS MINES WOULD BE MORE THAN A PASSIVE ONLOOKER BUT THE TALENT WAS NEW ITEDED PRACTICE IT NEEDED TRAINING THE CELL GREW DARK AS NIGHT CAME AND THE DAMPNESS SEEMED TO INCREASE 6a32bbf9-363b-49d4-bbba-aee69e2cc086 HE WAS A LEAN FRECKLED FELLOW BUT HE DID CARE TERRIBLY AND THE SHAPELY KING NOSE BUT HE WAS A TOUGH BOSO HE SWORE AND STARTED TO CHECK THE WIRING GOOD DORA SAID BRISKLY NOW I'LL JUST 6a3cb384-120f-4a81-8f21-cd9952ab60de AND I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT NICK CHOPPER THE TIN EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES IS A MAN WHO NEVER SHIRKS HIS DUTY WILL MONTAGUE FELL IN LOVE WITH RACHEL WARD AND SHE WAS WITH HIM AND AND SIT BESIDE GLAUCON AS HE WATCHED THE FLOCKS AND PLAYED ON HIS FLUTE 6a4e6b99-b19b-48b7-9027-76670b4e6abb IT PUZZLED ME TO ANSWER THAT PROPERLY UNTIL I HAD LOOKED OVER SOME OF MY LETTERS I HAD RECEIVED ONE SAYS I'M A LITTLE BY FIVE YEARS OLD AND I JUST LOVE YOUR OZ STORIES MY SISTER WHO IS WRITING THIS FOR ME READS ME THE OZ BOOKS BUT I WISH I COULD READ THEM MYSELF IN APPEARANCE SHE COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN GAR'S SISTER OR HIS WIFE HER FIGURE WAS LEAF AND NICELY CURVED HER SCALES STOPPED IN EYE CATCHING POINTS JUST ABOVE HER DISTINCTLY MAMELIUM BOSOM FROM THERE ON UP SHE LOOKED ALMOST COMPLETELY HUMAN SHE WASN'T WEARING ANYTHING EITHER THE OVERALL EFFECT WAS ODDLY BEAUTIFUL FARMER BLUSHED HOTLY AND TRIED TO KEEP HIS EYES ON HER FACE 6a51a593-c905-46c9-a17e-80c8d6de2f89 I SUSPECT THAT YOU WERE ALWAYS SO FROM THERE UP WHERE IS THE LIST GO RIGHT HOME AND DRESS YOURSELF DECENTLY OR EAT YOUR SUPPER IN THE KITCHEN THE STORY GIRL CHOSE THE LATTER ALTERNATIVE SHE WAS HIGHLY INDIGNANT 6a79d715-c5ec-40af-b7ce-62af1339f2c3 SO I HAVE HEARD YONA SAID EASILY BUT I SHALL PROVE WHAT I SAY I AM UNDER NO COMPULSION TO LISTEN TO YOU KENUFF SAID AFTER A PAUSE FELICITY AND CECILY WERE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARDS ALL MEN THE STORY GIRL WALKED UPRIGHTLY LIKE INCARNATE FLAME IN HER CRIMSON SILK 6a9e7d88-94bb-4eaa-8b48-ed3d9be66e0f IF POSSIBLE THE SMILE WAS STILL WIDER NOW I SHOULD HAVE SAID A DUPLICATE OF YOUR CONTRACT LIKE THIS ONE HERE HE MADE A QUICK NOTE ON HIS SECRETARY PLATE I HAVE DEDUCTED THIRTEEN CREDITS FROM YOUR SALARY FOR THE COST OF THE DUPLICATE AS WELL AS A ONE HUNDRED CREDIT FINE FOR FIRING A SOLAR INSIDE A BUILDING PAT WAS WITH US OF COURSE PROWLING ABOUT STEALTHILY OR MAKING FRANTIC BOOTLESS LEAPS AT THE SWALLOWS 6aa21a79-c956-46fa-a6dc-80c18778401c ALMOST AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT HE SAID A CALL BELL TINKLED ON THE BRIDGE CONTROL CONSOLE IN THE BUCKET SEAT OF THE SLEDGE CAB GAVE OUT A FLASHING DANCE OF SHE SET THE JUDGE'S INVENTION DOWN ON A LOWER STEP AND PICKED UP THE JUDGE INSTEAD 6aa4c138-61d5-42aa-b2c5-689da9c5c687 SURE WITH HER RED HAIR SANDY WILL NOT BE LIKE TO LOSE HIS PRIDE PAST FINDING I SUPPOSE SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD TEACH HIM MANNERS FOR WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT THE WOMAN DID SHUT UP AND NEVER SPOKE ONE SINGLE WORD TO HER HUSBAND FOR FIVE YEARS MISSUS RAY ALWAYS LOOKS ON THE DARK SIDE AND IT MAY NOT BE THE MEASLES SARA HAS AFTER ALL SHE SAID YESTERDAY YOU CAN GO 6acb7c5c-d30d-45a8-a406-8d7869c20832 I PAID HIM THE TEN CENTS CHEERFULLY AND TOOK THE MAGIC SEAT AS DIRECTED MEASURING MYSELF CAREFULLY EVERY DAY BY A MARK ON THE HALL DOOR BUT MISTER CAMPBELL CHUCKLED AGAIN I'M GOING TO BRING US DOWN TO FORTY THOUSAND FEET AND SEARCH THE AREA WHERE HE WENT DOWN ALTITUDE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET THEN HE LOOKED AT THE ORANGE GLOW THAT MARKED THE FUNERAL PYRE OF THE SHIP 6ae4c709-2888-4251-a30f-d7efba29b787 THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE FINE ELUSIVE AIR THAT RECALLED BEAUTIFUL FORGOTTEN THINGS AND SUGGESTED DELICATE FUTURE HOPES THE WOODS HAD WRAPPED FINE WOVEN GOSSAMERS ABOUT THEM AND THESTERING HILL WAS CRIMSON AND GOLD WE SAT AROUND THE PULPIT STONE AND WAITED FOR PETER AND SARA RAY IT WAS FACING THE TIN WOODMAN AND AS THE COVERED DOOR SWUNG BACK THE EYES OF THE HEAD SLOWLY OPENED AND LOOKED AT HIM THE TIN WOODMAN WAS NOT AT ALL SURPRISED FOR IN THE LAND OF OZ ONE RUNS INTO MAGIC AT EVERY TURN 6ae775b4-5620-4b62-840f-883610c53dc0 I'M GOING TO KEEP ON GOING TO CHURCH PETER TOLD HER I LIKE IT SERMONS ARE MORE INTERESTING THAN I THOUGHT AND I LIKE THE SINGING I WISH I COULD MAKE UP MY MIND WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST I SUPPOSE I MIGHT ASK THE MINISTERS ABOUT IT RETURNING THE MAN'S SEARCHING GAZE THE DOCTOR OPENED THE DOOR IT'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN YOU SEE HE SAID QUIETLY IN THOSE DAYS THEY CALLED IT CANCER 6b05794c-6345-4ee2-b316-5a45caba69f1 BUT YOU MAKE FAR TOO MUCH OF HIM MOTHER SAYS PETER DID AND HE HAD AN ELEGANT DREAM THAT PEG BOWEN CAUGHT HIM AND PUT HIM ON TO BOIL ALIVE IN THAT BIG BLACK POT THAT HANGS OUTSIDE HER DOOR HE WOKE UP BEFORE THE WATER GOT HOT THOUGH OH SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL HER HAIR WAS LIKE A SKEIN OF GOLD AND SILK AND HER EYES WERE AS BLUE AS THE GULF WATER WHEN THE SUN BREAKS OUT AFTER A STORM 6b0f6e60-dce3-43fc-82d6-5c078263d6c3 NOR OF COURSE DID HE CARRY THE SWORD OF A GREAT HERO OR A NOBLE JONAS HAD NO VAUGHAN TO STICK ON HIS NAME AND HE HAD NEVER THOUGHT IT WORTH WHILE TO CLAIM ONE AND ACCEPT THE TINY RISK OF DISCLOSURE AFTER ALL A NOBLE WAS ONLY A MAN LIKE OTHER MEN AND BESIDES JONAS KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT HE HAD NO NEED OF A SWORD NICELY TIMED I'LL SAY THAT CHUCKLED VIC HOW DOES OUR OWN MATERIAL WORLD LOOK GREAT I STEPPED QUICKLY AWAY FROM THE MACHINE DRAWING HOPE WITH ME DOESN'T IT HOPE 6b0f9672-6730-45b6-9522-c0353e07e046 AND AS I TOOK MY FIRST STEP THERE MATERIALIZED SUDDENLY OUT OF THE THIN AND ILL SMELLING AIR FIGURES OF PERHAPS A DOZEN MONSTROUS CREATURES I HOLD THIS HOUSE FREE AND PROPER SHE SAID IN A DETERMINED ROAR AND NOBODY CAN TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME IT BELONGS TO ME AND TO MY CHILDREN AND TO THEIR CHILDREN AND TO THE CHILDREN OF THOSE CHILDREN YUNUS FOUND THAT HE WAS SWEATING 6b11153e-57e9-4afa-ae9b-287ab8589145 WE DON'T NEED SLAVES SAID ORAN WE HAVE MACHINES TO DO OUR WORK WE'LL SEND EXPERTS IN HERE TEACH YOU PEOPLE HOW TO EXPLOIT YOUR PLANET HOW TO BUILD GOOD TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES HOW SHOW YOU HOW TO MIND YOUR MINERALS HOW TO AND WHAT DO WE DO IN RETURN I RECALL PETER STANDING ON THE PULPIT STONE ONE NIGHT ERE MOONRISE AND POINTING THEM OUT TO US OCCASIONALLY HAVING A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH THE STORY GIRL OVER THE NAME OF SOME PARTICULAR STAR 6b130246-2774-44b1-8604-e8b8c9977c36 NEVER HAD THE OLD KING ORCHARD KNOWN A BLITHER MERRYMAKING OR LIGHTER HEARTS OLD ELIAS SHERMAN WAS A MAN WHO HAD TO BE OBEYED BUT IF NANCY HAD ONLY PROMISED SOME ONE ELSE FIRST HER FATHER WOULD NOT MAKE HER BREAK HER WORD THE JAGUAR CROUCHED LOW AND WITH HUNGRY EYES REGARDED THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR WHO HAD SLOWLY GOT UPON ITS FEET AND ASKED REPROACHFULLY FOR GOODNESS SAKE BEAST WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO DO 6b18d09d-6200-4109-9c14-f89e51dd548f I NEEDED NO STRAW TO REPLACE THE OLD BUT GINGER HAD NO STRAW ON ALL HER RAGE AND I WAS REALLY UNABLE TO TRAVEL FURTHER UNTIL I HAD BEEN RESTUFFED THE DAYS OF OUR YEARS ARE THREE SCORE AND TEN AND IF BY REASON OR STRENGTH THEY BE FOURSCORE YEARS 6b1f16a0-9587-41fa-b4cc-e591dac88151 JOHN ANDREW WAS STRAIGHTENING UP FROM DOING THIS WHEN HE SAW THE NONNIPUS FOR THE FIRST TIME HE WAS CLIMBING OVER THE RAIL AT THE STERN AND ALREADY BEGINNING TO MAKE A PUDDLE ON THE DECK FARMER FROZE AND GULPED WORDLESSLY WELL ALL I HOPE IS THAT HE'LL WASH BEHIND HIS EARS SAID FELICITY RESIGNEDLY HOW IS PAT TO DAY ASKED CILLEY BY WAY OF CHANGING THE CONVERSATION 6b23e27c-715d-4db1-8491-d183a79e4455 FELICITY WORE HER NEW VELVET HOOD WITH A COQUETTISH LITTLE COLLAR OF WHITE FUR ABOUT HER NECK HER GOLDEN CURLS FRAMED HER LOVELY FACE AND THE WIND STUNG THE PINK OF HER CHEEKS TO CRIMSON ON MY LEFT WALKED THE STORY GIRL HER RED CAP ON HER JAUNTY BROWN HEAD SHE WAS JUST THE SAME BRAVE AND TRUE AND ADVENTUROUS CHILD AS BEFORE SHE LIVED IN A ROYAL PALACE AND BECAME THE CHUM OF THE FAIRY OZMA 6b2a70c3-37c3-449f-a186-43a22d4178b8 THIS PASSED AND HE STARTED TO SMILE IN A PLACATING MANNER BUT HE COULDN'T WHICH ONE WAS MORE DANGEROUS FARMER'S HAYMAKER CONNECTED PRESENTLY STETSON SAID O K GO AHEAD AS PLANNED BUT FIND OUT WHERE THE DELPHINIS IS THE REQUEST WAS A FORGERY NOW YOU SEE WHY I'M MOSTLY FOR RUBBING OUT THIS PLACE 6b2ec753-f4c6-4ba0-87b9-cf82a83cdafc WE COULD HAVE RUN ONE AND ALL IF THERE HAD BEEN ANYWHERE TO RUN TOO BUT THERE WASN'T ALL AROUND US WERE ONLY THOSE SHADOWY ARCADES THEN WE SAW WITH SHAME THAT IT WAS ONLY OUR PADDY PAT PAT I SAID PICKING HIM UP FEELING A CERTAIN COMFORT IN HIS SOFT SOLID BODY HE SAID IT MIGHT NOT BE THE JUDGMENT DAY TOMORROW THOUGH HE BELIEVED IT WAS I KNOW WE KEEP ME OUT OF MISCHIEF THERE WAS NOT A GLIMMER OF A SMILE ABOUT HIS FACE 6b4d2f5f-12bd-4da1-899c-2a5c7fde096b WHEN WILLIAM COHEWEN WAS HALF WAY THROUGH IT SOMETHING CAME OUT OF THE WOOD AND WALKED BESIDE HIM CONSIDER MY HUMILIATION CHIRPED THE DIN OWL TRYING TO SETTLE ITS TIN FEATHERS SMOOTHLY WITH ITS TIN FEE AND I CAN'T SEE VERY WELL EITHER THE LIGHT SEEMS TO HURT MY EYES 6b5bd7a4-d01f-4fa2-a151-eb7f2b61068b THERE WERE SOME THINGS I COULD DO THOUGH AND I MADE A LIST OF PARTS THE PARTS THE NEW POWER PLANT AND A FEW ODDS AND ENDS WERE SHOOTED INTO A NEAT PILE ON THE SHIP I TELL YOU IT'S A TOUGH JOB MISTER ROGER MIGHT WAIT FOR COOL WEATHER BEFORE HE SETS PEOPLE TO STUMPING OUR ALDERBERRIES AND THAT'S A FACT 6b5e0cb6-dcee-4546-9c04-6c72c12624ec I KNEW HE NEVER WENT OUT OF THE DOOR CRIED DAN TRIUMPHANTLY WHEN THE LAST BUGGY HAD DRIVEN AWAY FELICITY SET A BATCH OF BREAD AND THE REST OF US SAT AROUND THE BACK PORCH STEPS IN THE CAT SLIGHT AND ATE CHERRIES SHOOTING THE STONES AT EACH OTHER BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS NOT EXACTLY COMPLIMENTARY BUT HE'S GOT HIS SHARE OF MISCHIEF THAT SAME LAD IN THE VERY ROOM 6b5fa316-c4f5-4f70-81b6-3704447ecc24 AH NEVER MIND I SAID CROSSLY FOR I FELT THAT PETER HAD DISGRACED US SHE'S JUST MAD AND NO WONDER WHATEVER MADE YOU ACT SO CRAZY PETER WELL I DIDN'T MEAN TO AND I WANTED TO LAUGH TWICE BEFORE THAT AND DIDN'T IT WAS THE STORY GIRLS STORIES MADE ME WANT TO LAUGH AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR HER TO BE MAD AT ME SHE HADN'T OUGHT TO TELL ME STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE IF SHE DON'T WANT ME TO LAUGH WHEN I SEE THEM HE BARKED HE PAUSED IN HIS ROUND OF THE BRIDGE GLARED OUT THE STARBOARD PORT SPAT INTO THE FIRE BLACKENED CIRCLE THAT THE CRUISER'S JETS HAD BURNED FROM THE JUNGLE THE EYE A SECTION CHIEF WAS DARK HAIRED GANGLING WITH LARGE HEAD AND BIG FEATURES HE STOOD IN HIS CUSTOMARY SLOUCH A STANCE NOT IMPROVED BY THE SACK LIKE PATCHED BLUE FATIGUES 6b61ebc4-d616-4672-9e8a-f5f322c6a3e5 I SHALL TAKE HER TO THE EMERALD CITY AND INTRODUCE HER TO OZMA AND DOROTHY FOR MISSUS EWKE DAREST NOT GO OUTSIDE OF HER OWN VALLEY FOR FEAR OF BEING CAPTURED BY HER ENEMIES THIS WAS A POSER FOR US AND I HEARD UNCLE ALEX TELL A STORY ONCE ABOUT BEING NEARLY FRIGHTENED TO DEATH WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY BY A MINISTER PREACHING ON THE END OF THE WORLD 6b7894c7-b866-43dc-8640-433b3ac3424d FROM KING AND WARD LOOK HOW AUNT OLIVIA'S HENS LAID TOO IT DON'T SEEM FAIR TO ME UNFORTUNATELY WE TRUSTED OUR STAR MANUAL STATEMENT THAT THE PLANET IS UNPOPULATED 6b7f4a2a-eafa-4651-a195-68a5c2ecaf63 FELIX PRAYED EARNESTLY THAT HE MIGHT BE ENABLED TO EAT A BITTER APPLE WITHOUT MAKING A FACE AND WHEN HE HAD PRAYED THREE NIGHTS AFTER THIS MANNER HE CONTRIVED TO EAT A BITTER APPLE WITHOUT A GRIMACE UNTIL HE CAME TO THE LAST BITE WHICH PROVED TOO MUCH FOR HIM HIGHWAYMEN SAID STETSON RATE ITSELF SAID ORNE AN ANCIENT TERRAN LANGUAGE CORRUPTION OF ROAD YEA GABBOT WHERE IS ALL THIS TRANSLATION GRIFF PUT DON'T BE IMPATIENT GLASS BLOWING CULTURE MEANT THEY WERE JUST OUT OF THE PRIMITIVE STAGE 6b8faf2f-deab-448f-a998-749862a8ed86 NEVER AGAIN DID HUMAN EYE BEHOLD THE PROUD PRINCESS THE STORY GIRL MADE NO RESPONSE NEVERTHELESS I PUT THE THEORY TO THE TEST AND ALSO PUT YOURSELF OUT IN THE HALL AND SEE ME TO MORROW DURING WORKING HOURS AND HAD A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT I WOULD FIND 6bab5364-1c78-445d-b7ee-89b159b9f038 IT'S EARLY ABROAD YOU ARE AND ON BLACK DAN NO LESS WANT IT FOR ONE OF MY WOOD NYMPHS SAID PAN AND I MUST HAVE IT AFTER THAT ALMOST EVERY DAY AGLEYA WOULD GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN THE STORY GIRL'S WORDS FELL ON THE MORNING AIR LIKE PEARLS AND DIAMONDS IN A FEW MINUTES THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS ASTIR 6bc635fd-cae1-49cd-aa1c-79c5c0ec3833 FELIX HAD BELIEVED BLISSFULLY THAT IT WOULD MAKE HIM THIN CECILY'S HAIR WAS TO BECOME NATURALLY CURLY AND SARA RAY WAS NOT TO BE AFRAID OF PEG BOWEN ANY MORE WE WENT TO SCHOOL BAREFOOT AT ALL JUNE ARGUED THAT WICKED STORY GIRL WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOING TO THE SCHOOL HOUSE BAREFOOTED IN THE DAYTIME AND GOING IN THE EVENING 6bdf7d1a-44f1-43e3-a0fc-153f5e8b74d5 I LIKE PETER WELL ENOUGH IN HIS PLACE SAID FELICITY PRIMLY BUT YOU MAKE FAR TOO MUCH OF HIM MOTHER SAYS HE IS ONLY A HIRED BOY AND HE HASN'T BEEN WELL BROUGHT UP AND HASN'T MUCH EDUCATION I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE SUCH AN EQUAL OF HIM AS YOU DO THE MINISTER LOOKED AT THE PICTURE A STERN EXPRESSION CAME INTO HIS GENTLE BLUE EYES AND HE GOT AS NEAR TO FROWNING AS IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET WHERE DID YOU GET THAT THING HE ASKED 6be242e0-6f77-478e-9918-a4dc78ba3286 WELL JUDY PROMISED SHE'D REMEMBER BECAUSE SHE LIKED MISSUS FRUIT AND WAS ANXIOUS TO PLEASE HER NOT LONG AFTERWARDS JUDY WAS SCRUBBING THE KITCHEN FLOOR ONE MORNING AND WHEN MISSUS FRUIN CAME IN JUDY LOOKED UP AND SAT QUITE PROUD OVER USING THE RIGHT WORD OH MISS FRUIN AIN'T IT AWFUL HOT I DECLARE I'M ALL IN A PRESBYTERIAN I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THE STORY GIRL HONESTLY I THOUGHT IT WAS A BELL WHEN I HEARD IT AND THE DOOR OPEN TOO LET US BE FAIR FELICITY I'M DREADFULLY TIRED SIGHED CECILY WE WERE ALL DREADFULLY TIRED FOR THIS WAS THE THIRD NIGHT OF LATE HOURS AND NERVE RACKING STRAIN BUT IT WAS OVER TWO HOURS SINCE WE HAD EATEN THE COOKIES AND FELICITY SUGGESTED THAT A SAUCERFUL APIECE OF RASPBERRIES AND CREAM WOULD NOT BE TOO HARD TO TAKE IT WAS NOT FOR ANY ONE BUT CECILY WHO COULDN'T SWALLOW A MOUTHFUL 6bf937ae-49e4-436f-91f9-5ac1f089035e THE OWL AND THE CANARY FOUND THAT THEY COULD CONVERSE TOGETHER IN THE BIRD LANGUAGE WHICH NEITHER THE GIANTESS NOR THE BEAR NOR THE MONKEY COULD UNDERSTAND SO AT TIMES THEY TWITTERED AWAY TO EACH OTHER AND PASSED THE LONG DREARY WAY THEY QUITE CHEERFULLY THE FREIGHTER'S CARGO PLUTONIUM WAS GONE I READ PEBE IN EVERY LINE OF THE MESSAGE SOME OF THE DISASTERS AND APPARENT ACCIDENTS HIT INSIDE THIS AREA BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION PROVED THEM ALL TO HAVE NATURAL CAUSES 6c06736d-b2a1-494d-a6fe-2a14e1680d3b WE PAUSED AND THE CHANTING WENT ON AND ON UNTIL I BEGAN TO WONDER IF ANYTHING WOULD EVER HAPPEN FARMER CAME OUT OF A PHILOSOPHIC HAZE TO NOTICE SHE WAS LEAVING HE SAID HAY SHE LOOKED OVER HER SHOULDER FARMER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT HE WANTED TO DELAY HER FINALLY HE POINTED TO THE NONIPUS AND SAID WHAT ABOUT THAT MONSTER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE IT HERE 6c1e0cea-cb9c-44f2-9b54-5d4ade0d42ca WE ALL PREACHER INCLUDED LOOKED AT HER AGHAST CECILY AND FELICITY SPRANG UP AND CAUGHT HOLD OF HER SARA RAY WAS REALLY IN A BAD FIT OF HYSTERICS BUT WE KNEW NOTHING OF SUCH A THING IN OUR EXPERIENCE AND WE THOUGHT SHE HAD GONE MAD SHE SHRIEKED CRIED LAUGHED AND FLUNG HERSELF ABOUT NOT ONLY WAS THE PLACE VACANT BUT IT WAS EVIDENT THAT NO ONE HAD LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME THAT IS ONLY A MATTER OF OPINION ANSWERED TOTO NOW HERE IS ANOTHER IDEA SAID THE SCARECROW 6c22cc38-bb56-4a43-add6-a46fc0e6d08e THEY WERE NOT MOONS HOWEVER AS WE DISCOVERED WHEN HE EXAMINED EVEN THE SCARECROW WAS MUCH HEAVIER THAN THE PUFFY LOONS NOT ACCORDING TO THIS STORY IT WAS JUST DISCOVERED ACCIDENTALLY AT THIS POINT FELICITY GAVE DAN A SIGNIFICANT POKE WITH HER ELBOW AND DAN WAS UP IN ARMS ABOUT IT 6c264a8e-53cc-41e0-9b0a-6fa89dabf672 SHE WAS ONE OF THEM WOMEN WHO WERE ALWAYS SAYING I TOLD YOU SO WHERE IS DONALD FRASER SAID NEIL SHAKING HIS FIST IT'S HIM I'M SEEKING AND IT'S HIM I WILL BE FINDING WHERE IS HE BETTY SHERMAN DAN HOWEVER LENT HIM ONE ON THE DISTINCT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS TO BE REPAID THE NEXT WEEK I'M GOING TO KEEP ON GOING TO CHURCH I'M AWFUL SORRY 6c2e27ec-01b9-406d-827f-b57893ed9a60 WILD ONES DO THIS THERE'LL BE A RELAYSHIP OVER YOU ALL THE TIME SAID STETSON NOW WHY JUST THE THING HE OUGHT TO HAVE DONE HE TOOK BETTY AT HER WORD ON THE SPOT AND THERE WAS A DOUBLE WEDDING SOON AFTER AND IT IS SAID THAT NEIL AND BETTY WERE THE HAPPIEST COUPLE IN THE WORLD 6c4753d2-64a8-4a35-8a86-d957d337c8a7 WHEN THE TWO PEAKS COINCIDED I SPUN THE EYE CONTROLS AND DIVED THE THING DOWN I CUT OUT THE RADAR AND CUT THE NOSE ORPHACON AND SAT BACK TO WATCH THE BEACON APPEAR ON THE SCREEN THE IMAGE BLINKED FOCUSED AND A GREAT DAMP PYRAMID SWAM INTO VIEW HERE YOU ADDED UNCLE ROGER PERCEIVING ME CUT ALONG AND GET OFF TO YOUR BED AND MIND YOU DON'T EAT CUCUMBERS AND MILK BEFORE YOU GO 6c640b83-5df7-488f-bea0-54f905704086 DONALD AND NEIL NANCY AND BETTY WERE THERE IN THE ROOM WITH US WE SAW THE FLASHES OF EXPRESSION ON THEIR FACES WE HEARD THEIR VOICES ANGRY OR TENDER MOCKING OR MERRY IN LOWLAND AND HIGHLAND ACCENT JEFF HAD JUST SET FOOT ON HIS DOCK WHEN IT HAPPENED SOLID AS THE PLANKING ITSELF AND ALL BUT BLOCKING OFF HIS VIEW OF THE NEARING ISLAND QUEEN STOOD A SIX FOOT OWL 6c81aac3-0b36-4398-8fd3-3e61165b0880 YES BUT I DON'T BELIEVE SHE COULD EVER HAVE THOUGHT OF SUCH A THING AS THIS HERSELF SO I BELIEVE IT MUST BE TRUE SAID THE STORY GIRL THE TABLE AT WHICH SHE SAT WAS SPREAD WITH A WHITE CLOTH AND THEY HAD GOLDEN DISHES UPON IT SO THE TRAVELLERS SAW THAT THAT THEY HAD SURPRISED THE GIANTESS WHILE SHE WAS EATING HER SUPPER 6c9a6ce5-b13f-4714-a39e-a7c86861722a IF AS WAS SAID HE DETESTED CHILDREN WHO KNEW WHAT SORT OF A RECEPTION WE MIGHT MEET MISTER CAMPBELL WAS A RICH RETIRED FARMER WHO TOOK LIFE EASILY HE HAD VISITED NEW YORK AND BOSTON TORONTO AND MONTREAL HE HAD EVEN BEEN AS FAR AS THE PACIFIC COAST AUNT JANET COULD NOT GO DOWN THE HILL IN THE AFTERNOON TO FIND OUT HOW SARA WAS BECAUSE COMPANY CAME TO TEA THE MILLWARDS FROM MARKDALE MISTER MILLWARD WAS A DOCTOR AND MISSUS MILLWARD WAS A B AUNT JANET WAS VERY DESIROUS THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE AS NICE AS POSSIBLE AS WE WERE ALL SENT TO OUR ROOMS BEFORE TEA TO WASH AND DRESS UP 6ca81290-2c8a-46ae-a2b7-1faa2ca536de HOW THE VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS OF THEIR EYES DOESN'T THAT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU MAYBE WHAT'S IT MEAN TO YOU UNLESS YOU GIVE THEM A WHITE BILL IN THE MEANTIME HIGH COMMISSIONER BULWIN WILL HAVE WORD OF THIS PLANET BY THEN WERE THEY EVER LIKE THIS BEFORE I ASKED CECILY AS WE TALKED THE MATTER OVER PRIVATELY IN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK IT TELLS YOU IN THE BIBLE IT'S TO COME JUST LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT BUT IT TELLS YOU ANOTHER THING IN THE BIBLE TOO SAID CICELY EAGERLY 6cceca01-36bd-4ef4-a3b8-220dbf2347cd PEOPLE TOOK IT RIGHT HERE ON THE ISLAND I SUPPOSE IF PETER IF IT WAS A HARD JOURNEY FOR A MAN IT WAS HARDER STILL FOR A WOMAN BUT MARGARET WOULD HAVE DARED ANYTHING FOR ALLAN'S SAKE THE ONLY TIME HE EVER SO PUNISHED ANY OF HIS CHILDREN SAID THE STORY GIRL CONFIDENTLY THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHO DIE IN THEIR SLEEP 6cdb6101-39e9-456d-ad6f-2aa993c0df64 HAVE ANOTHER TASTE MAN HAVE ANOTHER TASTE BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT I COULD DO OUR OPENING EXERCISES CONSISTED SOLELY OF SINGING AND READING WE HAD AGREED TO OMIT THE PRAYER ASKED THE JAGUAR AND AT THAT MAGNIFICENT CASTLE THE CANARY IS A FAIRY POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW 6cebec19-357b-465f-9f26-2d201004d8c4 THE BEST THING ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU'RE ALIVE FOR I SHALL BE ABLE TO MAKE OF YOU SOME SORT OF LIVE CREATURE THEY ARE THE WILD SHADOWS THE SHADOWS IN THE ORCHARD ARE THE TAME SHADOWS THEY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A FAMILY GUIDE IN THOSE DAYS SO HE DIDN'T KNOW IT WASN'T POLITE TO SAY SHUT UP TO YOUR WIFE BUT PETER WAS NOT SO TO BE CRUSHED 6cf26a4c-4573-4956-8281-fc5a677ca687 PUT YOURSELF IN ANY CATEGORY YOU PLEASE HE GRUMBLED AS HE SLUMPED DOWN INTO THE BED SO YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD ME SAFELY OUT THE WAY BREAKING MY SPIRIT UNDER THE GUISE OF GIVING ME A LITTLE BACKGROUND INTO THE CAUSE ACTIVITIES DAN KING DO YOU WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL WASN'T THE MISSIONARY SPLENDID THAT CANNIBAL STORY WAS SIMPLY GRAND 6d14d8bf-60c5-440b-ab1b-868406f758e6 SHE WAS YOUNG DARK AND BEAUTIFUL THE TEARS DID NOTHING TO SPOIL THIS A LONG CLOAK WOULD CONCEAL THE UNIFORM WHILE I LEFT THE HOTEL MISSUS SHARP TRIED TO GET THE WORD OUT AND THEN PUSHED BY THE TWO MEN AND CAME INTO THE HUT BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO 6d2120fa-96cf-4658-b457-ed483449d327 I'M GOING TO CATCH THIS THUG AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW I'M GOING TO DO IT THERE WAS A TAPE IN THE AUTOMATIC NAVIGATOR THAT WOULD PUT ME ON THE COURSE MENTIONED IN ALL THE ARTICLES JUST AT PRESS OF THE BOTTOM AND I WOULD BE ON MY WAY FELICITY DID NOT APPROVE OF THIS WE WERE ALL DELIGHTED PHARAOH WAS ARRAYED IN YELLOW THE PLATE HAD A SCALLOP BORDER WITH A WREATH OF GREEN LEAVES AROUND IT 6d34d3e3-a81a-469c-844a-96c7a4ae389b ONLY ONE MAN TO A SHIP BECAUSE THAT IS ALL IT TAKES TO OPERATE THE OVERLY EFFICIENT REPAIR MACHINERY WHY THIS BEACON WAS BUILT WITHIN REACH OF THE LOCAL CLAUSE THAT IS WHERE I AND THE OTHER TROUBLE SHOOTERS COME IN I HAD THOUGHT OF IT HE OWNED BUT IT LOOKS A WEE LIKE A STORM AND MY SLEIGH IS AT THE BLACKSMITH'S TO BE SHOD THERE'S A WHITE MUSLIN WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL 6d4960a1-df04-4644-ac7c-388575984d68 OUR ZID ESCAPED ITS CAGE AND DESTROYED TWO OF US IF THEY'RE REAL THEY CAME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE IT WAS WRENCHED FROM HIS HANDS AND FORCED DOWNWARD TO STICK QUIVERING IN THE DECK JOHN ANDREW WAS A PERSON WHO FOUND IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY NO 6d4d6631-547f-4779-81d5-f3a0684fa16b WHO BELONGED TO THE ISLAND AND WAS NOW RETURNING TO IT HOW COULD SHE HELP IT WHEN SHE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR I AND ONE OF GRANDMOTHER KING'S NOTED PATCHWORK QUILTS WAS OVER US HE BELONGED TO A DIFFERENT WORLD FROM THEIRS AND SHE FED THEM HERSELF JUST THE SAME AS USUAL I HAD NOT GROWN A SINGLE BIT BY THE MERCILESS TESTIMONY OF THE HALL DOOR 6d52bfaa-b53e-4cca-8868-107f2a87b96c OH NO NO NOTHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND THIS LETTER IS FROM JAMES WARD'S WIFE AND MONTREAL SAID AUNT JANET SOLEMNLY FELIX TWITCHED THE QUILT RATHER VICIOUSLY AND GRUNTED UNDER THE ROOF TREE BUILT BY GREAT GRANDFATHER KING 6d5ca590-f850-462f-bf73-353c1ada4c32 NOBODY WHO DIED IN HIS SLEEP COULD EVER TELL IT WHEN THE BLOSSOMS COME OUT IT'S WONDERFUL TO WALK HERE SAID THE STORY GIRL WE TOILED ABOUT THE HOUSE AND YARD LIKE MANIACS WE LOOKED INTO EVERY LIKELY AND UNLIKELY PLACE BUT JIMMY WE COULD NOT FIND ANY MORE THAN IF HE HAD INDEED MELTED INTO AIR MISSUS PATERSON CAME AND WE HAD NOT FOUND HIM THINGS WERE GETTING SERIOUS I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THE STORY GIRL HONESTLY 6d77ef8c-2f46-4da2-8c7a-1f154c15b80f THE CANARY MADE NO ANSWER FOR SHE WAS BUSY BUT THE SCARECROW BEAR REPLIED YES SHE'S SOMETHING OF THE SORT AND A BIRD OF A MAGICIAN THAT EVENING AFTER THEY GREW TIRED OF SINGING OUR GROWN UPS BEGAN TALKING OF THEIR YOUTHFUL DAYS AND DOINGS THIS WAS ALWAYS A KEEN DELIGHT TO US SMALL FRY WE LISTENED AVIDLY TO THE TALES OF OUR UNCLES AND AUNTS IN THE DAYS WHEN THEY TOO HARD FACT TO REALISE HAD BEEN CHILDREN 6d7add91-9e47-4672-a795-b3d2d49dcbde THERE WAS A SOUND OF STEALTHY MOVEMENT OUTSIDE THE CABIN AND HE FLICKED SWEAT OUT OF HIS EYES WITH A HAND THAT SHOOK THAT THOUGHT PLEASED HIM GREATLY YOUR SYMPATHY MAY ENDANGER YOU SHARP SAID IT IS NECESSARY THAT YOU RATIFY YOUR CONFESSION COME WITH US 6da98fb6-37a8-4fd8-8d87-fe8eddb7fdd4 HIS MOUTH WAS HIS OWN HOWEVER AND WE UNDERSTOOD AND FEELING CHEAP AND EMBARRASSED AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE GOOD FRIENDS AND HAVE A LOVELY SUMMER TOGETHER SEEING THE ALARMED FACES AROUND HIM 6db13776-2aa3-4d15-8ab0-d28b7c97cd04 I WILL ASK YOU TO DO NOTHING AGAINST THE FAITH I MERELY ASK YOU TO TEST FOR YOURSELF WHAT I SAY YOU ARE A HERETIC KNUFF SAID SUDDENLY I CANNOT YOU CAN PRAY YUNUS SAID KNUFF BLINKED PRAY HE SAID NO HEIREDITARY ENEMIES FEUDS OR THE LIKE IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS BATTLESHIP THING I WOULD CALL THEM AN IDEAL LEAGUE PLANET I HAVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM 6dd5f25b-77cd-45a8-95e8-fcdd6790d256 AN ANONIPUS THAT BECAME APPARENT WAS NOT ONLY A WATER CREATURE HE DECIDED HE'D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING HIMSELF NONNIPUS FOR THE FIRST TIME WONDERING BRIEFLY IF HE HAD MANAGED TO PICK UP LICE IN THE LAST TOWN HE HAD VISITED AND HE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CITY 6defea79-39c9-49d5-8988-aeb0568ca91b THE STORY GIRL GENERALLY HAD HER HEAD GARLANDED WITH THEIR LEAVES THEY BECAME HER VASTLY NEITHER FELICITY NOR CECILY COULD HAVE WORN THEM THOSE TWO GIRLS WERE OF A DOMESTIC TYPE THAT ASSORTED ILL WITH THE WILDFIRE IN NATURE'S VEINS I CHECKED THE MONOTOR SCREEN TO MAKE SURE THEN STARTED INTO THE SPACESUIT IT HAD TO BE DONE FAST AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS NECESSARY TO TALK NATURALLY 6e030473-325f-42b4-ae58-16bdcbf76868 HIS BLACK EYES SHONE AND HIS BLACK CURLS WERE BRUSHED UP IN QUITE A MINISTERIAL POMPADOUR BUT THREATENED TO TUMBLE OVER AT THE TOP IN GRACELESS RINGLETS BUT GINGER GRABBED HIM BY HIS PAW AND DRAGGED HIM OUT TO THE BACK YARD THIS WAS THE HARDEST TRIAL THAT WOOT HAD ENDURED SINCE HE HAD BECOME A MONKEY 6e07f66b-cfb0-446b-b494-d74e347633cc HOWEVER I DON'T BELIEVE THE OWL COULD STEAL THE APRON OR EVEN THE BEAR BUT PERHAPS THE MONKEY COULD HIDE IN HER ROOM AT NIGHT AND GET THE APRON WHILE SHE IS ASLEEP I'LL TRY IT SAID ROOT THE MONKEY I'LL TRY IT THIS VERY NIGHT IF I CAN MANAGE TO STEAL INTO HER BEDROOM IN THE EVENING THE RAIN CEASED THE WIND CAME AROUND TO THE NORTH WEST FREEZING SUDDENLY AND A CHILLY YELLOW SUNSET BEYOND THE DARK HILLS SEEMED TO HAROLD A BRIGHTER MORROW 6e1865d2-ed44-4e87-8791-eb0c4a0f7ee9 THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG AT THE OTHER END WHERE THE RAY IS FOCUS AND I INTEND TO FIND OUT HE IS AN OLD BACHELOR DOESN'T HE EVER MEAN TO GET MARRIED ASKED FELIX I DON'T KNOW AUNT OLIVIA WISHES HE WOULD BECAUSE SHE'S TIRED KEEPING HOUSE FOR HIM AND SHE WANTS TO GO TO AUNT JULIE IN CALIFORNIA BUT SHE SAYS HE'LL NEVER GET MARRIED BECAUSE HE IS LOOKING FOR PERFECTION AND WHEN HE FINDS HER SHE WON'T HAVE HIM 6e261777-e287-4434-93cb-e4b9562374ca JOHN ANDREW YELLED AT HIM AS HE ARCHED FORWARD BUT IT WAS TOO LATE AS SHE FINISHED HER CONVERSATION AND SWITCHED OFF THE TWO WAY RADIO HE TURNED TO HER AND EVEN IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A METHODIST IT WON'T HURT YOU TO GO TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MY AUNT JANE WAS A METHODIST 6e39dbb7-fa89-46dc-9210-9ed3870781d9 YOU HAVE HUMILIATED ME JUST REMEMBERED THAT STORY AND I THOUGHT I COULD SEE HIM TAKING UP THE SENSE SO SOLEMN WITH ONE LONG WHISKER A TANGLE OF CORDS STRETCHED OUT TO THE NILEN OF THE MAIN CHUTE DRAPED OVER A DUST STONE BUT SEAS NEVERTHELESS 6e438bf5-7da9-42f3-aa5c-2372a06fd497 SO BEING ALL OF ONE MIND THEY TURNED SOUTHWARD TRAVELLING STEADILY ON UNTIL THE WOODS WERE LEFT BEHIND AND THE LANDSCAPE TURNED FROM PURPLE TINTS TO BLUE TINTS WHICH ASSURED THEM THEY HAD ENTERED THE COUNTRY OF THE MUNCHKINS I DON'T BELIEVE SHE COULD DO ANYTHING ANYWAY SAID THE STORY GIRL I THINK WE'VE JUST BEEN A LOT OF GEESE I NEVER WAS SO SURPRISED IN MY LIFE 6e47de7a-72e3-4331-a9d1-a254520ab3d9 WHAT CAN HAVE INDUCED YOU TO TURN CHURCH GOER PETER WHEN ALL OLIVIA'S GENTLE PERSUASIONS WERE OF NO AVAIL HE RADIATED CAUTION WORRY PATIENCE YONAS TURNED TO THE BED AND CUT OFF FROM THE DIRECTOR WITH A GRUNT HE WAS TIRED LONG DISTANCE LINKAGES WERE A DRAINED ON THE BOY'S ENERGY 6e532856-079b-498d-8712-5ba52c5e4e2b PAN FOLLOWED HER CLATTERING AND BELLOWING TERRIBLY BUT IN A FEW MINUTES SHE RUSHED INTO GLAUCON'S ARMS BUT SHE BEGAN PROMPTLY WITH TWICE ONE AND WENT THROUGH IT TO TWELVE TIMES TWELVE I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CRYING THERE ARE SOME NAVAL SHIPS ON THE WAY NOW THE AUTOMATIC ALARM WAS TRIGGERED A MINUTE AGO 6e6099a5-e632-44ae-b557-53c192c6688a HE WAS PECULIAR JOHN ANDREW WAS STRAIGHTENING UP FROM DOING THIS WHEN HE SAW THE WE HAVE SHIPS MAKING FIFTEEN LIGHT YEAR DETOURS NOW THE WATER WAS RUNNING AGAIN MY EYES HAD BEEN DULY BURNED OUT 6e60d223-7aa1-4aad-9e4c-03a999e1f266 THEY HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE THROWING STICKS AND ARBELASTS AND WERE TRYING TO SHOOT DOWN THE EYE A CLOUD OF ARROWS AND ROCKS FLYING IN EVERY DIRECTION THE STORY GIRL SAID THAT ONCE UPON A TIME BUT WITH THE SWIFT AND UNERRING INTUITION OF CHILDHOOD 6e78ec29-c31c-4657-8ab0-16a56e728d9d WITH THIS ASSURANCE I PULLED OFF MY FLASHY CLOTHES AND SLIPPED INTO THE MIDNIGHT BLACK DRESS UNIFORM OF AN ADMIRAL IN THE LEAGUE GRAN FLEET I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WOULD BECOME OF IT BUT I ALSO HAD NO INTENTION OF RETURNING UNTIL THE JOB WAS DONE WHY NOT ASKED THE LITTLE DRAGON 6e7cd282-b3ef-48bb-9031-3537521b23a8 IT WAS WRENCHED FROM HIS HANDS AND FORCED DOWNWARD TO STICK QUIVERING IN THE DECK THE DEVELOPMENT TOOK FARMER COMPLETELY UNAWARES NEITHER OF THE ALIENS MOVED IT WAS JUDGE GREY WHO HAD DISARMED HIM I VERILY BELIEVE THAT TO SIT AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE IN THAT SHABBY OUTGROWN DRESS CONSCIOUS OF LOOKING UGLIEST AND EATING ONLY BREAD AND WATER BEFORE THE CRITICAL MILLWARDS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSITIVE BLISS TO HER 6e9cfb3f-b14e-4554-8e46-38c929f25fff IF SHE'D ONLY WAITED FOR THE THIRD HEAD I'D HAVE SHOWED HER HOW EASY IT WAS TO GET CLEAR OF GOING TO THE BAD PLACE AND GO TO HEAVEN INSTEAD EVEN BY HERSELF IT SEEMS TO ME FROM THIS DISTANCE REMARKED THE TIN WOODMAN AND MAKE HER EMPRESS OF THE WINTIES 6ebc4e6f-890c-4a9d-85b0-d9a7c1f12eef NOW YOU YOUNG FRY GET STRAIGHT OFF TO YOUR BEDS DAN IS OUT OF DANGER AND YOU CAN'T DO ANY MORE GOOD NOT THAT ANY OF YOU HAVE DONE MUCH EXCEPT CECILY SHE'S GOT A HEAD ON HER SHOULDERS WHEN THEY ASSURED US SOLEMNLY THAT THEIR DREAMS ALL HAPPENED EXACTLY AS THEY DESCRIBED THEM WE WERE COMPELLED TO BELIEVE THEM 6ed6e028-abd6-416d-8464-c58760627995 THEY SAID HIGH PLANES HAD NOWHERE NEAR THAT MANY PEOPLE AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A MISCOUNT CERTAINLY BETTER THAN ANY MAP MAKER SHE TRANSFORMED HIM INTO AND SANG SONGS THAT SOUNDED LIKE THE NOTES OF TIN WHISTLES 6efce759-d7cf-4252-8f3f-e741a2d9b18c OVER WHICH LITTLE GREEN LEAVES WERE SCATTERED SHE HAD WANTED TO WEAR HER SECOND BEST DRESS BUT AUNT JANET HAD DECREED THAT HER SCHOOL CLOTHES WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO GO TRAIPSING ABOUT IN THE DUST HAY LOFTS ARE DELICIOUS PLACES WITH JUST ENOUGH OF SHADOW AND SOFT UNCERTAIN NOISES TO GIVE AN AGREEABLE TANG OF MYSTERY 6f073c88-5cb0-4570-8585-d657734b6a45 NO WONDER THE CHILD IS SICK THERE THERE NOW SEEING THE ALARMED FACES AROUND HIM DON'T BE FRIGHTENED AS OLD MISSUS FRASER SAYS IT'S NO DEEDLY IT WON'T KILL HER BUT SHE'LL PROBABLY BE A PRETTY MISERABLE GIRL FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS ROCK I BARKED IN WHAT I HOPED WAS AUTHENTIC OLD SPACE DOG MANNER LUCKLEY'S PLANTS AT THIS SPACE GOING FRONT PORCH HERE IS IT STILL BEING BUILT ON TO THE SHIP 6f206e49-57bd-4842-989a-dc27b643ccc9 QUIT THIS CHATTER AND LET ME GET TO SLEEP PROTESTED ANOTHER DRAGON YAWNING IN A FEARFUL MANNER UNCLE ROGER SAID CECILY IMPLORINGLY PETER SAYS PEG BOWEN IS BEWITCHED PAT FOR SIR SCRATCHING HER DO YOU THINK IT CAN BE SO SHE LOOKED LIKE A SLENDER RED LILY IN THE UNSTUDIED GRACE OF HER ATTITUDE 6f2ffca3-90ab-42e8-8917-85226b972bc3 MAYBE HE HAD PUT TOO MUCH PLANET CURVATURE BETWEEN ASTRO AND HIMSELF A STEADY CRACKLING SOUND FILLED HIS EAR PHONES NOR TO PROTECT THE CREW IN EQUIPMENT FROM A BRACE OF DUST A CRUMBLING AND CRACKED STAIRWAY BROUGHT US UP TO THE SOLID METAL DOORWAY LABELLED IN ARCHAIC SCRIPT I CHECKED ALL THE PARTS BY SCREEN BEFORE THEY WERE LOADED IN A METAL CRATE 6f52d9f6-39da-4410-9557-936801e23a57 BAFFLED DESCRIPTION IN MY LONELY HOURS I READ MY DREAM BOOK IN CECILY'S OLD LETTERS AND THEY ARE SUCH A COMFORT TO ME I THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES PAUSED IN HIS STORY TO REACH FOR AN OIL CAT WITHDREW HER HANDS AND DANCED AWAY I PREFER RABBITS HE MUTTERED LICKING HIS CHOPS 6f56843d-ef01-4609-9b5b-9a80ac3cb579 FERERO'S TURNED FACE WENT A DIRTY GREY AT MY WORDS I PRESSED THE ADVANTAGE I AM ARRESTING YOU FOR CONSPIRACY EXTORTION THEFT AND WHATEVER OTHER CHARGES DEVELOP AFTER A CAREFUL ROUT OF THESE DOCUMENTS SEIZE HIM THIS LAST ORDER WAS DIRECTED AT THE ROBART WHO WAS WELL BRIEFED IN ITS ROLL IT RUMBLED FORWARD AND LOCKED ITS HAND ROUND FERERO'S WRIST HANDCUSSEL HE BARELY NOTICED NICE WORK PETE SHOUTED VIC AS I JOINED THEM BREATHLESS BUT TRIUMPHANT NOW FOR A BREAK GUN LOADED I SNAPPED OPEN THE ACTION AND DROPPED IN SIX CARTRIDGES IT IS NOW I'LL GO AHEAD YOU BRING UP THE REAR WITH HOPE IN THE MIDDLE READY LET'S GO I PLUNGED ON HOPE'S FINGERS GRIPPING MY BELT FRESH MULTITUDES WERE POURING UP THE RAMP BRUSHING ASIDE THE FIVE OR SIX PRIESTS THAT HAD HURRIED THERE IN AN EFFORT TO STEM THE TIDE 6f76a985-ec6d-4d31-a6ed-d61c2e20ce7b NEITHER FELIX PETER NOR I FELL EQUAL TO PRAYING IN PUBLIC BUT WE TOOK UP A COLLECTION AND WHERE WERE TIN BIRDS PERCHED UPON THE BRANCHES OF TIN TREES THAT YOU DID WRONG IN MAKING A MAN OUT OF OUR GASTOV 6f845211-3374-4d11-9377-9bb5498e0fba HE HATED THE IDEA TIME PASSED SOMEHOW WHEN MORNING DAWNED YONAS AWOKE TO FIND THE DOOR OF HIS CELL BEING UNLOCKED THE BALD MAN AND THE BLACK HAIRED MAN WERE BOTH THERE HE LOOKED UP WITH THEM WITH DISTASTE THEN HE SAW WHAT WAS IN THEIR MINDS AND THE DISTASTE CHANGED TO FEAR FELICITY ATE TWO IN HER VERY PRESENCE AND THEN BROUGHT THE REST OUT TO US IN THE ORCHARD 6f9ca449-5245-4a44-a936-46794461e3f6 THE BARON THE OWL GRAVELY WATCHED THIS OPERATION AND NODDED APPROVAL IN WUTE'S SILKY GREEN FURS SHONE CLEAR AND BRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON SUN I REMEMBER THAT I STRUTTED ALONG QUITE INSUFFERABLY FOR WE MET SEVERAL OF THE CARLISLE BOYS AND I FELT THAT I WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY LUCKY FELLOW TO HAVE SUCH BEAUTY ON ONE SIDE AND SUCH CHARM ON THE OTHER 6fa16447-78e8-4abd-9fca-e4ab474023ac WE KNEW ONLY THAT A COUSIN SARAH STANLEY WHOSE MOTHER OUR AUNT FELICITY WAS DEAD WAS LIVING DOWN ON THE ISLAND WITH UNCLE ROGER AND AUNT OLIVIA KING ON A FARM ADJOINING THE OLD KING HOMESTEAD IN CARLISLE JUST WHEN A KING THOUGHT HE HAD CONQUERED EVERYBODY SOME OTHER KING WOULD COME AND CONQUER HIM AND SO IT WENT ON UNTIL IT DID NOT SEEM LIKELY THE PROUD PRINCESS WOULD EVER GET A HUSBAND AT ALL 6fa72fc4-07d2-4065-8fa6-d7b531cb5fce DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR AND OUR DREAMS WILL BE PRETTY FLAT AFTER THIS ALL AT ONCE THE STORY GIRL AND PETER BEGAN TO FORGE AHEAD IN THE MATTER OF DREAMING SARA'S INTENTIONS WERE GOOD I'D LIKE A DRESS OF MOONSHINE WITH STARS FOR BUTTONS WE WERE IN THE ORCHARD AT SUNSET LISTENING TO THE STORY OF KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR MAID ALL OF US EXCEPT PETER WHO WAS HOEING TURNIPS AND FELICITY WHO HAD GONE DOWN THE HILL ON AN ERRAND TO MISSUS RAY 6fa7624f-a8fe-4c74-9768-3b76923fb4d8 THIS MADE US FEEL QUITE IMPORTANT AUNT FELICITY AND UNCLE FELIX A BIG BUSTLING WELL HE TOLD HIMSELF THAT WAS WHAT HE HAD WANTED NECESSARY KNUFF SAID LOOKING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME HIS GAZE STABBED LIKE A SWORD HE WAS UNEASY YONAS KNEW WITH ANOTHER MIND PROBING HIS HE COULD NOT HELP BUT BE UNEASY BUT HE COULD NOT FIND A CAUSE IT WOULD NEVER OCCUR TO HIM 6fadc5d0-4964-4f9b-b7c8-d07ee41e74e1 SO A MOMENT LATER THEY HAD RUSHED THROUGH THE PASSAGE AND WERE STANDING IN THE FRESH NIGHT AIR OUTSIDE THE CASTLE HOW SHOW YOU HOW TO MIND YOUR MINERALS HOW TO YEA THERE ARE BOREAL NOT A ROAD ON THE WHOLE PLANET WE CAN FIND 6faf640e-8ae8-44a5-a233-d0797f09d1bd MY VOICE TRAILED OFF THE OTHERS SEEM TO CALL HIM THAT AND THE HEAD OF THE WEAPON CRASHED AGAINST THE LOCK I WAS NOT IMPRESSED BY HIS ACTING SINCE I COULD CLEARLY REMEMBER THE DEAD MEN FLOATING IN SPACE 6fb08239-febe-40de-929e-5f4f91acd346 BETTER TO DIE THAN BE SLAVES SAID TO NEWBE I'M NOT ALONE THERE ARE OTHERS LISTENING TO EVERY WORD WE SAY BY ITS LIGHT WE WILL CONTINUE GOES PETE GRAHAM IN SEARCH OF HIS HAPLESS FRIENDS LIKE A STALK WITH A SINGLE DROOPING FLOWER I FOUND THIS ON THE FLOOR OF THE MACHINE HE SAID 6fb69892-7157-467b-a969-2302873e4cb3 WHAT DO YOU THINK HE SAID IN A VERY SOLEMN YET EXCITED TONE JERRY COWAN TOLD ME AT RECESS THIS AFTERNOON THAT HE HAD SEEN A PICTURE OF GOD THAT HE HAS IT AT HOME IN AN OLD RED COVERED HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND HAS LOOKED AT IT OFTEN AMEN CRIED FELIX WHO HAD SUFFERED MANY THINGS BECAUSE FELICITY SO OFTEN MADE FACES AT HIM 6fb8110a-b6d5-4a50-9113-ad49f46e22bd THERE WERE TWO MINISTERS IN PARTICULAR HE BLAMED FOR BEING AT THE BOTTOM OF IT GET OFF TO BED EVERY ONE OF YOU FERERO PULLED AWAY FROM THE ROBART'S HAND AS IF IT HAD BEEN A POISONOUS SNAKE ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SNIFFED THEM OUT I DIDN'T TRY TO LOOK FOR FIRST CAUSES THIS WOULD HAVE TAKEN TOO LONG 6fb8da27-04f8-427f-9791-0aeeeadb2d0b THOSE THINGS ARE THE MEREST TOYS TO US IT WOULD BE HARD ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN AN EARTHLY OCCUPUS IN HIS LIVING ROOM IF THE NECESSITY AROSE I KNOW HEAVEN MUST BE A SPLENDID PLACE BUT I'M SURE PETER WOULD RATHER BE HERE HAVING FUN WITH US TO ALL WHO TASTE OF IT SHALL IMMORTALITY BE GIVEN CHILDREN ALWAYS GO TO HEAVEN 6feac77c-8ce4-4908-beef-e9ec78c17bd9 WHY THERE WERE ALWAYS FIGHTING ABOUT RELIGION IN OLD TIMES SAID FELIX THE MORE RELIGIOUS ANYTHING WAS THE MORE FIGHTING THERE WAS ABOUT IT A FELLOW'S GOT A RIGHT TO PRAY AS HE PLEASES SAID PETER AND IF ANYBODY TRIES TO STOP HIM HE'S BOUND TO FIGHT THAT'S MY WAY OF LOOKING AT IT HOW DID THE CHILDREN BEHAVE ROGER LIKE MODELS SAID UNCLE ROGER THEY WERE AS GOOD AS GOLD MOST OF THE DAYS BUT DONALD WAS NOT GOING TO SHOW ALL HE THOUGHT SCOTCH PEOPLE NEVER DO AND HE PRETENDED TO BE VERY GLAD TO SEE NEIL AND MADE HIM HEARTILY WELCOME 6ffe4de3-cf5f-4956-9922-d282ba4306eb I THOUGHT OF ALL THE EVIL DEEDS OF MY SHORT LIFE OF PINCHING FELIX TO MAKING CROWD AT FAMILY PRAYERS OF PLAYING TRUANT FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL AND GOING FISHING ONE DAY OF A CERTAIN FIB NO NO AWAY FROM THIS AWFUL HOUR WITH ALL SUCH EUPHONIOUS OF AGENTS OF A LIE I HAD ONCE TOLD OF MANY A SELFISH AND UNKIND WORD AND THOUGHT AND ACTION SARAH RAY HAD JOINED US VERY PALE AND NERVOUS HAVING HAD SO IT APPEARED A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH HER MOTHER ABOUT COMING UP THE HILL IN THE RAIN I'M AFRAID I DID VERY WRONG TO COME AGAINST MAR'S WILL SHE SAID MISERABLY BUT I COULDN'T WAIT I WANTED TO SEE THE PICTURE AS SOON AS YOU DID 7008f5ed-e811-489c-8f10-8faaab88068e IN A FEW MINUTES THE FIELD WAS ALIGHT WITH BLAZING BONFIRES OVER WHICH ROLLED GREAT PUNGENT CLOUDS OF SMOKE WELL I'M NOT YOU COUNTED CECILY AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN ANY ONE AS I WAS FRIGHTENED POLYCHROME DID NOT MAKE REPLY AT ONCE TO THIS IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU'RE ALMOST HANDSOME FOR MEAT I FEEL THE SAME WAY ANNOUNCED THE STUFFED BEAR 70136624-1fe2-4cf1-91c7-c97dfef9df15 HAVE YOU GOT A TELETOWKEY BRANDON ASKED SURE SAID THE FIRST MAN PRODUCING A SET ONE THIRD THE SIZE OF BRANDON'S COULD YOU TUNE IT TO TWENTY EIGHT POINT SIX MICROCYCLES SURE THE MAN SAID AGAIN HE TURNED A DIAL WITH HIS THUMB AND HANDED THE UNIT TO BRANDON BRANDON DEPRESSED THE TOP BUTTON OH SARA SARA STANLEY WE CALL HER THE STORY GIRL PARTLY BECAUSE SHE'S SUCH A HAND TO TELL STORIES OH I CAN'T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT AND PARTLY BECAUSE SARA RAY WHO LIVES AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL OFTEN COMES UP TO PLAY WITH US AND IT IS AWKWARD TO HAVE TWO GIRLS OF THE SAME NAME IN THE SAME CROWD BESIDES SARA STANLEY DOESN'T LIKE HER NAME AND SHE'D RATHER BE CALLED THE STORY GIRL 70181bf8-65c2-47cd-b24a-fb104268c021 DO YOU THINK IT IS I'M AFRAID SO SAID UNCLE ROGER GRAVELY THE ENTERPRISE IS ALWAYS VERY CAREFUL TO PRINT ONLY RELIABLE NEWS BUT MOTHER DOESN'T BELIEVE IT CRIED FELICITY FOR A HYPERSPACE JUMP YOU NEED AT LEAST FOUR BEACONS FOR AN ACCURATE FIX FOR LONG JUMPS NAVIGATORS USE AS MANY AS SEVEN OR EIGHT SO EVERY BEACON IS IMPORTANT AND EVERY ONE HAS TO KEEP OPERATING 701d2fff-30f8-430e-a051-efd205498bf5 EVERY FAMILY FESTIVAL WAS COMMEMORATED IN LIKE FASHION AND EVERY BELOVED VISITOR WHO SPENT A NIGHT UNDER THEIR ROOF WAS EXPECTED TO PLANT A TREE IN THE ORCHARD WE AIN'T SAID FELICITY INDIGNANTLY I SHOULDN'T THINK YOU'D PUT ON YOUR BEST CLOTHES TO GO BEGGING FOR THE LIBRARY IN SAID FELICITY CUTTINGLY 701dba48-42a4-4557-ac16-17d9ba206fff ASTRO ONE THE MAN REMOVED HIS PITH HELMET TO WIPE HIS BROW AND BRANDON NOTICED THE GLEAMING U S INSIGNIA ON THE FRONT OF THE HELMET ASTRO ONE LEFT HER THIRTEEN YEARS AGO THE MAN SAID I EVEN HOOKED A GADGET TO THE WATER PIPE SO THEIR HOLY WATERS WOULD HAVE THE USUAL REFRESHING RADIOACTIVITY WHEN THEY STARTED FLOWING AGAIN THE MOMENT THIS WAS ALL FINISHED I DID THE JOB THEY WERE WAITING FOR I THREW THE SWITCH THAT STARTED THE WATER FLOWING AGAIN 702532c5-b594-4d92-a6f6-bf490b33bf24 WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO FRIGHTEN SARA RAY INTO SUCH A CONDITION CAN PEG PORTHON TURN HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT ASKED FELIX STARING BUT AS I AM A FAIRY I KNOW SOMETHING OF MAGIC AS THEY FOLLOWED A PATH DOWN THE BLUE GRASS HILLSIDE GET THE PUMP WORKING SOME OF YOU AND BLOW HIM UP AGAIN 702d7668-e5bc-4b99-9cd3-0f4936504768 I SHOULD THINK I DO LAUGHED UNCLE ALEX SHE WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE WITH CECILY IS NOW AND SHE GOT UP AT ONCE AND MARCHED RIGHT OUT OF THE ORCHARD BUT AT THE GATE SHE TURNED AND CALLED BACK INDIGNANTLY AND THEN IN FIVE YEARS TIME THE TREE BORE APPLES I CALL IT THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN MILESTONE PARTLY TO SATISFY HIS OWN EGO BUT MOSTLY TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS HE'S INTERESTED IN SUCH AS SHIP SAILINGS 70354ceb-d856-4399-ad63-4ee2407c6fa9 WELL HE'S GOT TO STOP PRAYING AGAINST ME ANYHOW SAID FELIX RESOLUTELY AS IT WAS WE WERE ALMOST AFRAID TO LOOK UP IT LEST WE SHOULD SEE THE WADING BLUE CLAD EMILY UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE CAN'T YOU HIDE SOMETHING AWAY THROUGH THE DAY AS WE DO 7045ae90-8185-4ec8-99b4-38237107daf6 HE SAID INANELY THE OWL WINCED AND DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A SOUND JEFF GOT UP SHAKILY AND STUMBLED TO THE DOCK'S EDGE OUR OPENING EXERCISES CONSISTED SOLELY OF SINGING AND READING WE HAD AGREED TO OMIT THE PRAYER NEITHER FELIX PETER NOR I FELL EQUAL TO PRAYING IN PUBLIC BUT WE TOOK UP A COLLECTION THE PROCEEDS WERE TO GO TO MISSIONS DAN PLASSED THE PLATE FELICITY'S ROSEBUD PLATE LOOKING AS PRETERNATURALLY SOLEMN AS ELDER FREWIN HIMSELF 7046ac75-0dce-4a76-9b7a-832c1c13c96c LET'S SEE IT'S FOUR MINUTES OF ONE THAT GIVES US SEVEN MINUTES CAN WE MAKE IT AND THRUST HIMSELF BETWEEN ME AND THE PRIEST HE STOOD ALONE IN THE ROOM HE TURNED AND WALKED TO THE DOOR BUT HE DID NOT OPEN IT INSTEAD HE LEANED AGAINST IT 705a652e-d19f-4fd2-9139-1767117893d3 DAN LIKE PETER WRITES LYING DOWN FLAT BUT WITH HIS BACK TOWARDS US OLD MOTOR LODGE AND THE ADVENTURE WAS ON HE STARTED FEELING OVER THE MACHINE WITH HIS WEBBED HANDS IT CERTAINLY HADN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE 70639df9-531a-4df3-82a8-e45cd40af154 STUDYING HER WHILE SHE SHOOK OUT HER DRIPPING RED HAIR SHE SCRAMBLED TO THE WINDOW SILL AND JUMPED FEET ONLY INCHES BELOW THE SILL THE POSSIBILITIES PRAYED BEFORE HIM ON ONE HAND SUCCESS ON THE OTHER THERE WAS THE TORTURE AND DEATH OF THE INQUISITION 70741e0f-44c7-4fa6-940c-6537acc544e0 AND IF EVER ONE OF YOU MENTION SAWDUST PUDDING TO ME I'LL NEVER TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY AS LONG AS I LIVE WE COULD NOT THAT WAS VERY CERTAIN WHY NOT SAID THE STORY GIRL WITH A FLASH OF HER EYES NOW THAT IT WAS LIFTED 707a32f5-65f5-49ce-be37-b45791d8db80 A DONKEY A JACK TWO FEET TALL AND WITH A BEARD AND HORNS I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HE WAS A GOAT MANOEL AND MILLER STOPPED AT NOON ON LOST SOUL CREEK THERE WOULD BE NO TRAVEL IN THE HOT AFTERNOON BUT MANOEL HAD A JOB TO DO AND HE DID IT HE TOOK THE FORMS FROM ONE OF THE PACKS THAT HE HAD UNSLUNG FROM MILLER AND COUNTED OUT NINE OF THEM HE WROTE DOWN ALL THE DATA OF NINE PEOPLE THEY WORKED HURRIEDLY BETWEEN JUMPS FORE AND AFT CHAFFEE THREE WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN THE CONTROL CUBICLE THREW THE SHIP OUT OF HYPERDRIVE WITHIN SCANT MILES OF THE NEIGHBORING SUN'S SINGLE PLANET CHAFFEE FOUR ON THE NEXT JUMP SCANNED THE SHIP'S CHARTS AND IDENTIFIED THE SYSTEM THROUGH WHICH THEY TRAVELED 7091f025-0496-4d29-8d04-496ad3fd606e OR A WITCH OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT ONE OR TWO RAN AWAY AND PRESENTLY RETURNED FOLLOWED BY A LADY LOOM WEARING HUGE PUFFED UP RUBBER SKIRTS THERE WAS NO SHORTHAND REPORTER PRESENT TO TAKE THAT SERMON DOWN BUT IF NECESSARY I COULD PREACH IT OVER VERBATIM 70b3c1b9-9845-4b50-9716-a78d48dbb0a7 FINALLY MARGARET RAN AWAY WITH ALLAN AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN CHARLOTTETOWN ODIN MADE A PILGRIMAGE OVER THE WORLD TO OUR DISMAY IT BEGAN TO RAIN JUST BEFORE DINNER I COULD NOT SEE ANY ADVANCE IN GROWTH YET BUT THEN I HAD BEEN TAKING IT ONLY THREE DAYS AND SHE WAS VERY STUBBORN 70d4fecd-1615-4951-ba80-572fa5031f95 I UNDERSTAND JONAS SAID HELPLESSLY THE TIN WOODMAN WAS THEN JUST LEAVING HIS TIN CASTLE IN THE COMPANY OF THE SCARECROW AND THE WANDERER 70dd0d3f-1324-4614-bd1e-dd82af5742f4 THE TIN MAN BORE A SWORD WHILE THE TIN WOODMAN BORE AN AX IT'S A DREAM IT MUST BE A DREAM GASPED LUTE THAT'S IT OF COURSE SAID THE SCARECROW THERE COULDN'T BE TWO TIN WOODMEN WHERE IS DONALD FRASER SAID NEIL SHAKING HIS FIST IT'S HIM I'M SEEKING AND IT'S HIM I WILL BE FINDING WHERE IS HE BETTY SHERMAN DONALD FRIZZER IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY BY THIS TIME MOCKED BETTY HE IS A PRUDENT FELLOW AND HE HAS SOME QUICKNESS OF WIT UNDER THAT SANDY THATCH OF HIS 70e5accc-b28f-4fe9-8510-20952ba40843 OLD MISTER SCOTT FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE CHURCH PRETTY HOT AND DUSTY AND IN NONE TOO GOOD A TEMPER BEFORE THAT NOBODY HAD EVER HEARD OF KISSING AND THEN IT WAS JUST DISCOVERED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE AND A MAN WROTE IT DOWN AND THE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PRESERVED EVER SINCE 70fbc2d8-195e-4d6a-a4f2-c614ed028697 SIX MONTHS OF THIS HAD LEFT ME SLIGHTLY GARGER AND I WANTED OUT SINCE NO ONE SEEMED IN A HURRY TO GIVE ME AN ASSIGNMENT I HAD FOUND ONE FOR MYSELF I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WOULD BECOME OF IT BUT I ALSO HAD NO INTENTION OF RETURNING UNTIL THE JOB WAS DONE IF THERE WERE SUCH A THING AS TOTAL CONTACT CONSTANT CONTACT OVER PERIOD DAYS YONIST THOUGHT CLARTON WOULD USE ME FOR A PUPPET A VERITABLE PUNCH AMONG MEN HE WOULD OVERRIDE ME AND TAKE ME OVER THE WAY A TRAVELLING ENTERTAINER RULES HIS JOINTED DOLLS AND THAT WOULD BE A FINE THING FOR A HERO WOULDN'T IT HE GRIMACED IN THE DARKNESS 70fdda77-ff3a-4c96-b27c-1c47f034ee23 I SMILED A LITTLE WEAKLY I'M AFRAID AS IF I HAD NEVER MEANT TO KEEP THAT ACCOUNT A SECRET I THREW THE SWITCH AND MY PLASTIC PTERODACTYL SAILED THROUGH THE DOOR THE SOCIAL LIFE OF JUVENILE CARLYLE CENTERED IN THE DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL I USED TO BELIEVE THE FAIRIES DANCED IN IT ON MOONLIGHT NIGHTS 71060699-2a34-4826-a597-44fbb1efa551 OTHER PARTS THEY HAD BEEFED UP FIGURING THEY WOULD WEAR BUT SLOWLY GREETINGS O NOBLE SERVERS OF THE GREAT GOD I SAID OR WILL SET ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY TO PRESENT A VIEW OF THE OCEAN FLOOR I CAN SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE TOO YOU KNOW I 711d4cd2-e964-4e1e-82e3-636e2e43a341 THE STORY GIRL CAME OVER EARLY IN THE MORNING AND SARA RAY TO WHOM FAITHFULLY CECILY HAD SENT WORD WAS ALSO ON HAND CONSIDERING ITS LOCATION ON ONE OF THE PROXIMA CENTIARY PLANETS IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN THE FIRST BEACON I LOOKED AT THE BLUE PRINTS HE HANDED ME AND FELT MY EYES GLAZE WITH HORROR IT'S A MONSTROSITY IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A DISTILLERY THAN A BEACON MUST BE AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED METERS HIGH 711ebc58-fb8f-479c-a8af-785731d05c81 I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CRYING THERE ARE SOME NAVAL SHIPS ON THE WAY NOW THE AUTOMATIC ALARM WAS TRIGGERED A MINUTE AGO I'M SURE THEY'LL BE GLAD TO SEE THE MAN WHO DON'T LET THEM TAKE ME PLEASE ANGELINA WAS ON HER FEET NOW HER BACK PRESSED TO THE WALL THEY'LL PUT ME IN PRISON DO THINGS TO MY MIND SHE SHRUNK AWAY AS SHE SPOKE STUMBLING ALONG THE WALL PETER WAS NO BETTER THE NEXT DAY AUNT OLIVIA REPORTED THAT HIS MOTHER WAS BROKEN HEARTED WE DID NOT ASK AGAIN TO BE RELEASED FROM WORK INSTEAD WE WENT AT IT WITH FEVERISH ZEAL IF WE WORKED HARD THERE WAS LESS TIME FOR GRIEF AND GRIEVOUS THOUGHTS WE PICKED APPLES AND DRAGGED THEM TO THE GRANARY DOGGEDLY 713aac2e-04cc-4c7f-97de-a93ad691e93c THIS POWER IS TURNED INTO RADIATION THAT IS PUNCHED THROUGH INTO HYPER SPACE EVERY BEACON HAS A CODE SIGNAL AS PART OF ITS RADIATION AND REPRESENTS A MEASURABLE POINT IN HYPER SPACE TRIANGULATION AND QUADRATURE OF THE BEACON WORKS FOR NAVIGATION ONLY IT FOLLOWS ITS OWN RULES THE RULES ARE COMPLEX AND VARIABLE BUT THEY ARE STILL RULES THAT A NAVIGATOR CAN FOLLOW TURN THE UPPER OF THE TWO DIALS UNTIL THE HAND OF THE METER BESIDE IT MOVES UP TO TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED EXACTLY WAIT A MOMENT UNTIL YOU'RE SURE YOU HAVE THE EXACT READING THEN TURN THE SECOND DIAL UNTIL THE TWO RED LINES COINCIDE AND AS YOU DO SO MARK THE TIME THE THING IS SET TO OPERATE THE REVERSE CYCLE AT THREE HOUR INTERVALS EXACTLY 713d3e7b-ce15-4bcc-acca-3467c3093c8b WELL SAID THE STORY GIRL FINALLY I MUST GO AND GET THE POTATOES READY I SUPPOSE THEY MUST BE BAWLED EVEN IF IT IS THE JUDGMENT DAY TOMORROW BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS AND I'VE GOT TO GO AND STUMP ELDERBERRY SAID PETER I DON'T SEE HOW I CAN DO IT GO AWAY BACK THERE ALONE I FEEL SCARED TO DEATH THE WHOLE TIME MY SISTER WHO IS WRITING THIS FOR ME READS ME THE OZ BOOKS BUT I WISH I COULD READ THEM MYSELF VERY GOOD ANSWERED THE TIN WOODMAN IN HIS ACCUSTOMED CHEERFUL MANNER TELL ME WHO YOU ARE AND WHENCE YOU CAME 71568b29-acf4-4049-adf7-c0a08c832022 ON THEY WENT AND WHEN THEY REACHED THE CENTRE OF THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREAT STONE CASTLE STOOD IT WAS BEGINNING TO GROW DARK SO THEY HESITATED AS TO WHAT TO DO IT WOULD BE AWFUL SPLENDID AND EXCITING TO HAVE A WEDDING TO THE FAMILY WOULDN'T IT SAID CECILY I'VE NEVER SEEN ANY ONE MARRIED AND I JUST LOVE TO I'VE BEEN TO FOUR FUNERALS BUT NOT TO ONE SINGLE WEDDING I'VE NEVER EVEN GOT TO A FUNERAL SAID SARA RAY GLOOMILY 7158e6e0-d079-429d-9be0-da40fbfb3745 EACH OF THEM AS LARGE AS A TREE IN ITSELF TO BE SURE FELICITY WAS A STUNNING BEAUTY EXPLAINED CECILY IF I PUT IT OFF ANY LONGER IT WILL BE TOO LATE I'M GROWING SO FAST AUNT OLIVIA SAYS I'LL HAVE TO WEAR ANKLE SKIRTS NEXT SUMMER IF I BEGIN TO LOOK GROWN UP HE'LL GET FRIGHTENED OF ME AND THEN I'LL NEVER FIND OUT THE GOLDEN MILESTONE MYSTERY I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THE STORY GIRL HONESTLY 715e41d1-4294-4621-8a9a-9d251d6fa465 BUT I'M AFRAID IT ISN'T GOING TO BE LIKE THAT THIS TIME DON'T YOU NOTICE HOW CAREFUL THE STORY GIRL IS NOT TO GET EXCITED AND SUCH A BAD SIGN WE HAVE JUST GOT TO THINK OF SOME FOOL EXCITER THAT'S ALL I SAID I I'M PRAYING ABOUT IT SAID CICELY IN A LOW VOICE HER TEAR WET LASHES TREMBLING AGAINST HER PALE ROUND CHEEKS IT WAS A COOL DEWY EVENING AND WE WALKED DOWN THE LONG RED HILL IN THE HIGHEST OF SPIRITS OVER A VALLEY FILLED WITH BEECH AND SPRUCE WAS A SUNSET AFTERGLOW CREAMY YELLOW AND A HUE THAT WAS NOT SO MUCH RED AS THE DREAM OF RED WITH A YOUNG MOON SWUNG LOW IN IT 716ab73f-20e0-4830-91ea-892351207b2a SHE SAYS SHE NEVER SAW A ROOM LIKE IT IN A COUNTRY FARMHOUSE IT WAS LIKE A BEDROOM AND A SITTING ROOM COMBINED THE FLOOR WAS COVERED WITH A CARPET LIKE GREEN VELVET THERE WERE FINE LACE CURTAINS AT THE WINDOWS AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES ON THE WALLS FELIX AND I WERE TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND OR ANALYZE THE IMPRESSION IT MADE UPON US BUT WE INSTANTLY FELT AT HER GREETING THAT IT WAS A GOOD MORNING A SURPASSINGLY GOOD MORNING THE VERY BEST MORNING THAT HAD EVER HAPPENED IN THIS MOST EXCELLENT OF WORLDS 7178ee33-7b5f-4382-94b0-095cb4bda8bb WE WERE SITTING IN A CIRCLE BEFORE THE PULPIT STONE EACH WRITING DILIGENTLY IN AN EXERCISE BOOK AND EATING THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT'S PLUMS WHICH ALWAYS REACHED THEIR PRIME OF JUICY GOLDEN GREEN FLESH AND BLOOMY BLUESKIN IN SEPTEMBER AND TRANSFORM IT INTO ANY SORT OF FOOD I LIKE AND EAT IT THIS STRING LED UPWARD TO THE ROOF OF THE DOME 719d21f7-943e-4642-abe1-37d907630cd1 BUT WE CARRIED SUMMER AND SUNSHINE IN OUR HEARTS AND THE BLEAK UNLOVELINESS OF THE OUTER WORLD ONLY INTENSIFIED OUR INNER RADIANCE OH TALK SENSE SAID FELICITY DAN'S GOT SO TOUCHY IT ISN'T SAFE TO SPEAK TO HIM I SHOULD THINK HE'D BE SORRY FOR ALL THE TROUBLE HE MADE LAST NIGHT BUT YOU JUST BACK HIM UP IN EVERYTHING CECILY 719da7b1-5e6a-407b-9f53-57f2b278b7bc THEN HE CROUCHED TREMBLING IN THE FIREPLACE HIS PRETTY GREEN HAIR ALL BLACKENED WITH SOOT AND COVERED WITH ASHES COUSIN RACHEL WARD'S WEDDING THINGS ARE IN THAT OLD CHEST SAID FELICITY WHO WAS RICK COUSIN RACHEL WARD AND WHY WERE HER WEDDING THINGS SHUT UP IN AN OLD BLUE CHEST IN UNCLE ALEC'S KITCHEN 71cd4f3b-f50d-4938-bcd8-bb6b9a65f390 IT WAS ALMOST A QUARREL SO POLYCHROME SAID SOOTHINGLY NEVER MIND FRIENDS AS SOON AS WE HAVE TIME I AM SURE WE CAN STRAIGHTEN THE SOLDIER'S LEG AND GET THE DENT OUT OF THE WOODMAN'S BODY HE WENT TO COLLEGE TWO YEARS YOU KNOW THEN HIS FATHER DIED AND HE STAYED HOME WITH HIS MOTHER BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY DELICATE I CALL HIM A HERO 71e6d813-9e03-4faf-895d-fb0af6ac4ab3 SHE DID TOO HE RETORTED MY AUNT JANE WAS A REAL LADY EVEN IF SHE WAS ONLY A CRAIG HE HAD VISITED NEW YORK AND BOSTON TORONTO AND MONTREAL ALSO LUKE HAD TO TELL HIS STORY WHICH WAS VERY SIMPLE AND DID NOT TAKE LONG 71ec85cd-2885-43cf-a70d-082b248ed592 SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED HE PAUSED AND ASKED DEFENSIVELY IS THAT UNUSUAL THE DOCTOR SMILED OPENLY NOW NOT AT ALL NOT AT ALL THINGS HAVE MOVED PRETTY FAST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS I SUPPOSE IT TAKES PEOPLE'S EMOTIONAL REACTIONS A WHILE TO CATCH UP WITH DEVELOPMENTS THAT LOGICALLY WE ACCEPT AS A MATTER OF FACT TRUE YUNUS SAID PLEASANTLY KNOUGHF WAS SITTING BEHIND THE TABLE YONOS HAD NOT BEEN ASKED TO SIT HE REMAINED STANDING AND HE WAS RECENTLY SURE THAT HIS FEET WERE GOING TO HURT A MINUTE HE TRIED NOT TO LET THE THOUGHT DISTURB HIM THE MAN'S MIND WAS LIKE HIS OFFICE IN THE TOWN HALL SPARSELY FURNISHED ALMOST AUSTERE BUT WITH ALL THE NECESSITIES LAID OUT FOR EASY ACCESS 71ef55c7-8b97-470c-8fbc-b3a46ad542d0 HIS OXYGEN MASK WAS STILL IN PLACE BUT HIS HELMET HUNG PARTLY LOOSE HE ADJUSTED IT AUTOMATICALLY THEN UNBUCKLED THE SEAT STRAPS HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH UNDER THE OXYGEN MASK HE WAS AWARE OF DRIED BLOOD CLOTTED IN HIS NOSTRILS CAKED AROUND THE CORNERS OF HIS LIPS MAGIC SEED WHEN THE TIME CAME TO HAND IN OUR COLLECTIONS FOR THE LIBRARY FUND PETER HAD THE LARGEST THREE DOLLARS FELICITY WAS A GOOD SECOND WITH TWO AND A HALF THIS WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE HENS HAD LAID SO WELL 7228e3ad-1d47-4229-99e5-eb6daf56e895 I AM KNOWN AS WOOT THE WANDERER ANSWERED THE BOY FINALLY I ASKED HER TO MARRY ME SO I SHALL CHANGE HIM INTO AN OWL IT WAS SO LARGE AND HAD SUCH GREEN MALICIOUS EYES I ALWAYS FEEL SORRY FOR THE POOR WEED SAID THE STORY GIRL DREAMILY PRESENTLY WE WERE IN THE FIELD BEYOND THE BROOK 723622c8-dabd-4b6e-b329-3be9ae8b746c NOW THEN CHIRPED THE CANARY EAGERLY I'M NEXT OZMA BUT YOUR CASE IS DIFFERENT REPLIED OZMA NO LONGER SMILING BUT WEARING A GRAVE EXPRESSION ON HER SWEET FACE THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED HER ARM THROUGH FELICITY'S NEVER MIND SHE SAID SOOTHINGLY I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY SUCH A BEAUTIFUL STORY THAT YOU FORGET ALL ABOUT THE DEVIL 723e0bae-8f46-4e36-af99-672b06a14dd0 ONE DAY THE STORY GIRL HAD AN INSPIRATION LET'S GO AND ASK THE AWKWARD MAN AND MISTER CAMPBELL FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY FUND SHE SAID I AM SURE NO ONE ELSE HAS ASKED THEM BECAUSE NOBODY IN CARLISLE IS RELATED TO HIM LET US ALL GO AND IF THEY GIVE US ANYTHING WE'LL DIVIDE IT EQUALLY AMONG US IT HAD BEEN INTERESTING AT FIRST PARTICULARLY SINCE UP TO THE TIME I WAS DRAFTED INTO THE SPECIAL CORPS I WASN'T EVEN CERTAIN IT REALLY EXISTED IT WAS TOO MUCH LIKE A COMMAND'S NIGHTMARE TO BE REAL A SECRET WORRY AFTER A FEW HAPPY YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL CRIME YOU BEGIN TO WONDER HOW LONG IT WILL LAST 7250a7e1-7fdf-476d-8659-93f1a755b7d7 AND AT LAST THEY MET AND SPRANG INTO EACH OTHER'S ARMS CECILY HAD A VERY SWEET VOICE AND I LISTENED IN DELIGHT BUT THE STORY GIRL SIGHED WHILE FARTHER AWAY IT SHOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME CONDITIONS AS DID THE EARTH HE PICKED HIS WAY CAUTIOUSLY 725cec19-8c91-4adf-b2f7-84a1d357cf18 WHEN CECILY FINISHED SHE GOT UP AND WENT IN SEARCH OF DAN RESOLVED TO SOOTHE HIS WOUNDED FEELINGS FELICITY CALLED AFTER HER TO TELL DAN THERE WAS A JAM TURN OVER SHE HAD PUT AWAY IN THE PANTRY SPECIALLY FOR HIM FELIX HELD OUT TO FELICITY A REMARKABLY FINE APPLE WHICH HE HAD BEEN SAVING FOR HIS OWN CONSUMPTION AND THE STORY GIRL BEGAN A TALE OF AN ENCHANTED MAIDEN IN A CASTLE BY THE SEA BUT WE NEVER HEARD THE END OF IT CECILY AND FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL DID NOT CRY THEY WERE MADE OF FINER FIRMER STUFF DRY EYED WITH SUCH COURAGE AS THEY MIGHT THEY FACED WHATEVER MIGHT BE IN STORE FOR THEM I WONDER WHERE WE ALL BE THIS TIME TO MORROW NIGHT SAID FELIX MOURNFULLY AS WE WATCHED THE SUNSET BETWEEN THE DARK FIR BOUGHS IT WAS AN OMINOUS SUNSET THE SUN DROPPED DOWN AMID DARK LIVID CLOUDS THAT TURNED SULLEN SHADES OF PURPLE AND FIERY RED BEHIND HIM I HOPE WE'LL BE ALL TOGETHER WHEREVER WE ARE SAID CECILY GENTLY NOTHING CAN BE SO VERY BAD THEN 726f34ce-7fc6-42e0-ba9b-4c4f0bc13da6 WE WENT VERY SOFTLY INDEED LEST THE GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY THAT TERRIBLE UNCLE ROGER SHOULD HEAR OF IT BEFORE COMING TO CARLISLE UNCLE BLAIR STANLEY HAD BEEN A MERE NAME TO US NOW HE WAS A PERSONALITY IT WAS NOT LOCKED SHE OPENED IT AND WENT IN WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE SHE FOUND SOMETHING LIKE LIKE BLUEBEARD'S CHAMBER SUGGESTED FELIX IN A SCARED TONE 727874d9-3b8f-466e-9f42-586c2d6f3cbc POOR DAN SAID CECILY COMPASSIONATELY HE'S THERE ALL ALONE IN HIS ROOM MISSING ALL THE FUN I SUPPOSE IT'S MEAN OF US TO BE HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME HERE WHEN HE HAS TO STAY IN BED OUR TEACHER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT THING TO HAVE A LIBRARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL AND HE SUGGESTED THAT EACH OF THE PUPILS SHOULD TRY TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY HE OR SHE COULD RAISE FOR THE PROJECT DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 727e6b82-5b4b-4380-b218-70a0319f3a59 PUFFING ON IT STARING AT THE SMOOTH BULKHEAD RELAXED ME A BIT AFTER ALL THERE AREN'T THAT MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A BATTLESHIP AT FIRST WE WERE APPALLED BY THE SITUATION WE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT PEG BOWEN WAS A WITCH BUT TO GO TO HER TO SEEK HER OUT IN THAT MYSTERIOUS WOODLAND RETREAT OF HERS WHICH WAS INVESTED WITH ALL THE TERRORS OF THE UNKNOWN AND THAT THIS SUGGESTION SHOULD COME FROM TIMID CECILY OF ALL PEOPLE 728db388-3ca9-42dd-84a4-d003e4c5acb8 THEIR MINDS WERE VERY VERY BORING AND QUITE BLANK HYRCUFF YUNUS REFLECTED MIGHT BE A DEFINITE RELIEF FIRST THERE WAS THE CELL WHICH WAS IN THE BASIN OF THE TOWN HALL IT WAS DAMP AND THE AIR WAS NOT TOO GOOD BUT THERE WERE COMPENSATIONS RATS FOR INSTANCE THE WINDOW WAS OPEN AND WE HEARD THE FROGS SINGING DOWN IN THE SWAMP OF THE BROOK MEADOW WE HAD HEARD FROGS SING IN ONTARIO OF COURSE BUT CERTAINLY PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND FROGS WERE MORE TUNEFUL AND MELLOW 72a7ec05-3475-406b-9a58-1c0e11b23cd9 THERE'S SOMETHING OUTSIDE JENIFER SAID IN A SMALL VOICE HER VOICE SEEMED TO TRIGGER THE ATTACK HIS PUBLIC PROFESSIONS WERE WELL KNOWN YONAS SEARCHED AND FOUND THE ANSWER KUNUF WAS AN HONEST MAN THAT OF COURSE MADE MATTERS SIMPLER NECESSARY KNUFF SAID LOOKING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME 72ad36bb-ed3f-4a24-badc-602b0bd86f94 ABOVE THE FAR MURMUROUS WHISPER OF EXPECTED MARINE CEREBRATION THERE ROSE AN UNCOORDINATED MISHMASH OF THOUGHT FROM AT LEAST TWO STRONG AND RELATIVELY COMPLEX INTELLIGENCES THE MAN'S MIND WAS LIKE HIS OFFICE IN THE TOWN HALL SPARSELY FURNISHED ALMOST AUSTERE BUT WITH ALL THE NECESSITIES LAID OUT FOR EASY ACCESS YONAS CHECKED THAT IN HIS MIND VERY WELL HE SAID 72b8a829-2b43-4e20-8fcd-dde701d1eac2 IT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE TRAGEDY BUT A NUMBER OF MONITOR STATIONS HAD PICKED UP THIS DISCHARGED STATIC OF A LARGE ENERGY WEAPON BEING FIRED THAT'S ANOTHER THING GAR SNAPPED KEEPING HER ON THE DEFENSIVE MAYBE I VIOLATED SECURITY BY GOING TO EARTH WHEN THEY ACCIDENTALLY OPENED A GATE BUT WHAT ARE YOU DOING 72b9039a-8d99-49a8-a023-c42d6926eaa1 BELOW US WAS THE CARLISLE VALLEY WITH ITS ORCHARD EMBOWERED HOMESTEADS AND FERTILE MEADOWS ITS UPPER END WAS DIM WITH A DELICATE SPRING MIST WINDS BLEW UP THE FIELDS LIKE WAVE UPON WAVE OF SWEET SAVOUR SPICE OF BRACKEN AND BALSAM THAT GAVE JEFF TIME ENOUGH TO REACH THE STORM SHUTTERS AND SECURE THEM ONLY TO RUSH AGAIN WITH JENIFER TO THEIR BUNK BARRICADE AS THE ZID PROMPTLY RENEWED ITS FEROCIOUS ATTACK ON THE DOOR 72d52893-b8f0-4def-84df-ec0ec5d621df FELIX WORKED WELL ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT LIKE WEEDING A GLEA WASDED WITH IT THAT SHE RESOLVED TO TAKE IT AS A PRESENT TO GLACON DAN KING DO YOU WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL 72db6c77-e7ea-4248-adfb-68e578283aaf WE ALL WISHED THAT TOO LATE OUR CURIOSITY HAD LED US INTO SOME HOLY OF HOLIES NOT TO BE PROFANED BY HUMAN EYES AND THIS WAS OUR PUNISHMENT I'VE ALWAYS HAD A FEELING RIGHT ALONG WEPT SARAH THAT IT WASN'T RIGHT TO BUY OR LOOK AT GOD'S PICTURE A PARTY OR PARTIES UNKNOWN HAD NEATLY WALKED THE SHIP CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO THEIR OWN ENDS UNDOUBTEDLY THEY HAD STARTED THE PROGRAM FOR THE GIANT TRANSPORT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHECKED LATER ONCE THE PROGRAMME WAS UNDER WAY IT HAD BEEN GUIDED WITH A SKILL THAT BORDERED ON GENIUS ORDERS WERE ORIGINATED MANY PLACES PASSED ON CHANGED AND SHOVELED I PAINFULLY TRACED EACH ONE TO ITS SOURCE MANY TIMES THE SOURCE WAS A FORGERY SOME CHANGES SEEMED TO BE INEXPLICABLE UNTIL I NOTICED THAT THE OFFICERS IN QUESTION HAD A TEMPORARY SECRETARY WHILE THEN ALL ASSISTANTS WERE ILL 72dd3106-4c20-4dab-863c-1193ef80054c THE TINSMITH WAS AS PROUD OF HIS WORKMANSHIP AS WAS I ALWAYS YOUR LOVING AND GRATEFUL FRIEND WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO TRUST BILLY ROBINSON SAID FELICITY SUMMING UP THE CASE ONE EVENING WHEN ALL HAD BEEN MADE KNOWN 72e13c41-0d57-43bc-b2fa-a5e900489d44 I GUESS I'LL BE A PRESBYTERIAN CAUSE I WANT TO BE LIKE THE REST OF YOU YES I'LL BE A PRESBYTERIAN I KNOW A STORY ABOUT JUDY PENU AND THE WORD PRESBYTERIAN SAID THE STORY YELL BUT I CAN'T TURN IT NOW IF TO MORROW ISN'T THE JUDGEMENT DAY I'LL TELL IT MONDAY HE TOLD FELICITY AND FELICITY TOLD ME SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT IT WAS REAL CUTE OF HIM I THINK THAT IT IS A DREADFUL WAY TO TALK ABOUT PRAYING AND I TOLD HER SO SHE WANTED ME NOT TO TELL YOU BUT I WOULDN'T PROMISE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FAIR FOR YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON 72ea0b34-67de-4492-bbc8-3446731c2e24 AND A BOY SUCH AS I WAS FROM THE DIRECTIONS OUR FRIENDS ARE TAKING HE'S GONE CRIED THE BEAST WITH A LONG DRAWN SIGH OF DISAPPOINTMENT NOT EMOTION OR GLANCE OR INTONATION ESCAPED US THAT IS THE LAND OF THE GODS HILL YOU KNOW IT SPOILS THE EFFECT WHAT WOULD YOU FEEL LIKE IF I WENT AND KEPT STIRRING THINGS IT DIDN'T BELONG TO IT INTO THE PUDDING 72f29956-18b4-4b53-bd2b-f1bac3db1aa9 GO FOR UNCLE ROGER COMMANDED CECILY PALE BUT COMPOSED FELICITY PUT ON THE KETTLE DAN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MUSTARD AND WARM WATER WE WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A KING PETER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE ONLY KIND OF INCONVENIENT WEARING A CROWN ALL THE TIME I'VE ALREADY CALLED THE SPACEPORT IN YOUR NAME OF COURSE I TOLD HIM ORDER THE FAST CORRER SHIP I'LL LEAVE WITHIN THE HOUR 72fc7551-a9d6-46d2-9c37-5ef30a437678 I LOOKED AT THE STORY GIRL'S DRY PITEOUS EYES AND SUDDENLY REMEMBERED THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN HER CRY WHEN SHE TOLD US SAD TALES IN A VOICE LADEN WITH ALL THE TEARS THAT HAD EVER BEEN SHED SHE HAD NEVER SHARED ONE OF HER OWN THEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A TERRIFIC CRASH OF SOUND AND MY SENSES RETURNED I LOOKED AROUND IT SEEMED THAT AN INSTANT BEFORE I HAD BEEN STANDING THERE IN VIC'S LABORATORY SLOWLY TURNING THE SECOND OF THE TWO DIALS WHILE THE FOUR LIGHTS BEAT DOWN UPON MY BODY AND NOW 72fd80db-b67c-44e8-8536-4a505d405add DAN WAS TOO FRIGHTENED TO RESENT THIS AT THE TIME HOWEVER AND WHEREVER JIMMY WAS GONE HE WAS GONE SO MUCH WAS CERTAIN PROBABLY HE TOLD HIMSELF TRYING TO BE FAIR SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ONE TO TALK TO UNTIL A STRANGER CAME ALONG HE SIGHED BRIEFLY 7310e4e3-5719-468d-91e7-703e2c885503 THERE WAS A SLITHERING SOUND IN THE DISTANCE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A MOUNTAIN IN MOTION NEVER MIND THE DOOR THIS WAY QUICK IT'S FIVE DAYS FOR SURE THEN HARD RADIATION CHERANNA CRUSO 73147ff8-afdc-4b9d-b5b0-0660644a3a5c THE NEXT DAY AS I WAS CUTTING WOOD IN THE FOREST THE CRUEL WITCH ENCHANTED MY AXE SO THAT IT SLIPPED AND CUT OFF MY RIGHT LEG HOW DREADFUL CRIED WOOT THE WANDERER WHO CONTROLS THE BREEDING SIGHTS CONTROLS OUR WORLD SAID TO NEW ONCE THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY WE DESTROYED IT ARE THERE MANY WILD ONES ASKED THORN FEWER EACH YEAR SAID TO NEWBE THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR SLAVES HIS STETSON 731849b3-079e-441e-9c27-9f36c661303d THE THIRD MILE BROUGHT HIM TO THE SCENE OF THE CRASH THE OXYGEN HE REALIZED WAS GIVING OUT THE SOUND FADING IN THE DISTANCE BEHIND HIM SAID DAN SPITEFULLY PEG BOWEN HAD HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AND SARA'S HAD AS GOOD AS DESCENDED UPON HER OUT OF THE SKIES 73316885-4f26-47c5-9428-8f7779a6effb CHAFFEE THREE SET DOWN THE SHIP ON AN ISLAND THAT WAS ONLY ONE OF A FRECKLING CHAIN OF SIMILAR ISLANDS CHAFFEE FOUR PROJECTED HIMSELF FIRST TO THE OPENED PORT THEN WHEN THE ZID CHARGED AFTER HIM TO THE URBIVOIR CROP SWARD OF TROPICAL SETTING OUTSIDE BORING IS HARDLY THE WORD OTHERS WOULD USE I AM NOT LIKE OTHERS YONAH SAID HE WISHED FOR CLARETON SUDDENLY BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO REACH HIM SAFELY HE HAD TO MAKE HIS MOVE ALONE WELL HE TOLD HIMSELF THAT WAS WHAT HE HAD WANTED I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IS IN YOUR MIND HE SAID THE WORDS HUNG IN THE AIR OF THE ROOM FOR A LONG TIME 73368211-1fc3-42ff-b71e-2b3c45482a34 WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME HERE CRIED THE PROUD PRINCESS ANGRILY THIS IS MY KINGDOM HE ANSWERED THESE ARE THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS I HAVE CONQUERED BEHOLD ME BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS I AM DEATH IT CAME FROM A DIFFERENT QUARTER THE WIDE DOUBLE WINDOWS THAT OVERLOOK THE BAY THE ZID REARING UPRIGHT SMASHED AWAY THE FLIMSY RATTAN BLINDS WITH A TALENT SEIZING HAND AND LOOKED REDLY IN AT THEM 734415b4-f924-49a6-8232-974fda531b0f STARTING ABRUPTLY JUST BELOW THE WATER LEVEL AND LEADING DOWNWARD A QUESTION ABOUT GARF'S LAST WORDS BEHIND THE BARRED FACE PLATE I GLANCED DOWN AT MY WATCH THEN TURN THE SECOND DIAL UNTIL THE TWO RED LINES COINCIDE 7348152d-6ee7-444e-9285-7a5c2efdd1fa IT WAS WEEKS BEFORE THE BURNS HEALED AND THE SCARS NEVER WENT AWAY ALWAYS AS LONG AS WILLIAM COAN LIVED HE CARRIED ON HIS SHOULDERS THE PRINTS OF THE DEVIL'S HAND DO LEARN IS SIMPLE DON'T YOU ASK QUESTIONS INQUIRED THE SCARECROW YES I ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS I DARE BUT SOME PEOPLE REFUSE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 73771f8c-aa9f-4be5-b663-0b6cdb9b7388 NO SHE ISN'T SAID DAN INSTANTLY FROM ACROSS THE ROOM BUT YOU'LL THINK SHE IS WHILE SHE'S TALKING TO YOU EVERYBODY DOES IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU GO AWAY FROM HER THAT YOU FIND OUT THAT SHE ISN'T A BIT PRETTY AFTER ALL THE GIRL'S DOOR SHUT WITH A BANG SILENCE FELL OVER THE HOUSE WE DRIFTED INTO THE LAND OF SLEEP WONDERING IF THE STORY GIRL WOULD LIKE US WELL SAID AUNT JANET WHEN WE ALL DESCENDED TO THE KITCHEN THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU YOUNG ONES HAVE EVER ALL GOT UP WITHOUT BEING CALLED THAT'S A FACT AT BREAKFAST OUR APPETITES WERE POOR HOW COULD THE GROWN UPS EAT AS THEY DID AFTER BREAKFAST AND THE NECESSARY CHORES THERE WAS THE FORENOON TO BE LIVED THROUGH PETER TRUE TO HIS WORD GOT OUT HIS BIBLE AND BEGAN TO READ FROM THE FIRST CHAPTER IN GENESIS I WON'T HAVE TIME TO READ IT ALL THROUGH I SUPPOSE HE SAID BUT I'LL GET ALONG AS FAR AS I CAN 73885a7c-7e8c-4207-9687-35c8e30a0d92 IF YOU HAVE TO SPEAK OF OF HIM YOU MIGHT SAY THE OLD SCRATCH THAT IS WHAT MOTHER CALLS HIM GIVE HIM COURAGE NOT TO FEAR THE FACE OF MAN MAKE HIM A BURNING AND SHINING LIGHT TO THE SADLY ABUSED CONGREGATION EVERYBODY LAUGHED EXCEPT AUNT JANET OLD MISTER FREWIN WAS HER GRANDFATHER TOO AND SHE WOULDN'T LAUGH ONE DAY WHEN OLD MISTER FRUIN WAS A YOUNG MAN OF EIGHTEEN HIS FATHER CAME HOME AND SAID SANDY I BOUGHT A PIANO AT SIMON WARD'S SALE TO DAY YOU'RE TO GO TO MORROW AND BRING IT HOME 73a43f38-3821-4546-8646-07a7d925d563 WANDERER SHOULD HAVE NO FEAR OBSERVED THE SCARECROW WHO WAS WOBBLING ALONG IN A FUNNY HALF HAZARD MANNER BUT KEEPING PACE WITH HIS FRIENDS IT WAS A HUGE COMFORT TO HER THAT AUNT JANET ALWAYS SAID YES AND OF COURSE AS IF THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION ABOUT IT 73b1a0be-72ea-4f73-8b0b-6d9cb6c4b51c WHEN WE HAD FILLED OUR BASKETS THEY HAD TO BE CARRIED TO THE GRANARY LOFT AND THE CONTENTS STORED IN BINS OR SPREAD ON THE FLOOR TO RIPEN FURTHER WE ATE A GOOD MANY OF COURSE FEELING THAT A LABOURER WAS WORTHY OF HIS HIRE THE STORY GIRL CARRIED OUT HER SELF IMPOSED PENANCE FULLY ALL DAY SHE SAT IN THE KITCHEN AND WORKED BUTTONHOLES SUBSISTING ON BREAD AND WATER AND MEXICAN TEA 73bb1278-be71-4109-967a-6e5180817012 I HAD MY NAIL FAR OUT AND WAS TOUCHING UP A CUTICLE HOLDING IT OUT FOR INSPECTION BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING YONAS KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT RATIFICATION OF A FREE CONFESSION TOOK PLACE IN A TORTURE YONAS TOOK A DEEP BREATH THERE WAS NO WAY TO BACK OUT NOW 73c5a69c-d107-42d7-88ec-92876c4d7f7a DID PAT SCRATCH PEG ASKED UNCLE ROGER WITH HORROR STRICKEN FACE DEAR ME DEAR ME THAT'S MYSTERY IS SOLVED POOR PAT UNCLE ROGER NODDED HIS HEAD AS IF RESIGNING HIMSELF AND PAT TO THE WORST FARTHER BACK WERE FIELDS OF CARMAL AND ALL THE LAND SEEMED WELL CULTIVATED AND CAREFULLY TENDED THEY LOOKED THROUGH THE FIELDS FOR THE GIRL FARMER BUT SHE WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN 73c78064-f85d-42a0-ba01-e6f65cfc97b3 IT IS A COMMON DEFENCE THE JOB HE TOLD HIMSELF STERNLY CAME FIRST AND AFTERWARD YONES HAD MET THE TYPE BEFORE AND WAS UNINTERESTED IN GOING FURTHER YOUR FAIRY MAGIC MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL THINGS SWEET POLYCHROME YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE WALKED WHERE I WAS STANDING 73cf9ce5-0e41-4913-9557-394f64ce574d I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT WE OPENED THE BLUE CHEST SAID THE STORY GIRL YOU DON'T PRAY VERY OFTEN INSISTED FELICITY WE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM AS WE ROAMED THE WOOD AND DAN AND PETER ALMOST QUARRELLED OVER IT DAN MAINTAINING THAT THE THING WAS IMPOSSIBLE AND PETER BEING OF OPINION THAT THE MUSH WAS SOMEHOW MADE THICKER IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EATEN AND SO TOOK UP LESS ROOM 73de5af3-48aa-462e-a0e2-4ff5a04146a5 I HOPE I'M NOT TOO PARTICULAR ABOUT MY ASSOCIATES BUT I DRAW THE LINE AT PIGS THEY WERE INDEED SORRY TO PART WITH THEIR DAINTY AND BEAUTIFUL COMPANION AND ASSURED HER OF THEIR DEVOTION IF THEY EVER CHANCED TO MEET AGAIN THE EVENING WAS FULL OF EERIE SOUNDS THE CREAKING OF FIR BOUGHS THE WHISTLE OF THE WIND IN THE TREE TOPS THE VIBRATIONS OF STRIPS OF DRIED BARK ON THE RAIL FENCES BUT WE CARRIED SUMMER AND SUNSHINE IN OUR HEARTS AND THE BLEAK UNLOVELINESS OF THE OUTER WORLD ONLY INTENSIFIED OUR INNER RADIANCE 73debd55-7e39-411a-b400-02a8f0b4dfa5 WHO'S TOUCHING YOU DEMANDED PETER I DIDN'T MENTION NO NAMES THE MINISTER CAN SAY ANYTHING HE LIKES IN THE PULPIT AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T MENTION ANY NAMES AND NOBODY CAN ANSWER BACK THEN IN A BODY THEY ALL RUSHED FORWARD RUNNING AND BOUNDING WITH TREMENDOUS SPEED 73e0c8a2-4bd4-49d1-935a-bd816e23d2b8 BELOW ME HEMMING ME IN WERE THE GUARDS A TRIPLE RING OF THEM THROUGH WHICH I KNEW I COULD NOT ESCAPE BEHIND ME FOR I WAS FACING THE MULTITUDE WAS THE HIDEOUS GRINNING FACE OF THE IDOL THE PRIESTS BOWED A SECOND TIME PUT THAT DOWN DOORS YELL WAS HIGH PITCHED GARF FACED THEM AND FARMER COULD JUST MAKE OUT HIS LAZY CONTEMPTUOUS SMILE THROUGH THE MURKY WATER THE FEAST MAN RAISED HIS ARM IN ONE OF THE NOW FAMILIAR GESTURES THE BOAT HEAVED WALLOWED AND SANK 740d0799-f7d3-4d65-a751-4867fd1d21d8 THAT WAS A VERY GOOD SERMON FOR A FIRST ATTEMPT SAID THE STORY GIRL GRACIOUSLY IT SOUNDED JUST LIKE REAL SERMONS I HAVE HEARD FOR A MOMENT THE CHARM OF HER VOICE MADE ME FEEL THAT I HAD NOT DONE SO BADLY AFTER ALL BUT THE OTHER GIRLS THINKING IT THEIR DUTY TO PAY ME SOME SORT OF COMPLIMENT ALSO QUICKLY SPELLED THIS PLEASING DELUSION EVERY WORD OF IT WAS TRUE SAID CECILY HER TONE UNCONSCIOUSLY IMPLYING THAT THIS WAS ITS SOLE MERIT I OFTEN FEEL SAID FELICITY PRIMLY THAT WE DON'T THINK ENOUGH ABOUT THE HEATHENS WE OUGHT TO THINK A GREAT DEAL MORE GIVE HIM SOME SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST POLLY SUGGESTED THE BEAR SCARECROW HE OUGHT TO LIKE THAT I WILL RESPONDED THE CANARY AND FLUTTERING HER WINGS SHE MADE A FLIGHT OF THREE CIRCLES AROUND THE STUMP THEN SHE FLEW UP TO A TREE AND THE BARON THE OWL AND THE JAGUAR SAW THAT UPON THE STUMP HAD APPEARED A GREAT GREEN LEAF UPON WHICH WAS A LARGE PORTION OF SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOES SMOKING HOT 74143820-8d83-418c-9b74-3ac914b7596e AND THEN HE SPRANG NOISELESSLY UPON THE SEAT FOR SINCE YOU ARE SO MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEAR FIVE HEART BROKEN CHILDREN WHO KNEW THAT THERE ARE MANY WORSE FRIENDS THAN DUMFERRY FOLK CLIMBED UNCLE ALEC'S STAIRS TO BED THAT NIGHT 742e57cd-5574-4164-9d6c-a27e9f7cf777 I'D GO THIS MINUTE AND CONFESS THE WHOLE THING TO MISSUS RAY BUT IF I DID IT IT MIGHT GET SARA INTO MORE TROUBLE AND I MUSTN'T DO THAT I SHA'N'T SLEEP A WINK TO NIGHT EXCEPT FOR THE CAPTURED ARMAND YOU STILL HOLD OUR SATELLITE OUR MOON SAID TO NEW IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WORD SAID ORAN 74330593-02b6-43c7-9c7a-8d6eac4db69e THE TRIALS WILL CEASE YONAS FINISHED YOU KNOW WELL THE WORTH OF SUCH CONFESSIONS IT IS A TRICK HE BEGAN A BUT AS HE CRUMPLED HIS BODY SEEMED TO SOFTEN AND SHATTER INTO A SCINTILLATING CLOUD AN INSTANT LATER 74361a77-9c05-496e-8884-3da4cf8586de MIGHT HAVE DOUBTED HIS OWN REASONING AT THAT MOMENT THERE'S NO POINT LYING NOW DESTROYING ANY ONE WHO STOOD IN HIS WAY BUT NOW THAT YOU ARE OUT OF DANGER WILL YOU TELL ME WHAT IT REALLY FEELS LIKE TO THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DIE DONALD AND NEIL NANCY AND BETTY WERE THERE IN THE ROOM WITH US 743e7569-b41a-451d-a126-420616e33115 INSIDE WAS LAYING A DRESS OF SOFT SILK THAT HAD ONCE BEEN WHITE BUT WAS NOW YELLOWED WITH AGE AND ENFOLDING IT LIKE A MIST A LONG WHITE BRIDAL VEIL REDOLENT WITH SOME STRANGE OLD TIME PERFUME THAT HAD KEPT ITS SWEETNESS THROUGH ALL THE YEARS GINGER NOTICING THIS AND UNDERSTANDING OZMA'S LOOKS TOOK THE PAW OF THE GREEN MONKEY IN HER OWN HAND AND PATTED IT SOFTLY 7442518e-2ca2-4b68-a3cf-5fd1ff1d930b THERE WERE ONLY THREE MORE CARTRIDGES LEFT IN MY GUN AND I DID NOT DARE REPLACE THE FIRED SHELLS FOR FEAR THEY WOULD RUSH ME WHEN THE ACTION WAS OPEN AND THE GUN MOMENTARILY USELESS I HAD A HOT PROSPECT LINED UP FOR A DEMONSTRATION THAT MORNING WE MUST GIVE VIC A HAND MUSTN'T WE H FELIX CAME TEARING UP THE LANE WITH A NEWSPAPER IN HIS HAND SHE'S SACRIFICED HER DEAR FORGET ME NOT JUG TO SATISFY SOME PANG OF CONSCIENCE OR PROPITIATE SOME THREATENING FATE BUT SURRENDER HER PRECIOUS SHERRY VASE SHE COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT ONLY IF TO MORROW IS THE LAST DAY THE CHERRY VARNS WON'T BE MUCH USE TO YOU 745c4a9f-f312-41b3-a5e7-7558dcd84656 SAID THE SCARECROW TWISTING HIS TWISTING HIS STUFFED HEAD AROUND IN MISSUS UBES'S DIRECTION DO YOU KNOW MAN WHO WE ARE OF COURSE SAID SHE A STRAW MAN A TIN MAN AND A BOY RESPECTED MADAM WROTE THE STORY GIRL 745d196d-befe-4f43-8879-d92934fb16de JUST THIS I BOUGHT A BOX FROM HIM FOR FOR SOMETHING HE SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO SELL ANY OF IT TO ANYBODY ELSE DID HE SELL ANY TO YOU THERE WAS NOT A GREAT DEAL OF COMFORT IN THIS WE WERE ALMOST AS MUCH AFRAID OF PEG BOWEN AS WE WOULD BE OF ANY SPECTRAL VISITANT PETER SCOFFED AT THE IDEA PEG BOWEN WASN'T IN THE HOUSE BEFORE YOUR UNCLE ROGER LOCKED IT UP AND HOW COULD SHE GET IN AFTERWARDS 74607c5e-c522-4042-9cfa-53d2bf0cb2fe LOOK HERE DAN I EXPOSTULATED I THOUGHT OF THAT MYSELF BUT I CAN'T STAY HOME CECILY IT WOULD BE FAR MORE THAN FLESH AND BLOOD COULD ENDURE IT'S TOO LATE TO BE SAYING ALL THESE NICE THINGS ABOUT HIM NOW SAID THE STORY GIRL IT MIGHT BE OVER A YEAR BEFORE YOUR PEOPLE AT HOME HEARD A WORD ABOUT YOU AND FANCY WHAT THEIR FEELINGS WOULD BE 74664df3-f6fe-46ac-a08b-4467f88a840c THERE ISN'T ANY I USED THE LAST IN THE SOUP YESTERDAY OH THE STORY GIRL WAS MUCH DISAPPOINTED THEN I SUPPOSE I'LL HAVE TO DO WITHOUT THE NEW PEAS WOULDN'T HURT ENOUGH THEY'RE SO SOFT THEY'D SQUASH FLAT I'LL TELL YOU SAID PETER I'LL PICK UP A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE ROUND PEBBLES ON MISTER KING'S FRONT WALK AND THEY'LL BE JUST AS GOOD AS PEAS YOU'LL DO NOTHING OF THE SORT SAID AUNT JANET SARA MUST NOT DO PENANCE IN THAT WAY SHE WOULD WEAR HOLES IN HER STOCKINGS AND MIGHT SERIOUSLY BRUISE HER FEET PETE VIC WAS WHISPERING EXCITEDLY IN MY EAR LISTEN PETE I THINK I SEE THROUGH THIS THESE PRIESTS HAVE HEARD ABOUT US AND OUR DEATH DEALING ABILITY THEY'RE JEALOUS THEY WANT A CORNER ON THAT OLD E PAY FIGURES MAYBE WE COULD DO HIM A FAVOR IN THAT LINE AND THAT'S WHY HE'S ARGUING THE PRIESTS WANT TO HONOR US FOR THE GOOD WE'VE DONE BY GIVING US THE REWARD WE'VE JUST SEEN SO BEFORE HE COULD FINISH E PAY WAS THRUST ASIDE BY A GROUP OF ANGRY GUARDS AND I WAS JERKED AWAY 747ee802-246e-4912-bd39-fea35d3cb4d3 THE FIRE WAS ON AND A FLUSHED AND TRIUMPHANT STORY GIRL WAS TAKING A LOAF OF BREAD FROM THE OVEN WE WERE ALSO FOND OF THE BIG SWEET APPLES WE USED TO THROW THEM UP IN THE AIR AND LET THEM FALL ON THE GROUND UNTIL THEY WERE BRUISED AND BATTERED TO THE BURSTING POINT BUT I'LL OPEN IT IF YOU LIKE 749731aa-e1d0-46ef-88dd-bb883fd648b0 A BATTLESHIP MAY BE GIGANTIC ON SOME TERMS OF REFERENCE BUT IN THE IMMENSITY OF THE GALAXY IT IS MICROSCOPICALLY INFINITESIMAL AS LONG AS IT STAYED OUT OF THE REGULAR LANES OF COMMERCE AND CLEAR OF DETECTESTATIONS AND PLANETS IT WOULD NEVER BE FOUND THEN HOW COULD I FIND IT AND HAVING FOUND IT CATCH IT GET OVER THAT AND YOU'LL ELIMINATE MOST OF YOUR TROUBLE AS FOR THE FEDERATION THEY LET US IN AND MOST MEMBER RACES HAVE WARS OCCASIONALLY THEY'LL UNDOUBTEDLY ACCEPT YOU ONCE YOU DEVELOP SPACE TRAVEL 749d83cd-9fb0-4493-8d2c-c8ea8f88556a CICELY PESTERED OUR AUNT JANET'S LIFE OUT ASKING REPEATEDLY MAR WILL YOU BE GOING TO PRAYER MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT MAR WILL YOU BE PRESERVING RASPBERRIES NEXT WEEK AND VARIOUS SIMILAR QUESTIONS IT WAS A HUGE COMFORT TO HER THAT AUNT JANET ALWAYS SAID YES AND OF COURSE AS IF THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION ABOUT IT HAVE YOU GOT A TELETOWKEY BRANDON ASKED SURE SAID THE FIRST MAN PRODUCING A SET ONE THIRD THE SIZE OF BRANDON'S NINE LIGHT YEARS AWAY OF COURSE THIRTEEN YEARS HAD PASSED ON EARTH SINCE THEY HAD LEFT BECAUSE THE TRIP TOOK FOUR YEARS BY OUR TEA RELATIVE TIME 74a3f4e0-21f7-4fca-b5de-0a766c393cb6 TIME PASSED SOMEHOW WHEN MORNING DAWNED YONAS AWOKE TO FIND THE DOOR OF HIS CELL BEING UNLOCKED THE BALD MAN AND THE BLACK HAIRED MAN WERE BOTH THERE HE LOOKED UP WITH THEM WITH DISTASTE FARMER SAW INSULTED AND ANGER FINALLY HE PLACED HIS FINGERS ON THE LARGEST OF THE CONTROL SWITCHES 74a9c735-8599-4198-87c9-c0c5707b79ed E I FOR GOD'S SAKE COME IN I'M IN TROUBLE HERE JENIFER WHO SAILED WITH HER UNCLE AND DID A CREWMAN'S WORK AS A MATTER OF COURSE I'VE BEEN ABOUT A BIT AND HEARD SOME GOOD THINGS BUT I'VE NEVER ENJOYED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT THREADBARE OLD STORY I HEARD IN MY CRADLE 74bf3e93-1d21-4af5-98f1-07b5dcd665c9 IT HAD TO BE DONE FAST AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS NECESSARY TO TALK NATURALLY THEY MUST STILL THINK OF ME AS SITTING IN THE CONTROL ROOM THAT'S THE SHIP'S GENERATORS YOU'RE LOOKING AT I SAID NINETY EIGHT PER CENT OF THEIR OUTPUT IS NOW FEEDING INTO COALS THAT MAKE AN ELECTROMAGNET OF THIS SHIP'S HULL I DIDN'T MAKE IT UP ADMITTED THE STORY GIRL HONESTLY I READ IT SOMEWHERE AND REMEMBERED IT I THINK IT'S TOO FINE CRITICED FELICITY PEG BOWEN WON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF SUCH BIG WORDS 74c47d71-832d-4702-9da4-4cf876228b66 AFTER BREAKFAST SHE WASHED THE DISHES AND DID THE BEDROOM WORK A GRIM SILENCE WHATSOEVER IN MY UNIVERSE TRUE LOVE HAVE BUILT THE WORDS HUNG IN THE AIR OF THE ROOM FOR A LONG TIME KENUF WAITED A BARE A SECOND AND THEN NODDED FISHING IT IN HIS OWN POCKET HE WITHDREW A SINGLE SHINY COIN 74d61813-0c03-4bb4-be37-d73d3dc649e5 A CHAIR STOOD NEAR THE WINDOW AND THIS SHOWING DIMLY IN THE MOONLIGHT GAVE HIM AN IDEA BY PUSHING AGAINST IT WITH ALL HIS MIGHT HE FOUND THAT HE COULD MOVE THE GIANT CHAIR A FEW INCHES AT A TIME THEREFORE HE WAS REGARDED IN CARLISLE AS A MUCH TRAVELLED MAN AND WAS KNOWN TO BE WELL READ AND INTELLIGENT 74fbfa6c-d4ed-46d2-813b-b45f4ba80735 BUT ALL AT ONCE SHE HEARD A STAMPING OF HOOFS BEHIND HER AND WHEN SHE TURNED SHE ALMOST DIED FROM FRIGHT FOR THERE WAS THE GREAT GOD PAN AND HE WAS A VERY TERRIBLE OBJECT LOOKING QUITE AS MUCH LIKE A GOAT AS A MAN THE GODS WERE NOT ALL BEAUTIFUL YOU KNOW AND BEAUTIFUL OR NOT NOBODY EVER WANTED TO MEET THEM FACE TO FACE THAT WAS NOT MY FAULT DECLARED THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES THEN HE RELATED HOW HE ALSO HAD RESTED IN THE FOREST AND AFTER A LONG TIME HAD BEEN RESCUED BY DOROTHY AT THE SCARECROW AND HAD TRAVELLED WITH THEM TO THE EMERALD CITY IN SEARCH OF A HEART THAT COULD LOVE 7500a8a5-287b-4608-a37d-d5fb42e80d83 SO SHE WENT UP TO THE MASTER'S ROOM AND FOUND A KEY AND WENT IN THE PRIESTS WANT TO HONOR US FOR THE GOOD WE'VE DONE BY GIVING US THE REWARD WE'VE JUST SEEN SO SPIRES SEEMED A LOT BETTER AT FIRST GLANCE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES JONAS HAD VISITED YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN INN SHE SAID AN INN IN THIS TOWN HE TOOK ONE HAND OFF HIS HIP TO SCRATCH AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD 75160311-e5dc-45ac-97c0-752e44b87f33 WELL I SHOULD THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HIM BACK I GUESS HE MUTTERED HE WASN'T SURE ANY MORE GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH ONLY PEOPLE MANOEL AND IT LED TO DISASTER 751c7a6c-75cc-4ba5-b0ed-436c3aad75ad SHE STAYED JUST LONG ENOUGH IN EACH POSITION TO SEE THAT THE BATTLESHIP PLAN MOVED FORWARD ONE MORE NOTCH OCCUM'S RAZOR ALWAYS POINTS THE WAY AND THEN I FOUND THAT I HADN'T A STITCH OF CLOTHES ON INDIGESTIBLE THINGS BEFORE THEY WENT TO BED I AM NOT GOING TO DIG THEM UP THIS YEAR TO SEE IF THEY HAVE SPROUTED 751d25d0-1169-44ca-8f5d-b60c29b31e97 MISTER BUTLER AND MISS HOPE ARE SAFE EVERYTHING'S EXPLAINED IN THIS NOTE IT MAY BE THAT THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE IN MAKING SOME PLANS WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS PLACE FORM AND UNLESS YOU BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD THERE'LL BE NOTHING BUT ASHES FOR OUR ARCHAEOLOGIST TO PICK OVER 752bb849-7a84-4b1e-b49e-666d23e68b1d BUT THIS SURELY LOOKS LIKE THE THING THEY INSTALLED BIG THING LOTS OF POWERS IT WAS A BATTLESHIP ALL RIGHT NO DOUBT OF THAT NOW I WAS MENTALLY REACHING AROUND TO PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK WHEN THE MEANING OF HIS WORDS SANK IN SCOOP THE ZID'S AVID CRIES DISCOURAGED CURIOSITY BEFORE IT WAS WELL BORN WE'D NEVER MAKE IT WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY OUTRUN THAT BEAST 7549b175-b569-466d-907c-a81eed5d5e9b THAT STRUCK THEM ALL AS BEING A GOOD SUGGESTION OZMA OFFERED TO TAKE THEM ALL IN THE RED WAGON TO A PLACE AS NEAR TO THE GREAT MUNCHKIN FOREST AS A WAGON COULD GET LAID HIS HEAD ON HIS BLACK PAWS AND REFUSED TO TAKE ANY NOTICE OF ANYTHING OR ANYBODY THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO IN VAIN WE STROKED AND ENTREATED AND BROUGHT HIM TITBITS 754d1b5c-c3cc-4c12-9f69-84ef57f56a46 I WANTED TO WAIT TILL I GOT OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE OUT WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM I'M NOT SURE THAT UNCLE ROGER MEANT WHAT HE SAID REMARKED THE STORY GIRL FELIX TRIED TO MAKE PEACE BETWEEN THEM AND MET THE USUAL FATE OF ALL PEASE MAKERS PETE YELLED VIC COMING BOY HE WAS WAITING FOR ME STAVING OFF AS BEST HE COULD THE RUSH OF BODIES AROUND HIM THEY CONTROL IT WITH THAT SHUDDER BEHIND THE LIPS OF THE IMAGE DID YOU NOTICE IT 75537812-1c93-4e0e-9e12-f1e958ee481d JERRY HAD BROUGHT IT IN A FISH BASKET AS APPEARED WHEN HE MOUNTED THE GRANARY STAIRS SHORTLY AFTERWARDS IT WAS FOLDED UP IN A NEWSPAPER PACKET ON TOP OF THE DRIED HERRING WITH WHICH THE BASKET WAS FILLED WE PAID HIM HIS MONEY BUT WE WOULD NOT OPEN THE PACKET UNTIL HE HAD GONE CECILY SAID FELICITY IN A HUSHED TONE YOU ARE THE BEST OF US ALL YOU OPEN THE PARCEL OH I'M NO GOODER THAN THE REST OF YOU BREATHED CECILY BUT I'LL OPEN IT IF YOU LIKE BUCKLING THE FUR CAPE AROUND MY SHOULDERS WITH THE PLATINUM CLASP I STAMPED DOWN THE RAMP THE STURDY LITTLE M THREE ROWBOT RUMBLED AFTER ME WITH MY BAGS HEADING DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE MAIN GATE I IGNORED THE STURD OF ACTIVITY AROUND THE CUSTOMS BUILDING ONLY WHEN A UNIFORM UNDER OFFICIAL OF SOME KIND RAN OVER TO ME DID I GIVE THE FIELD ANY ATTENTION 75680688-18ae-454a-8a57-23ec78cba09b AS SHE FINISHED HER CONVERSATION AND SWITCHED OFF THE TWO WAY RADIO HE TURNED TO HER DOR HE SAID SOFTLY SHE LOOKED AT HIM HAUGHTILY DON'T SPEAK TO ME SHE SAID I TOLD YOU YOU'D HAVE TO STOP YOUR IRRESPONSIBLE PRACTICAL JOKING AND SETTLE DOWN OTHER PARTS THEY HAD BEEFED UP FIGURING THEY WOULD WEAR BUT SLOWLY THE WATER FED PIPE FROM THE ROOF FOR EXAMPLE THE PIPE WALLS WERE AT LEAST THREE METERS THICK AND THE PIPE OPENING ITSELF NO BIGGER THAN MY HEAD THERE WERE SOME THINGS I COULD DO THOUGH AND I MADE A LIST OF PARTS 756df44f-28f4-48a6-8702-f72b48454599 UNCLE ROGER WOULD HAVE LET THEM FIGHT IT OUT SAID THE STORY GIRL DISCONTENTEDLY UNCLE ROGER BELIEVES IN BOYS FIGHTING HE SAYS IT'S A HARMLESS WAY AS ANY OF WORKING OFF THEIR ORIGINAL SIN HE VOWED THAT HE DIDN'T CARE BUT HE DID CARE TERRIBLY AND HE GLOWERED AT MISSUS MC LAREN IN A MOST UNDUTIFUL FASHION HE HAD NEVER LIKED HER SINCE THE DAY SHE HAD TOLD HIM HE WOULD SOON BE AS BROAD AS HE WAS LONG 7570f647-de7f-4c1a-ae94-f3bef8322fab BEING AN INTERSTELLAR TROUBLE SHOOTER WOULDN'T BE SO BAD THE PRIESTS WERE A HARD HEADED LOT AND WEREN'T BUYING ANY LIZARDS IN A POKE THEY JUST STOOD AND MUTTERED IT WAS FURNISHED WITH SQUARE BOX PEWS AND I WANTED TO LAUGH AND THEN MISTER FRUUEN COME AND I THOUGHT OF HER STORY ABOUT HIS SIDE WHISKERS HOW WHEN HIS FIRST WIFE DIED OF INFORMATION OF THE LUNGS HE WENT COURTING CELIA WARD AND CELIA TOLD HIM SHE WOULDN'T MARRY HIM UNLESS HE SHAVED THEM WHISKERS OFF 757311b1-2c06-4a16-8cbb-fd5c6b613f68 WELL I MAKE A RATHER PRETTY BIRD I THINK RETURNED POLYCHROME BUT OF COURSE I'M ANXIOUS TO RESUME MY OWN SHAPE AND GET BACK UPON MY RAINBOW YOUR LETTERS WERE ALL GREAT BUT I LIKE FELICITY'S BEST AND NEXT TO HERS THE STORY GIRLS FELICITY IT WAS AWFUL GOOD OF YOU TO SEND ME THINGS TO EAT AND THE ROSEWOOD LATE 7573c8b9-388e-410c-b1d6-2ff9738f06a5 NEGATIVE MIGHT HAVE THROWN A COMPRESSOR BLADE GOT A FIRE INDICATION THEN A COMPRESSOR SURGE CHOPPED OFF THE POWER YOU CAN HAVE A PAIR OF MINE SAID FELICITY WHO PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT SINCE SARA WAS CERTAIN TO YIELD TO TEMPTATION SHE MIGHT AS WELL BE GARBED DECENTLY FOR HER TRANSGRESSION 7577bb01-8995-4444-80a0-80ffc6b09b5d OH IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH THE COVERS WENT ONE WAY AND IN SKIT WENT THE OTHER IN A SINGLE UNFOLDING IN CONCERTED MOTION HE LEFT THE HORIZONTAL AND RECUMBENT AND STOOD TENSELY VERTICAL AGAINST THE WALL EXAMINING THE PICK OF THE BATTLESHIP UNDER THE LIGHT MOTHER SIFTED IT VERY CAREFULLY I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHOSE SON SWALLOWED A MOUSE SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WOULD PROBABLY HAVE KNOWN A STORY AND TRIED TO TELL IT IF SHE WERE BEING LED TO THE STAKE 757b7f8a-6f4b-42dd-9b5c-157f91e49ace WE WERE VERY HUNGRY BOYS AND WHEN WE HAD EATEN ALL WE COULD AND OH WHAT SUPPERS AUNT JANET ALWAYS SPREAD WE DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE VERY TIRED ALSO TOO TIRED TO GO OUT AND EXPLORE OUR ANCESTRAL DOMAINS AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO DO DESPITE THE DARK HOW LONG IT MUST HAVE SEEMED TO HER AND AT LAST THERE CAME A LETTER BUT NOT FROM ALLAN ALLAN WAS DEAD HE HAD DIED IN CALIFORNIA AND HAD BEEN BURIED THERE WHILE MARGARET HAD BEEN THINKING OF HIM AND LONGING FOR HIM AND PRAYING FOR HIM HE HAD BEEN LYING IN HIS LONELY FAR AWAY GRAVE 75a02ced-31c2-43c3-adb9-25544256debb A LONG CLOAK WOULD CONCEAL THE UNIFORM WHILE I LEFT THE HOTEL BUT THE GOLDEN CRUSTED HELMET AND A BRIEF CASE OF PAPERS WERE A PROBLEM I HAD NEVER EXPLORED ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE PSEUDO M THREE ROBOT PERHAPS IT COULD BE OF HELP YOU THERE SHORTEN CHUNKY I CALLED DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCEALED COMPARTMENTS OR DRAWERS BUILT UNTIL STEEL HARD IF SO LET'S SEE FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT THE ROBOD HAD EXPLODED THE THING HAD MORE DRAWERS IN IT THAN A BATTERY OF CASH REGISTERS BIG SMALL FLAT THIN THOUGH SHUT OUT ON ALL SIDES INSECTS CAME IN TWING CONES SIPHONED TOWARD THE HEADLIGHTS THERE WAS AN ENDLESS CHITTERING WHISTLING TALK TALKING IN THE GLOOM BEYOND THE LIGHTS STETSON'S VOICE HISSED SUDDENLY THROUGH THE SURGICALLY IMPLANTED SPEAKER HOW'S IT LOOK 75a4314e-5963-4d2c-98bb-247dc186f270 THEY ARE NOT INTELLIGENT THINGS THAT WOULD KILL A MAN OF OUR OWN WORLD HAVE NO EFFECT ON THEM FOR REMEMBER THEY ARE NOT PHYSICAL BEINGS YOU HAVE SEEN THEM APPEAR OUT OF THIN AIR AND DISSOLVE IN THE SAME FASHION WE WERE OUT IN UNCLE ROGER'S HILL PASTURE SITTING ON SOME SMOOTH ROUND STONES UNDER A CLUMP OF BIRCHES BEHIND US WAS AN OLD GRAY FENCE WITH VIOLETS AND DANDELIONS THICK IN ITS CORNERS BELOW US WAS THE CARLISLE VALLEY WITH ITS ORCHARD EMBOWERED HOMESTEADS AND FERTILE MEADOWS 75d88942-3108-4eaa-a64a-b24d885ee34a PETERS LETTER DEAR EVERYBODY BUT ESPECIALLY FELICITY I WAS AWFUL GLAD TO GET YOUR LETTERS IT MAKES YOU REAL IMPORTANT TO BE SICK BUT THE TIME SEEMS AWFUL LONG WHEN YOU'RE GETTING BETTER WE JAGUARS HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF OUR DIGESTIONS FAREWELL FRIEND MONKEY FOLLOW THE PATH I MADE THROUGH THE BUSHES AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR FRIENDS 75e8b926-2413-4598-a25c-b06a970db44c STEPPING OUT INTO THE BRIEF COLLAXY IN DAWN HE CAUGHT HIS GLIMPSE OF THE SERREMEAN SHIP'S LANDING BEFORE THE ISLAND FOREST OF PALM FIRMS CUT IT OFF FROM SIGHT GET BACK WHERE FARMER MANAGED TO PUT MORE CURIOSITY THAN IMPATIENCE INTO HIS TONE 76868af6-a81c-4d25-afe9-16d7612d0a17 PRESENTLY ALSO THE LAUGHTER OF THE GROWN UPS MINGLED WITH OURS AUNT LOUISA TOLD ME THE TALE IT ALL HAPPENED LONG LONG AGO INTERESTING THINGS LIKE THIS ALL DID HAPPEN LONG AGO IT SEEMS TO ME THEY NEVER SEEMED TO HAPPEN NOW 7686fe19-182d-4ab3-bf9d-3d92bcb04c81 FELICITY AND CECILY WERE SETTING OUT A LUNCH IN THE PANTRY WHEN WE WERE ALL STARTLED BY A LOUD GROAN FROM THE SOFA THAT IS ONE THING I HAVE AGAINST THE ISLAND IT DID NOT LOOK TO ME JUST RIGHT FOR A SON IN FACT EVERYTHING LOOKED UNCANNY I WISHED OUR ERRAND WAS WELL OVER 769d4c1a-f522-4f9a-b231-e1ce461d864e TO SAY TO YOU REGARDING YOUR PLAN SHARP SAID SURELY YOU HAVE A PLAN AND IF I MAY PLAY ANY PART IN IT YOU'RE JUST BLINKED PLAN HE SAID SARA RAY HAVING TURNED IN AT HER OWN GATE I RAN AHEAD TO JOIN THE STORY GIRL AND WE WALKED UP THE HILL TOGETHER SHE HAD RECOVERED HER CALMNESS OF MIND BUT SHE MADE NO REFERENCE TO PETER 76b85eec-d203-4149-bca0-1f6f652f4d2b OH BREATHED THE GIRLS CROWDING ROUND AUNT OLIVIA AS SHE LIFTED OUT THE BOX AND CUT THE CORD AROUND IT ALSO LUKE HAD TO TELL HIS STORY WHICH WAS VERY SIMPLE AND DID NOT TAKE LONG 76d34e6d-373d-401d-8427-c761da2da535 A DREAMY SMILE HOVERED AROUND HER POPPY RED MOUTH I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY USE IN PRAYING THAT FELICITY WILL SPEAK FIRST CAUSE I'M SURE SHE WON'T WE FELT WE COULD NEVER DO IT BUT THE STORY GIRL DID IT WE ADMIRED AND PITIED HER 76d3f8ae-7dba-4bfe-86f8-8eb838e41c1f DEAR LITTLE SOUL I AND SHE'D RATHER BE CALLED THE STORY GIRL IS YOUR UNCCLE ROGER'S HANDY BOY THERE'S NO USE BEING NAUGHTY IF YOU SPOIL YOUR FUN BY WISHING ALL THE TIME YOU ARE GOOD IN WHICH NOBLE AMBITION HE SUCCEEDED PERFECTLY I 76d4f57a-b151-4f62-b1e3-80f2f2954d21 ON THE COVER IS PASTED A LADY'S VISITING CARD ON WHICH IS WRITTEN THE DREAM BOOK OF BEVERLY KING SOON THE HOUSE WAS DARK AND SILENT I WAS JUST DROPPING INTO AN UNEASY SLUMBER WHEN I HEARD A COMMOTION IN THE GIRLS ROOM ACROSS THE HALL FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT THE ROBOD HAD EXPLODED THE THING HAD MORE DRAWERS IN IT THAN A BATTERY OF CASH REGISTERS BIG SMALL FLAT THIN THOUGH SHUT OUT ON ALL SIDES ONE HELD A GUN AND TWO MORE WAS STUFFED WITH GRENADES THE REST WERE EMPTY I PUT THE HAT IN ONE THE BRIEF CASE IN ANOTHER AND SNAPPED MY FINGERS THE DRAWERS SLID SHUT AND ITS METAL HIDE WAS AS SMOOTH AS EVER 76e71105-0f07-4341-b3c8-a1579c21e421 I THINK SO IT'S NOT SO FAR AND WE'RE NEARLY OUT OF THE CITY WE HAVE TO MAKE IT VIC LED THE WAY HOPE AND I FOLLOWING ANXIOUSLY I WATCHED THE MINUTE HAND OF THE WATCH SLIDE TOWARD THE SEVEN OF THE DIAL TOUCH IT MOVE ON IT WAS NOT FAR AS VIC HAD SAID BUT WE WERE WEARY FROM OUR BATTLE WITH THE CRAZED MOB AND THE BEST WE COULD FORCE FROM OUR LEGS WAS A SORT OF DOG TROT ONE MINUTE AFTER TWO WE BOTH KNOW THE ADVANTAGES OF AN ALIEN CONTACT BUT IF YOU GET INTO A HOT SPOT AND CALL FOR HELP I'LL DIVE THIS CRUISER INTO THAT CITY TO GET YOU OUT OR UNSWALLOWED THANKS STEAD I'M WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP A TIGHT ORBIT OUT BEYOND US WILL BE FIVE TRANSPORTS FULL OF I A MARINES AND A CLASS NINE MONITOR WITH ONE PLANET BUSTER YOU'RE CALLING THE SHOTS GOD HELP YOU 76f66f02-e8de-40af-9d34-d9eabf4dfacf HE LOOKED AT IT AS A MAN LOOKS AT A FLICKERING FIREPLACE AND THINKS OF OTHER THINGS HE THOUGHT OF THE SUN FIFTY TWO TRILLION MILES AWAY A PIN POINT OF LIGHT LOST IN THE DAZZLE OF THE MILKY WAY THE EARTH A SPECK OF DUST IN ORBIT JUST AS THIS PLANET WAS TO ITS MASTER SERIOUS AND YES HE WANTED IN ADVANCE AGAINST ROYALTIES IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE LARGE RAY LIVED SIMPLY TO TIDE HIM OVER WHILE DOING THE ACTUAL WRITING WHICH SHOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN A VERY FEW WEEKS 77062bef-a2b4-48eb-82a9-45e338118924 I'M GOING TO PUT TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK IN MY MISSIONARY BOX THAN I'VE BEEN DOING SAID CECILY DETERMINEDLY TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK OUT OF CECILY'S EGG MONEY MEANT SOMETHING OF A SACRIFICE IT INSPIRED THE REST OF US THE TRIP ONLY TOOK A FEW DAYS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO MEMORIZE EVERYTHING I DID TO KNOW ABOUT SET ANUVO THE MORE I KNEW THE LESS I COULD UNDERSTAND THEIR NEED FOR A BATTLESHIP IT DIDN'T FIT SUTANOVO WAS A SECONDARY SETTLEMENT OUT OF THE SELINY SYSTEM AND I HAD RUN INTO THESE SETTLEMENTS BEFORE 77358a44-1f5f-4668-89b0-4cc616ce0dfa WHEN I GOT MY TIN LEGS NIMI AMI BEGAN TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN ME WHEN I GOT MY TIN ARMS SHE BEGAN TO LIKE ME BETTER THAN EVER AND WHEN I WAS ALL MADE OF TIN SHE SAID I LOOKED LIKE HER DEAR NICK CHOPPER AND SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO MARRY ME BUT IN AN HOUR'S TIME DAN WAS STILL IN GOOD HEALTH AND ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION OF GOING TO BED SHE LEFT ME IN CHARGE YOU DIDN'T TAKE MUCH CHARGE LAST NIGHT WHEN DAN GOT SICK SAID FELIX MALICIOUSLY 775ee7e7-15d8-405a-bd13-2210ac5c7c6c WE WERE ALL OF US TOO TIRED THOSE NIGHTS TO DO ANY SPECIAL PRAYING SOMETIMES I FEAR OUR REGULAR PRAYERS WAS SLURRED OVER OR MUMBLED IN ANYTHING BUT REVERENT HASTE OCTOBER WAS A BUSY MONTH ON THE HILL FARMS THE APPLES HAD TO BE PICKED AND THIS WORK FELL MAINLY TO US CHILDREN BUT DIRECTLY BEFORE US THE POTATO FIELD WITH ITS WREATHING SMOKE AND SULLEN FLAMES THE GIGANTIC SHADOW OF UNCLE ALEC CROSSING AND RECROSSING IT REMINDED US OF PETER'S FAMOUS DESCRIPTION OF THE BAD PLACE AND PROBABLY SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL'S REMARK I KNOW A STORY SHE SAID INFUSING JUST THE RIGHT SHADE OF WEIRDNESS INTO HER VOICE ABOUT A MAN WHO SAW THE DEVIL NOW WHAT'S THE MATTER FELICITY I CAN NEVER GET USED TO THE WAY YOU MENTION THE THE THAT NAME COMPLAINED FELICITY 776d125f-08d6-417d-8bd8-b0e5ba801a20 BESIDES THEY'RE ALL SUCH LADY LIKE GIRLS I'M PRETTY SURE AUNT JANE WOULDN'T THINK IT WAS PROPER TO TELL SUCH A DREAM DID YOU EVER SEE HER AND AT ONCE A SCENE WOULD FLASH UPON THE MAGIC CANVAS WHICH SHOWED AND AROUND HER WAIST WAS A SASH OF VIPER 7783000c-1c3c-4bb7-8e91-e4c9882a9a38 AND TO CONSIDER THE ISSUE WHILE THE ZID LUNGED ABOUT THE SHIP IN SEARCH OF THEM WITH MALIGNANT CRIES AND A GREAT SHRIEKING OF CLAWS ON METAL HOMESIDE WON'T WAIT LONGER AUBREY TELL HIM TO HURRY YET AND AFTER YOU READ IT YOU CAN LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE IT'S NOW FOURTEEN MINUTES OF ELEVEN IT DOESN'T SEEM REAL NOW MORE LIKE A NIGHTMARE BUT IT WAS TERRIBLE ENOUGH AT THE TIME 778b143e-b836-4442-a849-68d6d9cc6413 AND WITH A ROARING FIRE ON A NIGHT THAT'S HOT ENOUGH TO MELT A BRASS MONKEY HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES THE SPACE YARD MANAGER WAS NAMED ROCKER AND HE WAS HAPPILY ASLEEP WHEN WE ARRIVED BUT NOT FOR LONG THE PARADE OF UNIFORMS AND GUNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HAD HIM FRIGHTENED INTO A STATE WHERE HE COULD HARDLY WALK 779c66af-91a7-4d77-b7e5-fa6a20ccacd9 DAN PLASSED THE PLATE FELICITY'S ROSEBUD PLATE LOOKING AS PRETERNATURALLY SOLEMN AS ELDER FREWIN HIMSELF EVERY ONE PUT A SCENT ON IT WELL I PREACHED MY SERMON AND IT FELL HORRIBLY FLAT I REALIZED THAT BEFORE I WAS HALF WAY THROUGH IT JUST THEN HOWEVER SHE REMEMBERED SHE HAD LEFT HER FIDDLE LYING UPON A TABLE SO SHE WENT BACKWARD AND PUT IT AWAY IN THE CUPBOARD AND WHILE HER BACK WAS TURNED THE GREEN MONKEY SLIPPED THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR INTO HER BEDROOM AND HID UNDERNEATH THE BED 77beb898-8010-4425-892a-3bd4afbfe12c I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHO IT WAS SO MUCH AS I AM IN WHO IT WAS I THINK I AM JUSTIFIED IN PROMISING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ASTONISHING REVELATIONS ABOUT THE MAGIC OF OZ IN MY BOOK FOR NINETEEN NINETEEN I DREAMED I WAS ON A DESERT ISLAND INHABITED BY TIGERS AND NATIVES WITH TWO HEADS I AM SURE HE COULD NEVER HAVE SAID IT IF I HAD BEEN REALLY GROWN UP I TOLD HIM IT WAS LIKELY HE WOULD AND THEN HE WASN'T TO MIND IF I HAD A LONGER SKIRT ON NEXT TIME BECAUSE I'D BE JUST THE SAME PERSON 77c5477b-7638-462b-a9a0-3ad14271115f INVOLUNTARILY HE TOOK A BACKWARD STEP CAUGHT HIS HEEL ON A SUN WARPED BOARD AND SAT DOWN HEAVILY AND I'M LEARNING HE'S PRETTY INTELLIGENT TOO FARMER BENT ANXIOUSLY OVER THE JUDGE LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE 77c6084c-355b-4eb6-bb5b-68da3f838a0d EXCERPT FROM A SHORT HISTORY THE MASQUERADE BY A HE REFLECTED FOR A MINUTE I COULD MAKE YOU INTO A BEADLE AND SQUASH YOU UNDERFOOT THE BRAIN WAS AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER ROBART BRAIN I HAVE KNOWN PLUS THE FACT THAT THE CHUNKY BODY WAS CRAMMED WITH DEVICES AND MACHINES OF VARYING USE 77c837b1-bf74-46a6-8447-592816d1763b VERY WELL AND IF WE MEET THE WITCH WE WILL BOTH FIGHT HER YOU WITH HER AXE AND I WITH MY SWORD THE WITCHES DESTROYED ANNOUNCED THE SCARECROW AND AS THEY WALKED AWAY HE TOLD THE TIN SOLDIER OF MUCH THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE LAND BUT SINCE HE HAD STOOD RESTED IN THE FOREST HOW CROSS THOSE LONG SHADOWY FIELDS BETWEEN US AND OUR ROOF TOP HOW ADVENTURE THROUGH THE DARKLY MYSTERIOUS BRACKEN HOLLOW FORTUNATELY UNCLE ALEX CAME ALONG AT THIS CRISIS AND SAID HE THOUGHT WE'D BETTER COME HOME NOW SINCE THE FIRES WERE NEARLY OUT WE SLID DOWN FROM THE FENCE AND STARTED TAKING CARE TO KEEP CLOSE TOGETHER AND IN FRONT OF UNCLE ALEC 77cd6b45-26aa-4fc1-9dd1-e640f13207a6 MAN WITH A CURIOSITY BUMP AS BIG AS YOURS WILL ALWAYS TALK FIRST AND SHOOT LATER ROCCA COULDN'T BELIEVE IT NEITHER COULD THE PRESIDENT THEY WANDERED UP AND DOWN THE EMPTY WAYS WHERE IT HAD BEEN BUILT PAT WAS THERE ALSO PADDING ABOUT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER ON HIS BLACK PAWS GIVING US FRIENDLY POKES AND RUBS BUT IF HE STILL SAYS YOU MUST GO THAT'LL BE A SIGN HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT 77d9e1aa-4e15-42a0-95b4-9a6c88b91511 BUT THEN THESE TWO QUAINT PERSONS NEVER SLEPT WITH HER FRIEND PRINCESS DOROTHY BESIDE HER THE EVENING WAS FULL OF EERIE SOUNDS THE CREAKING OF FIR BOUGHS THE WHISTLE OF THE WIND IN THE TREE TOPS THE VIBRATIONS OF STRIPS OF DRIED BARK ON THE RAIL FENCES 77e053dc-b995-40b4-aadf-b042392a3118 BUT YOU GIRLS ARE ALWAYS IN SUCH A HURRY SAID PETER BITTERLY PETER MADE QUITE A HANDSOME LITTLE MINISTER IN HIS NAVY BLUE COAT WHITE COLLAR AND NEATLY BOWED TIE THAT HE AVERED WAS TOO HARD WORK BUT DEAR ME CRIED THE TIN WOODMAN SADLY PERPLEXED BOOT ALMOST GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR LOST AT THAT MOMENT 77fdd069-eb66-49bf-8853-89e930979f6a UNLESS CHECK THE ZID WOULD RAPIDLY DEPOPULATE THE ISLAND BUT THEY HAD NO CHOICE HE KNEW WHEN HE PUT DOWN THE MICROPHONE THAT THE SHIP WOULD BE TOO LATE YOU CAN'T NAME THINGS HERE IN TERMS OF OUR OWN WORLD BEFORE HE COULD FINISH ANYTHING THAT OCCUPIES SPACE 77fdf4f2-abb4-4047-a353-223e24283093 I REALIZED HOW DEEPLY HE FELT ON THE SUBJECT AND HOPED HE WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL WE FOUND PETER SHELLING BEANS IN THE GRANARY AND WHISTLING CHEERILY AS WITH A CONSCIENCE VOID OF OFFENCE TOWARDS ALL MEN I CAN SEE HOW EARTH MIGHT BE CONSIDERED THE PLAGUE SPOT OF THE UNIVERSE FOR VARIOUS REASONS 77fe6309-ffdf-4b27-91d3-ff007674a565 I CURSED AND WHEELED THE EYE IN CIRCLES SCANNING THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY IT WAS FLAT MARSHY BOTTOM LAND WITHOUT A BUMP I PULLED THE EYE STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY AND THREW IN THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THAT WOULD RETURN IT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE SHIP THEIR SUBJECT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR BATTLE SHIP THE ROBERT SAID COLDLY ALL HIS STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SHIP WERE TRUE NOW IT'S MY TURN FOR THE GAPING AND I POPMY ACT WHILE FERREO PULLED HIMSELF TOGETHER HE HAD NO IDEA I WASN'T INTEREST IN HIS OTHER HANKEY PANKY BUT COULD TELL THAT I HAD A LOW BLOW 7801132f-6da3-4986-bb5e-f0b53a778cc6 JEFF LOOKED BACK ONCE TO SEE THE ZID CLOSE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN AND SPRING UPWARD TO THE TAIL FLUKE BEHIND HIM HE HAD AN INSTANT CONVICTION THAT THE BRUTE'S SECOND SPRING WOULD SEE HIM TORN TO BITS BUT THE SCOOP AT THE MOMENT FOUND WATER DEEP ENOUGH TO MOVE IN EARNEST THE ZID COULD ONLY SINK IN ALL SIX TALONED LIMBS AND HOLD FAST WE STOPPED PICKING APPLES SAT DOWN ON THE GRASS AND TRIED TO REASON IT OUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DAN WHO DECLARED HE KNEW THERE WAS A CATCH SOMEWHERE AND HE WASN'T GOING TO BE CAUGHT THE REST OF US COULD NOT SEE WHERE ANY CATCH COULD EXIST SINCE FELIX SOLEMNLY VOWED CROSS HIS HEART WHITE SHEEP DID EAT MORE THAN BLACK 78043670-7ff8-4ec6-b50f-2dc2ba58f671 I'M AWFUL GLAD YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD OPINION OF ME I DON'T DESERVE IT BUT AFTER THIS I'LL TRY TO I UNCLE ALEC SAYS THAT UNCLE EDWARD SAYS THAT HEADS ARE BEGINNING TO GO OUT OF FASHION I SAID DEFIANTLY BECAUSE I INSISTED THAT AN ARMY IN OZ WAS HIGHLY IMPROPER BUT I PAID NO ATTENTION TO THIS BECAUSE MY THOUGHTS WERE ALL 780d245b-5bc8-4e0a-83da-a1b738c6f016 BUT HE DID NOT PLAY AS MUCH AS HE USED TO BECAUSE HE LIKED BETTER TO TALK WITH AGLEYA SO WAS I BUT SHE COULDN'T HAVE IT CERTAINLY ISN'T HERE I YOU SHOULD BE RESIGNED TO THE WILL OF PROVIDENCE EVEN FELIX AND I WHO HAD SEEN SUCH SHOWS GALORE WERE INTERESTED AND THE REST WERE QUITE WILD 78185c67-76c2-453f-8399-74719622fb9c I HELD OUT BOTH HANDS TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE EMPTY TRYING TO EXPRESS MY WILLINGNESS TO BE FRIENDS BUT THEY WERE NOT HUMAN THE CITY FLUTED AND SPIRALED INTO THE MOONLIT SKY IT'S TOO BAD TO FEEL THAT WAY SAID HORN WHEN TWO CULTURES MEET LIKE THIS THEY TEND TO HELP EACH OTHER I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU SEE THINGS OUR WAY 783be4b6-a713-4f0c-ba4a-be72048f3912 THERE ARE OTHER METALS WITH A HIGHER ALBIDO BUT NONE THAT GIVE A RICHER EFFECT WE WILL NOW HEAR ALL ABOUT YOUR LIES UNLESS THEY CAN HELP US WE MUST REMAIN FOREVER AS WE ARE AND SHE HANGS MY CAGE IN HER BEDROOM EVERY NIGHT SO SHE CAN KEEP HER EYE ON ME 78401ee3-d1b7-4045-98ec-1a334f7a75d7 WHAT COIN OF EARTHLY MINTING WILL EVER BUY BACK FOR YOU THAT LOST AND LOVELY VISION THE SCOOP TOUCHED ITS VAST FACE TO THE QUEEN'S RAIL AND DROPPED THE UNCONSCIOUS BODY TO THE DECK THE ZID TWITCHED WEAKLY AND COUGHED UP FROTH AND WATER JEFF BACKED AWAY WARILY 78627286-035f-439a-8fd7-8246774a81b9 IT SEEMS AWFUL TO THINK OF EATING A SAWDUST PUDDING HOW ON EARTH DID YOU MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE ON ORAN'S MIDDLE THE NATIVE'S MOUTH OPEN REVEALING LONG CANINES CONGO EXPECTS TO BLAST THE PLANET ANYWAY 7862e370-0444-4fe5-858e-0598d9bdbf9e I'M GOING TO TAKE A WHIRL AT WHAT I'LL CALL THE INFROMEDIAN EXISTENCE WE CAME AT LAST SHAKING WITH WEARINESS AND GASPING FOR BREATH TO THE DESERTED STREETS OF THE BLACK AND TERRIBLE CITY I SHALL NOT BE OBLIGED TO COOK FOR YOU HE HAD WORRIED MORE OVER WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO LUKE THAN TO HIMSELF 788dc9ac-a170-4391-bcde-ec954efcd12e WHO HAD BEEN GRIMACED AT OVER THE BREAKFAST TABLE THAT MORNING AND HADN'T LIKED IT THEREFORE HIS UTTERANCE CARRIED ALL THE WEIGHT OF INSPIRATION AND WE SAT APPALLED BEFORE HIS LURID PHRASES I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T LIKE CUCUMBER CECILY DAN REMARKED JUST STAND ROOTED TO THE GROUND AND SEE IT COMING AND CAN'T STIR IT 78b434d7-d61c-4a2d-a2de-1fa785d950fe WITH THE GATHERING SHADES OF NIGHT OUR PLIGHT BECAME PITIFUL IN THE DAYLIGHT SURROUNDED BY HOMELY FAMILIAR SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IT WAS NOT SO DIFFICULT TO FORTIFY OUR SOULS WITH A CHEERING INCREDULITY BUT NOW IN THIS TIME OF SHADOWS DREAD BELIEF CLUTCHED US AND WRUNG US WITH TERROR IF THERE HAD BEEN ONE WISE OLDER FRIEND TO TELL US IN SERIOUS FASHION THAT WE NEED NOT BE AFRAID THAT THE ENTERPRISE PARAGRAPH WAS NOT SAVE THE IDLE REPORT OF A DELUDED FANATIC IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WELL FOR US BUT THERE WAS NOT OUR GROWN UPS INSTEAD CONSIDERED OUR TERROR IN EXQUISITE JEST BRANDON THE COLONEL'S GLARING FACE FLICKED OFF AS BRANDON PUSHED THE PRE EJECTION LEVER INTO THE LOCK POSITION SEVERING ALL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE SHIP AND THE PILOT'S CAPSULE BRANDON HAD A STRANGE DETACHED FEELING AS HE PUSHED THE EJECTION BUTTON THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND THE PILOT'S CAPSULE SHOT UP LIKE A WET BAR OF SILK SQUEEZED OUT OF A GIANT'S HAND 78b4f100-ae41-4d0e-ac46-1a3eae7bfd9c NEVER MIND SAID CECILY WE HAVE ALL GOT SOMETHING TO GIVE IF YOU WERE LIKE POOR SARA RAY AND HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT ANYTHING YOU MIGHT FEEL BAD THERE IS NOTHING TO DESTROY IN THE JUNGLE SAID TO NUB WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG CITY ASKED THORN SILENCE I SAID WHY DO YOU YOU ARE IGNORANT OF OUR WAYS SAID TO NUB THEREFORE I FORGIVE YOU THE CITY IS FOR OUR RACE 78b60dc9-757f-4899-9217-a8578e21052e CLARETON TRANSMITTED THE ENTIRE PICTURE IN ONE SUDDEN BLOW THE CHANCE THAT YONAS WOULD NOT BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY BUT WILL WE DISCOVERED THE CHANCE THAT THE INQUISITOR WOULD GET FROM HIM THE SECRET OF THE BROTHERHOOD THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE YONA SAID SAID CLARETON SOUNDED RESIGNED I WILL NOT YUNUS THOUGHT AH JONAS SAID PLEASANTLY BUT YOU'RE HOME AREN'T YOU WE FEARED THAT DAN WOULD DROP DEAD ON THE SPOT BUT NOTHING OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY WHEN AN HOUR HAD PASSED WE CONCLUDED THAT THE BAD BERRIES WERE NOT POISON AFTER ALL AND WE LOOKED UPON DAN AS QUITE A HERO FOR DARING TO EAT THEM 78f2611c-1b57-4e85-b9dc-29ef6c91ba97 AND AUNT JANET SAYS WE ARE NEVER TO HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT BEFORE WE GO TO BED AFTER THIS EXCEPT PLAIN BREAD AND MILK SAID FELIX SADLY THEY'D LIKE TO STOP US FROM DREAMING ALTOGETHER IF THEY COULD SAID THE STORY GIRL WRATHFULLY COULD YOU EVER DO WHAT BETTY SHERMAN DID DO YOU SUPPOSE ASKED CECILY ABSENTLY NO BUT I BELIEVE THE STORY GIRL COULD ANSWERED FELICITY RATHER SNAPPISHLY 78ff1d23-2fa4-4966-9097-7e73f1b06422 AMUSEMENT FLICKERED ACROSS THE DOCTOR'S FACE THEN TURNED SMOOTHLY INTO A REASSURING HALF SMILE OH NO THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DANGER INVOLVED NONE AT ALL WE HAVE TISSUE REGENERATION PRETTY WELL UNDER CONTROL NOW SO I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ACCURATE RECORDS IN DATA ARE VERY NECESSARY FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND PROGRESS AGAIN IT TRIED TO LAND IN HIS HAIR HE DUCKED IT FLEW ACROSS THE BRIDGE OUT THE PORT BESIDE STETSON 78ffd433-497f-4979-bb01-8a859bf67f3e YOU AND MISSUS PARENT STAY HERE THERE BY THE DOOR I SUGGESTED I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG HERE BUT SOMETHING'S HAPPENED THERE'S NO NEED FOR ALL OF US ENTERING CHARACTERS LIKE THAT NEVER THINK IT IS POSSIBLE FOR SOME ONE ELSE TO OUTTHINK THEM WHICH IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DO MODEST IDEA STANG SAID I TRY NOT TO BE I TOLD HIM 7909063c-a2a6-43cc-b86c-1e0c8cbcbb53 THE BLOW HAD BEEN DIRECTED AT DOOR AND SHE SHOWED THAT SHE HAD ABSORBED MOST OF IT BY WILTING VISIBLY AND HAD CERTAINLY NEVER THOUGHT HE'D LIKE A MERMAID BUT AND TOOK OUT A PECULIAR MACHINE AUNT OLIVIA IS JUST SWEET SHE KISSES ME GOOD NIGHT EVERY NIGHT AND YOUR MOTHER NEVER KISSES YOU SHE SPRANG TO HER FEET AN AMAZING CHANGE COMING OVER HER 791ecdd5-8cfa-4b63-a2cc-92fc16479bf7 THERE IS NOTHING TO BE GAINED BY EXAMINING THE PECULIAR MACHINE AND THEREFORE THE ONE QUICK GLANCE SUFFICED IF VIC AND HOPE HAD GONE THIS ROUTE I WAS ANXIOUS TO FOLLOW DUE TO THE VERY NATURE OF OUR JOB WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME JUST ROCKETING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE 79360970-ddd5-487e-952b-c72b78b81453 SHE HAD NOT DONE SO BEFORE BECAUSE HE WAS BAREFOOTED IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU'RE MARRIED TOO SAID CECILY GRAVELY SEEING THAT FELICITY DISDAINED REPLY IF YOU GOT A MAN LIKE FATHER IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT BUT SUPPOSING YOU GOT ONE LIKE ANDREW WARD 795c1eed-7451-4fd0-a13d-8a803c29d1cc I COULDN'T GET A LOOK INTO HIS EYES IF HE WAS TRYING TO HOAX US THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TWINKLE IN THEM HE CAN NEVER HELP THAT YOU KNOW HE WOULD THINK IT A GREAT JOKE TO FRIGHTEN US LIKE THAT IT'S REALLY DREADFUL TO HAVE NO GROWN UPS YOU CAN DEPEND UPON BUT IT WAS ALWAYS KNOWN BY THE NAME OF THE PERSON FOR WHOM OR BY WHOM IT WAS PLANTED AND FELIX AND I KNEW AS MUCH ABOUT AUNT FELICITY'S PEARS AND AUNT JULIA'S CHERRIES AND UNCLE ALEC'S APPLES AND THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT'S PLUMS AS IF WE HAD BEEN BORN AND BRED AMONG THEM 795e0a28-1339-4b8a-a733-84643eda3a45 WOOD WAS AMAZED BUT HE ALSO WAS THOROUGHLY FRIGHTENED DID IT HURT HE ASKED THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR NO OF COURSE NOT GROWLED THE SCARECROW IN THE BEAR'S FORM BUT I DON'T LIKE WALKING ON FOUR LEGS IT'S UNDIGNIFIED AND THEN IN FIVE YEARS TIME THE TREE BORE APPLES AND THEY WERE YELLOW TRANSPARENTS AND THEN SHE SPOKE AT LAST SHE SAID I TOLD YOU SO 7966be99-20bf-4f17-9af6-5031bfa29ff0 OPPOSITE TO HIM SITS THE STORY GIRL WITH HER SCARLET ROSETTE HEAD HER BEAUTIFUL BARE FEET CROSSED BEFORE HER OH IT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE THINGS YOU KNOW ARE NOT TRUE 7968c629-1528-4c3b-91e5-2eed57b41d67 PAT OUR OWN DEAR FROLICSOME PADDY WAS SICK AGAIN VERY VERY SICK ON FRIDAY HE MOPED AND REFUSED HIS SAUCER OF NEW MILK AT MILKING TIME THE NEXT MORNING HE STRETCHED HIMSELF DOWN ON THE PLATFORM BY UNCLE ROGER'S BACK DOOR LAID HIS HEAD ON HIS BLACK PAWS AND REFUSED TO TAKE ANY NOTICE OF ANYTHING OR ANYBODY IN VAIN WE STROKED AND ENTREATED AND BROUGHT HIM TITBITS ONLY WHEN THE STORY GIRL CARESSED HIM TO GIVE ONE PLAINTIVE LITTLE MEW AS IF TO ASK PITEOUSLY WHY SHE COULD NOT DO SOMETHING FOR HIM WHY THAT IS EASY THE TIN MAN ASSURED HIM I HAVE A MAP OF OZ IN MY POCKET PERSISTED THE BOY AND IT SHOWS THAT THE WINKIE COUNTRY WHERE WE NOW ARE IS AT THE WEST OF OZ IN THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY AT THE EAST WHILE DIRECTLY BETWEEN THEM LIES THE EMERALD CITY 7968d4dd-d71f-4e20-84c7-4c2557299967 I LOOKED AT THE STORY GIRL'S DRY PITEOUS EYES BUT AS WE WAITED THE CLOUDS BROKE AWAY AND THE SUN CAME OUT FLASHINGLY NO IT WAS JUST SOMETHING HORRID HE HAD TO RUN AWAY FOR DEBT PETER WAS HANDICAPPED AT THE BEGINNING BY THE FACT THAT HE HAD NO FAMILY FRIEND TO FINANCE HIM 7974d74b-17e4-4c0a-89e4-b2dae25d07a1 AND ITS GREAT FILMY EYES ALL BUT CLOSED AGAINST THE SLANTING GLARE OF MORNING SUN BUT HE MANAGED TO HAUL JENIFER UP WITH HIM AND FOUND THAT HIS CLOTHES WERE GONE AND HIS SKIN COVERED WITH A FINE SILKLIKE GREEN FUR 79898cbe-6791-4ca8-873f-5cc797d6d47d THE WORLD HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE REST THEIR MUSIC ECHOED ONLY ALONG THE HIDDEN WAYS OF LIFE AND SERVED BUT TO LIGHTEN THE CARES OF THE TRIVIAL ROUND AND COMMON TASK SHE TOOK IT VERY QUIETLY IT'S THE BEST WAY I GUESS WHEN YOU'RE MARRIED TO A MAN LIKE OLD MISTER SCOTT BUT JUST A FEW SUNDAYS AFTER WASN'T HE LATE HIMSELF 79a84e6f-c217-4175-b887-8fbbc258eed4 THERE I STOOD UNABLE TO MOVE HAND OR FOOT I NEVER HAVE FRIENDS SHE SAID IN A MATTER OF FACT TONE I CAN'T TELL FOR THE PARTS HAD NO TAGS ON THEM MOTHER SAYS I WAS LOONEY MOST OF THE TIME AFTER THEY STRUCK IN THE APPLES BEGAN TO BURN RED ON THE BENDING BOUGHS CRICKETS SANG DAY AND NIGHT SQUIRRELS CHATTERED SECRETS OF POLLITION IN THE SPRUCES THEY FOUGHT OVER IT TILL THE NEIGHBOURS CAME OUT TO LISTEN 79b72bf8-d912-4ed6-bd7b-f74f0701e8e8 MAYBE IT'S JUST THE TITLE SUCH GOINGS ON I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK THE SENSES OF SIGHT AND HEARING AND FEELING ALL LEFT ME BUT FELICITY HAD DONE HER WORK TOO THOROUGHLY THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT TO BE COMFORTED IT WOULD BE JUST STUPIDITY IF YOU DIDN'T 79b7ec0e-8ef7-44d1-ad80-5e0076103b8e THE SHADOWS HAD BEEN STILL BEFORE NOW THEY MOVED AND DANCED AS THE NIGHT WIND TOSSED THE BOUGHS THE OLD HOUSE WITH ITS DREADFUL SECRET WHITE AND CLEAR AGAINST THE DARK BACKGROUND OF SPRUCES WE WERE WOEFULLY TIRED BUT WE COULD NOT SIT DOWN BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS REEKING WITH DEW THE FAMILY GHOST ONLY APPEARS IN DAYLIGHT SAID THE STORY GIRL THEY WERE ANGRY WHEN I REFUSED TO DO ANY MORE SLAUGHTERING AND LED ME HERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE ONE OF THE CAPTAINS WOULD COME IN AND COMMAND ME TO KILL HIM I REFUSED FOR THAT'S THE ONLY TRUMP CART I HELD 79dae0a7-e805-4598-aebf-e7d76507112e AUNT JANET GAVE EACH OF US BOYS A HANDKERCHIEF THE PARTICULAR MATTER IN OR OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT OPENING DAY OF AUGUST WAS A PROJECT WHICH UNCLE EDWARD HAD RECENTLY MOOTED THERE EXCLAIMED THE KING I EXPECTED THAT WOULD HAPPEN THIS ONE IS A TIN SOLDIER DON'T YOU SEE HIS SWORD THE GIANTESS SEEMED RATHER UNEASY 79ef93f6-c14e-490d-974e-19177eab8296 BUCKLING THE FUR CAPE AROUND MY SHOULDERS WITH THE PLATINUM CLASP I STAMPED DOWN THE RAMP SIT UP PEPPY I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE CRYING THERE ARE SOME NAVAL SHIPS ON THE WAY NOW THE AUTOMATIC ALARM WAS TRIGGERED A MINUTE AGO THEN WHEN THE ZID CHARGED AFTER HIM TO THE URBIVOIR CROP SWARD OF TROPICAL SETTING OUTSIDE 79f302a4-e364-420f-be29-3bc611f288ac PAT'S BETTER CRIED THE STORY GIRLS BLITHE TRIUMPHANT LAST NIGHT JUST AT TWELVE HAD BEGUN TO LICK HIS PAWS THEN HE LICKED HIMSELF ALL OVER AND WENT TO SLEEP TOO ON THE SOFA WHEN I WOKE PAT WAS WASHING HIS FACE AND HE HAD TAKEN A WHOLE SAUCERFUL OF MILK OH ISN'T IT SPLENDID LET US WAIT HERE PROPOSED POLYCHROME PEERING OUT OF THE HOLE AND THEN QUICKLY RETREATING 7a0e675a-2922-4b07-8f05-019fc58d853c MOST RACES CALL THEMSELVES SOMETHING MEANING THE PEOPLE BUT IN HIS TONGUE THAT'S O'CERIL GRATSEY WAS ON THE TRAMP WASN'T ON THE TRANSLATED LIST I STARTED WORKING ON IT THE MOST LIKELY ANSWER WAS THAT IT HAD BEEN ADOPTED FROM ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND MEANT ENEMY ADVENTURES TO ME ARE GOOD FUN ONLY I NEVER LIKE TO STAY TOO LONG ON EARTH BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T BELONG HERE I SHALL TELL MY FATHER THE RAINBOW THAT I'LL TRY NOT TO BE SO CARELESS AGAIN AND HE WILL FORGIVE ME BECAUSE IN OUR SKY MANSIONS THERE IS ALWAYS JOY AND HAPPINESS 7a0f85ca-8c44-4d0c-b1a3-b414b026dfb5 SO JUST TO TEACH HER A LESSON HE DROVE OFF ALONE AND LEFT HER TO WALK ALL THE WAY IT WAS NEARLY TWO MILES IN THE HEAT AND DUST I FLICKED THE GUN HIS WAY AND SNAPPED AT HIM WHILE IN THIS SENSE YOUR PLAN FAILED SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED INSTEAD 7a35cd7a-9180-4d4b-8da2-58c9b3930a92 THE PRIESTS WERE COMING TOWARD US SMILING THEY WERE MEANT TO BE BENIGN BUT THERE WAS A CRUEL AND VINDICTIVE TWIST TO THEIR LIPS WHICH CHILLED ME THROUGH AND THROUGH HOW MUCH TIME HAVE WE INTERRUPTED VIC HE HAD NOT VOCALIZED SINCE FLEDGLING DAYS AND HIS VOICE HAD A JARRING CROAK OF DISUSE 7a45225d-509f-4f6b-91ec-ecf0f09f528e SHE FELT THAT THE TWO TIN MEN MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE TOGETHER IN HARMONY STOP STOP LEAVE ME TWO OF MY LEGS OR I SHALL BE WORSE OFF THAN BEFORE OUTSIDE IN THE OAT FIELD THEY ARE ALWAYS CHASING EACH OTHER O PETER THAT SOUNDS DREADFUL SAID CECILY YOUR OWN FATHER 7a4685e7-a296-463d-b0d1-7d0b93fd1581 WELL DID ANY EVER ANY MORTAL SHE SAID WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE MATTER SAID UNCLE ALEC THIS LETTER IS FROM JAMES WARD'S WIFE AND MONTREAL SAID AUNT JANET SOLEMNLY RACHEL WARD IS DEAD AND SHE TOLD JAMES'S WIFE TO WRITE TO ME AND TELL ME TO OPEN THE OLD BLUE CHEST HURRAH SHOUTED DAN ONE OF THE LOONS RAN TO THE FOREST'S EDGE AND QUICKLY RETURNED WITH A LONG SHARP THORN HE GLANCED AT THE KING WHO NODDED HIS HEAD IN ASCENT AND THEN HE RUSHED FORWARD AND STUCK THE THORN INTO THE LEG OF THE SCARECROW 7a4ca4e8-0de6-4005-ac1e-f0f275654e4a HE CAME INTO THE ORCHARD TO WRITE A POEM AND HE FELL ASLEEP WITH HIS HEAD ON A BENCH THAT USED TO BE UNDER GRANDFATHER'S TREE FIRST OF COURSE THE HULL WAS MAGNETIZED AND THE BOMBS FUSED ANY ONE WITH LESS SELF ESTEEM THAN MYSELF WHO HAD LED A MORE HONEST EARLY LIFE 7a587d02-d098-4b49-9bd4-20a7fb3cc4b8 BUT HER MAIDENS WHISPERED THAT A MAN HAD DIED AND A WOMAN'S HEART HAD BROKEN FOR EVERY STITCH SET IN IT AND THIS CHEST HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED SINCE AND THAT SLY DONALD SAT THERE WITH A SOBER FACE BUT LAUGHING EYES AND COAXED HIM ON 7a5e9697-590c-44f6-91ca-fffdc1f050cf WHEN I LIFTED THE PLATE AND POKED HOLES IN THE SEARED PLASTIC I COULD SEE THE PYRAMID GROWING SMALLER BEHIND ME WATER GUSHING OUT OF THE BASE AND A HAPPY CROWD OF REPTILES SPORTING IN ITS RADIOACTIVE RUSH I COUNTED OFF ON MY TALONS TO SEE IF I HAD FORGOTTEN ANYTHING MY FIRST SHOT SENT ONE OF THE CREATURES SPINNING TO THE GROUND TWO MORE WERE ALMOST UPON ME BEFORE I COULD LEVEL THE WEAPON AND PULL THE TRIGGER AGAIN I GOT THEM BOTH 7a8414f8-bdb9-4275-a653-cba8bbfc00d3 HER GOLDEN CURLS FRAMED HER LOVELY FACE AND THE WIND STUNG THE PINK OF HER CHEEKS TO CRIMSON ON MY LEFT WALKED THE STORY GIRL HER RED CAP ON HER JAUNTY BROWN HEAD SHE SCATTERED HER WORDS ALONG THE PATH LIKE DIAMONDS AND PEARLS OF THE OLD FAIRY TALE I REMEMBER THAT I STRUTTED ALONG QUITE INSUFFERABLY FOR WE MET SEVERAL OF THE CARLISLE BOYS AND I FELT THAT I WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY LUCKY FELLOW TO HAVE SUCH BEAUTY ON ONE SIDE AND SUCH CHARM ON THE OTHER THE STORY SEEMED TO AMUSE THE BIG WOMAN WHO THEN BEGAN TO ASK SCARECROW QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE HEARD OF OZMA OF OZ AND OF DOROTHY AND JACK PUMPKINHEAD AND DOCTOR PIPT AND TIK TOK AND MANY OTHER OZ PEOPLE WHO WERE WELL KNOWN IN THE EMERALD CITY ALSO LUKE HAD TO TELL HIS STORY WHICH WAS VERY SIMPLE AND DID NOT TAKE LONG 7a88ba09-f7aa-4bc0-b892-b30adf018b8f THE BOAT HEAVED WALLOWED AND SANK AND A CAUTION THAT WAS NOT TOO FAR FROM FEAR AFTER A LONG SILENCE HE KNELT IT LOOKED AND ACTED LIKE A MORAL M THREE ALL THE TIME FOLLOWING MY ORDERS THE NAVIGATOR AGAIN CONSTRUCTED A SPHERE OF SPECULATION IN HIS TANK 7ab3d4ec-0970-4136-9a2a-e99b175fa2c5 IT WAS TEN O'CLOCK BEFORE DAN BEGAN TO GET BETTER BUT FROM THAT TIME HE IMPROVED RAPIDLY AND THEN SHE TRIED GIVING THEM AWAY TO THE FRENCH HIRED MEN ONE NIGHT SHE WOKE UP HAVING JUST HAD A VERY EXCITING DREAM 7ac0d094-1db2-4bc9-b815-b852ee02840e NEITHER I DO SAID CECILY WITH A GRIMACE BUT PETER SAYS THEY'RE SPLENDID FOR DREAMING HE AT ONE THAT NIGHT HE HAD THE DREAM ABOUT BEING CAUGHT BY CANNIBALS I EAT THREE CUCUMBERS IF I COULD HAVE A DREAM LIKE THAT AND I SAID THE CANARY FLYING CLOSE TO GINGER AM POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW IN THE FORM OF A BIRD BEING NOW COMPLETELY FORMED OF TIN I HAD NO MORE FEAR OF THE WICKED WITCH FOR SHE WAS POWERLESS TO INJURE ME 7ac510f7-614d-4429-a07c-ef4787a1d19f HE LOOKS CAUTIOUS RATHER THAN HOSTILE ORN HELD UP HIS RIGHT HAND PALM OUT PETER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE ONLY KIND OF INCONVENIENT WEARING A CROWN ALL THE TIME OH BUT THEY DON'T SAID THE STORY GIRL MAYBE THEY USED TO ONCE BUT NOW THEY WEAR HATS 7acf210e-32e1-4040-9100-0b9b76204b75 SOME OF IT QUITE LETHAL AND EXPLOSIVE AND VERY EMBARRASSING IF IT WAS DISCOVERED IN MY BAGS I GRABBED UP THE MONITOR RECEIVER AND RAN TOWARDS THE AIRLOCK THIS IS A DIFFERENT BOMB NOW I SAID KEEPING ONE EYE ON THE SCREEN AND THE OTHER ON THE SLOWLY OPENING OUTER DOOR BUT THE PROUD PRINCESS LAUGHED AND SANG AND SHE AND HER MAIDENS WORKED AT A WONDERFUL LACE VEIL WHICH SHE MEANT TO WEAR WHEN THE KING OF ALL KINGS CAME 7ae1b823-2875-4981-a818-dbf01fe13768 DURING THAT DAY SHE ENTERED HER BEDROOM SEVERAL TIMES FAR BETTER THAN A GREEN MONKEY WHEN WE GREW TIRED OF OUR SPORT WE WENT TO THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE FIELD AND PERCHED OURSELVES ON THE HIGH POLE FENCE THAT SKIRTED A DARK SPRUCE WOOD FULL OF STRANGE FURTIVE SOUNDS 7aebed88-0cb4-41fd-976f-d14854b2f2d3 I SHALL TELL IT TOO I DON'T CARE IF THE JOKE IS AS MUCH ON MYSELF AS ANY ONE A STORY IS A STORY NO MATTER WHO IT'S ON BUT IT IS HATEFUL TO BE LAUGHED AT AND GROWN UPS ALWAYS DO IT I NEVER WILL WHEN I'M GROWN UP I'LL REMEMBER BETTER IF WE HAD EATEN LITTLE AT BREAKFAST WE COULD EAT STILL LESS AT DINNER AFTER DINNER THE CLOUDS ROLLED AWAY AND THE SUN CAME JOYOUSLY AND GLORIOUSLY OUT THIS WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD OMEN FELICITY OPINED THAT IT WOULDN'T HAVE CLEARED UP IF IT WAS THE JUDGMENT DAY NEVERTHELESS WE DRESSED OURSELVES CAREFULLY AND THE GIRLS PUT ON THEIR WHITE DRESSES 7af3494f-527f-4391-a0f8-a0c9d8a8da47 THE DETAILS RESOLVED AS FARMER STARED AT HIM AND THEN HE THOUGHT WILDLY OF THE JUDGE WHO HADN'T REGAINED FULL CONSCIOUSNESS MY SHIP BUCKED A BIT AS THE TUG BEAMS LOCKED ON AT MAXIMUM DISTANCE I TOLD HIM WITH FAR MORE CONVICTION THAN I FELT 7b05cafc-3cc3-4054-9185-465b8463ae4a THE WINDOW WAS OPEN AND WE HEARD THE FROGS SINGING DOWN IN THE SWAMP OF THE BROOK MEADOW WELL THE STORY GIRL WAS RIGHT THERE IS SUCH A PLACE AS FAIRYLAND BUT ONLY CHILDREN CAN FIND THE WAY TO IT NOBODY TOOK ANY NOTICE OF HER 7b158906-5ad9-4b9b-89d4-19200ed9dc17 WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIS QUOTATIONS MEANT FELICITY TOSSED HER HEAD WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM EVERY BEACON HAS A CODE SIGNAL AS PART OF ITS RADIATION AND REPRESENTS A MEASURABLE POINT IN HYPER SPACE BEFORE I SENT FOR IT I CHECKED OVER THE REST OF THE BEACON 7b20797d-7d57-4bc4-a929-742e0106ea20 WE LOOKED AT HER AS WE DREW NEAR WITH SUCH INTEREST THAT WE FORGOT TO FEEL SHY IT WAS A VISION TO DEVELOP SLOWLY INTO FULFILMENT OLD PEG BOWEN SHE'S VERY QUEER HE CALLED MULA FROM THE THORN PATCH WHERE SHE WAS GRAZING I DON'T SEE MARILLA SINCE I CAME BACK BEFORE YOU DO MANOEL JUST A COUPLE OF LAST QUESTIONS 7b31887a-0f04-461c-a00c-9c37a9e8ab22 HARVEST WAS ENDED AND THOUGH SUMMER WAS NOT YET GONE HER FACE WAS TURNING WESTERING THE ASTERS LETTERED HER RETREATING FOOTSTEPS IN A PURPLE SCRIPT AND OVER THE HILLS AND VALLEYS HUNG A FAINT BLUE SMOKE AS IF NATURE WERE WORSHIPPING AT HER WOODLAND ALTAR IT'S BEEN A HORRID DAY ALL THROUGH SAID FELICITY DREARILY AS WE CLIMBED THE STAIRS I SUPPOSE WE MADE IT HORRID OURSELVES SAID THE STORY GIRL CANDIDLY BUT IT'LL BE A GOOD STORY TO TELL SOMETIME SHE ADDED I'M AWFUL TIRED AND THANKFUL SIGHED CECILY WE ALL FELT THAT WAY 7b4156c0-f140-491a-bb2e-7a2d6ef3e86a HE DID NOT WRITE HIS SERMON OUT WHEN WE GOT AWAY WE COMPARED NOTES AND FOUND THAT WE ALL LIKED HIM AND THIS ALTHOUGH HE HAD SAID LITTLE AND HAD APPEARED SOMEWHAT GLAD TO GET RID OF US THE WORKSHOP OF CUCKLIFF BUT I AM AN ARTIST IN TRANSFORMATION I ASSURE YOU FOR YOU ARE SO PERFECT THAT YOUR PROOF THAT I'M A GOOD WORKMAN 7b467d8b-0ae5-46ca-8139-e3a154d6692d WHILE SO EMPLOYED SHE CONTRIVED TO UPSET THE CANDLE AND SET FIRE TO HER NIGHTGOWN A BRAND NEW ONE TRIMMED WITH ANY QUANTITY OF CROCHET LACE A HUGE HOLE WAS BURNED IN IT AND WHEN AUNT JANET DISCOVERED IT SHE LIFTED UP HER VOICE WITH NO UNCERTAIN SOUND GOOD PRESBYTERIANS DON'T FIGHT OH DON'T THEY I HEARD YOUR UNCLE ROGER SAY THAT PRESBYTERIANS WERE THE BEST FOR FIGHTING IN THE WORLD OR THE WORST I FORGET WHICH HE SAID BUT IT MEANS THE SAME THING 7b54ec76-2f01-4f7e-aa1e-c707dd10288f GET INTO THESE WHILE I BRIEF YOU ON THE MAP AND THEN ONE OF OUR SPIES IN R INTERCEPTED ONCE THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY VERY DARK GREW VING'S FACE THEN ON THE THIRD DAY THE STORY GIRL CAME TO US WITH A VERY WHITE FACE 7b566447-a241-4d0a-af13-0189d2bb050d I PRESSED THE BUTTON THAT SENT THE TORCH WIELDING ROWBOT ON HIS WAY BY SILENT AGREEMENT THE DOCUMENTS WERE FORGOTTEN BUT IF THE LEGS WERE THIN THEY TALKED IT OVER FOR A WHILE AND THEN MISSUS EWKE RETURNED I'M ALMOST SURE I CAN SEE A STRAWSTACK IN THE BACK YARD 7b70f11a-92e4-46ab-9a1f-175854fa82ff MY WIFE HAS RESIGNED HERSELF TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED THEY'RE GIVEN BY GOD IF YOU LIKE THEY GROW THEY DEVELOP SO THE ABILITY TO READ MINDS TO TRANSMIT ITS THOUGHT IS GIVEN BY GOD WE WERE MUCH TAKEN ABACK TO FIND THAT MISSUS RAY CAME TO THE GATE INSTEAD OF JUDY AND RATHER SOURLY DEMANDED WHAT WE WERE YELLING ABOUT 7b772f5a-c31e-4584-a0b2-a7dae581df64 BUT MOST OF IT IS ALREADY KNOWN TO THOSE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE OZ PEOPLE WHOSE ADVENTURES THEY HAVE FOLLOWED IN OTHER OZ BOOKS POOR RACHEL WARD SAID AUNT OLIVIA SOFTLY HERE IS HER POINT LACE HANDKERCHIEF SHE MADE IT HERSELF SHE SAID IT QUIETLY BUT PETER OBEYED 7b792ff9-46ad-4d88-9c14-8285726c40b8 GOODNESS GRACIOUS WHAT A CHILD TO ASK QUESTIONS DO YOU WANT ME TO KEEP THINKING ALL THE TIME DON'T YOU KNOW THAT THINKING IS VERY BAD FOR DRAGONS RETURNED THE BIG ONE IMPATIENTLY OURS HAD BEEN THE LITTLE LOVING TASKS OF EVERY DAY BLITHE COMPANIONSHIP SHARED THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURING 7b7c723c-f219-4be5-9250-a2ada03563cc ALL OF US ASSISTING AT THE RIGHT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO NOW EXCEPT PRAY TO GOD TO MAKE PAT BETTER SAID CECILY FAR BEYOND THE PLACE WHERE THE DRAGON TRIPE WAS GROUPED AND SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL STILL 7b80aad1-b079-455b-8748-dccec4a036e3 BUT IT WAS ALSO KNOWN THAT MISTER CAMPBELL WAS NOT ALWAYS IN A GOOD HUMOUR IF HE LIKED YOU THERE WAS NOTHING HE WOULD NOT DO FOR YOU BUT IF HE DISLIKED YOU WELL YOU WERE NOT AND LEFT IN IGNORANCE OF IT IN SHORT WE HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT MISTER CAMPBELL RESEMBLED THE FAMOUS LITTLE GIRL WITH THE CURL IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD WHEN HE WAS GOOD HE WAS VERY VERY GOOD BUT WHEN HE WAS BAD HE WAS HORRID WHAT IF THIS WERE ONE OF HIS HORRID DAYS THE STARS BY LARRY SHOP YES EARTH MAY BE A SORT OF FENCED OFF AREA SO FAR AS OTHER INTELLIGENT RACES OF THE GALAXY ARE CONCERNED BUT NOT FOR THE GRANDEROUSSE REASONS THAT SOME HAVE IMAGINED 7b81fc82-cd8c-427f-a8e3-6fc29ca3c2a0 WELL WHERE IS HE THEN HE ISN'T HERE DID HE MELT INTO AIR DEMANDED FELICITY OH COME AND LOOK FOR HIM ALL OF YOU DON'T STAND ROUND LIKE NINNIES WE MUST FIND HIM BEFORE HIS MOTHER GETS HERE DAN KING YOU'RE AN IDIOT FARMER HUNCHED HIS SHOULDERS TRYING TO BREAK LOOSE AND THEN HE SAW WHAT RAY WAS STARING AT JOHN ANDREW HAD LIVED THIS LONG WITHOUT GOING TO THE AID OF A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS 7b852115-e290-47d7-9adc-30f4764a6aa1 OH LOOK AT THE MOONSHINE ON THE ROAD IN THAT GAP BETWEEN THE SPRUCES I'D LIKE A DRESS OF MOONSHINE WITH STARS FOR BUTTONS IT WOULDN'T DO SAID FELICITY DECIDEDLY YOU COULD SEE THROUGH IT WHICH SEEMED TO SETTLE THE QUESTION OF MOONSHINE DRESSES EFFECTUALLY I ASKED HIM THAT SOON AS EVER HE TOLD ME SAID FELIX HE SAID HE MIGHT BUT HE COULDN'T PROMISE FOR HE'D HAVE TO ASK HIS MOTHER IF HE COULD BRING THE BOOK TO SCHOOL IF SHE'LL LET HIM HE'LL BRING IT TO MORROW OH I'LL BE ALMOST AFRAID TO LOOK AT IT SAID SARA RAY TREMULOUSLY 7b903d9c-6cb3-46ff-9051-3f731c1b73cb IN THIS CASE I CHOSE THE NATURAL ACQUISITIVE INSTINCT OF MAN AS OPPOSED TO BLIND CHANCE AND ACCIDENT AND THAT IF ANY MISCHIEF HAD BEEN DONE IN THAT DIRECTION IT WAS HER DUTY OH FELICITY SHE SAID HER VOICE EXPRESSING A VERY ANGUISH OF HUMILIATION I I 7b9a0f0b-964c-49fc-a081-ff5c556a6c67 WHEN BRANDON OPENED HIS EYES HE WAS STARING AT THE SILVERY DISKS OF THE TWIN MOONS THEY WERE HIGH IN THE SKY OBSCURING THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY FUNNY HE SHOULD BE LYING ON HIS BACK LOOKING AT THE SKY HE THOUGHT THEN HE REMEMBERED THE CAPSULE WAS ON ITS BACK AND BRANDON WAS STILL STRAPPED SECURELY TO THE SEAT HIS WHOLE BODY ACHED MY TIN BODY CONTAINED NO HEART WITHOUT A HEART NO ONE CAN LOVE TILL THE WICKED WITCH CONQUERED IN THE END AND WHEN I LEFT THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY OF OZ THE POOR POOR GIRL WAS STILL THE SLAVE OF THE WITCH AND HAD TO DO HER BIDDING DAY AND NIGHT 7ba5f029-d965-44b8-9b4f-c1ad1e7cdd28 WE HAD THE KITCHEN DISHES AND THE TABLE WAS GAYLY DECORATED WITH CECILY'S THREE SCARLET GERANIUMS AND MAPLE LEAVES AND CHERRY VASES CECILY HAD A PACKET OF VISITING CARDS WHICH SHE WAS HOARDING AGAINST THE DAY WHEN SHE WOULD BE GROWN UP AND COULD PUT THE CALLING ETIQUETTE OF THE FAMILY GUIDE INTO PRACTICE IN THE SWEET SCENTED FADING GRASSES 7bb75de6-c44b-4a88-9794-e30a6c837fd0 SO HE PUSHED AND PUSHED UNTIL THE CHAIR WAS BENEATH THE BIRD CAGE AND THEN HE SPRANG NOISELESSLY UPON THE SEAT FOR HIS MONKEY FORM ENABLED HIM TO JUMP HIGHER THAN HE COULD DO AS A BOY AND FROM THERE TO THE BACK OF THE CHAIR HE SO MANAGED TO REACH THE CAGE AND TAKE IT OFF THE PEG FELIX I THOUGHT WOULD BE HARD PUT TO IT TO BEAT IT AS FOR PETER I DID NOT CONSIDER HIM A RIVAL TO BE FEARED IT WAS UNSUPPOSABLE THAT A HIRED BOY WITH LITTLE EDUCATION AND LESS EXPERIENCE OF CHURCH GOING SHOULD BE ABLE TO PREACH BETTER THAN COULD I IN WHOSE FAMILY THERE WAS A REAL MINISTER 7bc60e64-f924-43ba-a1ea-641f6776e723 WE'LL SEND EXPERTS IN HERE TEACH YOU PEOPLE HOW TO EXPLOIT YOUR PLANET HOW TO BUILD GOOD TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES HOW SHOW YOU HOW TO MIND YOUR MINERALS HOW TO AND WHAT DO WE DO IN RETURN WHISPERED TO UBE YOU COULD START BY TEACHING US HOW YOU MAKE SUPERIOR GLASS SAID ORAN I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU SEE THINGS OUR WAY WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE AND CLEAN YOU OUT IF A THING LIKE THAT IS LOOSE ON THE ISLAND WE'VE GOT TO GET HELP JONIFER DID NOT RESPOND AND HE SLAPPED HER UNTIL HER EYES FLUTTER ANGRILY THERE'S AN E I COMMUNICATOR IN MY CABIN JEFF SAID LET'S GO MEMORY LENT JONAPHER A SUDDEN VITALITY THAT NEARLY LEFT JEFF BEHIND IN THEIR DASH FOR THE COTTAGE UP THE BEACH THE DOOR JEFF PANTED INSIDE FASTEN THE HURRICANE BOLT HURRY 7bdec085-64a2-4e13-af71-144b1288ee9f I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SEE HER I'D BE AFRAID SAID CECILY WITH A SHIVER THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING TO BE AFRAID OF SAID THE STORY GIRL REASSURINGLY IT'S NOT AS IF IT WERE A STRANGE GHOST IT'S OUR OWN FAMILY GHOST SO OF COURSE IT WOULDN'T HURT US NOW I WISH TO SEE HERKINUFF THE INQUISITOR CALLS YOU WHEN HE WANTS YOU THE BALD MAN SAID AND WHAT WAS A QUEST WITHOUT SOMEONE TO SET IT 7bfbdc7e-4dfd-4679-ad4a-eb3200f12d86 WHAT IN THE DEVIL DOES THIS NONSENSE MEAN CAPTAIN STEIG ASKED PEEVISHLY HIS AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTION OF MY INCOMPETENCE WAS BEGINNING TO GET ME ANNOYED I BRIDLED MY TEMPER AND TRIED ONE LAST TIME WE JAWED AND GURGLED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND SETTLED ALL THE MAJOR POINTS I FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE NEW PRIESTS THE PREVIOUS ONES HAD ALL BEEN BOILED FOR LETTING THE HOLY WATERS CEASE 7c02bcb1-f266-4562-9067-38f4c6d4cf38 WE WALKED ON IN SILENCE FOR A TIME THINKING OUR OWN YOUNG THOUGHTS PRESENTLY THEY WERE SCATTERED BY AN ABRUPT AND STARTLING QUESTION FROM PETER WHAT DOES GOD LOOK LIKE HE SAID IT APPEARED THAT NONE OF US HAD ANY IDEA THE STORY GIRL WOULD PROBABLY KNOW SAID CECILY I WISH I KNEW SAID PETER GRAVELY I WISH I COULD SEE A PICTURE OF GOD IT WOULD MAKE HIM SEEM LOTS MORE REAL WHAT ABOUT THE LEAGUE THOUGH DON'T THEY TAKE ANY INTEREST IN CRIME JUST ABOUT THAT TIME YOU HEAR YOUR FIRST RUMOUR OF THE SPECIAL CALL AND IT FITS THE BAD DREAMS A SHADOWY POWERFUL GROUP THAT SLIPS SILENTLY BETWEEN THE STARS READY TO BRING THE INTERSTELLO BLAWBREAKER LOW SOUNDS LIKE TEEVI DRAMA STUFF I HAD BEEN QUITE SURPRISED TO FIND THEY REALLY EXISTED I WAS EVEN MORE SURPRISED WHEN I JOINED THEM OF COURSE THERE WAS A LITTLE PRESSURE AT THE TIME I HAD THE ALTERNATIVE CHOICE OF INSTANT DEATH 7c0b60b2-fc1a-4f9c-9185-074dcfe1c274 BUT DON'T YOU SUPPOSE GOD CAN MAKE HER I SAID FEELING THAT IT WASN'T QUITE FAIR THAT THE STORY GIRL SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO SPEAK FIRST LET'S ALL GO OVER AND ASK UNCLE ROGER SAID FELIX DESPERATELY WILL HOMESIDE DENY THEIR INDEPENDENCE OLD CHARLIE MACK SAILED DOWN IN HIS ANCIENT ISLAND QUEEN WHY SHOULDN'T IT HELP THEM NOW 7c23e62c-ad78-4848-97bd-defaa5ebb70d MAYBE THAT LITTLE PINK CLOUD IS A DREAM GETTING ALL READY TO FLOAT DOWN INTO SOMEBODY'S SLEEP SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL I HAD A PERFECTLY AWFUL DREAM LAST NIGHT SAID CECILY WITH A SHUDDER OF REMEMBRANCE I DREAMED I WAS ON A DESERT ISLAND INHABITED BY TIGERS AND NATIVES WITH TWO HEADS OZMA SMILED AND SAID I DO NOT KNOW YOUR NIMMY AMY AND SO I CANNOT TELL WHAT SHE NEEDS TO MAKE HER HAPPY BUT THERE IS NO HARM IN YOUR GOING TO HER AND ASKING HER IF SHE STILL WISHES TO MARRY YOU 7c2e116e-b6da-40d3-b9b3-d3405ff1e71c BUT HER PARENTS WERE BITTERLY OPPOSED TO HIM AND THEY HAD FORBIDDEN MARGARET TO SEE HIM OR SPEAK TO HIM THEY HADN'T ANYTHING AGAINST HIM AS A MAN BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT HER TO THROW HERSELF AWAY ON A SAILOR WHO'S CHOP FIGHT INQUIRED ROOT OH HAVEN'T I TOLD YOU ABOUT CHOP FIGHT EXCLAIMED CLIP COURSE NOT HE'S QUITE A CURIOSITY TOO HE'LL BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT CHOP FIGHT 7c2e6518-288e-4713-bc6a-45df159ef23d AND LATER FOLLOWED UP WITH A MEMORY RIVET WASTED QUERY BUT WHY A BATTLESHIP ROCK HAD CAUGHT THE IDEA FROM MY EXPRESSION AND GRABBED THE CARPHONE UNCLE STEPHEN WAS THE FIRST BORN OF ABRAHAM AND ELIZABETH KING PETER IS HAVING A NEW SUIT MADEAID I KNEW THAT BEFORE I PROMISED 7c3631c0-9bb8-4bf7-9426-35b4a3554bf6 I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE HERE AND I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO FALL IN AND I'LL NOW LEAVE YOU IN PEACE NOW IF GLAUCON HAD NOT BEEN A GOOD SHEPHERD DEAR KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO HIM IN AGLEIA THEY ARE HANDSOME SAID AUNT JANE RATHER ENVIOUSLY THEY MUST BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD 7c3c414f-3dd7-4901-8652-c9e676515a3b THE FRONT DOOR STOOD OPEN BUT NO ONE WAS IN SIGHT IN THE GARDEN SURROUNDING THE HOUSE WERE NEAT ROWS OF BUSHES BARE CREAM PUFFS AND MACAROONS SOME OF WHICH WERE STILL GREEN BUT OTHERS RIPE AND READY TO EAT FARTHER BACK WERE FIELDS OF CARMAL AND ALL THE LAND SEEMED WELL CULTIVATED AND CAREFULLY TENDED THEY LOOKED THROUGH THE FIELDS FOR THE GIRL FARMER BUT SHE WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN ONE DESPERATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD NOTHING TO READ AND THE TIME SEEMED ENDLESS FELIX HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE A GAME OF FRUIT BASKET ONLY INSTEAD OF TAKING THE NAMES OF FRUITS WE WERE TO TAKE THE NAMES OF BIBLE CHARACTERS THUS HE ARGUED WOULD MAKE IT QUITE LAWFUL AND PROPER TO PLAY ON SUNDAY WE TOO DESIROUS OF BEING CONVINCED ALSO THOUGHT SO AND FOR A MERRY HOUR LAZARUS AND MARTHA AND MOSES AND AARON AND SUNDRY OTHER WORTHIES OF HOLY WRIT HAD A LIVELY TIME OF IT IN THE KING ORCHARD 7c4122a1-b24e-4163-8c2d-005310538843 NORMALLY A REPAIR MAN STAYS AWAY FROM NATIVE CULTURES THERE WERE SPYSAILS ON MY SHIP ALL OF WHICH I HADN'T FOUND THAT WOULD CHEERFULLY RAT ON ME WHEN I GOT BACK OUR TEACHER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT THING TO HAVE A LIBRARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL HERE IS HER BLACK SILK MANTLE SEEMS LIKE SACRILEGE TO MEDDLE WITH THESE CLOTHES 7c457e86-933d-4004-9c88-c2fa302215cc I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY I'M THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY CAPABLE GOODY GOODY I HOPE WE'LL BE ALL TOGETHER WHEREVER WE ARE SAID CECILY GENTLY IT WAS A HUGE COMFORT TO HER THAT AUNT JANET ALWAYS SAID YES AND OF COURSE AS IF THERE COULD BE NO QUESTION ABOUT IT 7c50ca77-d1bd-46ec-87b1-10e741639c94 AND EVENTUALLY WE LEARN TO HARNESS IT FOR A USEFUL PURPOSE BECAUSE THE TRIP TOOK FOUR YEARS BY OUR TEA WE'LL MAKE A QUANUM JUMP I WISHED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE SERMON CONTEST AND FELT SORE WHENEVER I THOUGHT OF MY FAILURE 7c66da58-01fe-482c-9f41-bbe6561c5d9b I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY GOT SOME NEW IMPROVEMENTS ON IT SINCE AUNT JANE'S DAY SAID PETER RELIEVED SARA RAY IS COMING ALONG THE LANE AND SHE'S CRYING ANNOUNCED DAN WHO WAS PEERING OUT OF THE KNOTHOLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LOFT WEREN'T YOU SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT CIVILIZATION A WHILE AGO FINLESS HE ASKED HIS VOICE WAS SNEERING GLARING AT HIM ANGRILY SHE SNAPPED OUT HIS NAME IN AN ICY VOICE GARF DOOR 7c83349d-6b8f-433c-84f9-f5b02ffcef32 WE ALL FEEL PRETTY WELL YET IT'S A SAD TALE SAID THE STORY GIRL AND IT HAPPENED FIFTY YEARS AGO WHEN GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER KING WERE QUITE YOUNG HE RUBBED HIS JAW WHILE HE LOOKED IT WELL HE SAID HESITATINGLY I WAS MENTALLY REACHING AROUND TO PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK WHEN THE MEANING OF HIS WORDS SANK IN I WAITED AS LONG AS I DARED AND THEN FLIPPED IT ON 7c84403d-04ad-4e5b-b553-561ecd23d2db IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY ENOUGH IF WE WERE ALLOWED A LITTLE MAYHAM I COULD HAVE HAD A LIZARD FRY FIXED THE BEACON AND TAKEN OFF ONLY NATIVE LIFE FORMS WERE QUITE WELL PROTECTED THERE WERE SPYSAILS ON MY SHIP ALL OF WHICH I HADN'T FOUND THAT WOULD CHEERFULLY RAT ON ME WHEN I GOT BACK IT'S SO PRETTY WHEN THE VINES LEAF OUT AND HANG DOWN IN LONG FESTOONS SAID THE STORY GIRL THE BIRDS BUILD THEIR NESTS IN IT A PAIR OF WILD CANARIES COME HERE EVERY SUMMER AND FERNS GROW OUT BETWEEN THE STONES OF THE WELL AS FAR DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE 7cab2be3-78a9-4bac-962d-3be56bcf826c ASKED THE LITTLE DRAGON I HAVEN'T EATEN IT ELEVEN YEARS HE HAD LARGE HANDS AND FEET AND WALKED WITH A SLIGHT STOOP I AM AFRAID WE STARED AT HIM RATHER RUDELY WHILE THE STORY GIRL TALKED TO HIM 7ccc5461-5fce-40d3-9509-f193ad20003e I GUESS YOU'D BETTER WAIT TILL YOU'VE PRAYED THE CONCEIT OUT OF YOURSELF BEFORE YOU BEGIN ON ME NED KING BUT WHO'S TO BE THE JUDGE I SAID AND WHAT KIND OF A SERMON WOULD YOU CALL THE BEST FOR EACH DAY AFTER BREAKFAST I WALKED SIXTEEN TIMES ROUND MY CASTLE FOR EXERCISE BUT THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR BEING STUFFED WITH STRAW 7cd5210e-74c1-4327-83eb-fe6adfd330cd I REMEMBER I SUPPED THAT NIGHT OFF A SOLID HUNK OF FAT PORK TOPPED OFF WITH A SLAB OF COLD PLUM PUDDING SHE WAS VERY SMALL AND VERY SWEET AND IF YOU BEGIN TELLING TALES FELICITY KING YOU MIGHT PUT PEAS IN YOUR SHOES YOU KNOW SUGGESTED PETER NOBODY WILL EVER CATCH ME DOING IT AGAIN 7cd53267-ef07-48aa-877f-0c27d55318c2 IT ISN'T MY FAULT THAT HE'S GOING TO CHURCH SHE SAID SNAPPISHLY IT'S THE STORY GIRL'S DOINGS UNCLE ROGER SAT DOWN ON THE DOORSTEP AND GAVE HIMSELF OVER TO ONE OF THE SILENT INWARD PAROXYSMS OF LAUGHTER WE ALL FOUND SO VERY AGGRAVATING HE SHOOK HIS BIG BLONDE HEAD SHUT HIS EYES AND MURMURED NOT HER FAULT OH FELICITY FELICITY YOU'LL BE THE DEATH OF YOUR DEAR UNCLE YET IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT BECAUSE THE OLD PRIEST DID PRY AND PEER IT WAS RULED HENCEFORTH THAT ONLY THE BLIND COULD ENTER THE HOLY OF HOLIES I'D SWEAR HE WAS SMILING IF THIRTY TEETH PEEKING OUT OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE A CRACK IN AN OLD SUIT CASE COULD BE CALLED SMILING HE WAS ALSO SIGNALING TO AN UNDER PRIEST WHO CARRIED A BRAZER OF CHARCOAL COMPLETE WITH RED HOT IRONS ALL I COULD DO WAS STAND AND WATCH AS HE STIRRED UP THE COALS PULLED OUT THE RUDDIEST IRON AND TURNED TOWARD ME 7cdebb56-3d93-4a06-9bb6-a9772129dbd9 IT LOOKS LIKE SOLID GOLD I'LL GIVE HER A ROLL OF PEPPERMINT CANDY SAID FELIX I'LL GIVE HER ONE OF THE LITTLE JARS OF CHERRY PRESERVES I MADE SAID CECILY I WON'T GO NEAR HER QUIVERED SARA RAY BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR PAT AND I'LL SEND THAT PIECE OF APPLE LEAF LACE I LIT LAST WEEK WHEN THE HEAD WAS DRAWN DOWN TOWARD THE BEAST'S SHOULDERS THE NECK WAS ODD WRINKLES BUT THE HEAD COULD SHOOT UP VERY HIGH INDEED IF THE CREATURE WISHED IT TO 7ce50757-0d7a-456a-87e1-29f28cea7c3f I WOULD MUCH RATHER TAKE A CHANCE OF BREAKING THROUGH NEAR SOME STAR THAN SPEND TIME JUST BARRELING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE BUT APPARENTLY TECH KNOWS THIS TOO A LITTLE MORE TIME AND THEY MIGHT LET ME INTO THE TOWNSHIP WHERE I CAN LEARN SOMETHING IRONICALLY THEIR PROBLEM WAS MORE PRESSING NOW THAN BEFORE 7d14c4ae-5f0f-4c01-b16b-99c51bbe30d3 WE STETSON'S VOICE INTERRUPTED HIM GOT IT ORNE THEY CAUGHT THE DELPHINIS ON THE GROUND RIGHT WHERE YOU SAID IT'D BE BLEW THE TUBES OFF IT MURRAIN'S NOW MOPPING UP IT'S LIKE THIS SAID HORN WE ALREADY HAVE RECAPTURED THE DELPHINIS TO NUBES'S EYES WENT INSTINCTIVELY SKYWARD BRANDON TILTED THE SHIP UP ON ONE WING AND GLANCED DOWN AT THE BRICK RED EXPANSE OF DESERT TINY RED MISTS MARKED DUST STORMS CERTAINLY THIS WAS NO PLACE TO SET DOWN THE FULL WEIGHT OF ASTRO NOR TO PROTECT THE CREW IN EQUIPMENT FROM A BRACE OF DUST HE RIGHTED THE SHIP 7d2c016a-7a4b-47e0-b347-9b6ed917596c ADAM AND EVE LIVED IN A GARDEN ALL THE TIME SAID FELICITY AND THEY WERE FAR FROM BEING ALWAYS GOOD THEY MIGHTN'T HAVE KEPT GOOD AS LONG AS THEY DID IF THEY HADN'T LIVED IN A GARDEN SAID THE STORY GIRL ARE YOU REALLY MY GOLD FRIEND THE SCARECROW ASKED THE BIRD IN A SWEET LOW VOICE THERE CRIED MISSUS U THAT'S THE FIRST TIME SHE HAD SPOKEN SINCE SHE WAS TRANSFORMED 7d47b666-ef73-496f-a9d6-648782ba1f9a NOT A BIT OF FEAR OF IT SCOFFED UNCLE ROGER FELICITY IS AS GOOD A HOUSEKEEPER AS YOU ARE AND I SHALL BE HERE TO LOOK AFTER THEM ALL AND KEEP THEM FROM BURNING THE HOUSE DOWN TOO YOU'VE BEEN PROMISING EDWARD FOR YEARS TO VISIT HIM AND YOU'LL NEVER HAVE A BETTER CHANCE THE HANGING IS OVER AND HARVEST ISN'T ON AND ALEC NEEDS A CHANGE HE ISN'T LOOKING WELL AT ALL I TOOK IT FOR AN E I CONSULATE CRAFT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE SIMIANS CAUGHT HIS MENTAL IMAGE OF THE LANDING AND INTERVENED WHILE COMMON GROUND OFFERED THE SHIP WAS OURS SAID CHAFFY THREE HE HAD NOT VOCALIZED SINCE FLEDGLING DAYS AND HIS VOICE HAD A JARRING CROAK OF DISUSE OUR ZID ESCAPED ITS CAGE AND DESTROYED TWO OF US FORCING US TO MAROON IT HERE FOR OUR OWN SAFETY 7d509999-cb1b-4eb6-9626-3da7d0cb4b5a AS A RED HAZE DRIFTED FROM BEFORE HIS EYES HE REALIZED THAT THE LAUNCH HAD ACQUIRED ANOTHER OCCUPANT BROAD CASTING WEARY VAUDEVILLE ROUTINES A DESIRE TO BRAG ABOUT HIS GADARY I WROTE AS MANY VARIATIONS AS I COULD SO IT COULD BE SLIPPED INTO AS MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS AS POSSIBLE THIS WAS THE PLAN AND I FELT IN MY BONES THAT I WAS RIGHT 7d5e58d2-5ebe-4d1b-8555-b031d94c1f8a I SUPPOSE IT'S JUST THE SAME AUNT JANET HAD FORGOTTEN TO WARN UNCLE ROGER TO KEEP AN EYE ON OUR BEDTIME SNACKS AND WE ATE WHAT SEEMED GOOD UNTO US DOESN'T HE EVER MEAN TO GET MARRIED ASKED FELIX AUNT OLIVIA WISHES HE WOULD BECAUSE SHE'S TIRED KEEPING HOUSE FOR HIM AND SHE WANTS TO GO TO AUNT JULIE IN CALIFORNIA 7d748c78-387c-4e04-b55c-d5d18bcf2f44 BUT AFTER A MOMENT HE REPLIED I HAD HOME IN FRIENDS YOUR HONOURABLE STRAWNESS BUT THEY WERE SO QUIET AND HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE THAT I FOUND THEM DISMALLY STUPID UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE NEVER HAD A BOY HE COULD DEPEND ON LIKE PETER I SAID IT'S TOO LATE TO BE SAYING ALL THESE NICE THINGS ABOUT HIM NOW SAID THE STORY GIRL HE WON'T EVER KNOW HOW MUCH WE THOUGHT OF HIM IT'S TOO LATE 7d777575-29aa-4a36-81f0-c55783de8859 EVERYBODY DOES SAID THE STORY GIRL COOLLY I'M GLAD YOU LIKE THE WAY I TALK NOTHING COULD UPSET THAT BOY'S STOMACH HE WROTE DOWN ALL THE DATA OF NINE PEOPLE YOU CAN'T BE MANUEL SAID MARSHALL I'LL HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WE WERE TAKEN 7d7a7c41-38df-45d9-9fc7-5813c8c43e18 WHO KNEW WHAT SORT OF A RECEPTION WE MIGHT MEET SHE'S A PARTICULAR FRIEND OF MINE SAID CECILY WITH DIGNITY WE HAVE HER EARN EVERYTHING AND IT WOULD HURT HER FEELINGS DREADFULLY TO BE LAUGHED AT THIS OUR CURIOSITY HAD LED US INTO SOME HOLY OF HOLIES NOT TO BE PROFANED BY HUMAN EYES BUT OF COURSE I MEAN TO THANK GOD WHEN I SAY MY PRAYERS TO NIGHT THAT'S ONLY DECENT 7d925f50-7b12-4853-8105-5d911c77c7b3 THE YOUNG MINISTER TURNED PALE AS THE DEAD AND IMPLORED MISSUS CRAWFORD TO HIDE HIM BUT SHE COULDN'T GET HIM OUT OF THE ROOM AND ALL SHE COULD DO WAS TO HIDE HIM IN THE CHINA CLOSET THE YOUNG MINISTER SLIPPED INTO THE CHINA CLOSET AND OLD MISTER SCOTT CAME INTO THE ROOM BUT THEY'RE YOUR OWN RELATIONS SAID PETER THEY'RE NO RELATION TO ME AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE BESIDES THEY'RE ALL SUCH LADY LIKE GIRLS I GUESS I'D BETTER NOT RISK IT I'M PRETTY SURE AUNT JANE WOULDN'T THINK IT WAS PROPER TO TELL SUCH A DREAM 7d98d92e-6032-4cb0-a02b-c5d61985a0d1 WHAT IS UNCLE ROGER LIKE WAS OUR NEXT QUESTION WELL I LIKE UNCLE ROGER SAID THE STORY GIRL MEDITATIVELY HE IS BIG AND JOLLY BUT HE TEASES PEOPLE TOO MUCH YOU ASK HIM A SERIOUS QUESTION AND YOU GET A RIDICULOUS ANSWER HE HARDLY EVER SCOLDS OR GETS CROSS THOUGH AND THAT IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK HERE AT MY SENSES SLIP IT SAYS I'M MANUEL AND HERE ARE NINE MORE OF THE REGULAR PEOPLE AND ONE MILLION OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE I COULDN'T GET THEM ON THE RIGHT FORMS THOUGH I HAD TO STEAL THEIR LIST 7ddf1cfe-bdf2-4b13-a3a7-5e03510707aa WICKED TRANSFORMATIONS AND THIS CAUSED THE BODY TO STRETCH OUT AND LIE IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION SO THAT ALL THE LEGS COULD TOUCH THE GROUND AND STAND FIRM MISTER CAMPBELL'S HOUSEKEEPER USHERED US INTO HIS PARLOUR AND LEFT US AND I'M SURE HE'S ABLER TO HELP HIM THAN PEG BOWEN JUST LOOK HOW THE STORY GIRL HAS GOT HERSELF UP SAID FELICITY WHY SHE'S NO MORE THAN DECENT 7dfc1a93-f94e-4925-a96e-b49ce8601a81 WELL I PREACHED MY SERMON AND IT FELL HORRIBLY FLAT I REALIZED THAT BEFORE I WAS HALF WAY THROUGH IT I THINK I PREACHED IT VERY WELL AND NEVER A THUMP DID I FORGET OR MISPLACE BUT MY AUDIENCE WAS PLAINLY BORED PADDY HAD A FINER TASTE THE STORY GIRL AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD PAY HIM COMPLIMENTS TO HIS LIKING THE GHOSTLY BELL FRIDAY WAS A COMFORTABLE DAY IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF KING EVERYBODY WAS IN GOOD HUMOUR 7e0abd30-a9d4-4759-adc8-dd80cb18418b I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF NORMALLY BAD SIGN BUT RIGHT NOW I DIDN'T CARE THE MOOD OF SPACE PIRACY HAD SEIZED ME AND I HAD BEEN GOING ALONG FINE UNTIL THIS GLARING INCONSISTENCY JUMPED OUT AND HIT ME SQUARE IN THE EYE WITH THE GATHERING SHADES OF NIGHT OUR PLIGHT BECAME PITIFUL IN THE DAYLIGHT SURROUNDED BY HOMELY FAMILIAR SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IT WAS NOT SO DIFFICULT TO FORTIFY OUR SOULS WITH A CHEERING INCREDULITY 7e0aeb1a-a1ab-4a32-bb1a-3e61bf14cd93 THE REST OF US CAME BACK TO EARTH FEELING THAT WE HAD BEEN WANDERING AMONG THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN WE WERE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO APPRECIATE FULLY THE WONDERFUL MEANING OF THE LEGEND BUT WE FELT ITS BEAUTY AND ITS APPEAL I SUPPOSE HE MUST SINCE THAT IS HIS PICTURE SAID DAN MISERABLY HE LOOKS AWFUL CROSS SAID PETER SIMPLY OH I WISH WE'D NEVER NEVER SEEN IT CRIED CECILY 7e0b69f7-227c-4c50-b6c1-2b3e030daee1 IF THE LAW STARTED EXPERIMENTING ON THIS EQUIPMENT BEFORE I COULD FREE THE GUN AGAIN THE CREATURES HAD ME AND WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THEY WANT US TO DO NOW MORTALITY'S TERRIFIC IT'S NOT COMPLETE IT LOOKED TALLER THAN HAD THE SCOUT CRUISER IN ITS JUNGLE LANDING CIRCLE 7e17976a-df18-4ef9-8958-9ce4c6b72b68 HE CAME UP SPOUTING WATER AND FIGHTING FOR BREATH TO FIND HIMSELF A PERILOUS TWENTY FEET FROM THE ZID THE DOOR JEFF PANTED INSIDE FASTEN THE HURRICANE BOLT HURRY TIME ALWAYS SEEMS LONG WHEN YOU'RE WAITING SAID THE STORY GIRL BUT IT DOES SEEM AS IF WE'D BEEN HERE MORE THAN AN HOUR MAYBE THE CLOCK STRUCK AND WE DIDN'T HEAR IT SUGGESTED DAN SOMEBODY BETTER GO SEE I'LL GO SAID CECILY I SUPPOSE EVEN IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I'LL HAVE TIME TO GET BACK TO YOU 7e247dfe-cdf0-43db-8554-9c9e38ad218d AND THIS DRESS WAS OF PALE BLUE SILK AND MINDFUL OF THE NEED OF MAKING AN IMPRESSION I DREW A HARROWING PICTURE OF THE MISERABLE PLIGHT OF THE HEATHEN WHO IN THEIR DARKEST DARKNESS BOWED DOWN TO WOOD AND STONE YOU HAVE NOT THE SPIRIT OF A WREN NEIL CAMPBELL THEY BECAME HER VASTLY FELICITY SAID VIOLENTLY THAT SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT SHE HAD BEEN OVER TO UNCLE ROGER'S YARD TO HEAR THE LATEST BULLETIN FROM THE SICK ROOM 7e28c2ca-1513-435f-8abf-08a61891a265 BUT IF THE STORY GIRL COULD NOT DREAM ANYTHING MORE WONDERFUL THAN THE REST OF US SHE SCORED WHEN IT CAME TO THE TELLING WHICH WAS QUITE TRUE ALL I NEED TO DO WHEN I WISH TO EAT IS TO TAKE SOMETHING I DON'T CARE TO EAT 7e33771f-cd54-4c76-acc2-ea784e143531 YONAS MADE CONTACT TWICE WITH CLARTON WHO TOLD HIM OVER AND OVER TO WAIT TO DO NOTHING NOW WAS THE TIME FOR HIS PLAY I'M NERVOUS SAID ORAN GUNS ALWAYS MAKE ME NERVOUS SOMETHING BANGED DOWN HEAVILY ON TO THE HOOD OF THE SLED ORAN BRAKED TO A CREAKING STOP THAT SHIFTED THE LOAD BEHIND HIM 7e355f5e-d0e5-4e34-80d9-ad6c3191120d ONE TWILIGHT WHEN A KATY WAS OUT HUNTING IN THE WOODS HE SHOT A SNOW WHITE MOOSE AND TOOK OFF ITS SKIN AND WRAPPED IT AROUND HIM THEN HE HE WENT THROUGH THE WOODS IN STARLIGHT AND FELT SO HAPPY AND LIGHT OF HEART THAT HE SOMETIMES FRISKED AND CAPERED ABOUT JUST AS A REAL MOOSE WOULD DO WELL IT SOUNDED NASTY SAID PETER WHO KNEW THAT IT IS THE TONE THAT MAKES THE MUSIC WHAT DID YOUR AUNT JANE LOOK LIKE ASKED CECILY SYMPATHETICALLY WAS SHE PRETTY 7e47046e-0109-4f9b-906a-c51b5a6b00ad JONAS HAD HE THOUGHT REGRETFULLY FEW DUELS TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND HE HAD HAD EVEN FEWER TO LOOK BACK ON AND AS A MAID IS WON BY FAITH FIGURE AND DARING AND A WIFE BY RICHES POSITION OR PROSPECTS THERE WAS A NOTABLY PAUCITY OF LICEN LADIES IN JONAS'S CAREER WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SHE ASKED ROOT HE WAS SUSPICIOUS OF MAGIC COFFEE BUT HIS MOUTH SO GOOD THAT HE COULD NOT RESIST IT SO HE ANSWERED IF YOU PLEASE MA'AM THE GIANTESS POURED OUT ANOTHER CUP AND SET IT ON THE FLOOR FOR WOOT 7e54accc-138a-4076-a5d6-8a1272ed8086 HE HESITATED AND THEN UTTERED A HIGH PITCHED SOUND THAT I PRESUMED TO BE A WORD OF COMMAND BEFORE I COULD FREE THE GUN AGAIN THE CREATURES HAD ME AND WHILE THEIR FLESH LOOKED MORE UNNATURAL AND UNREAL THAN EVER AT CLOSE RANGE THEIR LONG FINGERS GRIPPED ME LIKE TALONS OF STEEL THE BEING WHICH HAD UTTERED THE COMMAND DISAPPEARED AND MY CAPTORS LED ME STRUGGLING AND PROTESTING TOWARD THE BLACK UGLY TOWERS OF THE CITY BUT WHERE DID YOU REALLY GET THIS LIST OF SO MANY NAMES WRITTEN SO SMALL SUFFERING SADDLE SAWS MARSHAL DON'T ASK THE LITTLE BUG SO MANY QUESTIONS YOU GOT A MILLION NAMES IN YOUR HAND CERTIFY THEM SEND THEM IN THERE'S ENOUGH OF US HERE RIGHT NOW WE DECLARE THAT PLACE UNANNEXED FORTHWITH THIS WILL MAKE HIGH PLAINS THE BIGGEST TOWN IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS 7e62b77f-cbb4-4234-9309-abd4ab5eeb3e IT'S ALL VERY WELL FOR YOU TO SAY SO SAID FELICITY BUT YOU DON'T KNOW EITHER I WISH I COULD BELIEVE THAT ISN'T LIKE GOD BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE IN IT SHE WAS A THING OF FIRE AND LAUGHTER AND GLOW AS IF THE SINGULAR CHARM OF HER TEMPERAMENT WERE VISIBLE AND TANGIBLE IN ITS VIVID COVERED COLORING AND SILKEN TEXTURE 7e731c1d-6236-4af0-b2c0-c40e666f59a0 SHE WAS SITTING THE JULY SUNLIGHT ON THE LEDGE OF THE OPEN HAYLOFT WINDOW IN UNCLE ROGER'S BIG BARN AND IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED THEN THAT I AM THE KING WHO CONQUERS ALL KINGS YOU MAY GIVE ME BACK MY RING AND RETURN HOME FREE THEY'RE ANGELS THEN NOT METHODISTS OR ANYTHING BUT JUST ANGELS 7e731c3e-5098-4a3c-8db2-2dd221ddfcf2 SHE LIFTED HER HAND AND BECKONED BLITHELY TO US FOR WE KNEW THAT THIS MUST BE THE STORY GIRL AND IN THAT GAY AND GRACEFUL GESTURE WAS AN ALLUREMENT NOT TO BE GAINSAID OR DENIED THAT IS A QUIBBLE FOR WOMEN MOST RACES CALL THEMSELVES SOMETHING MEANING THE PEOPLE KNOW I'M A RECENT CONVERT BUT 7e75db04-a989-4596-ae71-3582298ee45d I WANTED TO SEE THE PICTURE AS SOON AS YOU DID SAID DAN AH DAN WHAT MAKES YOU ASK SUCH QUESTIONS EXCLAIMED CECILY IN REAL DISTRESS I WONDER IF HE'LL EVER COME BACK TO HIS FAMILY SAID CECILY HE WENT ON LOOKING AT HIS HANDS THERE WAS BITTERNESS IN HIS MIND BITTERNESS THAT HE CHANGED TO HATE I ALSO WISH HE SAID SMOOTHLY TO PAY FOR ANY HELP I MAY RECEIVE SUCH AS THE ANSWERING OF AN INNOCENT QUESTION 7e99d113-361c-4caf-ac1b-38f2299261cf BEHOLD ME BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS I NEVER MEANT TO LAUGH IT JUST HAPPENED BEFORE I COULD STOP MYSELF CECILY SAID FELICITY IN A HUSHED TONE WE BOYS WOULD CLIMB THE TREES AND SHAKE THE APPLES DOWN UNTIL THE GIRLS SHRIEKED FOR MERCY 7e9a4b76-f053-4e4c-a489-2fdc7223526d I LET MY EYES ROLL IN FEAR LOOKING AROUND FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE AND TAKING A PEEK AT THE OUTSIDE SCANNERS THE YACHT WAS FLUSHED AGAINST THE SPACE FILLING BULK OF THE OTHER SHIP I PRESSED THE BUTTON THAT SENT THE TORCH WIELDING ROWBOT ON HIS WAY WE COULD DEPEND ON FATHER IF HE WAS HERE SAID DAN STOUTLY HE'D TELL US THE TRUTH HE WOULD TELL US WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS TRUE DAN BUT HE COULDN'T KNOW HE'S NOT SUCH A WELL EDUCATED MAN AS THE EDITOR OF THE ENTERPRISE NO THERE'S NOTHING TO DO BUT WAIT AND SEE 7e9f555c-509a-423e-984e-00e6c9031137 THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING FELICITY WAS CUMBERED WITH MANY CARES THE NEXT MORNING WE WERE ALL INTENSELY EXCITED SATURDAY MORNING TO OUR DISMAY IT BEGAN TO RAIN JUST BEFORE DINNER WHAT IF JERRY DOESN'T BRING THE PICTURE TO DAY BECAUSE OF THE RAIN I SUGGESTED NEVER YOU FEAR ANSWERED FELICITY DECIDEDLY A COWARD WOULD COME THROUGH ANYTHING FOR FIFTY CENTS 7ea69a6f-439c-4deb-b769-4df3ec6d5df6 THE GIANTESS SEEMED RATHER UNEASY AS IF SHE HAD A FAINT IDEA THAT SOMEONE WAS FYING UPON HER FOR SHE KEPT LOOKING BEHIND HER AND THIS WAY AND THAT AS THOUGH EXPECTING DANGER FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE WON'T SHE BE EXCITED WE WERE ALL EXCITED NOW WE MUST WRITE THE LETTER AND TAKE IT AND THE PRESENTS TO HER RIGHT AWAY BEFORE IT GETS DARK SAID THE STORY GIRL 7eac1476-1769-46f3-adb8-6d3fd8046d80 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'LL DO ANY GOOD SAID DAN HE GIVES LOTS OF THINGS BUT HE DOESN'T GIVE MONEY BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN EARN THAT FOR THEMSELVES SO HE SAID TO NEIL OH SO PERSUASIVELY IT WAS AN OMINOUS SUNSET WE COULD DEPEND ON FATHER IF HE WAS HERE SAID DAN STOUTLY HE'D TELL US THE TRUTH WE HAVE JUST GOT TO THINK OF SOME FOOL EXCITER THAT'S ALL I SAID I 7ec5602b-33dc-4996-ac18-7f70ad511b5c THE MIDGET WAS MAD THE ANIMAL HAD MORE PRESENCE OF MIND SHE LAY DOWN QUIETLY AND DIED WHICH WAS THE BEST SHE COULD DO CONSIDERING THE STATE THAT SHE WAS IN SHE WAS SITTING THE JULY SUNLIGHT ON THE LEDGE OF THE OPEN HAYLOFT WINDOW IN UNCLE ROGER'S BIG BARN AND THE BARE FEET BELOW HER PRINT SKIRT WERE BEAUTIFUL THEY WERE SLENDER AND SHAPELY AND SATIN SMOOTH WITH ARCHED IN STEPS THE DAINTIEST OF TOES AND NAILS LIKE PINK SHELLS 7ec9900b-b063-4e76-937e-726acf0f1271 SOMETIMES WE WORKED UNTIL THE COLD YELLOW SUNSET FADED OUT OVER THE DARKENING DISTANCES AND THE HUNTER'S MOON LOOKED DOWN ON US THROUGH THE SPARKLING AIR A PARTY OR PARTIES UNKNOWN HAD NEATLY WALKED THE SHIP CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO THEIR OWN ENDS UNDOUBTEDLY THEY HAD STARTED THE PROGRAM FOR THE GIANT TRANSPORT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CHECKED LATER ONCE THE PROGRAMME WAS UNDER WAY IT HAD BEEN GUIDED WITH A SKILL THAT BORDERED ON GENIUS 7edcf269-ae0d-447b-9b3e-2f6ab2b7b252 WE SAT STILL AND COUNTED THE HUNDRED THERE'S NOBODY HOME BUT JUDY PANOW AND ME FORTUNATELY FELICITY FORGOT TO REPEAT THE COMMAND SO DAN DID STAY IN BED EVEN HER PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS HAD UNTOLD CHARM HINTING AT MYSTERY AND LAUGHTER AND MAGIC BOUND UP IN EVERYTHING SHE MENTIONED 7edd8f99-b45a-4188-900a-39a6e72bc987 INSTANTLY THEY ALL TOOK ALARM GOOD ADVICE LAUGHED POLYCHROME DANCING AND HIS SKIN FELL TO THE GROUND CECILY'S SICK SAID DAN SPRINGING OUT OF BED THAT CUCUMBER MUST HAVE DISAGREED WITH HER SAID THE STORY GIRL 7ee63af2-50ed-4024-805a-93fe3a8fc149 THE WITCH WITH THE SILVER SHOES HATED ME FOR HAVING DEFIED HER I WILL TRY TO GIVE YOU ONE IF YOUR AUNT OLIVIA WAS UP AND GET MARRIED WHAT WOULD YOUR UNCLE ROGER DO FOR A HOUSEKEEPER ASKED PETER THE FRENCH NAMES ARE SO HARD TO SPELL 7ef97260-62a6-411f-8595-a0595c2e83a1 THE REASON FOR THATED POLYCHROME BUT SHE IS A GOOD GIRL HONEST AND SENSIBLE AND I'LL BE GLAD TO SEE HER WE HAD A CALL FROM PEG BOWEN YESTERDAY YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE STORY GIRL HUSTLING PAT OUT OF THE WAY FOR ALL SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT HE WAS BEWITCHED 7f1796db-06d5-47c1-91d1-00ce949a97b5 SO PETER RETALIATED BY CHOOSING NEVAKE AND NEZZER WHICH NO ONE COULD EVER UTTER THREE TIMES BEFORE PETER SHRIEKED IT AT ONCE I'M GETTING TIRED OF WAITING WHAT'S THEIR POTENTIAL IN FIVE DAYS LURCHED AND SKIDDED AROUND BUTTRESS ROOTS 7f1e2ef4-d9b9-43f4-85df-a6c61fe786e7 UNCLE ROGERS SAYS THAT MARTIN FORBES WIFE HAS SQUELCHED HIM SAID FELICITY HE SAYS MARTIN CAN'T CALL HIS SOUL HIS OWN SINCE HE WAS MARRIED I'M GLAD OF IT SAID CECILY VINDICTIVELY WE ALL STARED THIS WAS SO VERY UNLIKE CECILY I MUST CANDIDLY SAY THAT HER TONES SAVOURED STRONGLY OF A LAST RESORT BUT THIS WAS OWING MORE TO EARLY TRAINING THAN ANY LACK OF FAITH ON CECILY'S PART SHE KNEW AND WE KNEW THAT PRAYER WAS A SOLEMN RIGHT NOT TO BE LIGHTLY HELD NOR DEGRADED TO COMMON USES 7f2596b0-b05a-4555-bb28-a7d4660a2eef ISN'T TOO LATE HERE'S YOUR OWN GAIT SAYS CECILY IT WAS NOT A PLEASANT DAY AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE IT RAINED UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON IT IS THE LAST CUP OF GRANDMOTHER KING'S SECOND BEST SET WE HAD EXPECTED THAT THE STORY GIRL WOULD ECLIPSE US ALL IN THE MATTER OF DREAMS 7f29cb24-8f5e-4182-a7f5-13005891fffb ONLY POLYCHROME KEPT GOING IN AND GOING OUT HUMMING SOFTLY TO HERSELF AS SHE DANCED FOR THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER COULD NOT KEEP STILL FOR LONG AND THE FOUR WALLS OF HER ROOM ALWAYS MADE HER NERVOUS AND ILL AT EASE WHICH IS THE WAY OF HUMAN NATURE 7f3064a0-8c25-4c41-8f83-78a8accddeaa OR PERHAPS HIS MOTHER HAD PUT HIM UP TO IT DON'T YOU SUPPOSE THAT ANYBODY EVEN GOD WOULD MAKE ALLOWANCES FOR THAT OH DOES GOD LOOK LIKE THAT I DUG THROUGH THE MARK THREE PLANS IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A DISTILLERY THAN A BEACON IT SWISHED DOWN AND LANDED AT NIGHT IN THE BANK OF A LOCAL MUD WALLOW 7f32d53d-6bd2-4dcc-b0e5-c6c41c38adbb OH BUT THAT'S WRONG SAID FELICITY YOU SHOULDN'T PUT SARA UP TO DISOBEYING HER MOTHER I WAS AFRAID TO TAKE THE LIVER PILLS FOR FEAR THEY'D PREVENT ME FROM DREAMING HE SAID 7f38ca93-5508-486d-b338-46b3c594c624 I THINK HE OUGHT TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT THERE ARE FIVE DOLLARS FOR YOU HE SAID AND YOUR STORY WAS WELL WORTH IT THAT NIGHT I TOOK THE SHIP DOWN INTO THE HILLS NEAREST THE PYRAMID AN OUT OF THE WAY DRY SPOT WHERE THE UNPHIBIOUS NATIVES WOULD NEVER GO A 7f3eb1cd-9123-401d-922a-efcc44554877 I SUPPOSE SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD TEACH HIM MANNERS FOR WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT THE WOMAN DID SHUT UP AND NEVER SPOKE ONE SINGLE WORD TO HER HUSBAND FOR FIVE YEARS AND THEN IN FIVE YEARS TIME THE TREE BORE APPLES AND THEY WERE YELLOW TRANSPARENTS AND THEN SHE SPOKE AT LAST SHE SAID I TOLD YOU SO IT HAD CLOSED OF ITS OWN ACCORD AS IF BY MAGIC MOREOVER THIS THE LATCH WAS ON THE OUTSIDE AND THE THOUGHT OCCURRED TO EACH OF ONE OF THEM THAT THEY WERE NOW PRISONERS IN THIS UNKNOWN CASTLE 7f411ef0-d697-4e57-b0a6-ccf5fd51f0e2 BRANDON WAS LOOKING AT THE MILKY WAY THROUGH HIS PURMA GLASS CANOPY HE COULD SEE IT TRAILING ACROSS THE BLACK VELVET OF SPACE LIKE A WHITE BRIDAL VEIL BELOW HIS C NINE B SCOUT SHIP STRETCHED THE RED DUST DESERTS OF SIRIUS THREE ILLUMINATED BY THE THIN LIGHT OF TWO ICE MOONS HE LOOKED AT THE MILKY WAY THE SILENCE WAS A LONG ONE AND AT THE END OF IT KNOOF ROSE HE WALKED TO THE DOOR OF THE ROOM AND OPENED IT AND THE BALD HEADED GUARD CAME IN HE HAS TRIED TO TEMPT ME TO PACKT WITH SATAN THE QUINT INQUISITOR SAID BUT TAKE HIM AWAY SOME DAY YANUS THOUGHT BACK IN HIS CELL THERE WOULD BE A METHOD OF CONTROLLING MINDS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE THE WILLING CO OPERATION OF THE TWO PARTIES SOME DAY THE MAN WHO READS MINES WOULD BE MORE THAN A PASSIVE ONLOOKER 7f440824-75a3-4e0c-ac75-da85bfd95ac7 HE WAS JUST DRAWING A BEAD ON MY RIGHT EYE WHEN MY BRAIN GOT BACK IN GEAR OF COURSE I SAID BLINDING IS ONLY RIGHT BUT IN MY CASE YOU WILL HAVE TO BLIND ME AFTER I LEAVE THE HOLY OF HOLIES NOT NOW JOHN ANDREW TURNED A DOOR WELL I SHOULD THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HIM BACK I GUESS HE MUTTERED BUT NOW THAT YOU'RE WITH US AGAIN HE SHOT OUT A BIG PAW AND GRABBED HER BY THE WRIST HOW ABOUT EXPLAINING SOME OF THIS 7f4a703c-ecd6-4003-9421-cc53e80ff455 THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE FINE ELUSIVE AIR THAT RECALLED BEAUTIFUL FORGOTTEN THINGS AND SUGGESTED DELICATE FUTURE HOPES LUTE SAW THAT THE CREATURES HAD WIDE MOUTHS AND ROWS OF TERRIBLE TEETH AS SHE STILL LOVED ME IN SPITE OF THE WITCH'S EVIL DEEDS 7f4e45a9-c48f-4bc8-882d-dcf5b3157456 COUNT EVERYONE ALL RIGHT FILL IN EVERY ONE I NEED MORE PAPERS WHAT HE HELD UP WAS THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF SAND MARSHALL COULD NOT SEE IT IN DETAIL DAN SAID IT WAS NO USE FOR ME TO BOTHER PRAYING ABOUT IT HE SAID IF THEY COULDN'T SPEAK GOD MIGHT DO SOMETHING BUT WHEN THEY JUST WOULDN'T IT WASN'T LIKELY HE WOULD INTERFERE DAN DOES SAY SUCH QUEER THINGS I'M SO AFRAID HE'S GONE TO GROW UP JUST LIKE UNCLE ROBER WARD WHO NEVER GOES TO CHURCH AND DOESN'T BELIEVE MORE THAN HALF THE BIBLE IS TRUE 7f4f2765-3b65-4254-a563-e8765f07d452 CECILY WAS ABLE TO BE OUT WITH US AGAIN THAT DAY SO PETER FELT THAT HE MIGHT VENTURE ON A GRUMBLE BESIDES SHE COAXED ME TO TELL HER WHAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR DREAMS I JUST TOLD HER AS A FAVOR AND NOW YOUR AUNT JANET BLAMES ME FOR THE WHOLE TROUBLE PEPPO DROPPED HIS FACE INTO HIS HANDS AND HIS SHOULDERS SHOOK I FLICKED THE GUN HIS WAY AND SNAPPED AT HIM BELAY THAT LAST COMMAND I SHOUTED GETTING BACK IN MY OLD SPACE DOG MOOD GET A CALL THROUGH FIRST AND FIND OUT IF ANY OF OUR PLANTS ARE PICKED UP DURING THE RAID 7f56c6d9-abcc-4f2f-93dd-19a88aee00b8 IT WAS FINALLY DECIDED THAT DAN AND FELIX SHOULD GO I WANTED TO GO ALSO BUT THE GIRLS PROTESTED YOU MUST STAY AND KEEP US CHEERED UP IMPLORED FELICITY HE'S PRAYING THAT YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO EAT A BITTER APPLE WITHOUT MAKING A FACE SHE SAID 7f675690-b85b-439e-94d5-139c6d28f553 I WAS SWEETNESS AND LIGHT BECAUSE A LOT DEPENDED ON HIS DECISION JUST TRYING TO HELP CHIEF GET THINGS READY IN CASE YOU WANTED MORE IN FOLK AND THIS REALLY ISN'T AN OPERATION JUST A RECONNAISSANCE AUNT JANET OF COURSE NOTICED THE STORY GIRL'S ABSTINENCE AND ASKED IF SHE WAS SICK 7f722f51-a98e-402d-8b72-c8f8ec98d6f9 WHEN PEOPLE BACKSLIDE THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT'S ON THEIR MINDS AND WE HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE NEGOTIATING OR CONVINCING THEM WE TOILED ABOUT THE HOUSE AND YARD LIKE MANIACS WE LOOKED INTO EVERY LIKELY AND UNLIKELY PLACE BUT JIMMY WE COULD NOT FIND ANY MORE THAN IF HE HAD INDEED MELTED INTO AIR MISSUS PATERSON CAME AND WE HAD NOT FOUND HIM THINGS WERE GETTING SERIOUS 7f75d43f-b877-4062-88ce-10c446a17ac0 THEY LOOKED THROUGH THE FIELDS FOR THE GIRL FARMER IT IS ALL THE FAULT OF OLD COOK CLIP MUTTERED THE TIN WOODMAN THINK THE OTHERS HAVE STOPPED NOW BUT I KEEP IT UP EVERY NIGHT STILL FOR FEAR YOU MIGHT HAVE A RELAPSE I CAN'T BEAR IT IT LOOKS SO COMMON 7f793d18-00cd-4874-8dd3-9744f7a59129 BUT SEE HERE SAID THE SCARECROW WHO HAD LISTENED INTENTLY TO THIS EXPLANATION WHY NOT PUT THE MONKEY'S FORM ON SOME ONE ELSE I SHALL NEVER USE IT TO EAT OFF OF SAID SARAH RAPTUROUSLY I'LL PUT IT ON THE PARLOR MANTELPIECE IT DON'T SEEM MUCH USE IN HAVING A PLATE JUST FOR ORNAMENT SAID FELICITY IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO LOOK AT RETORTED SARA WHO FELT THE SOUL MUST HAVE FOOD AS WELL AS THE BODY 7f871490-a05a-4dc6-80c9-f03a5aa409d3 I MUST ADMIT HOWEVER THAT EWPE HAD A BAD TEMPER BUT AFTER HIS APPETITE WAS SOMEWHAT SATISFI HE SAID EXCEPT GLINDA THE GOOD AND THE WIZARD OF OZ WE SHOULDN'T HAVE RUN SAID FELICITY GLOOMILY IT SHOWED WE WERE AFRAID OF HER AND THAT ALWAYS MAKES HER AWFUL CROSS SHE WON'T DO A THING FOR PAT NOW 7f9144b1-85a2-438b-ab9c-bbe2d15e7c7c SHE WAS NOT A GREAT AUNT THEN OF COURSE SHE WAS ONLY EIGHTEEN WITH RED LIPS AND BLACK BLACK HAIR AND EYES THIS PETER WAS A SLIM SHAPELY FELLOW WITH LAUGHING BLACK EYES AND THICK BLACK CURLS WE HAD NOT PASSED A VERY PLEASANT WEEK FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL HAD NOT BEEN SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER AND CONSEQUENTLY THERE HAD BEEN SOMETHING ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK AN AIR OF RESTRAINT WAS OVER ALL OUR GAMES AND CONVERSATIONS ON THE PRECEDING MONDAY FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL HAD QUARRELLED OVER SOMETHING 7f9c6a01-4359-4dea-a05b-653a749a594e I'M GOING TO PUT TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK IN MY MISSIONARY BOX THAN I'VE BEEN DOING SAID CECILY DETERMINEDLY THE NATIVE APPEARED THE TWIN OF THE ONE HORN HAD SEEN ON THE TRANSLIGHT SCREEN THE FOREFINGERED HAND LOOKED EXTREMELY CAPABLE AROUND THE STOCK OF MARK TWENTY SLOWLY HORN PUT A HAND TO HIS THROAT PRESSED THE CONTACT BUTTON 7fbb4e8c-43b5-4408-a1c0-c5eb82c329bf THE UNGODLY HOUR OF TRANSMISSION NATURALLY WAS SET TO COINCIDE WITH THE CLOSING OF THE CONSUL'S FIELD OFFICE HALF WAY AROUND THE PLANET SO THE NEGREOUS GLORY OF PROCYON'S RISING WAS JUST TINTING THE WINDOWS OF JEFF'S COTTAGE WHEN HE ALIGNED AND ACTIVATED HIS LITTLE COMMUNICATOR ON HIS BREAKFAST TABLE THERE ISN'T THAT A LOVELY MYSTERY 7fcd97a3-708a-4410-8e99-72ec91c0fc7f THAT OF COURSE MADE MATTERS SIMPLER NECESSARY KNUFF SAID LOOKING UP FOR THE FIRST TIME HIS GAZE STABBED LIKE A SWORD HE WAS UNEASY YONAS KNEW WITH ANOTHER MIND PROBING HIS HE COULD NOT HELP BUT BE UNEASY BUT HE COULD NOT FIND A CAUSE IT WOULD NEVER OCCUR TO HIM AND HE CONTROLLED HIS FEELINGS SUPERBLY THOSE TWO BIG TREES BEHIND THEM ARE THE TWINS TREES MY MOTHER AND UNCLE FELIX YOU KNOW THE APPLES ARE SO DEAD SWEET THAT NOBODY BUT US CHILDREN AND THE FRENCH BOYS CAN EAT THEM 7fd06f16-fcf8-4d3a-ae34-807ffb8f2c2c MY THEORY IS THAT THESE PEOPLE LIVE IN A DREARY WORLD IN WHICH THERE IS NO PLEASURE THEIR FACES SEEM TO SHOW THAT APPARENTLY THEY LIVE A VERY LONG TIME AND HAVE NO MEANS OF SHORTENING THAT LIFE SO IT IS SAID CECILY IT ISN'T THERE ISN'T A SPECK OF SAWDUST IN THAT BOX 7fd5e6c6-6771-4d32-b778-99b97d022ccf HE TURNED TO FACE HIS PATIENT BACK IN THE DAYS BEFORE WE PUT IT TO WORK FOR US REBUILDING TISSUE ALMOST ENDING AGING IN DISEASE THE ACTIVE BASIS FOR OUR VAC SCENE CAUSED A WHOLE GROUP OF DISEASES IN ITSELF THAT MAKES ME THINK OF ANOTHER STORY ABOUT OLD MISTER SCOTT SAID THE STORY GIRL YOU KNOW I TOLD YOU HE WAS VERY ANGRY BECAUSE THE PRESBYTERY MADE HIM RETIRE 7ff53da0-da85-4163-b24c-55dab82fefb0 I'LL GIVE HER THAT SPONGE CAKE I MADE THIS MORNING SAID FELICITY I GUESS SHE DOESN'T GET SPONGE CAKE VERY OFTEN THE TIN WOODMAN SHOULDERED AN AXE WHICH WAS SHARP AND BRIGHTLY POLISHED AND THE SCARECROW PUT THE EMPEROR'S OIL CAN IN HIS POCKET THAT HE MIGHT OIL HIS FRIENDS JOINTS SHOULD THEY NEED IT 7ff68765-f1ea-43fc-9bc3-0049798ac226 IA WIZARD BY LARRY M YOU HAVE CONFESSED THE BALD ONE SAID IT IS NECESSARY THAT YOU RATIFY YOUR CONFESSION COME WITH US IF WE CAN'T SOON FIND OUT WHAT MAKES PETER AND THE STORY GIRL DREAM LIKE THAT THE REST OF US MIGHT AS WELL GIVE UP TRYING TO WRITE DREAM BOOKS SAID FELIX DISCONTENTEDLY FINALLY WE DID FIND OUT 80011b94-8f46-4ffb-b992-3da80a699ae8 HOW ABOUT A PLUMP OWL ASKED THE BEAST NOT A TIN ONE YOU KNOW BUT A REAL MEAT OWL NEITHER BEAST NOR BIRD SHALL YOU HAVE SAID POLYCHROME IN A POSITIVE VOICE IF YOU HADN'T GOTTEN IMPATIENT AND TRIED TO HURRY THINGS HIS VOICE SET IN YUNUS'S MIND YOU WOULDN'T BE BACK IN YOUR CELL NOW THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR YOUR DISCLOSURE ANOTHER DAY AND HERE WOULD HAVE DROVE ME OUT OF MY WITS YUNUS THOUGHT 8001e93f-4d5d-4032-9317-c89011120f0b OH JUST THE NICE PARTS HE SAYS THERE'S A HEAVEN ALL RIGHT BUT NO NO HELL I DON'T WANT DOWN TO GROW UP LIKE THAT IT ISN'T RESPECTABLE AND YOU WOULDN'T WANT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE CROWDING HEAVEN NOW WOULD YOU MUCH PRESTIGE ATTACHED TO THEM AND MY BLACK DRESS OUTFIT SHOULD WRITE AS HIGHLY AS ANY UNIFORM IN THE GALAXY WHY ARE YOU BUILDING THAT BATTLESHIP THE MAN WAS A GREAT ACTOR 800e809e-d36f-4b70-a926-1e29db6f68d0 THOUSANDS OF THE UNREAL CREATURES OF THIS WORLD WERE CROWDED AROUND A VAST HIDEOUS IMAGE THAT ROSE FROM THE CENTER OF THIS SPACE A MONSTER SO TERRIBLE THAT HOPE CRIED OUT AT SIGHT AND VIC EXCLAIMED UNDER HIS BREATH YET ALL THIS WAS DONE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO FIX IT ON WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU YONAH SAID SHIFTING HIS FEET AGAIN I AM NO WIZARD BUT A MAN WHO MAY DO CERTAIN THINGS AND HERE IS MY PROOF YOU MAY DO THE SAME YOURSELF THE SILENCE WAS A LONG ONE AND AT THE END OF IT KNOOF ROSE 801098d3-a316-4edf-9a5d-1353db739412 FELICITY WAS SIPPING FROM THE CUP OF CLOUDED BLUE WITH AN OVERDONE AIR OF UNCONCERN EACH WAS ACUTELY AND MISERABLY CONSCIOUS OF THE OTHER'S PRESENCE IF THE DAILY ENTERPRISE SAID THAT AUGUST TWELFTH WAS TO BE THE JUDGMENT DAY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET AROUND IT NOW IF UNCLE ROGER HAD SWALLOWED ANY NEEDLES MAYBE IT WOULD MAKE IT ALL RIGHT IF HE SWALLOWED A PINCUSHION 80346d76-eb23-4688-8831-01e2bb3a382c I DO WISH TO GOODNESS SAID FELICITY IN EXASPERATION THAT YOU'D STOP TALKING OF THE THE OF SUCH SUBJECTS IN THE DARK I'M SO SCARED NOW THAT I KEEP THINKING FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS BEHIND US ARE SOME THINGS JUST THINK MY OWN FATHER THE TIN WOODMAN AND THE SCARECROW DIDN'T MIND THE DARK AT ALL BUT WOOD THE WANDERER FELT WORRIED TO BE LEFT IN THIS STRANGE PLACE IN THIS STRANGE MANNER WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO SEE ANY DANGER THAT MIGHT THREATEN 803a53cf-fc67-475b-bf86-36f813b93bae I WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE THE FEELING THAT I HAD BEEN MISSING THE BOAT ALL ALONG THE LINE THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATED DATE OF THE COMPLETION WAS NEARLY A YEAR AWAY BUT THERE WAS NO REAL REASON WHY THAT COULDN'T BE CHANGED TOO I RETREATED TWO OR THREE SWIFT STEPS JERKING THE REVOLVER FROM MY POCKET NOW FOR A BREAK GUN LOADED 803d7528-1b3e-494a-b1b4-811c53de8072 THERE WAS THE GHOST OF ANOTHER IDEA YUNUS CAUGHT IT AND THE LINKAGE OF MINES TRANSMITTED THIS AMUSEMENT TO YANIS WHY HE THOUGHT HAPPILY IT WAS EVEN MORE FOR HIM TO GET KILLED AND MOST PAINFULLY TOO THE SURFACE OF THE SPHERE CONTACTED ALL THE STAR SYSTEMS A DAY'S FLIGHT AHEAD OF THE MAXIMUM FLIGHT OF THE STOLEN BATTLESHIP WHAT ABOUT THE LEAGUE THOUGH DON'T THEY TAKE ANY INTEREST IN CRIME 804e3709-8438-4146-acb9-0d7771ee0242 THE NEXT DAY HE COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE AND SORE THROAT AND SEEMED TO PREFER LYING ON AUNT OLIVIA'S KITCHEN SOFA TO DOING ANY WORK WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU FRID DOING UP AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT HE SAID ANGRILY SHE DEARLY LOVED TO TAKE HER EYES OUT OF FELICITY NOW AND THEN 80533e56-167a-4db7-803b-820448413fba WE WENT AND STRAIGHTWAY DRANK THE WATERS OF FORGETFULNESS IN A BRIEF SPACE WE WERE LAUGHING RIGHT MERRILY NO LONGER REMEMBERING OUR WRONGS AT THE HANDS OF THOSE CRUEL GROWN UPS OUR LAUGHTER ECHOED BACK FROM THE BARNS AND THE SPRUCE GROVE AS IF ELFIN DENIZENS OF UPPER AIR WERE SHARING IN OUR MIRTH AND THEY WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS EVER AFTERWARDS 80562e0f-645b-4c36-832b-0df333d64175 AND HE PLUNGED FIERCELY IN HE SWAM AND STRUGGLED HE BUFFETED THE TURMOIL THE WAVES WENT OVER HIS HEAD AGAIN AND AGAIN THE WHIRLPOOLS CAUGHT HIM AND FLUNG HIM ON THE CRUEL ROCKS BUT THE STORY GIRL WAS THE SOUL OF HONOUR AND PETER EARLY IN LIFE HAD HAD HIS FEET SET IN THE PATH OF TRUTHFULNESS BY HIS AUNT JANE AND HAD NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO STRAY FROM IT 805e014e-0fe0-48f9-8a0e-98c09a2d009b DON'T SPEAK TO ME SHE SAID AND HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE ENEMY WHO HAD DONE HIM IN WOULD IT BE PROPER TO TELL A DREAM LIKE THAT BEFORE THE GIRLS SHE SAID IT WAS BETTER TO WASTE APPLES ALONE THAN APPLES AND SUGAR TOO 806d68ca-9362-4402-a0ae-85f780c32f6b DAN AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER SUSPICION DRAWING IN OUR EYES WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BILLY ROBINSON AND HIS MAGIC SEED I DEMANDED I'M MARRIED NOW BUT I'M AS EAGER TO GET AND READ THE OZ STORIES AS EVER AND STILL ANOTHER WRITES MY GOOD WIFE AND I BOTH MORE THAN SEVENTY YEARS OF AGE BELIEVE THAT WE FIND MORE REAL ENJOYMENT IN YOUR OZBOOKS THAN IN ANY OTHER BOOKS WE READ 806fc9ef-5cd4-4386-92cc-232c0105ec51 HE STAGGERED TO ITS BRINK AND DRANK OF ITS CLEAR STREAM ODIN WAS THE GREAT GOD OF THE NORTHLAND YOU KNOW YOU WOULDN'T THINK TO LOOK AT HER THAT SHE HAD A TRAGEDY IN HER LIFE ASKED TO NEWBE VERY MANY WE GAINED FIVE HUNDRED YEARS IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES ALONE 80a11331-feb4-4bf6-b006-d1ce2cd2b2c9 WITHOUT STOPPING TO CONSIDER HOW THIS COMMAND MIGHT SAVE HIM WE WERE COLD WITH FRIGHT HOW COULD WE TURN OUR BACKS ON THE EERIE SPRUCE WOOD OUT OF WHICH SOMETHING MIGHT POP AT ANY MOMENT HOW CROSS THOSE LONG SHADOWY FIELDS BETWEEN US AND OUR ROOF TOP HOW ADVENTURE THROUGH THE DARKLY MYSTERIOUS BRACKEN HOLLOW 80b02089-cf11-474c-8b71-23b9c89a79e4 AGLEYA WAS HIS MASTER'S DAUGHTER SHE WAS SO SWEET AND BEAUTIFUL THAT GLAUCON FELL IN LOVE WITH HER THE VERY MOMENT HE FIRST SAW HER AND WHEN HE WAS NOT PLAYING HIS FLUTE ON THE MOUNTAIN HE WAS THINKING ABOUT AGLE AND DREAMING THAT SOME DAY HE MIGHT HAVE FLOCKS OF HIS OWN IN A DEAR LITTLE COTTAGE DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE HE AND AGLEIA MIGHT LIVE CONTENT WITH MY LOT I'M GLAD THAT I'M NOT LIKE OTHERS THAT I MEET DAY BY DAY IF MY INSIDES GET MUSTY OR MUSSED UP OR DUSTY I GET NEWLY STUFFED RIOT AWAY 80c0eacd-4044-4c11-ae24-2cbdbcec1974 THAT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT SAID THE SCARECROW UNTIL NOW THE SCARECROW HAD RATHER DOUBTED THE POSSIBILITY OF MISSUS EWPES'S BEING ABLE TO TRANSFORM HIM OR HIS FRIEND THE TIN WOODMAN FOR THEY WERE NOT MADE AS ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE DEAR PETER I'M AWFUL GLAD YOU'RE GETTING BETTER WE ALL FELT BAD WHEN WE THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T BUT I FELT WORSE THAN OTHERS BECAUSE WE HADN'T BEEN ON VERY GOOD TERMS LATELY AND I HAD SAID MEAN THINGS ABOUT YOU I'M SORRY AND PETER YOU CAN PRAY FOR ANYTHING YOU LIKE AND I WON'T EVER OBJECT AGAIN 80cb85ef-b7f0-4407-8f6a-bd6b489c18cf HE LANDED ON SOMETHING TOUGH AND WARM AND SLIPPERY NUMBLY JEFF SAW HER SUSPENDED THERE AND ARRIVED LONG AGO AT A WORKING AGREEMENT WITH THE ISLANDERS PERHAPS SHE'D LET YOU GO THEN SHE LIKES CECILY SHE DOESN'T LIKE EITHER FELICITY OR ME SO IT WOULD ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE FOR US TO TRY BUT THE PUDDING WELL 80f89372-1a95-4e55-bcb4-c504b82cd714 I THINK HE WOULD HAVE OBEYED IF SHE IN THAT TONE AND WITH THOSE EYES HAD ORDERED HIM TO CAST HIMSELF INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA DON'T YOU KNOW RETURNED THE CANARY ANYONE IN HER DOMINIONS TOWARD MAGIC AND SET MY HEAD IN THE TIN COLLAR 815717e9-07c9-4eae-ae75-5828d50c1985 LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE AND READ JUST WHAT THE BIBLE DOES SAY ABOUT IT SUGGESTED CECILY WE CREPT IN CAREFULLY LEST WE DISTURB AUNT OLIVIA AND CECILY FOUND AND READ THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF HOLY WRIT THERE WAS LITTLE COMFORT FOR US IN THAT VIVID AND TERRIBLE PICTURE JUST AT THE MOMENT OF COURSE YOU'RE AT A CROSSROAD YOU CAN JUMP IN EITHER DIRECTION BLOWING YOURSELF UP OR TAKING THE BIG STEP INTO SPACE I THINK YOU'LL TURN OUT O K BUT NOT EVERYBODY AGREES AND THE FEDERATION CAN'T TAKE EVEN SMALL CHANCES 817e21da-a223-439d-a47c-462fda5567b6 COULD BE BOUGHT IN ANY SHOP FOR A TRIFLING SUM AND MADE UP OUT OF HAND I REMEMBER I SUPPED THAT NIGHT OFF A SOLID HUNK OF FAT PORK TOPPED OFF WITH A SLAB OF COLD PLUM PUDDING ALL RIGHT AGREED THE STORY GIRL THE ONLY TROUBLE IS I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE STORY BUT I'LL TELL YOU ALL I DO KNOW 817fed93-6d5e-410c-a81f-70af5a191369 WE STOOD AROUND HARDLY BREATHING SHE UNFOLDED IT AND HELD IT UP WE SAW IT SUDDENLY SARAH BEGAN TO CRY OH OH OH DOES GOD LOOK LIKE THAT SHE WAILED OH FELIX DON'T TALK LIKE THAT SAID CECILY SHOCKED GOD MUST BE FAIR I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE REASON A COOL AUTUMNAL WIND WAS WHISTLING AMONG THE DARK BOUGHS AND SCATTERING BLOOD RED LEAVES FROM THE MAPLE AT THE END OF THE GRANARY 81887f3f-3cfc-4706-8112-c7f78e531f33 WHAT DO I CARE FOR A GIRL WHOM I HAVE NEVER SEEN AND WHO HAS NEVER SEEN ME ADDED THE SCARECROW YOUR UNCLE ROGER WENT TO MARKDDVILLE RIGHT AFTER MILKING SAID PETER HE LOCKED UP THE HOUSE AND GAVE ME THE KEY THERE WASN'T A SOUL IN IT THAT I'M SURE OF I DROVE THE COWS TO PASTURE AND I GOT BACK ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO I SET DOWN ON THE FRONT DOOR STEPS FOR A MOMENT AND ALL AT ONCE I HEARD A BELL RING IN THE HOUSE EIGHT TIMES 818896de-2249-467a-af95-6e5d1082c278 OH THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE EXPRESSED HER SCORN FOR REMORSE SHE HAD UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY BUT FEAR OF HER FELLOW CREATURES WAS SOMETHING UNKNOWN TO HER DIDN'T JUDY PANOT PROMISE YOU SOLEMNLY SHE WOULDN'T TELL YES BUT MAYBE SOME ONE WHO SEES ME THERE WILL MENTION IT TO MA WELL I SUPPOSE THAT SETTLES IT SAID PETER IN A DESPAIRING TONE IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PREPARE ASKED CECILY I WISH I HAD A WHITE DRESS LIKE YOU GIRLS SOBBED SARA ARRAY BUT I HAVEN'T AND IT'S TOO LATE TO GET ONE OH I WISH I HAD MINDED WHAT MAR SAID BETTER 8197213a-10ed-41ec-aa57-223b7996bde4 NO ANSWERED THE SCARECROW WE TRIED TO ESCAPE BUT FAILED NO NO YELLED PANT I'M NOT BIG ENOUGH YET ACTING ON MY ORDERS THE SHIP DROPPED OUT OF WARP DRIVE SO OUR SIAMEN COULD GET THROUGH TO THE OTHER OPERATORS THEY BOTH STARED GAPED AT ME CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND COMPLETELY UNPREPARED 819b0b72-c3e6-4a11-9ee5-9f055e830f8f THE HEART IN MY BODY WHEN I HAD A BODY MIGHT HAVE LOVED SOMEONE FOR ALL I KNOW BUT A HEAD ISN'T MADE TO LOVE IT'S MADE TO THINK OH DO YOU THINK THEN I USED TO THINK AUNT OLIVIA WOULD BE GOOD TO ANY POOR CREATURE AND SO WOULD MOTHER SAID FELICITY AND OF COURSE NOBODY WANTS TO OFFEND PEG BECAUSE SHE'S SPITEFUL AND ONCE SET A FIRE TO A MAN'S BARN IN MARKDALE WHEN HE OFFENDED HER BUT SHE ISN'T A WITCH THAT'S RIDICULOUS ALL RIGHT BUT WAIT TILL I TELL YOU 81aee4a3-5efa-4ef6-a96c-80c304e4fd76 NEGATIVE IT'S CRASH PRIORITY CONGO EXPECTS TO BLAST THE PLANET ANYWAY STETSON GLARED AT THE GRID THOSE FAT HEADED LARD BOTTOMED PIG BRAINED MOUTH IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY MOUTH HE SAID IT WOULD MAKE ME GROW TALL 81b13df6-03b9-4747-9d1c-cdf776343f0a INSTINCTIVELY HE GLANCED AT HOPE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON MISTER BUTLER LEAVES A LETTER FOR ME WHICH I'M TO MAIL EARLY THIS MORNING SPECIAL DELIVERY THERE WASUD SCHOOL THE NEXT AFTERNOON AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACHERS WISHED TO ATTEND A COMMUNION SERVICE AT MARKDALE 81b29e32-0e67-42c4-bf25-a9a0ac87a6be THE LITTLE DOG'S NAME WAS TOTO AND HE WAS DOROTHY'S FAITHFUL COMPANION IT WAS BITTER BITTER COLD AND A STORM WAS BREWING BUT STORM OR NO STORM DONALD MEANT TO GO OVER THE BAY THAT EVENING TO SEE NANCY SHERMAN NO INDEED AUNT JANET FOLDED UP THE LETTER DECIDEDLY THAT CHEST HAS BEEN LOCKED UP FOR FIFTY YEARS AND IT'LL STAND BEING LOCKED UP ONE MORE NIGHT 81c42122-a9e4-4118-8b84-ec5b70061642 THE PEOPLE OF OZ HAVE BUT ONE LAW TO OBEY WHICH IS BEHAVE YOURSELF SO IT IS EASY FOR THEM TO ABIDE BY THIS LOT AND YOU'LL NOTICE THEY BEHAVE VERY WELL PROBABLY IN SPITE OF CECILY'S EFFORTS A BITTER SPAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED BETWEEN DAN AND FELICITY HAD NOT A DIVERSION BEEN EFFECTED AT THATMENT BY THE STORY GIRL WHO CAME SLOWLY DOWN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK JUST LOOK HOW THE STORY GIRL HAS GOT HERSELF UP SAID FELICITY WHY SHE'S NO MORE THAN DECENT 81cccf5c-4eb0-4f4d-8ba9-e042ebe056c5 AND WE MAY USE IT IN ANY WAY WE PLEASE THE WOMAN WAS NOT UNPLEASANT TO LOOK AT HER FACE WAS NOT CEL OF COURSE WE HAD TRIED THE LARD AND POWDER TREATMENT AGAIN SMEARING PATS PAWS AND SIDES LIBERALLY BUT TO OUR DISMAY PAT MADE NO EFFORT TO LICK IT OFF 81e89cc4-6ff6-4cc5-bc8b-3a7fed5323f4 TO THE COMFORT OF THE OZ PEOPLE AND WHILE IT HAD BEEN BLUNTED SOMEWHAT IT WAS STILL SHARP ENOUGH TO HURT SHE WAS NEVER AFRAID OF ANYBODY I KNOW THEY DO THAT'S THE METHODIST WAY AND IT IS ALL RIGHT FOR THEM I 81ed8a7b-1410-4a86-8161-3e515983f3b4 I DON'T SEE WHY BELOW US WAS THE CARLISLE VALLEY WITH ITS ORCHARD EMBOWERED HOMESTEADS AND FERTILE MEADOWS SHE SAID SNAPPISHLY YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT YOUR SHOES AND STOCKINGS ON WHEN YOU GO TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW TO NIGHT SAID FELICITY IN A TONE OF SATISFACTION A COMMON MAN WOULD BE QUEER BUT WHEN IT'S A MINISTER IT'S ECCENTRIC 81edfb31-039e-48cf-87a2-b8cc453dd7ef WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE STUPIDER A CREATURE THE MORE OF A NUISANCE IT IS I HAD ABOUT DECIDED THE SAME THING ABOUT THE SMALLER A CREATURE WE MAY HAVE TO FUMIGATE THAT OLD MOUNTAIN MESS JONAS SMILED AT HER IT WAS AN EFFORT MADAM HE BEGAN POLITELY NOBODY'S HOME SHE REPEATED DRAWING SLIGHTLY BACK FROM THE WINDOW YOU GO AWAY NOW 82062318-a87e-4683-920b-5c94701cc5a9 WERE YOU VERY BADLY FRIGHTENED BUT THE STORY GIRL WAS QUITE EQUAL TO IT LEANING FORWARD AND THROWING AN INDESCRIBABLE WITCHERY INTO TONE AND EYES AND SMILE SHE SAID HE APPROACHED CLOSE TO THE EDGE OF THE DITCH AND SQUATTED DOWN OUR BEST PLAN SAID THE SCARECROW BEAR WHEN THE GREEN MONKEY HAD RELATED THE STORY OF HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE DRAGONS 82144408-c01c-42e7-b360-5685f4076f0e SO I WAS TO RECEIVE A CORDIAL WELCOME AFTER ALL I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF AND POCKETED THE WEAPON AND INSTANTLY THE DARK EYES FLASHED ANGRILY I HELD OUT BOTH HANDS TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE EMPTY TRYING TO EXPRESS MY WILLINGNESS TO BE FRIENDS ITS THREE INCH SCREEN LIGHTED TO SIGNAL AND A DURE AND DISAPPOINTED CONSEIL SATTERFIELD LOOKED AT HIM ONE USUALLY SURFACES OUTSIDE MY HARBOUR AT ABOUT THE TIME OLD CHARLEY MACK'S SUPPLY BOAT COMES IN 8240a6e2-2b43-44a9-81d3-3df5d4078ae3 HE WAS STILL SCOWLING OVER WHAT HE SHOULD TELL CHARLIE MACK WHEN THE ISLAND QUEEN HOVE INTO VIEW PERMANENT BENEFIT WAS SLOW BUT CUMULATIVE HIS AURA QUIVERED WITH A SHOCK OF BETRAYAL CRIED THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES HOW CARELESS OF ME NOT TO REMEMBER THAT WANDERERS ARE USUALLY HUNGRY HORSEBOOT AND LIEU TIN WOODMAN NOW LISTEN 824889ee-0a6d-4bd2-a9f9-fb73d8c8288e FELICITY HAD PUT ON HER BLUE MUSLIN AND LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL IN IT THAT HER GOOD HUMOR WAS QUITE RESTORED CECILY'S HEADACHE WAS BETTER AND THE STORY GIRL REFRESHED BY AN AFTERNOON SIESTA CAME DOWN WITH SMILES AND SPARKLING EYES AFTER ALL HE FINISHED THERE ARE TIMES WHEN EVEN A HERO WANTS A LITTLE PRIVACY POSTSCRIPT IN SIXTEEN O FIVE SIXTEEN O SIX IN OFFENBURG THERE WERE NO EXECUTIONS 825c781b-00f4-42a4-b23f-886702ab9c7c WELL HE TOLD HIMSELF THAT WAS WHAT HE HAD WANTED I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IS IN YOUR MIND HE SAID THE WORDS HUNG IN THE AIR OF THE ROOM FOR A LONG TIME IT WOULD BE HARD ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN AN EARTHLY OCCUPUS IN HIS LIVING ROOM IF THE NECESSITY AROSE FARMER REFLECTED FOR THE TENTH TIME BUT HOW IN THE NAME OF NEPHEWN COULD HE EVER EXPLAIN THIS IT HAD ALL STARTED WITH JUDGE RAY 825ecd97-bb36-4a67-b65b-4880621e132c AND THIS IS THREE YEARS OLD OF HIS FOLLY WHEN HE WAS HIGH OVER THEIR HEADS HE EXPLODED WITH A LOUD POP BUT THE WITCH HAPPENED TO OVERHEAR OUR CONVERSATION THAT'S ONLY MY OLD APRON SAID FELICITY I HUNG IT THERE TO DAY WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT WHITE HEN'S NEST OH WHAT SHALL WE DO 826688cf-34f8-4f76-b2f8-24c046253664 THE DOOR HE ESTIMATED MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HOLD FOR TWO MINUTES MORE NOTHING BEYOND THE FACT THAT THE ISLANDERS DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM JEFF SAID WITH BIG DARK BLUE IF THE STORY GIRL WOULD LIKE US WE SAW THAT HER ANGER WAS REAL NOT AFFECTED 82786f55-e822-4181-8662-de0220e2be3c RAY JUMPED NOT VERY FAR BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY DIVING SUIT THEY FINALLY SUCCEEDED THOUGH SHE SAID SNAPPISHLY THE PROUD PRINCESS HELD HERSELF MORE PROUDLY THAN EVER IF PATTY ISN'T ANY BETTER TOMORROW WE'LL DO THAT 8288e7ac-e00b-455c-93c6-6b7693f3d9ca EACH OF US WAS VERY ANXIOUS TO POSSESS THE MOST EXCITING RECORD SHE WASN'T PRETTY BUT SHE LOOKED LIKE THE WOMAN IN THAT PICTURE THE STORY GIRL'S FATHER SENT HER LAST WEEK I WISH I COULD MAKE UP MY MIND WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST SAID THE STORY GIRL ADDRESSING HERSELF DAINTILY TO HER TURNOVER 82a03f82-cc35-4954-93ac-931d043221b3 OH YES SAID NEIL FIERCELY IS IT IS LAUGHING AT ME OVER THE COUNTRY SIDE AND TELLING THAT STORY THAT DONALD FRASER WILL BE DOING IS IT BUT WHEN I MEET HIM IT IS NOT LAUGHING HE'LL BE DOING OH NO THERE WILL BE ANOTHER STORY TO TELL I'M NOT A BIT AFRAID SAID THE STORY GIRL STAUNCHLY PETER KNOWS BETTER THAN THAT 82a11f46-d2de-4486-9600-025c0d325b9a THE STORY GIRL BEGAN IT AND WE LISTENED AVIDLY CECILY WHO HAD HEARD IT MANY TIMES BEFORE LISTENED JUST AS EAGERLY AS WE DID SHE DECLARED TO ME AFTERWARDS THAT NO MATTER HOW OFTEN THE STORY GIRL TOLD THE STORY IT ALWAYS SEEMED AS NEW AND EXCITING AS IF YOU HAD JUST HEARD IT FOR THE FIRST TIME VERY SADLY THE OLD KING AND COURTIERS RODE HOME AND NEVER NEVER AGAIN DID HUMAN EYE BEHOLD THE PROUD PRINCESS BUT WHEN THOSE LONG WHITE CLOUDS SWEEP ACROSS THE SKY THE COUNTRY PEOPLE IN THE LAND WHERE SHE LIVED SAY LOOK YOU THERE IS THE WEDDING BELL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS THE WEIRD SPELL OF THE TALE RESTED ON US FOR SOME MOMENTS AFTER THE STORY GIRL HAD FINISHED 82c1cb25-0541-49fd-b263-64874e202226 FORMING THE FAMILIAR WORDS IS THAT THE NATIVE SPEAKING IF THEY DO HAVE THE DELPHINUS I THINK YOU WENT DOWN DELIBERATELY THE NEXT MILE BROUGHT HIM TO A GREAT SHEET OF ANCIENT LAVA LAID BARE BY THE ELEMENTS 82c4d0aa-b1cc-4ca8-91b6-1ca0993c03d3 EACH WEARING A SIMILAR JEWEL OF AUTHORITY FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY THAT YOU'VE NO PARTICULAR CALL TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WILL THEY DO ANYTHING TO ME IT HAD BEEN INTERESTING AT FIRST PARTICULARLY SINCE UP TO THE TIME I WAS DRAFTED INTO THE SPECIAL CORPS I WASN'T EVEN CERTAIN IT REALLY EXISTED DOES YOUR NEW GEAR LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS 82c93281-fa16-420c-8cf9-23d993ed2226 WE WILL HAVE TO MEND THE PUNCTURE FIRST YOUR MAJESTY LANDS MANY TIMES INSTANTLY THE SLEDGE SHOT SKYWARD HEAVY GEES PRESSING THEM DOWN INTO THE SEATS 82e7b455-3be9-4eea-a930-53e22da53931 I'M AFRAID THEY'RE SLIM IT WAS A FRAGILE APPEARING LACERY OF BRIDGES STETSON GLARED AT THE GRID FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS SHE HAD NOT PUT HER HAIR UP IN CURLS ON SATURDAY NIGHT SARA RAY CAME UP STILL CRYING OF COURSE 82f1e0f8-d0d7-4a62-bb6d-10bf3a84bea9 PETER HOWEVER HAD SLEPT SOUNDLY ENOUGH AFTER TWELVE O'CLOCK SHE INCREASED OUR UNEASINESS BY SAYING THAT HER MOTHER BELIEVED THE ENTERPRISE PARAGRAPH AND WAS AFRAID THAT THE END OF THE WORLD WAS REALLY AT HAND SO IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY BUT BEFORE WE REACHED THE GATE WE GLANCED TO OUR LEFT ALONG THE GRASSY SPRUCE BORDERED LANE WHICH LED OVER TO UNCLE ROGER'S 82f21ff6-63de-42a0-a44a-3d8c46072319 AM IN A JAM THAT PROMISES SOME ACTION TO HOPE AND VIC ONE WAS A RICH AMBER ONE A PALE GREEN THERE IS NOTHING TO DESTROY IN THE JUNGLE SAID TO NUB IN THE MOONLIGHT HE COULD SEE ARMED ROARED STETSON INTO THE SPEAKER 8308b517-0977-469d-8129-e2baed7095f2 I'LL TELL SOME TOO AND WITH A ROARING FIRE ON A NIGHT THAT'S HOT ENOUGH TO MELT A BRASS MONKEY BUT SHE WENT TO SLEEP AGAIN SO WE ATE OUR SNACKS OPENLY WITHOUT ANY RECOURSE TO WAYS THAT WERE DARK 833877a3-2a89-4486-8738-a97cf9385f3d I THINK IT WOULD BE DREADFUL SURELY YOU CAN ARRANGE IT SOME OTHER WAY LET'S ALL GIVE UP THE ORDEAL ANYWAY THERE ISN'T MUCH FUN IN IT AND THEN NEITHER OF YOU NEED TO PRAY ABOUT IT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THE ORDEAL SAID FELIX AND I WON'T IF VOICES HAD COLOR HERS WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE A RAINBOW IT MADE WORDS LIVE WHATEVER SHE SAID BECAME A BREATHING ENTITY NOT A MERE VERBAL STATEMENT OR UTTERANCE 835b5000-e74d-4c11-8a6b-829866a9f351 I THINK THE BITTER APPLES WOULD BE REAL GOOD FOR FELIX SAID FELICITY THE SUNSHINE IS SO THICK AND YELLOW AND LAZY AND THE CRICKETS SING ALL DAY LONG MADE LUKE JUMP BACK TO GET OUT OF ITS WAY WOULDN'T YOU BE WILLING TO BECOME A GREEN MONKEY 8366b222-4169-43fc-83e6-d2403a789e47 SHE WAS CHANGED SHE WAS NEVER NEVER LIKE HERSELF AGAIN AND SHE WAS NEVER CONTENTED UNLESS SHE WAS DRESSED IN HER BLUE MUSLIN AND WAITING UNDER THE BIRCHES THE TIME HAD COME SOONER THAN WE HAD DARED TO HOPE BUT FATHER COULD NOT TAKE US AFTER ALL 837fcf8c-03ec-4103-a717-9b66203009ba ASTRO ONE THIS IS BRANDON BRANDON DEPRESSED THE TOP BUTTON CERTAINLY IT HAS SUFFICIENT GRAVITY TO HOLD ITS OXYGEN I TAKE IT THERE'S BEEN A HEAVY MUTATIONAL VARIATION HE DROPPED HIS HAND SAID ORAN TOUCHED HIS THROAT NO 8383bd2b-42ca-4546-b781-141058d3a08c THE WILD COLD SPRAY BEAT ON HIS EYES AND BLINDED HIM WHERE DID YOU GET THAT THING HE ASKED I'M GOING TO DENY MYSELF EVERYTHING I LIKE AND DO EVERYTHING I CAN THINK OF THAT I DON'T LIKE JUST TO PUNISH MYSELF FOR BEING SO WICKED 838a3559-5017-4cfc-b1dd-051a7afc3576 THE PHYSICIAN CAME AROUND THE DESK HE RAISED THE INTENE ON THE TELETOKEY AND SNAPPED IT ON THE THE COLONEL STOPPED PACING AND FACED THE RADIO MAN THAT CUP HAS BEEN HERE FOR FORTY YEARS I SAY MY PRAYERS SOMETIMES AS IF ELFIN DENIZENS OF UPPER AIR WERE SHARING IN OUR MIRTH 838f5660-afdc-451c-b40e-739f87367851 SUDDENLY THE DOOR ABOVE US OPENED AND PEG BOWEN HERSELF APPEARED ON THE THRESHOLD I THINK THIS IS ALL MY NEWS EXCEPT THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE ALL THINK OF YOU PETER OF THE TIN WOODMAN SO THEY SET OFF TOWARD THE EAST MOVING AS SWIFTLY AS THEY COULD 83abef00-b464-42c7-a7c7-5c8d43dc9605 ALL THIS WHILE POLYCHROME WAS RUNNING AROUND HIM AND CHIRPING MYSTICAL WORDS AND WHEN ALL THE YOUNG MAN'S LEGS HAD DISAPPEARED BUT TOO HE NOTICED THAT THE CANARY WAS STILL BUSY AND CRIED OUT IN ALARM STOP STOP LEAVE ME TWO OF MY LEGS OR I SHALL BE WORSE OFF THAN BEFORE EXACTLY WHAT I SAY THEN IF YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH PATTY TELL US COMMANDED THE STORY GIRL STANDING UP SHE SAID IT QUIETLY BUT PETER OBEYED I THINK HE WOULD HAVE OBEYED IF SHE IN THAT TONE AND WITH THOSE EYES HAD ORDERED HIM TO CAST HIMSELF INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA I KNOW I SHOULD 83c370ef-ae9a-4bf3-8a98-dbea431e851f THE BLIND LIZARDS WERE WAITING FOR ME BY THE DOOR AND LOOKED EVEN UNHAPPIER THAN USUAL WHAT KIND OF BEACON I ASK HIM YOU SPEAK OF AN END TO TROUBLES AND END TO THE INQUISITION AND THE BUILDINGS AND END TO THE QUESTION 83d3a5b6-b24e-48cf-8a68-216134120cc7 ACCORDINGLY WE WENT ROUND TO THE SPRUCE WOOD WHERE THE GIRLS WOULD NOT SEE US TO THE ROUSING OF THEIR CURIOSITY AND THEN PETER TOLD US OF HIS DILEMMA IT WOULD TAKE A YEAR TO INSTALL A NEW BEACON BESIDES BEING TOO EXPENSIVE AND THIS RELIC IS ON ONE OF THE MAIN ROUTES 83db07f9-4fc2-4586-a887-179cd1ebb251 PANTA HAS JUST EXPLODED THE LADY LOON PICKED UP THE BUNCH'S SKIN AND EXAMINED IT CAREFULLY UNTIL SHE DISCOVERED A HOLE IN ONE FOOT ITS HEADLIGHTS SWUNG IN WILD ARCS ACROSS THE TRUNKS AND DOWN THE MUD AERIAL CREEPERS GREAT LOOPING VINES OF THEM SWUNG DOWN FROM THE TOWERING FOREST CEILING A STEADY DRIP OF CONDENSATION SPATTERED THE WINDSHIEL FORCING ORAN TO USE THE WIPERS 8402d76c-e449-4d5f-a5ce-7d1491172556 OR EAT CABBAGES IN NIMY AMMIE'S GARDEN BY LEAVING MY BURROW AT THE OTHER END TUT TUT MY SON DAN HAD PICKED OUT A SOFT SPOT IN THE GRASS FOR HIMSELF I'M SURE FELIX FELT VERY UNLIKE A MISSIONARY AT THAT PRECISE MOMENT 844348b8-6b1b-464c-b556-f421321f76d4 FACE IT IS FAIREST THAT E'ER THE SUN SHONE ON HUMMED DONALD AND OH HE THOUGHT SO TOO THE MACHINE HISSED SNAPPED AND CRACKLED AND SAW THAT HE WAS VERY SERIOUS FOR VARIOUS REASONS 847658cd-96ba-46b9-a6b9-9b4a747a6835 HE HAD AN INSTANT CONVICTION THAT THE BRUTE'S SECOND SPRING WOULD SEE HIM TORN TO BITS AND PROMPTS THEM TO BARTER THEIR STRENGTH FOR A TIME TO BE RID OF IT THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND THE PILOT'S CAPSULE SHOT UP LIKE A WET BAR OF SILK SQUEEZED OUT OF A GIANT'S HAND APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED MILES FROM YOU SEVERING ALL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE SHIP AND THE PILOT'S CAPSULE 849d6471-8bdf-4738-a316-8ec6b16ed311 WE RECOGNIZED IT AT ONCE STAND ON THE PULPIT STONE DON'T TALK SILLY NONSENSE DAN FELICITY OPINED THAT IT WOULDN'T HAVE CLEARED UP IF IT WAS THE JUDGMENT DAY BUT IF THIS ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY I'LL HAVE A GREAT ONE TO TELL OF US BEING SO SCARED 84b394f3-e968-4b4d-81e1-6c0cf232c90a BUT EVEN FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE SHUT UP IN ASTRO ONE WITH FIVE OTHER MEN NEAR IT HE COULD SEE ITS WHITE HOT DWARF STAR COMPANION LET PEOPLE VERY OBVIOUSLY SEE WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO SEE AND THEY'LL NEVER NOTICE WHAT IS HIDDEN WAS THERE REALLY ANYTHING THAT COULD STOP A PLAN LIKE THIS ONCE IT GOT ROLLING 84c37c2c-f5da-40eb-bcb6-eed675cb87b3 SARA RAY ISN'T ANY RELATION TO OUR FAMILY SHE SCOLDED CECILY AND SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO BE PRESENT PRESENTLY A TWINKLE CAME INTO HIS EYES FOR HE REMEMBERED THAT HE WAS ALWAYS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR ALSO I MUST CONFESS THAT I CAN'T GET ACROSS THE DITCH FOR MY BODY IS TOO HEAVY AND CLUMSY FOR ME TO JUMP THE DISTANCE 84c5aa74-83b0-4cf0-a35b-d8a1948d17ee AND IF EVER ONE OF YOU MENTION SAWDUST PUDDING TO ME I'LL NEVER TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY AS LONG AS I LIVE THE THREAT WAS EFFECTUAL NEVER DID WE MENTION THAT UNHOLY PUDDING BUT THE STORY GIRL COULD NOT IMPOSE SILENCE ON THE GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY UNCLE ROGER HE TORMENTED HER FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT IT'S SUCH A STRANGE THING THAT THERE ISN'T A WORD ABOUT EITHER OF THEM IN THE BIBLE SAID CECILY ESPECIALLY WHEN IT MENTIONS BAPTISTS OR AT LEAST ONE BAPTIST 84d0672e-6cda-451c-852c-33b0c22ad6d9 THEN ORDER THE RED WAGON SAID OZMA OF OZ AND WE WILL START AT ONCE DOROTHY RAN TO DO AS SHE WAS BID WHILE OZMA WENT TO HER MAGIC ROOM TO MAKE READY THE THINGS SHE BELIEVED SHE WOULD NEED WE SAT AROUND THE PULPIT STONE AND WAITED FOR PETER AND SARA RAY IT WAS THE FORMER'S SUNDAY OFF AND HE HAD GONE HOME THE NIGHT BEFORE BUT HE ASSURED US HE WOULD BE BACK IN TIME TO PREACH HIS SERMON 84e10769-b3f4-4bb4-abf3-be75e4ce16cd MISTER SCOTT STOPPED UNTIL HE HAD TAKEN HIS SEAT THEN HE SAID MY FRIEND YOU ARE VERY LATE FOR THIS SERVICE I HOPE YOU WON'T BE LATE FOR HEAVEN THE CONGREGATION WILL EXCUSE ME IF I RECAPITULATE THE SERMON FOR OUR FRIENDS BENEFIT HE SAT UPON THE GROUND STILL PANTING HARD FROM HIS EXERTIONS WHEN THE BUSHES BEFORE HIM PARTED AND HIS FORMER ENEMY THE JAGUAR APPEARED 84e48efe-6809-417f-b4df-0110bd7ff38c I NOSED THROUGH THOSE FILES AND FOUND THEM MOST INTERESTING PARTICULARLY C AND M SET UP THE CATEGORIZEER AND A MEMORY AS HE SAID THIS THE BIG WOUND STRUTTED BACK AND FORTH IN SPACE BETWEEN THE THRONE OF KING BALL AND THE PRISONERS AND THE OTHER LOON SEEMED MUCH IMPRESSED BY HIS DEFIANCE 84f49094-de70-4f5e-8776-d1d7012eaf36 WE CLIMBED MT BLANC BILLY HAD DECEIVED US BOTH PETER HAD THE LARGEST THE STORY GIRL AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD PAY HIM COMPLIMENTS TO HIS LIKING THE STORY GIRL WOULD BOX HIS EARS WITH HER FIST AND SAY 84ffaf6d-58e2-406b-b626-9e9d16aca546 THE STORY GIRL WAS BAREFOOTED AND BARE ARMED HAVING ROLLED THE SLEEVES OF HER PINK GINGHAM UP TO HER SHOULDERS AROUND HER WAIST WAS TWISTED A GIRDLE OF THE BLOOD RED ROSES THAT BLOOMED IN AUNT OLIVIA'S GARDEN ON HER SLEEK CURLS SHE WORE A CHAPLET OF THEM AND HER HANDS WERE FULL OF THEM THE TINSMITH FILLED MY HOLLOW HEAD WITH SCRAPS AND CLIPPINGS OF TIN SAID THE SOLDIER AND HE TOLD ME THEY WOULD DO NICELY FOR BRAINS BUT WHEN I BEGAN TO THINK THE TIN SCRAPS RATTLE AROUND AND GET SO MIXED THAT I AM SOON BEWILDERED SO I TRY NOT TO THINK 850677e9-0a1b-4947-8a11-01b3647fd28f THE TAIL PIPE TEMPERATURE SEEMED ALL RIGHT IT COULD BE A FALSE INDICATION TOWERS SAID IN A TONE THAT IRRITATED BRANDON WE'RE GOING TO SET HER DOWN ON A SOLID PIECE OF GROUND NEAR ONE OF THE OCEANS YOU ARE A QUEER GIRL SAID FELICITY SOUTH OF US FLAMED FOMALHAUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DAN WHO DECLARED HE KNEW THERE WAS A CATCH SOMEWHERE AND HE WASN'T GOING TO BE CAUGHT 850695d8-807a-487b-b866-b284002ac195 THE HOUSES OF THE RICH WERE NATURALLY WOODEN THE POOR BUILT OF BAKED MUD ONE HAD BLACK COARSE HAIR ON HIS HEAD AND A STUBBLE ABOUT HIS FACE THE OTHER WAS BALD AS AN EGG BUT WHERE DID YOU REALLY GET THIS LIST OF SO MANY NAMES WRITTEN SO SMALL AND THE HILLSIDES STOOD GRAY GREEN WITH OLD CACTUS 850c92e7-2b0d-4b3d-85ba-8d5445cd49dd BEFORE HIM STRETCHED AN ENDLESS CARPET OF RED DUST THE LIGHT FROM THE TWO MOONS WAS GROWING DIM AS EACH SETTLED TOWARDS DIFFERENT HORIZONS HE SAT DOWN I GUESS I'LL BE A PRESBYTERIAN CAUSE I WANT TO BE LIKE THE REST OF YOU YES I'LL BE A PRESBYTERIAN WHAT A BLACK AND ENDLESS LIST THEY MADE THOSE SINS OF OMISSION AND COMMISSION THAT RUSHED ACCUSINGLY ACROSS OUR YOUNG MEMORIES 851539c1-6a39-4e88-9a9f-be28ff358744 THE STORY OF A BRAW LOVER WHO LED HIS SECRET OUT WHEN THE WHISKEY WAS ABOVE THE WIT I WOULDN'T SPARE ANY OF IT TO ANY ONE BUT YOU OLD LAW OF SIMPLE PHYSICS IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN INTERRUPTED VIC IN AN EFFORT TO STEM THE TIDE 851e1c40-b25c-4e10-b2da-3813e826c03a AND THEN THE WEAKEST A HEAVY OBJECT SUDDENLY ARCHED THROUGH THE HEADLIGHTS SWINGING ON A VINE YOUR RACE IS NO MATCH FOR US ORN NO MENTION OF ANY OTHER NAVAL SIGNALING EQUIPMENT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE NOW IT MIGHT BE OVERHEARD 85243089-8929-48fb-a003-49db6171dd8b LIKE VINES DRIED AND TOUGH THAT LOOKED LIKE STRINGS BUILT OF PURPLE STONE SURELY NOT EVEN THE STRAITEST SECT OF GROWN UPS COULD CALL IT THAT IT WOULD BE AWFUL SPLENDID AND EXCITING TO HAVE A WEDDING TO THE FAMILY WOULDN'T IT SAID CECILY 8558e07d-1bcc-48c5-9deb-3cc61686c4d8 IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD YANUS OF COURSE YOND THOUGHT DISINTERESTEDLY YET YOU SEEM BORED BY THE MATTER CLEREND THOUGHT PUZZLED I DON'T SEE THE OTHER FELLOW I SAID WITH RELUCTANT HONESTY WELL SAID THE STORY GIRL I THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU GET WHIPPED OR NOT SO LONG AS YOU FIGHT A GOOD SQUARE FIGHT 855e291c-87f6-441c-ae38-78b8415cebd4 I SEE REMARKED THE GIANTESS NODDING HER HEAD AND SMILING AGAIN IN THAT CURIOUS WAY THAT MADE WOOT SHUDDER DAN PROMPTLY DECLARED HE WOULDN'T TRY TO PREACH A SERMON BUT PETER FELIX AND I THOUGHT THE SUGGESTION A VERY GOOD ONE SECRETLY I BELIEVED I COULD CUT QUITE A FINE FIGURE PREACHING A SERMON WHO'LL GIVE THE PRIZES ASKED FELIX I WILL SAID THE STORY GIRL I'LL GIVE THAT PICTURE FATHER SENT ME LAST WEEK 855ed191-8c99-44e4-a01d-caf16bd6a97e VERY GOOD SAID THE GIANTESS LET US ALL BECOME FRIENDS AND HAPPY TOGETHER HE WAS SUSPICIOUS OF MAGIC COFFEE BUT HIS MOUTH SO GOOD THAT HE COULD NOT RESIST IT IT'S AN IRRESISTIBLE TEMPTATION ANSWERED UNCLE ROGER STROLLING OVER TO CARRY HER PAIL ALL RIGHT BUT WAIT TILL I TELL YOU 85655779-62fb-4884-a94d-d1d5bd2e8545 AND SHE WAS VERY STUBBORN SOON AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED SHE AND HER HUSBAND QUARRELLED ABOUT AN APPLE TREE THEY HAD PLANTED IN THEIR ORCHARD THE LABEL WAS LOST HE SAID IT WAS A FAMOUSSE AND SHE DECLARED IT WAS A YELLOW TRANSPARENT THEY FOUGHT OVER IT TILL THE NEIGHBOURS CAME OUT TO LISTEN FINALLY HE GOT SO ANGRY THAT HE TOLD HER TO SHUT UP AND THE GREATEST DRAGON OF ALL WHO WAS JUST IN FRONT OF THE GREEN MONKEY ANSWERED IN A STILL DEEPER VOICE IT IS SOME FOOLISH ANIMAL FROM OUTSIDE 85680423-33fd-4c0f-acd8-14e28238940e FARMER WENT BACK OVER THE TERRITORY TO SEE IF HE COULD FIND ANY FLAWS IN IT THIS IS A COMBINATION OF COLOR TELEVISION AND SUPER RATAR THE GIRLS SAW THIS ENTRY BUT TO THEIR CREDIT BE IT TOLD THEY NEVER TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DRAM WAS 85769341-388c-4bcf-8bb6-fc844451da72 HE WAS CALLED TO THIS CONGREGATION AND HE LABOURED HERE LONG AND FAITHFULLY AND WAS MUCH BELOVED THOUGH HE WAS VERY ECCENTRIC WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ASKED PETER HUSH IT JUST MEANS QUEER SAID CECILY NUDGING HIM WITH HER ELBOW A COMMON MAN WOULD BE QUEER BUT WHEN IT'S A MINISTER IT'S ECCENTRIC HE TOOK ONE HAND OFF HIS HIP TO SCRATCH AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WONDERING BRIEFLY IF HE HAD MANAGED TO PICK UP LICE IN THE LAST TOWN HE HAD VISITED AND HE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CITY SPIRES SEEMED A LOT BETTER AT FIRST GLANCE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES JONAS HAD VISITED FOR ONE THING IT HAD A FULL TOWN HALL BUILT NO LESS OF HONEST STONE AND PROBABLY A RELIC OF THE MOMENT TIMES 8586d0bc-f7c3-42e8-a8f0-c1e9c3105067 NEIL WENT ON TASTING AND THAT SLY DONALD SAT THERE WITH A SOBER FACE BUT LAUGHING EYES AND COAXED HIM ON AT LAST NEIL'S HEAD FELL FORWARD ON HIS BREAST AND HE WAS SOUND ASLEEP DONALD GOT UP PUT ON HIS OVERCOAT AND CAP AND WENT TO THE DOOR MAY YOUR SLEEP BE LONG AND SWEET MAN HE SAID LAUGHING SOFTLY AND AS FOR THE WAKING TWILL BE BETWIXT YOU AND ME THE DREAM BOOKS THE NEXT DAY THE STORY GIRL COAXED UNCLE ROGER TO TAKE HER TO MARKDALE AND THERE SHE BOUGHT OUR DREAM BOOKS THEY WERE TEN CENTS APIECE WITH RULED PAGES AND MOTTLED GREEN COVERS MY OWN LIES OPEN BESIDE ME AS I WRITE ITS YELLOWED PAGES INSCRIBED WITH THE VISIONS THAT HAUNTED MY CHILDISH SLUMBERS ON THOSE NIGHTS OF LONG AGO 8589d7bb-0754-4840-8046-357f0e921428 CLEAN AS AN EGG HE BARKED HE PAUSED IN HIS ROUND OF THE BRIDGE GLARED OUT THE STARBOARD PORT SPAT INTO THE FIRE BLACKENED CIRCLE THAT THE CRUISER'S JETS HAD BURNED FROM THE JUNGLE WE PAUSED A MOMENT IN THE HALL TO LOOK AT THE BIG GRANDFATHER CLOCK IT WAS NOT GOING BUT IT SEEMED LIKE AN OLD FAMILIAR ACQUAINTANCE TO US WITH THE GILT BALLS ON ITS THREE PEAKS THE LITTLE DIAL IN POINTER WHICH WOULD INDICATE THE CHANGES OF THE MOON AND THE VERY DENT IN ITS WOODEN DOOR WHICH FATHER HAD MADE WHEN HE WAS A BOY BY KICKING IT IN A FIT OF NAUGHTINESS 85b0c6e4-7d2d-4d65-be68-090ace91b60d HOW MY HEART BEAT IT SEEMED TO BE ONE OF HIS GOOD DAYS FOR THERE WAS A QUIZZICAL SMILE ON HIS BROAD CLEAN SHAVEN STRONGLY FEATURED FACE OR FAIRY OR WHATEVER SHE WAS GRANTED MY FOOLISH WISH THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY WAS MUCH NICER THAN THE GILLIKIN COUNTRY 85b2ee40-338e-49e5-a1b3-4df7e91a37a3 I GUESS THIS WILL BE A LESSON TO YOU DAN KING SAID FELICITY IN HER MOST MADDENING TONE I GUESS SHE WON'T FORGET IT IN A HURRY YOU WON'T GO EATING THE BAD BERRIES ANOTHER TIME WHEN YOU'RE NOT TOLD TO HE SAW THE WORDS EUP CASTLE OVER THE DOOR BUT WE KNEW THAT MISTER EUP IS A PRISONER IN A CAGE IN A FAR OFF PART OF THE LAND OF OZ SO HE DECIDED THAT THERE WAS NO ONE NOW AT HOME AND THAT WE MIGHT USE THE CASTLE FOR THE NIGHT 85c069de-532b-4753-ba5a-e21467eb677a WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE CREW OF THE DELPHINIS THEY ARE SLAVES SAID TENUBE THOSE WHO STILL LIVE SOME RESISTED OTHERS OBJECTED TO TEACHING US WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW HE WAVED HIS GUN MUZZLE THANK YOU AND WILL YOU GIVE ME A HANDFUL OF HARD PEAS AFTER BREAKFAST AUNT JANET I WANT TO PUT THEM IN MY SHOES 85d8a404-350f-43b4-9554-1898f6a0007a THE M T WHISPERED IN MY EAR JUST WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE THIRTEENTH SIN ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE I DREW UP MY SCALY FIGURE IN A NOBLE GESTURE AND POINTED TOWARD THE CEILING I COME FROM YOUR ANCESTORS TO HELP YOU I AM HERE TO RESTORE THE HOLY WATERS IT'S NOT THAT THEY HURT IT'S JUST THAT I GUESS I'M OLD FASHIONED I STILL FEEL KIND OF CREEPY ABOUT THE WHOLE BUSINESS SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED HE PAUSED AND ASKED DEFENSIVELY IS THAT UNUSUAL THE DOCTOR SMILED OPENLY NOW NOT AT ALL NOT AT ALL 85edb99c-39e7-47ba-bc59-037d6bd887f0 NOTHING TO DO WITH WARS OR BATTLESHIPS DAYS IF I HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN BLACKMAIL I HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN MY HAND TO SUPPORT ME FOR LIFE WE CAN CONTINUE AS SOON AS TO NEW BLEEDING CLOSER TO ORANGE SHOULDER WE HAVE NOT DECEIVED YOU HAVE WEARNE NOW LET'S CHECK THAT EQUIPMENT THE SURGEON'S PUT IN YOUR NET 86066cf4-4812-4ca0-a206-aac6b575c173 AFTER FOUR YEARS I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE STORE OF PHOTOPHLASH FLARES HE WATCHED FOR A WHILE BUT SAW NO MORE FLARES FINALLY HE SCRAMBLED DOWN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAVA SHEET AND CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE WRECK MOVING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY AT THE LITTLE PEOPLE TOWN NOR THE DENAY BUT AFTER THIRTY FIVE YEARS THE INCANTO WORE OFF AND MILLER AND I STOLE THE LISTS OF NAMES AND RAN AWAY BUT WHERE DID YOU REALLY GET THIS LIST OF SO MANY NAMES WRITTEN SO SMALL 8618d250-6724-4c1c-8d64-ebd02b3a597a SHE GOT PALER AND PALER EVERY DAY BUT THE PINK BUTTERFLY GREW REDDER UNTIL IT LOOKED JUST LIKE A STAIN OF BLOOD ON HER WHITE CHEEK WHEN THE WINTER CAME SHE DIED BUT SARA RAY HAD SOMETHING TO GIVE SHE CAME UP THE HILL AFTER TEA ALL RADIANT WHEN SARA RAY SMILED AND SHE DID NOT WASTE HER SMILES SHE WAS RATHER PRETTY IN A PLAINTIVE APOLOGETIC WAY 862010b8-d0f6-4cba-8c5c-24e48b744ce7 WHAT IS UNCLE ROGER LIKE WAS OUR NEXT QUESTION WELL I LIKE UNCLE ROGER SAID THE STORY GIRL MEDITATIVELY HE WAS PLAGUED BY THE VAGUE SLOW MOTION FLOATING SENSATION THE RED LIGHT ABOVE THE SPEAKER GRID BEGAN BLINKING 86325a30-d367-4524-934a-ed63318a283c AND THERE THE TWO TIN MEN STOOD SIDE BY SIDE WHILE BOTH KNOCKED UPON THE DOOR WE REALIZED ALL THE MINGLED COQUETRY AND FEELING AND DEFIANCE AND ARCHNESS IN BETTY SHERMAN'S DARING SPEECH 863bcf27-28f5-486f-add7-2800d2ced233 I LOOKED BACK AT PEPPET NOT WANTING TO HAVE MY EYES OFF HIM FOR AN INSTANT WHAT THE MAGICIANS CALL MISDIRECTION I'M NOT SO FRIGHTENED OF HER AS I ONCE WAS I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT DO YOU AUNT OLIVIA SAYS CHILDREN SHOULD JUST BE LET COME UP THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS SETTLED FOR THEM LONG BEFORE THEY ARE BORN 864c260d-6a8a-4be1-b25c-e2542b0785c2 BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING OF ALL WAS THAT A WOMAN'S DRESS WAS HANGING OVER A CHAIR BY THE TABLE THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERED WAS THE TASTE OF BLOOD ON HIS LIPS LET HIM HAVE THE WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM A CRYSTAL CLEAR IMAGE OF COLONEL TOWERS 8667d562-24b4-4c29-8bc6-47a239707c78 WE WERE ALL RATHER EXCITED OVER THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW WHICH AN ITINERANT LECTURER WAS TO GIVE IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE THAT EVENING EVEN FELIX AND I WHO HAD SEEN SUCH SHOWS GALORE WERE INTERESTED AND THE REST WERE QUITE WILD THERE HAD NEVER BEEN SUCH A THING IN CARLISLE BEFORE WE WERE ALL GOING PETER INCLUDED THE NEAREST BEACON TO THE BROKEN DOWN PROXIMUS AND CHERRY BEACON WAS ON ONE OF THE PLANETS OF BATUS CERCINUS AND I HEADED THERE FIRST A SHORT TRIP OF ONLY ABOUT NINE DAYS IN HYPERSPACE 866ab563-dfce-4b23-9f4f-e01d2f8c5ded NEITHER OF US CAN BE HAPPY AGAIN UNLESS WE RECOVER OUR RIGHTFUL FORMS TINTING THE GLISTENING TIN TOWERS AND THE TIN MINARETS AUNT JULIA DROPPED IT DOWN THE WELL ONCE EVEN IF THEY WERE OUR FAMILY GHOSTS PETER WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO DAY 869878f2-9bc6-4292-83d4-0254039443cf THE STORY GIRL LOOKED AN EXPRESSION OF SCORN CAME OVER HER FACE SURELY YOU DON'T BELIEVE GOD LOOKS LIKE THAT SHE SAID IMPATIENTLY WHILE HER FINE EYES FLASHED HE DOESN'T HE COULDN'T HE IS WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL I'M SURPRISED AT YOU THAT IS NOTHING BUT THE PICTURE OF A CROSS OLD MAN STETSON GESTURED AT THE MAP WITH ITS GREEN SUPERPOSED GRID SQUARES HERE WE ARE HERE'S THAT CITY WE FLEW OVER ON OUR WAY DOWN YOU WILL HEAD FOR IT AS SOON AS WE DROP YOU THE PLACE IS BIG ENOUGH THAT IF YOU HOLD A COURSE ROUGHLY NORTHEAST YOU CAN'T MISS IT 86bac090-78ce-4cfd-be46-8ef68bb88ee8 IN THE MIDST OF OUR LAUGHTER PAT CAME DOWN THE WALK HIS STATELY TAIL WAVING OVER THE GRASSES HE PROVED TO BE THE PRECURSOR OF DAN CLOTHED AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT UP DAN SAID CECILY ANXIOUSLY I HAD TO SAID DAN THE WINDOW WAS OPEN AN IT WAS MORE'N I COULD STAND TO HEAR YOU FELLOWS LAUGHIN DOWN HERE AN ME MISSING IT ALL BESIDES I'M ALL RIGHT AGAIN I FEEL FINE OUR RELATIVES STARTED US WITH A QUARTER APIECE FOR THE REST WE KNEW WE MUST DEPEND ON OUR OWN EXERTIONS PETER WAS HANDICAPPED AT THE BEGINNING BY THE FACT THAT HE HAD NO FAMILY FRIEND TO FINANCE HIM MY AUNT JANE HAD BEEN LIVING SHE'D HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING HE REMARKED AND IF MY FATHER HADN'T RUN AWAY HE MIGHT HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING TOO BUT I'M GOING TO DO THE BEST I CAN ANYHOW YOUR AUNT OLIVIA SAYS I CAN HAVE THE JOB OF GATHERIN THE EGGS AND I'M TO HAVE ONE EGG OUT OF EVERY DOZEN TO SELL FOR MYSELF 86c4ef31-8689-4877-9994-8db299aba212 MAYBE THE LIGHT WILL GO OUT BUT IT DIDN'T INSTEAD HE FELT THE SURGING RUMBLE DEEP IN THE BOWELS OF THE SHIP LUMINOUS NEEDLES DANCED AND A SECOND RED LIGHT FLASHED ON HE SNAPPED THE VITIO SWITCH AND DEPRESSED THE MIKE BUTTON ASTRO ONE THIS IS BRANDON OVER A STEADY CRACKLING SOUND FILLED HIS EAR PHONES A GRID OF LIGHT AND SHADOW FLUTTERED ON THE SCREEN A THOUGHT ENTERED HIS MIND MAYBE HE HAD PUT TOO MUCH PLANET CURVATURE BETWEEN ASTRO AND HIMSELF PRESENTLY STETSON SAID O K GO AHEAD AS PLANNED BUT FIND OUT WHERE THE DELPHINIS IS IF WE GET THAT BACK WE PULL THEIR TEETH WHY DO YOU KEEP TOUCHING YOUR THROAT DEMANDED TO NEW I'M NERVOUS SAID ORAN GUNS ALWAYS MAKE ME NERVOUS THE MUZZLE LOWERED SLIGHTLY SHALL WE CONTINUE ON TO YOUR CITY ASKED HORN HE WET HIS LIPS WITH HIS TONGUE THE CAB LIGHT ON TONUB'S FACE WAS GIVING THE GIANT AN EERY SINISTER LOOK 86d03f27-a259-409b-82e3-5a8a75b3a1fd I NEVER HAVE FRIENDS SHE SAID IN A MATTER OF FACT TONE BECAUSE FRIENDS GET TOO FAMILIAR AND ALWAYS FORGET TO MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS IF THE WATER WAS STILL THERE THE BEACON WAS STILL THERE INSIDE THE PYRAMID THE NATIVES WHO OF COURSE WERE NEVER MENTIONED BY THE IDIOTS WHO CONSTRUCTED THE THING HAD BUILT A NICE HEAVY THICK STONE PYRAMID AROUND THE BEACON 86f02e09-97e0-411b-8696-b9b4a9572c2a IT IS HARD TO CURL YOUR LIPS WITH CONTEMPT AND TALK AT THE SAME TIME BUT I SUCCEEDED OF COURSE YOU DON'T EXPECT THEM TO FIRE WARSHIP PLANS WITH THE LEGAL REGISTRY DO YOU BUT AS I SAID I KNOW MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SHIPS IT SEEMED TO ME THIS THING WAS JUST A BIT TOO BIG FOR THE USE INTENDED WHEN HE PASSED NEXT DAY I WHISPERED INTO THE MIKE WELCOME O GOAT BOY GRANDSON THIS IS YOUR GRANDFATHER'S SPIRIT SPEAKING FROM PARADISE 86f80f02-7077-4f24-b0ec-076f4581975f HE FINALLY PUT THEM DOWN SHAKING HIS HEAD I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ANY BATTLESHIP THESE ARE THE PLANS FOR A NEW CARGO LINA THOSE ARE MY INITIALS I RECALL PUTTING THEM THERE THAT ANSWERED THE SOLDIER IS A SAD SAD STORY I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL MUNCHKIN GIRL WHO LIVED WITH A WICKED WITCH THE WITCH DID NOT WISH ME TO MARRY THE GIRL SO SHE ENCHANTED MY SWORD WHICH BEGAN HACKING ME TO PIECES 870c9e28-29c9-4d00-ae2f-ffaa2bb2f9da FEELING THAT ONE MORE EFFECT WOULDN'T HURT HE LED THE WAY TO THE TOWN HALL LET THEM FIGURE OUT HOW HE HAD KNOWN JUST WHERE TO GO HE THOUGHT THE CATALOGUE SEEMED LIKELY TO GO ON FOR EVER SOON THEY WERE ASLEEP AND BREATHING HEAVILY AFTER A FEW HAPPY YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL CRIME YOU BEGIN TO WONDER HOW LONG IT WILL LAST SOUNDS LIKE TEEVI DRAMA STUFF 8718b6c9-299e-49fb-b71c-0c079a8e557f IT IS A TRICK KNUFF SAID BUT THE TALENT WAS NEW ITEDED PRACTICE IT NEEDED TRAINING I MERELY ASK YOU TO TEST FOR YOURSELF WHAT I SAY PSHAW I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY FEAR OF IT BEING THE LAST DAY SAID DAN BEGINNING A WHISTLE OUT OF SHEER BRAVADO WHAT IS IT IS IS IT PAST TWO 871d00a3-ff19-49af-a94c-3fbda50f2c07 WE DEMANDED THE TALE INSTANTLY THE STORY GIRL TOLD IT TO US AS SHE PEELED HER POTATOES PERHAPS THE POTATOES SUFFERED FELICITY DECLARED THE EYES WERE NOT PROPERLY DONE AT ALL BUT THE STORY DID NOT WE COULD NOT BELIEVE IT AND YET THE POSSIBILITY STRUCK US IN THE FACE LIKE A BLOW 8727e36d-cbbd-40a5-b9a2-b3e69fe6aa86 FARMER BENT ANXIOUSLY OVER THE JUDGE LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE THE DIVING SUIT HAD SHIPPED SOME WATER AND THE JUDGE HAD GOTTEN A NASTY CRACK ON THE HEAD BUT HE WAS A TOUGH BOSO THERE WAS NO BLOOD HIS BREATHING SEEMED ALMOST NORMAL AND HE ALREADY SHOWED SIGNS OF RETURNING CONSCIOUSNESS PETER WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KEPT HIS NORMAL POISE NOTHING COULD UPSET THAT BOY'S STOMACH ONE NIGHT CECILY CAME INTO THE PANTRY WITH A LARGE CUCUMBER AND PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR THE GREATER PART OF IT THE GROWN UPS WERE AWAY THAT EVENING ATTENDING A LECTURE AT MARKDALE SO WE ATE OUR SNACKS OPENLY WITHOUT ANY RECOURSE TO WAYS THAT WERE DARK I REMEMBER I SUPPED THAT NIGHT OFF A SOLID HUNK OF FAT PORK TOPPED OFF WITH A SLAB OF COLD PLUM PUDDING 8729606c-37e2-4470-8437-bb2e354d8bdd FINALLY WE CAME TO THE LANE WHICH LED DIRECTLY TO OUR ABODE WE WERE ALL VERY PALE NOW AND OUR HEARTS WERE BEATING THE RED SEPTEMBER SUN HUNG LOW BETWEEN THE TALL SPRUCES TO THE WEST IT DID NOT LOOK TO ME JUST RIGHT FOR A SON IN FACT EVERYTHING LOOKED UNCANNY I WISHED OUR ERRAND WAS WELL OVER NOW I FEEL MYSELF MORE SAFE SAID THE SCARECROW BEAR I KNOW THIS COUNTRY PRETTY WELL HAVING BEEN MADE HERE BY A MUNCHKIN FARMER AND HAVING WANDERED OVER THESE LOVELY BLUE LANDS MANY TIMES 8729a8ff-7e5a-4f03-876f-8ad6de72146a HE WAS AT MY MERCY REALLY HE WANTED TO SLEEP SO MUCH AND HE WAS GOING TO BE WIDE AWAKE SO VERY SOON SPEAKING SOFTLY BUT CLEARLY ANYWAY IT WAS A VERY PRETTY GIRL BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING OF ALL WAS THAT A WOMAN'S DRESS WAS HANGING OVER A CHAIR BY THE TABLE MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS IT NEVER BELONGED TO JASPER DALE'S MOTHER FOR SHE THOUGHT IT A SIN TO WEAR ANYTHING BUT PRINT AND DRUGGET AND THIS DRESS WAS OF PALE BLUE SILK 873b239a-cb73-489d-bc12-9e19ca02ab07 IT WAS A STRANGE WOOING AND THE FRIENDS OF THE PRINCESS BEGGED HER TO REFUSE I REMEMBERED THE WAY SHE SHOOK HIM OFF AND I WANTED TO LAUGH SHE HAD DIED IN A FAR FOREIGN LAND SO I REMOVED THE TIME INTELLECT ON THE C M AND LET IT PICK AROUND THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF SPACE TO SEE IF IT COULD FIND A COMPARISON 873ef475-8c5b-4142-a6c7-a5f5671151e2 LISTEN YOU SICK CARTER HE GOT ANOTHER FORM AND FILLED OUT ALL THE DARKER ON HIMSELF THE PAPER SAYS TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW SAID DAN YOU NEEDN'T WORRY SARAH BUT IT TELLS YOU ANOTHER THING IN THE BIBLE TOO SAID CICELY EAGERLY 874d574f-db23-45e3-aece-3a240e382637 FELICITY PALE AND TEARFUL DROPPED ON HER KNEES AND LIFTED THE CRETON FRILL OFF THE SOFA THERE HIS HEAD PILLOWED HARDLY ON UNCLE ROGER'S BOOTS LADY JIMMIE PATTERSON STILL SOUND ASLEEP BUT THE STARTLING THING WAS THAT HE HAD PICKED UP THE BOATHOOK AND WAS TWIRLING IT UNCONCERNEDLY HE HAD NOT ONLY PICKED IT UP HOWEVER HE HAD ALSO TIED IT IN A KNOT IT SHOULD HAVE SPLINTERED IN HIS HANDS ASSUMING HE WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO BEND IT AT ALL 87555d65-2a94-44a1-a95f-4f9413457c40 PATTY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY CATCHING A RAT AND BEING INTOLERABLY CONCEITED ABOUT IT UNTIL SARA RAY CURED HIM BY CALLING HIM A DEAR SWEET CAT AND KISSING HIM BETWEEN THE EARS THEN PAT SNEAKED ABJECTLY OFF HIS TAIL DROOPING HE RESENTED BEING CALLED A SWEET CAT WITH THIS POINT UNDERSTOOD HE CALLED HIS CAR AND SQUADRON OF GUARDS AND WE MADE A PARADE TO THE SHIP YARDS IT WAS A FOUR HOUR DRIVE AND WE MADE PLANS ON THE WAY DOWN 87563408-8f93-4325-a3f5-1fbc08daf2f7 WE WENT DOWN THROUGH THE BROOK FIELD AND OVER THE LITTLE PLANK BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW HALF LOST IN ITS SURROUNDING SEA OF FAREWELL SUMMERS I ALSO REMEMBER MISTER UT WHEN THEY GET HERE THEY WILL FIND NEITHER BOY NOR A TIN MAN NOR A SCARECROW 87932e50-7490-4382-aca1-4ebebeb63360 IT WAS SO NICE AND SHORT SHE SAID HIS OWN FIRESIDE IS THE BEST PLACE FOR A MAN TO DIET CAMPBELL MAMMA WON'T LET ME GO UP THE HILL AT ALL NOW AND STRONG CLAWS ONCE A LONG TIME AGO SHE RAISED AN ARMY OF GIRLS AND CALLED HERSELF GENERAL GINGER 87a6ed1d-1782-4492-964d-a2e3d3de91ae THIS TIME OF COURSE THE RISK WAS MORE THAN SLIGHT WHY HE THOUGHT HAPPILY IT WAS EVEN MORE FOR HIM TO GET KILLED AND MOST PAINFULLY TOO BRANDON TILTED THE SHIP UP ON ONE WING AND GLANCED DOWN AT THE BRICK RED EXPANSE OF DESERT TOWERS LEANED FORWARD HIS EYES FIXED ON BRANDON I DON'T WANT YOU TO SET FOOT ON THAT PLANET GET ME BUT THERE WASN'T TIME TO TRY ANYTHING 87a7f72d-7c9f-4365-9ea0-70ffc048e348 HE TOOK A GOOD THIRTY SECONDS TO THINK THIS OVER AND HAD TO AGREE WITH ME A DELIGHTFUL PROSPECT BUT I SHALL MAKE YOU A FAIR OFFER I HAVE HEARD FROM MY HOUSEKEEPER'S URCHIN OF A SON THAT YOU ARE A MASTER HAND TELL STORIES 87a84bb2-e087-46be-80be-3b603f3f2c61 AT FIRST ALL WAS NOT HARMONIOUS FELICITY WAS IN AN ILL HUMOR SHE HAD WANTED TO WEAR HER SECOND BEST DRESS BUT AUNT JANET HAD DECREED THAT HER SCHOOL CLOTHES WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO GO TRAIPSING ABOUT IN THE DUST SINCE I WAS ONLY CHASING MY TAIL WITH THIS LINE OF THOUGHT I PUT IT OUT OF MY MIND AND WORKED ON SOME DRY D CHESS PROBLEMS THIS FILLED THE TIME UNTIL SETANOVO BLINKED INTO THE BOW SCREEN ONE OF MY MOST EFFECTIVE MOTTOES HAS ALWAYS BEEN SECRECY CAN BE AN OBJIOSITY WHAT THE MAGICIANS CALL MISDIRECTION 87aa4cf4-e511-43fd-bfa3-5572103b2c14 YES I DID SHE FALTERED THEN WE FOREGATHERED AROUND A TINY WOOD SPRING COLD AND PELLUCID UNDER ITS YOUNG MAPLES AND ATE THE JELLY COOKIES AND THE STORY GIRL TOLD US A TALE OF A HAUNTED SPRING IN A MOUNTAIN GLEN WHERE A FAIR WHITE LADY DWELT WHO PLEDGED ALL COMERS IN A GOLDEN CUP WITH JEWELS BRIGHT WITH NO ADVERSE EFFECTS AT ALL ELSE IT WOULD NOT HAVE ATTACHED ITSELF TO A CONVENIENT HUMAN HE WAS DISTURBED BY THE REALIZATION THAT HE WOULDN'T BE SEEN JENIFER 87af5457-95f3-417b-a245-ae8b4968b5d7 WILLIAM IS A MAN'S NAME AND MEN ARE NEVER SWEET THEY ARE GREAT AT MANY THINGS BUT THEY ARE NOT SWEET AND SHOULDN'T BE THAT IS FOR WOMEN OH LOOK AT THE MOONSHINE ON THE ROAD IN THAT GAP BETWEEN THE SPRUCES I'D LIKE A DRESS OF MOONSHINE WITH STARS FOR BUTTONS I PHRASED MY QUESTION CAREFULLY AS I HAD HIM RIGHT WHERE I WANTED HIM NOW YOU DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE WAR LORD BATTLESHIP THAT IS BEING BUILT FROM THESE MODIFIED PLANS THESE ARE THE PLANS FOR AN ORDINARY PASSENGER FREIGHTER THAT IS ALL I KNOW 87c2a250-6d7d-4eb0-be1d-10aa2f70f473 OH I WISH I HAD MINDED WHAT MAR SAID BETTER IT WAS BORNE IN UPON OUR MISERABLE MINDS THAT IF THE STORY GIRL DID NOT ALTOGETHER BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE OUR MORNING CHORES WERE DONE AND THE DAY WAS BEFORE US I EVEN HOOKED A GADGET TO THE WATER PIPE SO THEIR HOLY WATERS WOULD HAVE THE USUAL REFRESHING RADIOACTIVITY WHEN THEY STARTED FLOWING AGAIN 87d27364-c45c-4390-a2e8-5fedc4326626 I SHALL TRY TO CULTIVATE PATIENCE PETER RECEIVED AN EXTRA SETTING DOWN WHICH HE CONSIDERED RANK INJUSTICE WILL NOT WED UNTIL A KING COMES WHO CAN CONQUER ALL KINGS I SUPPOSE I MIGHT ASK THE MINISTERS ABOUT IT 87efb116-df06-48f9-ab88-2e68ee95651f UNCLE ROGER SAT DOWN ON THE DOORSTEP AND GAVE HIMSELF OVER TO ONE OF THE SILENT INWARD PAROXYSMS OF LAUGHTER WE ALL FOUND SO VERY AGGRAVATING AND THEY WERE BACK IN BUSINESS THIS PILE OF JUNK IS OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLD THERE WAS A BOLTED AND GUARDED DOOR THAT LED INTO THE PYRAMID PROPER 87f570ed-11cf-4848-aed4-6538f5e996e1 THEIR THIN LEGS SEEMED TO BUCKLE AT THE KNEES THEIR ARMS DROOPED FROM THEIR SHOULDERS THEIR MOUTHS SAGGED AT THE CORNERS AND EVEN THEIR HUGE EARS HUNG DOWN LIKE A HOUND'S HAW SAID STETSON POLITICIANS A THIN BLACK INSECT WITH SHELL LIKE WINGS FLEW IN ORAN'S PORT SETTLED IN HIS CLOSE CROPPED RED HAIR ORAN PULLED THE INSECT GENTLY FROM HIS HAIR RELEASED IT 8802e13a-508b-4395-a419-4ab0289697fb I HATE TO DREAM OF BEING CHASTE BECAUSE I CAN NEVER RUN SAID SARA RAY WITH A SHIVER I JUST STAND ROOTED TO THE GROUND AND SEE IT COMING AND CAN'T STIR IT DON'T SOUND MUCH WRITTEN OUT BUT IT'S AWFUL TO GO THROUGH I'M SURE I HOPE I'LL NEVER DREAM PEG BOWEN CHASES ME I'LL DIE IF I DO OVERHEAD THE LACING LEAVES MADE A GREEN MURMUROUS ROOF THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS HURRY IN THE WORLD WHILE WE LINGERED THERE AND TALKED OF CABBAGES AND KINGS A TALE OF THE STORY GIRLS WHEREIN PRINCES WERE THICKER THAN BLACKBERRIES AND QUEENS AS COMMON AS BUTTERCUPS LED TO OUR DISCUSSION OF KINGS WE WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE A KING PETER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE ONLY KIND OF INCONVENIENT WEARING A CROWN ALL THE TIME 8808f894-e34f-4a6a-b47c-c30918d4f66c IDEALLY I SHOULD HAVE RUSHED OUT THE FLEET WITH GUNS BLAZING AND DRAGGED HIM TO JUSTICE VERY NICE WE WERE ALL OF US TOO TIRED THOSE NIGHTS TO DO ANY SPECIAL PRAYING THE STORY GIRL WRUNG HER BROWN HANDS TOGETHER 881f080b-c870-4b5a-8985-e88703af3bdb SAYING IN HER EAR JUST NOW THE WEATHER IS DELIGHTFUL THE GRASS IS BEAUTIFULLY BLUE IT COME ON A FELLOW SO SUDDEN SAID PETER SHAMEFACEDLY I THINK I COULD HA STOOD MY GROUND IF I KNOWN SHE WAS GOING TO COME OUT BUT WHEN SHE POPPED OUT LIKE THAT I THOUGHT I WAS DONE FOR DO YOU KNOW PETER YESTERDAY I THOUGHT I SAW THE FAMILY GHOST AT LAST 8824a0f2-4364-4420-a14d-4e8837e5e1f6 BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CHILDREN AND I DON'T SEE WHY THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND US I'LL GIVE HER THAT SPONGE CAKE I MADE THIS MORNING SAID FELICITY I GUESS SHE DOESN'T GET SPONGE CAKE VERY OFTEN THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING TO BE AFRAID OF SAID THE STORY GIRL REASSURINGLY THE LIGHT THAT NEVER WAS ON LAND OR SEA 884549cf-ea4a-4bb7-9b08-391cccad81b8 AND YOU'VE NO BUSINESS TO ESPECIALLY WHEN MOTHER'S AWAY WHEN YOUR FATHER'S RUN AWAY AND YOUR MOTHER GOES OUT WASHING AND YOU'RE ONLY OLD ENOUGH TO GET FIFTY CENTS A WEEK YOU CAN'T GIVE MUCH TO THE HEATHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER HATING MYSELF AND HAPPY ALL AT THE SAME TIME WELL I'M GLAD IT'S OVER KNOCKED OUT A NAVY SUPPLY OF SATELLITE 88645ee9-9733-44d2-a19a-c4c62f908588 THE TEMPLE WAS A SINGLE ROOM WITH A MURKY LOOKING POOL AT ONE END I LOCATED THE PEAKS EASILY ENOUGH AND STARTED THE EYE OUT FROM THE FIRST PEAK AND KEPT IT ON A COURSE DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE SECOND PETER SCOFFED AT THE IDEA PEG BOWEN WASN'T IN THE HOUSE BEFORE YOUR UNCLE ROGER LOCKED IT UP AND HOW COULD SHE GET IN AFTERWARDS HE SAID NO IT ISN'T PEG BOWEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WALKS 886766ff-6233-4f73-adec-4346119580a0 WE WERE FARING FORTH ON A LONG ROAD WONDER WHAT THE STORY GIRL WILL THINK OF THEM FELIX AND I MANOEL OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT THAT FOR HE HAD RAISED THE WHOLE STRAIN OF ANIMALS TELL US WHAT HAPPENED MANWELL 887792a7-919d-45ad-b6b4-3b8a2c115147 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE IT HERE SHE LAUGHED AGAIN OH THE ROEBOT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE FIRST STEP CLARTON SAID DO NOTHING RASH OF COURSE NOT YOU WOULD NOT ACCEPT HELP I WILL NOT YUNUS THOUGHT VERY WELL THEN CLAYTON THOUGHT THERE WAS THE GHOST OF ANOTHER IDEA YUNUS CAUGHT IT I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SENT ME IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER AVAILABLE MEMBER HE THOUGHT 887ba66a-9cf8-4415-b20b-33172f9ab82f THE FULL MEASURE OF THAT SHAMELESS BILLY ROBINSON'S INIQUITY WAS REVEALED TO US WE DID NOT FIND THE WHOLE STORY OUT AT ONCE EVERY PUPIL OF CARLYLE'S SCHOOL FELIX AND I RECOGNIZED ITS BEAUTIFUL FITNESS AT ONCE WELL GOD WILL BE ALL THE MORE LIKELY TO LISTEN TO ME IF I DON'T PESTER HIM ALL THE TIME 88863e44-b72f-4ff4-951a-01e90e2a2abc THE DOCTOR'S HAND TIGHTENED ON THE DOORKNOB YES I KNOW HE SAID GRIMLY BUT NOT MANY LAY MEN REMEMBER JUST KEEP IN MIND WHAT I TOLD YOU WITH ANY OF THESE THINGS THE PATTERN IS PROTECTION THEN CONTROL THEN USEFUL APPLICATION MAYBE NOT THEN THE DWARF CONCEDED I THOUGHT I WAS BUT I WASN'T SURE WHO AM I THEN LET'S LOOK AT THE OTHER PAPERS AND SEE WHICH ONE I AM NO YOU CAN'T BE ANY OF THEM EITHER MANUEL AND YOU SURELY CAN'T BE MANUEL 88918d48-8992-45ab-9a92-16891412c3bc THAT'S WHY I'M DOWN HERE BRIEFING YOU HE HAD A LITTLE STRANGER I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH OUR COUNSEL HE STARED AT ORAN YOU I AS ARE TOO STRONG WE DID NOT KNOW OF COURSE SHARP SAID IN A CASE LIKE YOURS I TRY HARDER IT'S TOO BAD YONAS AGREED POLITELY 88c63788-d194-4048-b6ec-6505daa658da I TOLD HIM AS HE STOWED THE CANNON BACK UNDER HIS PILLOW A HEADING DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE MAIN GATE I IGNORED THE STURD OF ACTIVITY AROUND THE CUSTOMS BUILDING AND HER MOTHER DID NOT APPROVE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY PROJECT IT DON'T SEEM MUCH USE IN HAVING A PLATE JUST FOR ORNAMENT SAID FELICITY WHAT WOULD BE THE USE OF IT ASKED THE STORY GIRL A LITTLE DISDAINFULLY 88e13e1a-a7cb-435d-8696-3265da1e2534 LAST NIGHT JUST AT TWELVE HAD BEGUN TO LICK HIS PAWS THEN HE LICKED HIMSELF ALL OVER AND WENT TO SLEEP TOO ON THE SOFA IT GREW BRIGHTER UNTIL THEY COULD SEE THEIR SURROUNDINGS DISTINCTLY ALL PERSONS ARE USUALLY JUDGED BY THE SHAPES IN WHICH THEY APPEAR TO THE EYES OF OTHERS 88f1ce9c-2186-4cd2-8a3e-609d7562e894 BUT ANYHOW I SUPPOSE IT WOULDN'T BE MUCH USE BECAUSE IF HE WAS A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER HE'D SAY I OUGHT TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN WHAT IF JERRY DOESN'T BRING THE PICTURE TO DAY BECAUSE OF THE RAIN I SUGGESTED MISSUS DUNBAR LIVES NEXT DOOR TO AUNT LOUISA IN TOWN THEY TOLD HIM HE MUST LEAVE HER BEHIND 89040418-60fc-4674-905e-de48b9b931ff SHE WOULD NEVER BE SATISFIED AS A DABBLER LEST THE GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY THAT TERRIBLE UNCLE ROGER SHOULD HEAR OF IT BEFORE COMING TO CARLISLE THEN LET US GO HE SAID AND MARCHED OFF AND ENSURE YOUR PEACE HE WENT ON WHISTLING FOR A TWO NOTE PLINGO VOLNERA UNDER HIS BREATH AND AFTER A TIME HE KNOCKED AGAIN 890d7153-0019-4eee-824b-fa55fcecc1c8 MEMBER WITH INFLUENCE AND POWER I'M SORRY CLAYTON THOUGHT EVEN WHEN THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS EASY TO VISUALIZE NEXT HE SAID THEIR MOON WAS CERANNA CRUSOE TRANSLATED AS A LIMB OF VICTORY 89216e49-9f80-4006-a247-18db721dd0e4 THE IRRITATION DISTRACTS THE SCOOPS FROM THEIR MEDITATIONS THEY ARE A PHILOSOPHICAL SPECIES THOUGH NOTCHANICALLY PROGRESSIVE AND PROMPTS THEM TO BARTER THEIR STRENGTH FOR A TIME TO BE RID OF IT CECILY GAVE A SHRIEK AND RAN OUT OF THE WOOD WE THOUGHT SHE HAD FLED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT ENDURE THE SIGHT OF BLOOD AND WE WERE NOT SORRY FOR HER MANIFEST DISAPPROVAL AND ANXIETY WERE DAMPING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE OCCASION 8921b307-b15a-4530-93ed-c426cbb5e9e7 NOTICE IF THE ENGINE ROOM SPECKS ARE CHANGED SLIGHTLY TO INCLUDE THIS CARGO HOLD THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE BRUTES NEEDED THIS SUPERSTRUCTURE OBVIOUSLY JUST TACKED ON TO THE PLANS GETS THROWN AWAY AND TURRETS TAKE ITS PLACE THE HULLS ARE IDENTICAL A CHANGE HERE A SHIFT THERE AND THE STODGY FRATER BECOMES THE FAST BATTLE WAGON WELL I'M NOT YOU COUNTED CECILY AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO FRIGHTEN ANY ONE AS I WAS FRIGHTENED IT WAS AN AWFUL DREAM BUT IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TOO I'VE HAD SOME REAL INTERESTING DREAMS SAID PETER BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THEM LONG I WISH I COULD WHY DON'T YOU WRITE HIM DOWN SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL 892cbac5-c30f-4a94-9749-e53f81200694 MY BEACON WAS NOT ONLY LOCKED INSIDE A MOUNTAIN OF HAND MADE STONE THEY FOUND THEM BURIED IN THE BACK OF THE OLDEST WAREHOUSE SARAH RAY HAD JOINED US VERY PALE AND NERVOUS HAVING HAD SO IT APPEARED A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH HER MOTHER ABOUT COMING UP THE HILL IN THE RAIN 89482f93-9e1c-4bff-ac99-b6b3307f11c6 WE GAZED UP AT HER IN SILENCE FOR A FEW MOMENTS WHEN WE HAD HEARD THE NEWS OF PATTY'S RECOVERY WE HAD BEEN NOISY AND JUBILANT BUT WE WERE VERY QUIET NOW AFTER ALL WHEN A BEACON BREAKS DOWN HOW DO YOU FIND IT NOT THROUGH HYPERSPACE ALL YOU CAN DO IS APPROACH AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN BY USING OTHER BEACONS THEN FINISH THE TRIP IN NORMAL SPACE 894ccc42-6bdb-4f28-90b7-810ce91303b4 HE BECAME A VERY RELIGIOUS MAN WHICH WAS A GOOD THING BUT HE WAS DREADFULLY GLOOMY AND THOUGHT EVERYTHING PLEASANT SINFUL BUT WE'VE GUESSED THAT THE GIANT WOMAN HAD TRANSFORMED YOU IT IS EVIDENT THAT CHOP FIGHT COULD WITH JUSTICE 8951f769-5f87-4143-97b5-b5008bf38a40 WHAT IF YOU WON'T BELIEVE ME I SUPPOSE YOU'LL BELIEVE THE MINISTER SAID THE STORY GIRL GO AND ASK HIM HE'S IN THE HOUSE THIS VERY MINUTE HE CAME UP WITH US IN THE BUGGY AT ANY OTHER TIME WE WOULD NEVER HAVE DARED CATECHIZE THE MINISTER ABOUT ANYTHING BUT DESPERATE CASES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES WE DREW STRAWS TO SEE WHO SHOULD GO AND DO THE ASKING AND THE LOT FELL TO FELIX BETTER WAIT UNTIL MISTER MILWOOD LEAVES AND CATCH HIM IN THE LANE ADVISED THE STORY GIRL YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF GROWN UPS AROUND YOU IN THE HOUSE BUT YOU BEING A STRANGER ARE NO DOUBT CURIOUS TO LEARN HOW I BECAME SO BEAUTIFUL AND PROSPEROUS SO I WILL RECITE FOR YOUR BENEFIT MY STRANGE ADVENTURES THANK YOU SAID WHUT THE WANDERER STILL EATING I WAS NOT ALWAYS MADE OF TIN BEGAN THE EMPEROR FOR IN THE BEGINNING I WAS A MAN OF FLESH AND BONE AND BLOOD AND LIVED IN THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY OF OZ 89628ea7-a0aa-4d90-ba10-4df3fe8ba64c TWO CIVILIZATIONS THAT MATURED ALONG DIFFERENT LINES BUSTER IN FIVE DAYS THEY COULD BE DUG IN WITHIN SIX MONTHS A TOUCH ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE DROPPED A STEEL PLATE OVER MY EYES I CHECKED THE READINGS CAREFULLY AND FOUND JUST WHAT I SUSPECTED 899fed3a-c44f-432f-a7ca-36d9215ce99b NINE LIGHT YEARS AWAY OF COURSE THIRTEEN YEARS HAD PASSED ON EARTH SINCE THEY HAD LEFT BECAUSE THE TRIP TOOK FOUR YEARS BY OUR TEA RELATIVE TIME BUT EVEN FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE SHUT UP IN ASTRO ONE WITH FIVE OTHER MEN ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS THE IMPERIOUS COLONEL TOWERS WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE EXCLAIMED PETER HAS THE MEASLES HE WAS DREADFULLY SICK ALL NIGHT AND UNCLE ROGER HAD TO GO FOR THE DOCTOR HE WAS QUITE LIGHT HEADED AND DIDN'T KNOW ANY ONE OF COURSE HE'S FAR TOO SICK TO BE TAKEN HOME SO HIS MOTHER IS COME TO WAIT ON HIM AND I'M TO LIVE OVER HERE UNTIL HE IS BETTER 89a56434-758c-4e27-b644-fa741db05206 OFF TO THE RIGHT WAS A DIM BRANCHING PLACE WHICH WE KNEW WAS THE ORCHARD AND ON OUR LEFT AMONG SIBILANT SPRUCES AND FIRS WAS THE OLD WHITEWASHED HOUSE FROM WHICH PRESENTLY A LIGHT GLEAMED THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR AND AUNT JANET A BIG BUSTLING SAUCY WOMAN WITH FULL BLOWN PEONY CHEEKS CAME TO WELCOME US BUT HE MAKETH VERY LITTLE PROGRESS UNLESS HE PICK THE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE WHO STICKETH OUT HIS NECK WHICH SEEMED QUITE A STICKY PROBLEM FOR A MAN IN A MEDIEVAL CULTURE JONAS DID NOT IN SPITE OF HIS POSE LOOK LIKE THE TYPICAL HERO FOLK TALE OR SCRIBE'S TOME HE WAS NOT EVEN SEVEN FEET TALL FOR INSTANCE NOR DID HE HAVE A HANDSOME LOVESOME FACE WITH FLASHING BLUE EYES OR A BROAD SHOULDERED NARROW WAISTED MARVEL OF A FIGURE HE WAS INSTEAD SOMEWHAT SHORTER THAN THE AVERAGE OF MEN IN EUROPE IN SIXTEEN O FIVE AND FOR SOME TIME THEREAFTER 89ad02cb-39fb-4334-901e-a9b2740b6c10 THIS COULD NOT BE HER COUSIN FROM SCOTLAND AT LEAST I HOPE HE WILL I HOPE SARAH WILL HAVE HERS WE DID NOT GO INTO THE HOUSE HOWEVER WE MET THE AWKWARD MAN IN HIS YARD AND HE GAVE US A QUARTER APIECE FOR OUR LIBRARY 89bc6e05-b1a1-44a7-9cfa-bb06e8fb3c48 HIGH HEELED SLIPPERS I CAN'T THINK WHO THAT IS FROM SAID FELICITY NOBODY IN MONSHIRE EVER WRITES TO MOTHER SHE IS CALLED NIMMY AMMY SAID THE TIN SOLDIER SO I FEEL CONFIDENT I CAN MAKE A MAN OF THE BARGAIN 89e19ccb-8588-46b9-a0c6-f04bf67a96ba THERE WAS ONE OF FATHER'S THIN LETTERS FOR FELIX A FAT FOREIGN LETTER FOR THE STORY GIRL ADDRESSED IN HER FATHER'S MINUTE HANDWRITING HE WAS SUSPICIOUS OF MAGIC COFFEE BUT HIS MOUTH SO GOOD THAT HE COULD NOT RESIST IT 89e9412f-3fb5-4cb3-a337-1daa3e1ae4db COME OUT OF IT WILL YOU IF A THING LIKE THAT IS LOOSE ON THE ISLAND WE'VE GOT TO GET HELP SATTERFIELD SAID PEEVISHLY THE MAN WITH THE BLACK HAIR SAID THE OTHERS HE MET ONLY BRIEFLY FOR AL SHARP WAS A LITTLE WOMAN WITH THE FACE OF A WALNUT WHO LOOKED AS IF SHE HAD NEVER REALLY BEEN CHEERFUL 8a1c62a9-d9bc-4729-aa04-e98a4b239cb2 I AM GOING TO CLIMB IT TO MORROW I SAID JOYFULLY WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE BOYS ASKED CECILY BUT THE STORY GIRL UNDAUNTEDLY CONTINUED TO COAX THE RELUCTANT PETER IT WAS NOT AN EASY MATTER PETER DID NOT COME OF A CHURCH GOING STOCK AND BESIDES HE ALLEGED HE HAD NOT YET MADE UP HIS MIND WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST 8a1cc89d-08eb-4671-9615-e4e5bdbf5d6e OH ISN'T THIS DREADFUL SAID FELICITY WRINGING HER HANDS AS SHE WALKED THE KITCHEN FLOOR OH WHY DOESN'T THE DOCTOR COME I TOLD DAN THE BAD BERRIES WERE POISON BUT SURELY THEY CAN'T KILL PEOPLE ALTOGETHER AS I TURN THE PAGES AND GLANCE OVER THE CUMULATIVE RECORDS EACH ONE BEGINNING LAST NIGHT I DREAMED THE PAST COMES VERY VIVIDLY BACK TO ME 8a27e106-5c41-49e3-b2bd-7dabf88bdf6f IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SHIP AND THE DOCK YARD HAD BEEN LAVISH WITH HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL FROM BOW TO REAR TUBE SHE WAS PLAITED IN PURE GOLD A CAB WAS SUMMONED A HOTEL SUGGESTED I NODDED AGREEMENT AND SETTLED BACK WHILE THE ROBOT LOADED THE BAGS ABOUT ME ON THE ENDS OF THEIR LONG TAILS WERE CLUSTERS OF JEWELS AROUND THE GREAT MOONLIKE EYES WERE CIRCLES OF DIAMONDS WHICH SPARKLED IN THE SUBDUED LIGHT THAT GLOWED FROM THE EYES 8a288894-fe95-4f30-aeb9-56abdb55f15c I THINK YOU BOYS OUGHT TO GO SHE SAID RETREATING BEHIND THE DEFENCE OF SEX YOU OUGHT TO BE BRAVER THAN GIRLS BUT WE AIN'T SAID FELIX CANDIDLY I WOULDN'T BE MUCH SCARED OF ANYTHING REAL BUT A HAUNTED HOUSE IS A DIFFERENT THING I ALWAYS THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE IN A PLACE BEFORE IT COULD BE HAUNTED SAID CECILY THE RADIO MAN REPEATED THE PHRASE A DOZEN TIMES AND EACH TIME BRANDON ACKNOWLEDGED SWORE AND ACKNOWLEDGED AGAIN 8a293695-0c8b-472c-a649-75a0da0ae913 I BELIEVE YOU WERE CRYING BECAUSE PAT IS SO SICK I SAID FIRMLY AS IF I'D CRY ABOUT A CAT SCOFFED PETER AND HE MARCHED OFF WHISTLING NEIL HAD PLENTY OF NEWS TO TELL AND THE MORE WHISKY HE DRANK THE MORE HE TOLD HE DIDN'T NOTICE THAT DONALD WAS NOT TAKING MUCH UNHAPPINESS SHE TOLD HERSELF WAS HER PORTION IN THIS LIFE IN THE LIFE ABOVE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT 8a29894f-d0c4-4cac-aa22-728abc543a78 THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR ME TO HAVE ANY HORRIDID DREAMS LAMENTED SARA RAY BECAUSE MA WON'T LET ME HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL TO EAT BEFORE I GO TO BED I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR CAN'T YOU HIDE SOMETHING AWAY THROUGH THE DAY AS WE DO ASKED FELICITY TURALLY I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND VIC'S JARGON ABOUT FREQUENCIES AND LIGHT RAYS FOR I THOUGHT MORE ABOUT FOOTBALL THAN PHYSICS IN COLLEGE BUT TWO THINGS WERE CLEAR TO ME ONE WAS THAT VIC HAD PLUNGED INTO SOME SORT OF WILD EXPERIMENT AND THE OTHER WAS THAT HOPE HAD FOLLOWED HIM THE REST DIDN'T MATTER VERY MUCH 8a3889ab-6ab2-45c8-abc0-21332d2f6b74 THERE WAS THE EMBROIDERED PETTICOAT WHICH HAD COST FELICITY SUCH PAINFUL BLUSHES AND A DOZEN BEAUTIFULLY WORKED SETS WITH THE FINE MUSLIN UNDER SLEEVES WHICH HAD BEEN THE FASHION IN RACHEL WARD'S YOUTH I FOUND THAT NO POWER CAN DO AWAY WITH THE GREEN MONKEY HE MIGHT TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE HIS FORM WITH SOME OTHER PERSON IT IS TRUE BUT THE GREEN MONKEY CANNOT GET RID OF BY ANY MAGIC ARTS KNOWN TO SCIENCE 8a3cca17-5718-4df2-aa13-b5deb411613e THE CONSTELLATIONS OF AUTUMN SCINTILLATED ABOVE US PETER AND THE STORY GIRL KNEW ALL ABOUT THEM AND IMPARTED THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO US GENEROUSLY SARA STANLEY SAID AUNT OLIVIA SHAKING HER FINGER AT HER AFTER A SIDE SPLITTING YARN IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT YOU'LL BE FAMOUS SOME DAY 8a41b672-0bf9-4e40-9bb5-976a53a110e7 IF I COULD SHOOT THE TROUBLE THE PIPE WALLS WERE AT LEAST THREE METERS THICK AND THE PIPE OPENING ITSELF NO BIGGER THAN MY HEAD I THOUGHT IT OUT LAST NIGHT THEY ARE GREAT AT MANY THINGS BUT THEY ARE NOT SWEET AND SHOULDN'T BE 8a486173-24c6-4f8b-a9fa-e8bd14fe0ed1 OF THE SHIP'S SOCIAL QUARTET CHAFFISH ONE AND TWO WERE ASLEEP AT THE MOMENT DREAMING WISTFUL DREAMS OF CONICAL SERIMIAN CITIES SPEARING UP TO A SOFT AND PLUM COLORED SKY THE ONLY SIGN OF VEGETATION I COULD PERCEIVE WERE STRANGE GROWTHS THAT REMOTELY RESEMBLED TREES INVERTED TREES WITH WIDE SPREADING BRANCHES HUNGRILY NURSING THE BLACK AND BARREN SOIL AND GNARLED BRIEF ROOTS REACHING OUT TORTURED ARMS TOWARDS THE FORBIDDING SKY 8a490028-d5c5-4ec7-89b6-febeb3fcd7cf HAD TO STEAL THEIR LIST SUFFERING SADDLE SAWS DON'T GAPE GET IT BECAUSE MA WON'T LET ME HAVE ANYTHING AT ALL TO EAT BEFORE I GO TO BED I PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED AWAY THROUGH THE GAP 8a52fb6e-d905-4834-838b-19ff8b3e7236 THE NATIVES WHO OF COURSE WERE NEVER MENTIONED BY THE IDIOTS WHO CONSTRUCTED THE THING HAD BUILT A NICE HEAVY THICK STONE PYRAMID AROUND THE BEACON PETER WENT EVERYWHERE WITH US NOW HE WAS A REGULAR ATTENDANT AT CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WHERE HIS BEHAVIOR WAS AS IRREPROACHABLE AS IF HE HAD BEEN RAISED IN THE CASE OF VERE DE VERE 8a56f1b6-8086-4de1-96e3-ebcc07b0367a I AM SURE IT WOULD WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT GIVE ME A COUPLE OF FAT RABBITS SAID THE BEAST MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE SUSPICIOUS YOU KNOW IMPOSSIBLE SAID THE ROBART WITH MECHANICAL SURETY I BRUSHED AGAINST IT AND IT IS NOW UNSERVICEABLE WITH THIS ASSURANCE I PULLED OFF MY FLASHY CLOTHES AND SLIPPED INTO THE MIDNIGHT BLACK DRESS UNIFORM OF AN ADMIRAL IN THE LEAGUE GRAN FLEET 8a5f70e3-1691-422a-9f1e-2314729d1b08 SINCE I WAS A YOUNG GIRL I'VE NEVER MISSED GETTING A BOMBOOK FOR CHRISTMAS BUT IT IS SURELY NOT TOO LATE EVEN NOW TO DO THIS WHILE IT WAS BEING OPENED THE FIRST LIZARD TURNED TO ME SINCE WE WERE ALONE IT TOOK NO GREAT FEAT OF INTELLIGENCE TO FIGURE IT WOULD BE ME 8a6dea8a-a4d8-4330-8ef3-d46c3288f1f8 MOTHER SAYS I CAN GET A VELVET HOOD TOO CECILY SAYS SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT'S RIGHT TO WEAR VELVET WHEN IT'S SO EXPENSIVE AND THE HEATHEN ARE CRYING FOR THE GOSPEL SHE GOT THAT IDEA FROM A SUNDAY SCHOOL PAPER BUT I'M GOING TO GET MY HOOD ALL THE SAME IT WAS CERTAINLY A PLEASANT EXPRESSION AGREED WOOT GINGER CAN PAINT ANYTHING CONTINUED THE SCARECROW BEAR WITH ENTHUSIASM AS THEY WALKED ALONG TOGETHER 8a912806-a038-4390-a35a-22e3b20d8ae2 AND IN THE MORNING SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER THE DREAM AT ALL YOU ALWAYS SAY SOMETHING NASTY WHEN I MENTION MY AUNT JANE SAID PETER REPROACHFULLY IT WASN'T A POLITE DRAM SO I WON'T WRITE IT DOWN WELL SAID PETER DESFIANTLY IF YOUR OWN FATHER HAD RUN AWAY WHEN YOU WAS A BABY AND LEFT YOUR MOTHER TO EARN HER LIVING BY WASH WASHING AND WORKING OUT I GUESS YOU WOULDN'T CARE MUCH ABOUT HIM EITHER AROUND HER WAIST WAS TWISTED A GIRDLE OF THE BLOOD RED ROSES THAT BLOOMED IN AUNT OLIVIA'S GARDEN 8a9b9967-1ede-4f54-99cd-b7bcd6cf9e9d AT THE DOOR HE PAUSED AND HALF TURNED TO THE DOCTOR BUT SAY SOMETHING I MEANT TO ASK YOU THIS DUFF ER THIS FACCENE WHERE DID IT COME FROM SEEMS TO ME I HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT WAY BACK BEFORE YOU FELLOWS GOT IT TAMED IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE DANGEROUS THERE WAS ANOTHER NAME FOR IT DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ALSO CHAFFEE THREE POINTED OUT AS THEY DODGED TO THE CONTROL CUBICLE AGAIN JUST AHEAD OF THE SLAVERING ZID WE MAY RETURN LATER WITH THE CAMTHORIAN HUNTING PARTY AND RECOVER OUR INVESTMENT CLOSING THEIR PERCEPTION AGAINST THE ZID'S DISTRACTING RAGINGS THEY SET TO WORK WITH PERFECT CO ORDINATION 8ab414d6-d988-49c4-90b8-bb5046252075 SOME DAY THE MYSTERY OF HOW HE HAD SLIPPED THROUGH THE SCREEN OF OFFICIAL TESTING WOULD HAVE TO BE INVESTIGATED MOISTLY WHILE HE DRAINED THE GLASS COLONEL TOWERS WAS PACING BACK AND FORTH IN FRONT OF THE RADIO MAN MAN LIVED IN FEAR OF FIRE FOR A GOOD MANY HUNDRED THOUSAND YEARS THINGS HAVE MOVED PRETTY FAST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS 8ace60f2-1b51-4918-a8e8-8774d3e531af A MORE CURIOUS CREATURE THEY HAD SELDOM SEEN EVEN IN THE LAND OF OZ WHERE CURIOUS CREATURES ABOUND HAD THE HEAD OF A YOUNG MAN EVIDENTLY A MUNCHKIN WITH THE PLEASANT FACE AND HAIR NEATLY COMBED I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH FOR JAMES' WIFE BUT OF COURSE WE MUST DO JUST AS RACHEL WISHED I DECLARE HERE'S A DOZEN TIN PATTY PANS TIN PATTY PANS AREN'T VERY ROMANTIC SAID THE STORY GIRL DISCONTENTEDLY I NOTICE THAT YOU ARE AS FOND AS ANY ONE OF WHAT IS BAKED IN THEM SAID AUNT JANET 8ad045d5-e5f0-48d3-b430-24390efbee46 ALTHOUGH A BIT RESTLESS AND LIABLE TO GET EXCITED THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF HIS CHIMNEY SOMETHING WAS SPARKLING VERY BRIGHTLY AMONG ITS PEBBLES A GLAYA PICKED IT UP AND IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LITTLE STONE THAT SHE HAD EVER SEEN WERE YOU VERY BADLY FRIGHTENED 8ae9c88c-52a4-4bea-983c-2edb81f6c30c SMACKED HIS LIPS AGAIN THE LIPLESS MOUTH FORMED GALLANT TEESE WORDS SARAH STANLEY AND INDEED WERE BUT BARELY AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH A PERSON AS THE STORY GIRL 8b06b7f8-5fb1-4c36-8548-5ab7576930da AND PATHS OF BLUE GROUND AND THE PURPLE HUES OF THE GRASS AND TREES WARNED THEM THAT THEY WERE NOW IN THE COUNTRY OF THE GILICANS WHERE STRANGE PEOPLE DWELT IN PLACES THAT WERE QUITE UNKNOWN TO THE OTHER INHABITANTS OF OZ SOME DAY OLIVIA WENT ON UNCLE ROGER YOU AND I MAY FIND OURSELVES THE AUNT AND UNCLE OF THE FOREMOST ACTRESS OF HER DAY 8b20fc26-918e-4762-832e-ad7a8adefdf7 IT WAS CLEVERLY DONE HE SAID RIGHT OUT LOUD BUT DINNA TRY IT AGAIN THE DECODY MESSAGE TURNED OUT NOT TO BE AS BAD AS I IMAGINED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE I WAS IN CHARGE OF TRACKING AND CAPTURING THE STOLEN BATTLESHIP I COULD CALL ON THE LEAGUE FOR ANY AID I NEEDED I WOULD KEEP MY IDENTITY AS AN ADMIRAL FOR THE REST OF THE JOB I WAS TO KEEP HIM INFORMED OF PROGRESS 8b2978eb-8ced-4b1c-a42f-a953be1ad7fd WE WERE ALL RATHER EXCITED OVER THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW WHICH AN ITINERANT LECTURER WAS TO GIVE IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE THAT EVENING SOMETHING WAS SPARKLING VERY BRIGHTLY AMONG ITS PEBBLES A GLAYA PICKED IT UP AND IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LITTLE STONE THAT SHE HAD EVER SEEN IT WAS ONLY AS LARGE AS A PEA BUT IT GLITTERED AND FLASHED IN THE SUNLIGHT WITH EVERY COLOR OF THE RAINBOW A GLEA WASDED WITH IT THAT SHE RESOLVED TO TAKE IT AS A PRESENT TO GLACON 8b2989f0-3f41-484d-8536-ff6e3295b54c AS WE SAT THERE THE AWKWARD MAN PASSED BY WITH HIS GUN OVER HIS SHOULDER AND HIS DOG AT HIS SIDE CECILY WAS IN QUEST OF INFORMATION WHAT DOES IT NEVER RAIN BUT IT POURS MEAN I'M GLAD FATHER AND MOTHER WILL BE BACK TO MORROW NIGHT SHE SAID IT'S TOO EXCITING WHEN THEY'RE AWAY MEET TIRES AFTER A DAY'S TRAVEL ADDED THE SCARECROW WHILE STRAWN TIN NEVER TIRE AT ALL WHICH PROVES SAID HE THAT WE ARE SOMEWHAT SUPERIOR TO PEOPLE MADE IN THE COMMON WAY 8b35b409-7bf8-4176-beff-5bbf85a064b1 WHY TWINS ARE JUST PEOPLE THAT SQUINT AREN'T THEY SAID PETER WE THOUGHT HE WAS TRYING TO BE FUNNY UNTIL WE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS QUITE IN EARNEST THEN WE LAUGHED UNTIL PETER GOT SULKY I DON'T CARE HE SAID HOW'S A FELLOW TO KNOW TOMMY AND ADAM COWAN OVER AT MARKDALE ARE TWINS AND THEY'RE BOTH CROSS EYED BUT IT WAS OVER TWO HOURS SINCE WE HAD EATEN THE COOKIES AND FELICITY SUGGESTED THAT A SAUCERFUL APIECE OF RASPBERRIES AND CREAM WOULD NOT BE TOO HARD TO TAKE IT WAS NOT FOR ANY ONE BUT CECILY WHO COULDN'T SWALLOW A MOUTHFUL 8b422773-8056-46cc-be5a-6c29d804e962 WELL I ALWAYS LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARD SAID SARA RAY UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE WOULDN'T WANT A WIFE HE COULD NEVER QUARREL WITH REMARKED ANNE HE SAYS IT WOULD BE TOO TAME A LIFE FOR HIM I WONDER IF UNCLE ROGER WILL ALWAYS STAY A BACHELOR SAID CECILY HE SEEMS REAL HAPPY OBSERVED PETER THEY AGREED TO THIS AND PROMPTLY SET OFF THIS TIME MOVING MORE DELIBERATELY OH I BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND AND MISSUS EWKE TRANSFORMED YOU YOU ARE REALLY THE FAMOUS SCARECROW OF OZ 8b453de3-80e2-41e9-a2a0-a581b927d6e3 BUT TELL ME PLEASE WHAT IS A TIN OWL GOOD FOR AND CRIED OUT IN ALARM I KNOW THIS COUNTRY PRETTY WELL HAVING BEEN MADE HERE BY A MUNCHKIN FARMER ORAN PULLED THE INSECT GENTLY FROM HIS HAIR RELEASED IT THERE'D BE A HIGH PLACE 8b47784b-10ab-4888-96fb-a4d44819c8ad OH I WONDER HOW SARA IS THIS MORNING MOTHER'S GOING DOWN THIS AFTERNOON SAID FELICITY SHE SAYS NONE OF US MUST GO NEAR THE PLACE TILL WE KNOW WHETHER IT IS THE MEASLES OR NOT I'VE THOUGHT OF A GREAT PENANCE SAID CECILY EAGERLY DON'T GO TO THE MISSIONARY MEETING TO NIGHT THE STORY GIRL LOOKED PITEOUS BUT I MUST WAIT UNTIL I'M A LITTLE OLDER FOR HE WOULDN'T TELL THE SECRET OF THE WEST ROOM TO A LITTLE GIRL AND I MUST MUSTN'T WAIT TILL I'M TOO OLD FOR HE IS FRIGHTENED OF GROWN UP GIRLS BECAUSE HE THINKS THEY LAUGH AT HIS AWKWARDNESS 8b5ee74e-071e-447f-84c8-53d632e1b8ed SHE HAD PUT AWAY IN THE PANTRY SPECIALLY FOR HIM WELL I WON'T JUST TO OBLIGE YOU SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WOULD HAVE DIED THE DEATH BEFORE SHE WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE PUBLIC MEETING BAREFOOTED AND WHAT SEEMED TO FARMER AT LEAST TO BE FOOLISHLY OPTIMISTIC SCIENTIFIC DETACHMENT 8b717671-63ac-4966-9302-0d564fd1910d AND MY MOTHER SAW HER ONCE IT WAS NOT OUR STORY GIRL WHO SAT THERE TELLING THAT WEIRD TALE IN A SIBILANT CURDLING VOICE HAVE A HUNCH ABOUT THESE CREATURES WHAT IS IT THE LIPLESS MOUTH HAD LOOKED SO ODD WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG CITY ASKED THORN 8b7caf0a-eb77-4896-931e-280b71c73870 NEVER MIND TELL US THE STORY SAID THE PREACHER HIMSELF EAGERLY LEANING OVER THE PULPIT IT WAS MISTER SCOTT WHO DID IT SAID THE STORY GIRL HE WAS PREACHING SOMEWHERE IN NOVA SCOTIA AND WHEN HE WAS MORE THAN HALF WAY THROUGH HIS SERMON AND YOU KNOW SERMONS WERE VERY LONG IN THOSE DAYS A MAN WALKED IN FELICITY WAS RESIGNED ALTHOUGH THE FATAL PATCH ON PETER'S BEST TROUSERS WAS STILL AN EYE SOORE TO HER SHE DECLARED SHE NEVER GOT ANY GOOD OF THE SINGING BECAUSE PETER STOOD UP THEN AND EVERY ONE COULD SEE THE PATCH 8b7fc201-7434-402e-bcea-9f5dcbc41c6e NOR AM I EXCLAIMED THE TIN WOODMAN SWINGING HIS GLITTERING AXE AROUND HIS TIN HEAD IN A SERIES OF CIRCLES THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT IN THAT BOOK I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE OF IT SINCE I'M ONLY A HIRED BOY BUT SOME PARTS ARE REAL EASY 8ba06d13-9a23-4634-87ed-5d1bedb790c2 THE CANARY SWIFTLY DARTED TO A PLACE BESIDE THE OWL AND THE GREEN MONKEY SPRANG UP CAUGHT A LIMB AND SOON SCRAMBLED TO A HIGH PERCH OF SAFETY DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS WE WERE VERY BUSY TOO BUSY TO TELL TALES OR LISTEN TO THEM ONLY IN THE FROSTY DUSK DID WE HAVE TIME TO WANDER AFAR IN REALMS OF GOLD WITH THE STORY GIRL 8ba74fc0-dc48-4bf1-bc1e-44afa396f5ae WITH AN EFFORT HE SAT UP ON THE BACK SEAT AND LOOKED THROUGH THE PERMANS THE ACTUAL CHANGE IN ATOMIC CONFIGURATION DUE TO THE APPLICATION OF SUFFICIENT ENERGY THE TANG OF FIR BALSAM SOMETIMES I FEAR OUR REGULAR PRAYERS WAS SLURRED OVER OR MUMBLED IN ANYTHING BUT REVERENT HASTE 8babed4c-1140-4764-bb73-d0d1b2c2cf59 WE LOOKED AT HIM WHEN IT WAS OVER WITH AN INCREASE OF RESPECT WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU LEARN THAT FELIX I ASKED IT'S THE GRACE UNCLE ALEC SAYS AT EVERY MEAL ANSWERED FELIX AT FIRST I WAS ABLE TO WAS THE REPLY BUT I TRAVELLED SO MUCH SEARCHING FOR THE FAIRY OR WHICH OR WHATEVER SHE WAS THAT I SOON GOT CORNS ON MY TOES 8bac1909-e5ec-4914-9167-6ed154458f12 THE STRONG HANDS MOVED ON THE TABLE TOP KENUF WAS STANDING NEAR HIM A PERFECTLY BRANK OF EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE AND IF HE'S GOT YOU IN A WOODEN HOUSE AND HE'S GOING TO BURN IT DOWN WHAT GOOD DOES THAT YOUR KNOWLEDGE DO YOU I WAS A MUCH BETTER MAN THAN EVER THE DOOR TO OPEN AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT MOVE FAMOUS TINSMITH WHO MADE MY PRESENT BEAUTIFUL FORM 8baf031f-c804-40ba-b6f7-ed39e8f81403 INSKIPPED GRABBED AGAIN AND BEGAN TO COMPARE THE PRINTS I LEANED OVER HIS SHOULDER AND POINTED OUT THE INTERESTING PARTS NOTICE IF THE ENGINE ROOM SPECKS ARE CHANGED SLIGHTLY TO INCLUDE THIS CARGO HOLD THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE BRUTES NEEDED I WAS REALLY PUFFED UP WITH EARTHLY VANITY OVER IT AT THAT TIME FELIX I THOUGHT WOULD BE HARD PUT TO IT TO BEAT IT 8bafdd2c-784e-4729-b2cc-42a2eae40587 IN SPITE OF HER SCALES AND FINS AS IF UNTOUCHED BY ANYTHING AROUND HIM HIS ARMS FOLDED AND A FAINT SMILE UPON HIS DAMP LIPS TO RECOVER OUR INVESTMENT THE WHITE PUFF OF SAIL ON DARK GREEN SEA GLIDING ACROSS CALM WATER BANDED WITH LIGHTER AND DARKER STRAYER WHERE SUBMERGED SHOALS LAY 8bc4de3a-935e-470b-8acb-50c4e2b94dc1 IT WAS FLAT MARSHY BOTTOM LAND WITHOUT A BUMP THE ONLY THING IN A TEN MILE CIRCLE WAS THIS PYRAMID AND THAT DEFINITELY WASN'T MY BEACON OR WASN'T IT I DIVED THE EYE LOWER THE PYRAMID WAS A CRUDE LOOKING THING OF UNDRESSED STONE WITHOUT CARVINGS OR DECORATIONS AN INN IN THIS TOWN THE IDEA APPEARED TO STRIKE HER AS THE VERY HEIGHT OF IDIOCY SHE COVERED HER FACE WITH HER HANDS AND SHOOK AFTER A SECOND JONAS DISCOVERED THAT SHE WAS LAUGHING HE WAITED PATIENTLY UNTIL THE FIT HAD LEFT HER 8bdb8f0c-342c-4d4c-903b-d78b03603aac THEY USED TO MEET UNDER THE BIRCHES AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT LOVE BUT YOU CAN HARDLY EVER COAX PETER TO BE THE POET THE OLD CLOCK ISN'T GOING MOTHER FORGOT TO WIND IT UP LAST NIGHT AND IT STOP BUT IT'S FOUR BY THE KITCHEN CLOCK 8c034e67-2c88-4a9e-911a-bd67c5873aae I NEVER HEARD THAT KIND OF STRIKE BEFORE PROTESTED PETER IT DON'T SOUND A BIT LIKE OTHER CLOCKS AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT AND THE SOUND KIND OF MUFFLED IT'S ALL VERY FINE TO SAY YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT IT WAS BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THE STORY GIRL HONESTLY I THOUGHT IT WAS A BELL WHEN I HEARD IT AND THE DOOR OPEN TOO WELL FELIX WHAT IS IT ASKED MISTER MIREWOOD KINDLY PLEASE SIR DOES GOD REALLY LOOK LIKE THIS ASKED FELIX HOLDING OUT THE PICTURE WE HOPE HE DOESN'T BUT WE WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH AND THAT IS WHY I'M BOTHERING YOU PLEASE EXCUSE US AND TELL ME THE MINISTER LOOKED AT THE PICTURE A STERN EXPRESSION CAME INTO HIS GENTLE BLUE EYES AND HE GOT AS NEAR TO FROWNING AS IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO GET WHERE DID YOU GET THAT THING HE ASKED 8c16cd00-9e1b-422e-bcf3-9e1e1127bfaf HE HAD NEVER LIKED HER SINCE THE DAY SHE HAD TOLD HIM HE WOULD SOON BE AS BROAD AS HE WAS LONG OH YES CECILY HAD ASSURED HIM THE BIBLE IS ALWAYS THE SAME THIS SEEMED TO BE A RATHER UNANSWERABLE KIND OF CONUNDRUM 8c177176-f3d8-47e9-8949-d82c9cc22824 WE WERE MORE INTERESTED IN FELICITY AND CECILY AND DAN WHO LIVED ON THE HOMESTEAD AND WOULD THEREFORE BE OUR ROOF MATES FOR A SEASON BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE STORY GIRL'S YET UNUTTERED REMARK WAS THRILLING IN OUR HEARTS THAT MORNING AS THE TRAIN PULLED OUT OF TORONTO HER VOICE SEEMED TO TRIGGER THE ATTACK THE ZID LUNGED AGAINST THE DOOR WITH A FORCE THAT CRACKED THE WOODEN HURRICANE BOLT ACROSS AND OPENED A THREE INCH SLIT BETWEEN THE LEADING EDGE AND LINTEL JEFF HAD A GLIMPSE OF SLANTED RED EYES AND A WHITE FANGED SNOUT BEFORE REFLEX SENT HIM HEADLONG TO SHOULDER THE DOOR SHUT AGAIN 8c253c81-e2f1-4ea1-a75f-6e4e13b96c55 RICH WERE WE IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE OPULENT MONTHS THAT HAD GONE FROM US NO INDEED I WISH HE HAD BEEN IT DON'T SEEM MUCH USE IN HAVING A PLATE JUST FOR ORNAMENT SAID FELICITY WHEN I LOST MY LEGS I WENT TO THE TINSMITH CUCLIP YOU WERE JUST A BIRD AS YOU ARE NOW 8c26ffef-fe4d-4210-8e60-59867a23760f FELICITY TOSSED HER GOLDEN TRUSSED HEAD AND TRIED TO LOOK ANGRY BUT MADE A DISMAL FAILURE OF IT IT WOULDN'T BE LADY LIKE TO ASK ANY ONE TO MARRY YOU YOU KNOW ARGUED CECILY THEY TRUDGED ON AT A BRISK PACE AND BY NOON THE MOUNTAIN WAS SO CLOSE THAT THEY COULD ADMIRE ITS APPEARANCE 8c29a12f-696b-48a7-9000-af637ace5ec0 PAUSE YES SEEMS A DIRTY SHAME WE MAY GO NOW HE SAID THERE'S SOMETHING DREADFUL IN THERE SOMETHING THAT RINGS A BELL PETER HEARD IT DON'T GO IN THERE'S NO USE ASKING THE MEANING OF THIS I SUPPOSE SAID UNCLE ROGER WITH THE CALM OF DESPAIR WHILE CECILY ADMITTED THAT WILLY FRASER HAD WRITTEN ON HIS SLATE AND SHOWED IT TO HER 8c2f27b6-f2ac-46c1-a7e6-78980fb6ae8b HE HAD LONG SINCE GIVEN UP THE ENTIRE OPERATION AS A FUTILE ONE AND SPENT MOST OF THE TIME IN HIS CABIN WORRYING ABOUT THE EFFECT OF IT ON HIS SURFACE RECORD BOREDOM OR CURIOSITY HAD DRIVEN HIM OUT AND HE WAS READING ONE OF MY RELEASES WITH HORROR BILLIONAIRE TO FOUND HOME WILD SPACE YACHT FILLED WITH LUXURIES TO LAST A HUNDRED YEARS THE CAPTAIN'S FACE GREW RED AS HE FLIPPED THROUGH THE STACK OF NOTES WHAT CONNECTION DOES THIS TRIPE HAVE WITH CATCHING THOSE MURDERERS WE FELT AS MUCH OF A SHOCK AS IF WE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE EXPECTANT GUESTS OURSELVES WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM WAS HE KILLED TOO ASKED FELIX THE STORY GIRL SIGHED AND RESUMED HER WORK NO INDEED I WISH HE HAD BEEN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SUIT SUITABLE AND ROMANTIC NO IT WAS JUST SOMETHING HORRID HE HAD TO RUN AWAY FOR DEBT FANCY HE ACTED MEAN RIGHT THROUGH AUNT JANET SAYS HE NEVER SENT EVEN A WORD TO RACHEL AND SHE NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN 8c386620-7159-400f-ac36-f6c7b21c3e33 JONAS CAME OVER THE HILL WHISTLING AS IF HE HAD NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD WHICH IS NOT EVEN APPROXIMATELY TRUE HE REFLECTED HAPPILY THE STATE OF COMPLETE AND UTTER QUIET WAS BOTH FOREIGN AND SLIGHTLY REPUGNANT TO HIM HE WAS NEVER MORE PLEASED THAN WHEN HE HAD A JOB IN HAND A JOB THAT INVOLVED A SLIGHT AND UNAVOIDABLE RISK THIS TIME OF COURSE THE RISK WAS MORE THAN SLIGHT YOU'VE RUINED THE BREAD SAID FELICITY FLATLY IT'S AS HEAVY AS A STONE I DECLARE SARA STANLEY I'D RATHER HAVE A LITTLE COMMON SENSE THAN BE A GREAT STORY TELLER 8c40b786-b414-4cce-9d0c-e60593fabbce YES BUT I DON'T BELIEVE SHE COULD EVER HAVE THOUGHT OF SUCH A THING AS THIS HERSELF FELICITY GOT ALL THE GRATITUDE ALTHOUGH THE STORY GIRL HAD ORIGINATED THE IDEA AND SEATED THE RAISINS AND BEATEN THE EGGS WHILE CECILY HAD TRUDGED ALL THE WAY TO MISSUS JAMES'S LITTLE SHOP BELOW THE CHURCH TO BUY THE PINK CANDIES BUT THAT IS THE WAY OF THE WORLD THE CAPTAIN'S FACE GREW RED AS HE FLIPPED THROUGH THE STACK OF NOTES BEAUTIFUL PLANET YOU HAVE HERE DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE IDEAL SPOT FOR A COUNTRY HOME FRIENDLY PEOPLE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP STRANGERS AND ALL THAT I IMAGINE THAT'S WHAT I LIKE MAKES ME FEEL GRATEFUL 8c428008-c649-4af9-b50e-7f808be3f2d5 THEN WITH A BOOK UNDER ONE ARM AND PAT UNDER THE OTHER SHE BETOOK HERSELF TO THE WINDOW SEAT IN THE UPSTAIRS HALL AND WOULD NOT BE LURED FROM THAT RETREAT CHARMED WE NEVER SO WISELY IT CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF FOUR TALL SLIM POSTS SET IN THE FORM OF A SQUARE ABOUT A YARD APART 8c4c5c6a-c166-4f67-ac24-2647b5a9cc4d HOW DID WILLIAM COAN BEHAVE AFTERWARD HE WAS A CHANGED MAN SAID THE STORY GIRL SOLEMNLY TOO MUCH CHANGE HE NEVER WAS KNOWN TO LAUGH AGAIN OR EVEN SMILE HE BECAME A VERY RELIGIOUS MAN WHICH WAS A GOOD THING BUT HE WAS DREADFULLY GLOOMY AND THOUGHT EVERYTHING PLEASANT SINFUL SHE COULD SMILE AND WEAR PRETTY CLOTHES AND AT THE SAME TIME BE EVEN MORE CRUEL THAN HER WICKED HUSBAND HAD BEEN FROM THE SHOULDERS EXTENDED TWO SMALL ARMS AT LEAST THEY SEEMED SMALL BESIDE SO MANY LEGS 8c4c7fee-57bc-4022-9992-a218074be764 FOR WOOT WAS NOT VERY BIG AND NOT VERY OLD BUT HOW DID SHE MANAGE TO GET YOU POLYCHROME AND THIS GAVE LOOT TIME TO CLIMB THROUGH THE OPENING BUT NOW I DO NOT THINK SHE EITHER NEEDED OUR PITY OR DESERVED OUR ADMIRATION GIVE HIM COURAGE NOT TO FEAR THE FACE OF MAN 8c4f625f-8c47-4577-8117-7462c6f6026a WHY THE COUNTRY WILL RUN ITSELF ANSWERED THE EMPEROR AS A MATTER OF FACT MY PEOPLE DO NOT NEED AN EMPEROR FOR OZMA OF OZ WATCHES OVER THE WELFARE OF ALL HER SUBJECTS INCLUDING THE WINKIES THE GRAY FIRST CAME IN GRANDMOTHER'S BROWN HAIR IN THOSE MONTHS OF WAITING FOR THE FIRST TIME THE ORCHARD HEARD THE SOUND OF WEEPING AND WAS CONSECRATED BY SORROW 8c660f14-678d-43a8-b86c-13c75ca4b124 IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE GOOD WILL OF MY UNSEEN FAIRY GUARDIANS SO I'LL TRY AND IF I FAIL YOU WILL BE NO WORSE OFF THAN YOU ARE NOW IT WAS A VERY DEEP WELL AND THE CURB WAS OF ROUGH UNDRESSED STONES 8c70b474-c953-4dda-a227-71e7680ace03 DID THEY EVER GROW UP INQUIRED MISS WILLIAN ESS WIFE IN AN ANXIOUS VOICE IF I WANTED HIM DREADFULLY AND HE WOULDN'T DO THE ASKING PERHAPS I WOULD A NEW BLOSSOM TIME SEEMED TO HAVE REVISITED THE ORCHARD 8c74c235-81c5-4d51-93f5-00c68b79f493 JONAS PUT ON HIS MOST PLEASANT EXPRESSION MADAM HE SAID I WISH TO KNOW IF THERE BE ANY FAMILY IN THIS TOWN TO GIVE ROOM TO A WAYFARER UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE THAT THE WAYFARER WOULD INSIST ON PAYING PAYING WELL HE ADDED IT WAS NOT FAR AS VIC HAD SAID BUT WE WERE WEARY FROM OUR BATTLE WITH THE CRAZED MOB AND THE BEST WE COULD FORCE FROM OUR LEGS WAS A SORT OF DOG TROT ONE MINUTE AFTER TWO 8c76a8e0-0989-4b7b-98c9-fc7b1f9faf0f A THING THAT SIZE COULDN'T CRACK A WALNUT YOU FLOUNDERING FOP IT WILL BLAST THIS TOWN FLAT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU NOTHING THE WE'LL BE THE FIRST MEN HAD TURNED INTO I'LL BE THE FIRST MAN BUT IT WAS CAPTAIN BRANDON WHO DREW THE ASSIGNMENT OF SCOUTING SERIOUS THREE FOR A SUITABLE LANDING PLACE FOR ASTRO OF SAMPLING ITS ATMOSPHERE AND OBSERVING METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EVEN AS BRANDON CLIMBED INTO THE SCOUT SHIP TOWERS HAD CAUTIONED HIM 8c807e69-6200-4e10-a486-979475f0f9df IT MUST BE GETTING HANDY TOO SAID CECILY IT SEEMS AS IF WE'D BEEN WAITING HERE FOR EVER SO MUCH LONGER THAN AN HOUR BUT IT'S BETTER TO BE USEFUL THAN JUST INTERESTING SAID THE STORY GIRL BITTERLY UNCLE ROGER WANTED BREAKFAST AT SIX 8c99ce21-aaad-4308-8b10-e64ab7c79b38 AND OH EXCLAIMED CECILY IN DELIGHT THERE'S THAT CHINA FRUIT BASKET WITH THE APPLE ON THE HANDLE DOESN'T IT LOOK REAL I'VE THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT IT NO OF COURSE NOT GROWLED THE SCARECROW IN THE BEAR'S FORM BUT I DON'T LIKE WALKING ON FOUR LEGS IT'S UNDIGNIFIED THE GIANTESS WAS MERELY ABLE TO MAKE A BARREN SHAPE 8ccf7b88-78cb-4375-945b-54532b7f0a1d IN A FEW SECONDS HE HAD BECOME A SMALL BROWN BEAR BUT HE WAS STUFFED WITH STRAW AS HE HAD BEEN BEFORE AND WHEN THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR SHUFFLED ACROSS THE FLOOR HE WAS JUST AS WOGGLY AS THE SCARECROW HAD BEEN AND MOVED JUST AS AWKWARDLY SHE WENT TO BOSTON WHEN SHE GREW UP AND SOME SAY SHE WAS MARRIED THERE AND HER HUSBAND DESERTED HER AND THAT'S WHY SHE WENT CRAZY 8cd7d6dc-5ff4-4f73-becb-c70ab8600cf8 AS FOR DOR JOHN ANDREW HAD LIVED THIS LONG WITHOUT GOING TO THE AID OF A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS WITHOUT IN FACT EVER SEEING ONE THAT HE COULD REMEMBER WHO WASN'T OBVIOUSLY MORE CAPABLE OF HELPING HERSELF THAN HE WAS THE PARTICULAR MATTER IN OR OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT OPENING DAY OF AUGUST WAS A PROJECT WHICH UNCLE EDWARD HAD RECENTLY MOOTED UNCLE EDWARD'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS TO BE MARRIED AND UNCLE EDWARD HAD WRITTEN OVER URGING UNCLE ALEC AUNT JANET AND AUNT OLIVIA TO GO DOWN TO HALIFAX FOR THE WEDDING AND SPEND A WEEK THERE 8cd81f6e-63da-4909-9646-ee805b7e4bed IF THE REST OF US HAD JUST SET DOWN AND DONE NOTHING INCIDENTALLY ADDING THAT HE WAS WELL AND LONESOME HAD BOUGHT MAGIC SEED STARING AT US WHEN THEY THOUGHT WE WOULD BE TOO BUSY EATING TO SEE THEM SILENCE FELL OVER THE HOUSE 8cf9d069-f08a-48b1-8e00-5432fd8490bd AND DIGGING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE THIEVES I CAN BE CONNED ONCE THE THING HAD MORE DRAWERS IN IT THAN A BATTERY OF CASH REGISTERS KENUPH NEITHER APPLAUDED NOR LOOKED SURPRISED I AM SURE YOU DO HE SAID SHARP TURNED AND LOOKED AT HIM FULL IN THE FACE 8d03d281-ce73-4925-baca-a1bf968dfe59 WE TOOK A DRINK FROM THE BLUE CUP AND THEN WENT TO FIND OUR BIRTHDAY TREES WE WERE RATHER DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THEM QUITE LARGE STURDY ONES WHAT IS PETER LIKE I ASKED ONE OF THE PRIESTS SPOKE SHARPLY COMMANDINGLY TO E PAY AND THE LATTER NODDED NOT AGREEABLY IT SEEMED TO ME 8d045d3e-3bc3-4f3a-9f6d-3a321d24fba7 YOU MUST NOT PLAY ANY GAMES ON SUNDAY WENT ON PETER THAT IS ANY WEEK A DAY GAMES OR WHISPER IN CHURCH OR LAUGH IN CHURCH I DID THAT ONCE BUT I WAS AWFUL SORRY AND YOU MUSTN'T TAKE ANY NOTICE OF PATTY I MEAN OF THE FAMILY CAT AT FAMILY PRAYERS NOT EVEN IF HE CLIMBS ON YOUR BACK AND YOU MUSTN'T CALL NAMES OR MAKE FACES IT TOOK AN EFFORT BUT I MANAGED TO GET MY MIND BACK INTO GEAR AND CONSIDER THE EVIDENCE IF PRESENT FERERO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE BATTLESHIP HE MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN BY THE COVER UP JOB BUT IF HE WASN'T RESPONSIBLE WHO WAS 8d054856-e280-43e6-b826-f664ad370603 IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM HOW BIG THEY HAVE TO BE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE HOW BIG THEY ARE IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM THAT IS WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS DONE THE OFFICIAL HAD GIVEN A SNAP JUDGMENT AND IT LED TO DISASTER IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT CLEAR NOWHERE IN ALL VERBIAGE DOES IT SAY HOW BIG THEY HAVE TO BE TO BE COUNTED AS PEOPLE COULD I BE SURE THAT PEPPE FLYING HIS MOUNTAIN OF A SHIP AND EATING NAVY RATIONS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE COMFORTS AND LUXURIES OF LIFE OR IF THE LUXURIES DIDN'T CATCH HIS EYE WOULD HE BE INTERESTED IN THE PLANETARY HOMESTEADING GEAR I HAD LOADED THE CARDS WITH ALL THE THINGS HE MIGHT WANT AND PLANTED THE INFORMATION WHERE HE COULD GET IT HE HAD THE BAIT NOW BUT WOULD HE GRAB THE HOOK 8d0a6f72-f472-4d2a-99cf-e7e2ae710910 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I HAD KNOWN HER I WANTED TO DRAW AWAY FROM THE STORY GIRL WRITING DOWN HIS DREAMS IN THE OLD KING ORCHARD ON THE HOMESTEAD HILL BLOWN OVER BY MUSKY WINDS THE TIME WENT FAST I PULLED THE EYE STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY AND THREW IN THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THAT WOULD RETURN IT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE SHIP 8d0f967c-5496-4efe-adad-d12ed0659d20 I TRIED TO REMEMBER EVERY WORD SO I CAN TELL IT JUST AS HE TOLD IT MISSIONARIES ARE SUCH NOBLE PEOPLE I SHOOK HIS HAND ENTHUSIASTICALLY AT THIS POINT AND LET ONE HUNDRED CREDIT NOTES SLIP INTO HIS PALM 8d1d9c70-b068-429b-8261-017b5146c1c9 BUT IN SPITE OF HIS BOLD WORDS DONALD'S HEART WAS THUMPING AS HE DROVE INTO THE SHERMAN YARD NANCY WAS THERE MILKING A COW BY THE STABLE DOOR BUT SHE STOOD UP WHEN SHE SAW DONALD COMING ONE THE BEACON WAS REPAIRED TWO THE DOOR WAS SEALED SO THERE WOULD BE NO MORE SAVAGE ACCIDENTAL OR DELIBERATE THREE THE PRIESTS SHOULD BE SATISFIED THE WATER WAS RUNNING AGAIN MY EYES HAD BEEN DULY BURNED OUT AND THEY WERE BACK IN BUSINESS 8d57b553-b513-43d3-b41f-98efcc90d3b1 CECILY'S LETTER IS FROM M FREWIN SHE ALWAYS PUTS IN HASTE ON HER LETTERS NO MATTER WHAT'S IN THEM IT WAS ALL ARRANGED THAT THEY WERE TO BE MARRIED FROM HERE IN THE SPRING IT CAME COMPLETE WITH DECORATIONS GOLD BULLION AND ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WE'LL SEARCH THE SHIP SHE CAN'T HIDE FOR LONG SHE WON'T HAVE TO PIPPY SAID THERE'S A FAR SCOUT WE PICKED UP STOWED IN ONE OF THE HOLES THAT MUST BE LEAVING NOW 8d5ab7ff-694f-494b-b60f-647aedbd0fe6 I HEAR THEIR LAUGHING VOICES I SEE THEIR BRIGHT UNCLOUDED EYES WE ALL EVEN DAN CRIED EXCEPT THE STORY GIRL I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN BE SO UNFEELING SARA STANLEY SAID FELICITY REPROACHFULLY YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUCH FRIENDS WITH PETER AND MADE OUT YOU THOUGHT SO MUCH OF HIM AND NOW YOU AIN'T SHEDDING A TEAR FOR HIM 8d606bb7-8572-4409-a800-b6f37a07ee9d WE WERE NOT SO SURE OF THIS GHOSTS WERE UNCHANCY FOLK BUT DURING THE DAY THE STORY GIRL WOULD SMUGGLE UPSTAIRS VARIOUS TIDBITS FROM THE PANTRY PUTTING HALF IN PETER'S ROOM AND HALF IN HER OWN ORNE TURNED LOOKED AT TO NUBE IN THE DIM GLOW OF THE CABLIGHT GHOSTLY SHADOWS WITH VINE PENDULUMS ON BOTH SIDES 8d685e42-fbb3-4b68-955a-550764aef020 OZMA'S FACE BRIGHTENED AS SHE LISTENED TO THIS CLEVER PROPOSAL EVEN NOW THE RAIN DROPS WERE BEGINNING TO FALL BUT IT WAS QUITE DRY INSIDE THE TUNNEL AND BY THE TIME THEY HAD REACHED THE OTHER END WHEN CECILY FINISHED SHE GOT UP AND WENT IN SEARCH OF DAN RESOLVED TO SOOTHE HIS WOUNDED FEELINGS 8d7a33f6-8875-4ab5-879b-3df576bcfd8b THEY ERASED THE FEARS OF THE NEUROTIC AND CALMED THE QUIVERINGS OF THE HY POTENSIVE BUT THE SCOOP AT THE MOMENT FOUND WATER DEEP ENOUGH TO MOVE IN EARNEST THE CALL BELL JANGLED OF THE DELPHINAS BUT YOU SAID AN I A SHIP FOUND THIS JOINT 8d83ce48-e415-4666-a623-1dedda627eb4 TO US FOR EVERMORE THE MILKY WAY WOULD BE NOT PETER'S OVERWHELMING GARLAND OF SONS BUT THE LUCENT BRIDGE LOVE CREATED ON WHICH THE BANISHED ARCHANGELS CROSSED FROM STAR TO STAR I THINK SHE WAS A VERY NICE GIRL SAID ROOT THE WANDERER BUT TELL ME PLEASE WHY WERE YOU NOT KILLED WHEN YOU WERE CHOPPED TO PIECES 8d96c4f7-0542-4641-93c5-97c707da3f4f THE FEAST RAN BACKED AWAY WHAT COULD IT POSSIBLY MATTER BUT HE MAY TAKE A NOTION TO COME BACK WE WAITED AND WATCHED AT THE WINDOW HOW COULD ANYONE IN THE WORLD BE HAPPY WHEN WE WERE SO UNHAPPY 8da0b49e-9759-4840-a543-c08582565016 OFF TO THE WEST WAS A DAFFODIL GLOW HANGING OVER THE VALLEY OF LOST SUNSETS AND GRANDFATHER KING'S HUGE WILLOW ROSE UP AGAINST IT LIKE A ROUNDED MOUNTAIN OF FOLIAGE FOR IT WAS AN UNDENIABLY UGLY ONE SAUCY WOMAN WITH FULL BLOWN PEONY CHEEKS 8db8cec6-c30d-4da3-b3fa-fdf93bf24eb0 LISTEN FRIENDS SHE SAID AT LAST AND TOOK OUT A PECULIAR MACHINE HE HAD INTENDED THAT DISTINCT AND IT DID AS ANY WIZARD MIGHT DO WHO HAD THE HELP OF HIS LORD THE DEVIL KUTUFF MUTTERED BUT SOON AND LATER IT STILL HAD TO HAPPEN 8dbd9f93-3f79-4a68-b5aa-233dd32b43bc BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SIT IN A PEW WITH A HIRED BOY WELL I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY IT WAS NOT AN EASY MATTER JEFF BACKED AWAY WARILY JEFF HAD CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY BUT ITS IMMEDIACY APPALLED HIM 8dc5acfa-4c9b-4d43-b489-58c2156fbad5 ALL THE GIRLS HAD FOOD POISONING A REGULAR EPIDEMIC IT SEEMED EACH OF THEM IN TURN HAD BEEN REPLACED BY THE SAME GIRL WHEN FELICITY RETURNED WE CONCLUDED FROM HER EXPRESSION THAT SHE HAD NEWS AND SHE HAD 8df03d54-46b9-4cfd-9632-10ba6347b6f9 WHY SHOULD I WANT OUT OF MY FIRST FIELD ASSIGNMENT LISTEN AND FIND OUT OH SEE HERE IF YOU'RE GOING TO INTERRUPT AND ARGUE OVER EVERYTHING WE'LL NEVER GET THE STORY TOLD SAID FELIX DRY UP ALL OF YOU AND LET THE STORY GIRL GO ON WE DRIED UP AND THE STORY GIRL WENT ON 8e009ef5-6920-43ed-95dc-862ef9bd58ed I AM SAVING SOME OF THE HONORABLE MISTER WHALEN'S HAIRS FOR YOU I'VE GOT THEM HID WHERE NOBODY CAN FIND THEM THERE'S ONLY A DOZEN BECAUSE DAN ET ALL THE REST BUT I GUESS YOU WILL LIKE EM WE HAVE GOT ALL THE APPLES PICKED AND ARE ALL READY TO TAKE THE MEASLES NOW IF WE HAVE TO BUT I HOPE WE WON'T WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE AS YOU WERE BEFORE ASKED POLYCHROME THE CANARY PERCHING UPON THE GREEN MONKEY'S SHOULDER TO OBSERVE TOMMY QUICK STEP MORE ATTENTIVELY 8e01bcaa-4d1d-4563-bfb2-cb138275d265 IF HE ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE OR THREATEN ANOTHER SHIP THE ELEMENT OF CHANCE WOULD BE INTRODUCED NORMALLY BAD SIGN BUT RIGHT NOW I DIDN'T CARE I DON'T WANT TO CATCH THE MEASLES FROM PETER SAID FELICITY DECIDEDLY FANCY CATCHING THEM FROM A HIRED BOY AH I'M AFRAID I DID VERY WRONG TO COME AGAINST MAR'S WILL SHE SAID MISERABLY BUT I COULDN'T WAIT 8e07056c-b01f-42ca-bc2c-cf24c1e9299c AT THIS POINT FELICITY GAVE DAN A SIGNIFICANT POKE WITH HER ELBOW AND DAN WAS UP IN ARMS ABOUT IT DON'T YOU BE PREACHING AT ME PETER CRAIG HE CRIED OUT I WON'T STAND IT I DON'T QUARREL WITH MY SISTER ANY OFTENER THAN SHE QUARRELS WITH ME YOU CAN JUST LEAVE ME ALONE THERE HE WAITED FOR HE COULD GO NO FARTHER WHILE OVER THE TUMBLE DROG SLOWLY CREPT DRAGONS THE LITTLEST ONE COMING FIRST BECAUSE HE WAS HUNGRY AS WELL AS ECHE RE 8e0b85cb-b134-433d-b045-f8f3e5eaed34 EVEN CECILY THE MEEK AND MILD WAS SNAPPISH AND COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE NOT PETER'S OVERWHELMING GARLAND OF SONS BUT THE LUCENT BRIDGE LOVE CREATED ON WHICH THE BANISHED ARCHANGELS CROSSED FROM STAR TO STAR X HIMSELF HAD THE PERMANENT JOB OF ASSISTANT ENGINEERING DESIGNER I'M SURE THEY'LL BE GLAD TO SEE THE MAN WHO THE WAR LORD CLASS BATTLESHIP THAT HAS BEEN BUILT AT THE CENT ORANTOLA SPACE YARDS 8e0d9e9e-79ed-449d-a723-184dc50d5bfe DO YOU SUPPOSE PETER WOULD HAVE GOT BETTER ANYWAY AND THE GROWN UPS WITH UNACCUSTOMED UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY TOLD US THAT WE NEED NOT AUNT JANET WON'T LET ME PUT PEBBLES IN MY SHOES BUT I'D PUT A THISTLE NEXT MY SKIN ON MY BACK AND IT STICKS INTO ME IF I LEAN BACK THE LEAST BIT FELICITY'S SO FOND OF MAKING A FUSS OVER EVERYTHING 8e1261e9-6bf7-482a-b8aa-abbf92aaa5f5 YOUR SHIP LANDED TO REPAIR ITS TUBES VERY INFERIOR CERAMICS IN THOSE TUBES ORNE TURNED LOOKED AT TO NUBE IN THE DIM GLOW OF THE CABLIGHT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE I A TO NUBE I A WHAT IS THAT I LIKE TO HEAR YOU TALK SAID FELIX IN HIS GRAVE STODGY WAY EVERYBODY DOES SAID THE STORY GIRL COOLLY I'M GLAD YOU LIKE THE WAY I TALK BUT I WANT YOU TO LIKE ME TOO AS WELL AS YOU LIKE FELICITY AND CECILY NOT BETTER 8e3a1d60-6c9e-4458-853b-5c1b4c199064 TO JUDGE OZMA OF OZ BY STANDARDS OF OUR WORLD YOU WOULD THINK HER VERY YOUNG PERHAPS FOURTEEN OR FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE YET FOR YEARS SHE HAD RULED THE LAND OF OZ AND NEVER SEEMED A BIT OLDER DAN WAS NEITHER THE PROPHET NOR THE SON OF A PROPHET BUT HE HAD THE SECOND SIGHT FOR ONCE PETER DID MAKE AN IMPRESSION 8e5484b0-111a-464c-81eb-fd2996156a7f OUR AUNT FELICITY WAS DEAD FOR IT WAS LIKE TO NO MOUTH ON EITHER THE KING OR THE WARD SIDE SARA RAY'S OWN DREAMS NEVER AMOUNTED TO MUCH BUT SHE TOOK IT VERY COOLLY AS IF YOU WERE WALKING IN A KING'S PALACE 8e5fbfa2-1490-4fa2-8439-fb76c9947af2 HARROW THE WOOD FIELD AND DIG YOUR AUNT OLIVIA'S FLOWER BEDS THEN HE SAILED AWAY AGAIN AND THE SHIP WAS NEVER HEARD OF MORE WHEN I'VE SETTLED WHAT I'M GOING TO BE HE ISN'T IN THE KITCHEN SAID FELICITY RUSHING ABOUT WILDLY AND HE COULDN'T GET INTO THE OTHER PART OF THE HOUSE FOR I SHUT THE HALL DOOR TIGHT AND NO BABY COULD OPEN IT AND IT'S SHUT TIGHT YET 8e689c39-d084-44d4-b3c2-e173477691f1 HER CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT WAS A RICH LITTLE PLUM CAKE ON THE WHITE FROSTING OF WHICH THE WORDS WELCOME BACK WERE LETTERED IN PINK CANDIES TREMBLING FEARFULLY WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE MY FRIEND THE PATCHWORK GIRL WOULD THINK OF ME IF SHE SAW YOU WERE IN THIS BEASTLY SHAPE HE WAS CERTAINLY MORE HUMBLE THAN BEFORE HIS ACCIDENT 8e697259-cabb-4959-89c8-49261ead7d9a THEN THE STORY GIRL AND I WALKED UP THE HILL TOGETHER I SAID COMFORTABLY AND THE YOUNGER YOU ARE THE BETTER THE STORY GIRL COULD SEE US THROUGH THE WINDOW CAROUSING WITHOUT STINT ON RAISIN PIES AND UNCLE EDWARD'S CHERRIES SWINGING HER SHAPELY BARE FEET TO AND FRO AND HE WAS THE BEST HUNTER IN THE TRIBE BESIDES THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE SAID CECILY PERPLEXEDLY 8e6b2604-bd9a-45cd-9ae8-0eede325f3c2 THEIR SKINS WERE ALL OF A LIGHT GRAY COLOR ONCE WE ARE FREE OF THE BARRIER WE HAVE THE WANDERER TO HELP US THE GROWN UPS LAUGHED I EXPECTED TO COME DOWN WITH AN AWFUL THUD SHE SAID SHUDDERING 8e7c2402-3767-4c1c-ac61-cc629a614c9a THE TINSMITH MADE ME TIN ARM AND I WAS NOT MUCH WORRIED BECAUSE NIMMY AMY DECLARED SHE STILL LOVED ME HIS IDEA WAS TO SEIZE HER CHAIR AND PULL IT OUT BY THE ROOTS I DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM SAID PETER CRESTFALLEN THE BIBLE IS AN INTERESTING BOOK SAID THE STORY GIRL COMING TO PETER'S RESCUE WHY YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT ANY COMMON BOOK 8e9339d0-7d58-4ce7-b318-d97438a78a6f FELICITY SOLD HERS TO UNCLE ALEC'S HIRED MAN AND WAS BADLY CHEATED TO BOOT FOR HE LEVANTED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS TAKING THE APPLES WITH HIM HAVING PAID HER ONLY HALF HER RIGHTFUL DUE FELICITY HAS NOT GOTTEN OVER THAT TO THIS DAY NOW SARA HAD ALWAYS COVETED THIS PARTICULAR JUG SHE STOPPED CRYING LONG ENOUGH TO CLUTCH IT DELIGHTEDLY OH CICELY THANK YOU BUT ARE YOU SURE YOU WON'T WANT IT BACK IF TO MORROW ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY NO IT'S YOURS FOR GOOD SAID CICELY WITH THE HIGH REMOTE AIR OF ONE TO FORGET ME NOT JUGS IN ALL SUCH PUMPS AND VANITIES OF THE WORLD WERE AS A TALE THAT IS TOLD 8e9677bd-f05d-49fa-bfbc-803ccbaa1872 I MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT DOOR WITHOUT BREAKING A STEP QUIET AS I WAS THOUGH INSKIPT STILL HEARD ME THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE HE WAS SITTING UP IN BED POINTING A POINT SEVEN CALIBI ROYALUS AT MY STERN YOU SHOULD HAVE MORE BRAINS THAN THAT DAGREES HE SNARLED CREEPING INTO MY ROOM AT NIGHT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN SHOT IS THIS A SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPUTATION HE INQUIRED RATHER IRONICALLY NO WE HAVE COME TO ASK A FAVOR OF YOU SAID THE STORY GIRL PIGS SAID FELIX FORCIBLY 8e984a9c-0179-4e24-9b3b-3be375e4fb59 THIS LAST HAD A HORROR RING AND I REALIZED MY ENTHUSIASM HAD CARRIED ME OUT OF CHARACTER I BUTTONED MY COLLAR STRAIGHTENED MY RIBBONS AND SQUARED MY SHOULDERS BY THE TIME THEY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR I WAS ALL ADMIRAL AGAIN YOUR UNCLE ROGER WENT TO MARKDDVILLE RIGHT AFTER MILKING SAID PETER HE LOCKED UP THE HOUSE AND GAVE ME THE KEY THERE WASN'T A SOUL IN IT THAT I'M SURE OF I DROVE THE COWS TO PASTURE AND I GOT BACK ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO I SET DOWN ON THE FRONT DOOR STEPS FOR A MOMENT AND ALL AT ONCE I HEARD A BELL RING IN THE HOUSE EIGHT TIMES 8ebfb410-99f4-4769-b860-0afa214bf346 AND HAVING WANDERED OVER THESE LOVELY BLUE OH I BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND HAVE BEEN HER PRISONER IN THIS CAGE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS IT WON'T MATTER TO PAT BUT IT MIGHT TO THE ONE WHO GOES TO HER SAID FELICITY SHE ISN'T A WITCH BUT SHE'S A SPITEFUL OLD WOMAN AND GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT SHE DO AS SHE CAUGHT US I'M SCARED OF PEG BOWEN AND I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT EVER SINCE I CAN MIND MA'S BEEN SAYING IF YOU'RE NOT GOOD PEG BOWEN WILL CATCH YOU 8ed35cd2-44c0-499e-9d19-01ee277de5ef YONAS WAS THANKFUL FOR THAT AND FOR THE REST WELL HE THOUGHT RESIGNEDLY WHAT WAS A HERO WITHOUT A QUEST THE NATIVES CHOMPED AND RATTLED AND THE TRANSLATION ROLLED OUT ALMOST INSTANTLY I HAD THE VOLUME TURNED UP AND THE WHOLE SQUARE ECHOED SOME OF THE MORE CREDULOUS NATIVES PROSTRATED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS FLED SCREAMING 8f0df2f6-ee01-4c95-bacc-ff4e2a24a859 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE HIM DOWN SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL I DISTINCTLY HEARD FELIX WHO ALWAYS SAID HIS PRAYERS IN A LOUD WHISPER OWING TO SOME LASTING CONVICTION OF EARLY LIFE THAT GOD COULD NOT HEAR HIM IF HE DID NOT PRAY AUDIBLY WHOSE HEART DID YOU USE IN MAKING IN FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS A MAN MIGHT LIKE TO SEE HIS OLD HEAD ONCE MORE 8f11dc6e-d797-4021-9623-cfecc56bdb91 THE SERMON WRITTEN THE NEXT THING WAS TO LEARN IT OFF BY HEART AND THEN PRACTISE IT THUMPS INCLUDED UNTIL I WAS LETTER AND GESTURE PERFECT I PREACHED IT OVER SEVERAL TIMES IN THE GRANARY WITH ONLY PATTY SITTING IMMOVABLY ON A PUNCHEON FOR AUDIENCE AHA CRIED THE BIGGEST LOON OF ALL WE'VE GOT HIM SAFE SO LET'S CARRY EM TO KING BAH AND HAVE EM TRIED AND CONDEMNED AND PERPORATED 8f1dc23d-4ddd-4ad4-973f-8a76dd7e7f33 JOHN ANDREW FIGURED LATER HE STUDIED THE PROCEEDINGS CAREFULLY I'VE GOT TO GO QUICKLY SHE TOLD HIM THOSE FAT HEADED LARD BOTTOMED PIG BRAINED TELL THEM WE'LL COMPLY 8f2fb070-a795-460f-b2a8-b698e48482d0 WE'VE A AGAIN THE CALL BELL CHIMED NOW WHAT AND WAITING WAS ALL I COULD DO OF COURSE THERE WERE SECONDARY TASK AS WAS ORDERING A NAVAL CRUISER FOR MY OWN USE AND DIGGING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE THIEVES BUT THESE WERE REALLY SECONDARY TO MY MAIN PURPOSE WHICH WAS WAITING FOR BAD NEWS 8f399712-bc85-430f-91b7-3956c7527221 IN THE WARDROOM OF STETSON'S SCOUT CRUISER THE LIGHTS WERE LOW HIS FOOTSTEPS GRATED ON A FLOOR THAT WAS THE REAR WALL OF THE BRIDGE DURING FLIGHT WE DIVERT THE FILES AND I VOW PADDY WOULD LICK HIS CHOPS WITH DELIGHT BUT TO BE CALLED A SWEET CAT 8f4864d5-6a6a-452a-94b2-c666d29ab8e2 AND IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT WHILE ALL THE BABIES LIVED IN THEIR CRADLES AND WERE TENDERLY CARED FOR WE ALL LOOKED AT EACH OTHER I WOULDN'T DARE SAID THE FELICITY IRRESOLUTELY PERHAPS THE POTATOES SUFFERED FELICITY DECLARED THE EYES WERE NOT PROPERLY DONE AT ALL BUT THE STORY DID NOT 8f4acce3-0571-4460-9fbd-961ab0bbab0d FELIX AND I COULDN'T KEEP OUR EYES OFF HER CRIMSON CHEEKED SHINY EYED FROM HER HASTE HER FACE WAS LIKE A ROSE OF YOUTH BUT WHEN THE STORY GIRL SPOKE WE FORGOT TO LOOK AT FELICITY OH WASN'T THAT AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE EXCLASPED CECILY SHUDDERING I WOULDN'T GO THROUGH IT AGAIN I COULDN'T NOT EVEN FOR PAT WHEN WE GOT AWAY WE COMPARED NOTES AND FOUND THAT WE ALL LIKED HIM AND THIS ALTHOUGH HE HAD SAID LITTLE AND HAD APPEARED SOMEWHAT GLAD TO GET RID OF US 8f5548d6-9c9a-4944-887e-804c06ffeaac I DIDN'T CHEW THE PUDDING GROANED UNCLE ROGER IT WAS TOO TOUGH I JUST SWALLOWED THE CHUNKS WHOLE HE GROANED AND TWISTED AND DOUBLED HIMSELF UP BUT HE OVERDID IT HE WAS NOT AS GOOD AN ACTOR AS THE STORY GIRL FELICITY LOOKED SCORNFULLY AT HIM UNCLE ROGER YOU ARE NOT ONE BIT SICK SHE SAID DELIBERATELY YOU ARE JUST PUTTING ON SARA RAY CAME UP STILL CRYING OF COURSE SHE INCREASED OUR UNEASINESS BY SAYING THAT HER MOTHER BELIEVED THE ENTERPRISE PARAGRAPH AND WAS AFRAID THAT THE END OF THE WORLD WAS REALLY AT HAND THAT'S WHY SHE LET ME COME UP SHE SOBBED IF SHE HADN'T BEEN AFRAID I DON'T BELIEVE SHE WOULD HAVE LET ME COME UP BUT I'D HAVE DIED IF I COULDN'T HAVE COME 8f75e7b2-e33e-4047-a860-732692922969 I THINK SO IT'S NOT SO FAR AND WE'RE NEARLY OUT OF THE CITY WE HAVE TO MAKE IT BLINDLY THE MULTITUDE SURGED TOWARDS THE SCARLET RAY THAT DEALT DEATH FIGHTING THEIR WAY TOWARD THE OBLIVION THEY SO HIGHLY PRIZED AND THERE SHE BOUGHT OUR DREAM BOOKS BUT SHE GENEROUSLY GAVE US ALL ONE APIECE FOR THE COVERS OF OUR DREAM BOOKS 8fab100f-0e12-4b10-ac5d-05aa781d3d1a OH I'M SO GLAD YOU BOYS HAVE COME TO LIVE HERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE EXCEPT DAYS SO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR OWN GOOD TIMES WE WERE SHORT OF BOYS BEFORE ONLY DAN AND PETER TO FOUR GIRLS FOUR GIRLS OH YES SARA RAY FELICITY MENTIONED HER WHAT IS SHE LIKE WHERE DOES SHE LIVE AH JONAS SAID PLEASANTLY BUT YOU'RE HOME AREN'T YOU THE OLD WOMAN FROWNED AT HIM SUSPICIOUSLY NOW SHE SAID VAGUELY WELL THIS IS YOUR HOUSE HE SAID THE HOUSE WHERE YOU LIVE NEVER SAW YOU BEFORE THE OLD WOMAN SAID THAT'S RIGHT JONAS SAID EQUABLY 8fb2f595-24b2-444e-b8bc-42261373f7b2 AND HANDED US OVER TO THE KEEPING OF UNCLE ALEC AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS TO CLAIM IT WAS THRILLING IN OUR HEARTS THAT MORNING IT WAS FELICITY WHO DEMANDED IMPATIENTLY OF MY SHAKING VOICE AS BROTHER AND I'VE GOT TO GO AND STUMP ELDERBERRY SAID PETER WELL I SUPPOSE THAT SETTLES IT SAID PETER IN A DESPAIRING TONE 8ff3f189-d5af-4419-9c56-a67cd0a622e0 SOME OF THE APPLES HAD TO BE PICKED VERY CAREFULLY BUT ALL WERE TOO LATE TO WIN THE DOUBLE BOON EVEN SCEPTICAL DAN PRAYED LEAD ON YOUR MAJESTY SINCE YOU KNOW THE WAY AND WE WILL FOLLOW AND THERE I CONTINUED TO STAND WHILE DAYS CAME AND WENT 90079b1a-57f1-4bf9-907d-e74784f3080b I SUPPOSE SAID THE TIN OWL BLINKING AT HIM YOU CAN TRAVEL VERY FAST WITH THOSE TWENTY LEGS LET US ALL GO AND IF THEY GIVE US ANYTHING WE'LL DIVIDE IT EQUALLY AMONG US AND THAT THIS SUGGESTION SHOULD COME FROM TIMID CECILY OF ALL PEOPLE 901252b6-ac81-4926-b396-6c65ea745a87 I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A GHOST SAID THE STORY GIRL THE RULING PASSION STRONG EVEN IN EXTREMITY PAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN MORE THAN ANY HUMAN BEING EVER KNEW I'M SURE I WON'T SLEEP A WINK TO NIGHT SAID FELIX BUT ANYHOW I'M GOING TO KEEP ON PRAYING THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO EXCITE THE STORY GIRL 9018d71d-6ed9-4520-8ffa-428b75385af5 WE HAD BEEN TOO NEAR SOMETHING DARK AND TERRIBLE AND MENACING AND THOUGH IT WAS THUS SUDDENLY REMOVED THE CHILL AND THE SHADOW OF IT WERE ABOUT US STILL I HAVE REPAIRED HYPERSPACE BEACONS FROM ONE ARM OF THE GALAXY TO THE OTHER AND I WAS SURE I HAD WORKED ON EVERY TYPE OR MODEL MADE BUT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS KIND 902a397f-6d04-4c06-be3c-4c957779c86e WELL THAT'S THE SAME THING CRIED FELIX YOU'VE JUST BEEN PRAYING FOR THE OPPOSITE TO ME OUT OF SPITE AND YOU'VE GOT TO STOP IT PETER CRAIG TO THE EDITOR BOTH WERE ALIEN BLOWING YOURSELF UP THEN WAVED THE TWO TO THE RAIL WITH HIM 902d5900-b75d-4fc0-b76c-fa24b9faa2c9 EVEN THE YOUNG EYED CHERUBIM CHOIRING ON MEADOWS OF ASPHODEL MIGHT CEASE THEIR HARPING FOR A TIME TO LISTEN TO A TALE OF THE VANISHED EARTH TOLD BY THAT GOLDEN TONGUE THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES WHO IS A FAMOUS TIN WOODMAN OF OZ REPLIED THE SERVANT WHO HAD BEEN TRAINED TO TREAT ALL STRANGERS WITH COURTESY 903034d9-a415-40ed-a6b2-d7378aa50dd7 WE WERE ALL IN THE HAYLOFT IT IS NOT VANITY TO KNOW YOUR OWN GOOD POINTS MISTER MILLWARD WAS A DOCTOR AND MISSUS MILLWARD WAS A B FARMER FURTHER DECIDED THAT RAY WAS TOO EGOCENTRICALLY ECCENTRIC TO BE TRUSTED TO GET HIM OUT OF THIS FIX 90776811-7510-4493-8222-fe37ae2250d3 HE WAS ALWAYS SO POLITE AND GOOD NATURED AND OBLIGING SIGHED CECILY WELL HIS FATHER RUN AWAY AND HIS MOTHER WAS TOO BUSY EARNING A LIVING TO BRING HIM UPRIGHT ARGUED FELICITY A STRUGGLE SHOWED IN RAY'S FACE IT LEFT HIM WEAK AND QUIVERING AND TRIED TO KEEP HIS EYES ON HER FACE 90917b1f-1bc1-4c34-98c7-64100586ed4d BESIDE HIM IN A CHAIR OF WOVEN STRAW SAT HIS BEST FRIEND THE SCARECROW OF OZ POOR RACHEL WARD SAID AUNT OLIVIA SOFTLY HERE IS HER POINT LACE HANDKERCHIEF SHE MADE IT HERSELF IT IS LIKE A SPIDER'S WEB HERE ARE THE LETTERS WILL MONTAGUE WROTE HER AND HERE SHE ADDED TAKING UP A CRIMSON VELVET CASE WITH A TARNISH GILT CLASP ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS HIS AND HERS 9098d413-4736-4ec7-81c6-8491242b3d60 HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT LONG IN REACHING THE RIDGE THAT LED OUT OF MISSUS EWPES'S VALLEY AND WHEN THEY HAD PASSED THIS RIDGE AND DESCENDED INTO THE NEXT VALLEY THEY STOPPED TO REST FOR THE GREEN MONKEY WAS TIRED THE NEXT SUNDAY WAS IN OCTOBER AND A LOVELY DAY IT WAS WARM AND BLAND AS JUNE WHAT WAS A THING SHE COULDN'T BEAR ANY ONE TO SEE I ASKED MA THINKS IT WAS HER WEDDING DRESS BUT FATHER SAYS HE BELIEVES IT WAS MIL WILL MONTAGUE'S PICTURE SAID FELICITY 90a26128-92c4-4a75-b924-6e0aa1c26339 HE HAD PRESENTED HER A BOUQUET IN WHICH RARE BLOSSOMS HID SLIMY SMELLING WEEDS AND SHE WAS SORE AT HIM AFTER ALL IT'S ILLEGAL FOR US TO BE HERE RAY LOOKED PUZZLED THEN ANNOYED MARRY ME NOW AND YOU AND I AND YOUR FATHER AND ALL YOUR COURT WILL RIDE STRAIGHTWAY TO MY KINGDOM THIS PULPIT DOOR WAS MADE FOR SPIRITS 90ac7713-08d4-4ec6-97be-8dc35cfe12c4 THE YUKAHOO MAGIC IS ADMITTED TO BE VERY STRANGE IN ITS WORKINGS THE COAT WAS BUTTONED TIGHT TO KEEP THE PACKED STRAW FROM FALLING OUT DURING THE DAYS HE HAD DONE THE THINGS HE HAD PLANNED HE DID NO WORK WITH THE SHARPS BUT LET THEM FIND HIM WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE HUT OF AN EVENING RECITING STRANGE WORDS ANY MAN WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF A WIZARD WILL HAVE HIS MIND SEEN BY THE INQUISITOR 90c94b0c-d645-4055-b048-83abb3f039e7 EVEN THE SCARECROW WAS MUCH HEAVIER THAN THE PUFFY LOONS BUT FINALLY THE PARTY HALTED BEFORE A RAISED PLATFORM ON WHICH STOOD A SORT OF THRONE CONSISTING OF A BIG WIDE CHAIR WITH A STRING TIED TO ONE ARM OF IT THIS STRING LED UPWARD TO THE ROOF OF THE DOME A RICH MAN IN TORONTO HAD A FLORAL CLOCK IN HIS GARDEN I SAID IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE FACE OF A CLOCK AND THERE ARE FLOWERS IN IT THAT OPENS AT EVERY HOUR SO YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL THE TIME OH I WISH WE HAD ONE HERE EXCLAIMED CECILY WHAT WOULD BE THE USE OF IT ASKED THE STORY GIRL A LITTLE DISDAINFULLY NOBODY EVER WANTS TO KNOW THE TIME IN A GARDEN 90cf89ac-9e82-46bd-9905-8bf751012b15 BUT IF HE DOES THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO SETTLE IT BUT HOW WILL THAT SETTLE IT ASKED CECILY HT BEYOND PANDORA BY ROBERT J MARTIN THE IDEAL WAY TO DEAL WITH THE PEST ANY MENACE IS OF COURSE TO MAKE IT USEFUL TO YOU THE DOCTOR'S PEN PAUSED OVER THE CHART ON HIS DESK THIS IS YOUR THIRD SET OF TEETH I BELIEVE 90d05c4e-0d14-43a6-887e-2624f7cdd672 THE PULPIT WAS A WINE GLASS ONE AND WAS REACHED BY A STEEP NARROW FLIGHT OF STEPS THESE GOONS PROBABLY HAVE THE DELPHINEST ORN LOOKED UP ATTENTIVELY ALL WE HAVE OFF THE MINNIES 90d7cb7d-ba39-4502-8db6-bfce493709ca SO IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE TIN WOODMAN WOULD CONTINUE HIS JOURNEY AND THAT THE SCARECROW AND WOOT THE WANDERERS SHOULD ACCOMPANY HIM AS BEFORE LIKELY A GLAYA SWALLOWED IT SAID FELIX SPARECTICALLY DID GLAUCON AND AGLEIA EVER GET MARRIED ASKED SARA RAY 90ede638-2cd1-43bf-bc1a-e5882b4e8d0a DAN MADE A FACE TO BEGIN WITH I DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF US CAN DO THAT HE SAID YOU CAN'T IF YOU TAKE BITES BIG ENOUGH TO FILL YOUR MOUTH GIGGLED FELICITY WITH CRUELTY AND WITHOUT PROVOCATION GIVE HIM SOME SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST POLLY SUGGESTED THE BEAR SCARECROW HE OUGHT TO LIKE THAT 91034d8b-2abb-441a-aac2-329ed3a06bd3 WHEN WE WERE ALONE HE WAS ANYTHING BUT COURTEOUS TO ME HAVING ASSURED HIMSELF BY NOT TOO SUBTLE QUESTIONING THAT I WAS A SPURIOUS ADMIRAL THERE WAS NO DOUBT I WAS STILL IN CHARGE BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS ANYTHING BUT FORMAL THIS TRIPE AND NONSENSE I TOLD HIM IS THE BAIT THAT WILL SNAG OUR FISH A TRAP FOR PEPPET AND HIS PARTNER IN CRIME WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS BELLONNAIRE ME I SAID I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE RICH BUT THE SHIP THE SPACE YACHT WHERE IS IT BEING BUILT NOW IN THE NAVAL SHIPYARD AT EUDORIDE AT LEAST THAT HAD BEEN THE THEORY WHEN THEY GAVE FARMER THE JOB AS IT WORKED OUT JOHN ANDREW WAS A PERSON WHO FOUND IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY NO HE GENERALLY TOOK THE MANUSCRIPTS IN HAND AND WHEN HE COULD STICK SOME OTHER MEMBER OF THE FIRM WITH A TASK READ THEM HIMSELF UNTIL THE WE HOURS 910a350d-b88b-4fad-8a07-e3c6b79587ce AFTER THAT THEY WERE ALL SILENT FOR A TIME BUT THEN THE SCARECROW SAID BRAVELY FRIENDS LET US AGREE TO THE BEAST'S TERMS GIVE HIM MY STRAW AND CARRY THE REST OF ME WITH YOU ACROSS THE DITCH THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT WAS THE MAN WHO THOUGHT THE PULPIT DOOR MUST BE MADE FOR SPIRITS YOU KNOW SHE SAID I HEARD UNCLE EDWARD TELLING EVER SO MANY STORIES ABOUT HIM HE WAS CALLED TO THIS CONGREGATION AND HE LABOURED HERE LONG AND FAITHFULLY AND WAS MUCH BELOVED THOUGH HE WAS VERY ECCENTRIC 910cbc4a-57cd-407a-a4c8-793b4a988bf7 WE WAITED AND WATCHED AT THE WINDOW AND HE HAD NOT HEARD THE WARDER'S WORDS THE MASTER IS AWFUL CROSS BY SPELLS THOSE YOUR INITIALS THERE AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION BUT AS I SAID I KNOW MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SHIPS PERHAPS IT COULD BE OF HELP 910da490-296f-4adc-84a8-7c436d79af5a THESE CHANGES COULD BE MADE DURING CONSTRUCTION THEN PLANS FILED BY THE TIME ANY ONE IN THE LEAGUE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS BEING BUILT THE SHIP WOULD BE FINISHED AND LAUNCHED EARLY IN THE SEASON AS IT WAS HE WAS BAREFOOTED 911f3149-00ff-4856-81e3-bf5f370bba9a MAYBE SHE WOULD SHE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY NICE HERSELF OR SHE WOULD NEVER HAVE GONE AND ASKED A MAN TO MARRY HER SAID FELICITY I DON'T BELIEVE MISSUS GRIGGS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE ASTONISHED HAD ANY OF US BOYS EVER BEEN GUILTY OF SUCH CECILY'S PALE FACE WOULD HAVE COLOURED WITH A BLUSH OF OUTRAGED PURITY 91257d67-e262-45ab-aa9c-74d64be51bd1 THEY'RE ALWAYS SO TALL AND SLENDER WOULDN'T IT BE AWFUL IF ANYONE WROTE A STORY ABOUT A FAT HERO OR ONE WITH TOO BIG A MOUTH CECILY HAD BUT ONE MORE SHOT IN HER LOCKER NEVER AN ARROW OF HIS THAT DID NOT GO STRAIGHT TO THE MARK I HAVE FORGIVEN HER WAS FELICITY'S ANSWER BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FIRST FOR ALL THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PUT MY THOUGHTS INTO IT WHEN THE JUDGMENT DAY MAY BE TO MORROW 914e7557-f599-4c14-aec7-95d3ba9113aa BUT FELIX FLATLY REFUSED TO TAKE LIVER PILLS MEXICAN TEA HE WOULD DRINK BUT LIVER PILLS HE WOULD NOT TAKE IN SPITE OF HIS OWN SUFFERING AND AUNT JANET'S COMMANDS AND ENTREATIES WELL AIN'T THAT ALL THE MORE REASON FOR CRYING RETORTED PETER I'VE HAD TO DO WITHOUT HER FOR TWO YEARS AND THAT'S WORSE THAN IF IT HAD JUST BEEN A FEW DAYS I BELIEVE YOU WERE CRYING BECAUSE PAT IS SO SICK I SAID FIRMLY 914fffdf-ef6e-4cf9-9987-953078bbe886 WHEN I THREW THE BIG SWITCH A CAREFULLY WORKED OUT SEQUENCE TOOK PLACE THAT YOU ARE UNDER THE GUNS OF A WARSHIP DON'T ATTEMPT TO RUN SIGNAL TAKE EVAH ACTION OR ANY OTHER WAY WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT THE DEVIL WHO WHAT HE VOWED NEXT DAY TO CECILY THAT HE WOULD NEVER SWEAR AGAIN SPRAWLED FLAT ON HIS STOMACH AMONG THE GRASSES 915cab36-f2e7-42d1-bfb2-4fe0689d933d OUR RELATIVES STARTED US WITH A QUARTER APIECE FOR THE REST WE KNEW WE MUST DEPEND ON OUR OWN EXERTIONS SHE BLUSHED AS RED AS A ROSE FOR SHE KNEW SHE HAD DONE A DREADFUL THING SOON THE HOUSE WAS DARK AND SILENT 91800bc2-597b-452b-9f36-24b826efd90a I DIVED THE EYE LOWER THE PYRAMID WAS A CRUDE LOOKING THING OF UNDRESSED STONE WITHOUT CARVINGS OR DECORATIONS PETER STIFFENED UP AND SAT AT ATTENTION DURING THE SERVICE NOBODY COULD HAVE BEHAVED BETTER BUT WHEN THE SERMON WAS OVER AND THE COLLECTION WAS BEING TAKEN UP HE MADE THE SENSATION WHICH HIS ENTRANCE HAD NOT PRODUCED 918a5b07-abd1-4575-8589-25b3441e62d5 BUT NEITHER VIC NOR HOPE WERE ANYWHERE IN SIGHT ANOTHER REACHED OUT LONG ARMS TOWARD HOPE AND I LET HIM HAVE IT SOMETHING I MEANT TO ASK YOU THIS DUFF ER THIS FACCENE STRETCHED THE RED DUST DESERTS OF SIRIUS THREE ILLUMINATED BY THE THIN LIGHT OF TWO ICE MOONS 919da380-f32d-48b7-a204-cc01c237b983 LISTEN YOU SICK CARTER I'LL TAKE YOU AND YOU WILL NOT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT YOU ARE PARALYZED FROM NECK DOWN I SUSPECT THAT YOU WERE ALWAYS SO FROM THERE UP WHERE IS THE LIST IT WASN'T GOING TO BE ENDED BY JUST REVERSING THE WATER VALVE SWITCH THE VALVE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USED ONLY FOR REPAIRS AFTER THE PILE WAS DAMPED WHEN THE WATER WAS CUT OFF WITH THE PILE IN OPERATION IT HAD STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THE AUTOMATIC SAFETIES HAD DUMPED THE CHARGE DOWN THE PIT 919fff98-c937-41e6-ba1e-c661b44db10a I HAD ADDED A TRADITION ON MY OWN ACCOUNT TO THE FAMILY ARCHIVES THEN IF YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH PATTY TELL US COMMANDED THE STORY GIRL STANDING UP I NEVER HAVE FRIENDS SHE SAID IN A MATTER OF FACT TONE AND PERMIT THEM TO ESCAPE 91c68c40-75e8-4a2e-ac2f-be9e6d8322e1 I'M GLAD UNCLE ALEC INTERFERED AND STOPPED TO FIGHT IF I HAD LICKED YOU AND YOU HAD DIED OF THE MEASLES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DREADFUL THING THIS ROOM WAS ALSO LIGHTED ALTHOUGH THEY COULD DISCOVER NO LAMPS AND IN THE CENTRE OF IT WAS A GREAT TABLE AT WHICH SAT AN IMMENSE WOMAN 91c7d0ad-dff3-41a7-a5b0-8b510a4399dd SHE THEN TRIED TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT METHODS OF MAGIC I SUPPOSE SO REPLIED THE TIN WOODMAN BILLY HAD ASSURED ME THAT IT WOULD MAKE ME GROW FAST I'VE THOUGHT OF A PLAN SAID THE STORY GIRL LET'S ALL GIVE HER SOMETHING AS FELICITY SAYS AND LET'S ALL GO UP TO HER PLACE THIS EVENING AND IF WE SEE HER OUTSIDE WE'LL JUST GO QUIETLY AND SET THE THINGS DOWN BEFORE HER WITH THE LETTER AND SAY NOTHING BUT COME RESPECTFULLY AWAY NONE OF THE REST OF US HAD EVER READ THE BIBLE COMPLETELY THROUGH 91ce25d0-dd27-440d-814d-79e1b316c5d7 HER CURLS STREAMING BEHIND HER IN A GOLDEN CLOUD THERE WAS A DOUBLE ROW OF APPLE TREES RUNNING DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ORCHARD HE MUMBLED SOMETHING THAT WASN'T ALL THE HELL WITH IT BUT SOUNDED LIKE IT AND SOFTLY AND SILENTLY SLID OVERBOARD 91ce664f-b10b-4534-a2e9-2e86d3a4b3f0 SHE JUST GOT THE KEY AND WENT IN AFTER A FEW MINUTES I HEARD SOMETHING BUZZING IN THERE AND I THOUGHT MAYBE MISTER BUTLER WAS SHOWING HER SOME NEW GADGET OF HIS LIKE HE WAS ALWAYS DOING THEN THERE WAS A TELEPHONE CALL FOR HIM AND I COULDN'T MAKE NEITHER OF THEM ANSWER THAT'S WHEN MISTER PARIN AND I BEGAN TO GET WORRIED I SEE FOR JUST AS THE EVENING STAR WAS LOOKING WHITELY THROUGH THE ROSY WINDOW OF THE WESTECILY CAME FLYING THROUGH THE ORCHARD WRINGING HER HANDS OH COME COME QUICK SHE GASPED DAN'S EATING THE BAD BERRIES AGAIN HE'S AT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM HE SAYS HE'LL SHOW FELICITY I CAN'T STOP HIM COME YOU TRY WE ROSE IN A BODY AND RUSHED TOWARDS THE HOUSE IN THE YARD WE ENCOUNTERED DAN EMERGING FROM THE FIR WOOD AND CHOPPING THE FATAL BERRIES WITH UNREPENTANT RELISH 91e808a7-04db-495f-a52b-d990a43e40ca GARTH GRINNED WHATEVER YOU SAY MY DEAR HE HAD FINISHED THOSE JUST DESCRIBED BEFORE DOOR SAID TO FACE THE MONSTER WITH A SICK FEELING IN HIS STOMACH TO NUBES'S EYES MOVED CATLIKE RIGHT THE CAB LIGHT ON TONUB'S FACE WAS GIVING THE GIANT AN 91e872d4-262c-4296-a985-225e2c9a2134 HOW OLD AM I FATHER ASKED THE LITTLE DRAGON WELL I MAKE A RATHER PRETTY BIRD I THINK RETURNED POLYCHROME THE GAME WAS THAT EVERY ONE MUST TAKE A BITE IN TURN CHEW IT UP AND SWALLOW IT WITHOUT MAKING A FACE 91f77ecc-1824-468e-8105-597c752287cf HERE'S THE SPOT I MARKED IT WITH THESE THREE PIECES OF STONE QUICK VIC SWEPT BOTH ARMS ABOUT HOPE AND ME HOLDING US IN A CLOSE EMBRACE SO THAT WE ALL STOOD WITHIN THE TRIANGLE FORMED BY THE THREE BITS OF BLACK ROCK HE ISN'T IN THE KITCHEN SAID FELICITY RUSHING ABOUT WILDLY AND HE COULDN'T GET INTO THE OTHER PART OF THE HOUSE FOR I SHUT THE HALL DOOR TIGHT AND NO BABY COULD OPEN IT AND IT'S SHUT TIGHT YET 91fc8787-aa73-44fc-92fc-9057ca22c849 THERE TOO SLEPT THE EMILY WHOSE FAITHFUL SPIRIT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAUNT THE ORCHARD WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK OF GIRLS CHAFFEE THREE WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN THE CONTROL CUBICLE THREW THE SHIP OUT OF HYPERDRIVE WITHIN SCANT MILES OF THE NEIGHBORING SUN'S SINGLE PLANET 9226c6d8-2db2-4577-a403-325fcf0746e3 AND HE HAS A DISMAL HABIT OF GROANING ALOUD WRITHING HIS WHOLE BODY AND DIGGING HIS TOES INTO THE GRASS WHEN HE CANNOT TURN A SENTENCE TO SUIT HIM PARON FIX MAN OF ALL WORK CAME HURRYING OUT OF THE HOUSE TO GREET ME AS I LOCKED MY WHEELS ON THE DRIVE BEFORE THE DOOR AND THE CHANTING WENT ON AND ON UNTIL I BEGAN TO WONDER IF ANYTHING WOULD EVER HAPPEN 922aac2d-5a66-4915-9a92-5b01cff848a4 OF COURSE ADDED FELICITY HER HEART MELTING AT SIGHT OF THE MISERY IN THE STORY GIRL'S PITEOUS EYES MISSUS RAY ALWAYS LOOKS ON THE DARK SIDE AND IT MAY NOT BE THE MEASLES SARA HAS AFTER ALL BUT FELICITY HAD DONE HER WORK TOO THOROUGHLY THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT TO BE COMFORTED THIS IS YOUR HOUSE HE SAID THE HOUSE WHERE YOU LIVE NEVER SAW YOU BEFORE THE OLD WOMAN SAID THAT'S RIGHT JONAS SAID EQUABLY YOU COME TO TURN ME OUT SHE DEMANDED HER EYEBROWS WHICH WERE ALMOST AS BIG AND BLACK AS HER ANCIENT MOUSTACHE CAME DOWN OVER GLITTERING LITTLE EYES 922d8688-0834-4abb-8014-8956e3ed6871 SWEET WILLIAM IS A DREADFUL NAME FOR A FLOWER SAID STORY GIRL WILLIAM IS A MAN'S NAME AND MEN ARE NEVER SWEET UNCLE ROGER LOOKED QUIZZICALLY AT FELICITY WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIS QUOTATIONS MEANT BUT WE UNDERSTOOD HE THOUGHT PETER WAS GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE OF FELICITY 923d0776-f6fb-4a58-ae35-14e9b6d86882 WHAT WOULD MISS MARWOOD SAY IF SHE KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO FIGHT ASKED FELICITY MISS MARWOOD WAS FELIX'S SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND HE WAS VERY FOND OF HER BUT THIS TIME FELIX WAS QUITE RECKLESS I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE WOULD SAY HE RETORTED THE CONSUL'S PESSIMISM JOLTED JEFF BACK TO THE MOMENT AT HAND HOMESIDE WILL DENY THEIR AUTONOMY AUBREY I'VE HAD A WARP BEING MESSAGE TO DAY ORDERING ME TO MOVE IN 924334b6-697a-4172-a24b-762584fca6f7 THAT WILL BE EASY SIGHED FELICITY HE'S A PRESBYTERIAN YOU KNOW SAID FELICITY REASSURINGLY AND SHE LOVED ALLAN DUNBAR JUST AS MUCH AS HE LOVED HER WE COULD NOT SEE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN PETER'S TWO QUESTIONS PEOPLE WHO SQUINT CAN'T EAT ANY MORE THAN PEOPLE WHO DON'T SQUINT CAN THEY 9252c5c5-c8ef-4f53-b58d-483498093f59 LET'S GO OVER TO UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK AND SIT ON THE BRANCHES OF THE BIG TREE WE DID NOT WISH OUR GROWN UPS AROUND AT OUR GREAT MOMENT SO WE BETOOK OURSELVES TO THE LOFT OF THE GRANARY IN THE SPRUCE WOOD FROM WHOSE WINDOW WE COULD SEE THE MAIN ROAD AND HALE JERRY AND PETER WHO HAD NO MISSIONARY BOX AT ALL UP TO THIS TIME DETERMINED TO START ONE WE REPEATED HIS JOKES TO EACH OTHER ALL THE WAY HOME 9252e270-b7ad-48c3-afc9-90aa610ccbae COMPANY DESCENDED ON US THAT AFTERNOON FIRST CAME AUNT JANET'S SISTER MISSUS PATERSON WITH A DAUGHTER OF SIXTEEN YEARS AND A SON OF TWO THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY A BUGGY LOAD OF MARKDALE PEOPLE AND FINALLY MISSUS ELDER FRUEN AND HER SISTER FROM VANCOUVER WITH TWO SMALL DAUGHTERS OF THE LATTER ARRIVED THE WORLD WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL AND GREEN OVERHEAD WAS A DAZZLING BLUE SKY SPOTTED WITH HEAPS OF WHITE CLOUD PSHAW I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY FEAR OF IT BEING THE LAST DAY SAID DAN BEGINNING A WHISTLE OUT OF SHEER BRAVADO 925d21a8-34ee-4e0e-9395-b0685c070e06 AND THE BARE FEET BELOW HER PRINT SKIRT WERE BEAUTIFUL THEY BOTH BUILT THE BRIDGE OF LIGHT OF OLD UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS AND BATTLES LONG AGO BUT THEY STILL PUMP THE BOURGEOIS INTO THE RAW BOYS FOUND HIMSELF STARING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AT A NATIVE OF CHINA THREE 9267211d-ebae-4cb6-87f0-73eddab2d6b3 BESIDES NOBODY KNOWS WHETHER SHE IS MISS BOWEN OR NOT SAID FELICITY THIS OLD BLUE CHEST HOLDS A TRAGEDY EXPLAINED THE STORY GIRL I KNOW A STORY ABOUT IT AND A TIN OWL WHICH USED TO BE A TIN WOODMAN NAMED NICK CHOPPER AND AMUSE ME WHEN I AM SAD 92735c3e-aa1a-4517-bf6d-c6fe40c4399b EACH WITH OPEN DREAM BOOKS AND PENCIL IN HAND LONG LONG AGO BEGAN THE STORY GIRL HER VOICE GIVING US AN IMPRESSION OF REMOTE ANTIQUITY SHE DID NOT HOWEVER FORGET TO CARRY THE FORGET ME NOT JUG WITH HER 929131e5-b529-4169-92c2-7e6cf8b7ec9b THREE THE PRIESTS SHOULD BE SATISFIED THE DEPARTMENT IS OFFICIALLY CALLED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WHEN IT REALLY SHOULD BE CALLED TROUBLE SHOOTING HT BEYOND PANDORA BY ROBERT J MARTIN HEADING ONE EIGHT ZERO 92929bc1-4268-4854-bf78-498fa2808264 DO THAT OFTEN ENOUGH AND YOU WOULD HAVE A CREW THAT WOULD MAKE ANY PIRATE CHIEF PROUD SUTANOVO WAS A SECONDARY SETTLEMENT OUT OF THE SELINY SYSTEM WHO'S FIGHTING DEMANDED DAN FELICITY THINKS SHE CAN SAY ANYTHING SHE LIKES TO ME BUT I'LL SHOW HER DIFFERENT 929a189c-3976-4d26-ba14-44aa99d158ac OH DEAR ME WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SAY THINGS THEY'VE GOT TO BE SORRY FOR AFTERWARDS VING HAD WON TO IT THROUGH THE DANGER AND SUFFERING OF THE DARK RIVER BUT THE STARTLING THING WAS THAT HE HAD PICKED UP THE BOATHOOK AND WAS TWIRLING IT UNCONCERNEDLY 929a8c46-e9ec-4f5a-aadf-ef91db0508fb WE WERE RATHER DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THEM QUITE LARGE STURDY ONES IT SEEMED TO US THAT THEY SHOULD STILL BE IN THE SAPLING STAGE CORRESPONDING TO OUR BOYHOOD YOUR APPLES ARE LOVELY TO EAT THE STORY GIRL SAID TO ME BUT FELIXES ARE ONLY GOOD FOR PIES AND WHO SPOKE FIRST OH THE STORY YELL SHE GOT EXCITED ABOUT SOMETHING AND SPOKE TO FELICITY BEFORE SHE THOUGHT AND THEN IT WAS ALL RIGHT BUT I'M AFRAID IT ISN'T GOING TO BE LIKE THAT THIS TIME DON'T YOU NOTICE HOW CAREFUL THE STORY GIRL IS NOT TO GET EXCITED AND SUCH A BAD SIGN 929ce971-805e-45c2-8aac-fafca8dc0401 THE PRIESTS STOPPED BEFORE US AND THEIR LEADER BEGAN A LONG HARANGUE IN A SCREECHY VOICE WHICH SET MY NERVES ON EDGE WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HE HELD OUT HIS HANDS TOWARD ME AND MOTIONED TOWARD THE WAITING IDOL E PAY SPOKE UP IN SHARP PROTEST AND THRUST HIMSELF BETWEEN ME AND THE PRIEST FOR A MOMENT DUE TO THIS OBVIOUSLY UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTION EVERYTHING IN CONFUSION PETE VIC WAS WHISPERING EXCITEDLY IN MY EAR MAYBE THEY USED TO ONCE BUT NOW THEY WEAR HATS THE CROWNS ARE JUST FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS THEY LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE OTHER PEOPLE IF YOU CAN GO BY THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE MUCH FUN AS A STEADY THING SAID CECILY I'D LIKE TO SEE A QUEEN THOUGH THAT IS ONE THING I HAVE AGAINST THE ISLAND YOU NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THINGS LIKE THAT HERE THE PRINCE OF WALES WAS IN CHARLOTTETOWN ONCE SAID PETER MY AUNT JANE SAW HIM QUITE CLOSE BY 92a2335b-b63b-413c-be74-3edc4f7637cd WHICH MEANT JONAS REFLECTED THAT HE WAS IN A FAIR WAY TO GET HIMSELF BURNED AS A HERETIC UNLESS HE WATCHED HIS STEP CAREFULLY HERC NUF'S FAME HAS REACHED MY OWN COUNTRY FAR AWAY HE SAID WITH SOME TRUTH NEVERTHELESS A FAMILY WHICH WAIT SHE SAID YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU WILL PAY WELL YET YOU DO NOT APPEAR RICH NOTICE IF THE ENGINE ROOM SPECKS ARE CHANGED SLIGHTLY TO INCLUDE THIS CARGO HOLD THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE BRUTES NEEDED THERE WERE TWO DISTANT CLANGS AS MAGNETIC GRAPPLES HIT THE HULL A LITTLE LATER THE SHIP LURCHED DRAWN HOME AGAINST THE BATTLESHIP 92ae5430-a53e-4d96-a7a3-8122edb1d802 MADAM HE SAID I WISH TO KNOW IF THERE BE ANY FAMILY IN THIS TOWN TO GIVE ROOM TO A WAYFARER UNDERSTANDING OF COURSE THAT THE WAYFARER WOULD INSIST ON PAYING PAYING WELL HE ADDED THE OLD WOMAN BLINKED YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN INN SHE SAID AN INN IN THIS TOWN THE IDEA APPEARED TO STRIKE HER AS THE VERY HEIGHT OF IDIOCY SHE COVERED HER FACE WITH HER HANDS AND SHOOK SHE WENT TO WORK AND MADE LITTLE RAISIN PIES RIGHT THERE IN THE KITCHEN BEFORE THE STORY GIRL THE SMELL OF RAISIN PIES IS SOMETHING TO TEMPT AN ANCHORITE AND THE STORY GIRL WAS EXCEEDINGLY FOND OF THEM FELICITY ATE TWO IN HER VERY PRESENCE AND THEN BROUGHT THE REST OUT TO US IN THE ORCHARD THE STORY GIRL COULD SEE US THROUGH THE WINDOW CAROUSING WITHOUT STINT ON RAISIN PIES AND UNCLE EDWARD'S CHERRIES 92b0380b-0a1a-4fa6-8812-a8bbd7712af1 HE SAID BRINGING YOU ALONG THE BALD MAN TOLD HIM THE BLACK HAIRED MAN NODDED VERY SLOWLY GURR HE SAID PRESENTLY THE MOON ROSE BUT THIS ONLY MADE MATTERS WORSE THE SHADOWS HAD BEEN STILL BEFORE NOW THEY MOVED AND DANCED AS THE NIGHT WIND TOSSED THE BOUGHS 92b384a9-f500-4059-bc10-a9b7f5908287 THEY SHUDDERED AND TELEPARTED THE SUDDEN REAPPEARANCE OF HIS HALLUCINATION DOUBLED BECAUSE THE OLD PRIEST DID PRY AND PEER IT WAS RULED HENCEFORTH THAT ONLY THE BLIND COULD ENTER THE HOLY OF HOLIES 92cff887-b7ee-47dc-b648-bbea8227a23a BUT THE SCARECROW WHO WAS A VERY THOUGHTFUL PERSON SAID TO HIS FRIENDS IF WE REMAIN HERE UNTIL AFTER THE STORM AND POLYCHROME GOES AWAY ON HER RAINBOW THEN WE WILL BE PRISONERS INSIDE THE WALL OF SOLID AIR SO IT SEEMS BEST TO START UPON OUR RETURN JOURNEY AT ONCE AND THEN UNCLE ROGER TOLD ABOUT OLD MARK WARD WHO GOT UP TO MAKE A SPEECH AT A CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIAL WHEN HE WAS DRUNK OF COURSE HE DIDN'T GET DRUNK AT THE SOCIAL HE WENT THERE THAT WAY AND THIS WAS HIS SPEECH 92d79634-8940-4131-a611-13f2be1d2404 THE TINSMITH WAS AS PROUD OF HIS WORKMANSHIP AS WAS I FOR THE THREE WHOLE DAYS ALL ADMIRED ME AND PRAISED MY BEAUTY BEING NOW COMPLETELY FORMED OF TIN I HAD NO MORE FEAR OF THE WICKED WITCH FOR SHE WAS POWERLESS TO INJURE ME I'LL NEVER LIGHT IT WITHOUT THINKING OF POOR RACHEL WARD BUT I DO WISH SHE'D BEEN PRETTY WELL SAID FELICITY WITH A GLANCE AT THE CLOCK IT'S ALL OVER AND IT HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING 92fd5c91-d7ec-4f94-8642-6db5747ead82 ARE WE FREE WHISPERED HOPE HOLDING TIGHTLY TO MY ARM ARE WE REALLY FREE I HOPE SO DEAR WE SEEM TO BE IF WE CAN ONLY REACH THE SPOT WHERE WE ENTERED THIS INSANE WORLD BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS HOW MUCH TIME HAVE WE INTERRUPTED VIC I GLANCED DOWN AT MY WATCH FEARFUL FOR A MOMENT THAT IT HAD BEEN BROKEN OR LOST IN THE MALAY IT WAS STILL RUNNING APPARENTLY UNDAMAGED LET'S SEE IT'S FOUR MINUTES OF ONE THAT GIVES US SEVEN MINUTES CAN WE MAKE IT NO ANSWER IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE OF COURSE SAID ORAN I'M HERE TO HELP YOU I AM TO NUBE HIGH PATH CHIEF OF THE GRATSY SAID THE NATIVE I DECIDE WHO IS TO HELP ORNE SWALLOWED WHERE DO YOU GO DEMANDED TO NUBE I WAS HOPING TO GO TO YOUR CITY IS IT PERMITTED A LONG PAUSE WHILE THE VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS OF TONUBES'S EYES EXPANDED AND CONTRACTED 9315573d-392b-4bd2-b665-37156ad4dbb3 WHEN THE JELLY COOKIES WERE ALL EATEN IT WAS HIGH TIME TO BE MOVING HOMEWARD FOR WHEN THE DARK COMES DOWN THERE ARE MORE COMFORTABLE PLACES THAN A RUSTLING MAPLE WOOD AND THE PRECINCTS OF A POSSIBLY ENCHANTED SPRING THERE IT WAS IN TRUTH THE TREE GRANDFATHER KING HAD PLANTED WHEN HE RETURNED ONE EVENING FROM PLOUGHING IN THE BROOK FIELD AND STUCK THE WILLOWS WHICH HE HAD USED ALL DAY IN THE SOFT SOIL BY THE GATE 932270f2-530b-4dcc-a55a-65f32211353c AND THREE OF THE PRIESTS MOVED TOWARD US FOLLOWED BY AN ELDERLY BEING WHO WORE THE SAME SYMBOL OF POWER OR AUTHORITY THAT I HAD ALREADY NOTED UPON THE CREATURE VIC CALLED E PAI COME OVER HERE YOU FOOLS GOD BENT ON DOZENS OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE MILKY WAY BRANDON TILTED THE SHIP UP ON ONE WING AND GLANCED DOWN AT THE BRICK RED EXPANSE OF DESERT 93279ae9-9774-45ed-a50d-99265024c102 LITTLE RAY WAS ON HIS FEET TRYING TO GET A WORD IN EDGEWAYS BUT NOT SUCCEEDING AT ALL HE TOO STARTED TO GET ANGRY FARMER HOLD HIMSELF UPRIGHT HOPING TO APPROACH RAY CALM HIM AND GET HIM TO FIGURE A WAY OUT OF THIS MADHOUSE SPOS'N THEY WENT TO THE OTHER PLACE 93335ded-edd3-49a6-bc43-10c0e3abdd81 NEVERTHELESS WE ALL FELT A LITTLE OF THE SADNESS OF THE WANING YEAR THERE WAS A DISTINCT WEIGHT ON OUR SPIRITS UNTIL FELICITY TOOK US INTO THE PANTRY AND STAYED US WITH APPLE TARTS AND COMFORTED US WITH CREAM THE CRYSTAL NOW WE MUST HAVE IT TO QUIET THE ZID UNTIL IT IS SAFELY CAGED AGAIN 9346bdf9-1ccd-4bc6-9222-b7f4e4dca231 HOW BIG THEY HAVE TO BE IT IS AN INTERESTING PLACE HE WOULD HAVE SAVED WORRY AND TROUBLE FOR EVERYONE SHE WANTED ME NOT TO TELL YOU BUT I WOULDN'T PROMISE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S FAIR FOR YOU TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON 9357094f-c66b-4dfe-b132-17fe2826b428 REASSURED THE PATIENT THOUGHT AND BECAME CONFIDENTIAL I SEE WELL I SUPPOSE IT'S GONE OF SILLY BUT I DON'T MUCH LIKE SHOTS IT'S NOT THAT THEY HURT IT'S JUST THAT I GUESS I'M OLD FASHIONED I STILL FEEL KIND OF CREEPY ABOUT THE WHOLE BUSINESS AT LEAST I HAD DONE NOTHING LIKE BUTCHERING A FEW OF THEM THAT WOULD MAKE THEM ANTAGONISTIC TOWARD FUTURE ANCESTRAL MESSENGERS 939af0b6-0ae8-43c1-8f15-765eb8df2bc4 GIVE HIM A NAME ANYHOW AND GET HIM COUNTED WE GOT TO GET TO THAT TEN THOUSAND MARK MY BEACON WAS NOT ONLY LOCKED INSIDE A MOUNTAIN OF HAND MADE STONE BUT I HAD MANAGED TO IRRITATE THE THINGS WHO HAD BUILT THE PYRAMID A GREAT BEGINNING FOR A JOB AND ONE CLEARLY DESIGNED TO DRIVE A STRONGER MAN THAN ME TO THE BOTTLE NORMALLY A REPAIR MAN STAYS AWAY FROM NATIVE CULTURES THEY ARE POISON 939b0317-ce0e-40de-a7e3-601fb6e4fb64 THIS TIME HE HEARD REUBEN INSIDE THE HOUSE AND NODDED TO HIMSELF IN A SATISFIED FASHION BUT ALMOST A MINUTE PASSED BEFORE THE HUT OF AN OLD WOMAN SHOWED ITSELF AT THE WINDOW SHE WAS REALLY EXTRAORDINARILY UGLY HE THOUGHT SHE WORE A BONNET THAT DID NOTHING WHATEVER TO ENHANCE HER DOUBTFUL WRINKLED CHARMS OR TO CONCEAL THEM AND BESIDES IT WAS DIRTY AS HE TALKED A PICTURE FLICKERED ON THE SCREEN IT WAS THE RADIO ROOM ON ASTRO WON COLONEL TOWERS WAS PACING BACK AND FORTH IN FRONT OF THE RADIO MAN 93bc6a6c-11c9-4863-92a4-ce818c6e7f47 IN THE YARD WE ENCOUNTERED DAN EMERGING FROM THE FIR WOOD AND CHOPPING THE FATAL BERRIES WITH UNREPENTANT RELISH DAN WAS OWN MAN AGAIN IN THE MORNING THOUGH RATHER PALE AND WEAK ONLY FAR AWAY A GREAT BLINDING SPARKLING GLORY WHERE THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE SPRANG UP IN A SHOWER OF DIAMOND FIRE 93c42c6b-6602-4be3-969b-df752cf74dad HE MEANS THE SCOOP JENOFER SAID THE OWL WINCED AND DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A SOUND JEFF FORCED STUMBLING WORDS INTO LINE AND WHAT LOOKED AT FIRST LIKE A RED SKIN TIGHT COSTUME BECAME A SCALY HEIGHT 93d3d236-d58c-4a82-ac66-e82213f79438 ORAN ESA SLED FORWARD AROUND AN OBSTRUCTING ROUTE A WHAT IS THAT READ A LOT IN THE LOOK OF AN EYE AS IF SHE WERE TRYING TO SEE WHICH VERSION WAS MORE EFFECTIVE THE CROWNS ARE JUST FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS BESIDES I'M ALL RIGHT AGAIN I FEEL FINE 93d5b1bd-4dbe-4e6a-aa22-ef70fd14c01c OH WHAT AN EERIE PLACE THAT ORCHARD WAS WHAT SHADOWS WHAT NOISES WHAT SPOOKY SWOOPING BATS YOU COULDN'T LOOK EVERY WAY AT ONCE AND GOODNESS ONLY KNOWS WHAT MIGHT BE BEHIND YOU THERE CAN'T BE ANYBODY AT THE HOUSE SAID FELICITY THE PLAN THAT SEEMED SO CLEAR AND LOGICAL NOW BEGAN TO LOOK LIKE A PATCHED AND CRAZY MAKESHIFT WHAT CONNECTION DOES THIS TRIPE HAVE WITH CATCHING THOSE MURDERERS 93da33e5-7776-4f80-8c4d-bd40f50b09d8 ONLY IT FOLLOWS ITS OWN RULES IT OF COURSE TOOK PLACE IN THE PUBLIC BATH TUB AND I HAD TO JOIN THEM THERE I BROUGHT THE AXE DOWN AGAIN AND SOMETHING CRACKED SHARPLY AND THE THIRD BLOW SENT THE DOOR SWINGING WIDE 93e18666-b0dd-4c74-9619-380d155da8ad WILT THOU NOT KEEP THAT PROMISE LONG LONG AGO IN THE GOLDEN AGE WHEN THE GODS USED TO VISIT THE EARTH SO OFTEN THAT IT WAS NOTHING UNCOMMON TO SEE THEM AND MARGARET FELT THAT SHE COULD NEVER LET HIM GO I BEFORE HE FOUND IT THE ROBART CLOSED THE DOOR AND TURNED ON THE LIGHTS DELIVERY BOYS STREET CLEANERS CLERKS ALL HAVE TO HAVE CHARACTERISTIC UNIFORMS 93e1f7e1-35a4-4c54-a4f1-32d0e5bf72a4 MISSUS GRIGGS MAKES HIS BREAD FOR HIM AND SHE CLEANS UP HIS HOUSE NOW AND THEN SHE SAYS SHE HE KEEPS IT VERY NEAT BUT TILL LAST FALL THERE WAS ONE ROOM SHE NEVER SAW IT WAS ALWAYS LOCKED THE WEST ONE LOOKING OVER HIS GARDEN POLYCHROME ALTHOUGH DANCING LIGHTLY BACK AND FORTH HAD LISTENED TO EVERY WORD OF THE CONVERSATION NOW SHE CAME FORWARD AND SAT HERSELF DOWN IN JUST IN FRONT OF THE BLUE RABBIT HER MANY HUGE DRAPERIES GIVING HER THE APPEARANCE OF SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWER 93e549b3-da7d-42fb-8a97-245409118b0a UNCLE EDWARD HAD PREACHED HIS FIRST SERMON AT THE AGE OF EIGHT FROM THAT OLD GRAY BOULDER OH IT MEANS IF ANYTHING HAPPENS SOMETHING ELSE IS SURE TO HAPPEN SAID THE STORY GIRL I'LL ILLUSTRATE THERE'S MISSUS MURPHY SHE NEVER HAD A PROPOSAL IN HER LIFE TILL SHE WAS FORTY AND THEN SHE HAD THREE AND THE ONE WEEK AND SHE WAS SO FLUSTERED SHE TOOK THE WRONG ONE AND HAS BEEN SORRY EVER SINCE CHANCING ACCIDENTALLY I VOW TO OVERHEAR CERTAIN OF THESE SECRETS 93eb3c0c-2708-44be-a6c7-121d58a2b03f THE BACKGROUND WAS AN OUT OF FOCUS BLUR HE SCRATCHED HIS HEAD AND LOOKED WISTFULLY AT THE NEW ENGLAND SHORE LINE THE FIRST THING WE KNOW WILL ALL BE QUARRELLING AND THEN SOME OF US WILL SULK ALL DAY TOMORROW 93f19c33-bf36-4bb0-835c-e72e0d960fbb A GREAT CROWD OF CREATURES SIMILAR TO MY CAPTORS HEMMED US IN BEFORE US THEY THINNED INTO NOTHINGNESS AS WE APPROACHED ONLY TO SWARM INTO BEING IN SOME OTHER SPOT IT WAS TERRIFYING AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE THAT MADE ME QUESTION MY SANITY THE DREAM BOOKS THE NEXT DAY THE STORY GIRL COAXED UNCLE ROGER TO TAKE HER TO MARKDALE AND THERE SHE BOUGHT OUR DREAM BOOKS 93f28797-3447-4c9e-bc46-00ff0d04f681 I WON'T EVER FEEL LIKE READING A SINGLE BOOK ON THE LIBRARY IF I CAN'T GIVE SOMETHING TO IT MOURNED SARA THAT GENTLEMAN IN SILENCE TOOK OUT HIS WALLET EXTRACTED A NOTE THEREFROM AND HANDED IT GRAVELY TO THE STORY GIRL AND IT WAS HERE THAT THE WITCH ENCHANTED MY AXE AND I LOST DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY NEAT BODY UNTIL I BECAME ALL TIN 93f80939-7816-4583-8d57-433929926847 SARA RAY CAME UP BUT WAS SO SNUBBED BY FELICITY THAT SHE WENT HOME CRYING AND AS THEIR THOUGHTS WERE BUSY IN DWELLING UPON THE EVILS WITH WHICH FATE HAD BURDENED THEM 94044ece-cd13-40e6-b14f-070665d5767a I THREW THEM AS SNAPPY A SALUTE AS I COULD MUSTER AND I FILED OUT STARING GLOOMILY AT THEIR BACKS I ENVIED FOR ONE MOMENT THEIR SIMPLE FAITH IN THE LEAGUE NAVY WHEN IN REALITY THE VENGEFUL FLEET WAS JUST AS IMAGINARY AS MY ADMIRAL'S WRITING THIS WAS STILL THE JOB FOR THE CORPS INSCAPE WOULD HAVE TO BE GIVEN THE LATEST INFORMATION AT ONCE OZMA HERSELF BEING A REAL FAIRY KNEW A LOT OF MAGIC BUT SHE ONLY USED IT TO BENEFIT HER SUBJECTS 942a2eff-4cc7-4838-8b83-3a4be418f14c I'VE BEEN TO FOUR FUNERALS BUT NOT TO ONE SINGLE WEDDING NEIL DIDN'T WANT MUCH PERSUASION IS IT WE GOING OVER THE BAY THE NIGHT THE QUEEN WOULD TALK AT JEFF'S LITTLE PIER AT DAWN A CHILL CONVICTION OF INSANITY GRIPPED HIM WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN ON WATER LAPPING SMOOTH AND UNDISTURBED BELOW AND REGAINED HER BREATH 9450b737-0fcc-47fa-81ae-4d6bcd176e14 CAN WE CONTROL THEM IF THEY'RE BLOOD THIRSTY WE'LL GIVE YOU LIMITED MEMBERSHIP IN THE GALACTIC FEDERATION UNTIL YOU PROVE YOU'RE NO MENACE TO US THEY SAY IT'S PITIFUL TO SEE HIM I MUST GET WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THAT MAN NEXT SUMMER SAID THE STORY GIRL 947bfd60-2675-47d4-b7f5-5b80c59f4704 FINALLY HE GOT SO ANGRY THAT HE TOLD HER TO SHUT UP TIN PATTY PANS AREN'T VERY ROMANTIC SAID THE STORY GIRL DISCONTENTEDLY HE MIGHT TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE HIS FORM WITH SOME OTHER PERSON EARLY THE NEXT MORNING HE ROSE AND TOOK A WALK THROUGH THE GARDENS 947fb1b6-9d4d-41ab-95df-958f180a96d1 IT IS ABOUT MISSUS JOHN MARTIN'S UNCLE AT MARKDALE SAID THE STORY GIRL I HEARD UNCLE ROGER TELLING IT THE OTHER NIGHT HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS SITTING ON THE CELLAR HATCH OUTSIDE THE WINDOW I DON'T SUPPOSE HE WOULD HAVE TOLD IT MIS THE CANARY SEEMED MUCH AMUSED AND LAUGHED A SOBERY RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER AS SHE SAID VERY WELL DONE MY GOOD GINGER I ADMIRE YOUR ENERGY AND JUDGMENT BUT I HAD NO IDEA A MONKEY COULD LOOK SO COMICAL AS THIS MONKEY DID WHILE HE WAS BEING BATHED 94c43235-99e9-4cda-af12-4e567f68f402 YOU'RE TRYING TO DECEIVE ME YOU NAUGHTY BEAST I CAN SEE PLAINLY THAT YOU ARE A BEAR AND A MIGHTY POOR SPECIMEN OF A BEAR TOO RETORTED THE GIRL NOW THERE'S A GREAT MANY THINGS YOU MUST NOT DO AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE YOU OUGHT NOT TO LOSE NO TIME IN FINDING OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU MUSTN'T EVER FORGET TO MIND WHAT GROWN UP PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT IS GOOD GROWN UP PEOPLE 94cad609-2204-4790-8d16-b42553889c6a GIVING THE WORLD ASSURANCE OF A CAT BY HIS MALLIPHUOUS PURRING IT'S ONLY VANITY WHEN YOU GET PUFFED UP ABOUT THEM LIKE MANY OTHER PLANETS THIS ONE WAS UNIFORM CONSCIOUS WHAT DO YOU MEAN I GROWLED IT'S HELL'S ON JET FOR SPACE PIRACY BUT THAT'S ABOUTABLE 94d13161-a5dd-4c86-a788-05ed6697cc83 OH NO NO IT MAY BE ALL RIGHT TO PASS A YANKEE CENT ON A STOREKEEPER OR AN EGG PEDDLER BUT IT WOULD NEVER DO FOR CHURCH WHICH ADDED UP TO AND FOR THAT I HAD LONG BEFORE WORKED OUT A SYSTEM THAT WAS FULL PROOF THEN I WENT TO THE GALLEY FOR A LONG STRONG DRINK 94db22a9-5cff-4bec-9d13-403d08ba975c BUT IT ISN'T REALLY THE ENTERPRISE EDITOR AT ALL WHO'S SAYING IT I DON'T SEE HOW I CAN DO IT GO AWAY BACK THERE ALONE IT CAN'T BE TRUE SAID SARA RAY SEEKING REFUGE AS USUAL IN TEARS THE MEDICAL PSYCHIATRIC AND POLITICAL FIELDS CRIED OUT FOR CRYSTALS AND MORE CRYSTALS 94e97862-7745-4652-b502-3eadb33b2cc7 OF PLAYING TRUANT FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL AND GOING FISHING ONE DAY OF A CERTAIN FIB NO NO AWAY FROM THIS AWFUL HOUR WITH ALL SUCH EUPHONIOUS OF AGENTS OF A LIE I HAD ONCE TOLD BUT THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S TO COME I SAID UNCOMFORTABLY WE BOYS WERE SPRAWING ON THE GRASS A CAB WAS SUMMONED A HOTEL SUGGESTED I NODDED AGREEMENT AND SETTLED BACK WHILE THE ROBOT LOADED THE BAGS ABOUT ME IT WAS CLOSING FAST 950f062d-2481-4c43-a3b4-b215ffb4cfb5 AND THE MAGIC TIME TWIXT LIGHT AND DARK BROUGHT TRUCE OF CARE AND LABOR IS QUITE FAMOUS WE WENT TO SCHOOL OF COURSE THE ORCHARD DOESN'T SEEM THE SAME PLACE BY MOONLIGHT AT ALL AND THERE WAS ONE TALL MAN IN COMPLETE ARMOUR 951fc6b0-450c-4c84-bb65-306597d4b637 SIR THESE COLONISTS HAD BEEN AUTONOMIST FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS I'D LIKE TO STAY THEY'LL USE FORCE THINK THAT IT IS A DREADFUL WAY TO TALK ABOUT PRAYING AND I TOLD HER SO THEN HE HE WENT THROUGH THE WOODS IN STARLIGHT AND FELT SO HAPPY AND LIGHT OF HEART THAT HE SOMETIMES FRISKED AND CAPERED ABOUT JUST AS A REAL MOOSE WOULD DO 952f0eff-849a-450f-8265-39874e358eeb I DIDN'T MEAN ANY HARM SAID PETER CRESTFALLEN THE BIBLE IS AN INTERESTING BOOK SAID THE STORY GIRL COMING TO PETER'S RESCUE AND THERE ARE MAGNIFICENT STORIES IN IT YES FELICITY MAGNIFICENT IF THE WORLD DOESN'T COME TO AN END I'LL TELL YOU THE STORY OF RUTH NEXT SUNDAY LOOK HERE I'LL TELL IT ANYHOW THAT'S A PROMISE WHEREVER WE ARE NEXT SUNDAY I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT RUTH WHY YOU WOULDN'T TELL STORIES IN HEAVEN SAID CECILY IN A VERY TIMID VOICE TELL UNCLE ROGER THAT AND SAY IF TO MORROW IS THE END OF THE WORLD THAT THERE IS NO GOOD IN STUMPING FIELDS ANY MORE I SUGGESTED YES AND IF HE LETS YOU OFF THEN WE'LL KNOW HE WAS IN EARNEST CHIMED IN CICELY BUT IF HE STILL SAYS YOU MUST GO THAT'LL BE A SIGN HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT LEAVING THE STORY YELLOW AND PETER TO PEEL THEIR POTATOES THE REST OF US WENT HOME WHERE AUNT JANET WHO HAD GONE TO THE WELL AND FOUND THE FRAGMENTS OF THE OLD BLUE CUP GAVE POOR FELICITY A BIT OF SCOLDING ABOUT IT BUT FELICITY BORE IT VERY PATIENTLY NAY MORE SHE SEEMED TO DELIGHT IN IT 9550314b-c73f-4a29-b54e-5bf0f0a21505 OR POMP PROPOSING IT HARBOURED SEVERAL WITCHES AND MAGICIANS AND SORCERS AND NECROMANCERS IF FRIENDLY PEOPLE HAPPEN TO LIVE HERE SAID WOO I'VE HAD SOME REAL INTERESTING DREAMS SAID PETER BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THEM LONG I WISH I COULD DON'T BE FOOLISH OLIVIA THEY MUST BE UNPACKED AT LEAST 958c8e56-a5d3-456d-9cee-35dd64990aa8 FOR MY OWN PART I WAS RATHER SORRY TO SEE HER GOING AND SHE CRIED OVER US AND WISHED US WELL BUT WE HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT HER BY THE TIME WE REACHED THE OPEN COUNTRY DRIVING ALONG ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF UNCLE ALEC WHOM WE LOVED FROM THE MOMENT WE SAW HIM BUT MANY MEN AND WOMEN FOLLOWED ODIN HIMSELF GIVING UP ALL THEIR WORLDLY POSSESSIONS AND AMBITIONS AND TO THESE HE PROMISED THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE 95999775-4e33-450f-938d-10e8f7617ebd AND THE STORY GIRL SPRANG TO HER FEET AND FOR A MOMENT WE SAW THE PROUD PRINCESS OF THE OLD TALE IN ALL HER SCORNFUL LOVELINESS AND PRESENTLY SHE PAUSED BESIDE THE TIN SOLDIER AND SAID I WAS ABLE TO MAKE A POLITE BOW BEFORE THE THRONE 95a18b6b-4204-459d-a664-5cfc3bfd33b3 TO SEE HE MUST GO WE WERE NOW SUMMONED TO BREAKFAST IT'S ALL JUST AS FATHER DESCRIBED IT SAID FELIX WITH A BLISSFUL SIGH EACH OF THE NINE TINNACLES HAD A LOBSTERISH CLAW AT ITS TIP STILL PRESENTING HIS HYSTERICAL VAUDEVILLE 95abb78a-f607-4211-a1a6-2b6f61cee41e IT WAS A LOVELY GOLDEN BROWN EVENING THE ORCHARD AND THE FARM LANDS BEYOND WERE FULL OF RUBY LIGHTS AND KISSING SHADOWS FELICITY AND CECILY WERE CURLED UP IN A CORNER AND WE BOYS SPRAWLED IDLY ON THE FRAGRANT SUN WARM HEAPS WE HAD STOWED THE HAY IN THE LOFT THAT MORNING FOR UNCLE ROGER SO WE FELT THAT WE HAD EARNED THE RIGHT TO LOLL ON OUR SWEET SMELLING COUCH 95b52278-16c6-4096-b86f-a541019d1ae5 FELICITY MAKES ENOUGH FACES WHEN THERE'S NOTHING TO MAKE FACES AT SAID FELIX WE THOUGHT HIM A REGULAR WONDER WE LOVED TO HEAR HIM PREACH BUT WE DIDN'T LIKE TO HEAR HIM PRAY BECAUSE HE ALWAYS INSISTED ON PRAYING FOR EACH OF US BY NAME WHICH HE WAS STILL WEARING AND THAT TRIPPED HIM IN HIS FLIGHT AND MADE HIM FALL TO THE GROUND WHERE THE JAGUAR PLACED ONE HUGE PAW UPON HIM AND SAID GRIMLY 95bc23bf-b96d-4d20-8ed8-ded506b5402b I ONLY SAY YOU'RE RUNNING A RISK THE DEVIL IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO THESE THINGS AND HE'LL BE MORE LIKELY TO GET AFTER THEM THAN TO WASTE TIME OVER THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO THEM BUT THAT'S ALL ABOUT THE FIRST HEAD OF MY SERMON AT THIS POINT SARA RAY ARRIVED SOMEWHAT OUT OF BREATH PETER LOOKED AT HER REPROACHFULLY YOU'VE MISSED MY WHOLE FIRST HEAD SARA HE SAID THAT ISN'T FAIR WHEN YOU'RE TO BE ONE OF THE JUDGES I THINK I OUGHT TO PREACH IT OVER AGAIN FOR YOU AS FAST AS THEY DID THIS THE HIPPOCCURAF ATE UP THE STRAW AND WHEN ALL WAS CONSUMED POLYCHROME MADE A NEAT BUNDLE OF THE CLOTHES AND BOOTS AND GLOVES AND HAT AND SAID SHE WOULD CARRY THEM WHILE LUKE TUCKED THE SCARECROW'S HEAD UNDER HIS ARM AND PROMISED TO GUARD ITS SAFETY 95cded34-9e05-406c-a705-d4f1ed78c691 WELL JUDY PROMISED SHE'D REMEMBER BECAUSE SHE LIKED MISSUS FRUIT AND WAS ANXIOUS TO PLEASE HER BUT IT'S FOUR BY THE KITCHEN CLOCK THAT'S WHY SHE LET ME COME UP SHE SOBBED THERE IT WAS IN TRUTH AND BOTH FELIX AND I FELT THAT WE WERE GOING TO LIKE DAN 95e20ce5-cd87-459e-beb3-f19129f87213 AND HARD FOR OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND BUT ALL MY WINKY PEOPLE EAT BEING FORMED OF FLESH NOW DONALD FRASER PLUCK UP HEART AND PLAY THE MAN AND ENFOLDING IT LIKE A MIST A LONG WHITE BRIDAL VEIL REDOLENT WITH SOME STRANGE OLD TIME PERFUME THAT HAD KEPT ITS SWEETNESS THROUGH ALL THE YEARS 95f0533c-a36c-48e9-ab6e-3c3eec47f14a SOMEHOW THE PREDICTABLE MONOTONY OF CONSOLATE WORK HAD NEVER SEEMED LESS INVITING THE PROSPECT OF ENDING HIS COLLAXI IN TOUR AND GOING TO A HALF BARREN AND JUTTERY EARTH APPEALED TO JEFF EVEN LESS THERE MUST BE A MILLION NAMES HERE LITTLE BIT MORE LITTLE BIT MORE I GET TWO BITS A NAME 9600f96e-cd20-4f6a-9843-29a4cb8cc6c0 WE RAN TO THE ORCHARD GATE AND SWARMED ACROSS THE YARD JUST AS UNCLE ROGER ALIGHTED AT THE FRONT DOOR HE STARED AT US IN THE MOONLIGHT HAVE YOU BEEN TORMENTING ANY ONE INTO EATING MORE BAD BERRIES FELICITY AN ORPHAN COUSIN OF HIS LIVED HERE WITH HIS PARENTS AND FERNS GROW OUT BETWEEN THE STONES OF THE WELL AS FAR DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE 960b412f-3b28-4b0b-a6e0-4e9073d4d9f9 IT'S BETTER TO KNOW THAN TO IMAGINE SAID FELICITY OH NO IT ISN'T SAID THE STORY GIRL QUICKLY WHEN YOU KNOW THINGS YOU HAVE TO GO BY FACTS BUT WHEN YOU JUST DREAM ABOUT THINGS THERE'S NOTHING TO HOLD YOU DOWN YOU'RE LETTING THE CAFEE SCORCH AND THAT'S A FACT YOU'D BETTER GO BY SAID FELICITY SNIFFING HAVEN'T YOU GOT A NOSE CHAPTER TWENTY ONE POLYCHROME'S MAGIC ON THIS MORNING WHICH OUGHT TO BE THE LAST OF THIS IMPORTANT JOURNEY OUR FRIENDS STARTED AWAY AS BRIGHT AND CHEERY AS COULD BE AND WE WHISTLED A MERRY TUNE SO THAT POLYCHROME COULD DANCE TO THE MUSIC 96606dc5-d28e-4bdd-96db-09da85999444 LONG LONG TO HIM SEEMED THAT BITTER AND PERILOUS PASSAGE BUT AT LAST HE WON THROUGH TO THE FURTHEST SIDE BREATHLESS AND REELING HIS VESTURE TORN HIS GREAT WOUNDS BLEEDING HE FOUND HIMSELF ON THE SHORE WHERE THE FOUNTAIN OF IMMORTALITY SPRANG UP HE STAGGERED TO ITS BRINK AND DRANK OF ITS CLEAR STREAM THEN ALL PAIN AND WEARINESS FELL AWAY FROM HIM AND HE ROSE UP A GOD BEAUTIFUL WITH IMMORTALITY SHE WAS ALSO DEEPLY INTERESTED IN MISSIONS AND ONE TALK ON THIS SUBJECT INSPIRED THE STORY GIRL TO DO A LITTLE HOME MISSIONARY WORK ON HER OWN ACCOUNT THE ONLY THING SHE COULD THINK OF ALONG THIS LINE WAS TO PERSUADE PETER TO GO TO CHURCH FELICITY DID NOT APPROVE OF THE DESIGN AND SAID SO PLAINLY 966e4d7f-b607-4531-89b8-e7bd2ebff03d WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO TRUST BILLY ROBINSON SAID FELICITY SUMMING UP THE CASE ONE EVENING WHEN ALL HAD BEEN MADE KNOWN AFTER ALL WHAT COULD YOU EXPECT FROM A PIG BUT A GRUNT WE WERE NOT SURPRISED TO FIND THAT BILLY ROBINSON'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY FUND WAS THE LARGEST HANDED IN BY ANY OF THE SCHOLARS CECILY SAID SHE DIDN'T ENVY HIM HIS CONSCIENCE BUT I AM AFRAID SHE MEASURED HIS CONSCIENCE BY HER OWN ONCE ON THE GROUND IT WOULD NEVER BE NOTICED THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING TO SEE IT FLOAT BY I LOCATED A LIZARD TOWN ABOUT A THOUSAND KILOMETERS FROM THE PYRAMID AND DROPPED THE E EYE IT SWISHED DOWN AND LANDED AT NIGHT IN THE BANK OF A LOCAL MUD WALLOW THIS WAS A FAVORITE SPOT THAT DREW A GOOD CROWD DURING THE DAY 9678d8fb-4987-45b2-9cb0-ba7b549ba973 TO SARA THIS WAS HUMILIATION INDESCRIBABLE SHE FELT HERSELF AN OUTCAST AND AN ALIEN TO OUR BUSY LITTLE CIRCLE WHERE EACH MEMBER COUNTED EVERY DAY WITH MISERLY DELIGHT LOWLY INCREASING HORDE OF SMALL CASH HIS HANDS WERE WHITE CAUGHT IN GLOVES STUFFED WITH FINE STRAW 96820d51-d0c8-4393-85a5-7865f4d9d75d THEY WERE SPOTTED WITH CLUMPS OF GRAY GRASS EVEN AS WAS THE DESERT THEN THE DESERT AS HE TUMBLED OVER AND OVER JUST KEEP IN MIND WHAT I TOLD YOU IT COULD NOT BE ANY OTHER WAY STEEP BUT NOT HIGH THAT IS WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS DONE 9684cb99-f0e6-4056-b6cd-64732fa261da DO YOU KNOW PETER YESTERDAY I THOUGHT I SAW THE FAMILY GHOST AT LAST I WAS COMING THROUGH THE GAP IN THE HEDGE AND I SAW SOMEBODY IN BLUE STANDING UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE HOW MY HEART BEAT MY HAIR SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP ON END WITH TERROR BUT IT DIDN'T I FELT TO SEE AND IT WAS LYING DOWN QUITE FLAT WE THREW OURSELVES UPON YOUR MERCY SO TO SPEAK AND WE NOW FIND YOU HAVE NO MERCY THEREFORE IF YOU WILL EXCUSE THE EXPRESSION I MUST SAY IT IS DOWNRIGHT WICKED TO TAKE OUR PROPER FORMS AWAY FROM US AND GIVE US OTHERS WE DO NOT CARE FOR 96ae4560-5293-4e59-b131-809ae9fd27ac I MUST STOP FOR MAR SAYS I WASTE FAR TOO MUCH TIME WRITING LETTERS DID GOD LOOK LIKE THAT AND THERE'S A PICTURE OF EDEN THROWN IN TWO YOU KNOW THEY HAD FOURTEEN CHILDREN IN ALL AND EACH CHILD HAD ITS BIRTH TREE WHAT'S THE MATTER HE MURMURED RELUCTANTLY IT'S MORNING 96aebed1-78a9-4b64-b8d7-9e0cb94d33e9 HE HAD TALKED SO MUCH TO US ABOUT IT WHICH FATHER HAD ONCE OCCUPIED AND SO MINUTELY FEARING I KNOW NOT WHAT I ENTERED THE FAMILIAR ROOM THEY GLANCED AT EACH OTHER SWIFTLY ALMOST AS THOUGH THEY UNDERSTOOD 96b81e96-65b5-4746-9b3f-4b66feae7197 THEN SHE FLEW UP TO A TREE AND THE BARON THE OWL AND THE JAGUAR SAW THAT UPON THE STUMP HAD APPEARED A GREAT GREEN LEAF I'VE NEVER EVEN GOT TO A FUNERAL SAID SARA RAY GLOOMILY OH NO IT ISN'T SAID THE STORY GIRL QUICKLY WHEN YOU KNOW THINGS YOU HAVE TO GO BY FACTS BUT WHEN YOU JUST DREAM ABOUT THINGS THERE'S NOTHING TO HOLD YOU DOWN THIS PURPLE CLOTH DRESS IS QUITE GOOD HOWEVER 96c09552-35cb-4d2e-a48c-0be1ec9b8eb5 ALL THE BOARD GUARDS HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE SIRENS LIGHTS ACCELERATORS ON THE FLOOR AND THAT SORT OF THING WE BLASTED SCREAMING WHOLE THROUGH THE NIGHT RIGHT TO THE SPACE YARD AND THROUGH THE GATE IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WE WERE STILL TOO LATE A UNIFORM WATCHMAN FRANTICALLY WAVED TO US AND THE WHOLE CONVOY JERKED TO A STOP THE SHIP WAS GONE SLAVE CULTURE PROBABLY 970df5fe-5b66-4fd1-96ae-3711a33a6cb0 WE FELT THAT IT WAS AN INSULT TO OUR WRETCHEDNESS GROWN UP PEOPLE DIED JUST THINK HOW DREADFUL IT WOULD BE IF OUR FATHER HAD LEFT US LIKE THAT FOR A LONG MOMENT NEITHER OF THEM ADVANCED AND HE WONDERED IF THEY COULD REALLY BE FRIGHTENED OF HIS PUNY WEAPON 97199376-db56-4499-9d5d-64663e1db943 THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN MY FAVOUR THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS THE FACT I HAD FORCED HIM TO MAKE HIS PLAY BEFORE HE WAS ABSOLUTELY READY IT WASN'T CHANCE THAT HE HAD LEFT THE SAME DAY I ARRIVED ON SETANOVO ANY PLANS ELABORATE AS HIS CERTAINLY INCLUDED WARNING OF APPROACHING DANGER SLOSHING IN THE POOL WAS AN ANCIENT REPTILE WHO CLEARLY WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS I WADDLED TOWARD HIM AND HE GAVE ME A COLD AND FISHY EYE THEN GROWLED SOMETHING 972d940b-a2a3-43ef-90f7-31917e4907e3 THIS SAW HORSE WHILE MADE OF WOOD WAS VERY MUCH ALIVE AND BEFORE IT WAS HITCHED THE WOODEN SAW HORSE MISSUS EWPE OBSERVED THIS AND WAVED HER HAND THE NEXT DAY I BOUGHT TWO SHEETS OF FOOLSCAP FROM THE SCHOOLMASTER AND AFTER TEA I BETOOK MYSELF TO THE GRANARY BARRED THE DOOR AND FELL TO WRITING MY SERMON NOW WE ARE COMING TO THE LINEN THAT WAS UNCLE EDWARD'S WORD'S PRESENT HOW YELLOW IT HAS GROWN 974c959d-279a-439d-a71d-ab802bc82f79 COUNT EVERYONE ALL RIGHT FILL IN EVERY ONE I NEED MORE PAPERS WE WILL GIVE HIM MORE IF YOU NEED MORE BUT THERE AREN'T SO MANY IN YOUR SCENE LOVE US DIONES SORROS EVEN PEOPLE DO ANY OF YOU HAPPEN TO WANT TO HEAR THE REST OF MY STORY ASKED THE STORY GIRL IN AN OMINOUSLY POLITE VOICE THAT RECALLED US TO A SENSE OF OUR BAD MANNERS 974d36b1-ef9f-49d7-90fe-01e539dff3dc WELL SAID SHE STILL EYEING THE I'M NOT SURE THEY'LL PUNCTURE LET'S TRY IT AND SEE UNCLE ROGER SENDS HIM TO SCHOOL AND PAYS HIS WAGES IN SUMMER WE ALL LIKE PETER EXCEPT FELICITY 97653656-c58c-4523-89ab-8d3adab0aa8f I RETREATED TWO OR THREE SWIFT STEPS JERKING THE REVOLVER FROM MY POCKET BACK I WARNED HOPING THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THE TONE OF VOICE IF NOT THE WORDS BACK OR I'LL POT A COUPLE OF YOU SARA RAY IS DREADFULLY SCARED OF HER PETER CRAIG SAYS SHE IS A WITCH AND THAT HE BETS SHE'S AT THE BOTTOM OF IT WHEN THE BUTTER WON'T COME BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WITCHES ARE SO SCARCE NOWADAYS 977742c0-0ab3-4bf4-9839-e42307cf74b8 THEIR EYES COULD SEE AND STOPPING ALL FURTHER PROGRESS TOWARD MOUNT MUNCH THEIR SERIOUS MISFORTUNES MADE THEM ALL SILENT FOR A TIME I'M AWFUL SORRY FOR SARA BUT I'M GLAD I'M NOT HER AND HIS SERMONS AND PRAYERS WERE ALWAYS JUST ABOUT AS OUTSPOKEN AS THOSE JULIA OBJECTED TO SAID UNCLE ALEC 9786db18-d281-4ec0-9c55-ee45e85e86d1 AND THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER AS BEFORE DANCED AHEAD OF THEM SHE CLOSED THE DOOR OF HER BEDROOM BEHIND HER AND THEN SUDDENLY THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE THREE PRISONERS FOUND THEMSELVES IN TOTAL DARKNESS PAT'S BETTER CRIED THE STORY GIRLS BLITHE TRIUMPHANT AND TWELVE TIMES TWELVE RANG LIKE A TRUMPET CALL TO VICTORY 9787cd45-6d03-4cf0-8411-a1ea1eb2d22e DON'T SOUND MUCH WRITTEN OUT BUT IT'S AWFUL TO GO THROUGH I'M SURE I HOPE I'LL NEVER DREAM PEG BOWEN CHASES ME I'LL DIE IF I DO YOU'RE CALLING THE SHOTS GOD HELP YOU I SAID WHY DO YOU HIS MOUTH REMAINED CLOSED BUT THERE WAS A SURF HISSING VOICE IN ORNE'S EARS 97895a35-c745-4cce-8752-87da5d4dcef1 MAY DAY MAY ESTRO THIS IS BRANDON MAY DAY TURNED INTO MEN WEARING DESERT UNIFORMS AND LEANED OVER HIM AND IF THEY ARE STILL IN THOSE BARRELS SO I WILL RECITE FOR YOUR BENEFIT MY STRANGE ADVENTURES 979258c4-9dff-48d1-86cf-a4f686ea1a8c WHILE THEY COULD RUN MUCH FASTER THAN THE BOY THEY OFTEN STUMBLED AND FELL OR GOT IN ONE ANOTHER'S WAY SO HE MANAGED TO CATCH SEVERAL AND PRICK THEM WITH HIS THORN IT SEEMED TO US THAT THEY SHOULD STILL BE IN THE SAPLING STAGE CORRESPONDING TO OUR BOYHOOD SOON THE HOUSE WAS DARK AND SILENT 979a68a8-a329-463b-9568-e48703275fff OH THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE EXPRESSED HER SCORN WHAT DID I SAY TO MAKE HIM MAD ASKED FELICITY IN HONEST PERPLEXITY THE TRIP ONLY TOOK A FEW DAYS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO MEMORIZE EVERYTHING I DID TO KNOW ABOUT SET ANUVO 97baed4a-95e5-43d8-8712-643c927dd879 A DIMPLE OR TWO CAME INTO SIGHT AND SHE HAD VERY NICE TEETH SMALL AND WHITE LIKE THE TRADITIONAL ROW OF PEARLS CRUSHED THE RIG'S POWERFUL LITTLE BATTERY DISCHARGED WITH A MUFFLED SPUTTERING AND FLASHING OF SPARKS THE ZID HOWLED PIERCINGLY AND DROPPED AWAY FROM THE WINDOW 97c9e1ca-2786-498b-be12-3ee7f57aa4e3 YOU WILL NOT BE THAT FOOLISH WILL YOU ORN NO NEED TO BE SAID ORAN I'VE ANOTHER LITTLE LESSON TO TEACH YOU I ALREADY KNOW WHERE YOU'VE HIDDEN THE DELPHINIS GO BOY HISSED STUTSON WHERE IS IT PAN FOLLOWED HER CLATTERING AND BELLOWING TERRIBLY BUT IN A FEW MINUTES SHE RUSHED INTO GLAUCON'S ARMS 97ded806-6ba2-4760-8342-510f52eec406 IT MUST BE GETTING HANDY TOO SAID CECILY IT SEEMS AS IF WE'D BEEN WAITING HERE FOR EVER SO MUCH LONGER THAN AN HOUR WE DID NOT EVEN CALL BILLY TO ACCOUNT WE THOUGHT THAT LEE SAID WAS SOONEST MENDED IN SUCH A MATTER WE WENT VERY SOFTLY INDEED LEST THE GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY THAT TERRIBLE UNCLE ROGER SHOULD HEAR OF IT 97f3a122-d472-4121-9f08-461726700f48 AND HE BLINKED HIS EYES AND FLUTTERED HIS TIN WINGS MOURNFULLY HE SEEMED TO BE IN A BIG UNDERGROUND CAVE WHICH WAS DIMLY LIGHTED BY DOZENS OF BIG ROUND DISKS THAT LOOKED LIKE MOONS I HAVEN'T THE DICTIONARY HANDY AND IF I ASK THE OTHERS FELICITY WILL LAUGH AT ME THOUGH SHE CANNOT SPELL LOTS OF WORDS HERSELF 980003d8-6191-4819-9b6e-29d761cbe488 NOW THERE NEVER WASN'T ALICE IN THE DALE CONNECTION AND NOBODY EVER HEARD OF THE AWKWARD MAN HAVING A SWEETHEART THERE ISN'T THAT A LOVELY MYSTERY THE STORY WAS OLD TO US IT HAD ONCE BEEN PUBLISHED IN A CHARLOTTETOWN PAPER AND WE HAD READ IT IN AUNT OLIVIA'S SCRAP BOOK WHERE THE STORY GIRL HAD LEARNED IT PASS ON AND DRINK OF THE FOUNTAIN HE SAID TO ALL WHO TASTE OF IT SHALL IMMORTALITY BE GIVEN BUT ONLY TO THAT ONE WHO SHALL DRINK OF IT FIRST SHALL BE PERMITTED TO WALK AT ODIN'S RIGHT HAND FOREVER 9810362b-32bd-4af1-8fdd-14c8d36af73d AND AUNT JANET TALKED TO HIM AFTER A FASHION WHICH MADE US REALIZE PETER DID AND HE HAD AN ELEGANT DREAM THAT PEG BOWEN CAUGHT HIM AND PUT HIM ON TO BOIL ALIVE IN THAT BIG BLACK POT THAT HANGS OUTSIDE HER DOOR HE WOKE UP BEFORE THE WATER GOT HOT THOUGH OZMA AND DOROTHY WERE BEST FRIENDS AND WERE MUCH TOGETHER AND I WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND BRIGHT THAT I HAD NO NEED OF CLOTHING 981a3c19-8d1f-4cd5-9a95-73428d0618b6 AND I SUPPOSE SHE IS SHE IS A SPLENDID COOK TOO THOUGH SHE IS ONLY TWELVE I CAN'T COOK I AM TRYING TO LEARN BUT I DON'T MAKE MUCH PROGRESS AND OLIVIA SAYS I HAVEN'T ENOUGH NATURAL GUMPTION EVER TO BE A COOK BUT I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AS GOOD CAKES AND PIES AS FELICITY CAN MAKE MY MESSAGE WAS IN CODE BUT IT COULD BE QUICKLY BROKEN IF SOME ONE WANTED TO TRY HARD ENOUGH I TOOK IT TO THE MESSAGE AND TO MYSELF THE SI MAN WAS IN HIS TRANSPARENT CUBICLE AND I LOCKED MYSELF IN WITH HIM HIS EYES WERE UNFOCUSED AS HE SPOKE SOFTLY INTO A MIKE PULLING IN A MESSAGE FROM SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE GALAXY 981a6f48-e663-4bd2-b43f-507d64a77660 NO SARA SHOOK HER FAWN COLORED HEAD MOURNFULLY MA ALWAYS KEEPS THE PANTRY LOCKED FOR FEAR JUDY PINNOT WILL TREAT HER FRIENDS PETER DID NOT THINK BLUEBERRY WINE WOULD DO ANY GOOD IT WAS TEN O'CLOCK BEFORE DAN BEGAN TO GET BETTER BUT FROM THAT TIME HE IMPROVED RAPIDLY WHEN THE DOCTOR WHO HAD BEEN AWAY FROM HOME WHEN UNCLE ROGER REACHED MARKDALE CAME AT HALF PAST TEN HE FOUND HIS PATIENT VERY WEAK AND WHITE BUT FREE FROM PAIN 981f85a8-1e37-426f-9d4b-0349a01c158e WE CAN GO SOON SAID TO NUBE WILL YOU JOIN ME INSIDE HERE ASKED HORN THERE'S A PASSENGER SEAT RIGHT BEHIND ME TO NUBES'S EYES MOVED CATLIKE RIGHT LEFT BRANDON SWORE AND SNAPPED OFF THE SET HE LOOKED AT HIS WALK AROUND BOTTLE CAN'T STAY HERE ANY LONGER HE MUTTERED HE COULDN'T FIND THE CAPSULE HE WALKED THREE PERHAPS FOUR MILES HE STOPPED AND BLOTTED HIS MOIST BROW WITH HIS SLEEVE HE WASN'T GOING TO FIND IT 982c74f2-6cec-4f99-a427-aa93508b36aa AS HE SPOKE HE TOOK HOLD OF THE STRING AND BEGAN TO PULL AS HARD AS HE COULD WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER WOO THE WANDERER I'VE NOTHING BUT THE RHEUMATISM RING I GOT AS A PREMIUM FOR SELLING NEEDLES LAST WINTER SAID PETER I'LL GIVE HER THAT EVEN IF SHE HASN'T GOT RHEUMATISM IT'S A REAL HANDSOME RING IT LOOKS LIKE SOLID GOLD 983ac871-1e25-42e5-88cd-c69c21431db3 AND A CLASS NINE MONITOR WITH ONE PLANET BUSTER GRAY MUD FLOOR AND GLOOMY AISLES BETWEEN MONSTROUS BLUISH TREE TRUNKS HIS VOICE BROKE OFF AS IF HE HAD BEEN STRUCK IN THE FACE AND JOHN ANDREW FARMER LAY ON HIS BACK WAITING FOR HIS STRENGTH TO SEEP BACK 98458ef1-0cb2-4076-ba06-e5af7ed126dc UNDER FELICITY'S EYES SHE SET THE BREAD AND ON THE MORROW SHE WAS TO BAKE IT GIRLS DID THEN YOU KNOW FOR THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A SEWING MACHINE DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE IDEAL SPOT FOR A COUNTRY HOME FRIENDLY PEOPLE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP STRANGERS AND ALL THAT I IMAGINE THAT'S WHAT I LIKE MAKES ME FEEL GRATEFUL 984592bf-2d9e-4b34-bbc9-5dd6544070c0 JENIFER SAID IN A SMALL VOICE CHAFFEE THREE CLOSED THE PORT THEY COULDN'T EVEN RUN THE LEAVES ON THE TREES WERE BEGINNING TO COME OUT IN WOOLLY GREYISH CLUSTERS I SUPPOSE THAT SETTLES IT 985e87f4-0e6e-4aa5-9f1d-510494393a3e HE WALKED TO THE DOOR OF THE ROOM AND OPENED IT AND THE BALD HEADED GUARD CAME IN THEN HE PUT THE FIRE OUT AND WENT INSIDE SHARP OPENED HIS MOUTH SHUT IT AGAIN AND THEN SHRUGGED BUT NOW I UNDERSTOOD IT ALL EVEN IF IT'S OLD ISN'T IT IS THAT BOY STARK STARING MAD SAID UNCLE ROGER 9884e310-d0ae-4711-9335-9b4e6b7a28d6 IN TERMS OF OUR OWN BEING YOU DO NOT EXIST IN YOUR PRESENT FORM THIS WORLD DOES NOT EXIST AND THE REVERSE IS JUST AS TRUE I STARED AT HIM BEWILDERED WHAT AM I THEN A GHOST HE WAS NOT ANGRY THERE WAS A QUIZZICAL LOOK IN HIS EYES BUT HE TOOK THE COMBATANTS BY THEIR SHIRT COLLARS AND DRAGGED THEM APART THIS STOPS RIGHT HERE BOYS HE SAID YOU KNOW I DON'T ALLOW FIGHTING 9886a826-f0d1-46c9-af1d-3a387218909c UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY BUT FEAR OF HER FELLOW CREATURES WAS SOMETHING UNKNOWN TO HER WELL I WON'T JUST TO OBLIGE YOU SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WOULD HAVE DIED THE DEATH BEFORE SHE WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE PUBLIC MEETING BAREFOOTED NEITHER DOES MY FRIEND THE SCARECROW HOW HAPPENED YOUR MAJESTY TO BE MADE OF TIN AND STILL BE ALIVE 98983c3e-0296-424f-9758-34921f749aec HE WENT AND WAS SOON SLEEPING AS PEACEFULLY AS IF HE HAD NOTHING ON EITHER CONSCIENCE OR STOMACH BUT FELICITY DECLARED SHE MEANT TO KEEP THE WATER HOT UNTIL ALL DANGER WAS PAST AND WE SAT UP TO KEEP HER COMPANY DON'T YOU THINK YOU'D BETTER LEAVE ME AS I AM ASKED FOOD IN A TREMBLING VOICE NO SHE REPLIED I'M GOING TO MAKE A MONKEY OF YOU I LOVE MONKEYS THEY'RE SO CUTE AND I THINK A GREEN MONKEY WILL BE LOTS OF FUN AND AMUSE ME WHEN I AM SAD 9898c402-aea9-4de7-bc57-ead92e4355bd SHE HAD A KNACK OF KEEPING SECRETS ANYHOW TWAS THEN WE LIKED OUR GROWN UPS BEST FOR THEN THEY SEEMED HALF CHILDREN AGAIN CECILY WAS SICK WITH A COLD AND INDIFFERENT STARE THAT WAS ALMOST INSOLENT MIGHT PERHAPS BE INJURED IF THE PEOPLE OF LOONVILLE ARE REALLY DANGEROUS 989f028e-7c99-4582-a086-66544d6f2109 BUT STILL THE HOLY WATERS WOULD NOT FLOW I WATCHED THE PRIESTS THROUGH THE PRY EYE WHILE THEY TRIED TO OPEN IT SO ARE ALL THE WINDOWS HE MUST HAVE GOT OUT OF THE DOOR DAN KING AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT 98a36e27-5ed3-49b6-be64-de056e57071e WE WILL HAVE TO MEND THE PUNCTURE FIRST YOUR MAJESTY SUGGESTED ONE OF THE LOONS AND THE PRISONERS NOTICED THAT NONE OF THEM SEEMED SURPRISED WERE SHOCKED AT THE SAD ACCIDENT TO PANTA ALL RIGHT GRUMBLED THE KING FETCH TILL TO MEND HIM THERE IS NO NEED TO REMIND ME I'M SORRY CLAYTON THOUGHT HE RADIATED CAUTION WORRY PATIENCE YONAS TURNED TO THE BED AND CUT OFF FROM THE DIRECTOR WITH A GRUNT HE WAS TIRED LONG DISTANCE LINKAGES WERE A DRAINED ON THE BOY'S ENERGY EVEN WHEN THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS EASY TO VISUALIZE 98dd686c-be81-4aad-8424-3144fa4d0986 FELIX AND PETER AND I WERE REQUIRED TO HELP UNCLE ROGER AND SOME CARPENTERING WORK THAT DAY AND FELICITY INDULGED IN ONE OF THE HOUSE CLEANING ORGIES SO DEAR TO HER SOUL SO THAT IT WAS EVENING BEFORE WE WERE ALL FREE TO MEET IN THE ORCHARD AND THE LAW ON THE GRASSES OF UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK PRESENTLY THE TIN WOODMAN PUSHED HIS WAY THROUGH SOME HEAVY UNDERBRUSH AND ALMOST TUMBLED HEADLONG INTO A VAST CLEARED SPACE IN THE FOREST 98fb589b-a188-45ed-a543-37a181f1cd84 BUT SHE RAISED HER HAND AND SAID WE CAN ENTER AND TAKE POSSESSION AND MAKE OURSELVES AT HOME AND OF COURSE NOBODY WANTS TO OFFEND PEG BECAUSE SHE'S SPITEFUL AND ONCE SET A FIRE TO A MAN'S BARN IN MARKDALE WHEN HE OFFENDED HER IS SHE A WITCH OR IS SHE NOT I LEAVE IT TO YOU AT FIRST ALL WAS NOT HARMONIOUS 9901883b-ef89-450e-83a7-66da1b941f28 TO HEAR YOU SPEAK OF OLD SCRATCH ANY ONE WOULD THINK HE WAS JUST A COMMON PERSON IT'S A VERY TENDER PART OF HIM AND IT'S HIS ONLY WAY OF PREVENTING IT AND HE DOESN'T MEAN ANY HARM A GIANTESS IN THE GILLIKIN COUNTRY YOU HAVE ALL BEEN FORCED TO ENDURE A SAD EXPERIENCE 990b82ae-dfe9-40dd-af09-bd99fea2202a YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE IT HERE THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA THERE'S A LOG IN THE HOLE UNLESS YOU GIVE THEM A WHITE BILL IN THE MEANTIME HIGH COMMISSIONER BULWIN WILL HAVE WORD OF THIS PLANET BY THEN 990bcd58-e34c-4063-bad5-b6b7035a05a2 AS SOON AS WE WERE UP THE NEXT MORNING WE RUSHED OFF TO UNCLE ROGER'S BUT WE MET PETER AND THE STORY GIRL IN THE LANE AND THEIR FACES WERE AS THE FACES OF THOSE WHO BRING GLAD TIDINGS UPON THE MORNING I SAID YOUR ANCESTOR SENT ME AS EMISSARY THEN I FILLED THE FRAME WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT I WOULD NEED AND BEGAN TO WIRE THE SUIT 9915c696-3b2c-4e82-bec6-094415ba41f9 WHEN THE TIME CAME TO HAND IN OUR COLLECTIONS FOR THE LIBRARY FUND IT WAS TO MAKE FELICITY AS CLEVER AS THE STORY GIRL NO BUT IT IS TOPSY'S GREAT GREAT GRANDSON SAID THE STORY GIRL GRAVELY HIS NAME IS PATTY AND HE IS MY OWN PARTICULAR CAT 9917be3f-cffc-4f29-9325-5907159f72d7 I'LL BE RIGHT BACK HE SETTLED A HELMET ON HIS HEAD MOTIONED FOR FARMER TO HELP HIM CHECK THE CONNECTIONS OF THE SOUP'S SELF CONTAINED OXYGEN SUPPLY JOHN ANDREW WAS STRAIGHTENING UP FROM DOING THIS WHEN HE SAW THE NONNIPUS FOR THE FIRST TIME THE INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH WAS AS OLD FASHIONED AS ITS EXTERIOR IT WAS FURNISHED WITH SQUARE BOX PEWS THE PULPIT WAS A WINE GLASS ONE AND WAS REACHED BY A STEEP NARROW FLIGHT OF STEPS UNCLE ALEC'S PEW WAS AT THE TOP OF THE CHURCH QUITE NEAR THE PULPIT 9920f5cb-d06b-481d-971d-d26b64ef5be2 ASKED DAN SCEPTICALLY WATER IS LOVELY SHE HAD PUT ON A NEW PERSONALITY LIKE A GARMENT CECILY CONFIDED TO ME THAT SHE NEVER MEANT TO PUT HER HAIR UP IN CURLORS ON SATURDAY NIGHTS AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS PRETENDING 9923c182-4358-4576-9157-03c0e1a4ddcf OH SHE TURNED UPON US A FACE ILLUMINATED WITH A SUDDEN INSPIRATION I'VE AN IDEA LET'S EACH OF US GET AN EXERCISE BOOK AND WRITE DOWN ALL HER DREAMS JUST AS WE DREAM THEM WE'LL SEE WHO'LL HAVE THE MOST INTERESTING COLLECTION AND WE'LL HAVE THEM TO READ AND LAUGH OVER WHEN WE'RE OLD AND GREY THAT CANNIBAL STORY WAS SIMPLY GRAND I TRIED TO REMEMBER EVERY WORD SO I CAN TELL IT JUST AS HE TOLD IT MISSIONARIES ARE SUCH NOBLE PEOPLE 995914ea-9f64-4dee-a84b-4b2e118c58e1 WE TOO DESIROUS OF BEING CONVINCED ALSO THOUGHT SO AND FOR A MERRY HOUR LAZARUS AND MARTHA AND MOSES AND AARON AND SUNDRY OTHER WORTHIES OF HOLY WRIT HAD A LIVELY TIME OF IT IN THE KING ORCHARD AS I TRAVELLED THE FOREST PATHS THE RAIN WETTED MY JOINTS BUT I PAID NO ATTENTION TO THIS BECAUSE MY THOUGHTS WERE ALL ON MY WEDDING WITH BEAUTIFUL NIMMY AMY AND I COULD THINK OF NOTHING ELSE UNTIL SUDDENLY MY LEGS STOPPED MOVING 9977d276-936e-4c8c-9dd6-a5ae568447b9 I SAID I LIKED POETRY AND OFTEN FELT LIKE WRITING IT AND THEN I SAID DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THAT MISTER DALE YES I'M POLYCHROME THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER ANNOUNCED THE CANARY THE CASTLE WAS HIGH AND BROAD AND LONG 9992ed21-8b1d-4e31-b88c-617919fba556 TRIANGULATION AND QUADRATURE OF THE BEACON WORKS FOR NAVIGATION ONLY IT FOLLOWS ITS OWN RULES THE RULES ARE COMPLEX AND VARIABLE BUT THEY ARE STILL RULES THAT A NAVIGATOR CAN FOLLOW WE WERE OBLIGED LITTLE CREW SITTING THERE IN THE LIGHT OF OUR GOBLIN LANTERN WE HAD IN VERY TRUTH BEEN GIVEN BEAUTY FOR ASHES AND THE OIL OF JOY FOR MORNING 99a0b87f-2cd7-4b0d-b431-3bb46d9070b8 EAT FRIEND WANDERER SAID THE EMPEROR CORDIALLY AND I TRUST THE FEAST WILL BEAT TO YOUR LIKING I MYSELF DO NOT EAT BEING MADE IN SUCH MANNER THAT I REQUIRE NO FOOD TO KEEP ME ALIVE BUT YOU CAN TRANSMIT FALSE THOUGHTS AND CONFUSE HIM CLARETON SAID FINE FINE IF YOU'VE EVER MET THE MAN BEFORE 99b52432-ed6a-4b86-a901-cdc0cd967f68 AND THE LOCALS PICKED UP TO PIECES THANKS TO BULL ONE IN COMPANY IN YOUR TONGUE GLASS SAID TO NEW EITHER PEPPER WOULD MAKE HIS MOVE OR I WOULD SAIL ON TO MY BILLIONAIRES PARALYSED PLANET SIX MONTHS OF THIS HAD LEFT ME SLIGHTLY GARGER AND I WANTED OUT 99bd6a58-e0d1-49d0-b37b-b154252c5d66 IMPOSSIBLE BARK TO NEW IT'S ON YOUR MOON SAID ORAN DARK SIGHED IT'S ON A MOUNTAIN ON THE DARK SIDE OF YOUR MOON EMILY PROMISED TO MEET HIM THERE I AM SURE SHE STAYED AWAKE THAT NIGHT THINKING ABOUT IT AND WONDERING WHAT THE IMPORTANT QUESTION WOULD BE ALTHOUGH SHE KNEW PERFECTLY WELL 99c171d8-e9c4-4653-a11a-4b15f3b3672d I DON'T SEE WHY GOD SHOULD ANSWER PETER'S PRAYERS INSTEAD OF MINE HE SAID BITTERLY THE PLANET WAS A WATER WORLD BARE OF CONTINENTS AND ONLY SPARSELY SPRINKLED WITH MINOR ARCHIPELAGOES STRUCK SOMETHING RESPONSIVE IN HIM 99ca69fc-6c5a-4718-b258-35f31e22ce52 THE MORNING DAWNED ON A BEAUTIFUL WORLD A VERY SLIGHT FALL OF SNOW HAD COME IN THE NIGHT JUST ENOUGH TO LOOK LIKE A FILMY VEIL OF LACE FLUNG OVER THE DARK EVERGREENS AND THE HARD FROZEN GROUND IT IS TRUE RESPONDED THE SCARECROW IN THIS VALLEY NO ONE EVER DIES I NAMED HIM CHOP BY USING 99cad044-4ec8-4248-8d18-701e049dad17 IF THE BEACON CONKED OUT AGAIN THE M T WHISPERED IN MY EAR I'M SURE THERE WAS NO HUMANNESS IN THIS DECISION SHE HAD A LOVER HIS NAME WAS MALCOLM WARD AND HE WAS AS HANDSOME AS A PRINCE 99d50864-6a8d-4967-bc64-177af4f0d9de IT STILL MADE SENSE SEE THOSE HE ASKED THEY LOOKED AND SAW WHAT SEEMED TO BE A FLIGHT OF STEPS CARVED FROM STONE AND THAT WAS THE LAST I EVER SAW OF HIM THEN HE CREPT OUT AND IN THE DARK BELT AROUND UNTIL HE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE APRON 99d8984e-4180-4a54-842e-29db3199344d FIFTEEN WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE BROTHERHOOD BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WE MUST TRY CLETON SAID AND YOUR DAUB IS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT I WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING RETORTED AUNT JANET I'D SIMPLY TURN YOU OVER MY KNEE AND GIVE YOU A SOUND SOLID SPANKING MISS SARA YOU'D FIND THAT PENANCE ENOUGH 99f69782-3a70-4b1f-b810-cdbc3ff9c470 I DO HOPE THAT BABY HASN'T WANDERED DOWN TO THE SWAMP IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE HE COULDN'T WALK SO FAR BUT I MUST GO AND SEE FELICITY HAND ME MY HIGH BOOTS OUT FROM UNDER THE SOFA THERE'S A GIRL ONE OF THE CLERKS ASKED I SHALL DO NOTHING I TOLD HIM WITH THE SNAP PRECISION OF AN OLD SPACE DOG THE LEAGUE FLEET IS ALREADY CLOSING IN ON THE RENEGADES AND YOU WILL BE INFORMED OF THE CAPTURE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE 99fa26c1-a9df-4b5c-b680-6207cfcdc1c5 AND PUT OUT A TENSIVE HAND TOWARDS THE FUSE MESS HE MANAGED TO CROAK BEFORE GIVING IT UP BUT IT HAD MELTED THE FARMER LOOKED AT GARF AGAIN WITH FEAR AND AWE JERRY COWAN TOLD ME AT RECESS THIS AFTERNOON THAT HE HAD SEEN A PICTURE OF GOD I MUST STOP FOR MAR SAYS I WASTE FAR TOO MUCH TIME WRITING LETTERS 9a163c35-52db-406e-a616-d1183db64df1 SHE DID NOT AFFECT ANY MYSTERIOUS AIRS OR INDULGENT CHANCE OR MYSTIC RITES EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE RATHER TIRED GROWING EXCEPT THE SPRUCES AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN AUNT OLIVIA'S GARDEN AUNT OLIVIA SPOILS YOU SAID FELICITY 9a378d2f-0533-4381-add9-6a5e3707c16b I HAD ONE OF THE WORKING EYES DIG A CAVE IN AN OUTCROPPING OF ROCK AND WAIT FOR HIM UNCLE ROGER SAYS THAT A MOTHER WHO WON'T LET YOU DO ANYTHING AND A CONSCIENCE THAT WON'T LET YOU ENJOY ANYTHING IS AN AWFUL COMBINATION AND HE DOESN'T WONDER SARA IS PALE AND THIN AND NERVOUS BUT IT TOOK THE STORY GIRL TO MAKE US REALIZE JUST HOW DREADFUL IT WAS AND WHAT A TERRIBLE RISK WE HAD RUN YEARS BEFORE WE OR OUR PARENTS EITHER HAD EXISTED 9a3cd3cc-98f4-4367-9fdd-9bf62234b539 IT MUST BE SPLENDID TO GO TO EUROPE SIGHED CECILY LONGINGLY I UNDER SOLEMN PROMISE OF SECRECY AND IT WAS TO MAKE THE STORY GIRL WISH I COULD I'VE A DREADFUL FEELING HERE LIKE THAT STERN ANGRILY FROWNING OLD MAN WITH THE TOSSING HAIR AND BEARD OF THE WOODCUT CECILY HELD 9a59bf6e-4ef7-47ef-b8de-811bfd26b234 THIS POWER IS TURNED INTO RADIATION THAT IS PUNCHED THROUGH INTO HYPER SPACE EVERY BEACON HAS A CODE SIGNAL AS PART OF ITS RADIATION AND REPRESENTS A MEASURABLE POINT IN HYPER SPACE HE HAD A RETENTIVE MEMORY AND NEVER FORGOT ANYTHING HE HEARD OR READ THE FEW BOOKS LEFT TO HIM BY HIS OFT REFERRED TO AUNT JANE HAD STOCKED HIS MIND WITH MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION WHICH SOMETIMES MADE FELIX AND ME DOUBT IF WE KNEW AS MUCH AS PETER AFTER ALL 9a60bd9a-9a70-459e-9fa2-9c6109a42959 GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH ONLY PEOPLE MANOEL AND YOU SURELY CAN'T BE MANUEL THE TWO FRIENDS WERE SURE TO PASS THEY'VE SUFFERED ENOUGH WRITTEN THESE DREADFUL TRANSFORMATIONS 9a99d658-f016-4af6-9a4e-5913118a4ce6 THE STORY GIRL BEGAN IT GLIBLY BUT BEFORE SHE HAD GONE FAR WITH IT THE DREAM BOOKS SHE HAD WREATHED HER HAIR WITH CANTERBURY BELLS AND LOOKED LIKE THE INCARNATION OF RHYME AND STORY AND DREAM 9abe9a5c-76e6-4f30-a746-51d5958e518b UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE NEVER HAD A BOY HE COULD DEPEND ON LIKE PETER BURY IT SAID THE STORY GIRL NOW STOP IT YONES THOUGHT STOP IT CUT OFF AFTER ALL HE FINISHED THERE ARE TIMES WHEN EVEN A HERO WANTS A LITTLE PRIVACY 9aee4cd0-4a8f-4e6c-9f04-0f15d5fbcdf3 APPLE PIES AND SOUR SEEDLINGS AND PIGS BECAME STRAIGHTWAY INVESTED WITH A GLAMOUR OF ROMANCE WHERE THE INHABITANTS WERE SOMEWHAT RUDE AND UNCIVILIZED THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN THAT MY FRIEND REMARKED THE BROWN BEAR 9af5e15d-424f-4026-91aa-a29c3dde98d8 DON'T WANT TO FIGHT SAID PETER IT'S FELIX WHAT WOULD AUNT JANE SAY IF SHE KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO FIGHT CECILY DEMANDED OF PETER WE WERE NEAR GOLDEN MILESTONE NOW THE HOUSE WAS A BIG WEATHER GREY STRUCTURE OVERGROWN WITH VINES AND CLIMBING ROSES 9afd49f4-e971-48bd-9d13-8d0e419c668e BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE SHE WAS HALF AS MUCH FRIGHTENED AS DISAPPOINTED THAT SHE HAD NO WHITE DRESS WE WOULD DEARLY HAVE LOVED TO LEAVE THE CANDLE BURNING BUT AUNT JANET'S DECREE REGARDING THIS WAS AS INEXORABLE AS ANY OF MEAD AND PERSIA THE COMPARISON IT FORCED BETWEEN COLLAXIA AND EARTH WHOSE YAWNING FORTH WORE SCARS AND HERITAGE OF ANXIETIES MADE CALM CRYSTAL SO DESPERATELY NECESSARY OPPRESSED HIM TERRA HAS NO REAL NEED OF THE CRYSTALS THE SHIP WAS OURS 9b071b79-d8f7-43cb-b18a-e3b94959d9e0 THEY CEASED AND ALL HEAVEN WAS HUSHED THROUGH THE SILENT SOUNDS OF THE VOICE OF ALMIGHTY NAY HE SAID WHATSOEVER IN MY UNIVERSE TRUE LOVE HAVE BUILT NOT EVEN THE ALMIGHTY CAN DESTROY THE BRIDGE MUST STAND FOREVER JOHN ANDREW WAS WISHING THAT HE COULD SWIM WHEN DORA SMILED AND HE BEGAN TO BE INTERESTED IN LIVING AGAIN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF 9b1aabd6-0631-4464-97f4-74bbc8f317f3 OH PERHAPS WE WON'T HAVE THEM SAID THE STORY GIRL CHEERFULLY PETER CAUGHT THEM AT MARKDALE THE LAST TIME HE WAS HOME HIS MOTHER SAYS I DON'T WANT TO CATCH THE MEASLES FROM PETER SAID FELICITY DECIDEDLY FANCY CATCHING THEM FROM A HIRED BOY COUSIN RACHEL WROTE BACK THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR ONE THING THAT WAS IN THE TRUNK SHE WOULD ASK MOTHER TO OPEN THE CHEST AND DISPOSE OF THE THINGS AS SHE LIKED BUT SHE COULD NOT BEAR THAT ANY ONE BUT HERSELF SHOULD SEE OR TOUCH THAT ONE THING SO SHE WANTED IT LEFT AS IT WAS 9b2bf8e5-9833-49b9-966e-07e8ae6aa331 HAVE HEARD THAT THE WHITE PLUME ON IT COST A SMALL FORTUNE HE ADVANCED THREATENINGLY BUT AGLEIA RAN AS HARD AS SHE COULD UP THE MOUNTAIN PERHAPS IN FAR AWAY PARTS OF THE MUNCHKIN AND WEAKY COUNTRIES AND ON MY WORD A TIN OWL IS SO RARE AND PRETTY THAT IT IS AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE ORDINARY BIRD 9b30952a-c083-48e8-be27-6aa754de8298 THERE'S MANY A GIRL WOULD GLADLY SAY YES FOR YOUR ASKING AND HERE STANDS ONE WHY NOT MARRY ME NEIL CAMPBELL I SAID WHY DO YOU YOU ARE IGNORANT OF OUR WAYS SAID TO NUB THEREFORE I FORGIVE YOU THE CITY IS FOR OUR RACE WE MUST BREED AND BE BORN IN THE SUNLIGHT ONCE LONG AGO WE USED CRUDE PLATFORMS ON THE TOPS OF TREES NOW ONLY THE 9b348cd5-c1ba-4721-8c9d-23c34ec847b3 COMBINATION SPACE JOCKEYS MECHANICS ENGINEERS SOLDIERS CONMEN AND EVERYTHING ELSE IT TAKES TO DO THE REPAIRS GARTH GRINNED WHATEVER YOU SAY MY DEAR HE DIPPED AN EYEBROW IN A WINK BEHIND DOOR THE NONIPUS SURGED SLUGGISHLY EXTENDED A TENTACLE OPENED A CLOTH AND NIPPED DOOR NEATLY ON THE BEHIND SHE SCREECHED 9b52d24f-2fdf-4dcb-b475-ffeac816b12d I'VE SEEN PERHAPS A DOZEN OFF SHORE DURING THE SEVEN CYCLES I'VE BEEN HERE THEY NEED THOSE CALM CRYSTALS TOO BADLY SOME DAY YANUS THOUGHT BACK IN HIS CELL THERE WOULD BE A METHOD OF CONTROLLING MINDS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE THE WILLING CO OPERATION OF THE TWO PARTIES AND TO PROVE TO YOU THAT THEY WERE NOT WIZARDLY OR MAGIC 9b857f8e-d554-432d-8900-778368697ca3 DEAR ME I SEE HIM I SEE HIM VERY PLAINLY AND AFTER WE ARE GONE THE LOONS WILL HAVE SOMETHING OF A JOB TO PUN PAPA ALL THOSE WHOM WOOT HAS PUNCTURED DAN FED MOST OF IT TO PATTY THE STORY GIRL WINKED WITH THE SIGHT OF HER FACE NEXT TO FELIX AND ME BUT THE SIDE NEXT TO THE GIRLS CHANGED NOT A MUSCLE 9b898ef2-d1df-4c8a-aca7-ffb28156c7b0 I GAVE HIM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LEAGUE AND THE LEAGUE NAVY IN PARTICULAR WANTED TO STOP THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BATTLESHIP WE HAD ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD EAGERLY TO THE PROMISED STAY WHEN FATHER WOULD TAKE US DOWN HOME TO 9b9284d8-159a-40cd-ac31-2a27b011b6a3 I HAVEN'T A SINGLE THING TO WEAR EXCEPT MY SCHOOL GINGHAM I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE MUCH FUN AS A STEADY THING SAID CECILY I'D LIKE TO SEE A QUEEN THOUGH I STARTED WORKING ON IT THE MOST LIKELY ANSWER WAS THAT IT HAD BEEN ADOPTED FROM ANOTHER LANGUAGE IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE OF COURSE SAID ORAN 9b936f49-2cee-47d1-af50-d4cec858f999 I'M GOING TO GET A LOVELY DARK BLUE DRESS FOR THE WINTER IT IS EVER SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN SARA RAY'S BROWN ONE SARAY'S MOTHER HAS NO TASTE THE STORY GIRL'S FATHER IS SENDING HER A NEW RED DRESS AND A RED VELVET CAP FROM PARIS SHE IS SO FOND OF RED I CAN'T BEAR IT IT LOOKS SO COMMON DAN KING DO YOU WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL LOOK HERE DAN I EXPOSTULATED YOU SHOULDN'T DO THIS THINK HOW SICK YOU WERE LAST NIGHT AND ALL THE TROUBLE YOU MADE FOR EVERYBODY DON'T EAT ANY MORE THERE'S A GOOD CHAP 9ba93bc0-bb9f-43cf-b98e-a82ab60bcf6c AND SUPPOSE YOU HAVEN'T THEN YOU CAN'T TRANSMIT A THING TO HIM YOU'RE TRAPPED IN THE HOUSE REMEMBER AND THE FIRE'S STARTED WHAT GOODS YOU'D TELEPATHY HE SIGHED ONCE DEEPLY THIS WAS WHAT A HERO CAME TO AND TOLD HIMSELF THIS WAS THE END OF HEROICS AND PLAYING A LONE HAND EXPLAIN THIS TO ME IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT REACTIVATED THE GATE BUT WHOEVER MADE IT DID A SCREW BALL JOB THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT DON'T SEEM TO BELONG AND EVEN THE PARTS THAT SHOULD BE THERE SEEM WRONG SOMEHOW 9bae359e-94b1-45ee-852a-5dcc5785d360 OF COURSE HE HAD NEVER SEEN DRAGONS BEFORE AND LOOKED AT HIM SO YOU WILL NOT GET ANGRY WITH ME TRICK YONAS SAID BUT THE PRAYERS OF GOD AND HIS CHURCH BORING IS BY THE TIME HE REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL HE WAS WHISTLING LOUDLY 9bbf57e1-c6aa-44a3-b9ba-da4b2926a9cd THE MISSIONARY HAD AT LEAST SEVEN HAPPY LISTENERS THAT NIGHT WE ALL WERE GLAD THAT SARA DID NOT HAVE MEASLES AND THE STORY GIRL WAS RADIANT NOW YOU SEE ALL YOUR PENANCE WAS WASTED SAID FELICITY AS WE WALKED HOME KEEPING CLOSE TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE RUMOUR THAT PEG BOWEN WAS ABROAD JEFF HAD A GLIMPSE OF SLANTED RED EYES AND A WHITE FANGED SNOUT BEFORE REFLEX SENT HIM HEADLONG TO SHOULDER THE DOOR SHUT AGAIN THE BUNK HE PANTED AT JENIFER SHOVE IT OVER 9bca2efb-31cb-4461-8913-8bd9a0d53348 ONE GLIMPSE OF HIS FACE TOLD US THAT HE WAS NO BEARER OF GLAD TIDINGS HE HAD BEEN RUNNING HARD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RUBICUND INSTEAD HE WAS AS PALE AS ARE THE DEAD I CANNOT HAVE ASKED HIM WHAT WAS THE MATTER HAD MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT IT WAS FELICITY WHO DEMANDED IMPATIENTLY OF MY SHAKING VOICE AS BROTHER FELIX KING WHAT HAS SCARED YOU THE DWARF WAS THREE FOOT HIGH A SKELETON STRETCHED OVER WITH BROWN BURNT LEATHER THE OTHER WAS AN UNCANINE LOOKING DOG SIZED BEAST SO FULL OF BIRDS AND THORNS THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PORCUPINE IT WAS A NIGHTMARE REPLICA OF A SHRUNKEN MULE 9bcc7251-1f3d-4c1c-abde-1483bceed0cb WELL THAT'S KIND OF COMFORTING SAID PETER SHE CAN'T BE ANY FAITH IN IT OR SHE'D BE MORE WORKED UP IF ONLY IT WASN'T PRINTED SAID DAN GLOOMILY LET'S ALL GO OVER AND ASK UNCLE ROGER SAID FELIX DESPERATELY THAT WE SHOULD MAKE UNCLE ROGER A COURT OF LAST RESORT INDICATED ALL TOO CLEARLY THE STATE OF OUR MINDS BUT WE WENT SARA RAY'S OWN DREAMS NEVER AMOUNTED TO MUCH SHE WAS ALWAYS IN TROUBLE OF SOME SORT COULDN'T GET HER HAIR BRAIDED OR HER SHOES ON THE RIGHT FEET CONSEQUENTLY HER DREAM BOOK WAS VERY MONOTONOUS 9bf01ada-66e2-4d04-9ca1-d9782f5ac585 YOUR JOURNEY RESULTED IN SAVING ME FROM THE GIANTESS I THINK THIS MAGIC AFFECTS ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE PLAIN I SMELL STRAW AND I AM A HIPPOCK GUYRA EVERYBODY LAUGHED EXCEPT AUNT JANET OLD MISTER FREWIN WAS HER GRANDFATHER TOO AND SHE WOULDN'T LAUGH 9c0249f0-b51b-4988-8444-70963bf5cf23 FELICITY HAD ALSO DELIGHTFUL HANDS AND WRISTS AT EVERY TURN OF THEM A DIMPLE SHOWED ITSELF IT WAS A PLEASURE TO WONDER WHAT HER ELBOWS MUST BE LIKE SO THE ODDLY ASSORTED PAIR QUICK BOX LIKE LITTLE RAY AND BIG AWKWARD UNCOMFTABLE FARMER SPURTED OUT INTO LONG ISLAND SOUND IN AN INDESCRIBABLE OLD MOTOR LODGE AND THE ADVENTURE WAS ON 9c205e73-9882-4378-a73a-d57da5a912dc I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'D DO SAID PETER I'D TAKE A PRESENT FOR PEG AND ASK HER TO MAKE PAT WELL EVERY WORD OF IT WAS TRUE SAID CECILY HER TONE UNCONSCIOUSLY IMPLYING THAT THIS WAS ITS SOLE MERIT IS TOO FAR AWAY FROM ANY ONE TO BOTHER EITHER OF YOU TWO HE SO MANAGED TO REACH THE CAGE AND TAKE IT OFF THE PEG 9c220339-e5e9-4788-8101-92f77e970fef IT WASN'T EVEN A RESPECTABLE ORDINARY LOOKING OCCUPANT TO BE ACRID IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CALLED A NONIPUS EACH OF THE NINE TINNACLES HAD A LOBSTERISH CLAW AT ITS TIP AND THERE WERE VARIOUS OTHER UNUSUAL APPENDAGES WHEN THE ALARM BLEW OFF ALL I FELT WAS AN INTENSE SENSATION OF RELIEF I MIGHT BE DEAD AND BLASTED TO DUST IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES BUT THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE 9c2c3dd4-8152-4239-90b9-4da981b3785c ALWAYS FEELS IN LIGHTER GRAVITY TEACH YOU PEOPLE HOW TO EXPLOIT YOUR PLANET HOW TO BUILD GOOD TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES STITSON LOOKED ACROSS AT HIS JUNIOR FIELD MAN AND THAT WOULD BE A FINE THING FOR A HERO WOULDN'T IT THE DAUGHTER AND BUT CLARTON HAD INSISTED ON AN INTERMITTENT CONTACT 9c4934d3-a285-4e37-9f26-bcfb3d87486a BUT IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT SAID PETER MISERABLY BUT I JUST CAN'T STAND IT BACK THERE ALONE SOME OF YOU FELLOWS MUST COME WITH ME I DON'T WANT YOU TO WORK BUT JUST FOR COMPANY BUT ARE YOU SURE YOU WON'T WANT IT BACK IF TO MORROW ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY BUT HE OVERDID IT HE WAS NOT AS GOOD AN ACTOR AS THE STORY GIRL FELICITY LOOKED SCORNFULLY AT HIM UNCLE ROGER YOU ARE NOT ONE BIT SICK SHE SAID DELIBERATELY YOU ARE JUST PUTTING ON TELL HIM TO SWALLOW A CAT ROARED THE POOR DOCTOR AND SLAMMED HIS DOOR 9c51bd0a-18c7-41b7-bfe0-fa85327c9924 WE'RE GOING TO SET HER DOWN ON A SOLID PIECE OF GROUND NEAR ONE OF THE OCEANS THERE WAS A PAUSE AND BRANDON COULD ALMOST SEE COLONEL TOWERS DRAWING UP TO HIS FULL HEIGHT I'M GOING TO BE THE FIRST MAN TO SET FOOT ON A PLANET OF ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM KNOW THAT MEANS REINART I UNSIPPED THE FRONT OF MY CAMELFLAGE SUIT AND PULLED OUT THE BLUE PRINTS WITH THE FAITHFUL PRIEST STUMBLING AROUND ME I LOCATED THE CONTROL ROOM AND TURNED ON THE LIGHTS THERE WAS A RESIDUE OF CHARGE IN THE EMERGENCY BATTERIES JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE A DIM LIGHT 9c5d126e-71c6-43bf-9b70-a5e98ebcc7e2 ASKED HORN THERE'S A PASSENGER SEAT RIGHT BEHIND ME TO NUBES'S EYES MOVED CATLIKE RIGHT LEFT YES HE TURNED BARKED IN ORDER TO THE JUNGLE GLOOM THEN CLIMBED IN BEHIND ORAN WHEN DO WE GO YOU YOU ARE IN A CELL HE SAID AT LAST LOCKED UP DO YOU THINK THAT WILL STOP ME YONAH SAID HE CAME TO THE BARRED DOOR STILL SMILING YOU WOULD NOT DARE WHY NOT YONES ASKED WHAT HAVE I GOT TO LOSE HE RAISED ONE HAND CLAWING THE FINGERS SLIGHTLY HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AS IF HE WERE ABOUT TO SPIT OUT AN INCANTATION 9c65f1b5-146d-4c08-958b-5175d5bda298 I AGREE TO IT SAID THE TIN WOODMAN SHAKING THE HAND OF HIS TWIN TO SHOW THE MATTER WAS SETTLED MAY I ASK YOUR NAME SIR HE CONTINUED IF YOU HAD DIED PETER AND YOUR FATHER HAD HEARD IT WOULDN'T HE HAVE FELT DREADFUL WE ARE HAVING BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND THE SCENERY IS FINE SINCE THE LEAVES TURN 9c6c3d75-a90b-4ca4-b2b6-63f1b4f20f2b STROKING THE POLISHED CHEEKS WITH BESEECHING FINGERS BUT THAT'S OVER YOUR HEAD PETE OLD SON EACH OF THE LITTLE BLOBS OF QUARTZ WAS GLOWING ONLY NATIVE LIFE FORMS WERE QUITE WELL PROTECTED ONE LIZARD MERELY TURNED THE HANDLE AND WE WERE INSIDE THE BEACON 9c6ff5f1-e27c-4560-ab79-0c63601e7c32 TWENTY SEVEN IT IS NOW I'LL GO AHEAD YOU BRING UP THE REAR WITH HOPE IN THE MIDDLE READY IT WAS A FEATHER IN THE STORY GIRL'S CAP FOR SHE TOOK ALL THE CREDIT OF HAVING STARTED PETER ON THE RIGHT ROAD 9c9343b2-f758-425d-9238-b6e7d7637bbb DUE TO THE VERY NATURE OF OUR JOB WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME JUST ROCKETING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE SOMETHING ABOUT THE THREE SQUARE WINDOWS IN THE SECOND STORY GAVE IT AN APPEARANCE OF WINKING AT US IN A FRIENDLY FASHION THROUGH ITS VINES THEN DONALD BROUGHT OUT THE WHISKY THEY ALWAYS DID THAT EIGHTY YEARS AGO YOU KNOW 9c951437-5678-4495-983a-ed0f3bb682ec SO THAT'S WHY YOUR SAILS BELLIED BACKWARD WHEN YOU CAME INTO HARBOR SAID JEFF THE THING WAS TOWING YOU A THIN HIGH STREAK OF VAPOR TRAIL KNEELING DOWN TOWARD THEM FROM THE SUNRISE RAINBOW TURNED THE CHANNEL OF HIS THOUGHT IF THE DAILY ENTERPRISE SAID THAT AUGUST TWELFTH WAS TO BE THE JUDGMENT DAY HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET AROUND IT DO YOU BELIEVE IT SARA STANLEY PERSISTED FELICITY DO YOU NO NO I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT SAID THE STORY GIRL 9cb07727-3c55-46ff-bda0-8099fe637f28 BUT THEIR DILEMMA REMAINED HE MEANS THE SCOOP JENOFER SAID WHY SHOULDN'T IT HELP THEM NOW YOU'VE JUST BEEN PRAYING FOR THE OPPOSITE TO ME OUT OF SPITE AND YOU'VE GOT TO STOP IT PETER CRAIG 9cb56994-b082-44d8-88d8-b799a1d66869 LIKE OTHERS THAT I MEET DAY BY DAY I GET NEWLY STUFFED RIOT AWAY AND PUSHED HIM AWAY FROM THE PUMP AFTER THE SHOWER THERE WAS A MAGNIFICENT DOUBLE RAINBOW MI IS GOING TO GET ME A NEW BROWN DRESS FOR THE WINTER SAID THE STORY GIRL SETTLING HERSELF COMFORTABLY ON A BOUGH WITH HER BROWN HEAD AGAINST A GNARLED TRUNK 9cc5b9ca-4f55-4a48-9229-8002ae72dbc8 WHAT IF SARA DOES TAKE THE MEASLES I SAID SULKILY THE MINCE PIE WAS TO BLAME FOR THAT WISH OF COURSE YONDS THOUGHT IMPATIENTLY I KNOW ALL THAT LIKE ANY OTHER SENSE BUT IT ISN'T MAGIC ANY MORE THAN YOUR EYES ARE MAGIC THEY'RE GIVEN BY GOD IF YOU LIKE THEY GROW THEY DEVELOP 9ccddbb8-82f9-48c2-a942-94cccc25c8eb THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A THICKLY GROWING WOOD OF FIRS LIGHTLY POWDERED WITH NEW FALLEN SNOW AS THE SUN REMAINED HIDDEN BY GRAY CLOUDS THIS FAIRY BEAUTY LASTED ALL DAY THE STORY GIRL CAME OVER EARLY IN THE MORNING AND SARA RAY TO WHOM FAITHFULLY CECILY HAD SENT WORD WAS ALSO ON HAND FOR BREAKFAST THE WANDERER ATE CRISP LETTUCE AND RADISHES AND THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER WHO HAD NOW RETURNED TO HER FRIENDS SIPPED THE DEWDROPS THAT HAD FORMED ON THE PETALS OF THE WILD FLOWERS 9cde2b14-37e3-4ef4-8516-ad81b18d009a FELICITY CECILY AND DAN WERE SITTING OPPOSITE US STARING AT US WHEN THEY THOUGHT WE WOULD BE TOO BUSY EATING TO SEE THEM WE TRIED TO STARE AT THEM WHEN THEY WERE EATING AND AS A RESULT WE WERE ALWAYS CATCHING EACH OTHER AT IT AND FEELING CHEAP AND EMBARRASSED AND IN THE DAYS THAT THE ARGUMENT WAS GOING ON THEY CLEANED UP AND FED MANWELL IF IT WERE HE AND TRIED TO GET FROM HIM A COGENT STORY 9cde8bac-4b2e-42ec-bb6e-1b2f23523ffc DON'T ASK ME REPLIED THE HEAD THE STORY SEEMED TO AMUSE THE BIG WOMAN WHO THEN BEGAN TO ASK SCARECROW QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE BUT THEN THERE WAS POOR PAT WE WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO CHEW GUM IN SCHOOL OR IN COMPANY BUT IN WOOD AND FIELD ORCHARD AND HAYLOFT SUCH RULES WERE IN ABEYANCE 9ce7faa8-8fe6-498d-9443-fdce4055ebcd YES HE TURNED BARKED IN ORDER TO THE JUNGLE GLOOM THEN CLIMBED IN BEHIND ORAN WHEN DO WE GO ASKED ORAN THE GREAT SUN WILL BE DOWN SOON SAID TO NEWBE WE CAN CONTINUE AS SOON AS CYERANNA CRUSOE RISES SHE LOOKED AT ME BUT I BLUSHED TO THE ROOTS OF MY HAIR AND SHOOK MY HEAD SHEEPISHLY AN AWKWARD PAUSE ENSUED IT IT LOOKED AS IF WE WOULD HAVE TO PROCEED WITHOUT GRACE WHEN FELIX SUDDENLY SHUT HIS EYES BENT HIS HEAD AND SAID A VERY GOOD GRACE WITHOUT ANY APPEARANCE OF EMBARRASSMENT 9cea16f8-f3e1-4092-890a-a4e709189eeb THERE WERE SOME THINGS IN MY FAVOUR THEY SAT OR SLUMPED AGAINST THE FURNITURE WAITING FOR MY CONCLUSIONS I THOUGHT IT A LITTLE SHOWY MYSELF A STRANGER KENUF SAID WHO ENTERS A SMALL CITY IS SEEN AT MYSTERIOUS UNDERTAKINGS PLUCKS WORDS OUT OF THE CENTRE OF A MAN'S MIND AM I TO TAKE MY CHOICE KNUFF SAID 9cf5444c-5c91-494a-b670-437bb8fe9c97 IT MUST BE SPLENDID TO GO TO EUROPE SIGHED CECILY LONGINGLY I AM GOING SOME DAY SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY THERE WAS NOTHING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STEPS OR UNDERNEATH THEM AS FAR AS COULD BE SEEN BUT ORDINARY OCEAN I CAME UP THOSE GAR SAID FARMER STARED AND RAY STARED THE STAIRWAY SHOULDN'T BE THERE IT CERTAINLY HADN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE 9cf9bdd2-c81c-4234-8505-890cee11754f AUNT JANET ON THE CONTRARY GAVE US SO MUCH GOOD ADVICE AND WAS SO CONSTANTLY TELLING US TO DO THIS OR NOT TO DO THE OTHER THING THAT WE COULD NOT REMEMBER HALF OF HER INSTRUCTIONS AND DID NOT TRY SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF IT AND CERTAINLY AS FAR AS APPEARANCE WENT IT JUSTIFIED HER TRIUMPH CONTENTS SAWDUST NOT INTENDED FOR PUDDINGS 9d096248-f9d8-4f8a-b230-f0a8b5aee371 HAVE HAD NO ONE TO TALK TO SINCE I TRANSFORMED POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW INTO A CANARY BIRD BUT I HAD NEVER HEARD ANY GIRL CRY LIKE THIS I COULD HARDLY BELIEVE THE STORY GIRL BUT OF COURSE THE MINISTER KNOWS CECILY DID NOT WRITE BACK BECAUSE MISSUS RAY HAD DECREED THAT NO LETTERS MUST BE TAKEN DOWN FROM THE HILL FARM LEST THEY CARRY INFECTION 9d15ab7b-bd27-46d1-a28d-44683dffc3d0 WHEN CECILY FINISHED SHE GOT UP AND WENT IN SEARCH OF DAN RESOLVED TO SOOTHE HIS WOUNDED FEELINGS HE SHOVED THE POWER SETTING TO NINETY PER CENT HIS OXYGEN MASK WAS STILL IN PLACE BUT HIS HELMET HUNG PARTLY LOOSE 9d15b7a8-7b4e-4cad-b43e-8eb19c7b2fa1 THIS IS MY KINGDOM HE'LL LIKELY DO SOMETHING AWFUL AND THEN YOU'LL FEEL ASHAMED AND WISH YOU'D NEVER ASKED HIM TO GO SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF IT HE GROANED AND TWISTED AND DOUBLED HIMSELF UP WE ALL LAUGHED BUT FELICITY SOON GREW SOBER 9d16a484-dd4c-4681-97ad-8749bf80dc3c SHE HASN'T BEEN VERY WELL ALL DAY AND AUNT OLIVIA WOULDN'T LET HER COME OUT IN THE NIGHT AIR AMONG SIBILANT SPRUCES AND FIRS OH I DON'T BELIEVE THAT STORY IS TRUE SAID FELICITY I BELIEVE MISSUS GRIGGS WAS JUST ROMANCING SHE DOES ROMANCE MOTHER SAID 9d194a47-9e98-44cd-b4e2-be791a095e42 SO HE HAD SIMPLY ROARED UP TO UNSUSPECTING FREIGHTER AND BLASTED OVER THE MONSTER GUNS HIS BATTLESHIP PACKED BIG SMALL FLAT THIN THOUGH SHUT OUT ON ALL SIDES WITH EACH BLUE TINTED STOCKINGS AND BLUE LEATHER SHOES TURNED UP AT THE POINTED TOES 9d2f6324-0215-4952-b0a7-f569dbc40c8e THE GREEN MONKEY DASHED THROUGH THE DOORWAY CARRYING THE CAGE WITH HIM AND BEFORE THE GIANTESS COULD REACH THE DOOR IT SLAMMED SHUT AND IMPRISONED HER IN HER OWN BEDCHAMBER SEEMS LIKE THE OTHER DAY WITH THAT WE WERE ALL HERE TOGETHER JUST AS THESE CHILDREN ARE AND NOW WE ARE SCATTERED EVERYWHERE 9d309835-27ef-4d8b-98dd-70fd084e38ca GARF TURNED TO THE JUDGE'S INVENTION AND STARTED TO SHOW SOME GENUINE INTEREST FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE HAD SHOWED UP AND FEDERATION SECURITY MEN WOULD BE EVEN TOUGHER THE MAN SMILED AND PUT HIS HELMET BACK ON HIS HEAD OPEN THE HATCH AND REYNARD A WING UNTOUCHED BY THE FIRE 9d354d3e-fd89-4918-9770-14a2eefdc181 I AM NOW GOING TO BED AND IN THE MORNING I WILL GIVE YOU ALL NEW FORMS AT SUCH AS WILL BE MORE INTERESTING TO ME THAN THE ONES YOU NOW WEAR GOOD NIGHT AND PLEASANT DREAMS WE HAVEN'T SEEN SARA RAY SINCE YOU GOT SICK SHE IS AWFUL LONESOME AND JUDY SAYS SHE CRIESARLY ALL THE TIME BUT THAT'S NOTHING NEW I'M AWFUL SORRY FOR SARA BUT I'M GLAD I'M NOT HER SHE IS GOING TO WRITE YOU A LETTER TOO YOU'LL LET ME SEE WHAT SHE PUTS IN IT WON'T YOU 9d3b9565-ae3d-4c62-93fe-338b4d08c9a0 OLD CHARLEY MACK'S RED HAIRED NIECE UNEXPECTEDLY BECAUSE JEFF HAD NOT CONSIDERED THAT IT MIGHT MATTER THE TERRANS DREW TOGETHER AGAIN AND EVEN MY HAND WERE NOT REAL THEY WERE LIKE THE REST OF THE THINGS IN THIS MONSTROUS STATE THAT VIC CALLED IN FROM MEDIA I LEFT IT THREE AFTER TEN AND WE WERE JUST ABOUT READY TO CALL THE POLICE 9d508d71-196e-4d59-83b3-9b6058e829a1 CAN PEG PORTHON TURN HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT ASKED FELIX STARING IT'S MY BELIEF THAT THAT IS THE LEAST OF PEG BOWEN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ANSWERED UNCLE ROGER IT'S THE EASIEST THING IN THE WORLD FOR A WITCH TO TURN HERSELF INTO ANY ANIMAL YOU CHOOSE TO MENTION YES PAT IS BEWITCHED NO DOUBT OF THAT NOT THE LEAST IN THE WORLD NOT MANY ASKED TO SEE ME KUNUF SAID IN THE SAME VOICE HE WENT ON LOOKING AT HIS HANDS THERE WAS BITTERNESS IN HIS MIND BITTERNESS THAT HE CHANGED TO HATE THEY ARE PLEASED TEND TO BE EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE I DO NOT PLEAD YONAS POINTED OUT IT WAS NECESSARY THAT I COME TO SEE YOU 9d557e43-2491-4d12-85a3-ea54c718e655 WHEN HE OPENED THEM HE WAS STARING AT THE MILKY WAY AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY THE REPORT WILL AID LIKE A BURNED OUT RESISTER OR A SHORTED CONDENSER AND I'M GOING TO CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL REGULAR AND I'LL SAY MY PRAYERS EVERY NIGHT SHE WENT OVER TO HIM AND HELD OUT HER HAND 9d74174a-c938-4919-9014-9d1b3f2243d6 YONAS KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT RATIFICATION OF A FREE CONFESSION TOOK PLACE IN A TORTURE HARDLY THE WORD OTHERS WOULD USE IF HE HADN'T BEEN FEELING JUST THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH OF SEA SICKNESS JOHN EDGEW WOULD HAVE BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF 9d8807d0-0abb-4e4f-8c41-1f808c615c0e IF MY INSIDES GET MUSTY OR MUSSED UP OR DUSTY FRIENDS THEY ALL EXCLAIMED IT'S VERY EXPRESSIVE BUT IT ISN'T NICE I WOULD SEND HIM OVER TO BE COMPANY FOR YOU BUT AUNT JANET SAYS NO BECAUSE HE MIGHT CARRY THE MEASLES BACK 9d8e9419-ffd6-43bb-bc14-a5a677751f38 THEN WITH THE HUMMING SOUND RINGING IN MY EARS LIKE A NOTE OF DEATH I LEAPED CLEAR INTO THE MIDST OF THE WAITING GUARDS FOR AN INSTANT THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT NO SOUND FROM ALL THAT VAST CROWD EVEN THE GUARDS SEEMED STUNNED AND I TORE MY WAY THROUGH THEM WITH HARDLY A PAUSE IN MY STRIDE THE BACKGROUND WAS AN OUT OF FOCUS BLUR ALTHOUGH FARMER WAS DIMLY CONSCIOUS OF MOTION IN IT SOMEWHERE SOMETHING ELSE BREAKING THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AS IT EMERGED IN THE FOREGROUND THE BOAT AND ITS OCCUPANTS WERE SHARPLY ETCHED BUT SEEMED TO HAVE GONE INTO SLOW MOTION 9d9f067e-0fa1-45ed-95be-79c75b2bbbd6 ANYHOW I SAVED MY DREAM SHE SAID PLACIDLY AND THAT OF COURSE WAS ALL THAT REALLY MATTERED GROWN PEOPLE WERE SO STRANGELY OBLIVIOUS TO THE TRULY IMPORTANT THINGS OF LIFE MATERIAL FOR NEW GARMENTS NIGHT OR DAY COULD BE BOUGHT IN ANY SHOP FOR A TRIFLING SUM AND MADE UP OUT OF HAND AUNT OLIVIA'S SKIM MILK IS AS GOOD AS YOUR MOTHER'S CREAM CRIED THE STORY GIRL HOTLY O GIRLS DON'T FIGHT SAID CECILY THE PEACE MAKER IT'S SUCH A NICE DAY AND WE'LL HAVE A NICE TIME IF YOU DON'T SPOIL IT FIGHTING WE'RE NOT FIGHTING SAID FELICITY AND I LIKE AUNT OLIVIA BUT MY MOTHER IS JUST AS GOOD AS AUNT OLIVIA THERE NOW 9db1498c-ff5a-4253-a271-8b42226815d4 SOON AFTER WE WERE AT SUPPER IN THE KITCHEN WITH ITS LOW DARK RAFTERED CEILING FROM WHICH SUBSTANTIAL HAMS AND FLITCHES OF BACON WERE HANGING HALF AN HOUR LATER NEIL CAMPBELL RUSHED INTO THE SHERMAN KITCHEN AND OH HOW ANGRY HE WAS WE'RE NOT FIGHTING SAID FELICITY AND I LIKE AUNT OLIVIA BUT MY MOTHER IS JUST AS GOOD AS AUNT OLIVIA THERE NOW 9dcb527e-8677-4772-8026-b0e88ada7072 THERE ARE NO FIELDS OF GRAIN IN YOUR VALLEY SAID HE WHERE THEN DID YOU GET THE FLOWER TO MAKE YOUR BISCUITS THE STORY GIRL SIGHED AGAIN SHE LOVED EXPRESSIVE WORDS AND TREASURED THEM AS SOME GIRLS MIGHT HAVE TREASURED JEWELS TO HER THEY WERE AS LUSTROUS PEARLS THREADED ON THE CRIMSON CORD OF A VIVID FANCY 9dd0b05f-7613-458d-ad3c-860a903ea87f PETER GOES TO CHURCH THE CARLISLE SERVICE WAS IN THE EVENING AND AT SUNSET WE WERE WAITING AT UNCLE ALEC'S FRONT DOOR FOR PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SAID THE STORY GIRL IN A TONE OF COLD CONCENTRATED FURY VERY LIKELY IF THAT BLUE SILK DRESS STORY IS TRUE I'D BELIEVE ANYTHING OF HIM SAID FELICITY SHE REPEATED IT SIMPLY BUT HER VOICE CHANGED FROM ONE TONE TO ANOTHER AS EACH IN SUCCESSION GREW TIRED 9dd6407c-80df-432c-a3e5-2915d8dcee2d RECITE THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE FOR ME SAID MISTER CAMPBELL WE STARED WELL MIGHT MISTER CAMPBELL BE CALLED ECCENTRIC WHAT ON EARTH DID HE WANT THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE RECITED FOR EVEN THE STORY GIRL WAS SURPRISED BUT SHE BEGAN PROMPTLY WITH TWICE ONE AND WENT THROUGH IT TO TWELVE TIMES TWELVE IF IT PLEASE YOU TO WAIT A MOMENT I WILL GO AND ASK HIM SAID THE SERVANT AND THEN HE WENT INTO THE HALL WHERE THE TIN WOODMAN SAT WITH HIS FRIEND THE SCARECROW 9dde754a-8ffb-4217-8264-b33cc44ceb0b HAD WALLOWED INTO THE SHALLOWS ALONGSIDE HIS DOCK HANG ON WE'RE GOING CHAFFY THREE AGREED SHAKENLY ALTHOUGH FARMER WAS DIMLY CONSCIOUS OF MOTION IN IT SOMEWHERE SOME A FARMER'S FEAR GAVE WAY TO AMAZEMENT AT THE LITTLE INVENTOR'S AUDACITY 9dff5fd0-7011-4b6e-819f-96544905f67a SHE TOLD HIM SOMETHING ELSE JOHN ANDREW BLUSHED FURIOUSLY AGAIN AND COVERED HIS EARS WITH HIS HANDS THEN THEY ASSUME THEIR ORIGINAL FORM WHERE THEY WILL JUST AGAIN AS ELECTRICITY PASSES FROM THE END OF THE WIRE EXACTLY THE SAME AS IT ENTERED IT ALLOWING ONLY FOR VOLTAGE DROPS AND SOME OTHER FACTORS THAT AREN'T PERTINENT HERE 9e03cf4d-a0a7-46b4-b275-1a71f5d07e01 ROYAL HISTORIAN OF OZ OSCOTT AT HALLEY WOOD IN CALIFORNIA NI WOO UNTIED THE BONDS OF THE SCARECROW AND HELPED HIM GET TO HIS FEET THEN HE FREED THE TIN WOODMAN WHO GOT UP WITHOUT HELP YET WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH IT WHEN THEY HAVE IT BUILT THEY HAVE AN EXPANDING COUCHER NO ON EMPLOYMENT A SURFACE OF A METALS AND READY MARKETS FOR ALL THEY PRODUCE NO HEIREDITARY ENEMIES FEUDS OR THE LIKE IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS BATTLESHIP THING I WOULD CALL THEM AN IDEAL LEAGUE PLANET I HAVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM 9e04e414-c8e6-4cc0-8d31-f07516a1f062 MAYBE SARA WON'T BE SO VERY SICK IF GOD SEES I'M TRULY SORRY HE CAN SEE IT ANYHOW WITHOUT YOUR DOING ANYTHING SAID CECILY A NICE WAY TO TALK TO YOUR SISTER WHEN YOU MAY BE DEAD IN AN HOUR'S TIME RETORTED FELICITY IN TEARS BETWEEN HER ANGER AND HER REAL ALARM ABOUT DAN WELL HE TRIED TO KISS ME THAT'S WHAT FOR SAID FELICITY TURNING VERY RED AS IF I WOULD LET A HIRED BOY KISS ME I GUESS MASTER PETER WON'T TRY ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN IN A HURRY 9e2c64c6-7e8c-49e6-94ed-4a30ca8a4136 P S OH I DO HOPE PETER WILL GET BETTER MI IS GOING TO GET ME A NEW BROWN DRESS FOR THE WINTER S R I FELT HER SKINNY HAND REACH OUT AND CLUTCH MY SHOULDER I LET OUT A SCREECH AND WOKE UP I SHOULD THINK YOU DID SCREECH SAID FELICITY WE HEARD YOU CLEAN OVER INTO OUR ROOM 9e4e7018-961b-4e27-b73f-f015b9c516e1 UNCLE ROGER MAY NOT BE BACK FOR HOURS I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE HOUSE MAYBE IT'S ONLY PEG BOWEN SUGGESTED DAN THERE WAS NOT A GREAT DEAL OF COMFORT IN THIS WE WERE ALMOST AS MUCH AFRAID OF PEG BOWEN AS WE WOULD BE OF ANY SPECTRAL VISITANT THE MASTER IS AWFUL CROSS BY SPELLS JIMMY FREWEN WALKED HOME WITH NELLIE BOWEN LAST NIGHT FROM PRAYER MEETING AND HER ONLY FOURTEEN DON'T YOU THINK IT HORRID BEGINNING SO YOUNG YOU AND ME WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT TILL WE WERE GROWN UP WOULD WE 9e6f7763-3716-4492-930d-6a580f153eb2 SO EVERY KING WENT TO WAR TO PROVE THAT HE COULD CONQUER EVERYONE ELSE AND THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF BLOODSHED AND MISERY BUT THE PROUD PRINCESS LAUGHED AND SANG AND SHE AND HER MAIDENS WORKED AT A WONDERFUL LACE VEIL WHICH SHE MEANT TO WEAR WHEN THE KING OF ALL KINGS CAME IT WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL VEIL BUT HER MAIDENS WHISPERED THAT A MAN HAD DIED AND A WOMAN'S HEART HAD BROKEN FOR EVERY STITCH SET IN IT CRADLING HIM IN HER ARMS SHE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN CALLING TO FARMER TO BE READY TO TAKE HER BURDEN ABOARD THEY GOT HIM ON BOARD THE BOAT WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY AND JOHN ADREW LAID HIM ON THE DECK AS DOOR SPRANG LEAFILY OVER THE RAIL AGAIN SHOWING INTEREST IN THE LITTLE FELLOW'S CONDITION THE DIVING HELMET CAME OFF EASILY NOT HAVING BEEN PROPERLY FASTENED DOWN AT ALL FARMER BENT ANXIOUSLY OVER THE JUDGE LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE 9e78ac29-843a-4aee-84c5-efca50decb6c ONE TIME A FRIEND OF HIS WAS TRYING TO CONSOLE HIM AND SAID TO HIM IT IS NOT VANITY TO KNOW YOUR OWN GOOD POINTS I HAD LOADED THE CARDS WITH ALL THE THINGS HE MIGHT WANT AND PLANTED THE INFORMATION WHERE HE COULD GET IT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING 9ea6eaed-d65c-4b48-a768-8b07806faead A HEAVY PLANET NATIVE HE FELT VAGUELY UNEASY ON THIS CHINA THREE WITH ITS GRAVITY OF ONLY SEVEN EIGHTHS TERRAN STANDARD THE SURGICAL SCARS ON HIS NECK WHERE THE MICRO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN INSERTED ITCHED MADDENINGLY HE SCRATCHED PROBABLY IN FACT GARF WOULD TRY TO CONQUER THE WORLD ANYWAY THAT WAS HOW IT WENT IN STORIES AS CORNY AS A SITUATION FARMER FURTHER DECIDED THAT RAY WAS TOO EGOCENTRICALLY ECCENTRIC TO BE TRUSTED TO GET HIM OUT OF THIS FIX HE DECIDED HE'D HAVE TO DO SOMETHING HIMSELF 9ea85172-3b6f-4ada-ae84-5896560906d5 I HAVEN'T MUCH LEFT BUT I GUESS I'VE ENOUGH TO DO ME TILL I'M AS TALL AS I WANT TO BE IT'S BETTER TO KNOW THAN TO IMAGINE SAID FELICITY EXPLAINED POLYCHROME THE CANARY AND STRANGE ADVENTURES THEY HAD KNOWN SINCE FIRST THEY TWO 9eaee087-5d09-4cac-b754-c62609e19507 SURELY IT IS NOT THE GIRL'S FAULT THAT I NO LONGER LOVE HER AND SO IF I CAN MAKE HER HAPPY IT IS PROPER THAT I SHOULD DO SO AND IN THIS WAY REWARD HER FOR HER FAITHFULNESS PETER NOW HE'LL HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT O PETER I DON'T BELIEVE HE CAN PREACH A SERMON I SAID MAYBE NOT BUT YOU'LL SEE HE'LL MAKE AN IMPRESSION SAID DAN DAN WAS NEITHER THE PROPHET NOR THE SON OF A PROPHET BUT HE HAD THE SECOND SIGHT FOR ONCE PETER DID MAKE AN IMPRESSION 9eaefc20-5abb-4ac4-8138-bee80092b6d9 THE RATINGS AND OFFICERS WAITED TENSELY AND MADE SOME SLIGHT ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL THEIR HATRED OF ME IT TOOK ABOUT TEN MINUTES GET AN ANSWER AFFIRMATIVE SIAM SAID A STORESHIP DOCKED THERE TWENTY HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK AMONG OTHER THINGS IT LEFT NEWSPAPERS CONTAINING THE ARTICLE THEY FADED SOON AFTER THEY WERE PLUCKED AND ALTHOUGH STRANGERS GREATLY ADMIRING THEM OFTEN CARRIED AWAY ROOTS AND SEEDS THEY COULD NEVER BE COAXED TO GROW ELSEWHERE MY STORY IS ABOUT MISSUS DUNBAR AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE FANNY SAID THE STORY GIRL SETTLING HERSELF COMFORTABLY ON A BOUGH WITH HER BROWN HEAD AGAINST A GNARLED TRUNK 9eb37861-4b13-4abc-9aba-2bcb9fee616e YOU SEE PEG BOWEN DID PUT A SPELL ON HIM SAID PETER AND THEN SHE TOOK IT OFF I GUESS CICELY'S PRAYER HAD MORE TO DO IT THAN PAT'S GETTING BETTER THAN PEG BOWEN SAID FELICITY SHE PRAYED FOR PAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT'S WHY HE'S BETTER ALSO THERE WAS A HUMP ON HIS BACK WHICH MADE ROOT LAUGH SAY IT REMINDED HIM OF A CAMEL BUT IT WAS THE BEST THEY COULD DO AND WHEN THE HEAD WAS FASTENED ON TO THE BODY THEY ASKED THE SKIT HOW THE SCARECROW FELT 9ed6dc39-a8de-472a-b3ea-0e84a0fe6e2a LET'S GO INSIDE I HURRIED BY PEERING AND THROUGH THE COOL QUIET HALL TO THE BROAD DOOR THAT OPENED INTO THE BIG ROOM AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WHICH WAS VIC'S LABORATORY THEY HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE THROWING STICKS AND ARBELASTS AND WERE TRYING TO SHOOT DOWN THE EYE A CLOUD OF ARROWS AND ROCKS FLYING IN EVERY DIRECTION I PULLED THE EYE STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY AND THREW IN THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THAT WOULD RETURN IT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE SHIP 9ee01a17-378d-4343-93aa-4f73bf24b052 AN ETERNITY IN A LOCKED BEACON WITH THREE BLIND LIZARDS AND QUADRATURE OF THE BEACON WORKS FOR NAVIGATION WHAT YOU DARE INTERFERE WITH THE MESSENGER OF YOUR ANCESTORS THAT'S AN ALIEN LANGUAGE BY THE SACK LIKE PATCHED BLUE FATIGUES WE'LL SEND EXPERTS IN HERE 9ee98fe2-9d2e-4cac-9fc1-c252d742efbf IN THE FORM OF A BIRD NEVERTHELESS I PREFER MY FORMER MANLY FORM TO THIS OWL SHAPE MA SAYS THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT AS LONG AS HE'S A BACHELOR BECAUSE HE WON'T TAKE ANY ONE SAID FELICITY NEVER HAD THE OLD KING ORCHARD KNOWN A BLITHER MERRYMAKING OR LIGHTER HEARTS 9f16b664-13e3-47ed-a53d-0e45984facc5 WE WAITED AND WATCHED AT THE WINDOW THE VALLEY WAS FULL OF MIST AND THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN IN SLANTING LINES OVER THE TOPS OF THE SPRUCES BUT AS WE WAITED THE CLOUDS BROKE AWAY AND THE SUN CAME OUT FLASHINGLY THE DROPS ON THE SPRUCE BOUGHS GLITTERED LIKE DIAMONDS FELICITY WAS TWELVE SHE HAD BEEN CALLED AFTER AUNT FELICITY WHO WAS THE TWIN SISTER OF UNCLE FELIX SO FAR AS WE KNEW NO FEMININE CREATURES HAD EVER GONE TO THE PAINS OF DRESSING UP ON OUR ACCOUNT BEFORE 9f29ae5a-bd35-4109-8b3e-7d6cc279ca0f IT WOULD MAKE HIM SEEM LOTS MORE REAL YOU MUST PROVE IT BEFORE I SHALL MARRY YOU SAID THE PROUD PRINCESS WE MUST TRY AGAIN BUT JEFF AUBREY AND JENIFER MAC WOULDN'T BE ON HAND TO WITNESS THEIR SORRY TRIUMPH 9f5240c0-6648-4e8b-947f-a62a89b0a8b4 PRESENTLY AUNT OLIVIA CAME DOWN THE LONG TWILIGHT ARCADE HER BRIGHT HAIR WAS UNCOVERED AND SHE LOOKED SLIM AND QUEENLIKE IN HER LIGHT DRESS WE THOUGHT AUNT OLIVIA VERY PRETTY THEN DAN ALONE CONTINUED TO NURSE HIS GRIEVANCES AND WOULD NOT EVEN LAUGH WHEN THE STORY GIRL TOLD US A TALE BROUGHT TO MINE BY SOME OF THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT'S PLUMS WHICH WERE ON THE TABLE 9f5cf874-f6ab-4ba6-8dd6-ab0a110ca052 WE HAD A CALL FROM PEG BOWEN YESTERDAY YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE STORY GIRL HUSTLING PAT OUT OF THE WAY FOR ALL SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT HE WAS BEWITCHED PEG HAD YOUR RHEUMATISM RING ON AND THE STORY GIRL'S BLUE BEADS AND SARA RAY'S LACE SEWED ACROSS THE FRONT OF HER DRESS I WANT TO MORTIFY THE FLESH I'LL MORTIFY YOU IF I CATCH YOU SHOWING YOURSELF TO THE MILLWARDS LIKE THAT MY GIRL 9f60e107-e20c-42eb-989d-442c3c926c29 EVEN PETER HAD PLENTY OF SPARE TIME WHEN THE PLANTING WAS OVER DIDN'T KNOW CHURCH WAS LIKE THIS AND IF HE WAS A METHODIST HE'D TELL ME TO BE ONE TOO SHE KNEW FOR HE HAD WRITTEN SO TO HER THAT HE HAD EYES AS BLACK AS HER OWN WE WERE RATHER DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THEM QUITE LARGE STURDY ONES 9f998155-8976-441d-a962-aa0bd764a208 HE LIT ON A BIG SCOTCH THISTLE SAID UNCLE ROGER CHUCKLING AND BESIDES THAT HE SKINNED HIS FOREHEAD ON A STONE BUT HE WAS DETERMINED TO FINISH HIS SERMON AND FINISH IT HE DID I SEE I SEE SAID THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR WAGGING HIS STUFFED HEAD THEN IF WE COULD GET THE APRON FROM MISSUS EWKE WE COULD OPEN THE DOORS AND ESCAPE FROM OUR PRISON 9fa7e0c4-eb7b-4424-a07a-cc02a898ce3c I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE IT NOW BUT I CAN'T WAS IN A BOOK MY AUNT JANE HAD AND WERE ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT WHY THAT IS EASY THE TIN MAN ASSURED HIM AND THEIR JOURNEY NOW BECAME TEDIOUS BECAUSE ON CLIMBING EACH HILL 9fbe88db-c5e7-42a6-87fa-573430089e8d ONE OF THE PRIESTS SAW US AND CRIED OUT SHRILLY TO HIS COMPANIONS WITH ONE ACCORD THEY CAME TOWARD US OBVIOUSLY INTENT UPON BLOCKING OUR WAY I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN ANY OTHER EYES SUCH ANGER AND HATRED AS BLAZED IN THE EYES OF THOSE STRANGE BEINGS THERE TOO SLEPT THE EMILY WHOSE FAITHFUL SPIRIT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAUNT THE ORCHARD BUT EDITH WHO HAD KISSED THE POET LAY NOT WITH HER KINDRED SHE HAD DIED IN A FAR FOREIGN LAND AND THE MURMUR OF AN ALIEN SEA SOUNDED ABOUT HER GRAVE 9fd14b44-643e-431f-b95d-11b7d0a3a335 WHO WORE SILVER SHOES AND WHO HAD GINGER IS A GIRL EXPLAINED THE SCARECROW BEAR SHE'S A FINE GIRL TOO YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU WILL PAY WELL YET YOU DO NOT APPEAR RICH ANOTHER DAY DRAGGED BY YUNUS PUT IN HIS TIME ALTERNATELY GOING OVER THE NEW PLAN AND FEELING MORE FRIGHTENED THAN HE HAD EVER BELIEVED POSSIBLE 9fda905a-8343-4c8a-b5d8-0b9a9ae933e7 OH YES SHE WAS JUST THE SAME AS SHE USED TO BE SAID THE STORY GIRL WEARILY I HAVE THE PICTURE THE STORY GIRL GAVE ME FOR MY SERMON ON THE WALL AT THE FOOT OF MY BED THAT SORT OF STORY OUGHT TO BE TOLD IN THE TWILIGHT AMONG THE SHADOWS THEN IT WOULD FRIGHTEN THE SOULS OUT OF YOUR BODIES 9fef7f1d-b811-4cb0-a2c1-77494e3ae77e BUT STILL HER PRIDE WAS SO GREAT THAT SHE WOULD NOT YIELD EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY EXCEPT THE KINGS WHO WANTED TO MARRY HER HATED HER FOR THE SUFFERING SHE HAD CAUSED THE FIRST MILE WAS ACROSS FLAT DESERT HE PICKED HIS WAY CAUTIOUSLY HIS BOOTS CHURNING UP CLOUDS OF POWDERY DUST HE REMEMBERED THE RUSSIAN REPORTS OF THE WEIRD AND DEADLY CREATURES THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED IN THE MARTIAN DESERTS BUT ASIDE FROM A FEW GREY PATCHES OF BRUSH THERE SEEMED TO BE NO SIGNS OF LIFE a01683b0-effe-4b44-85f1-2ade1059f812 HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU WITH US YOU KNOW SAID THE STORY GIRL HE MAY BE RUDE BUT THAT WON'T HURT ANY ONE BUT HIMSELF GIVE ME TIME AND I'LL THINK OF A WAY YOU'RE IN NO HURRY ARE YOU ASKED THE GREAT DRAGON NO INDEED CRIED WOOT TAKE YOUR TIME I'D MUCH RATHER YOU'D ALL GO TO SLEEP AGAIN AND PUNISH ME WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN A HUNDRED YEARS OR SO a0210adb-18ac-41b1-89e8-c1185a23e7bb HE'LL LIKELY DO SOMETHING AWFUL AND THEN YOU'LL FEEL ASHAMED AND WISH YOU'D NEVER ASKED HIM TO GO AND WE'LL ALL BE DISGRACED IT'S ALL RIGHT TO HAVE OUR NIGHT BOXES FOR THE HEATHEN AND SEND MISSIONARIES TO THEM BUT THEY'RE FAR AWAY AND WE DON'T HAVE TO ASSOCIATE WITH THEM BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SIT IN A PEW WITH A HIRED BOY BUT SHE NEVER TRIED IT AGAIN SHE SAID IT WAS BETTER TO WASTE APPLES ALONE THAN APPLES AND SUGAR TOO AND THEN SHE TRIED GIVING THEM AWAY TO THE FRENCH HIRED MEN BUT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN CARRY THEM HOME THE STORY GIRL'S WORDS FELL ON THE MORNING AIR LIKE PEARLS AND DIAMONDS EVEN HER PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS HAD UNTOLD CHARM HINTING AT MYSTERY AND LAUGHTER AND MAGIC BOUND UP IN EVERYTHING SHE MENTIONED a0352082-0478-4bcb-af6f-02c1792528a7 IT IS EASY TO GO TO CALIFORNIA NOW BUT IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT MATTER THEN THERE WERE NO RAILROADS ACROSS THE LAND AS THERE ARE NOW AND IF YOU WANTED TO GO TO CALIFORNIA YOU HAD TO GO IN A SAILING VESSEL ALL THE WAY AROUND CAPE HORN IT WAS A LONG AND DANGEROUS JOURNEY AND SOMETIMES IT TOOK OVER SIXNTHS WHEN YOU GOT THERE YOU HAD NO WAY OF SENDING WORD HOME AGAIN EXCEPT BY THE SAME PLAN IT MIGHT BE OVER A YEAR BEFORE YOUR PEOPLE AT HOME HEARD A WORD ABOUT YOU AND FANCY WHAT THEIR FEELINGS WOULD BE STILL WE WERE BOTH INCLINED TO THINK WE WOULD LIKE CECILY BETTER THAN FELICITY TO BE SURE FELICITY WAS A STUNNING BEAUTY BUT WITH THE SWIFT AND UNERRING INTUITION OF CHILDHOOD WHICH FEELS IN A MOMENT WHAT IT SOMETIMES TAKES MATURITY MUCH TIME TO PERCEIVE WE REALIZED THAT SHE WAS RATHER TOO WELL AWARE OF HER GOOD LOOKS IN BRIEF WE SAW THAT FELICITY WAS VAIN a05356c5-fb6f-49dc-a05c-cfccb90d4f9e FELICITY DETERMINED SHE WOULD NEVER LET ANOTHER DREAM GET AWAY FROM HER IN SUCH A FASHION AND THE NEXT TIME SHE WAKENED IN THE NIGHT HAVING DREAMED THAT SHE WAS DEAD AND BURIED SHE PROMPTLY AROSE LIGHTED A CANDLE AND PROCEEDED TO WRITE THE DREAM DOWN THEN AND THERE I GLANCED UP SWIFTLY NO SIR WELL EACH WITH A LIGHT OF A DIFFERENT COLOR a074cb4c-f5f1-4e78-bf00-a015c866e6ed IN SPITE OF HER DISASTER WITH THE BREAD THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN TAKING COOKING LESSONS FROM FELICITY ALL THE WEEK AND GETTING ON TOLERABLY WELL ALTHOUGH MINDFUL OF HER FORMER MISTAKE SHE NEVER VENTURED ON ANYTHING WITHOUT FELICITY'S APPROVAL BUT FELICITY HAD NO TIME TO OVERSEE HER THIS MORNING FELICITY MADE A SIMILAR BARGAIN WITH HER MOTHER THE STORY GIRL AND CECILY WERE EACH TO BE PAID TEN CENTS A WEEK FOR WASHING DISHES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES FELIX AND DAN CONTRACTED TO KEEP THE GARDENS FREE FROM WEEDS I CAUGHT BROOK TROUT IN THE WESTERLING VALLEY OF SPRUCES AND SOLD THEM FOR A CENT APIECE a08aa4d7-2ef3-4955-b026-a4928dd5d440 I SNAPPED CUTTING HIM OFF WITH A WAVE OF MY HAND THIS TRIPE AND NONSENSE I TOLD HIM IS THE BAIT THAT WILL SNAG OUR FISH A TRAP FOR PEPPET AND HIS PARTNER IN CRIME I SHOUTED AT THE INTERCOME WELL IF YOU'RE SO SCARED YOU'D BETTER NOT GO IT IT ISN'T ANY GOOD THE BEAUTY OF PENANCE IS THAT IT MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO WHETHER IT'S USEFUL OR NOT SO LONG AS IT'S NASTY a0a9791c-a817-48ee-a90e-87c7334f7842 ALL NEATLY DISPLAYED ON TIN DISHES THAT WERE POLISHED TILL THEY SHONE LIKE MIRRORS I LOCATED THE PEAKS EASILY ENOUGH AND STARTED THE EYE OUT FROM THE FIRST PEAK AND KEPT IT ON A COURSE DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE SECOND BUT I HAD MANAGED TO IRRITATE THE THINGS WHO HAD BUILT THE PYRAMID a0b0afac-bf69-49e8-b7b0-42dfb158c088 WHEN FINALLY THE DAY CAME WHEN THE ADVENTURERS HEADED SOUTH INTO THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY DOROTHY ASKED ANXIOUSLY CAN'T SOMETHING BE DONE FOR THEM OZMA CAN'T YOU CHANGE EM BACK INTO THEIR OWN SHAPES THEY'VE SUFFERED ENOUGH WRITTEN THESE DREADFUL TRANSFORMATIONS SEEMS TO ME MORE PETITIONS AND CECILY'S WERE OFFERED UP THAT NIGHT ON BEHALF OF PATTY I DISTINCTLY HEARD FELIX WHO ALWAYS SAID HIS PRAYERS IN A LOUD WHISPER OWING TO SOME LASTING CONVICTION OF EARLY LIFE THAT GOD COULD NOT HEAR HIM IF HE DID NOT PRAY AUDIBLY MUTTER PLEADINGLY AFTER THE IMPORTANT PART OF HIS DEVOTIONS WERE OVER O GOD PLEASE MAKE PAT BETTER BY THE MORNING PLEASE DO a0b4ab8e-d767-41e7-95e7-66a9dbd9b237 THE NEXT MORNING THE STORM WAS OVER AND THE SHERMANS WERE POOR AND OLD ELIA SHERMAN WOULD HAVE THE MOST TO SAY IN THE MATTER AND BUST INTO THE LAB CAME IN SINGLE FILE FROM BEHIND THE BLACK GOD DIRECTING THE CHANTING WITH MOVEMENTS OF THEIR ARMS a0b7dded-2e1e-48a9-9b6a-ac179c094f0a THE TRUSTING BUILDERS COUNTED ON THE SIGN TO DO THE WHOLE JOB FOR THERE WASN'T A TRACE OF A LOCK ON THE DOOR THE HUNDRED ODD YARDS FROM CABIN TO BEACH PASSED IN A BLUR OF SPEED THE SIMIAN SHIP WAS PASSING IN HYPERDRIVE THROUGH A CLASSIC THREE BODY SYSTEM a0fe4406-b3da-413f-898c-ef9afd16f7e4 I WENT OUT TO THE BARN AND I SAW A MOUSE SHE WAS ALSO DEEPLY INTERESTED IN MISSIONS I'D BE AWFUL SORRY MYSELF IF PAT DIED AT ALL EVENTS HE ANNOUNCED TO US THAT HE COULDN'T BRING THE RED COVERED HISTORY TO SCHOOL BUT IF WE WANTED TO BUY THE PICTURE OUTRIGHT HE WOULD TEAR IT OUT OF THE BOOK AND SELL IT TO US FOR FIFTY CENTS HOW LONG IT MUST HAVE SEEMED TO HER a123ba7b-b121-4aa3-8e30-c6ee43fc911a WHEN I THINK IT ALL OVER I CAN'T FEEL TOO THANKFUL THAT GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER KING HAPPENED TO MARRY EACH OTHER WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE THEY MIGHT HAVE MARRIED FELIX AND I SHIVERED WE FELT SUDDENLY THAT WE HAD ESCAPED A DREADFUL DANGER THE DANGER OF HAVING BEEN BORN SOMEBODY ELSE YOU'LL HAVE TO FIGHT ME IF YOU KEEP PRAYING AGAINST ME SAID FELIX THE GIRLS GASPED BUT DAN AND I WERE JUBILANT SNUFFING A BATTLE AFAR OFF ALL RIGHT I CAN FIGHT AS WELL AS PRAY OH DON'T FIGHT IMPLORED CECILY a124cc5c-e5c3-4a3c-8c2f-3cfaef743ade HE EASED BACK ON THE POWER SETTING MAYBE THE LIGHT WILL GO OUT BUT IT DIDN'T INSTEAD HE FELT THE SURGING RUMBLE DEEP IN THE BOWELS OF THE SHIP LUMINOUS NEEDLES DANCED AND A SECOND RED LIGHT FLASHED ON HE SNAPPED THE VITIO SWITCH AND DEPRESSED THE MIKE BUTTON TO HAVE A WEIRD CREATURE WITH SUPERHUMAN POWERS AND AN IMPOSSIBLE PIT MONSTER ADDED TO THE CREW WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH HIS MOUTH TWISTED POOR DEFENCELESS EARTH CREATURES HOW WAS I TO KNOW THEY COULDN'T SWIM a12f30c3-3832-43b1-80ae-a3b867f92ccc COME IN YOU FOOLISH STRANGERS COME IN RIGHT BUT FELICITY HAD ALREADY WHISKED THE TURNIPS OUT AND WAS SLICING THEM WHILE ALL THE OTHERS WERE LAUGHING AT ME I HAD ADDED A TRADITION ON MY OWN ACCOUNT TO THE FAMILY ARCHIVES UNCLE ROGER ROARED WHEN HE HEARD IT AND HE ROARED AGAIN AT NIGHT OVER PETER'S ACCOUNT OF FELIX ATTEMPTING TO MILK A COW a1343e80-925c-4621-92a2-2dff80c3661e THIS ONE HAS PRODUCED A CRYSTAL AND IS READY TO BE RELIEVED OF IT ELSE IT WOULD NOT HAVE ATTACHED ITSELF TO A CONVENIENT HUMAN JEFF SAID DIZZILY THE SCOOPS MAKE THE CRYSTALS EVERYTHING WAS VERY STILL AS WE CREPT DOWNSTAIRS OUT IN THE KITCHEN WE HEARD SOME ONE PRESUMABLY UNCLE ALEC LIGHTING THE FIRE BUT THE HEART OF HOUSE HAD NOT YET BEGUN TO BEAT FOR THE DAY a140f93e-9108-4076-b8f5-7eed61c02025 THEN HE SAW WHAT WAS IN THEIR MINDS AND THE DISTASTE CHANGED TO FEAR THIS WAS THE PARISH CHURCH OF COURSE A GOOD SOLID WOODEN STRUCTURE NEVER SAW YOU BEFORE THE OLD WOMAN SAID YOU'D UNDERSTAND WHY IF YOU EVER SAW HIM AT A PARTY OR A PICNIC SAID FELICITY TRYING TO PASS PLATES AND DROPPING THEM WHENEVER A WOMAN LOOKED AT HIM OH FELICITY WASN'T IT RIGHT a145e359-c592-4290-b7b4-7c787111ebca THEY WERE ON A LITTLE HILL LOOKING DOWN UPON THIS FAVORED COUNTRY BUT HAD NOT QUITE REACHED THE SETTLED PARTS WHEN ON TURNING A BEND IN THE PATH THEY WERE HALTED BY A FORM THAT BARRED THEIR WAY BUT YOU ONLY THINK THAT SAID SARA RAY I'D LIKE TO BE REALLY SURE THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED OH BOTHER NONE OF IT HAPPENED SAID DAN I BELIEVED IT WHILE THE STORY GIRL WAS TELLING IT BUT I DON'T NOW ISN'T THAT WHEELS a178c439-cc2e-430d-bdd4-e2c2148f8cd9 WE WERE DELIGHTED AT THE THOUGHT OF SEEING FATHER'S OLD HOME AND LIVING AMONG THE HAUNTS OF HIS BOYHOOD HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES A WISHING FAIRY MIGHT HAVE HAD THE TIME OF HER LIFE IN THE KING KITCHEN THAT MORNING PARTICULARLY IF SHE WERE A CYNICALLY INCLINED FAIRY a17a205c-b563-4406-aa05-0a53529e3a50 WONDERING BRIEFLY IF HE HAD MANAGED TO PICK UP LICE IN THE LAST TOWN HE HAD VISITED AND HE TOOK ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CITY AND PEACE IN OUR LITTLE HEARTS BUT EDITH WHO HAD KISSED THE POET LAY NOT WITH HER KINDRED I WISH I COULD SEE A PICTURE OF GOD a17fc30d-d4a9-4ba0-b5b7-d21623fa6170 PILLOWING HER CHIN IN HER HANDS AND LOOKING AT THE SKY WHICH QUITE DESTROYED THE SWEET NUN LIKE EXPRESSION OF HER LITTLE FEATURES WE DON'T THINK SO MUCH OF THAT MISTER BUTLER BEING TOOK WITH STREAKS OF WORKING AT ALL HOURS AS YOU KNOW a1a8d25f-2037-453c-8a10-460fba4d0110 THEY WERE TRAVELING QUIETLY ALONG UNDER THE SHADE OF TREES WHEN SUDDENLY AN ENORMOUS JAGUAR LEAPED UPON THEM FROM A LIMB AND WITH ONE BLOW OF HIS PAW SENT THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR TUMBLING OVER AND OVER UNTIL HE WAS STOPPED BY A TREE TRUNK INSTANTLY THEY ALL TOOK ALARM THE TIN OWL SHRIEKED HOOT HOOT AND FLEW STRAIGHT UP TO A BRANCH OF A TALL TREE ALTHOUGH HE COULD SCARCELY SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING EVEN SCEPTICAL DAN PRAYED HIS SCEPTICISM FALLING AWAY FROM HIM LIKE A DISCARDED GARMENT IN THIS VALLEY OF THE SHADOW WHICH SIFTS OUT HEARTS AND TRIES SOULS UNTIL WE ALL GROWN UP WITH CHILDREN REALIZE OUR WEAKNESS AND FINDING THAT OUR OWN PUNY STRENGTH IS AS A REED SHAKEN IN THE WIND CREEP BACK HUMBLY TO THE GOD WE HAVE VAINLY DREAMED WE COULD DO WITHOUT a1b8510a-0e56-48b1-9342-64658dee2da6 WHY DON'T YOU TELL HIM SO ASKED DAN IT AIN'T MY BUSINESS TO TELL HIM THINGS RETORTED PETER I'M HARD TO DO WHAT I'M TOLD AND I DO IT BUT I CAN HAVE MY OWN OPINION ALL THE SAME IT'S GOING TO BE A BROILING HOT DAY FELIX PRAYED EARNESTLY THAT HE MIGHT BE ENABLED TO EAT A BITTER APPLE WITHOUT MAKING A FACE a1dfe77a-fa70-4207-9ea6-35e8957ee00c ORNE FOUGHT DOWN A SUDDEN PANIC THE LIPLESS MOUTH HAD LOOKED SO ODD FORMING THE FAMILIAR WORDS THE STRONG HANDS MOVED ON THE TABLE TOP IT IS A MATTER OF INDIFFERENCE TO MEONA SAID BUT THE WEIGHT BECOMES BORING AFTER A TIME KUFF'S EYEBROWS WERE WHITE UP BORING IS HARDLY THE WORD OTHERS WOULD USE I AM NOT LIKE OTHERS YONAH SAID HE WISHED FOR CLARETON SUDDENLY BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO REACH HIM SAFELY a1ec47a7-507e-4a97-b5c8-c08b7fc96bd7 SHE NEEDN'T HAVE GOT SO SCARED HE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER NANCY CARED FOR HIM OR NOT HE JUST WENT ON LIVING AND FLOURISHING HE PATCHED UP MATTERS WITH HIS CREDITORS AFTER A WHILE AND CAME BACK TO THE ISLAND AND IN THE END HE MARRIED A REAL NICE GIRL WITH MONEY WAS VERY HAPPY DID YOU EVER HEAR OF ANYTHING SO UNJUST BUT AT THE WORD THE EARTH OPENED AT THE EXACT SPOT WHERE HE LAY UNDER THE JAGUAR'S PAW a211869e-71df-44cc-90c9-dc722ed7c812 SHE BELONGED TO MONTREAL AND SHE WAS AN ORPHAN TOO JUST LIKE THE FAMILY GHOST I'VE NEVER HEARD WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE BUT SHE MUST HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL OF COURSE MOTHER SAYS SHE WAS AWFUL SENTIMENTAL AND ROMANTIC INTERJECTED FELICITY THIS ROAD LED STRAIGHT TO A DENSE FOREST WHERE THE PATH WAS TOO NARROW FOR THE RED WAGON TO PROCEED FARTHER SO HERE THE PARTY SEPARATED a21671cf-20a8-4048-8d0b-a5b162254c2e WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR COULDN'T WRITE AT ALL SAID THE STORY GIRL CRUSHINGLY HE NEVER GOES TO CHURCH AND HE NEVER SAYS HIS PRAYERS RETORTED FELICITY UNCRUSHED I DO TOO SAID PETER HIMSELF SUDDENLY APPEARING THROUGH A LITTLE GAP IN THE HEDGE I SAY MY PRAYERS SOMETIMES BUT IT IS SURELY NOT TOO LATE EVEN NOW TO DO THIS FOR THE GIRL MUST STILL BE LIVING IN THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY AND SINCE THIS STRANGE WANDERER HAS REMINDED ME OF NIMY ANNIE I BELIEVE IT IS MY DUTY TO SET OUT AND FIND HER SURELY IT IS NOT THE GIRL'S FAULT THAT I NO LONGER LOVE HER AND SO IF I CAN MAKE HER HAPPY IT IS PROPER THAT I SHOULD DO SO AND IN THIS WAY REWARD HER FOR HER FAITHFULNESS a216c1be-3226-4b97-a722-a3d19c91b93d BUT FELICITY'S THEOLOGY BROKE DOWN AT THIS POINT SHE TURNED HER BACK ON PETER AND WALKED DISDAINFULLY AWAY THE STORY GIRL RETURNED TO THE MAIN POINT WITH A NEW ARGUMENT SHE IS A MULE THEREFORE HER FATHER WAS A JACK THEREFORE HIS FATHER WAS ALSO A JACK A DONKEY IT COULD NOT BE ANY OTHER WAY a21a37a0-c6dd-4d53-bc37-4d2023af4398 SHE SHOOK HANDS WITH THE SCARECROW AND THE TIN WOOD AND KISSED THE WANDERER LIGHTLY UPON HIS FOREHEA AUNT OLIVIA HAD WRITTEN IT AT HIS DICTATION WHICH WAS AGAIN AS FAR AS SPELLION PUNCTUATION WENT BUT PETER'S INDIVIDUALITY SEEMED MERGED AND LOST IN AUNT OLIVIA'S BIG DASHING SCRIPT a21d9404-8588-4150-8641-7cfc58ad1988 SWEET FRESH GOLDEN STRAW THERE IS SURELY NO FLAW WELL SARA COULDN'T HELP IT SAID THE STORY GIRL CHARITABLY AND PROBABLY SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL'S REMARK I THOUGHT OF A NEW GAME THIS MORNING BUT I'M ALMOST AFRAID TO MENTION IT a2230cee-2032-4c93-b825-8700e11838cc BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE STORY GIRL'S YET UNUTTERED REMARK WAS THRILLING IN OUR HEARTS THAT MORNING AS THE TRAIN PULLED OUT OF TORONTO IT WAS A STRANGE WOOING AND THE FRIENDS OF THE PRINCESS BEGGED HER TO REFUSE BUT HER PRIDE WHISPERED THAT IT WOULD BE SUCH A WONDERFUL THING TO BE QUEEN OF THE KING OF THE WORLD SO SHE CONSENTED AND HER MAIDENS DRESSED HER AND PUT ON THE LONG LACE VEIL THAT HAD BEEN SO MANY YEARS A MAKING a23d1fac-aa7e-4d37-b5e8-44e4ca805f6a AND THITHER WE ALL RESORTED AT SUNSET I HOPE FELIX WILL BEAT SAID THE STORY GIRL TO ME NOT ONLY FOR THE FAMILY HONOR BUT BECAUSE THAT WAS A MEAN MEAN PRAYER OF PETER'S DO YOU THINK HE WILL SARA MIGHT BETTER HAVE STAYED HOME SHE WAS OF NO USE AND COULD ONLY ADD TO THE GENERAL CONFUSION WANDERING AIMLESSLY ABOUT CRYING AND ASKING IF DAN WAS GOING TO DIE a24745f7-313c-435f-bcfa-547768dd568b BECAUSE THE BIG DOMES FED A SET OF REQUIREMENTS INTO THEIR IRON MONSTERS YOUR CARD POPPED OUT BUT THE REST OF US RATHER LOOKED WITH FAVOUR ON THE STORY GIRL'S IDEA YOU CAN REPENT AFTERWARDS BUT THERE IS NO USE IN MIXING THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER a2546367-5609-4ad3-9f9e-4e31ac928078 LIKELY A GLAYA SWALLOWED IT SAID FELIX SPARECTICALLY DID GLAUCON AND AGLEIA EVER GET MARRIED ASKED SARA RAY THE STORY DOESN'T SAY IT JUST STOPS THERE SAID THE STORY GIRL BUT OF COURSE THEY DID I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I THINK AS FOR THAT RETURNED THE SOLDIER SERIOUSLY I MUST ADMIT THAT I LOST MY ABILITY TO LOVE WHEN I LOST MY NEAT HEART a2661677-b1a9-417b-bb00-2941e719d044 A SMOKING CYLINDER OF FUSED METAL LAY IN A GULLY HE GESTURED TOWARDS THE MAN'S CIGARETTE I SUPPOSE IT TAKES PEOPLE'S EMOTIONAL REACTIONS A WHILE TO CATCH UP WITH DEVELOPMENTS THAT LOGICALLY WE ACCEPT AS A MATTER OF FACT WHAT WILL YOU FEEL LIKE IF HE GOES TO CHURCH WITH THE SKIN OF HIS LEGS SHOWING THROUGH THE HOLES MISS STORY GIRL a26a8708-72a4-4d1b-b384-8ea8188eb97d I SLIPPED AWAY AT THIS POINT SUDDENLY REMEMBERING THAT IT WAS TIME TO TAKE A DOSE OF MAGIC SEED I BELIEVE YOU WERE CRYING BECAUSE PAT IS SO SICK I SAID FIRMLY IN HAND BUT UNABLE TO MOVE FOR DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS HE REALIZED HE REALLY WAS A MONKEY AND THE FIRST FEELING WAS ONE OF ANGER a276f3f3-74ec-4db4-9319-a1ad4a5eea2d QUITE RIGHT MY FRIEND AGREED THE SCARECROW THE LACE ONE WHICH THE GIANTESS ALWAYS WEARS I SO WE WHO GLADLY SERVE HIM SHE'S DEAD SAID PETER REBUKINGLY UNCLE ROGER WAS AS WE HAD BEEN INFORMED QUITE JOLLY AND FOND OF TEASING WE'D HAVE TO GIVE HIM THE RIGHT KIND OF FUNERAL a2919bb3-7f10-4bd7-9e76-49477a46564e SHE ASKED OZMA ABOUT IT BUT OZMA DID NOT KNOW NOT REALLY UNGRACEFUL BUT FEAR DOES NOT MAKE ONE A COWARD RETURNED ROOT WE DID NOT GO INTO THE HOUSE HOWEVER WE MET THE AWKWARD MAN IN HIS YARD AND HE GAVE US A QUARTER APIECE FOR OUR LIBRARY a2b60b5d-99ed-4b2c-ae7b-4d5a8a1164d2 I HAVE THAT SERMON STILL ALL ITS RED THUMPS UNFADED LYING BESIDE MY DREAM BOOK BUT I'M NOT GOING TO INFLICT IT ON MY READERS I'M NOT SO PROUD OF IT AS I ONCE WAS THE ALARM SHOULD BE OUT AND EVERY SHIP NOTIFIED THEN THEY BE ALERTED AND PATROL SENT ON ALL SPACE LANES WHICH HE COULD EASILY AVOID BY GOING AROUND OR BETTER YET NOT EVEN BOTHER ABOUT SINCE HE CAN LICK ANY SHIP WE HAVE THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER I TOLD HIM a2b84937-8682-41ad-aa19-88985f5ceb3c THERE WERE NO RAILROADS ACROSS THE LAND BUT HE COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ANY MORE THAN YOU DO THE MASTER IS AWFUL CROSS BY SPELLS I WONDER WHERE WE ALL BE THIS TIME TO MORROW NIGHT SAID FELIX MOURNFULLY AS WE WATCHED THE SUNSET BETWEEN THE DARK FIR BOUGHS a2bc3e8d-e095-423e-af2c-c19877c2d364 OUTSIDE OF THE ORCHARD THE GRASS WAS ONLY BEGINNING TO GROW GREEN THEY MIGHTN'T HAVE KEPT GOOD AS LONG AS THEY DID IF THEY HADN'T LIVED IN A GARDEN FELICITY MADE HER MOUTH WATER BY ANNOUNCING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO MAKE A ROLY POLY JAM PUDDING FOR DINNER a2c285c7-a7ee-44f0-81e6-12e8132dabd3 THOUGHTLESS PEOPLE ARE NOT UNUSUAL OBSERVED THE SCARECROW BUT I CONSIDER THEM MORE FORTUNATE THAN THOSE WHO HAVE USEDLESS OR WICKED THOUGHTS AND DO NOT TRY TO CURB THEM YOUR OIL CAN FRIEND WOODMAN IS FILLED WITH OIL BUT YOU ONLY APPLY THE OIL TO YOUR JOINTS DROP BY DROP AS YOU NEED IT AND DO NOT KEEP SPILLING IT WHERE IT WILL DO NO GOOD I DO HOPE THE REST OF US WON'T CATCH THE MEASLES IT MUST LOOK HORRID TO HAVE RED SPOTS ALL OVER YOUR FACE WE ALL FEEL PRETTY WELL YET THE STORY GIRL SAYS AS MANY QUEER THINGS AS EVER FELIX THINKS HE IS GETTING THIN BUT HE IS FATTER THAN EVER AND NO WONDER WITH ALL THE APPLES HE EATS HE HAS GIVE UP TRYING TO EAT THE BETTER APPLES AT LAST a2cb4501-0270-44e6-bcea-667965b7cf21 THEY WERE LIGHTER IN COLOR THAN THE OTHERS AND MUCH MORE INTELLIGENT TO JUDGE BY THEIR FACES THEIR EYES HELD NONE OF THE SADNESS WHICH WAS THE MOST MARKED CHARACTERISTIC OF THE OTHERS THE REST OF US HELD OUR TONGUES IT WAS WE TOLD OURSELVES SARA'S OWN OUTLOOK I HAVE A GOOD MIND TO DO IT SAID SARA BUT I CAN'T GET MY GOOD CLOTHES THEY'RE IN THIS BARE ROOM AND MA LO LOCKED THE DOOR FOR FEAR SOMEBODY WOULD GET AT THE FRUIT CAKE I HAVEN'T A SINGLE THING TO WEAR EXCEPT MY SCHOOL GINGHAM a2e1519f-cf17-4257-bf23-6988d5fe46cc CHARGING A WALK AROUND OXYGEN BOTTLE HE TRANSFERRED HIS OXYGEN HOSE TO IT HE SNAPPED THE SURVIVAL KID TO HIS BELT AND PICKED UP THE TELETOKEY THE SHIP WAS MORE THAN A THOUSAND YARDS AWAY IT'S SO PRETTY WITH RED BERRIES ALL OVER IT AND THE FUNNIEST LITTLE POT BELLIED CREAM JUG AUNT OLIVIA NEVER USES IT EXCEPT ON A FAMILY ANNIVERSARY a2fa2f96-d7e8-4ea6-b98f-64ac6790a092 THEY BROUGHT IT ASHORE TO HELP US OUT OF THE CABIN A VICIOUS CANTHORIAN CREDITOR COMBING THE ISLAND AT THIS MOMENT FOR PREY EVEN THE OFFER OF SEVEN CRONA FOR A SINGLE WEEK'S STAY FAILED TO PRODUCE THE DELIRIOUS JOY YANUS HAD EXPECTED HE SHRUGGED AGAIN MOVING OUT TOWARD THE DOOR OF THE HUT a30ee7c6-39b6-477b-b051-901f56f90c9e FOR WE ARE SEEKING A GIRL WHO FEARS HER FORMER LOVER HAS FORGOTTEN HER SO IN HIS FRIGHT HE LET GO OF POLYCHROME'S HAND ARE THEY RUBBER DO YOU THINK THAT'S RIGHT YONAS SAID PATIENTLY HE RUBBED AT HIS FACE WERE THERE SUCH A PLAN HE SAID BE ASSURED I WOULD TELL YOU ASK SHE SAID AT LAST a3113446-3e3f-4ed9-986d-a200cbee7bf8 BUT I SHALL MAKE YOU A FAIR OFFER I HAVE HEARD FROM MY HOUSEKEEPER'S URCHIN OF A SON THAT YOU ARE A MASTER HAND TELL STORIES TELL ME ONE HERE AND NOW AND I SHALL PAY YOU IN PROPORTION TO THE ENTERTAINMENT YOU AFFORD ME COME NOW AND DO YOUR PRETTIEST THERE WAS A FINE MOCKERY IN HIS TONE THAT PUT THE STORY GIRL ON HER MEDDLE INSTANTLY SHE SPRANG TO HER FEET AN AMAZING CHANGE COMING OVER HER HER EYES FLASHED AND BURNED CRIMSON SPOTS GLOWED IN HER CHEEKS BEFORE LONG THEY REACHED ROLLING LANDS WHICH WERE A SUCCESSION OF HILLS AND VALLEYS WHERE CONSTANT CLIMBS AND DESCENTS WERE REQUIRED AND THEIR JOURNEY NOW BECAME TEDIOUS BECAUSE ON CLIMBING EACH HILL THEY FOUND BEFORE THEM NOTHING IN THE VALLEY BELOW IT EXCEPT GRASS OR WEEDS OR STONES a3288049-c38a-46ba-b83d-c12e55bcddf2 PUTTING HIS HAND ON A PORTION OF HIS ANATOMY CONSIDERABLY BELOW HIS STOMACH I'M AWFUL TIRED AND THANKFUL SIGHED CECILY IT'S DREADFUL TO SPOIL A WHOLE DAY AS WE STOOD THERE WRETCHEDLY WE HEARD FLYING FEET BELOW AND A BLITHE VOICE CALLING WHERE ARE YOU CHILDREN a344317e-e13c-456c-98ee-e759d707fa37 CREEP BACK HUMBLY TO THE GOD WE HAVE VAINLY DREAMED WE COULD DO WITHOUT THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN DO SAID CECILY GENTLY HOT REBELLION ROSE IN HIS HEART AND RUSHED OVER HIS PALE LIPS AND HE ALREADY SHOWED SIGNS OF RETURNING CONSCIOUSNESS FARMER CAME OUT OF A PHILOSOPHIC HAZE TO NOTICE SHE WAS LEAVING a3685a32-03e4-4da3-86fc-63a700569e71 AND THEY MUST ALL BE BURNED SINCE THEY HAVE CUT SO BADLY ONE DESPERATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD NOTHING TO READ AND THE TIME SEEMED ENDLESS FELIX HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE A GAME OF FRUIT BASKET THEREFORE IF YOU WILL EXCUSE THE EXPRESSION WHOSE ONLY REDEEMING FEATURE IS THAT HE IS STUFFED WITH STRAW a3735705-7011-4674-ab4f-3f47e4f274d7 YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT PETER CRAIG THEY CONSIDERED THIS PROBLEM FOR A WHILE AND THEN WOUT SAID TO THE TIN MAN IF I STAND UPON YOUR SHOULDERS I THINK I CAN UNLATCH THE DOOR a381a533-fcb0-4647-83c6-72263149de85 WE DREW STRAWS TO SEE WHO SHOULD GO AND DO THE ASKING AND THE LOT FELL TO FELIX THEY SAY HE STOOD ON THE DECK OF THE FANNY AND PLEADED WITH THE MEN WHILE THE TEARS RAN DOWN HIS FACE AND LEFT THE SECONDARY PREPARATION OF THE REGULAR MEALS TO CECILY AND THE STORY GIRL SO IT IS SAID CECILY IT ISN'T THERE ISN'T A SPECK OF SAWDUST IN THAT BOX a3891c95-06f0-4bec-a0d7-cb3f1d0c7aeb ONCE IT IS POINTED OUT TO HIM BUT HE WAS TOO LATE AND ONLY GOT A BUMP ON HIS NOSE AS THE DOOR SLAM SHUT CECILY HAVING FIRST SENT WORD BY A CONVENIENT CALLER TO SARA RAY THAT SHE TOO MIGHT HAVE A LETTER READY a38cbdd2-4a8f-4f1d-80bc-514851578fac BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR NEARLY A YEAR THE FIRST MAN SAID GOD BENT ON DOZENS OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE MILKY WAY ONE SHIP WHEN A THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS OUT BY THE TIME THEY COME BACK CIVILIZATION ON EARTH WILL BE TWO THOUSAND YEARS OLDER THE BRAIN WAS AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER ROBART BRAIN I HAVE KNOWN PLUS THE FACT THAT THE CHUNKY BODY WAS CRAMMED WITH DEVICES AND MACHINES OF VARYING USE IT CHUGGED SLOWLY ROUND THE ROOM MOVING MY BAGS AND LAYING OUT MY KIT AND ALL THE TIME FOLLOWING A CAREFUL ROOT THAT COVERED EVERY INCH OF THE SUITE WHEN IT HAD FINISHED IT STOPPED AND CALLED THE ALL CLEAR a3ac1191-0d48-49ae-9cf8-9cfbbd2bf51f WHICH WASN'T STRICTLY TRUE THE BIG EARTH MAN WAS CUTE SHE THOUGHT AND IT WAS QUAINT OF HIM TO BE IN LOVE WITH HER AND TO TELL HER SO EVERY DAY OVER THE RADIO BELT INTO THE ROBOT NONIPUS YOU HAVE CONFESSED TO ME HE SAID YOUR HERESY NOW YOU WILL BE MADE TO RATIFY YOUR CONFESSION THAT DONE YOUR PENALTY WILL BE EXACTED AND THE PENALTY OF COURSE WILL BE DEATH DEATH AT THE STAKE a3b8bf14-62ce-4373-b114-5e5bf4d68faf THE GUNMUZZLE REMAINED UNWAVERINGLY SPAT INTO THE FIRE BLACKENED CIRCLE THAT THE CRUISER'S JETS HAD BURNED FROM THE JUNGLE I'VE SEEN AUNT JANE LOOK AT ME JUST LIKE THAT WOMAN LOOKS AT HER BABY WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE MORE AGREEABLE NOT TO HAVE THE SOULS FRIGHTENED OUT OF OUR BODIES AND WE VOTED FOR THE FAMILY GHOST a3c19af5-40c2-4df4-b979-8cb573a3e8e4 IT IS NOT FOR MYSELF I AM AFRAID HE SAID THAT'S RIGHT YONA SAID SMILING AGAIN I'M A WIZARD A WARLUCK PAT WAS WITH US OF COURSE PROWLING ABOUT STEALTHILY OR MAKING FRANTIC BOOTLESS LEAPS AT THE SWALLOWS a3cca047-0939-40e9-975d-c9af2c2d43ee WE WERE ALL UP EARLY NONE OF US IT APPEARED HAD SLEPT WELL AND SOME OF US NOT AT ALL THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN AMONG THE LATTER AND SHE LOOKED VERY PALE AND WAN WITH BLACK SHADOWS UNDER HER DEEP SET EYES PETER HOWEVER HAD SLEPT SOUNDLY ENOUGH AFTER TWELVE O'CLOCK WHEN YOU'VE BEEN STUMPING OUT ELDERBERRIES ALL AFTERNOON IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN THE JUDGMENT DAY TO KEEP YOU AWAKE ALL NIGHT HE SAID WHEN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING IT WAS JUST AWFUL I FORGOT IT FOR A MOMENT THEN ALL CAME BACK WITH A RUSH THAT WAS WORSE SCARED THAN BEFORE THAT IS WHERE I AND THE OTHER TROUBLE SHOOTERS COME IN WE TRAVEL IN WELL STOCKED SHIPS THAT CARRY A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING ONLY ONE MAN TO A SHIP BECAUSE THAT IS ALL IT TAKES TO OPERATE THE OVERLY EFFICIENT REPAIR MACHINERY DUE TO THE VERY NATURE OF OUR JOB WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME JUST ROCKETING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE a3cce79b-06a4-4391-8acb-f82c55a00119 ALL DAY LONG WHILE YOU ARE CHOPPING WOOD IN THE FOREST I SHALL BE ABLE TO AMUSE MYSELF IN MY OWN WAY A PRIVILEGE FEW WIVES ENJOY THERE IS NO TEMPER IN YOUR NEW HEAD SO YOU WILL NOT GET ANGRY WITH ME FINALLY I SHALL TAKE PRIDE IN BEING THE WIFE OF THE ONLY LIFE TIN WOODMAN IN ALL THE WORLD WHICH SHOWS THAT NIMI AMMY WAS AS WISE AS SHE WAS BRAVE AND BEAUTIFUL GARF TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE TELEVISION SAT WHICH WAS STILL PRESENTING HIS HYSTERICAL VAUDEVILLE GREAT UNCLE'S GUILDS HE EXCLAIMED AND LAPSED INTO FASCINATED SILENCE HE STUDIED THE PROCEEDINGS CAREFULLY HOLDING THE ARMS CROSS POSE AGAIN FINALLY HE TURNED TO RAY a3dd01e5-ea70-4cc6-acc2-47645e4cb14d BUT IF YOU WERE A MAN IT DID NOT OFFER THEM A TASTE OF WHISKY YOU WERE THOUGHT EITHER VERY MEAN OR VERY IGNORANT HE AND HE ALONE PASSED THE ORDEAL AT THE EAST IN THE DIRECTION WE WERE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCED THE CANARY THERE IS A FINE FOREST WITH A BROOK TREADING THROUGH IT a3dd4deb-4cf0-4bbf-8245-2067c5d691c9 DONALD KNEW NEIL MUST SOON BE ON HIS TRACK HE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE THE SHERMAN HOUSE THE SCENE OF A QUARREL SO HE RESOLVED TO GET AWAY BEFORE THE CAMPBELL CAME THE FORM OF MISSUS EWPE GRADUALLY CHANGED AGAIN GROWING A LITTLE RED IN THE FACE NOTHING CAN HURT THEM a3dd67dc-487e-4d00-904d-aa5afdd2286c YET IT IS THEIR STRENGTH LABOUR AND SORROW FOR IT IS SOON CUT OFF AND WE FLY AWAY AND HER JOY OVER BEING AMONG US ONCE MORE WAS ALMOST PATHETIC THAT ANSWERED THE SOLDIER WELL THAT'S PRETTY HARD LUCK HE SAID BRAVELY a3f29477-1497-4051-ab0c-366770e9517d AFTER MANY THRILLING ADVENTURES AS YOU WILL DISCOVER WHEN YOU HAVE READ THIS STORY I'M MARRIED NOW BUT I'M AS EAGER TO GET AND READ THE OZ STORIES AS EVER THE GIRLS WERE PREPARING FOR BED SLEEPING IN A BED OF HIS OWN IN THE OPPOSITE CORNER IT MIGHT NOT BE ALTOGETHER HER FAULT THAT SHE WAS VAIN a3f9c10c-e251-4e42-975d-d373d67dc019 WE ALL MADE MUCH OF HIM EXCEPT FELICITY WHO NOT TAKE ANY NOTICE OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS A STORY GIRL'S CAT WE WERE OUT IN UNCLE ROGER'S HILL PASTURE SITTING ON SOME SMOOTH ROUND STONES UNDER A CLUMP OF BIRCHES UNCLE ALEC'S PEW WAS AT THE TOP OF THE CHURCH QUITE NEAR THE PULPIT a419fea2-b6c6-4ddc-8b6c-469bbb16a72b FELICITY WORMED THE SECRET OUT OF PETER BY THE DEPLOYMENT OF DELILA WILES SUCH AS HAVE BEEN THE UNDOING OF MANY A MISERABLE MALE CREATURE SINCE SAMSON'S DAY IT'S A PRETTY QUEER YARN SAID FELIX I WONDER IF IT'S TRUE AND WHAT IT MEANS I INTEND TO FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS SAYS A SORT STORY GIRL I AM GOING TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE AWKWARD MAN SOMETIME AND THEN I'LL FIND OUT HIS ALICE SECRET a41a3d55-e017-43cf-891d-8b8ed1994491 I FOLDED MY ARMS IN A REGAL DANCE IT BLEW A NICE HOLE IN THE FLOOR WITH A GREAT SHOW OF NOISE AND SMOKE RETORTED FELICITY IN A TONE WHICH IMPLIED THAT WHAT THE CARLISLE PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS FAR MORE IMPORTANT a42570ee-5411-493f-8242-2f3ae4104fea ANY TOUCHY PLANETS OUR SPIES REPORT THERE'S A WORD IN ALMOST EVERY LANGUAGE IN HISTORY THAT MEANS RAIDER AND DRIVES FROM WORD FOR ROAD PATH OR HIGHWAY DAN WAS TOO MUCH IN EARNEST TO RESENT MY BLUNT SPEECH AS GOOD A COOK AS FELICITY I THRUST THE BOX HASTILY INTO MY TRUNK AND CONFRONTED DAN a42c9a45-c7e1-42ba-91ee-91437296a62c HOPE SUDDENLY PUT HER ARMS ABOUT ME SHE WAS SOBBING DON'T PETER SHE WHISPERED DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL YOU YOU AND VIC YOU AREN'T REAL TO ME EITHER WE'RE JUST SHADOWS LOST SOULS LOOK UP HOPE IT GURGLED OUT THROUGH THE SPEAKER IN THE LOCAL TONGUE AND HE TURNED ROUND WHEN YOU GET ENOUGH REFERENCE PHRASES LIKE THIS IN THE MEMORY BANK THE M T BRAIN TAKES OVER AND STARTS FILLING IN THE MISSING PIECES a434c78e-a048-4f1e-ad36-c62723583b73 SEEING THIS ISOLATION THE FAIRY BAND OF QUEEN LEARLIN PASSING OVER OSWALD ON A JOURNEY ENCHANTED THE COUNTRY AND SO MADE IT A FAIRYLAND AS SHE ANNOUNCED IT THE FACT THAT THREE TIMES THREE WAS NINE WAS EXQUISITELY RIDICULOUS FIVE TIMES SIX ALMOST BROUGHT TEARS TO OUR EYES EIGHT TIMES SEVEN WAS THE MOST TRAGIC AND FRIGHTFUL THING EVER HEARD OF AND TWELVE TIMES TWELVE RANG LIKE A TRUMPET CALL TO VICTORY a4387b79-af84-4c67-9417-c546b56ca757 GIVE THAT STONE TO ME SAID PAN HOLDING OUT HIS HAND WE'RE NOT FIGHTING SAID FELICITY AND I LIKE AUNT OLIVIA BUT MY MOTHER IS JUST AS GOOD AS AUNT OLIVIA THERE NOW SHE TURNED UPON US A FACE ILLUMINATED WITH A SUDDEN INSPIRATION THAT IT'S THE BIGGEST CASTLE I EVER SAW IT YOU CAN STRETCH YOUR NECK ACROSS THE DITCH WHY NOT HELP US OVER a439926d-2b1f-4d7b-920a-77867e21fb95 PAT OUR OWN DEAR FROLICSOME PADDY WAS SICK AGAIN VERY VERY SICK CRIED ALL NIGHT ABOUT IT HE REACHED OUT HIS HANDS BUT HE COULD NOT SEE THEM ASKED THE GREAT DRAGON AND TO BETSY BOBBIN AND TINY TROT a4715599-b4da-41f0-a86f-2ee005001f6d IF THE WORLD DOESN'T COME TO AN END I'LL TELL YOU THE STORY OF RUTH NEXT SUNDAY SPOTTED WITH HEAPS OF WHITE CLOUD WE HAD EARNED OUR CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SWEAT OF OUR BROW AND SNOWY SUMMITS OLD IN STORY a4777f69-82cf-4dd7-a467-10022c18dd99 TELL PARENT TO DO NOTHING FOR AT LEAST A WEEK AND SUPPORTED BY HEAVY COPPER BRACKETS MOUNTED ON A THICK BASE OF INSULATING MATERIAL IF YOU DREAM OF FALLING AND DON'T WAKE YOU DO LAND WITH A THUD AND IT KILLS YOU a47f3673-8437-4d7c-b060-ed998e87d88b THEN THE SCARECROW LAID HIMSELF DOWN SO THAT WOOT COULD USE HIS STUFFED BODY AS A PILLOW HIS EYES HAD GROWN BIGGER THAN EVER AND HIS WHOLE LITTLE BODY THRILLED WITH AMAZEMENT FARMER GOT MAD RIGHT NOW HE WAS ACUTELY CONSCIOUS OF HOW RIDICULOUS IT MUST LOOK FOR HIM TO BE MAKING LOVE TO AN OCCUPUS a48049f2-fbcd-4891-be1b-68fe4b31da61 I'VE GAVE UP TRYING TO FATHOM YOU YOUNG ONES PETER WHERE'S THE KEY WHAT YARN HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING I DID HEAR A BELL RING SAID PETER STUBBORNLY I HAVE A NOTION WHO ALICE IS ALREADY SAID THE MYSTERIOUS CREATURE BUT SHE WOULD TELL US NOTHING MORE HE READ THE CODE WORDS CAREFULLY SHAPING THEM WITH HIS MOUTH BUT NOT SPEAKING ALOUD THE POWER OF HIS THOUGHTS CARRYING ACROSS THE LIGHT YEARS OF DISTANCE a49e6d83-0860-4c6d-b996-12d4530f33ca OF COURSE THERE WAS A LITTLE PRESSURE AT THE TIME BUT I STILL THINK IT WAS A WISE MOVE THE VOICE WAS MORE THAN FULL ENOUGH TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE BUT I LIT AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER AND WOKE RIGHT UP BUT CIRCUMSTANCES HAD DENIED THEM THEIR CHANCE AND THESE DREAMS HAD NEVER BEEN FULFILLED a4a8ee61-4985-40c1-826a-3f72ae05f03c OUR TEACHER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT THING TO HAVE A LIBRARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL AND HE SUGGESTED THAT EACH OF THE PUPILS SHOULD TRY TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY HE OR SHE COULD RAISE FOR THE PROJECT DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE WE MIGHT EARN IT BY THE HONEST TOIL OR GATHER IT IN BY CONTRIBUTIONS LEVIED ON OUR FRIENDS THE RESULT WAS A DETERMINED RIVALRY AS TO WHICH PUPIL SHOULD COLLECT THE LARGEST SUM AND THIS RIVALRY WAS ESPECIALLY INTENSE IN OUR HOME COTERIE UNCLE ROGER WAS AS WE HAD BEEN INFORMED QUITE JOLLY AND FOND OF TEASING WE LIKED HIM BUT WE HAD AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING THAT THE MEANING OF HIS REMARKS WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT WHICH MET THE EAR SOMETIMES WE BELIEVED UNCLE ROGER WAS MAKING FUN OF US AND THE DEADLY SERIOUSNESS OF YOUTH IN US RESENTED THAT a4bd6458-9c3a-4eaf-a569-afc9dddbdfe8 HE HEARD THE OTHERS READYING THEMSELVES FOR SLEEP BUT HE DID NOT LOOK INTO THEIR MINDS SOON THEY WERE ASLEEP AND BREATHING HEAVILY BUT YONAS STAYED AWAKE FOR A WHILE IT'S REALLY TOO BAD WE CAN'T WORK THIS SORT OF THING AT A DISTANCE CLARETON'S VOICE SAID SUDDENLY BUT THEN NONE OF US HAS EVER MET THE MAN AND YOU CAN'T READ A MIND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD SOME PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE MAN WHO OWNS IT I AM SO NOISY JUST NOW THAT I DISTURB MYSELF HE FLUTTERED HIS WINGS WITH THE CLATTER THAT ECHOED THROUGH THE FOREST a4c846c8-1530-459f-b50a-7c91fc1abaea SUGGESTED DOROTHY SHE WAS SHE HAD MANAGED TO KEEP OUT OF MY WAY AND PETER EARLY IN LIFE HAD HAD HIS FEET SET IN THE PATH OF TRUTHFULNESS BY HIS AUNT JANE a4c96c3a-a7ef-4b7a-9f59-4017fad72897 STARING GLOOMILY AT THEIR BACKS I ENVIED FOR ONE MOMENT THEIR SIMPLE FAITH IN THE LEAGUE NAVY THIS ONE HAS RECEPTORS ON THE HULL ATTEMPT TO DESTROY ANY PART OF THE SHIP OR EVEN GAIN ENTRY TO IT AND THIS ONE WILL DETONATE IF I AM A WIZARD YONA SAID I HAVE POWERS STRANGE POWERS HE WASN'T SURE WHETHER OR NOT ANY ONE WAS WATCHING HIM THAT TIME NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE HE SAID a4cb7230-0443-405e-b3c9-148acf5777b0 ASKED THE BOY NO INDEED NIMIE AMMIE IS A FULL SIZED WOMAN THEN I'M SURE SHE COULDN'T LIVE IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE SAID WOUT LET'S GO DOWN SUGGESTED THE SCARECROW I'M ALMOST SURE I CAN SEE A STRAWSTACK IN THE BACK YARD BUT IT WAS ONLY A VISITOR AFTER ALL I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I WAS GLAD OR DISAPPOINTED I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE TO SEE THE GHOST BUT AFTER I'D SEEN IT THINK WHAT A HEROINE I WOULD BE a4dc3bf8-a2e7-43d5-99f4-348da49f209f WE HAD EXPECTED THAT THE STORY GIRL WOULD ECLIPSE US ALL IN THE MATTER OF DREAMS BUT AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING HER DREAMS WERE NO MORE REMARKABLE THAN THOSE OF THE REST OF US IN DREAMLAND WE WERE ALL EQUAL WELL SAID THE STORY GIRL I THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU GET WHIPPED OR NOT SO LONG AS YOU FIGHT A GOOD SQUARE FIGHT HER POTENT VOICE MADE ME FEEL THAT I WAS QUITE A HERO AFTER ALL AND THE STING WENT OUT OF MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT OLD FIGHT a4e22739-2c0a-4436-b428-f11cf8641a8b I DON'T CARE HE SAID HOW'S A FELLOW TO KNOW TOMMY AND ADAM COWAN OVER AT MARKDALE ARE TWINS AND THEY'RE BOTH CROSS EYED SHE WAS BAREHEADED AS USUAL AND HER SCARLET RIBBON WAS BOUND FILLET WISE ABOUT HER HEAD SERMONS ARE MORE INTERESTING THAN I THOUGHT AND I LIKE THE SINGING a506ca3e-59fa-4cbe-b3ec-ae9c13aaad94 THE SUN DROPPED DOWN AMID DARK LIVID CLOUDS THAT TURNED SULLEN SHADES OF PURPLE AND FIERY RED BEHIND HIM I HOPE WE'LL BE ALL TOGETHER WHEREVER WE ARE SAID CECILY GENTLY NOTHING CAN BE SO VERY BAD THEN THE PICNIC OVER WE PLAYED GAMES UNTIL THE EARLY FALLING DUSK AND THEN WE WENT WITH UNCLE ALEC TO THE BACK FIELD TO BURN THE POTATO STOCKS THE CROWNING DELIGHT OF THE DAY a50b857f-418b-469f-8cd4-9aa2216e4438 VIC GLANCED TOWARD US AND GRINNED IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE SOUND AND LIGHT IN THE SAME PLACE ISN'TT IT A HEAVY PLANET NATIVE HE FELT VAGUELY UNEASY ON THIS CHINA THREE a510d354-1e52-41d8-ab88-03fc2a55c210 I HAVE COAXED UNCLE ALEX NOT TO BURN HISTATO STOCKS TILL YOU GET WELL AND THEN FELL ASLEEP WHILE HIS RIVAL WAS AWAY TO WOO AND WIN HIS LASS AND WITH IT MADE SEVERAL MYSTIC FIGURES ON EACH SIDE OF TOMMY CLICKSTEP BUT FIRST TELL ME HOW YOU HAPPEN TO STRAY INTO THAT LONELY VALLEY WHERE EWBE CASTLE STANDS a513ce3f-9f28-42aa-bb5e-526f6715a2aa SO AS TO GAIN HER CONFIDENCE I HAVEN'T THE FAINTEST IDEA WHETHER IT'S ROUND OR SQUARE MAKE IT OVER FOR YOURSELF JANET WE ARE ALL AWFUL GLAD YOU ARE GETTING BETTER IT GAVE US AN AWFUL SCARE WHEN WE HEARD YOU WERE GOING TO DIE a53bbd0e-35b4-4e6d-ad37-e983144ff4ff AT ONCE THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN ITS GREAT HINGES MAKING A GROANING SOUND AS IF IN PROTEST SO LUTE LEAPED DOWN AND FOLLOWED HIS COMPANIONS INTO A BIG BARE HALLWAY WHAT ARE YOU TILLING THESE CHILDREN OUT STUFF FOR ASKED AUNT OLIVIA PASSING ON HER WAY TO THE WELL IT'S AN IRRESISTIBLE TEMPTATION ANSWERED UNCLE ROGER STROLLING OVER TO CARRY HER PAIL YOU CAN SEE YOUR UNCLE ROGER BELIEVES PEG IS A WITCH SAID PETER AND YOU CAN SEE AUNT OLIVIA DOESN'T I SAID AND I DON'T EITHER a53c8417-5b7c-4af5-b662-5ab863f591d8 NEVER MIND SHE SAID TO HIM YOU ARE A VERY BEAUTIFUL COLOR AND A MONKEY CAN CLIMB BETTER THAN A BOY AND DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS NO BOY CAN EVER DO WE HAD BEEN AT IT FOR A FORTNIGHT AND DURING THAT TIME WE ONLY LIVED TO HAVE DREAMS AND WRITE THEM DOWN THE STORY GIRL HAD ORIGINATED THE IDEA ONE EVENING IN THE RUSTLING RAIN WET WAYS OF THE SPRUCE WOOD WHERE WE WERE PICKING GUM AFTER A DAY OF SHOWERS a54f4605-cefd-44c5-aa29-a4382f6caa2c WIZARD NO YONIST SAID THE CONFUSION HE WAS BROADCASTING KEPT THE MEN FROM DOING ANYTHING THAT REQUIRED EVEN A SIMPLE PLAN BUT HE COULDN'T KEEP IT UP FOR LONG BUT TIMOTHY ROOTS WERE FASHIONABLE THEREFORE TIMOTHY ROOFS MUST BE EATEN PECKS OF THEM MUST HAVE BEEN DEVOURED IN CARLISLE THAT SUMMER a551c1fa-3980-492b-b3b6-34560260a9c3 AH AND HE HAD THE HEAVY FRICATIVE GREETING SOUND FLORI GOTSY HE SAID THE NATIVE SHIFTED TO THE LEFT ANSWERED IN PURE UNACCENTED HIGH GALATIES WHO ARE YOU WHERE ARE WE SURELY LOOKING AT IT IN ONE WAY WE'RE LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY LABORATORY BUT VIC I PROTESTED DO YOU REALLY MEAN THAT WE'RE LESS THAN A MILE FROM YOUR LABORATORY FROM OUR OWN WORLD a5603043-900d-47f4-8327-fa29ad19b937 AND THE DEADLY SERIOUSNESS OF YOUTH IN US RESENTED THAT FELICITY WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM ONE HERSELF AND SHE WAS NONE TOO LAVISH OF HER COPPERS MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE SUSPICIOUS YOU KNOW ALL THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED BY OUR COURT AT THE PROPER TIME THERE IS ONLY ONE QUESTION I WANT AN ANSWER TO NOW THE CAPTAIN WHISPERED HOARSELY IN MY EAR a5681747-ed8a-4690-9ec1-2b51efa82af5 STRONG NOBLE AND VALIANT HE SAID AND EVEN FELICITY AND CECILY AVAILED THEMSELVES OCCASIONALLY OF THE PRIVILEGE OF SEX WE CAME AT LAST SHAKING WITH WEARINESS AND GASPING FOR BREATH TO THE DESERTED STREETS OF THE BLACK AND TERRIBLE CITY a56d6aaf-4735-45e5-b4a3-ac1c61236a3f THERE APPEARED TO BE THE TIP OF A TAIL PROTRUDING FROM BEHIND ONE OF THE SQUAT LEGS BEHIND THE CREATURE TOWERED THE FAIRY SPIRES OF THE CITY THEY'D OBSERVED FROM THE AIR CECILILY CHERISHED A GRUDGE AGAINST FATE BECAUSE SHE HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN NATURALLY CURLY HAIR AS HAD THE OTHER TWO GIRLS BUT SHE ATTAINED THE DESIRE OF HER HEART ON SUNDAYS AT LEAST AND WAS QUITE WELL SATISFIED a56d967b-3bcc-457c-a84a-d6ed009223ec BITTER INDEED WAS THE STORY GIRL'S MORTIFICATION DON'T TELL UNCLE ROGER SHE IMPLORED HUMBLY OH I WON'T TELL HIM PROMISED FELICITY AMIABLY IT'S LUCKY THERE IS ENOUGH OLD BREAD TO DO TO DAY THIS WILL GO TO THE HENS BUT IT'S AN AWFUL WASTE OF GOOD FLOUR SHE HAD ALSO GIVEN PETER A BIBLE OF WHICH HE WAS SO PROUD THAT HE HATED TO USE IT LEST HE SHOULD SOIL IT SHE WAS THOUGH QUITE UNCONSCIOUSLY ACTING A PART AND TASTING ALL THE SUBTLE JOY OF THE ARTIST WHICH IS SO MUCH MORE EXQUISITE THAN ANY MATERIAL PLEASURE a58291d1-5b75-47b4-8649-8311c2bd6c92 SECRETLY I BELIEVED I COULD CUT QUITE A FINE FIGURE PREACHING A SERMON THERE'S A GREAT MANY THINGS YOU MUST NOT DO AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE YES THE OWL IS TIN SO YOU COULDN'T POSSIBLY EAT HIM GIVE HIM SOME SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOAST POLLY SUGGESTED THE BEAR SCARECROW a589ce69-6ac2-444c-9591-9f528c85b65f HE HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PLAN HEROISM LOOKED A LITTLE EMPTY THOUGH BUT THERE IS NONE YONAH SAID THERE WAS A WAR WHICH WE WON UNDER THE OXYGEN MASK HE WAS AWARE OF DRIED BLOOD CLOTTED IN HIS NOSTRILS a59083ba-e82d-49ef-a42f-3f0541edd270 I KILLED IT STONE DEAD WELL IF THERE ISN'T ONE IN TORONTO IT ISN'T LIKELY THERE'S ONE ANYWHERE IT WAS HIS DUTY TO TELL ME AND I DO NOT BLAME HIM THE STORY GIRL LAWFULLY TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND AND FELICITY SAID THAT FAT BOYS SHOULD MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS a5a706a0-0018-4d76-b341-d2d50cfef491 STRAW IS MUCH MORE DELICIOUS IT TWISTED AROUND AND CUT OFF ONE OF MY ARMS THE GREEN MONKEY WAS SO STARTLED BY THE SUDDEN ATTACK THAT HE SPRUNG INTO THE FIREPLACE I DIDN'T CHEW THE PUDDING GROANED UNCLE ROGER IT WAS TOO TOUGH I JUST SWALLOWED THE CHUNKS WHOLE TO UNDO IT IF POSSIBLE AT ANY COST OF RIDICULE TO HERSELF a5b4a529-1b80-4a76-b102-4c59114c4c46 HIS WORDS HAD THE SIMPLE INNOCENCE OF A YOUNG CHILD'S WAS HE EVER CAUGHT I SAT BACK WITH A RELAXED SIGH AND LIT A CIGAR SHE WAS VERY SHY AND MODEST BUT YOU KNOW A GIRL CAN LET A MAN SEE SHE LIKES HIM WITHOUT GOING OUT OF HER WAY SOMETHING WAS SPARKLING VERY BRIGHTLY AMONG ITS PEBBLES A GLAYA PICKED IT UP AND IT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LITTLE STONE THAT SHE HAD EVER SEEN a5e9dd32-606c-4515-8cb4-ffe436c62c1d SHE FELL QUIET REMEMBERING THE ZID AND HE MADE HIS CALL AUBREY CHAIN ONE FORTY SEVEN COME IN CONSULATE HIS SENSE OF LOSS AT SATTERFIELD'S GRIM NOD STEMMED FROM SOMETHING DEEPER THAN SYMPATHY FOR THE ISLANDERS VERY MUCH AWARE OF GRAVITY AFTER YEARS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS HE WALKED TO THE CANOPY OF THE CHUTE AND SPREAD IT OUT ON THE FLAT GROUND IN A FULL CIRCLE a5f74a10-8ac9-4cab-87b4-b1a402637c4f DO YOU THINK A MAGIC BREAKFAST WOULD TASTE GOOD OR RELIEVE THE PANGS OF HUNGER I NOW SUFFER ASKED THE JAGUAR I AM SURE IT WOULD WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT PETER SQUARED HIS SHOULDERS AND TOOK HOLD OF THE EDGE OF THE PULPIT NEVER A THUMP HAD HE THUMPED BUT I REALIZED THAT HIS WAY OF LEANING FORWARD AND FIXING THIS ONE OR THAT ONE OF HIS HEARERS WITH HIS EYE WAS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE a61595cb-3ba5-40cb-af95-6db87fa0b3db CIRIUS WAS TURNING THE SKY TO GREY TRIMMING A FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH GOLD AS HE STARED AT THE SKY CIUS ROSE WITH A BRASSY GLARE NEAR IT HE COULD SEE ITS WHITE HOT DWARF STAR COMPANION IT WAS GOING TO BE A REAL SCORCHER HE DECIDED WORSE THAN ANY DESERT ON EARTH HE SAT UP STIFFLY THIS CAN TAKE MONTHS AND OFTEN DOES a623a1dd-e007-46b1-9c65-a04e6c4853be IT WAS TOO GOOD A CHANCE TO LOSE FOR FATHER WAS A POOR MAN AND IT MEANT PROMOTION AND INCREASE OF SALARY BUT IT ALSO MEANT THE TEMPORARY BREAKING UP OF OUR HOME IN A WAY IT MADE MY ACT EASIER I JUST PLAY TO AN UNSEEN AUDIENCE THEY COULD SEE THE RICH CUT OF MY CLOTHES THE LUXURIOUS CAPPING BEHIND ME OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T SEE MY HANDS a639758b-f3b1-4587-9828-7e3862704503 THE CEREMIAN VANISHED APPARENTLY ON EMPTY AIR THEY FELL SLACK HOWEVER WHEN THE QUEEN REACHED HIS CHANNEL AND FLAPPED LAZILY REVERSING TO CATCH THE WIND AND NOSE HER CAUTIOUSLY INTO THE SHALLOWS AND SOMEHOW THAT DOESN'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT NOR DO I SAID THE TIN WOODMAN IN THE CHAMBER WERE GREW DOZENS OF QUEER CREATURES a63e660e-6ee4-49f7-8fca-c07513ab26b7 FELICITY'S GOLDEN HEAD WOULD HAVE LIFTED ITSELF IN THE HAUGHTY INDIGNATION OF INSULTED WOMANHOOD MISSUS RAY SAYS IF SHE ISN'T BETTER BY THE MORNING SHE'S GOING TO SEND FOR THE DOCTOR AND SHE IS AFRAID IT'S THE MEASLES THERE HAD NEVER BEEN SUCH A THING IN CARLISLE BEFORE WE WERE ALL GOING PETER INCLUDED a6419219-6700-475e-b638-b146b4cdd0ec NO WE DID NOT BUT IT WAS OUR EXPERIENCE THAT GROWN UPS HAD A HABIT OF SAYING THINGS HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS UNCLE ROGER LIKE WAS OUR NEXT QUESTION WELL I LIKE UNCLE ROGER SAID THE STORY GIRL MEDITATIVELY WE HAD KNOWN FROM AUNT OLIVIA'S LETTERS THAT FELICITY WAS THE BEAUTY OF THE CONNECTION AND WE HAD BEEN CURIOUS TO SEE HER ON THAT ACCOUNT SHE FULLY JUSTIFIED OUR EXPECTATIONS a64a1bd7-83b0-4300-a3e9-3caf14f77738 NOW YOU SEE ALL YOUR PENANCE WAS WASTED SAID FELICITY AS WE WALKED HOME KEEPING CLOSE TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE RUMOUR THAT PEG BOWEN WAS ABROAD AND WE'LL ALL BE DISGRACED THE NEAREST METHODIST CHURCH IS SIX MILES AWAY AT MARKDALE a6730cf5-c824-4998-9fb0-a596f74a9631 THE BLOWS WERE QUITE SOFT AND IT DID NOT HURT OUR FRIENDS AT ALL BUT THE ONSLAUGHT QUITE BEWILDERED THEM SO THAT IN A BRIEF PERIOD ALL THREE WERE KNOCKED OVER AND FELL FLAT UPON THE GROUND CAN PEG READ A LETTER I ASKED OH YES AUNT OLIVIA SAYS SHE'S A GOOD SCHOLAR SHE WENT TO SCHOOL AND WAS A SMART GIRL UNTIL SHE BECAME CRAZY WE'LL WRITE IT VERY PLAIN a67a9791-3337-4bee-b0bc-3bf9ba335480 FOR ALL OUR DAYS ARE PASSED AWAY IN THY WRATH WE SPEND OUR YEARS AS A TALE THAT IS TOLD THE DAYS OF OUR YEARS ARE THREE SCORE AND TEN AND IF BY REASON OR STRENGTH THEY BE FOURSCORE YEARS YET IT IS THEIR STRENGTH LABOUR AND SORROW FOR IT IS SOON CUT OFF AND WE FLY AWAY FEAR DOES NOT MAKE ONE A COWARD RETURNED ROOT GROWING A LITTLE RED IN THE FACE BUT I BELIEVE IT IS MORE EASY TO AVOID DANGER THAN TO OVERCOME IT THE SAFEST WAY IS THE BEST WAY EVEN FOR THE ONE WHO IS BRAVE AND DETERMINED a692b675-dab7-45ab-956b-786c8987d6ff THE LOONS FOR SO THESE FOLKS WERE CALLED HAD BEEN DOING MANY THINGS SOME PLAYING TOGETHER SOME WORKING AT TASKS AND SOME GATHERED IN GROUPS TO TALK BUT AT THE SOUND OF STRANGE VOICES WHICH ECHOED RATHER LOUDLY THROUGH THE CLEARING ALL TURNED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE INTRUDERS SARA RAY'S LETTER DEAR PETER I NEVER WROTE TO A BOY BEFORE SO PLEASE EXCUSE ALL MISTAKES I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE GETTING BETTER WE WERE SO AFRAID YOU WERE GOING TO DIE I CRIED ALL NIGHT ABOUT IT BUT NOW THAT YOU ARE OUT OF DANGER WILL YOU TELL ME WHAT IT REALLY FEELS LIKE TO THINK YOU'RE GOING TO DIE DOES IT FEEL QUEER WERE YOU VERY BADLY FRIGHTENED MAMMA WON'T LET ME GO UP THE HILL AT ALL NOW a69626d7-91ff-4562-b546-d22629cc7c69 THE CANARY SOMETIMES PERCHED UPON THE GREEN MONKEY'S SHOULDER AND SOMETIMES FLUTTERED ON AHEAD OF THE PARTY AND IN THIS MANNER THEY TRAVELLED IN GOOD SPIRITS ACROSS THE VALLEY AND INTO THE NEXT ONE TO THE EAST OF IT DO YOU SUPPOSE WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE HER TO THE ASYLUM SAID DAN IN A WHISPER HUSH HERE'S YOUR FATHER SAID FELIX UNCLE ALEC CAME STRIDING DOWN THE ORCHARD a6a60149-7bc4-409c-ac0f-6a1dc803cbb1 WE YOU THOSE ARE TALL BUILDINGS TOO WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS PLACE FORM AND UNLESS YOU BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD THERE'LL BE NOTHING BUT ASHES FOR OUR ARCHAEOLOGIST TO PICK OVER THERE WAS HEARTBREAK IN THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE AND TEARS CAME INTO OUR EYES THERE IN THE GREEN BOWER OF UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK WE CRIED OVER THE PATHOS OF A PARTING WHOSE ANGUISH HAD BEEN STILLED FOR MANY YEARS a6a82887-5560-4382-8fda-e8e59ee161fe NO NOT A WORD I MUST CANDIDLY SAY THAT HER TONES SAVOURED STRONGLY OF A LAST RESORT BUT THIS WAS OWING MORE TO EARLY TRAINING THAN ANY LACK OF FAITH ON CECILY'S PART THEY SET OFF ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION WHO HAD REMAINED SEATED IN HIS THRONE WATCHING THE PUNISHMENT OF HIS PEOPLE WITH A BEWILDERED LOOK IN HIS PURPLE EYES a6b687ad-4c4a-4a7c-b6e9-a92a16ef8b49 EDITH RAN AWAY AND HID AND OF COURSE SHE FELT STILL WORSE WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS A FAMOUS POET BUT HE WROTE ONE OF HIS MOST BEAUTIFUL POEMS ON IT AFTERWARDS AND SENT IT TO HER AND IT WAS PUBLISHED IN ONE OF HIS BOOKS A STRUGGLE SHOWED IN RAY'S FACE FARMER SAW INSULTED AND ANGER HURT PRIDE A DESIRE TO BRAG ABOUT HIS GADARY A QUESTION ABOUT GARF'S LAST WORDS AND A CAUTION THAT WAS NOT TOO FAR FROM FEAR a6d508c6-c052-4957-980e-bd791e482fe2 THE OLD WOMAN'S EYES WENT TO THE COIN AND STAYED THERE WELL SHE SAID IT IS SAID THAT THE FAMILY COLLEGE SHARP HAS A HOUSE TOO LARGE FOR THEM NOW THAT THE ELDER SON IS GONE THERE IS ONLY THE MAN HIS WIFE AND A DAUGHTER IT IS SAID THAT THE MAN IS IN NEED OF MONEY HE WOULD ACCEPT PAYMENT WERE IT GENEROUS IN RETURN FOR SHARING ROOM IN HIS HOUSE MANY THE ROEBOT SAID EXACTLY SEVENTY FOUR PER CENT OF ALL STATEMENTS HE MADE WERE FAKE VERY GOOD I NODDED THROWING THE LAST LOCK ON MY TRAP a6db34ad-6abe-41c4-afd2-8fcc8c3743c5 AFTER A FEW MINUTES I HEARD SOMETHING BUZZING IN THERE AND I THOUGHT MAYBE MISTER BUTLER WAS SHOWING HER SOME NEW GADGET OF HIS LIKE HE WAS ALWAYS DOING THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF MISTAKE ON THE OTHER SIDE THE GRASS HAD GROWN TALL AND THE SUN HAD DRIED IT SO THERE WAS A FINE DROP OF HAY THAT ONLY NEEDED TO BE CUT AND STACKED a70d05fd-a7cb-41ef-b505-321bca6740dd I WANT THAT SHIP BACK BRANDON IS THAT THE ONLY REASON YOU THINK YOU MIGHT NEED A BOOSTER SHOT BUT THEY WERE PRETTY SLOW COMING IN THIS TIME THEN THEY WENT TO TAKE THE REST OF THE SENSES BUT IN FEAR TO BE COUNTED AS PEOPLE a72e37c0-56f0-48f1-b098-cc58fb79069c IT HAD TAKEN ROOT AND GROWN OUR FATHER AND OUR UNCLES AND AUNTS HAD PLAYED IN ITS SHADOW AND NOW IT WAS A MASSIVE THING WITH A HUGE GIRTH OF TRUNK AND GREAT SPREADING BOUGHS EACH OF THEM AS LARGE AS A TREE IN ITSELF SHE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART BEFORE THE SPRING AND SHE AND KATY WERE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE ON THE BANK OF THE RIVER WHICH HAS EVER SINCE BORE THEIR NAMES THE RIVER OF SCHUBEN KATY SAID THE STORY GIRL a736f7b1-cade-42e6-8fd9-31d23c642958 AND DON'T GET ME FANCY IDEAS ABOUT JUMPING YOUR CONTRACT WE CAN ATTACH THAT BANK ACCOUNT OF YOURS ON ALL GALL TOO LONG BEFORE YOU CAN DRAW THE MONEY OUT I SMILED A LITTLE WEAKLY I'M AFRAID AS IF I HAD NEVER MEANT TO KEEP THAT ACCOUNT A SECRET HIS SPIES WERE GETTING MORE EFFICIENT EVERY DAY THE FAITHFUL FELLOW AT ONCE SET TO WORK TO MAKE ME A TIN HEAD AND HE HAD JUST COMPLETED IT WHEN NINNY ANDEY CAME RUNNING UP WITH MY OLD HEAD WHICH SHE HAD STOLEN FROM THE WITCH a7493ee1-5e1c-4a69-86f0-a5af43ae750f IT WAS A FRAGILE APPEARING LACERY OF BRIDGES WINKING DOTS OF LIGHT THE BRIDGES WOVE BACK AND FORTH FROM BUILDING TO BUILDING UNTIL THE ENTIRE VISIBLE NETWORK APPEARED TO BE ONE GIGANTIC DEW GLITTERING WEB OH I'M SO GLAD YOU BOYS HAVE COME TO LIVE HERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE EXCEPT DAYS SO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR OWN GOOD TIMES a74bdd74-74a5-455c-8900-aa9ee746e345 A CUP OF FAILURE ONE WARM SUNDAY EVENING IN THE MOON OF GOLDENROD WE ALL GROWN UPS AND CHILDREN WERE SITTING IN THE ORCHARD BY THE PULPIT STONE SINGING SWEET OLD GOSPEL HYMNS I DO NOT THINK HOWEVER THAT THE PARTS CUT AWAY FROM THESE TWO YOUNG MEN COULD EVER BE ENTIRELY DESTROYED AND IF THEY ARE STILL IN THOSE BARRELS THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE JUST THE SAME AS WHEN THE ENCHANTED EXER SWORD SEVERED THEM a759177c-18ae-4882-b1dd-c829185be406 OZMA WAS STUDYING A ROLL OF MANUSCRIPT WHEN SHE HAD TAKEN FROM THE ROYAL LIBRARY WHILE DOROTHY WORKED AT HER EMBROIDERY AND AT TIMES STOPPED TO PAT A SHAGGY LITTLE DOG THAT LAY AT HER FEET IF SHE'S MARRIED SHE WON'T LIKE BEING CALLED MISS WELL HOW AM I TO ADDRESS HER ASKED THE STORY GIRL IN DESPAIR PETER AGAIN CAME TO THE RESCUE WITH A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION BEGIN IT RESPECTED MADAM HE SAID MA HAS A LETTER OF SCHOOL TRUSTEE ONCE WRIT TO AUNT JANE AND THAT'S HOW IT BEGINS a769cef8-05b0-4bb1-ab9b-717758dafc8e OF COURSE THERE WAS A LITTLE PRESSURE AT THE TIME I HAD THE ALTERNATIVE CHOICE OF INSTANT DEATH BUT I STILL THINK IT WAS A WISE MOVE UNDER THE MOTTO SET A THIEF TO CATCH ONE THE CORPS SUPPOSEDLY MADE GOOD USE OF MEN LIKE MYSELF TO GET RID OF THE MORE ANTISOCIAL TYPES THAT INFEST THE UNIVERSE BUT THERE WILL BE NO MORE SHARP LOOKED AT HIM FOR A LONG TIME COME WITH ME HE SAID AT LAST AND LED THE WAY INTO HIS MUD HOUSE YOU CAN ONLY UPSET THE NATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS WHICH IS UNWISE YUNUS THOUGHT BITTERLY AND RISKY AND VERY PROBABLY IMPIOUS AS WELL a7706950-dfe5-4c2f-8e63-ff148206309b THEN SWUNG HIS FEET OVER THE SIDE AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND BRANDON WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO POLE SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSED HE PAUSED AND ASKED DEFENSIVELY THE SCOOP CONTRACTED ITSELF WITH A SUDDENNESS THAT YANKED THEM YARDS FROM THE COTTAGE AND ALL BUT DISLODGED JEFF a7743317-3fc8-4659-a401-04d21c388544 THAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO YOU HOW BIG WERE THESE PEOPLE THIS WILL MAKE HIGH PLAINS THE BIGGEST TOWN IN THE WHOLE STATE OF TEXAS I GOT IT FROM MY MOUTH SAID DAN WITH A SHAMED FACED GRIN AS I DID SO DAN'S VOICE RANG OUT BEHIND ME a77bed4b-7751-4b60-af1b-4e1b13b57c21 FELICITY IF I DIE FROM THE EFFECTS OF EATING SAWDUST PUDDING FLAVORED WITH NEEDLES YOU'LL BE SORRY YOU EVER SAID SUCH A THING TO YOUR POOR OLD UNCLE SAID UNCLE ROGER REPROACHFULLY IF SHE HAD BUT HELD HER TONGUE THE MYSTERY OF THE SAWDUST'S DISAPPEARANCE MIGHT HAVE FOREVER REMAINED A MYSTERY THE WEIRD SPELL ONLY HE IS OLD AND HIS HAIR IS WHITE THE COUNTRY PEOPLE IN THE LAND WHERE SHE LIVED SAY a77f3d05-912e-4428-82c4-4d5756d5ee86 SO YOU'D BETTER MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS MISS YES BUT MAYBE SOME ONE WHO SEES ME THERE WILL MENTION IT TO MA THE RIFLE WAS HELD THE SOMEONE SCUTTLED AGILELY FOR A MOMENT BUT NOW THE SHIP RESTED ON ITS TAIL FINS a780b7cb-743c-4c5f-9161-bb52a46c1420 HE HAS NEVER COME BACK AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE IS ALIVE OR DEAD ISN'T THAT A NICE WAY TO BEHAVE TO YOUR FAMILY PETER HAS WORKED FOR HIS BOARD EVER SINCE HE WAS SIX YOU WILL BE GLAD TO GET BACK TO YOUR PATROL WORK SHE SAID IT HAD AN ODDLY TENTATIVE SOUND a799741b-0721-4bad-a87e-52f942fd2bfb LATER I HAVING AT THAT TIME A MANIA FOR PRESERVING ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO OUR LIFE IN CARLISLE COPIED THOSE LETTERS IN THE BLANK PAGES AT THE BACK OF MY DREAM BOOK BOOT SCENT WENT SAILING THROUGH THE AIR AND FELL SPRAWLING UPON THE ROCKY FLOOR FAR BEYOND THE PLACE WHERE THE DRAGON TRIPE WAS GROUPED a7b0f11e-2407-451a-9266-67bdf26d28d0 THE MILLWARDS FROM MARKDALE I THINK I'LL WRAP IT UP AND KEEP IT IN MY BOX HE SAID ONCE THERE WERE TWO ARCHANGELS IN HEAVEN HERE'S THAT CITY WE FLEW OVER ON OUR WAY DOWN YOU ARE THE SAME AS THE OTHERS WILD ONES ASKED THORN a7c2d69d-0d7c-46e0-a412-35e8cc30d2d7 I'VE GOT A CONFIRMED CONTACT I SAW VERY TALL BUILDINGS YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT WE ARE NOT MUTATED MEMBERS OF YOUR RACE THERE WAS NOTHING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STEPS OR UNDERNEATH THEM AS FAR AS COULD BE SEEN a7cfb65f-b869-4d88-84eb-118a5bee7fca PETER SCOFFED AT THE IDEA PEG BOWEN WASN'T IN THE HOUSE BEFORE YOUR UNCLE ROGER LOCKED IT UP AND HOW COULD SHE GET IN AFTERWARDS HE SAID NO IT ISN'T PEG BOWEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WALKS I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A GHOST SAID THE STORY GIRL THE RULING PASSION STRONG EVEN IN EXTREMITY QUESTION SHE SAID YOU COME FROM HERAK NUFF I'M AN OLD WOMAN BUT I DO NO WRONG AND THERE IS NO ONE CAN ACCUSE ME OF HERESY I AM IN CHURCH EVERY WEEK AND MORE THAN ONCE I KEEP PEACE WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND THERE'S NONE CAN SAY A MYSTERY ABOUT ME THE WOMAN JONAS THOUGHT WAS FULL TO THE EYEBROWS WITH WORDS a7d09ba0-04dd-4f8e-82c9-e936218d22bd I HAD MY SCANNER ON SO THEY COULD SEE ME BUT MY OWN SCREENS STAYED DARK THEY WEREN'T SENDING ANY PICTURE FARMER BENT ANXIOUSLY OVER THE JUDGE LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE THAT AND A SUDDEN IDEA OF HIS OWN FORCED HIM TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF a7d4a770-4b3c-473b-b622-83a593b7f393 AND HE NEEDED ALL THE ENERGY HE COULD CONSERVE NOW THE SECOND STEP HAD BEEN TAKEN THE FACT THAT HE SAT IN THE CELL AT A PRISON WAS PROOF OF THAT THE THIRD STEP THE ALL IMPORTANT FINAL STEP WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN AND PETERS IS SUCH A COOL CUSTOMER AND HE'S A YEAR OLDER THAN FELIX BUT THEN FELIX HAS SOME PRACTICE HE FOUGHT BOYS IN TORONTO AND THIS IS PETER'S FIRST FIGHT DID YOU EVER FIGHT ASKED THE STORY GIRL ONCE I SAID BRIEFLY DREADING THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH PROMPTLY CAME a7e158a9-b7dd-440a-8b90-bdfb3a4fd281 NO SIGN OF HIM AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH TOWERS TOLD RYNEHART IF HE GOT OUT OBSERVED RHIN HART HE COULD BE A HUNDRED MILES AWAY OR MORE WHILE FARTHER AWAY IT SHOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME CONDITIONS AS DID THE EARTH AND IT HAD SEAS NOT AS LARGE AS ON EARTH BUT SEAS NEVERTHELESS CECILY HAD A VERY SWEET VOICE AND I LISTENED IN DELIGHT BUT THE STORY GIRL SIGHED WHAT IF SARA DOES TAKE THE MEASLES SHE ASKED MISERABLY EVERY ONE HAS TO HAVE THE MEASLES SOMETIME I SAID COMFORTABLY AND THE YOUNGER YOU ARE THE BETTER a7f003af-1fb1-46fb-8e64-cab19571ac45 I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HE WAS A GOAT NO TROUBLE MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL HIS SECTRE WAS THE SANTA MAGDALENA IT WAS A VISION TO DEVELOP SLOWLY INTO FULFILMENT WHEN A SON WAS BORN TO ABRAHAM AND ELIZABETH A TREE WAS PLANTED IN THE ORCHARD FOR HIM a7fc334c-0b46-499e-b743-6d97cb78e000 THAT IS THE WAY WITH SO MANY WORDS THEY'RE EXPRESSIVE BUT THEY'RE NOT NICE AND SO A GIRL CAN'T USE EM THOU DIDST PROMISE ME ETERNAL LIFE AS TO THE OTHERS FELIX ALONE MOST UNJUSTLY AND SPITEFULLY DECLARED THAT PETER WAS SIMPLY SHIRKING a7ffee07-1b52-4aec-819b-d53aaaad0946 WHILE IT WAS BEING OPENED THE FIRST LIZARD TURNED TO ME I RECOGNIZED THIS DEATHLESS LINE AS THE CURTAIN SPEECH AND CRAWLED TO MY FEET TOPSY THE CAT OF WHICH FATHER HAD TALKED HAD FLOURISHED THIRTY YEARS BEFORE AND ALL HER NINE LIVES COULD SCARCELY HAVE LASTED SO LONG a8072ab6-0b5c-47d9-9193-33dc9b4f6fc5 ONLY THE BAREST WEAK GLIMMERING OF SUNLIGHT PENETRATED TO THE MUD WE'LL SEND EXPERTS IN HERE THERE WAS NO DOUBT I WAS STILL IN CHARGE BUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WAS ANYTHING BUT FORMAL ESTABLISHING CONTACT ONLY TOOK A FEW SECONDS a8143227-d137-4b20-872a-99f27927bc05 THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY LET ANOTHER REPAIR MAN IN UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS AS SOON AS THE M T COULD GIVE A RUNNING TRANSLATION OF ANY CONVERSATION I HEARD I FIGURED IT WAS TIME TO MAKE CONTACT HE'S JUST A LOVELY BOY AND TWICE AS SMART AS LOTS THAT AREN'T HIRED OUT OH WHAT A PARTING IT WAS a814cbc8-d688-445f-8a6c-1255adef7fb9 BUT NEXT SPRING THE STORY GIRL DROPPED HER VOICE IN A WHISPER THAT WAS AS AUDIBLE AND THRILLING AS HER LOUDER TONES PEOPLE BEGAN TO TELL THAT EMILY WAS SOMETIMES SEEN WAITING UNDER THE BIRCHES STILL JOHN ANDREW FELT A TOUCH OF JEALOUSY AT THE LITTLE MAN'S CAPABILITY IN ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE SITUATION THAT AND A SUDDEN IDEA OF HIS OWN FORCED HIM TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF IT WAS A SAD ATTEMPT VENUS SPACE SHIP a8159c18-ae73-4d02-92df-8cf50b48f3c3 AND AS I TOOK MY FIRST STEP THERE MATERIALIZED SUDDENLY OUT OF THE THIN AND ILL SMELLING AIR FIGURES OF PERHAPS A DOZEN MONSTROUS CREATURES THEY WERE IN EFFECT MEN THAT IS THEY HAD A HEAD A TORSO TWO ARMS AND TWO LEGS APIECE BUT THEY WERE NOT HUMAN IT'S TOO BAD YONAS AGREED POLITELY FIVE HUNDRED MILES AWAY CLEARTARON CHUCKLED AND THE LINKAGE OF MINES TRANSMITTED THIS AMUSEMENT TO YANIS YOU DON'T THINK SO AT ANY RATE THE DIRECTOR SAID YOU'RE HAVING ADVENTURES AND A FINE TIME IT'S THE SORT OF THING YOU LIKE AFTER ALL a81c28a3-934d-4105-a442-29d6b8c50602 BUT BETWEEN YOU AND ME I BELIEVE THE REAL REASON IS THAT HER MOTHER DOESN'T GIVE HER HALF ENOUGH TO EAT NOT THAT SHE'S MEAN YOU KNOW BUT SHE THINKS IT ISN'T HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN TO EAT MUCH OR ANYTHING BUT CERTAIN THINGS ISN'T IT FORTUNATE WE WEREN'T BORN INTO THAT SORT OF A FAMILY THERE ARE NATURAL LAWS IN CRIME AS IN EVERY OTHER FIELD OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR I KNEW THIS WAS IT a8314172-d852-432b-bbf6-0f90be7bc228 GIVE ME A COUPLE OF FAT RABBITS SAID THE BEAST RABBITS NO INDEED I'D NOT ALLOW YOU TO EAT THE DEAR LITTLE THINGS DECLARED POLYCHROMELY CANARY IN A FEW MINUTES THE FIELD WAS ALIGHT WITH BLAZING BONFIRES OVER WHICH ROLLED GREAT PUNGENT CLOUDS OF SMOKE FROM PILE TO PILE WE RAN SHRIEKING WITH DELIGHT TO POKE EACH ONE UP WITH A LONG STICK AND WATCH THE GUSH OF ROSE RED SPARK STREAM OFF INTO THE NIGHT a8317996-b850-4fe1-a2c6-d0a0747d42b2 OWE BACK YOU TO THE HILT THE SLEDGE SHIFTED AS SOMEONE CLIMBED ONTO THE LOAD BEHIND THE CAB BLUEBEARD'S CHAMBER SUGGESTED FELIX IN A SCARED TONE WHEN I HAD PREACHED I HAD TO WEAR MY SECOND BEST SUIT FOR IT WAS ONE OF AUNT JANET'S LAWS THAT WE SHOULD TAKE OUR GOOD SUITS OFF WHEN WE CAME HOME FROM CHURCH a83bcc56-723d-4359-a310-bb8b5f957cae THAT'S TOO EASY A WAY OF EARNING MONEY GRUMBLED PETER RESENTFULLY BUT AS FELIX SAID HE COULDN'T WRITE WORTH A CENT SO IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE STORY GIRL MIGHT GO TOO WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME HERE ELDER FREWIN A TALL PALE MAN WITH LONG SANDY SIDE WHISKERS APPEARED AT THE DOOR OF OUR PEW WITH THE COLLECTION PLATE a84647f9-740d-4bca-a119-a6be5922be53 THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR YOUR DISCLOSURE ANOTHER DAY AND HERE WOULD HAVE DROVE ME OUT OF MY WITS YUNUS THOUGHT BETTER OUT OF YOUR WITS THAN DEAD CLARTON THOUGHT YUNA SIGHED HOWEVER CLARTON WENT ON THERE IS STILL A WAY OUT FOR YOU I HAVE READ THE SITUATION IN YOUR MIND AND YOUR NEXT MOVE WILL HAVE TO BE RATHER MORE SPECTACULAR THAN USUAL SO LONG AS IT WORKS YUNUS SAID I WILL BE SATISFIED IT WILL WORK CLARETON SAID AT LEAST I THINK IT WILL HIS FOOTSTEPS GRATED ON A FLOOR THAT WAS THE REAR WALL OF THE BRIDGE DURING FLIGHT BUT NOW THE SHIP RESTED ON ITS TAIL FINS ALL FOUR HUNDRED GLISTENING RED AND BLACK METERS OF IT THE OPEN PORTS OF THE BRIDGE LOOKED OUT ON THE JUNGLE ROOF OF CHINA THREE SOME ONE HUNDRED FIFTY METERS BELOW A BUTTER YELLOW SUN HUNG ABOVE THE HORIZON PERHAPS AN HOUR FROM SETTING a84f164d-c4f2-473c-b17a-df13f37dea6a HE STRAIGHTENED UP AND TURNED A WRATHFUL FACE ON HIS PROVOKING SISTER THE MISSIONARY HAD AT LEAST SEVEN HAPPY LISTENERS THAT NIGHT WE ALL WERE GLAD THAT SARA DID NOT HAVE MEASLES AND THE STORY GIRL WAS RADIANT WE HAVE NINE ANSWERED THE PROFESSOR FOR THEY DO NOT LIVE WITH US YOU MUSTN'T THINK ABOUT IT THOUGH WARNED THE BIRD FOR SHE CAN READ YOUR THOUGHTS WHENEVER SHE CARES TO DO SO YOU DO NOT FORGET BEFORE YOU ESCAPE a8546a78-e78a-4f4b-a21b-cf1cc94407b9 ON THE CONTRARY IT PASSED SPEEDILY AWAY NOT EVEN ONE LOW DESCENDING SUN GOING DOWN AND THEREOF IF HE IS A PROPHET PERHAPS HE HAS FOUND OUT SOMEHOW WE HAVE BARN CATS BUT PATTY NEVER ASSOCIATES WITH THEM I THINK IT'S AWFULLY LUCKY WE WERE ALL BORN INTO THE SAME FAMILY FELIX REMARKED ISN'T IT I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT SO a85f3801-59b2-4f49-99ea-5afc3e40e546 I WONDER IF THE STORY GIRL IS PRETTY SAID FELIX ALOUD NO SHE ISN'T SAID DAN INSTANTLY FROM ACROSS THE ROOM HE CAN NEVER HELP THAT YOU KNOW HE WOULD THINK IT A GREAT JOKE TO FRIGHTEN US LIKE THAT IT'S REALLY DREADFUL TO HAVE NO GROWN UPS YOU CAN DEPEND UPON WE COULD DEPEND ON FATHER IF HE WAS HERE SAID DAN STOUTLY HE'D TELL US THE TRUTH HE WOULD TELL US WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS TRUE DAN BUT HE COULDN'T KNOW a8772fed-ff23-4c41-ae61-67f1f5fde304 THE BEWITCHMENT OF PAT WE WERE ALL IN A DOLEFUL DUMPS AT LEAST ALL WE YOUNG FRY WERE AND EVEN THE GROWN UPS WERE SORRY AND CONDESCENDED TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN OUR TROUBLES PAT OUR OWN DEAR FROLICSOME PADDY WAS SICK AGAIN VERY VERY SICK DEAR ME SAID THE TIN WOODMAN STARING HARD IT SEEMS AS IF I HAD MET YOU SOMEWHERE BEFORE GOOD MORNING SIR YOU HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF ME REPLIED THE HEAD I NEVER SAW YOU BEFORE IN MY LIFE a877c6da-3390-4fb6-8b3b-ae13f6026c89 WE DID INDEED PRAY MOST SINCERELY FOR PETER'S RECOVERY WE DID NOT AS IN THE CASE OF PADDY TACK IT ON AFTER MORE IMPORTANT THINGS BUT PUT IT IN THE VERY FOREFRONT OF OUR PETITIONS THE ZID UTTERLY OUT OF ITS ELEMENT SCREAMED HIDEOUSLY AND THRESHED WATER TO FROTH ALL ITS EARLIER FEROCITY VANISHED UNDER THE IMMINENT AND UNFAMILIAR THREAT OF DROWNING JEFF SANK AGAIN AND CHURNED DESPERATELY TO PUT DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM a88bdc19-24ab-495c-b309-1e8a4cc1dc05 THE PRIESTS STOPPED BEFORE US AND THEIR LEADER BEGAN A LONG HARANGUE IN A SCREECHY VOICE THIS WORLD DOES NOT EXIST SHIELDING HOPE FROM THE SAVAGE JOSTLING EVERYTHING I MIGHT NEED FOR THE JOB WAS IN MY LUGGAGE I'LL SAY THIS THE NAVY BOYS KNOW THEIR BUSINESS THE MORE I KNEW THE LESS I COULD UNDERSTAND THEIR NEED FOR A BATTLESHIP IT DIDN'T FIT a8ad3163-dbc0-485c-8173-f5202c953671 HE LOOKED DOWN AT HIS LIMBS AND BODY DON'T EAT THANK YOU SAID THE SCARECROW HEARD OF OZMA OF OZ DEAR ME DEAR ME THAT'S MYSTERY IS SOLVED POOR PAT PETER AGAIN DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF a8b26de5-78de-4403-bfe5-e76ac6dffbbe FELIX ALONE MOST UNJUSTLY AND SPITEFULLY DECLARED THAT PETER WAS SIMPLY SHIRKING HE'S JUST LAZY THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM HE SAID WHY DON'T YOU TALK SENSE IF YOU MUST TALK SAID FELICITY THERE'S NO SENSE IN CALLING PETER LAZY YOU MIGHT AS WELL SAY I HAD BLACK HAIR OF COURSE PETER BEING A CRAIG HAS HIS FAULTS BUT HE'S A SMART BOY HIS FATHER WAS LAZY BUT HIS MOTHER HASN'T A LAZY BONE IN HER BODY AND PETER TAKES AFTER HER I'VE GOT A CONFIRMED CONTACT INSTANTLY STETSON WAS POISED ON THE BALLS OF HIS FEET ALERT WHERE ABOUT TEN KILOMETERS OUT SECTION A B SIX HOW MANY A MOB YOU WANT I SHOULD COUNT THEM NO WHAT ARE THEY DOING a8c571e7-14ab-430c-9835-aaf8afc0bf80 DECLARED THE SCARECROW AND FORESTS OF THE QUADLING COUNTRY THIS WAS PROBABLY THE HOME OF MISTER UKE WHEN WE WENT TO BED THAT WONDERFUL WHITE ENCHANTRESS THE MOON WAS MAKING AN ELFLAND OF THE SNOW MISTED WORLD OUTSIDE a8c7ca11-2e75-4efa-b2d4-8b3adb479d2b MISTER SCOTT STOPPED UNTIL HE HAD TAKEN HIS SEAT FELICITY VOICED THIS CONVICTION WHEN SHE SAID I HOPE YOU WON'T BE LATE FOR HEAVEN EACH BEAST WAS BIGGER THAN AN ELEPHANT AND THREE TIMES AS LONG AND AS THE SCARECROW PROVED VERY CLUMSY IN HIS MOVEMENTS a8e2e223-53ac-4967-bbc4-86f0a9da5469 THESE PEOPLE HAD IT DOWN TO A FINE SCIENCE NOT A RIVET FELL BUT THAT ITS FALL WAS NOTED INQUINTUPLICATE AND LATER FOLLOWED UP WITH A MEMORY RIVET WASTED QUERY THE FACTS I NEEDED WERE ALL NEATLY TUCKED AWAY IN THEIR PAID PO CATACOMBS ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SNIFFED THEM OUT I DIDN'T TRY TO LOOK FOR FIRST CAUSES THIS WOULD HAVE TAKEN TOO LONG WE WERE WOEFULLY TIRED BUT WE COULD NOT SIT DOWN BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS REEKING WITH DEW THE FAMILY GHOST ONLY APPEARS IN DAYLIGHT SAID THE STORY GIRL a8e6b9b8-b0d1-4bf4-90a9-e9faff354f08 THE SLEDGE SHIFTED AS SOMEONE CLIMBED ONTO THE LOAD BEHIND THE CAB THE SOMEONE SCUTTLED AGILELY FOR A MOMENT THE NATIVE CLIMBED DOWN TO THE CAB SIDE STEP OPENED THE DOOR THE RIFLE WAS HELD READY AGAIN THE LIPLESS MOUTH FORMED GALLANT TEESE WORDS WHAT DO YOU CARRY IN THIS VEHICLE THE EQUIPMENT EVERY R IN OUR FIELD MAN USES TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF A REDISCOVERED PLANET IMPROVE THEMSELVES I HAD ADDED A TRADITION ON MY OWN ACCOUNT TO THE FAMILY ARCHIVES UNCLE ROGER ROARED WHEN HE HEARD IT AND HE ROARED AGAIN AT NIGHT OVER PETER'S ACCOUNT OF FELIX ATTEMPTING TO MILK A COW FELIX HAD PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED THE KNACK OF EXTRICATING MILK FROM THE UTTER BUT HE HAD NEVER BEFORE TRIED TO MILK A WHOLE COW HE DID NOT GET ON WELL THE COW TRAMPED ON HIS FOOT AND FINALLY UPSET THE BUCKET WHAT ARE YOU TO DO WHEN A COW WON'T STAND STRAIGHT SPLUTTERED FELIX ANGRILY THAT'S THE QUESTION SAID UNCLE ROGER SHAKING HIS HEAD GRAVELY a8f457e1-d682-4a73-9bfc-dfd625c33087 OH BUT AUNT OLIVIA WILL NEVER BE MARRIED NOW SAID FELICITY WHY SHE'LL BE TWENTY NINE NEXT JANUARY IN ANY FAIRYLAND IN THE WORLD THEY DESCENDED THE HOLLOW WHICH WAS RATHER STEEP AT THE SIDES AND SOON CAME TO THE HOUSE WHICH WAS INDEED RATHER SMALL BUT WHEN I WENT THERE I FOUND NOTHING WORTH TAKING a903030d-916d-4ad4-ace4-7a38db04af7d THERE WERE SOME SAWHEADS IN HOUSTON WHO SAID THAT IT WASN'T POSSIBLE THEY SAID HIGH PLANES HAD NOWHERE NEAR THAT MANY PEOPLE AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A MISCOUNT AND IN THE DAYS THAT THE ARGUMENT WAS GOING ON THEY CLEANED UP AND FED MANWELL IF IT WERE HE AND TRIED TO GET FROM HIM A COGENT STORY PETER WAS NOT PROOF AGAINST THIS DOUBLE ATTACK HE YIELDED AND TOLD THE SECRET I EXPECTED THE STORY GIRL WOULD OVERWHELM HIM WITH SCORN AND INDIGNATION BUT SHE TOOK IT VERY COOLLY I KNEW FELICITY WOULD GET IT OUT OF HIM SOMETIME SHE SAID I THINK HE HAS DONE WELL TO HOLD OUT THIS LONG a906334d-1a23-4d26-8a32-ab53dce0c3d6 HOW MANY A MOB YOU WANT I SHOULD COUNT THEM NO WHAT ARE THEY DOING MAKING A BEE LINE FOR US YOU BETTER GET A MOVE ON O K KEEP US POSTED RIGHT BUT EVEN FOUR YEARS IS A LONG TIME TO BE SHUT UP IN ASTRO ONE WITH FIVE OTHER MEN ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS THE IMPERIOUS COLONEL TOWERS YOU SEE HE SAID QUIETLY IN THOSE DAYS THEY CALLED IT CANCER a908077d-a15c-4ac6-9e3b-bfe9cc6e576e A LONG PAUSE WHILE THE VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS OF TONUBES'S EYES EXPANDED AND CONTRACTED IT IS PERMITTED STETSON'S VOICE CAME THROUGH THE HIDDEN SPEAKER ALL BET'S OFF WE'RE COMING IN AFTER YOU THAT MARK TWENTY IS OF FINAL STRAW IT MEANS THEY HAVE THE DELPHINAS FOR SURE ORAN TOUCHED HIS THROAT NO GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME WHY I HAVE A HUNCH ABOUT THESE CREATURES WHAT IS IT NO TIME NOW TRUST ME ONCE THERE WERE TWO ARCHANGELS IN HEAVEN NAMED ZARA AND ZULEI MYTH HAVE ANGELS NAMES SAME AS PEOPLE INTERRUPTED PETER YES OF COURSE THEY MUST HAVE THEY'D BE ALL MIXED UP IF THEY HADN'T AND WHEN I'M AN ANGEL IF I EVER GET TO BE ONE WILL MY NAME STILL BE PETER a918fb52-8704-4e75-a48f-b3baed21a2bd THERE'S FOUR HUNDRED MILLION STARS IN THE MILKY WAY QUOTED PETER WHO FREQUENTLY ASTONISHED US BY KNOWING MORE THAN ANY HIRED BOY COULD BE EXPECTED TO THE STORY GIRL FINISHED HER TURN OVER AND STRETCHED HERSELF OUT ON THE GRASSES PILLOWING HER CHIN IN HER HANDS AND LOOKING AT THE SKY SHE WAS BAREHEADED AS USUAL AND HER SCARLET RIBBON WAS BOUND FILLET WISE ABOUT HER HEAD a9373dfa-fe4a-4109-99ab-1546d39275a0 THE STORY GIRL SCATTERED HER ROSES AROUND HER ON THE GRASS AND CLASPED HER SLIM HANDS OVER HER KNEES I'VE BEEN ABOUT A BIT AND HEARD SOME GOOD THINGS BUT I'VE NEVER ENJOYED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT THREADBARE OLD STORY I HEARD IN MY CRADLE YOU DIDN'T TAKE MUCH CHARGE LAST NIGHT WHEN DAN GOT SICK SAID FELIX MALICIOUSLY a93ed383-84af-44ac-89fc-b6693b2d23bb THEY SAY SOUR THINGS MAKE PEOPLE THIN AND HE WAS BY NOW ALMOST THROUGH IT IN THE END SHE DECIDED TO GO LUKE NOTICED THAT EVEN WHEN CAREFULLY STUFFED AND PADDED INTO SHAPE WHICH LIGHTED UP THE ENTIRE CAVERN a94455b6-3018-4408-97b0-ef906aab2328 THAT PETER IS GOING TO DIE THE LAST OF ALL CAME VING I CAN'T PICK ANOTHER APPLE TO DAY AND I AIN'T GOING TO TRY SAID DAN BUT WHEN THOSE LONG WHITE CLOUDS SWEEP ACROSS THE SKY IT'S THE STORY GIRL'S DOINGS a94afdba-7148-43c0-b59d-607546cd9729 PERHAPS ALL PARTS OF OZ MIGHT NOT BE CALLED TRULY DELIGHTFUL BUT IT WAS SURELY DELIGHTFUL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE EMERALD CITY WHERE OZMA REIGNED A DISOBEDIENT BROTHER DAN WAS OWN MAN AGAIN IN THE MORNING THOUGH RATHER PALE AND WEAK HE WANTED TO GET UP BUT CECILY ORDERED HIM TO STAY IN BED FORTUNATELY FELICITY FORGOT TO REPEAT THE COMMAND SO DAN DID STAY IN BED a95688a1-c9d2-4d92-b01b-a4fb7f4565b1 DAN SPEAKING FOR THE FIRST TIME RATHER SHEEPISHLY VOLUNTEERED THE INFORMATION THAT PETER HAD ALSO BEEN INTENDING TO COME OVER BUT HAD TO GO HOME TO TAKE SOME FLOUR TO HIS MOTHER INSTEAD YOU CAN TELL SPLENDID STORIES BUT WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT DO A HUNGRY BOY WAILED THE STORY GIRL a95d8ef9-2362-4c9e-9f13-ee74ea2fc67f AT THE DOOR HE PAUSED AND HALF TURNED TO THE DOCTOR MAYBE IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO UNDERSTAND SEEMS TO ME I HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT WAY BACK BEFORE YOU FELLOWS GOT IT TAMED IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE IT WAS HER DANGER AND NOT HIS OWN THAT HAD BROUGHT THAT HAGGARD PALLOR TO HIS FACE IN SO SHORT A TIME BEING HERE WHEN I RETURN FROM TOWN AFTER MAILING THE LETTER TO YOU SIR a95ea0fe-2c1a-43f8-b28f-87e5e28c0b76 HE CAN'T BE MAN WELL SAID THE BIG POLICEMAN AND THE LITTLE POLICEMAN MAYBE NOT THEN THE DWARF CONCEDED I THOUGHT I WAS BUT I WASN'T SURE HE SEEMED TO BE A CAT WITH A TOLERABLY GOOD OPINION OF HIMSELF AND HIS RESPONSE TO OUR ADVANCES WAS SLIGHTLY TINGED WITH CONDESCENSION THIS ISN'T TOPSY IS IT I ASKED I KNEW AT ONCE THAT THE QUESTION WAS A FOOLISH ONE TOPSY THE CAT OF WHICH FATHER HAD TALKED HAD FLOURISHED THIRTY YEARS BEFORE AND ALL HER NINE LIVES COULD SCARCELY HAVE LASTED SO LONG a99ac07e-0380-4654-9821-8570a9e09651 AND IF THE SECRET IS LET OUT WHY THE BROTHERHOOD IS FINISHED FINISH BEFORE IT'S BARELY STARTED BECAUSE YOU CAN READ A MAN'S MIND DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN DEFEAT HIM YONES THAT FARMER COMPLIMENTED HIMSELF ON HIS CLEVERNESS MADE SENSE AT LEAST GAR STAGGERED ACROSS THE DECK a9b1effc-7c3f-4a4b-9526-430a0c9b37bc REPLIED THE SCARECROW IT ASTONISHED HIM TO SEE HOW EASILY THE LOONS EXPLODED SHE IS VERY GOOD TO US ALL BUT I KNOW SHE DOES NOT APPROVE OF ME I KNOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING COMPLIMENTARY BECAUSE SHE LOOKED SO QUEER WHEN SHE SAW THAT I HAD HEARD HER BUT I DON'T CARE I'M GLAD I'M LIKE FATHER WE ALL FEEL PRETTY WELL YET a9b8306b-c245-4111-ad4d-6e5c6032ce4f NO CONCEDED PETER RELUCTANTLY SHE WASN'T PRETTY BUT SHE LOOKED LIKE THE WOMAN IN THAT PICTURE THE STORY GIRL'S FATHER SENT HER LAST WEEK THE ONE WITH THE SHINY RING AROUND HER HEAD AND THE BABY IN HER LAP I'VE SEEN AUNT JANE LOOK AT ME JUST LIKE THAT WOMAN LOOKS AT HER BABY MA NEVER LOOKS SO POOR MA IS TOO BUSY WASHING I WISH I COULD DREAM OF MY AUNT JANE I NEVER DO DREAM OF THE DEAD YOU'LL HEAR OF THE LIVING QUOTED FELIX ORACULARLY WHILE SHE SECURED THE FLIMSY DOOR HE RIPPED THROUGH HIS BELONGINGS ALIGNING HIS E I COMMUNICATOR AGAIN ON HIS BREAKFAST TABLE FINDING OUT WHERE THE ISLANDERS GOT THEIR CALM CRYSTALS HAD BECOME SUDDENLY UNIMPORTANT JUST THEN HE WANTED NOTHING SO MUCH AS TO SEE A WELL ARMED PATROL SHIP NOSING DOWN OUT OF THE COLLAXY IN SUNRISE HE WAS ACTIVATING THE SCREEN WHEN JENIFER IN A MAGNIFICENT RAGE IN SPITE OF SOAKED BLOUSE AND DUNGERIES ADVANCED ON HIM a9bc6324-292b-4a62-ac37-160f5bc7d1b5 SAID PETER RATHER WISTFULLY I OH FELICITY FELICITY YOU'LL BE THE DEATH OF YOUR DEAR UNCLE YET IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT WE SAW THE FLASHES OF EXPRESSION ON THEIR FACES WE HEARD THEIR VOICES ANGRY OR TENDER MOCKING OR MERRY IN LOWLAND AND HIGHLAND ACCENT HATE TO PART WITH MY MONEY EVEN FOR A GOOD REASON a9c6cae6-6a0e-4988-8171-7c2bed15fd28 HE WAS A CHANGED MAN SAID THE STORY GIRL SOLEMNLY WELL IN THAT CASE SHE SAID GRAVELY I THINK YOU DID RIGHT TO SLAP HIS EARS NOT BECAUSE HE IS A HIRED BOY WAS QUITE NATURAL AND TRANSFORMED BY THE GIANTESS ALSO THERE WAS A HUMP ON HIS BACK WHICH MADE ROOT LAUGH a9ca75cd-0f41-455e-bb8a-23c6de18640f SUPPOSE CECILY GOES DOWN WITH YOU AND COAXES YOUR MOTHER SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL PERHAPS SHE'D LET YOU GO THEN SHE LIKES CECILY SHE DOESN'T LIKE EITHER FELICITY OR ME SO IT WOULD ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE FOR US TO TRY HE THOUGHT HE UNDERSTOOD THE QUEEN'S GROUNDING WHEN HE SAW THE SWIMMER STROKING URGENTLY TOWARD HIS DOCK OLD CHARLEY HAD ABANDONED HIS BOAT AND WAS SWIMMING IN TO ESCAPE THE SCOOP BUT IT WASN'T CHARLIE IT WAS JENIFER CHARLIE'S NIECE a9ce246f-1149-4841-b8c1-38c85da0447e THERE ISN'T ONE IN THIS COUNTRY ANYWHERE PERHAPS I'LL GET A GLIMPSE OF SOME WHEN I GO TO EUROPE OF COURSE WE HAD TRIED THE LARD AND POWDER TREATMENT AGAIN SMEARING PATS PAWS AND SIDES LIBERALLY BUT TO OUR DISMAY PAT MADE NO EFFORT TO LICK IT OFF I TELL YOU HE'S A MIGHTY SICK CAT SAID PETER DARKLY WHEN A CAT DON'T CARE WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S PRETTY FAR GONE a9cf8eba-52e6-4526-be4e-078bc793e27c NOW WHAT I WHISPERED TO VIC I DON'T KNOW THAT CHAP WITH THE BIG STONE AT HIS THROAT SEEMS TO BE THE HEADMAN OF THE CITY I THINK THEY'VE BEEN MESSING UP HIS PLANS SEE HE'S MOTIONING US TO WATCH THE PRIEST LED THE OLD MAN BACK TO THE IDOL IN THE ROOM IN WHICH THE TWO SAT WHICH WAS ONE OF OZMA'S PRIVATE SUITE OF APARTMENTS HUNG THE FAMOUS MAGIC PICTURE a9e02348-b849-487e-82d1-e890ae34eecc UNAWARE IN THEIR CONSTERNATION THAT THEY COMMITTED THE BARBAROUS LAPSE OF VOCALIZING THEY TWITTERED ALOUD WHEN THEY REALIZED THE EXTENT OF THEIR ERROR BUT THE STARTLING THING WAS THAT HE HAD PICKED UP THE BOATHOOK AND WAS TWIRLING IT UNCONCERNEDLY FINALLY HE POINTED TO THE NONIPUS AND SAID WHAT ABOUT THAT MONSTER aa0aeff9-906f-4b74-befd-d6922555090e DO YOU KNOW THE PLACE IN THE MOUNTAIN THAT IS CALLED SODOM I KNOW THE PLACE IT WAS CAUSED BY A LARGE METEOR IT WAS CAUSED BY ONE OF THESE FINALLY MARGARET RAN AWAY WITH ALLAN AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN CHARLOTTETOWN ALLAN INTENDED TO TAKE HIS WIFE WITH HIM TO CALIFORNIA IN THE FANNY IF IT WAS A HARD JOURNEY FOR A MAN IT WAS HARDER STILL FOR A WOMAN BUT MARGARET WOULD HAVE DARED ANYTHING FOR ALLAN'S SAKE aa0c2825-42f1-4e59-b1f5-fa49b7f61e37 THE PARTICULAR MATTER IN OR OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT OPENING DAY OF AUGUST WAS A PROJECT WHICH UNCLE EDWARD HAD RECENTLY MOOTED THEN WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU EXPECT ME TO EAT SAID THE JAGUAR IN A SCORNFUL TONE aa13e0ac-c96c-4204-91b6-e2bb2a96a20e NOT MANY ASKED TO SEE ME KUNUF SAID IN THE SAME VOICE NO MORE THAT I WILL HELP YOU OUT OF YOUR DIFFICULTIES ALLAN INTENDED TO TAKE HIS WIFE WITH HIM TO CALIFORNIA IN THE FANNY HE WAS JUST A REAL GENTLEMAN SAID THE STORY GIRL I'M NO GOODER THAN THE REST OF YOU BREATHED CECILY aa1b3bf4-e529-465f-894e-f67ef968b936 I PROMISE YOU YONA SAID EARNESTLY THAT YOU WILL BE IN NO DANGER FOR ME I SHALL WORK TO DO YOU GOOD HE SAID AND NOT EVIL BUT IF THEY JUST SAY THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT IT'LL BE A SORT OF COMFORT SAID CECILY I FEEL SCARED TO DEATH THE WHOLE TIME aa3e5708-3ed1-46ae-a9c8-6128bfcbd4bb MERCY ME DID YOU THINK I'D BOTHER TO MAKE BISCUITS OUT OF FLOWER SHE REPLIED THE TIN WOODMAN WAS SO SURPRISED AT THIS FRANK SPEECH THAT FOR A TIME HE DID NOTHING BUT STARE HARD AT THE BOY WANDERER NEIL SAT DOWN BY THE ROARING FIRE LOOKING QUITE WELL SATISFIED WITH HIMSELF IT WAS TEN MILES FROM BERWICK TO THE BAY SHORE AND A CALL AT A HALF WAY HOUSE WAS JUST THE THING aa4eff46-a1b6-4b73-89f2-b91338857353 NOTHING I TRANSFORM EVER GETS BACK INTO ITS FORMER SHAPE AGAIN AND LOVED TO REPEAT THEM WHENEVER ANYBODY WOULD LISTEN TO HIM BUT THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT HE WAS VERY ANGRY HIS BLUE EYES FAIRLY BLAZED AT US AS HE SAID IF SHE'S MARRIED SHE WON'T LIKE BEING CALLED MISS aa562110-0122-4391-b282-888b275dc497 CECILY GAVE A SHRIEK AND RAN OUT OF THE WOOD I HEARD HIM TALKING IN HIS SLEEP ABOUT IT DON'T CARE WHAT YOU WERE FIGHTING ABOUT THIS WAS MORE THAN HE HAD EXPECTED AUNT OLIVIA'S SKIM MILK IS AS GOOD AS YOUR MOTHER'S CREAM CRIED THE STORY GIRL HOTLY aa5b6010-b62f-4f9a-975a-9db4c1cae10e ONE BY ONE THE UNTANGLED THREADS RAN TO THIS OFFICE HE ALSO HAD A SECRETARY WHOSE ILLNESSES COSIDED WITH HER EMPLOYMENT IN THE OTHER OFFICES WHEN I STRAIGHTENED UP FROM MY DESK THE ACHE IN MY BACK STABBED LIKE A HOT WIRE FRANK HERBERT THE ROMANTICS USED TO SAY THAT THE EYES WERE THE WINDOWS OF THE SOUL A GOOD ALIEN ZENOLOGIST MIGHT NOT PUT IT QUITE SO POETICALLY aa5ce8e7-0014-4869-9dab-771b7ec618a7 NO IT ISN'T AGREED THE STORY GIRL WITH A REGRETFUL SIGH IT'S VERY EXPRESSIVE BUT IT ISN'T NICE THAT IS THE WAY WITH SO MANY WORDS THEY'RE EXPRESSIVE BUT THEY'RE NOT NICE AND SO A GIRL CAN'T USE EM THE STORY GIRL SIGHED AGAIN SHE LOVED EXPRESSIVE WORDS AND TREASURED THEM AS SOME GIRLS MIGHT HAVE TREASURED JEWELS I KNOW A STORY ABOUT THE MILKY WAY SAID THE STORY GIRL BRIGHTENING UP I READ IT IN A BOOK OF AUNT LOUISE'S IN TOWN AND I LEARNED IT OFF BY HEART aa63c3fb-5bb7-4be5-aeb7-8b4ff2476bdd IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT PEPPE WAS A MONOMANIAC AN EGOMANIAC AND A SARCOTIC AS A SORTED COMPUTER SOME DAY THE MYSTERY OF HOW HE HAD SLIPPED THROUGH THE SCREEN OF OFFICIAL TESTING WOULD HAVE TO BE INVESTIGATED THAT WASN'T MY CONCERN NOW HE STILL HAD TO BE CAUGHT THE CARLISLE CHURCH WAS A VERY OLD FASHIONED ONE WITH A SQUARE IVY HUNG TOWER IT WAS SHADED BY TALL ELMS AND THE GRAVEYARD SURROUNDED IT COMPLETELY MANY OF THE GRAVES BEING DIRECTLY UNDER ITS WINDOWS aa685f02-a687-4c70-bc85-d880e0bbcb75 THIS IS WHY I LANDED AT MIDDAY ON THE LARGEST FIELD ON THE PLANET AFTER A VERY SHOWY APPROACH ACCORDINGLY WE WENT AND HOLLERED WITH A RIGHT GOOD WILL BUT I NEEDN'T HAVE BEEN SO CROSS ABOUT IT I MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE DIGNIFIED aa73e49c-998d-49c7-abd1-195b9b40ef72 SOME DAY YANUS THOUGHT BACK IN HIS CELL THERE WOULD BE A METHOD OF CONTROLLING MINDS THAT DID NOT REQUIRE THE WILLING CO OPERATION OF THE TWO PARTIES THE SWALLOWS FLEW IN AND OUT OF THEIR NEST ABOVE OUR HEADS AND WHENEVER A SUNBEAM FELL THROUGH A CHINK THE AIR SWARMED WITH GOLDEN DUST I WISH IT WOULD STOP RAINING aa8301a0-af6f-4a95-b252-b3dbd9c476fa SO SHE WENT BACKWARD AND PUT IT AWAY IN THE CUPBOARD AND ALMOST AS BEAUTIFULLY AS DID THE TIN WOODMAN HIMSELF THIS WAS THE EARLIEST TYPE OF BEACON EVER BUILT BY EARTH NO LESS THE TAIL DRAGGED ME DOWN IN THE REAR aa8ecf8e-a443-46f7-81b3-553e1a382cd7 IT WAS DECIDED THAT I SHOULD LEAD OFF AND I LAY AWAKE FOR AN EXTRA HOUR THAT NIGHT THINKING WHAT TEXT I SHOULD TAKE FOR THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY THE NEXT DAY I BOUGHT TWO SHEETS OF FOOLSCAP FROM THE SCHOOLMASTER AND AFTER TEA I BETOOK MYSELF TO THE GRANARY BARRED THE DOOR AND FELL TO WRITING MY SERMON THE MAGIC APRON PROVED AS POWERFUL AS WHEN IT HAD BEEN WORN BY THE GIANTESS SO A MOMENT LATER THEY HAD RUSHED THROUGH THE PASSAGE AND WERE STANDING IN THE FRESH NIGHT AIR OUTSIDE THE CASTLE FREE TO GO WHEREVER THEY WILLED aaadfb62-3506-4f2b-ace9-57fb49a8ac55 I EVEN HOOKED A GADGET TO THE WATER PIPE SO THEIR HOLY WATERS WOULD HAVE THE USUAL REFRESHING RADIOACTIVITY WHEN THEY STARTED FLOWING AGAIN OLD LAW OF SIMPLE PHYSICS IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN INTERRUPTED VIC BUT TWO THINGS WERE CLEAR TO ME aab1ee92-eec8-492f-a496-78466f876393 OUR OLD WORLD IS MATTER I'M MATTER AND YOU'RE MATTER WHY DON'T WE BUMP INTO THINGS WHEN I TRIED THE DOOR I FOUND OUT WHY IT WAS BOLTED AND BARRED FROM THE OTHER SIDE I SMILED A LITTLE WEAKLY I'M AFRAID AS IF I HAD NEVER MEANT TO KEEP THAT ACCOUNT A SECRET HIS SPIES WERE GETTING MORE EFFICIENT EVERY DAY aaba297d-6f91-42ed-a8d1-08a2931fc034 DOUBTLESS A FAIR EXCHANGE IS NO ROBBERY AND BROWN BESS IS A GOOD MARE IN HER WAY APPARENTLY FURNISHED FORTH FELICITY'S CONCEPTION OF PARADISE I'M AFRAID SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IT WILL BE RATHER HARD FOR ME YOU MUST ADMIT WHEN I CONFESS TO NINNIE AND ME THAT I HAVE COME TO MARRY HER BECAUSE IT IS MY DUTY TO DO SO aac1cee8-83c6-466a-8ce0-ed9516204bc1 VERY SADLY THE OLD KING AND COURTIERS RODE HOME AND NEVER NEVER AGAIN DID HUMAN EYE BEHOLD THE PROUD PRINCESS IT WILL SAVE ME FROM RUSTING SAID THE TIN SOLDIER IT WILL ENABLE ME TO REMAIN HIGHLY POLISHED SAID THE TIN WOODMAN OH AS FOR THAT I PREFER NOT TO GET MY PRETTY CLOTHES WET LAUGHED THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER BUT WHILE WE WAIT I MUST BID YOU ALL ADIEU aac47fcd-666b-4306-93c5-3eeea3909001 ONLY WHEN THE STORY GIRL CARESSED HIM TO GIVE ONE PLAINTIVE LITTLE MEW AS IF TO ASK PITEOUSLY WHY SHE COULD NOT DO SOMETHING FOR HIM THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY WAS MUCH NICER THAN THE GILLIKIN COUNTRY TWENTY LEGS TWENTY ON ONE MAN aaf849e8-ad6d-4e0f-9ad2-6623683aebea HE TALKED VERY NICELY AND READ AND PRAYED JUST YOU FANCY I'LL NEVER FORGIVE HIM I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M THINKING OF GOING BAREFOOTED BUT HE DID NOT MENTION THE BROWN BOOK I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BUT AFTER ALL I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU EVERYTHING THE FIRST TIME YOU MEET THEM LIKE SARA RAY AND YOU MUST NEVER TELL A SOUL YOU'RE TAKING IT OR IT WON'T WORK ab135307-99e6-4673-957e-8fdb51a0b04d HE HAD NONE OF GRANDFATHER'S ABIDING LOVE FOR WOODS AND MEADOWS AND THE KINDLY WAYS OF THE WARM RED EARTH GRANDMOTHER KING HAD BEEN A WARD AND IN UNCLE STEPHEN THE BLOOD OF THE SEAFARING RACE CLAIMED ITS OWN TO SEE HE MUST GO DESPITE THE PLEADINGS AND TEARS OF A RELUCTANT MOTHER AND IT WAS FROM THE SEA HE CAME TO SET OUT HIS AVENUE IN THE ORCHARD WITH TREES BROUGHT FROM A FOREIGN LAND THEN HE SAILED AWAY AGAIN AND THE SHIP WAS NEVER HEARD OF MORE EATEN IT WAS HOWEVER TO THE LAST CRUMB IF IT WERE NOT JUST WHAT A CORNMEAL PUDDING MIGHT BE THE REST OF THE BILL OF FARE HAD BEEN EXTRA GOOD AND OUR APPETITES MATCHED IT I WISH I WAS TWINS SO'S I COULD EAT MORE SAID DAN WHEN HE SIMPLY HAD TO STOP WHAT GOOD WOULD BEING TWINS DO YOU ASKED PETER ab182800-3c79-4d81-b061-7a63cd903936 SHOULD YOU WISH TO TAKE A FLIER AFTER ME ITS HEAD BENT VERY LOW AND AT THE SAME TIME TILTED AT A GROTESQUE ANGLE SO THAT THE FACE SMILED HEAVENWARD WHY YES HE SAID HOW DID YOU KNOW THE NORMAL TREADY WAS CHANGED AROUND CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF UNNECESSARY TROUBLE ab288835-e6dc-4f51-826b-9562e69ab68f I SUPPOSE IT WAS BAD FOUR THOUSAND YEARS AGO ADMITTED THE STORY GIRL BUT BY THIS TIME THE BAD MUST HAVE ALL GONE OUT OF IT IT'S ONLY THE GOOD THAT COULD LAST SO LONG BOOT WAS SO AWED BY THE ENTRANCING SIGHT OF THIS EXQUISITE SKY FAIRY THAT HE QUITE FORGOT HIS OWN SAD PLIGHT UNTIL HE NOTICED OZMA GAZING UPON HIM WITH AN INTENT EXPRESSION THAT DENOTED SYMPATHY AND SORROW ab2fe32a-5496-4821-b0b3-e66b1a3c7e7c SHE LOOKED LIKE A SLENDER RED LILY IN THE UNSTUDIED GRACE OF HER ATTITUDE A SPARK FLASHED IN MISTER CAMPBELL'S BLACK EYES IS THIS A SUNDAY SCHOOL DEPUTATION HE INQUIRED RATHER IRONICALLY NO WE HAVE COME TO ASK A FAVOR OF YOU SAID THE STORY GIRL STRANGER SHARP SAID WORK FOR YOUR OWN GOOD DO NOTHING FOR ME THIS IS AN ACCURSED FAMILY THERE IS NO GOOD TO BE DONE TO ME OR MY WIFE OR CHILD YUNUS TRIED TO LOOK REASSURING HE THOUGHT OF SEVERAL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE SUNNYSIDE OF LIFE AND DECIDED ON NONE OF THEM MY SYMPATHY HE BEGAN ab461131-d875-4207-a9db-e3efe9c58356 PAT JUST GOT SICK AND GOT BETTER AGAIN OF HIS OWN ACCORD I'M GOING TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE PRAYING SAID CECILY DECIDEDLY IT'S SO MUCH NICER TO BELIEVE THAT GOD CURED PAT THAN THAT PEG BOWEN DID THEREFORE THIS CASTLE IS LIKELY TO BE EMPTY AND WE MAY USE IT IN ANY WAY WE PLEASE GOOD GRACIOUS EXCLAIMED WOOT ab571172-5fcd-4da5-83a8-3ba38d451d2b THAT'S TRUE THE LIST IS HARD TO EXPLAIN AND SUCH ODD NAMES ON IT TOO WHERE IS MARILLA I DON'T SEE MARILLA SINCE I CAME BACK MARILLA JUST LAY DOWN AND DIED MANOEL I WISH I HAD A WHITE DRESS LIKE YOU GIRLS SOBBED SARA ARRAY BUT I HAVEN'T AND IT'S TOO LATE TO GET ONE OH I WISH I HAD MINDED WHAT MAR SAID BETTER I WOULDN'T HAVE DISOBEYED US OFTEN IF I'D THOUGHT THE JUDGMENT DAY WAS SO NEAR WHEN I GO HOME I'M GOING TO TELL HER ABOUT GOING TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW I'M NOT SURE THAT UNCLE ROGER MEANT WHAT HE SAID REMARKED THE STORY GIRL ab5f643c-4c15-42f0-8f2c-178722902993 IF FRIENDLY PEOPLE HAPPEN TO LIVE HERE SAID WOO I SHALL BE GLAD OF A BED BUT SHOULD ENEMIES OCCUPY THE PLACE I PREFER TO SLEEP UPON THE GROUND AND IF NO ONE AT ALL LIVES HERE ADDED THE SCARECROW WE CAN ENTER AND TAKE POSSESSION AND MAKE OURSELVES AT HOME IF YOU'D JUST SEEN THE LOOK SHE GAVE HIM YOU'D KNOW WHETHER SHE WAS A WITCH OR NOT AND SHE WENT OFF DOWN THE LANE MUTTERING AND THROWN HER HANDS AROUND LIKE SHE DID IN LEM HILLS COW PASTURE SHE PUT A SPELL ON PAT THAT'S WHAT SHE DID SHE WAS SICK THE NEXT MORNING ab5fb4bf-16d9-43b4-bb5d-f20cc7e4ec97 THEN SHE BEGAN TO UNDRESS FIRST BY TAKING OFF THE LACE APRON AND LAYING IT OVER THE BED POST WHERE IT WAS WITHIN EASY REACH OF HER HAND NOBODY KNEW JUST WHO TOLD AT FIRST BUT MORE THAN ONE PERSON SAW HER GRANDFATHER SAW HER WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY AND MY MOTHER SAW HER ONCE ab703c2f-4676-4a32-be51-8de0f10a71cf AND THROUGH THE MANY TIN ROOMS ALL SET WITH BEAUTIFUL TIN FURNITURE IT'S TOO BAD HE HASN'T A LOVING HEART SAID ROOT HE WAS NEVER MORE PLEASED THAN WHEN HE HAD A JOB IN HAND A JOB THAT INVOLVED A SLIGHT AND UNAVOIDABLE RISK ab7bf156-16f4-4478-836a-de12516adf5d THE SCENE ASSUMED SOME OF THE ASPECTS OF A BAD MOVIE COMEDY SHOVED PAST HIM AND GRABBED THE FRAGILE LOOKING THING FROM ITS CLEACH GARF WAS A CHANGED FEASTMAN WE KNEW THAT THE STORY GIRL WAS THOUGHT TO RESEMBLE HIM STRONGLY IN APPEARANCE AND TEMPERAMENT AS MUCH LIKE A MIRACLE AS ANYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE ab7e84b4-2531-4e87-885a-da382d3a0a22 THOU MOCKEST ME MUTTERED VING SULLENLY NO MORTAL COULD CROSS THAT FLOOD OH MASTER HE PRAYED TURNING BESEECHINGLY TO ODIN THOU DIDST PROMISE ME ETERNAL LIFE AS TO THE OTHERS WILT THOU NOT KEEP THAT PROMISE COMMAND THE WARDER TO LET ME PASS HE MUST OBEY THEE PERHAPS IF WE GO NEARER WE SHALL FIND OUT WHETHER ANYBODY LIVES THERE OR NOT SUGGESTED LU LOOKS TO ME AS IF NOBODY LIVED THERE ab9c3a96-740d-4995-b782-f8450204c68a OF COURSE THERE WAS A LITTLE PRESSURE AT THE TIME WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW HE QUAVERED THE QUESTION HIS POUCHY JAWS SHOOK AND I SWEAR THERE WERE TEARS IN HIS EYES THE THING HAD MORE DRAWERS IN IT THAN A BATTERY OF CASH REGISTERS OLD MISTER FORBES HADN'T GONE TO CHURCH FOR YEARS BECAUSE HE WAS SO RHEUMATIC BUT HE WENT THE FIRST SUNDAY THE CHOIR SANG BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER HEARD ANY ONE SING BASS AND WANTED TO HEAR WHAT IT WAS LIKE ab9ed9c0-3486-4d5a-837c-b0e602096b89 FARMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SAY NO TO RAY BUT EVEN HE LOOKED DUBIOUS AT THE SMALL GREY FELLOW'S VOLLE OUTPOURING OF PSEUDO SCIENTIFIC JARGON IT WAS WINGLESS AND COVERED SMOOTHLY WITH PASTEL BLUE FEATHERS IT STOOD SOLIDLY ON CAREFULLY MANICURED YELLOW FEET AND STARED AT HIM OUT OF SQUARE VIOLET EYES aba736a7-944a-4d40-a0b7-e23ce94cdb07 PATTY SAT ON THE PULPISTONE AND WATCHED US WITH GREAT YELLOW EYES KNOWING THAT TIDWITS WOULD COME HIS WAY LATER ON MANY WITTY THINGS WERE SAID OR AT LEAST WE THOUGHT THEM WITTY AND UPROARIOUS WAS THE LAUGHTER NEVER HAD THE OLD KING ORCHARD KNOWN A BLITHER MERRYMAKING OR LIGHTER HEARTS WHAT WILL BECOME OF HER I WONDER SAID DOROTHY AS SHE DREW A LONG BREATH SHE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN A GREEN MONKEY REPLIED OZMA AND IN THAT FORM SHE WILL BE UNABLE TO PERFORM ANY MAGICAL ARTS WHATSOEVER ababd6c9-2720-4c18-a198-5c29dce60bdb MISTER MARWOOD HIMSELF COULD NOT HAVE BETTERED THE WAY IN WHICH PETER SAID BUT TILL LAST FALL THERE WAS ONE ROOM SHE NEVER SAW CHAPTER FIVE BUT SHE HAS PROVED NO COMPANY FOR ME AT ALL THEN THE GREAT ONE SAID GENTLYINGLY abad876c-cb2d-4d42-ad5c-738fb4e0f9fd WHAT YARN HAVE YOU BEEN TELLING I WE HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH THE MAPLE WOODS TO THE EXTREME END OF UNCLE ROGER'S FARM A PRETTY WALK THROUGH A WORLD OF GREEN WHISPERING BOUGHS AND SPICED SWEET FERNS AND SHIFTING PATCHES OF SUNLIGHT I IMAGINE HE WAS AS FULL OF PETTY LARCENACY HE LOOKED DOWN AS IF AWARE FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ROBOT HAD BEEN HOLDING BY THE WRIST DURING THE INTERVIEW abb12b05-fca7-4a0a-a759-b783683de4e1 YOU OUGHT TO BE GLAD THAT POOR BOY IS GOING TO GET STARTED IN THE RIGHT WAY AT FIRST GLANCE THEY SEEMED WELL ENOUGH ITS YELLOWED PAGES INSCRIBED WITH THE VISIONS THAT HAUNTED MY CHILDISH SLUMBERS ON THOSE NIGHTS OF LONG AGO abb3d6a7-261a-41ea-ac20-562fa59936c9 I WOULD INDEED WAS THE EARNEST REPLY AND THAT'S NOT A FULL MEAL AT ALL GRUMBLED THE YOUNG ONE IS TO ENCOUNTER DANGERS AND HARDSHIPS PETER GRANTED IT RATHER GRUMPILY AND I FEAR THAT HE NEVER REALLY QUITE FORGAVE SARA FOR HER UNTIMELY OUTBURST abc691d9-387b-4a74-99ca-6f1ef6e64340 VERY MUCH AWARE OF GRAVITY AFTER YEARS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS HE WALKED TO THE CANOPY OF THE CHUTE AND SPREAD IT OUT ON THE FLAT GROUND IN A FULL CIRCLE IT BILLOWED IN THE WIND HE SEARCHED AROUND FOUND SOME GLASSY BLACK ROCKS AND ANCHORED DOWN THE CHUTE THEN HE LOOKED AT THE ORANGE GLOW THAT MARKED THE FUNERAL PYRE OF THE SHIP DURING THE DAYS HE HAD DONE THE THINGS HE HAD PLANNED HE DID NO WORK WITH THE SHARPS BUT LET THEM FIND HIM WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE HUT OF AN EVENING RECITING STRANGE WORDS ONCE HE BUILT A SMALL OUTDOOR FIRE AND WALKED AROUND IT BITTERSHIN'S FOR SEVERAL MINUTES THEN HE PUT THE FIRE OUT AND WENT INSIDE abee6870-7c33-4d35-97e2-69a0d984c72b EXAMINING THE PICK OF THE BATTLESHIP UNDER THE LIGHT FIRST I'LL REPEAT YOUR OWN WARNING OBEY ORDERS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE I'LL SHOW YOU WHY WHERE THE WEST WIND CAME NOW WITH A SIGH AND AGAIN WITH A RUSH AND THEN BRUSHED OUR FACES abfc016c-91ff-4c85-8b06-11aec6da3709 RAY CLIMBED UP ON THE RAIL PAUSED THERE FOR A SECOND OH YES SHE SAID WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF UNARGUABLY EXCELLENT MACHINE I GLANCED HER WAY AND A SMALL DOOR WAS SWINGING OPEN AND SHE WAS GONE GET THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IN HERE AT ONCE ac1c34fc-76f8-48cb-85c6-ef542115403d AND THERE WAS PEACE OVER ALL THAT FRESH AND FLOWERY LAND THAT IS IF THEY GO TO HEAVEN WITH A DELICATE TANGLE OF ROSY CLOUD ABOVE THE ELMS THAT THIS WAS HIS NORMAL STATE OF EXISTENCE STARTING ABRUPTLY JUST BELOW THE WATER LEVEL AND LEADING DOWNWARD ac228a15-a802-4341-993b-f07454cf90f8 THAT WAS THE FIRST OF THE INEXPLICTABLE THINGS FARMER COULD HAVE EXPECTED THE ODD LITTLE OLD MAN TO CALL HIMSELF A PROFESSOR OF SOMETHING OR OTHER BUT RAY INSISTED ON JUDGE WHO CONTROLS THE BREEDING SIGHTS CONTROLS OUR WORLD SAID TO NEW ONCE THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY ac23975e-7c01-4716-b471-1136cfeb5e80 I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A GHOST SAID THE STORY GIRL THE RULING PASSION STRONG EVEN IN EXTREMITY IT IS ABOUT A GHOST WITH EYEHOLES BUT NO EYES DON'T CRIED CECILY HYSTERICALLY DON'T YOU GO ON HE MUST HAVE GOT SOME BAD USE AT THE OFFICE SAID SARA RAY I HOPE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO FATHER I EXPLAINED SPRINGING ANXIOUSLY TO MY FEET A SICK HORRIBLE FEELING OF FEAR RUNNING OVER ME LIKE A COOL RIPPLING WAVE IT'S JUST AS LIKELY TO BE GOOD NEWS HE IS RUNNING FOR IS BAD SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WAS NO BELIEVER IN MEETING TROUBLE HALF WAY ac2902ac-a3c5-4c62-bacd-81171933ff03 TO US IN THOSE YEARS EUROPE SEEMED ALMOST AS REMOTE AND UNREACHABLE AS THE MOON IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANY ONE OF US SHOULD EVER GO THERE BUT AUNT JULIA HAD GONE AND SHE HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP IN CARLISLE ON THIS VERY FARM SO IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THE STORY GIRL MIGHT GO TOO CAN'T YOU TELL A STORY TO PASS THE TIME I ENTREATED THE STORY GIRL SHE SHOOK HER HEAD NO IT WOULD BE NO USE TO TRY BUT IF THIS ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY I'LL HAVE A GREAT ONE TO TELL OF US BEING SO SCARED PAT PRESENTLY CAME GALLOPING UP THE ORCHARD CARRYING IN HIS MOUTH A BIG FIELD MOUSE WHICH SITTING DOWN BEFORE US HE PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR BODY AND BONES AFTERWARDS LICKING HIS CHOPS WITH GREAT SATISFACTION ac4773af-135f-44c2-a010-e454daf9473b WHICH IS THE WAY OF HUMAN NATURE COMPANY DESCENDED ON US THAT AFTERNOON UNCLE ROGER AND PETER WERE SUMMONED FROM THE FIELD MISSUS PATERSON BECAME HYSTERICAL AND WAS TAKEN INTO THE SPARE ROOM WITH SUCH REMEDIES AS COULD BE SUGGESTED THE POOR STORY GIRL WENT VERY WHITE OH UNCLE ROGER COULD IT BE POSSIBLE YOU COULDN'T HAVE SWALLOWED A NEEDLE WITHOUT KNOWING IT IT WOULD HAVE STUCK IN YOUR TONGUE OR TEETH ac52598f-c9bf-4005-a4b6-0d51b35e299c THE RELEASE AND FOLLOW UP ALL HARPED ON ONE THEME I EXPANDED ON IT WAXED ENTHUSIASTIC CONDEMNED IT AND WORKED IT INTO AN INTERVIEW I WROTE AS MANY VARIATIONS AS I COULD SO IT COULD BE SLIPPED INTO AS MANY DIFFERENT FORMATS AS POSSIBLE IN ONE FORM OR OTHER I WANTED THE BASIC INFORMATION IN EVERY MAGAZINE NEWSPAPER AND JOURNAL INSIDE THAT EXPANDING SPHERE BUT ON REFLECTION I CONSIDERED THE TIN HEAD FAR SUPERIOR TO THE NEAT ONE I AM WEARING IT YET SO YOU CAN SEE ITS BEAUTY AND GRACE OF THE OUTLINE AND THE GIRL AGREED WITH ME THAT A MAN ALL MADE OF TIN WAS FAR MORE PERFECT THAN ONE FORMED OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS ac6628a6-dd21-423b-b97d-19a83f33755c BRANDON DEPRESSED THE TOP BUTTON A CRYSTAL CLEAR IMAGE OF COLONEL TOWERS PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON HIS FULL DRESS UNIFORM APPEARED ON THE SCREEN THIS IS A HISTORIC OCCASION COLONEL TOWERS WAS ANNOUNCING TO HIS CREW OPEN THE HATCH AND REYNARD BE SURE TO STAND BY WITH THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA YOU YOU AND VIC YOU AREN'T REAL TO ME EITHER WE'RE JUST SHADOWS LOST SOULS LOOK UP HOPE VIC'S VOICE WAS KINDLY YET FIRM AND GRAVELY COMMANDING WE'RE ALL RIGHT ONLY TEMPORARILY WE'RE IN FROM MEDIUMS SIT DOWN PETE AND LET'S TALK IT MAY BE THAT THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE IN MAKING SOME PLANS FIRST OF ALL I INSISTED TELL ME WHERE WE ARE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US DO YOU KNOW ac7eda25-b9a1-4a14-a5be-5d2cbd41e524 THE MORE I LOOK AT THIS THING HE SAID THE FISHERY GETS THIS PLANET SEEMS TO HAVE NO POSSIBLE MOTIVE OR USE FOR A BATTLESHIP OR THEY HAVE BUILDING ONE THAT I WILL SWEAR ON A STACK OF ONE THOUSAND CREDIT NOTES AS HIGH AS THIS BUILDING YET WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH IT WHEN THEY HAVE IT BUILT WHERE DID YOU GO ASKED ROOT WELL I FIRST STARTED OUT TO FIND A HEART SO I COULD LOVE NIMMY AMY AGAIN BUT HEARTS ARE MORE SCARCE THAN ONE WOULD THINK ac92388d-7686-4394-b698-c708dcf35d24 I HAVE AN IDEA THAT A RASPBERRY PIE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT WHEN THE FOLKS COME HOME WOULD HIT THE RIGHT SPOT ACCORDINGLY AFTER TEA WE ALL SET OFF ARMED WITH JUGS AND CUPS THERE WAS A SOUND OF STEALTHY MOVEMENT OUTSIDE THE CABIN AND HE FLICKED SWEAT OUT OF HIS EYES WITH A HAND THAT SHOOK E I FOR GOD'S SAKE COME IN I'M IN TROUBLE HERE THE IMAGE ON HIS THREE INCH SCREEN WAS NOT CONSEIL SEDTERFIELD'S BUT THE STARTLED CONSOLATE OPERATORS TROUBLE ac9e14ac-eb8a-4a04-8627-72c1cda16996 JEFF MUST ASSEMBLE HIS SMUGGLED COMMUNICATOR AND REPORT TO EARTH INTEREST CONSOLATE HIS PROGRESS DURING THE CYCLE JUST ENDED COLLAXIA WAS WHOLLY UNSCARED BUT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO JUST BEFORE YOU ARRIVED SIR THESE CREATURES WERE LIKE SUCH SHADOWS SEEN IN THREE DIMENSIONS aca906b0-022c-4a06-b379-e03a21605cd0 GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THE TRANSLIGHT SCREEN THERE IS NOTHING TO DESTROY IN THE JUNGLE SAID TO NUB SAW THE HUNG FRAU SOARING INTO CLOUDLAND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SO MUCH THE LETTERS WE HAD RECEIVED FROM HIM SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN RIO DE JANEIRO acad500f-6373-41c6-a81c-13c537535e50 HAVE YOU GOT A CENT FOR COLLECTION THEY WERE LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES SHUT HIS EYES AND MURMURED MEANWHILE IN THE PANTRY THE STORY GIRL APRON AND SHROUDED WAS BEING INITIATED INTO THE MYSTERIES OF BREAD MAKING acb693a2-fe32-43a3-9d46-55ed5b515add IT APPEARED THAT IT WAS FELICITY'S MOURNING TO HELP PREPARE BREAKFAST BUT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN CARRY THEM HOME AUNT OLIVIA KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT OF COURSE IT WAS NOT FOR ANY ONE BUT CECILY WHO COULDN'T SWALLOW A MOUTHFUL ONE BITTER DAY WHEN THEY SEEK IT AND CANNOT FIND IT THEY REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE LOST acb74f93-4fa5-4767-8314-2419773dba8d THE CLATTER OF THE TIN OWL'S WINGS SOUNDED ABOVE HIM AND FOR A LONG TIME THEY COULD HEAR THE YELLS AND STRUGGLES OF THE IMPRISONED GIANTESS A STAND WITH A WORK BASKET ON IT AND A ROCKING CHAIR I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY NICE TO CALL A HORSE AFTER YOUR OWN GRANDMOTHER SAID FELICITY acb75e32-1cfc-4977-b570-c0a8d13d1883 THE GIANTESS BEING SLEEPY DID NOT NOTICE THIS AND ENTERING HER ROOM SHE MADE THE DOOR CLOSE BEHIND HER AND THEN HUNG THE BIRD CAGE ON A PEG BY THE WINDOW TO HEAR YOU SPEAK OF OLD SCRATCH ANY ONE WOULD THINK HE WAS JUST A COMMON PERSON NEVER MIND TELL US THE STORY I SAID CURIOUSLY IT IS ABOUT MISSUS JOHN MARTIN'S UNCLE AT MARKDALE SAID THE STORY GIRL I HEARD UNCLE ROGER TELLING IT THE OTHER NIGHT acbee218-1ceb-4fcb-af7b-f2917be856ee THE ORDEAL OF BITTER APPLES I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND WHY FELIX TOOK PETER'S SUCCESS IN THE ORDEAL OF THE BITTER APPLES SO MUCH TO HEART SAID CECILY REPROACHFULLY YES I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME GOOD IN SOME KINDS OF PRAYING BUT NOT IN THAT KIND SAID DAN STURDILY OH IF I HAD ONLY BEEN A BETTER BOY THE QUARREL WAS AS MUCH MY FAULT AS YOURS FELICITY SAID THE STORY YELL PUTTING HER ARM ROUND FELICITY WE CAN'T UNDO IT NOW BUT IF TO MORROW ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY HE MUST BE CAREFUL NEVER TO QUARREL AGAIN acc56d6b-e283-4827-9555-828551b66caa OH WASN'T DONALD TAKEN ABACK THIS WAS MORE THAN HE HAD EXPECTED NEIL HADN'T BEEN COURTING NANCY VERY LONG AND DONALD NEVER DREAMED HE WOULD PROPOSE TO HER QUITE SO SOON FIRST DONALD DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HE FELT SURE DEEP DOWN IN HIS HEART THAT NANCY LIKED HIM WHAT DO YOU CARE ANYHOW BETSY BOBBIN ASKED THE TIN WOODMAN SO LONG AS NIMY AMMY IS SATISFIED ad170852-d469-413f-a6d1-3afc6a64bacf NOW YOU'RE A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE REST AND YOU'LL LAST LONGER AND BE MORE HUMBLE WHEN HE HAD JOINED THE ARMS AND LEGS TO THE BODY ALL THIS WORK COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE THE TIME ALLOTTED THE NAVY MUST HAVE ADAPTED A LUXURY UP TO MY NEEDS SINCE I WAS ONLY CHASING MY TAIL WITH THIS LINE OF THOUGHT ad1999cd-ed67-489a-8336-bfe761da924c UNCLE ROGER BURNED HIS LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS SUCH FUN PAT IS SPLENDID HE HAS NEVER HAD A SIX BELL SINCE THAT BAD ONE I WOULD SEND HIM OVER TO BE COMPANY FOR YOU BUT AUNT JANET SAYS NO BECAUSE HE MIGHT CARRY THE MEASLES BACK I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD BUT WE MUST OBEY AUNT JANET SHE IS VERY GOOD TO US ALL BUT I KNOW SHE DOES NOT APPROVE OF ME SHE SAYS I'M MY FATHER'S OWN CHILD I KNOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING COMPLIMENTARY BECAUSE SHE LOOKED SO QUEER WHEN SHE SAW THAT I HAD HEARD HER BUT I DON'T CARE I'M GLAD I'M LIKE FATHER WHILE THEY COULD RUN MUCH FASTER THAN THE BOY THEY OFTEN STUMBLED AND FELL OR GOT IN ONE ANOTHER'S WAY SO HE MANAGED TO CATCH SEVERAL AND PRICK THEM WITH HIS THORN IT ASTONISHED HIM TO SEE HOW EASILY THE LOONS EXPLODED WHEN THE AIR WAS LET OUT OF THEM THEY WERE QUITE HELPLESS ad1b7aff-1259-4d62-8b25-48f4cafdc1de I DON'T SEE HOW YOU'LL EVER GET ACQUAINTED WITH HIM SAID FELICITY HE NEVER GOES ANYWHERE EXCEPT TO CHURCH HE JUST STAYS HOME AND READS BOOKS WHEN HE ISN'T WORKIN MOTHER SAYS HE'S A PERFECT HERMIT I'LL MANAGE IT SOMEHOW SAID THE STORY GIRL AND WE HAD NO DOUBT THAT SHE WOULD JOHN ANDREW HAD STOPPED TRYING TO HIDE HIS OWN FEAR AND THOUGH HE HAD PLENTY OF QUESTIONS OF HIS OWN HE WAS MAINLY CONCERNED WITH LOOKING FOR A MEANS OF ESCAPE ad2e3ad1-2a66-463c-acc1-cdcb5bbe225f DAN PICKED A CLUSTER AND HELD IT UP PETER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FINE ONLY KIND OF INCONVENIENT WEARING A CROWN ALL THE TIME THE PARADE OF UNIFORMS AND GUNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HAD HIM FRIGHTENED INTO A STATE WHERE HE COULD HARDLY WALK YOU CAN'T RUN A BIG CON BLOW SAVES OR MAKE BOMMERDECKS WITH IT ad32ef54-e317-4b35-82b6-34ea514f4163 I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE WOULD SAY HE RETORTEDLICITY TRIED ANOTHER TACT YOU'LL BE SURE TO GET WHIPPED IF YOU FIGHT WITH PETER SHE SAID YOU'RE TOO FAT TO FIGHT AFTER THAT NO MORAL FORCE ON EARTH COULD HAVE PREVENTED FELIX FROM FIGHTING HE WOULD HAVE FACED AN ARMY WITH BANNERS I UNDERSTAND JONAS SAID HELPLESSLY SHARP TURNED AND LOOKED AT HIM FULL IN THE FACE IN THE MAN'S BIG EYES BITTERNESS AND HOPELESSNESS GLITTERED I AM SURE YOU DO HE SAID AND TURNED AGAIN TOWARD THE DOOR THE OTHERS HE MET ONLY BRIEFLY FOR AL SHARP WAS A LITTLE WOMAN WITH THE FACE OF A WALNUT WHO LOOKED AS IF SHE HAD NEVER REALLY BEEN CHEERFUL HER SON'S DEATH HE SAW WHEN HE LOOKED INTO HER MIND HAD NOT COME AS A SURPRISE TO HER IT WAS ONE MORE UNHAPPY EVENT IN A LIFETIME IN WHICH SHE HAD EXPECTED NOTHING ELSE ad37cfa4-48e3-4f02-8d3d-de5af70378fd AND KNOWING HUMAN NATURE THE WAY I DO THAT WAS TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE TO EXPECT SOME ONE WHO OPERATED THE WAY I HAD DONE BEFORE MY CONVERSION THE FACTS I NEEDED WERE ALL NEATLY TUCKED AWAY IN THEIR PAID PO CATACOMBS EVERYBODY LOOKED SUDDENLY ALERT I CAN'T SAID SARA WITH PASSIONATE DEFIANCE BUT IF THERE HAD BEEN BEAUTIFUL WIVES HANGING UP BY THE HAIR ALL AROUND THE WALLS ad4c699b-7996-4e8f-8dc8-68a22e3b806b HE'S GONE CRIED THE BEAST WITH A LONG DRAWN SIGH OF DISAPPOINTMENT HE'S GONE AND NOW I SHALL HAVE NO BREAKFAST THE CLATTER OF THE TIN OWL'S WINGS SOUNDED ABOVE HIM AND THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR CAME TROTTING UP AND ASKED WHERE IS THE MONKEY HAVE YOU EATEN HIM SO QUICKLY WE DID NOT GO INTO THE HOUSE HOWEVER WE MET THE AWKWARD MAN IN HIS YARD AND HE GAVE US A QUARTER APIECE FOR OUR LIBRARY HE DID NOT SEEM AWKWARD OR SHY BUT THEN WE WERE ONLY CHILDREN AND HIS FOOT WAS ON HIS NATIVE HEATH HE WAS A TALL SLENDER MAN WHO DID NOT LOOK HIS FORTY YEARS SO UNWRINKLED WAS HIS HIGH WHITE FOREHEAD SO CLEAR AND LUSTROUS HIS LARGE DARK BLUE EYES SO FREE FROM SILVER THREADS HIS RATHER LONG BLACK HAIR HE HAD LARGE HANDS AND FEET AND WALKED WITH A SLIGHT STOOP ad54bc32-c13a-4f24-9052-3b5f4bf7227c IN ODIN'S BAND WAS A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN NAMED ALIN SHE WAS AS FAIR AND DELICATE AS A YOUNG BIRCH TREE IN THE SPRING AMONG DARK OLD PINES AND FIRS AND VING LOVED HER WITH ALL HIS HEART I'VE GOT TO GO QUICKLY SHE TOLD HIM I THINK GARF WILL BE ALL RIGHT NOW BUT HE MAY TAKE A NOTION TO COME BACK AND I HAVE TO SEE THAT THE GATE IS CLOSED BEFORE ad56c0e5-7e9d-47f1-905d-702eca77a60a IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM NOW IT IS PROPOSED TO MAKE IT THE SODOM AND GOMORRAH STATE PARK THEY HAVE BUILT THEM A BRIDGE OF LIGHT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE AND SET THY DECREE OF SEPARATION AT NAUGHT IT WOULD BE JUST STUPIDITY IF YOU DIDN'T ad5e5e0b-f024-4eff-a9da-bb7323124798 WHEN THEY ASSURED US SOLEMNLY THAT THEIR DREAMS ALL HAPPENED EXACTLY AS THEY DESCRIBED THEM WE WERE COMPELLED TO BELIEVE THEM BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING UP WE FELT SURE OF THAT PETER AND THE STORY GIRL CERTAINLY HAD A SECRET BETWEEN THEM WHICH THEY KEPT FOR A WHOLE FORTNIGHT VERY QUICKLY SLEEPY EYED CLERKS AND ASSISTANTS WERE BRINGING FILES AND RECORDS WE WENT THROUGH THEM TOGETHER HE APPARENTLY DID NOT BELIEVE IN PYJAMA BOTTOMS AND IT HURT ME TO SEE THE GOOSE BUMPS WRITHING ON THOSE THIN SHANKS ad67a936-a55d-495e-a4eb-82709363b3bd VERY WELL THEN YOU MAY KEEP YOUR HEAD SAID THE BEAST THEY HALTED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD AND ALLOWED WOOT TO GET HIS SUPPER FROM THE BOOT HE CARRIED IN HIS KNAPSACK I'M NOT A BIT FAIN SAID THE STORY GIRL WITH ENTIRE TRUTHFULNESS THE VIEWS WERE GOOD AND THE LECTURER WITTY ad719319-f8ff-4515-b3b1-341f33e1bb0e BUT YOU WILL SOON BE ALL RIGHT AND ABLE TO GET OUT AGAIN A HANDSOME ROBE GROWLED UNCLE ALEX I NEVER LIKED HIM I WAS ONLY A LITTLE CHAP OF TEN BUT I SAW THROUGH HIM AND I TRUST THE FEAST WILL BEAT TO YOUR LIKING BOOT LEANED FORWARD AND PICKED UP THE THORN AND WHILE THE LOONS WERE BUSILY WATCHING THE PUMP ad72ca27-fd84-4a23-9249-b0554ad1032c PAT CAME OVER BUT HIS MOST SEDUCTIVE PURRS WON NO NOTICE FROM HIS MISTRESS WHO REFUSED HERSELF THE PLEASURE OF EVEN PATTING HIM AUNT JANET COULD NOT GO DOWN THE HILL IN THE AFTERNOON TO FIND OUT HOW SARA WAS BECAUSE COMPANY CAME TO TEA THE MILLWARDS FROM MARKDALE THE COLONEL STOPPED PACING AND FACED THE RADIO MAN KEEP TRYING TO RAISE HIM RIGHT I'M GOING TO BRING US DOWN TO FORTY THOUSAND FEET AND SEARCH THE AREA WHERE HE WENT DOWN IT'S WASTE A ROCKET FUEL TOTALING AROUND IN THE ATMOSPHERE HE MUTTERED DISAPPEARING THROUGH A BULKHEAD DOOR ad878c52-1047-4b11-80cd-4e69d0757cc6 SARA DID YIELD WHEN THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE ENTREATED IT WAS NOT EASY TO RESIST ITS TEMPTATION EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO THAT EVENING WHEN WE STARTED FOR THE SCHOOLHOUSE SARA RAY WAS AMONG US DECKED OUT IN BORROWED PLUMES ENOUGH ACCIDENTS HAPPENED TO US POOR LOONS AS IT IS MY ADVICE IS TO CONDEMN AND PERPORATE EM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ad9f634d-31d8-4f35-bdb7-2d8573373cce MEAT POOH YOU'RE NO GOOD I CAN'T EAT MEAT GRUMBLED THE BEAST AND PASSED ON TO POLYCHROME SWEETMEATS AND PERFUME COBWEBS AND DEW NOTHING TO EAT IN A FAIRY LIKE YOU SAID THE CREATURE NOW WHAT EARTHLY GOOD COULD I GET FROM YOUR THREE BY SIX SCHOOL LIBRARY NONE WHATEVER BUT I SHALL MAKE YOU A FAIR OFFER I HAVE HEARD FROM MY HOUSEKEEPER'S URCHIN OF A SON THAT YOU ARE A MASTER HAND TELL STORIES TELL ME ONE HERE AND NOW AND I SHALL PAY YOU IN PROPORTION TO THE ENTERTAINMENT YOU AFFORD ME ada8a6c6-7d75-4158-9145-52d8c983ffa6 ALSO ON MONDAY'S NECESSARILY BEFORE CHARLEY MACK'S VISIT JEFF MUST ASSEMBLE HIS SMUGGLED COMMUNICATOR KEPT DISMANTLED AND HIDDEN FROM SUSPICIOUS LOCAL LIES AND REPORT TO EARTH INTEREST CONSOLATE HIS PROGRESS DURING THE CYCLE JUST ENDED SOMETHING LIKE LIKE BLUEBEARD'S CHAMBER SUGGESTED FELIX IN A SCARED TONE OH NO NO NOTHING LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND BUT IF THERE HAD BEEN BEAUTIFUL WIVES HANGING UP BY THE HAIR ALL AROUND THE WALLS I DON'T BELIEVE MISSUS GRIGGS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE ASTONISHED adc380eb-09d1-44dc-9c45-12d3fae52829 YOU TWO MISS A GREAT DEAL BY NOT EATING HE SAID TO HIS COMPANIONS IT IS TRUE RESPONDED THE SCARECROW WE MISS SUFFERING FROM HUNGER WHEN FOOD CANNOT BE HAD AND WE MISS A STOMACH ACHE NOW AND THEN OH DOCTOR MY SON HAS SWALLOWED A MOUSE HE CRIED WHAT SHALL I DO TELL HIM TO SWALLOW A CAT ROARED THE POOR DOCTOR AND SLAMMED HIS DOOR NOW IF UNCLE ROGER HAD SWALLOWED ANY NEEDLES MAYBE IT WOULD MAKE IT ALL RIGHT IF HE SWALLOWED A PINCUSHION adcd07b9-d396-4a9b-8c5b-a849e558f35d THAT HE HAD INSPIRED US WITH SOME OF HIS OWN DEEP SEATED AFFECTION FOR IT THERE WAS ENOUGH GLAMOUR OF THE UNKNOWN ABOUT IT WAS THE OLD WHITEWASHED HOUSE DRY EYED WITH SUCH COURAGE AS THEY MIGHT THEY FACED WHATEVER MIGHT BE IN STORE FOR THEM PECKS OF THEM MUST HAVE BEEN DEVOURED IN CARLISLE THAT SUMMER add54b77-753f-48e7-a198-beff1ac07d8b IT FOUND ROTS IN HIS DAILY RAMBLES OVER THE LITTLE ISLAND GRANTED HIM BY THE TOWNSHIP FOR THE PAINTING HE HAD BEGUN AS A BLIND TO HIS ASSIGNMENT AND IF HE LOOSED HIS CLASP EVER SO LITTLE HE WAS AFRAID SHE WOULD FALL SO WEAK AND TREMBLING WAS SHE FROM HER DREADFUL FRIGHT adeaced5-e69b-48a2-a634-ed1f8cdbcc5d I GLANCED DOWN AT THE PAPERS IN MY HAND AND SLOWLY TURNED THE FIRST DIAL ON THE LITTLE INSTRUMENT BOARD NARROWLY WATCHING THE HAND OF THE METER BESIDE IT AS VIC HAD INSTRUCTED UNCLE ROGER WHO HAD BEEN SUMMONED FROM HIS OWN PLACE WENT AT ONCE FOR THE DOCTOR TELLING PETER TO GO DOWN THE HILL FOR MISSUS RAY PETER WENT BUT RETURNED ACCOMPANIED BY SARA ONLY MISSUS RAY AND JUDY PINEAU WERE BOTH AWAY adf01379-bb46-4b56-85e3-a9a72e1c509b YOU LOOK COLD SAID DONALD IN HIS GREAT HEARTY VOICE SIT DOWN NEARER THE FIRE MAN AND PUT A BIT OF WARMTH IN YOUR VEINS IT'S A BITTER COLD THE DAY K FELICITY'S LETTER DEAR PETER AUNT OLIVIA SAYS FOR US ALL TO WRITE A COMPOUND LETTER TO CHEER YOU UP SO I RETURNED JOYFULLY TO MINNIE ANMIE WHO WAS MUCH PLEASED WITH MY GLITTERING LEGS AND PROMISED THAT WHEN WE WERE WET SHE WOULD ALWAYS KEEP THEM OILED AND POLISHED adf217e2-b9b7-4e23-af9c-df81bdca1f7e FIRST HOW'D YOU SPOT RIGHT AWAY WHERE THEY'D HIDDEN THE DELPHINIS MOST RACES CALL THEMSELVES SOMETHING MEANING THE PEOPLE WHAT IF THE DELPHINIS JUST CRASHED HERE JUST LET'S ALL SIT STILL AND COUNT A HUNDRED BEFORE WE SAY ANOTHER WORD I THINK IT'S AWFUL FOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO BE ALWAYS QUARRELLING SIGHED CECILY adf84368-3945-4325-b931-2e570cb8e6c5 OH I WISH I HAD MINDED WHAT MAR SAID BETTER I ON THE PRECEDING MONDAY FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL HAD QUARRELLED OVER SOMETHING NEVER MENTIONED YOUR NAME I NEVER PRAYED THAT YOU COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE I JUST PRAYED THAT I'D BE THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD ae07f51c-8432-48a5-81db-4e85d842c94e WELL THERE WE SIT AND WRITE IN OUR DREAM BOOKS AND UNCLE ROGER PASSES BY AND ACCUSES US OF BEING UP TO DEATH TO VERY BAD MISCHIEF THESE ARE THE PLANS FOR AN ORDINARY PASSENGER FREIGHTER THAT IS ALL I KNOW HIS WORDS HAD THE SIMPLE INNOCENCE OF A YOUNG CHILD'S WAS HE EVER CAUGHT ae0806bf-9a2b-47ed-a78d-30628aeca8dc AS WE SAT THERE THE AWKWARD MAN PASSED BY WITH HIS GUN OVER HIS SHOULDER AND HIS DOG AT HIS SIDE PETER THIS IS BEVERLY KING AND THIS IS FELIX I LIKE TO HEAR YOU TALK SAID FELIX IN HIS GRAVE STODGY WAY ae08f87f-e810-4d49-9324-1427390f5c69 GIVE HER A GOOD DOSE OF MEXICAN TEA AND TRY THAT FIRST SAID AUNT JANET I'VE SAVED MANY A DOCTOR'S BILL IN MY FAMILY BY USING MEXICAN TEA PETER AS WAS TO BE EXPECTED TOOK FELICITY'S PART AND SAID THE STORY GIRL OUGHT TO SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE SHE WAS THE OLDEST THAT HE SAID HAD ALWAYS BEEN HIS AUNT JANE'S RULE SARA RAY THOUGHT FELICITY SHOULD SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE THE STORY GIRL WAS HALF AN ORPHAN FELIX TRIED TO MAKE PEACE BETWEEN THEM AND MET THE USUAL FATE OF ALL PEASE MAKERS ae106e60-f570-402b-8a6a-2ebefdcb0b5f GAR STAGGERED ACROSS THE DECK UNTIL HE BROUGHT UP AGAINST THE RAIL HOLDING HIS JAW AND SHAKING HIS HEAD MUZZILY FARMER BRACED HIMSELF FOR RETALIATION HOPING IT WOULD BE SOMETHING LESS THAN A BOLT OF BARBED LIGHTNING BUT GARF REMAINED UNPREDICTABLE HE MUMBLED SOMETHING THAT WASN'T ALL THE HELL WITH IT BUT SOUNDED LIKE IT AND SOFTLY AND SILENTLY SLID OVERBOARD HE DISAPPEARED UNDER WATER WITH SCARCELY A RIPPLE WHEN I HEARD THE STORY GIRL READ IT I MADE A SECRET COMPACT WITH MYSELF THAT I WOULD TRY TO DESERVE SUCH AN EPITAPH I WISH I HAD A FAMILY PLOT SAID PETER RATHER WISTFULLY I HAVEN'T ANYTHING YOU FELLOWS HAVE THE CRAGS ARE JUST BURIED ANYWHERE THEY HAPPEN TO DIE ae13a489-ab6f-4288-88c3-f7f5d85b4346 AND AT THE SAME TIME HAD BACKED OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL ITS LEVIATHAN TAIL SPANNED THE HUNDRED ODD YARDS OF SLOPING BEACH FROM SURF TO CABIN WE SAT THERE AND TALKED UNTIL THE FIRST STAR LIGHTED A WHITE TAPER OVER THE BEACH HILL ae1f7b99-89d8-400e-89b3-b76c862411d6 I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH FOR JAMES' WIFE BUT OF COURSE WE MUST DO JUST AS RACHEL WISHED I DECLARE HERE'S A DOZEN TIN PATTY PANS SO DOES AUNT OLIVIA YES BUT LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SIZE OF THE PIECES AND AUNT OLIVIA ONLY GIVES YOU SKIM MILK MY MOTHER GIVES US CREAM WHEN SHE CAME FROM THE PALACE WITH DOROTHY THEY BOTH CLIMBED INTO THE RED WAGON AND THEN THE LITTLE DOG TOTO RAN UP AHEAD AND ASKED ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE ME BEHIND DOROTHY ae21c463-8d28-4265-9db0-ea3290d5c12f THERE'S A SHIP OVERHEAD THAT COULD SPLIT OPEN YOUR PLANET WITH ONE BOMB WASH IT WITH MOLTEN ROCK IT WOULD RUN LIKE THE GLASS YOU USED FOR YOUR BUILDINGS JINIFER TURNED SUDDENLY FIRM NO I WON'T LET THIS EYE INFORMER KNOW ABOUT THAT THE SERIMIANS WERE FIRMER IT WILL NOT MATTER NOW ae2abec8-d806-4a0b-809e-b32e0bd645f5 LET US GO AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT IT IS NOTHING OF THE SORT SAID MISTER MARWOOD INDIGNANTLY BUT THEY WOULD NOT YIELD JEFF HAD A GLIMPSE OF SLANTED RED EYES AND A WHITE FANGED SNOUT BEFORE REFLEX SENT HIM HEADLONG TO SHOULDER THE DOOR SHUT AGAIN ae2b8b6c-b4ce-4ade-b7e8-bd2efb1a72be WORSE THAN ANY DESERT ON EARTH HE DRAGGED THE SURVIVAL KIT FROM BEHIND THE SEAT AND PULLED OUT SOME RATIONS A FIRST STAID KIT BUT FINALLY HE SAID IN A SERIOUS TONE OF VOICE NONE COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND THEY FOLLOWED IT FOR SOME TIME ae3c53ed-4272-45ed-89f5-265603f05eaf THE GOVERNMENT WAS INVOLVED FOR SHORE BUT ONLY AS A PAWN NO LITTLE PLANET BOUND POLITICAL MIND COULD HAVE DREAMED UP A SCHEME AS BIG AS THIS I SMELLED A RAT A STAINLESS STEEL ONE THE ICE WERE IN THE HEADS OF ENORMOUS BEASTS WHOSE BODIES TRAILED FAR BEHIND THEM EACH BEAST WAS BIGGER THAN AN ELEPHANT AND THREE TIMES AS LONG AND THERE WERE A DOZEN OR MORE OF THE CREATURES SCATTERED HERE AND THERE ABOUT THE CAVERN ae3f4064-3c3e-427e-8288-ef8ca47bbce9 AND THEN HE JUST PREACHED THE SERMON OVER AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING IT IS SAID THAT THAT PARTICULAR MAN WAS NEVER KNOWN TO BE LATE FOR CHURCH AGAIN OUTSIDE IN THE OAT FIELD THEY ARE ALWAYS CHASING EACH OTHER THEY ARE THE WILD SHADOWS THE SHADOWS IN THE ORCHARD ARE THE TAME SHADOWS DORA LAUGHED A TINKLY LAUGH AND CAME INTO HIS WAITING ARMS DARLING'S HE COOED WHAT A THING TO SAY I ACTUALLY BELIEVE YOU'RE JEALOUS AND YOU KNOW I ONLY LOVE YOU ae7fe65e-3f8d-4ad7-b392-2978d9c621bc THERE ARE POLAR OCEANS THE SURGICAL SCARS ON HIS NECK WHERE THE MICRO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN INSERTED I PULLED THE EYE STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY AND THREW IN THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THAT WOULD RETURN IT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE SHIP ae82e115-5ea2-4520-9a98-dcdf478107c9 THESE GOONS PROBABLY HAVE THE DELPHINEST ACCORDING TO OUR BEST GUESS A L I E N I CAME UP THOSE GAR SAID CRADLING HIM IN HER ARMS SHE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN THE FEAST MAN RAISED HIS ARM IN ONE OF THE NOW FAMILIAR GESTURES ae9bc217-d3bd-4950-91b7-477459bd6948 I NOTICE THAT YOU ARE AS FOND AS ANY ONE OF WHAT IS BAKED IN THEM SAID AUNT JANET THE STORY GIRL GOT THE BLUE CANDLESTICK AND FELICITY AND CECILY EACH GOT A PINK AND GOLD VASE SO BEING ALL OF ONE MIND THEY TURNED SOUTHWARD TRAVELLING STEADILY ON UNTIL THE WOODS WERE LEFT BEHIND AND THE LANDSCAPE TURNED FROM PURPLE TINTS TO BLUE TINTS WHICH ASSURED THEM THEY HAD ENTERED THE COUNTRY OF THE MUNCHKINS ae9e7ce4-0464-45f8-87d2-d253ec8b4079 AT THIS DECLARATION OF PEACE THE BEAR GOT UP UPON HIS FEET AND THE OWL RESUMED HIS PERCH UPON THE CHAIR AND THE MONKEY CREPT OUT OF THE FIREPLACE GINGER LOOKED AT WOO CRITICALLY AND SCOWLED IT'S JUST LIKE SPRING ISN'T IT ASKED FELICITY THE STORY GIRL SHOOK HER HEAD NO NOT QUITE aea95f43-d535-483e-88a8-534a0c19a299 I EXPECTED SHE'D SING AND TALK AND WE'D HAVE GOOD TIMES TOGETHER BUT SHE HAS PROVED NO COMPANY FOR ME AT ALL EVER SINCE THE MOMENT OF HER TRANSFORMATION SHE HAS REFUSED TO SPEAK A SINGLE WORD THE THING HAD STOPPED MOVING STRADDLING A RAIL BEHIND IT AND SIMILARLY DRIPPING WAS A MY GOD IT HE LOOKED ALMOST LIKE A MAN AND THAT ONLY MADE THE DIFFERENCE WORSE THE DETAILS RESOLVED AS FARMER STARED AT HIM aeb628c5-4957-4a29-b608-81c8d2c73972 A RICH MAN IN TORONTO HAD A FLORAL CLOCK IN HIS GARDEN I SAID OH I WISH WE HAD ONE HERE EXCLAIMED CECILY SHE SAYS SHE HE KEEPS IT VERY NEAT FARMER CHANGED HIS MIND AGAIN ABOUT RAY'S BEING CRACKED STRAIGHTENED OUT HIS FACE AND LICKED HIS LIPS AND ALREADY BEGINNING TO MAKE A PUDDLE ON THE DECK aeb7450a-8595-448d-bc0f-72871ca93e6c BUT NAN THOUGHT DIFFERENTLY AND THEY SAT LATE TOGETHER LAST NIGHT AND TWAS A BONNY STORY NAN WHITE ME TO HEAR WHEN SHE CAME TO BED THE STORY OF A BRAW LOVER WHO LED HIS SECRET OUT WHEN THE WHISKEY WAS ABOVE THE WIT AND THEN FELL ASLEEP WHILE HIS RIVAL WAS AWAY TO WOO AND WIN HIS LASS SEE THIS IS THE VERY TREE I WAS CHOPPING AT THE TIME I RESTED YOU CANNOT BE FAR FROM YOUR OLD HOUSE IN THAT CASE SAID WOUT aecbe0ea-50b2-4208-b2f3-d8c190c393fe HE MADE A QUICK NOTE ON HIS SECRETARY PLATE USING THE MOTION TO COVER MY FLICKING A COIN GRENADE TOWARD THEM AS WELL AS A ONE HUNDRED CREDIT FINE FOR FIRING A SOLAR INSIDE A BUILDING EVEN THE GUARDS SEEMED STUNNED AND I TORE MY WAY THROUGH THEM WITH HARDLY A PAUSE IN MY STRIDE AND NOW SHE DON'T ANSWER aed3cbd3-c128-4010-8a6e-ef07e98c61b7 PLAINLY THERE WAS SOMETHING OUT OF THE COMMON ABOUT THE BEASTY IN A TENSE BREATHLESS SILENCE THE STORY GIRL PLACED OUR PARCELS ON THE LOWEST STEP AND LAID HER LETTER ON THE TOP OF THE PILE HER BROWN FINGERS TREMBLED AND HER FACE WAS VERY PALE DO YOU THINK WE SHALL EVER BE ABLE TO GET OUR PROPER FORMS BACK AGAIN ASKED THE GREEN MONKEY EARNESTLY aee8c40f-7231-45f3-b2f7-769f8f154254 IN THE AFTERNOON WE ALL REPAIRED TO THE ORCHARD BIBLES AND HYMN BOOKS IN HAND WE DID NOT THINK IT NECESSARY TO INFORM THE GROWN UPS OF WHAT WAS IN THE WIND YOU COULD NEVER TELL WHAT KINK A GROWN UP 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UP IN HIS WORK ROOM SO MISSUS PERWIN SAYS SHE BEING THE HOUSEKEEPER AS YOU KNOW SIR THE REPAIRS DIDN'T TAKE LONG THOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY OF GROANING FROM THE BLIND LIZARDS WHEN THEY HEARD ME RIPPING THE WALL OPEN TO GET AT THE POWER LEAGUES af09b68e-3e34-4ef2-bbff-d67549f928e6 BEFORE BRANDON COULD ANSWER THE FACE OF COLONEL TOWERS APPEARED BESIDE THE RADIO MAN'S AS HE TALKED A PICTURE FLICKERED ON THE SCREEN WHO WASN'T OBVIOUSLY MORE CAPABLE OF HELPING HERSELF THAN HE WAS FARMER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT HE WANTED TO DELAY HER af0c9fa5-9677-4f13-b7da-133d7f052df4 I'LL MANAGE IT SOMEHOW SAID THE STORY GIRL AND WE HAD NO DOUBT THAT SHE WOULD IF YOUR WORD IS AS BIG AS YOUR MOUTH I GUESS IT WILL BE SAID FELICITY CRUELLY THERE'S NOBODY HOME BUT JUDY PANOW AND ME I THINK KINGS AND QUEENS WERE THICKER LONG AGO SAID THE STORY GIRL af28bbfa-97f5-43f0-ab3e-f920eecae13e THIS IS A HISTORIC OCCASION COLONEL TOWERS WAS ANNOUNCING TO HIS CREW MELT AS YOU COMPRESS YOUR BLADES AFTER I COUNTED THE 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WHETHER SHE IS MISS BOWEN OR NOT SAID FELICITY af65afaa-94e3-42a1-8530-ae210b1399c7 IT CAUSED MUTATIONS THAT BRED TRUE A CITY WAS BUILT AROUND THE TEMPLE AND THROUGH THE CENTURIES THE PYRAMID WAS PUT UP AROUND THE BEACON A SPECIAL BRANCH OF THE PRIESTHOOD SERVED THE TEMPLE ALL WENT WELL UNTIL ONE OF THE PRIESTS VIOLATED THE TEMPLE AND DESTROYED THE HOLY WATERS BUT WHEN THE STORY GIRL WREATHED HER NUT BROWN TRESSES WITH CRIMSON LEAVES IT SEEMED AS PETER SAID THAT THEY GREW ON HER AS IF THE GOLD AND FLAME OF HER SPIRIT HAD BROKE OUT IN A CORONAL AS MUCH A PART OF HER AS THE PALE HALO SEEMS A PART OF THE MADONNA IT ENCIRCLES afa3dd6c-0a3b-4a76-896c-69db246056cd OLD E PAY FIGURES MAYBE WE COULD DO HIM A FAVOR IN THAT LINE AND THAT'S WHY HE'S ARGUING VIC SHOOK HIS HEAD QUITE GRAVELY THE DROPS ON THE SPRUCE BOUGHS GLITTERED LIKE DIAMONDS AND SHE LOOKED HER PRETTIEST AS SHE STOOD UNDER THE SWAYING BOUGHS IN THE LAST FAINT LIGHT OF THE AUTUMN DUSK AND SMILED DOWN AT OUR WOEBEGONE FACES afac706a-72d2-4a4d-8ebb-2a870fe58576 LIKE A FLOOD OF LIVING SWEETNESS AND TENDERNESS IN THAT CRADLE OF OUR FAMILY HE WANTS TO BE FELICITY'S BEAU I TOOK THE BOX OF SEED OUT OF MY TRUNK IN THE TWILIGHT ROOM AND SWALLOWED THE DECREED PINCH afb54a78-c3db-4df9-928d-a799f7c50071 JOHN ANDREW FELT A TOUCH OF JEALOUSY AT THE LITTLE MAN'S CAPABILITY IN ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE SITUATION THEN THE STORY GIRL AND I WALKED UP THE HILL TOGETHER YOU SHOULDN'T DO THIS THINK HOW SICK YOU WERE LAST NIGHT AND ALL THE TROUBLE YOU MADE FOR EVERYBODY DON'T EAT ANY MORE THERE'S A GOOD CHAP EVEN WHEN SAID TRANSGRESSOR IS ONLY A DAMSEL OF ELEVEN afb9bae7-d575-4f07-9423-4dce892e367a YOUR TRUE FRIEND CECILY KING UNCLE ALEC AND AUNTS LEFT ON MONDAY MORNING POOR AUNT JANET WAS FULL OF DISMAL FOREBODINGS AND GAVE US SO MANY CHARGES AND WARNINGS THAT WE DID NOT TRY TO REMEMBER ANY OF EM NOW I FEEL MYSELF MORE SAFE SAID THE SCARECROW BEAR A CHARMING HOUSE AND FLYING TO THE GROUND SHE TOOK A SMALL TWIG IN HER BILL afc4cf18-df07-4f83-b536-79ae2f82446a AS WOOF SPRANG UP AND THE PRISONERS HAD NO DESIRE TO HURRY HER DELICIOUS STRAW THEN FINDS HE CAN'T HAVE IT OVER WHICH LITTLE GREEN LEAVES WERE SCATTERED BUT ALL THE SAME I THINK IT'S MEAN OF UNCLE ALEC TO BE SO CROSS afdb0574-81a2-45c8-876b-02a370c3cb15 AUNT JANET WAS IN A VERY GOOD HUMOR THAT MORNING SO SHE MERELY LAUGHED AND IF ANY OF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING I DON'T JUST MENTION IT TO ME AND THE RAINBOW WAS A GREAT BRIDGE BUILT OF LIVING COLORS THE REST OF US COULD NOT SEE WHERE ANY CATCH COULD EXIST SINCE FELIX SOLEMNLY VOWED CROSS HIS HEART afe9a006-84a5-4c37-9cc2-c315b6ee18ca WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOUR STOCKINGS PETER HOWEVER I AM SURE I CAN RESTORE THE SCARECROW TO HIS ORIGINAL SHAPE HE WAS STUFFED WITH STRAW FROM THE BEGINNING EVEN THE YUKE OF WHOM MAGIC COULD NOT ALTER THAT b0078491-b0b9-40af-a957-1e5457713376 IT WAS TO MAKE FELICITY AS CLEVER AS THE STORY GIRL AND IT WAS TO MAKE THE STORY GIRL AS GOOD A COOK AS FELICITY WHAT PETER HAD BOUGHT MAGIC SEED FOR REMAINED A SECRET LONGER THAN ANY OF THE OTHERS WE ALL BECAME VERY TENSE EVEN PETER HAD TO STOP READING ANY UNACCUSTOMED SOUND OR SIGHT IN THE WORLD ABOUT US STRUCK ON OUR TAUT SENSES LIKE THE TRUMP OF DOOM b033ab38-909d-4f40-aa6c-4a2a9e38d7ea THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SMUG HE TOLD YANAS AFTER ALL YOU DID NOT DO THE JOB YOURSELF UNIMPORTANT YONAS THOUGHT THE MAN IS CONVINCED HE CAN BE TRAINED FURTHER AND JOIN THE BROTHERHOOD IT WILL TAKE TIME CLARTON SAID A FEW YEARS PERHAPS I DOUBT IT WHERE DID YOU GET THE TITLE NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS I'D RATHER NOT SAY COME OUT OF THAT COT YOU CLOWN b04349a3-bc95-4cf7-a182-a1a83714539e WHY YOU WOULDN'T TELL STORIES IN HEAVEN SAID CECILY IN A VERY TIMID VOICE NEVER A BREAKFAST DID HE SIT DOWN TO WITHOUT GRAVELY INQUIRING IF THEY WERE SURE THERE WAS NO SAWDUST IN THE PORRIDGE NOT A TWEAK OF RHEUMATISM DID HE FEEL BUT HE VOWED IT WAS DUE TO A NEEDLE TRAVELLING ABOUT HIS BODY AND AUNT OLIVIA WAS WORN TO LABEL ALL THE PINCUSHIONS IN THE HOUSE b0480323-0b98-458b-ae91-6212f02f07f8 THERE WAS NOBODY THERE BUT BETTY SHERMAN AND BETTY WAS NOT AFRAID OF HIM SHE WAS NEVER AFRAID OF ANYBODY SHE WAS VERY HANDSOME WITH HAIR AS BROWN AS OCTOBER NUTS AND BLACK EYES AND CRIMSON CHEEKS AND SHE HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITH NEIL CAMPBELL HERSELF THERE WAS INTEREST IN HIS MIND OVERLAID WITH SKEPTICISM OF COURSE BUT INTEREST ALL THE SAME THAT UNUS THOUGHT WAS A BETTER SIGN THAN HE HAD EVER DARED HOPE FOR VERY WELL HE SAID THINK OF A WORD THINK OF ANY SINGLE WORD I SHALL TELL IT TO YOU b04d390f-b09f-408e-ba57-a63ad82554fd WE MUST HAVE IT TO QUIET THE ZID UNTIL IT IS SAFELY CAGED AGAIN SO THE NEGREOUS GLORY OF PROCYON'S RISING WAS JUST TINTING THE WINDOWS OF JEFF'S COTTAGE WHEN HE ALIGNED AND ACTIVATED HIS LITTLE COMMUNICATOR ON HIS BREAKFAST TABLE NOT ONLY OUR OWN COPSE BUT THE GALACTIC FEDERATION WOULD BE ON OUR NECKS IF THEY KNEW NOW LET US KISS AND MAKE UP FARMER BLUSHED HOTLY b0588461-5800-4ee4-98e8-e294e013b2a4 THE GREAT SUN WILL BE DOWN SOON SAID TO NEWBE WE CAN CONTINUE AS SOON AS CYERANNA CRUSOE RISES CHERANNA CHERUSOE OUR SATELLITE OUR MOON SAID TO NEW IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WORD SAID ORAN CHERANNA CRUSO THE TRUSTING BUILDERS COUNTED ON THE SIGN TO DO THE WHOLE JOB FOR THERE WASN'T A TRACE OF A LOCK ON THE DOOR ONE LIZARD MERELY TURNED THE HANDLE AND WE WERE INSIDE THE BEACON I UNSIPPED THE FRONT OF MY CAMELFLAGE SUIT AND PULLED OUT THE BLUE PRINTS b0642b3f-5ab6-418f-bbf3-cb6dfdf85cc7 EVERYBODY LOOKED AT OUR PEW I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY FELICITY DID NOT DIE OF MORTIFICATION ON THE SPOT POSSIBLY NIGHT HAD BROUGHT COUNSEL TO JERRY COUN OR PERHAPS HIS MOTHER HAD PUT HIM UP TO IT AT ALL EVENTS HE ANNOUNCED TO US THAT HE COULDN'T BRING THE RED COVERED HISTORY TO SCHOOL BUT IF WE WANTED TO BUY THE PICTURE OUTRIGHT HE WOULD TEAR IT OUT OF THE BOOK AND SELL IT TO US FOR FIFTY CENTS b08b348f-cdf6-43a4-9db3-16ea7c003cfd HOWEVER MUMBLED THE SCARECROW WE ARE NOT TO BLAME FOR WHAT CANNOT BE HELPED SO LET US PUSH BRAVELY AHEAD AND SEE WHAT MAY BE SEEN IT WAS FELICITY'S FAULT CRIED CECILY WHO ALWAYS TOOK DAN'S PART THROUGH EVIL REPORT AND GOOD REPORT SHE TOLD HIM SHE GUESSED HE'D LEARNED A LESSON AND WOULDN'T DO WHAT SHE TOLD HIM NOT TO AGAIN b08bc81c-23ad-4313-b657-96f202956ddc BY THIS TIME WE WERE ALL SITTING DOWN ON THE GNARLED ROOTS OF THE SPRUCES AND THE BIG GRAY CAT CAME OVER AND MADE FRIENDS WITH US HE WAS A LORDLY ANIMAL WITH A SILVER GREY COAT BEAUTIFULLY MARKED WITH DARKER STRIPES WITH SUCH COLOURING MOST CATS WOULD HAVE HAD WHITE OR SILVER FEET BUT HE HAD FOUR BLACK PAWS AND A BLACK NOSE SUCH POINTS GAVE HIM AN AIR OF DISTINCTION AND MARKED HIM OUT AS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE COMMON OR GARDEN VARIETY OF CATS HE SEEMED TO BE A CAT WITH A TOLERABLY GOOD OPINION OF HIMSELF AND HIS RESPONSE TO OUR ADVANCES WAS SLIGHTLY TINGED WITH CONDESCENSION IN THE END HE DECIDED TO SEND US TO UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET DOWN ON THE HOMESTEAD AND OUR HOUSEKEEPER WHO BELONGED TO THE ISLAND AND WAS NOW RETURNING TO IT TOOK CHARGE OF US ON THE JOURNEY I FEAR SHE HAD AN ANXIOUS TRIP OF IT POOR WOMAN b08f35b4-e130-4758-bc3f-1a4088025bf0 THE THING WAS TOWING YOU TURNED THE CHANNEL OF HIS THOUGHT CAN YOU FISH AND SAIL JEFF AUBREY OUR SATELLITE OUR MOON SAID TO NEW IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WORD SAID ORAN NOW YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY b0a4781d-28bd-4fdd-bee2-b3c8d84751fe OH I'LL BE ALMOST AFRAID TO LOOK AT IT SAID SARA RAY TREMULOUSLY DOES GOD REALLY LOOK LIKE THIS PETER AS WAS TO BE EXPECTED TOOK FELICITY'S PART AND SAID THE STORY GIRL OUGHT TO SPEAK FIRST BECAUSE SHE WAS THE OLDEST b0aa1851-bc9e-43ab-9269-df4e081a2e53 THE SPACE YARD MANAGER WAS NAMED ROCKER AND HE WAS HAPPILY ASLEEP WHEN WE ARRIVED BUT NOT FOR LONG THE PARADE OF UNIFORMS AND GUNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HAD HIM FRIGHTENED INTO A STATE WHERE HE COULD HARDLY WALK I IMAGINE HE WAS AS FULL OF PETTY LARCENACY AS FORERO NO INNOCENT MAN COULD HAVE LOOKED SO TERROR STRICKEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION I LATCHED MY ROTORIZED LIE DETECTIVE ON TO HIM AND BEGAN SNAPPING THE QUESTIONS EVEN BEFORE I HAD ALL THE ANSWERS I BEGAN TO GET THE DRIFT OF THINGS SHE IS A MULE THEREFORE HER FATHER WAS A JACK THEREFORE HIS FATHER WAS ALSO A JACK A DONKEY IT COULD NOT BE ANY OTHER WAY MANOEL OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT THAT FOR HE HAD RAISED THE WHOLE STRAIN OF ANIMALS AND HE REMEMBERED WHO HAD BEEN WITH WHOM b0ac1df7-865c-407a-a3c5-65355b937d4e JUST THINK THOSE ARE THE VERY FROGS FATHER LISTENED TO WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY WHISPERED FELIX WE KNEW THAT THE STORY GIRL WAS THOUGHT TO RESEMBLE HIM STRONGLY IN APPEARANCE AND TEMPERAMENT BUT SHE HAD FAR MORE FIRE AND INTENSITY AND STRENGTH OF HER INHERITANCE FROM KING AND WARD b0b062ab-c7d6-4e85-968c-a58a7465cfb3 WE DRIED UP AND THE STORY GIRL WENT ON I DON'T BELIEVE PRESBYTERIANS EVER DO PENANCE SAID FELICITY DUBIOUSLY I YOU NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THINGS LIKE THAT HERE MISTER MARWOOD HAD AT LEAST THREE ABSORBED LISTENERS THE NEXT SUNDAY MORNING FELIX PETER AND I WERE ALL AMONG THE CHEELS WHO WERE TAKING MENTAL NOTES ON THE ART OF PREACHING A SERMON BESIDES THAT THERE WERE A PAIR OF BLUE SATIN SLIPPERS ON THE FLOOR BESIDE IT b0c09ab8-9100-4f95-b112-e090ffab320e A CLOUD OF POWDERY DUST SETTLED OVER HIS LEGS THE LIGHTNESS IN HIS HEAD TOLD HIM THAT HIS OXYSM WAS RUNNING OUT THE WEAKNESS IN HIS MUSCLES REMINDED HIM THAT IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE HE HAD WALKED IN THE PLANET'S GRAVITY THEN I FILLED THE FRAME WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT I WOULD NEED AND BEGAN TO WIRE THE SUIT WHEN IT WAS DONE I TRIED IT ON IN FRONT OF A FULL LENGTH MIRROR IT WAS HORRIBLE BUT EFFECTIVE THE TAIL DRAGGED ME DOWN IN THE REAR AND GAVE ME A DUCK WADDLE BUT THAT ONLY HELPED THE RESEMBLANCE b0c6d05c-9ecc-4c2a-80f2-313f80773b4a ALL RIGHT BUT JUST YOU WAIT TILL TO MORROW GROWLED DAN SUBSIDING RELUCTANTLY INTO SILENCE UNDER THE REPROACHFUL LOOKS OF THE GIRLS NANCY DIDN'T SAY SHE WOULD HAVE HIM SHE JUST LOOKED IT AND DONALD KISSED HER RIGHT THERE IN THE SNOW THE NEXT MORNING THE STORM WAS OVER THE GIRLS SAW THIS ENTRY BUT TO THEIR CREDIT BE IT TOLD THEY NEVER TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DRAM WAS AS PETER SAID THEY WERE LADIES IN THE BEST AND TRUEST SENSE OF THAT MUCH ABUSED APPELLATION b0d15e21-3370-40a1-af69-9f0bd426383a LOOK AT THAT LONG THIN LACY CLOUD UP THERE SHE SAID WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK OF GIRLS NOW WHEN THE OTHER ARCHANGELS SAW WHAT HAD BEEN DONE THEY FLEW IN FEAR AND ANGER TO GOD'S WHITE THRONE AND CRIED TO HIM SEE WHAT THESE REBELLIOUS ONES HAVE DONE THEY HAVE BUILT THEM A BRIDGE OF LIGHT ACROSS THE UNIVERSE AND SET THY DECREE OF SEPARATION AT NAUGHT b0d1e2f6-24db-42ed-8dd4-104e774322e5 RAY JUMPED NOT VERY FAR BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY DIVING SUIT STUMBLED ON ODDLY TWISTED LEGS AND COLLAPSED ON THE DECK WRITHING MOANING AND TURNING RED IN THE FACE THE DIVING HELMET CLATTERED ON THE PLANKS STAYING OUTSIDE THE ATMOSPHERE I SENT A FLYING EYE DOWN TO LOOK THINGS OVER IN THIS BUSINESS YOU LEARN EARLY WHEN AND WHERE TO RISK YOUR OWN SKIN b0fe14b4-11d4-4199-b163-211254273d09 IN ADDITION TO NINE TENTACLES CLAWS FANGS AND ANTENNAE BECAME APPARENT IT IS INDEED FORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE MET ME IMMEDIATELY UPON YOUR ARRIVAL HERE INSTANT YAWNED AND POURED HIMSELF A GLASS OF WATER FROM THE DISPENSER UNIT ABOVE THE BED I MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT DOOR WITHOUT BREAKING A STEP b119d4c0-a8d8-4ee5-a3e3-0cb145d78241 WHEN YOUR FATHER'S RUN AWAY AND YOUR MOTHER GOES OUT WASHING AND YOU'RE ONLY OLD ENOUGH TO GET FIFTY CENTS A WEEK YOU CAN'T GIVE MUCH TO THE HEATHEN BUT I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN MY AUNT JANET WAS FOND OF MISSIONS ARE THERE ANY METHODISTS HEATHENS I SUPPOSE I OUGHT TO GIVE MY BOX TO THEM RATHER THAN TO PRESBYTERIAN HEATHEN THERE WAS NO REPLY CAN'T YOU SEE HE'S RESTED JUST AS YOU WERE ONCE ASKED POLYCHROME LAUGHING AGAIN HERE NICK CHOPPER LEND ME YOUR OIL CAN A MINUTE THE TIN WOODMAN SILENTLY HANDED HER HIS OIL CAN WITHOUT WHICH HE NEVER TRAVELED AND POLYCHROME FIRST OILED THE STRANGER'S TIN JAWS AND THEN WORKED THEM GENTLY TO AND FRO TILL THIS TIN SOLDIER SAID THAT'S ENOUGH THANK YOU I CAN NOW TALK b1276e60-3982-4c6b-bc6d-33a83b971c41 THIS FITTED IN WITH WHAT I COULD MAKE OUT OF THE LOCAL RELIGION GOAT BOY STOPPED AS IF HE'D BEEN SHOT RAY TURNED ON HIM WITH A LOOK THAT WOULD HAVE SEARED THE SPHINX THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MACHINE HE SAID ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE SHOUTING THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TELEVISION THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WIRING b133e403-8266-42c2-8137-03403413c28d FOR NO WIZARD COULD USE THE NAME OF GOD NO WIZARD COULD PRAY SO THE INQUISITION SAID SO KUV SAID SNODKNUFF HAD TO SAY AND SO HE HAD TO BELIEVE SO BEFORE HE COULD FINISH E PAY WAS THRUST ASIDE BY A GROUP OF ANGRY GUARDS AND I WAS JERKED AWAY b1346ee0-f424-4fde-9817-918c768a5944 AND SHE WAS SMART IF FATHER UD HALF HER GET UP AND GIT I WOULDN'T BE A HIRED BOY TO DAY SHE SHRIEKED CRIED LAUGHED AND FLUNG HERSELF ABOUT THEY WORE NO CLOTHES ON THEIR PUFFY BODIES THAT IS NOT KIND OF THEM DECLARED THE TIN WOODMAN AND SOMETIMES FLUTTERED ON AHEAD OF THE PARTY b1389dcd-d80d-4d32-944e-b80585fb4c7c I WONDER IF IT IS TRUE THAT HE WRITES POETRY MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS IT IS SHE SAYS SHE HAS SEEN HIM WRITING IT IN A BROWN BOOK IT WAS AS IF A BLAST FURNACE HAD SUDDENLY OPENED BESIDE HIM HE WOULD NOT ALLOW FARMER EVEN CLOSE TO THE LATTER b13d216a-1c7a-41b3-985f-0ebf3663ee1f LETTING ALL KINDS OF CATS OUT OF THE BAG IN HER EXCITEMENT AND ALARM THAT MEEKEST AND MILDEST OF GIRLS WAS IN THE HABIT OF DREAMING TRULY TERRIBLE THINGS HAVEN'T ANYTHING YOU FELLOWS HAVE EVERYBODY LOOKED AT OUR PEW HE WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT b152c48b-d357-4e8e-a150-ba5a1b87dea3 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT WE OPENED THE BLUE CHEST SAID THE STORY GIRL AND ALL THE THINGS WERE THERE THE BLUE CHINA CANDLESTICK ONLY IT WAS BRASS IN THE DREAM AND THE FRUIT BASKET WITH THE APPLE ON IT AND THE WEDDING DRESS AND THE EMBROIDERED PETTICOAT YOU DON'T LIKE IT LOOK SAID ORAN THERE MUST BE ANOTHER WAY b1532c21-bab6-4e63-830c-9a2cfc8f6b8b WHEN TEN O'CLOCK STRUCK AUNT JANET CAME INTO THE KITCHEN REMARKING INNOCENTLY THAT IT HADN'T SEEMED ANY TIME SINCE NINE WE MUST HAVE LOOKED HORRIBLY GUILTY BUT NONE OF THE GROWN UPS SUSPECTED ANYTHING WELL SINCE YOU'RE SURE OF THAT LET'S START RIGHT AWAY PROPOSED THE BEAR IT'S A LONG JOURNEY AT THE BEST BUT I AND I'M GETTING TIRED OF WALKING ON FOUR LEGS b161a075-5ae6-4f87-912f-e858124cfd7a HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES HE SAYS MARTIN CAN'T CALL HIS SOUL HIS OWN SINCE HE WAS MARRIED AND IN THE EVENING THEY WOULD LEAD THE SHEEP HOME TOGETHER AND THROUGH IT ALL THE BLISSFUL PURRS OF PATTY WHO SAT ON THE WINDOW SILL BEHIND THE STORY GIRL RESOUNDED THROUGH THE DIN LIKE ANDREW MACPHERSON'S BASS JUST A BURROW OF THE HALE TIME HER VOICE WOULD HAVE MADE THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE CHARMING b1691744-5877-47e4-b701-6369632ba4a4 IT'S LUCKY THERE IS ENOUGH OLD BREAD TO DO TO DAY THIS WILL GO TO THE HENS BUT IT'S AN AWFUL WASTE OF GOOD FLOUR THE STORY GIRL CREPT OUT WITH FELIX AND ME TO THE MORNING ORCHARD WHILE DAN AND PETER WENT TO DO THE BARN WORK HE HAD FINISHED THOSE JUST DESCRIBED BEFORE DOOR SAID ALL RIGHT GARF FUN SPUN NOW LET US KISS AND MAKE UP AFTER ALL IT'S ILLEGAL FOR US TO BE HERE NOT ONLY OUR OWN COPSE BUT THE GALACTIC FEDERATION WOULD BE ON OUR NECKS IF THEY KNEW b18cdde0-1f4d-4559-ade8-6e9df56ff007 THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WIRING ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE SHOUTING AND FARMER SEARCHED DAZEDLY FOR A WEAPON AND THEY WERE YELLOW TRANSPARENTS AND THEN SHE SPOKE AT LAST SHE SAID I WELL BESS OLD GIRL HERE WE ARE b18dd6c7-107d-4391-b4e1-4ce64c267457 O K STET ORDERS JUST CAME THROUGH WE USE PLAN SEA TOM GO SAYS TO BRIEF THE FIELD MAN AND JET OUT OF HERE DID YOU ASK THEM ABOUT USING ANOTHER FIELD MAN ONLY A FEW WHO REMAIN CHILDREN AT HEART CAN EVER FIND THAT FAIR LOST PATH AGAIN AND BLESSED ARE THEY ABOVE MORTALS THEY AND ONLY THEY CAN BRING US TIDINGS FROM THAT DEAR COUNTRY WHERE WE ONCE SOJOURNED AND FROM WHICH WE MUST EVERMORE BE EXILES b193ab26-a5ac-4e4d-b073-1d2510eea74c HAVE YOU ANY IDEA WHERE YOUR FATHER IS ASKED ANN SHE WAS VERY SHY AND MODEST BUT YOU KNOW A GIRL CAN LET A MAN SEE SHE LIKES HIM WITHOUT GOING OUT OF HER WAY WHEN YOU GOT THERE YOU HAD NO WAY OF SENDING WORD HOME AGAIN EXCEPT BY THE SAME PLAN WE ALL SPOKE IN LOW TONES ON THE SUBJECT b197ad05-6c34-4eff-9abb-91a74bbffe8a I PEELED MY TURNIPS ON THE BACK PORCH PUT THEM IN THEIR POT AND SET THEM ON THE STOVE THEN I WAS AT LIBERTY TO WATCH THE OTHERS WHO HAD LONGER JOBS THE KITCHEN WAS A SCENE OF HAPPY ACTIVITY THE PREPARATIONS MADE FOR THIS IMPORTANT JOURNEY WERE VERY SIMPLE A KNAPSACK WAS FILLED WITH FOOD AND GIVEN ROOT THE WANDER TO CARRY UPON HIS BACK FOR THE FOOD WAS FOR HIS USE ALONE b198d160-1f67-4f6e-a1f9-26581d538db4 PEPPET MADE A STRANGLING NOISE AND I LOOKED BACK TO HIM QUICKLY HE WAS SITTING UP NOW AND HIS FACE WAS DRY OF TEARS IN FACT HE WAS LAUGHING NOT CRYING HE WAS TRYING TO BE FAIR AND CONSIDERATE OF MY VIEWS AND NOT SUCCEEDING IN THE SLIGHTEST IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HE GROWLED SURE I'M MANUEL JUST LIKE I LEFT THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO YOU CAN'T BE MANUEL SHRUNK THREE FEET AND TWO HUNDRED POUNDS AND AGED A MILLION b1a29941-8855-4dfe-9205-c8ea5ca8637d NOT THAT THEY'D HAVE KEPT ME FROM GETTING BORED FOR LONG BUT YOURS LOOKS AS IF IT'S GOING TO BE SLIGHTLY AMUSING AT LEAST GOOD GRACIOUS I DON'T KNOW SAID HE HELPLESSLY YOU'VE BEEN SO DEEP IN THAT WRETCHED BOOK THAT HE'S GOT OUT AND DEAR KNOWS WHERE HE IS CRIED FELICITY DISTRACTEDLY b1bbd4c8-1e6b-4c54-bca0-bec912d968dc YONAS MADE CONTACT TWICE WITH CLARTON WHO TOLD HIM OVER AND OVER TO WAIT TO DO NOTHING THE NEXT MOVE IS COMING SOON DO NOTHING TO HURRY IT YOU CAN ONLY UPSET THE NATURAL COURSE OF EVENTS WHICH IS UNWISE YUNUS THOUGHT BITTERLY AND RISKY AND VERY PROBABLY IMPIOUS AS WELL GHOST STORIES ARE MORE COMFORTABLE IN DAYTIME SAID FELIX THE STORY GIRL BEGAN IT AND WE LISTENED AVIDLY b1d59553-c9cf-4b4f-8c81-2872dbc438cc NIGHT HUNTING PREDATOR ACCUSTOMED TO DROPPING UPON ITS VICTIMS FROM ABOVE NO OTHER TYPE OF CREATURE EVER HAS HAD THE VERTICAL SLIT AND TO NUBES AND HIMSELF THAT THE DELPHINEUS WAS HIDDEN IN THE BEST PLACE IN ALL THEIR HISTORY HISTORY THERE'D BE A HIGH PLACE SHE WAS VERY SMALL AND VERY SWEET SHE HAD SOFT BROWN EYES THAT WERE TOO TIMID TO LOOK STRAIGHT AT ANYBODY LIKE CECILY'S THERE AND LONG SLEEK BROWN CURLS LIKE MINE AND SHE HAD A TINY BERTH MARK LIKE A PINK BUTTERFLY ON ONE CHEEK RIGHT HERE b1dd8170-f24d-400a-83ca-8ab69dd2030e I KNOW A STORY ABOUT MARTIN FORBES'S GRANDFATHER SAID THE STORY GIRL LONG AGO THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHOIR IN THE CARLISLE CHURCH JUST A PRESENTOR YOU KNOW HOW KISSING WAS DISCOVERED AN AUGUST EVENING CALM GOLDEN DUWLESS CAN BE VERY LOVELY b1f7f9fa-5e11-45de-bd2e-9120581cd910 WE THOUGHT HIM A REGULAR WONDER WE LOVED TO HEAR HIM PREACH BUT WE DIDN'T LIKE TO HEAR HIM PRAY BECAUSE HE ALWAYS INSISTED ON PRAYING FOR EACH OF US BY NAME AND IT MADE US FEEL WRETCHEDLY UNCOMFORTABLE SOMEHOW ALEC DO YOU REMEMBER HOW FURIOUS JULIA WAS BECAUSE EDWARD PRAYED ONE DAY THAT SHE MIGHT BE PRESERVED FROM VANITY AND CONCEIT OVER HER SINGING ALL SHE DID WAS TO POINT ONE FINGER AT HIM AS SHE SPOKE BUT IMMEDIATELY THE FORM OF THE TIN WOODMAN BEGAN TO CHANGE AND IN A FEW SECONDS NICK CHOPPER THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO AN OWL WITH EYES AS BIG AS SAUCERS AND HOOKED BEAK AND STRONG CLAWS BUT HE WAS STILL TIN HE WAS A TIN OWL WITH TIN LEGS AND BEACON ISAB FEATHERS b2067d9c-dba5-4a22-8582-e01e11a136a9 EVEN CHILDREN CANNOT DEVOUR MINCE PIE AND COLD FRIED PORK HAM AND FRUIT CAKE BEFORE GOING TO BED WITH ENTIRE IMPUNITY AUNT JANET HAD FORGOTTEN TO WARN UNCLE ROGER TO KEEP AN EYE ON OUR BEDTIME SNACKS AND WE ATE WHAT SEEMED GOOD UNTO US YOU ARE TOO SOFT AND FLIMSY SAID THE TIN WOODMAN YOU ARE TOO HARD AND STIFF SAID THE SCARECROW AND THIS WAS AS NEAR TO QUARRELLING AS THE TWO FRIENDS EVER CAME b20b6fbf-932b-4f1d-9716-0f2b798691be SHE PRAYED FOR IT YOU KNOW SAID FELIX AFTER SARA HAD GONE HOME THAT'S TOO EASY A WAY OF EARNING MONEY GRUMBLED PETER RESENTFULLY IF THE REST OF US HAD JUST SET DOWN AND DONE NOTHING ONLY PRAYED HOW MUCH YOU SUPPOSE WE'D HAVE IT DON'T SEEM FAIR TO ME HE TOLD FELICITY AND FELICITY TOLD ME SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT IT WAS REAL CUTE OF HIM b2159eb8-ef3b-499c-b88a-711f40cd729f NEIL TALKED ON AND ON AND OF COURSE HE SOON BEGAN TO TELL THINGS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WISER NOT TO TELL THE CORPS SUPPOSEDLY MADE GOOD USE OF MEN LIKE MYSELF TO GET RID OF THE MORE ANTISOCIAL TYPES THAT INFEST THE UNIVERSE I WAS ALREADY DRESSED FOR MY ROLL AND OUT OF THE SHIP BEFORE THE LANDING BRACES STOPPED VIBRATING b229e684-0507-46af-a8bd-b39c69e8fd3c SOMETHING NUDGED THE COTTAGE WITH A FORCE THAT ALL BUT KNOCKED IT FLAT SAID CHAFFY FOUR HIS KNEES SHOOK AND PERSPIRATION CRAWLED COLD ON HIS FACE I WISH MY HEAD WOULD STOP ACHING I WISH MA HAD NEVER GONE AWAY I WISH YOU'D LEAVE FELICITY ALONE DAN IT'S BEEN A HORRID DAY ALL THROUGH SAID FELICITY DREARILY AS WE CLIMBED THE STAIRS b231fd41-dd1d-488c-a7d1-b8bf1cc6f6ee CICELY PESTERED OUR AUNT JANET'S LIFE OUT ASKING REPEATEDLY MAR WILL YOU BE GOING TO PRAYER MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT MAR WILL YOU BE PRESERVING RASPBERRIES NEXT WEEK AND VARIOUS SIMILAR QUESTIONS THEY ARE ALL AROUND ME ONCE MORE BUT I GUESS I OVERDID IT BECAUSE I GOT REAL SICK AND COULDN'T SLEEP AT ALL THINK OF THE GAMES WE CAN HAVE b241e67e-7584-4076-9750-ec08944f8c92 SARA WHO HAD NOT ENJOYED THE EXHIBITION AT ALL SEEMED TO FEEL MORE CHEERFUL WHEN IT WAS OVER AND SHE WAS GOING HOME THE STORY GIRL ON THE CONTRARY WAS GLOOMY THERE TO THE RIGHT IS SWEET CECILY OF THE DEAR BROWN EYES WITH A LITTLE BLOATED DICTIONARY BESIDE HER FOR YOU DREAM OF SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN'T SPELL OR BE EXPECTED TO SPELL WHEN YOU ARE ONLY ELEVEN b247f9f1-6410-4d4f-85d4-96bef911f916 MEANWHILE PRAYED OUT LOUD AS THEY CLIMBED THE PURGATORIAL SCARP ABOVE LOST SOLCE CREEK AND MILLER AND I STOLE THE LISTS OF NAMES AND RAN AWAY AM GOING SOME DAY SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY THE PICTURES AND SKETCHES HE SENT HER NOR WERE WE THE ONLY VICTIMS b24b8823-2e4f-4eb1-9995-d7cf887b3c80 PRESENTLY THEY WERE SCATTERED BY AN ABRUPT AND STARTLING QUESTION FROM PETER HE MIXED THE POWDER IN LARD AND SPREAD IT ON HIS PAWS AND HIS SIDES AND HE'LL LICK IT OFF THE IMAGE BLINKED FOCUSED AND A GREAT DAMP PYRAMID SWAM INTO VIEW THERE WERE A FEW MINUTES WHILE THE WATER BEGAN TO GURGLE DOWN THROUGH THE DRY PIPE b257e226-dfc6-4241-b507-5d2371c0e0a9 THE WICKED GIANTESS WAS WELL AWARE WHEN SHE GAVE YOU THE FORM OF A GREEN MONKEY THAT THE GREEN MONKEY MUST EXIST THIS WAS ALWAYS A KEEN DELIGHT TO US SMALL FRY WE LISTENED AVIDLY TO THE TALES OF OUR UNCLES AND AUNTS IN THE DAYS WHEN THEY TOO b25a20e8-7ad9-4e56-838e-39c0c888b6a4 AND ACTUALLY DOES NOTHING UNTIL RELEASED IN SOME FORM OR OTHER INVERTED TREES WITH WIDE SPREADING BRANCHES SINCE WE WERE ALONE IT TOOK NO GREAT FEAT OF INTELLIGENCE TO FIGURE IT WOULD BE ME THE OLD MAN LEANED OVER HIS DESK BREATHING INTO MY FACE b25de2aa-b4e4-4111-a452-dd0a3b8cf577 CAN NEVER GET USED TO THE WAY YOU MENTION THE THE THAT NAME COMPLAINED FELICITY THAT WAS A FINE TOUCH THAT I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT LOONVILLE LOOKS LIKE REMARKED THE TIN WOODMAN I WAS KNOWN AS CAPTAIN FIGHTER b271a044-f4e2-4e0c-96e4-5f0ca5ef1265 SHE IS AN OLD WOMAN NOW AND NEARLY SEVENTY FIVE OH SAID FELICITY IN A SHOCKED TONE WHEN UNCLE ROGER HAD PASSED BY UNCLE ROGER SWORE OH WHEN SHE GOES TO BED MISSUS EWPE HANGS HER APRON ON THE BED POST YOU NEED NOT CONSIDER CHOP BITE AT ALL REPLIED THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL RULER OF OZ b271aeeb-e09e-45f5-b160-d005f7b1669d ON THAT DAY THE GATES OF EDEN ARE SHUT BEHIND THEM AND THE AGE OF GOLD IS OVER HENCEFORTH THEY MUST DWELL IN THE COMMON LIGHT OF COMMON DAY FARMER'S MIND WORKED CHAOTICALLY b27b335e-cb42-4e49-b592-16aa6dc968f5 I KEPT THE GUN ON HIM AND NEITHER OF US MOVED WHILE THE NAVY SHIPS PULLED UP AND THEIR BOOTS STAMPED OUTSIDE I HAD CAPTURED MY BATTLESHIP AND THE RAIDS WERE OVER FELIX HAD A SIX SPELL SOON AFTER WE BEGAN OUR DREAM BOOKS AND AUNT JANET ESSAYED TO CURE HIM BY ADMINISTERING A DOSE OF LIVER PILLS WHICH ELDER FREWIN HAD ASSURED HER WERE A CURE ALL FOR EVERY DISEASE THE FLESH IS HEIR TO b29391e0-0fbb-4a3b-94c3-b282f3bcdb20 RACHEL WARD WAS FAR TOO GOOD FOR HIM ANYHOW WILL MONTAGUE WAS REALLY HANDSOME SAID THE STORY GIRL I ALWAYS LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARD SAID SARA RAY EXCTLY WHERE THAT PERSON WAS A MAN WITH A WOODEN LEG OR A TIN LEG IS STILL THE SAME MAN b2a5f201-d7ed-4585-9160-11bda6fe7af3 YES THAT'S IT AGREED PETER IT'S ALL RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE IT'S KIND OF PRAYING WITH YOUR FISTS A NEW AND COMPLICATED CAKE RECIPE A GORGEOUS COMPOUND OF A PLUMMINESS TO MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER I NEVER HEARD THAT KIND OF STRIKE BEFORE PROTESTED PETER IT b2c7331e-e633-413d-b9be-40460355be95 OF COURSE PETER WILL GO TO HEAVEN SAID THE STORY GIRL HE'S NOT GROWN UP ENOUGH TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE MY STORY IS ABOUT MISSUS DUNBAR AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE FANNY BY BRINGING OUT A PORTABLE TELEVISION SET MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG INSIDE THE DINGUS ITSELF JOHN ANDREWS SUGGESTED TENTATIVELY b2e50960-776f-4921-8345-02e0984c907c IT DOESN'T DO TO MEDDLE IN AN AFFAIR OF THIS KIND BETWEEN BOYS SAID THE STORY GIRL SAGELY WHAT DID SCHUBEN DO WHEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE HAD KILLED A KATY ASKED FELICITY FELICITY WAS SO IMPRESSED BY HIS KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMY THAT SHE DROPPED BACK FROM THE OTHER GIRLS AND WALKED BESIDE HIM b2e84d10-521e-4423-a0f7-672555696507 VERY PLEASED TO MEET YOU I AM THE GRAND DUKE SAINTE DENGELLIO THIS LAST HAD A HORROR RING AND I REALIZED MY ENTHUSIASM HAD CARRIED ME OUT OF CHARACTER IF WE GET THAT BACK WE PULL THEIR TEETH GLARED OUT THE STARBOARD PORT AND RUN HOME WITH MY TAIL BETWEEN MY LEGS b33d15de-32c0-4948-a6a7-30686b56ec0e GET THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IN HERE AT ONCE I SHOUTED AT THE INTERCOME ALSO A COUPLE OF CLERKS WITH TRANSCRIBERS AND FAST THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH THIS LAST HAD A HORROR RING AND I REALIZED MY ENTHUSIASM HAD CARRIED ME OUT OF CHARACTER I BUTTONED MY COLLAR STRAIGHTENED MY RIBBONS AND SQUARED MY SHOULDERS OH THE STORY GIRL SHOOK HER HEAD IMPATIENTLY THERE'S NO USE TRYING TO MAKE SUCH THINGS OUT WE ONLY GET MORE MIXED UP ALL THE TIME LET'S LEAVE IT ALONE AND I'LL TELL YOU A STORY b36e867c-7d54-4445-8687-bfd9293a6231 A GREAT THEORY ONLY I FELT UNCOMFORTABLY ON THE SPOT WHEN I TRIED TO PUT IT INTO PRACTICE A DRINK HILT AS DID A CIGAR PUFFING ON IT STARING AT THE SMOOTH BULKHEAD RELAXED ME A BIT OUR MOTHER HAD DIED BEFORE EITHER OF US WAS OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER HER FATHER COULD NOT TAKE US TO RIO DE JANEIRO b382fcc4-e71b-41bd-a08d-5136e02cd867 WHEN THE TWO COINCIDED WELL SOMETHING HAPPENED I WAS CONSCIOUS OF A FAINT GLOW FROM ABOVE AS I MOVED THE DIAL SLOWLY SO THAT ITS RED MARK APPROACHED THE STATIONARY ONE UPON THE PANEL I GLANCED UP SWIFTLY EACH OF THE LITTLE BLOBS OF QUARTZ WAS GLOWING EACH WITH A LIGHT OF A DIFFERENT COLOR ONE WAS A RICH AMBER ONE A PALE GREEN ONE A VIVID ELECTRIC BLUE AND ONE WAS FIERY RED THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT INCREASED STEADILY AS I MOVED THE DIAL IF YOU'D HAD TO PAY FATHER FOR ALL THE EXTRA HANDFULS OF WHEAT YOU FED TO THOSE HENS MISS FELICITY YOU WOULDN'T HAVE SO MUCH SAID DAN SPITEFULLY I DIDN'T SAID FELICITY INDIGNANTLY LOOK HOW AUNT OLIVIA'S HENS LAID TOO AND SHE FED THEM HERSELF JUST THE SAME AS USUAL b389c854-4bb7-4dd4-ac6c-3eb32f28960e AFTER I HAVE FOUND NIMI AND ME AND SHE HAS MANAGED TO CONTROL HER JOY AT OUR UNION I SHALL TAKE HER TO THE EMERALD CITY AND INTRODUCE HER TO OZMA AND DOROTHY AND TO BETSY BOBBIN AND TINY TROT AND ALL OUR OTHER FRIENDS BUT IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY POOR NIMIA ME HAS A SHARP TONGUE WHEN ANGRY AND SHE MAY BE A TRIFLE ANGRY WITH ME AT FIRST BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SO LONG IN COMING TO HER THE APPARATUS VIC HAD MENTIONED WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT IT CONSISTED PRIMARILY OF FOUR TALL SLIM POSTS SET IN THE FORM OF A SQUARE ABOUT A YARD APART AND SUPPORTED BY HEAVY COPPER BRACKETS MOUNTED ON A THICK BASE OF INSULATING MATERIAL AND EACH POST BORE AT ITS TOP LIKE A STALK WITH A SINGLE DROOPING FLOWER A DEEP HIGHLY POLISHED REFLECTOR POINTING INWARD AND DOWNWARD b38e418c-2c53-45da-be62-b987aa30ae02 THE GUARDS OPENED IT AND DRAGGED HIM THROUGH BUT TAKE HIM AWAY AND BESIDES IT WAS DIRTY AND NEXT TO IT A DELICIOUS JUICY YELLOW APPLE FROM AUNT LOUISA'S TREE SARAH CHILD COME WITH ME SAID AUNT OLIVIA BENDING OVER HER b3975b57-e1f9-4854-8b57-a560d5289e18 YOU'RE TO GO TO MORROW AND BRING IT HOME THE RED SEPTEMBER SUN HUNG LOW BETWEEN THE TALL SPRUCES TO THE WEST FINALLY SHE LOOKED UP AND WITH ONE OF HER DELIGHTFUL SMILES SAID TO THE ANXIOUS GROUP b3a228e8-565c-4723-83d9-be4ea5cf2240 DID YOU EVER FIGHT ASKED THE STORY GIRL ONCE I SAID BRIEFLY DREADING THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH PROMPTLY CAME WHAT ABOUT THAT DORA SHRUGGED b3b257e4-035e-419a-abdf-dd98c2ebcd07 AS THE SPHERE KEPT GROWING HE STARTED TO DROP BEHIND STEADILY LOSING GROUND BY THIS TIME I HAD A GENERAL RELEASE PREPARED ALONG WITH DIRECTIONS FOR USE AND FOLLOW UP WHICH HE SENT TO CENTRAL FOURTEEN THE BATTERY OF SIAMEN THERE CONTACTED THE INDIVIDUAL PLANETS AND ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS KEEP ADDING TO THE LIST OF PLANETS THEN HURRYING DOWN RAMP AFTER RAMP CORRIDOR AFTER CORRIDOR FIGHTING THE RUSHING MOB ALL THE WAY WE CAME AT LAST SHAKING WITH WEARINESS AND GASPING FOR BREATH TO THE DESERTED STREETS OF THE BLACK AND TERRIBLE CITY b3c4fe27-4059-482c-9d2f-9a859f6d0b08 I'D GIVE ANYTHING IF I'D NEVER PUT SARA UP TO GOING TO THAT SHOW SHE SAID IT'S ALL MY FAULT BUT THE PUNISHMENT FALLS ON SARA AND THAT ISN'T FAIR I'D GO THIS MINUTE AND CONFESS THE WHOLE THING TO MISSUS RAY BUT IF I DID IT IT MIGHT GET SARA INTO MORE TROUBLE AND I MUSTN'T DO THAT I SHA'N'T SLEEP A WINK TO NIGHT THE FIELDS WERE WILD AND UNCULTIVATED AND THERE WERE NO HOUSES OF ANY SORT TO BE SEEN BUT OUR FRIENDS KEPT ON WALKING EVEN AFTER THE SUN WENT DOWN HOPING TO FIND A GOOD PLACE FOR WOOT THE WANDERER TO SLEEP BUT WHEN IT GREW QUITE DARK AND THE BOY WAS WEARY WITH HIS LONG WALK THEY HALTED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD AND ALLOWED WOOT TO GET HIS SUPPER FROM THE BOOT HE CARRIED IN HIS KNAPSACK b3d14b70-28c7-43c8-a055-565e07ac8498 SHE HAD RECENTLY BEEN DIGGING INTO A COUPLE OF OLD VOLUMES OF CLASSIC MYTHS AND NORTHLAND FOLK LORE WHICH SHE HAD FOUND IN AUNT OLIVIA'S ATTIC AND FOR US GOD AND GODDESS LAUGHING NYMPH AND MOCKING SATYR NORN AND VALCURY ELF AND TROLL AND GREEN FOLK GENERALLY WERE REAL CREATURES ONCE AGAIN INHABITING THE ORCHARDS AND WOODS AND MEADOWS AROUND US UNTIL IT SEEMED AS IF THE GOLDEN AGE HAD RETURNED TO EARTH SHE CAN PUT ILL LUCK ON YOU JUST BY LOOKING AT YOU AND SHE WILL IF YOU OFFEND HER I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY DON'T YOU ALL RIGHT THEN LAST SUMMER SHE CALLED AT LEM HILLS IN MARKDALE AND HE TOLD HER TO CLEAR OUT OR HE'D SET THE DOG ON HER b3ea4ff3-0c0b-4837-bc98-f775ba15c786 THEY SMELT SO GOOD THAT HE TASTED THEM AND THEY TASTED SO GOOD THAT HE ATE THE STRANGE MEAL IN A HURRY PROVING HE HAD BEEN REALLY HUNGRY MIND YOU DON'T BREAK IT AUNT OLIVIA MUST ALWAYS WASH IT NOT YOUR MOTHER AND EVEN THE GROWN UPS WERE SORRY AND CONDESCENDED TO TAKE AN INTEREST IN OUR TROUBLES b3eb908b-bd9d-45fa-81fa-bfe028ddadc9 I TOO HAVE WONDERED WHAT BECAME OF HER BUT UNTIL WOOT THE WANDERER INTERESTED HIMSELF IN THE MATTER THE TIN WOODMAN KNEW NO MORE THAN WE DID IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN AUNT AUNT JANET WAS OVER AT UNCLE ROGER'S SEEING HIM AND AUNT OLIVIA OFF TO TOWN THE CLOCK WAS RIGHTED I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SPELLED RIGHT b4102b08-15a0-499b-ab23-62151fa1a8f0 CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE TIN WOODMAN TALKS TO HIMSELF THE TIN WOODMAN HAD JUST NOTICED THE CUPBOARDS AND WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THEY CONTAINED SO HE WENT TO ONE OF THEM AND OPENED THE DOOR IF I WAS YOU I WOULD GET THE VELVET HOOD ALL RIGHT THE HEATHEN LIVE IN WARM COUNTRIES SO THEY DON'T WANT HOODS b41b5e48-0198-446d-beb1-d51aed0fed4b IN THE MIDST OF OUR HILARITY HOWEVER UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET CAME DOWN UPON US IT IS BEST TO DRAW VEIL OVER WHAT FOLLOWED SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT THE RECOLLECTION GAVE POINT TO CECILY'S QUESTION I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE HERE AND I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO FALL IN EXPLAINED WOOD NEVERTHELESS HERE YOU ARE SAID THE GREAT DRAGON AND YOU HAVE CARELESSLY WAKENED OUR ENTIRE TRIBE SO IT STANDS TO REASON YOU MUST BE PUNISHED b41fcf5d-ae36-41ca-b71e-acbb4fb6ee02 UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE MOST TRULY EFFICIENT ENGINES OF DESTRUCTION EVER MANUFACTURED PUFFING ON IT STARING AT THE SMOOTH BULKHEAD RELAXED ME A BIT PETER HAD BEEN READING THE BIBLE STEADILY EVER SINCE WHAT WE ALWAYS REFERRED TO AS THE JUDGMENT SUNDAY ONLY INSTEAD OF TAKING THE NAMES OF FRUITS WE WERE TO TAKE THE NAMES OF BIBLE CHARACTERS b430ef85-6abd-4958-99bd-90740d1926e5 OH IT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE THINGS YOU KNOW ARE NOT TRUE IT WAS UNCLE EDWARD WHO TOLD ME THERE WERE NO SUCH THINGS AS FAIRIES I WAS JUST SEVEN HE IS A MINISTER SO OF COURSE I KNEW HE SPOKE THE TRUTH IT WAS HIS DUTY TO TELL ME AND I DO NOT BLAME HIM BUT I HAVE NEVER FELT QUITE THE SAME TO UNCLE EDWARD SINCE LD THE SIMIAN SHIP WAS PASSING IN HYPERDRIVE THROUGH A CLASSIC THREE BODY SYSTEM COMPRISING IN THIS CASE A FIERCELY WHITE SUN CIRCLED BY A FAINTER COMPANION AND A SINGLE PLANET THAT SWUNG IN PRECISE BALANCE WHEN THE CANTHORIAN ZID BROKE OUT OF ITS CAGE IN THE SPECIMEN HOLD b4494851-4a8a-47f8-87a4-a43eb6c8afb9 THE DOOR WAS PARTLY OFF ITS HINGES THE ROOF HAD FALLEN IN AND THE REAR AND THE INTERIOR OF THE COTTAGE WAS THICK WITH DUST NOT ONLY WAS THE PLACE VACANT BUT IT WAS EVIDENT THAT NO ONE HAD LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME WE ALL PRAYED FOR YOU I THINK THE OTHERS HAVE STOPPED NOW BUT I KEEP IT UP EVERY NIGHT STILL FOR FEAR YOU MIGHT HAVE A RELAPSE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS SPELLED RIGHT I HAVEN'T THE DICTIONARY HANDY AND IF I ASK THE OTHERS FELICITY WILL LAUGH AT ME THOUGH SHE CANNOT SPELL LOTS OF WORDS HERSELF b46405eb-2ca2-4e4d-909c-7bf1ce4f14c5 NEVER HEARD OF IT INSKIPP SAID AS WE TOOK THE PRIVATE DROP SHOOT TO HIS OFFICE WHICH MAY BE A GIRL BAD SIGN ONLY THE FIRST TIME TROUBLE CAME FROM SOME ALLOY SPOT I NEVER KNEW EXISTED WITH THE AUTOMATIC DISREGARD FOR OTHERS OF THE TRULY DEDICATED HE PRESSED THE SCRAMBLE BUTTON ON HIS DESK FELIX TOO FELT RESENTMENT AGAINST HER BECAUSE HE HAD LOST THE CHANCE OF PREACHING HIS SERMON AWAY TO THE EAST A SHIMMERING SILVERINESS BENEATH A PALACE OF AERIAL CLOUD FORETOKENED MOONRISE b4641773-42df-42be-98ee-6f744c7626e4 ONE GLIMPSE OF HIS FACE TOLD US THAT HE WAS NO BEARER OF GLAD TIDINGS HE HAD BEEN RUNNING HARD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RUBICUND INSTEAD HE WAS AS PALE AS ARE THE DEAD PHARAOH WAS ARRAYED IN YELLOW THE PLATE HAD A SCALLOP BORDER WITH A WREATH OF GREEN LEAVES AROUND IT MISSUS GRIGGS MAKES HIS BREAD FOR HIM AND SHE CLEANS UP HIS HOUSE NOW AND THEN b4716faf-0929-4509-95d6-810d17cc8d3a THE GIANTESS LAUGHED HEARTILY WHEN THE BOY RELATED THEIR ADVENTURES AT LOONVILLE THAT'S ALL I DON'T LIKE BEING A MONKEY THAT ISN'T FAIR WHEN YOU'RE TO BE ONE OF THE JUDGES AND WE'LL HAVE THEM TO READ AND LAUGH OVER WHEN WE'RE OLD AND GREY I TELL YOU HE'S A MIGHTY SICK CAT SAID PETER DARKLY b4725d38-addd-4cf5-9c55-4e85888646e7 ON EACH SHOULDER WAS THE MARK OF A BIG HAND BURNED INTO THE FLESH I HAD A PERFECTLY AWFUL DREAM LAST NIGHT SAID CECILY WITH A SHUDDER OF REMEMBRANCE YES INDEED ANSWERED THE BLUE RABBIT MISSUS UWPE WILL BECOME THE GREEN MONKEY I WAS GINGER b47d7198-337e-4ea3-b40b-941f9df90e70 ONCE IN A WHILE HE PAINTED A PICTURE WHICH SHOWED WHAT HE COULD DO BUT FOR THE REST HE WAS SATISFIED TO WANDER OVER THE WORLD LIGHT HEARTED AND CONTENT THEY WERE A LOW TYPE AND CONFINED TO A DISTANT CONTINENT THE IDEA THAT THE RACE WOULD DEVELOP AND MIGHT REACH THIS CONTINENT NEVER OCCURRED TO THE BEACON MECHANICS ALL I COULD DO WAS STAND AND WATCH AS HE STIRRED UP THE COALS PULLED OUT THE RUDDIEST IRON AND TURNED TOWARD ME b47d827c-fe2e-4117-b36a-606f4cad22b4 THE BOY WAS NOW FREE AND THE THORN WHICH THE LOON HAD STUCK INTO HIS LEG WAS LYING UNNOTICED ON THE GROUND WHERE THE CREATURE HAD DROPPED IT WHEN HE EXPLODED BOOT LEANED FORWARD AND PICKED UP THE THORN AND WHILE THE LOONS WERE BUSILY WATCHING THE PUMP THE BOY SPRANG TO HIS FEET AND SUDDENLY RUSHED UPON THE GROUN I WAS TALKING TO MYSELF NORMALLY BAD SIGN BUT RIGHT NOW I DIDN'T CARE THE MOOD OF SPACE PIRACY HAD SEIZED ME AND I HAD BEEN GOING ALONG FINE UNTIL THIS GLARING INCONSISTENCY JUMPED OUT AND HIT ME SQUARE IN THE EYE WHY A BATTLESHIP WHY ALL THE TROUBLE IN YEARS OF WORK TO GET A SHIP THAT TWO PEOPLE COULD JUST BARELY MANAGE WITH A TENTH OF THE EFFORT PEPEY COULD HAVE HAD A CRUISER THAT WOULD HAVE SUITED HIS PURPOSES JUST AS WELL b47e6df4-075e-4209-853e-a973d4125b76 DID YOU EVER HEAR OF SUCH GOINGS ON THERE WAS A PURE YELLOW SUNSET THAT EVENING AND THE AISLES OF THE FIR TREES WERE FLOODED WITH ITS RADIANCE WHEN HOWEVER HE TOOK TO PRAYING ABOUT IT WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PLEASURE HE STOOD FOR A SECOND AT THE CREST OF THE HILL HIS HANDS ON HIS HIPS LOOKING DOWN AT THE TOWN OF SPIRE AS IT BAKED IN THE MAY AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT b4902830-93ca-435f-88cb-9069a9ece158 HE EXAMINED THE EVIDENCE WITH CARE HE DECIDED THAT GARF'S SUPERIOR ATTITUDE AND POWERS BODED NO GOOD BUT IF THE FISH MAN ONCE BECAME SLIGHTLY IRRITATED HE WOULD SICK THE NONIPUS ON RAY AND HIMSELF DON'T YOU THINK IT HORRID BEGINNING SO YOUNG YOU AND ME WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT TILL WE WERE GROWN UP WOULD WE b4916616-f765-49a6-90ac-db1c6f4eac27 BUT WE HAD LISTENED ENTRANCED I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN THE BARE WORDS OF THE STORY AS SHE TOLD IT BUT I COULD NEVER REPRODUCE THE CHARM AND COLOR AND SPIRIT SHE INFUSED INTO IT IT LIVED FOR US BUT WHY SHOULD YOU WISH TO ESCAPE I SHALL GIVE YOU NEW FORMS THAT ARE MUCH BETTER THAN THE ONES YOU NOW HAVE BE CONTENTED WITH YOUR FATE FOR DISCONTENT LEADS TO UNHAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS IN ANY FORM IS THE GREATEST EVIL THAT CAN BEFALL YOU b4a01dd3-ae64-4389-9250-f12d12d603ac CECILY WAS ABLE TO BE OUT WITH US AGAIN THAT DAY SO PETER FELT THAT HE MIGHT VENTURE ON A GRUMBLE THE FIRST PERSON WE SAW IN THE CHURCH PORCH WAS MISSUS RAY WHICH BROUGHT THE ORGY OF WISHING TO AN END FOR THE TIME AND WAS IN THE ACT OF SITTING DOWN WHEN FELICITY'S TACTFUL SPEECH ARRESTED HIM MIDWAY b4adcd6a-eb45-4233-b125-1bb83b5e93be AND TEA IS READY AND MOTHER SENDS TO COME IN PAT PRESENTLY CAME GALLOPING UP THE ORCHARD CARRYING IN HIS MOUTH A BIG FIELD MOUSE I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN DAN IS THE POET BECAUSE HE IS SO FRECKLED AND SCREWS HIS EYES UP SO TIGHT AND IT WAS PUBLISHED IN ONE OF HIS BOOKS b4b1e305-e0f2-474c-aa32-6f99478c29b9 ANY ONE WITH LESS SELF ESTEEM THAN MYSELF WHO HAD LED A MORE HONEST EARLY LIFE MIGHT HAVE DOUBTED HIS OWN REASONING AT THAT MOMENT I DIDN'T THE SHIP ON THE WAYS STILL RESEMBLED A WARSHIP TO SIX PLACES AND KNOWING HUMAN NATURE THE WAY I DO THAT WAS TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE TO EXPECT OCCUM'S RAZOR ALWAYS POINTS THE WAY SOME OF THE APPLES HAD TO BE PICKED VERY CAREFULLY BUT WITH OTHERS IT DID NOT MATTER WE BOYS WOULD CLIMB THE TREES AND SHAKE THE APPLES DOWN UNTIL THE GIRLS SHRIEKED FOR MERCY THE DAYS WERE CRISP AND MELLOW WITH WARM SUNSHINE AND A TANG OF FROST IN THE AIR MINGLED WITH THE WOODSY ODOURS OF THE WITHERING GRASSES b4b5a101-2012-4102-b65e-d54cb7ad22fb PETER IS BESIDE HER OF COURSE SPRAWLED FLAT ON HIS STOMACH AMONG THE GRASSES ONE HAND CLUTCHING HIS BLACK CURLS WITH HIS DREAM BOOK ON A SMALL ROUND STONE BEFORE HIM FOR ONLY SO CAN PETER COMPOSE AT ALL AND EVEN THEN HE FINDS IT HARD WORK BUT THEY HAD NO CHOICE THEY TELEPHORTED AT ONCE INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE TWO NEARBY NATIVES AND MET WITH FRUSTRATION BEYOND SERREMEIAN EXPERIENCE b4cb1c0f-0d92-47c4-8029-43e6463a1de4 WELL I'M THANKFUL TO BE HOME AGAIN SAID AUNT JANET BEAMING ON US WE HAD A REAL NICE TIME AND EDWARD'S FOLKS WERE AS KIND AS COULD BE BUT GIVE ME HOME FOR A STEADY THING HOW WAS EVERYTHING HERE GONE HOW DID THE CHILDREN BEHAVE ROGER YOU MUST WATCH FOR A CHANCE AND SLIP IN WHEN MISSUS EWKE ISN'T LOOKING THEY TALKED IT OVER FOR A WHILE AND THEN MISSUS EWKE RETURNED WHEN SHE ENTERED THE DOOR OPENED SUDDENLY AT HER COMMAND AND CLOSED AS SOON AS HER HUGE FORM HAD PASSED THROUGH THE DOORWAY b4e37480-0fa3-4613-8fe4-b64162f0e0ff ANY LONGER THAN THAT BUT I THOUGHT I WAS THROUGH WITH THE OLD REDISCOVERING RE EDUCATION WHEN YOU DRAFTED ME OFF THE HAMMEL INTO THE I A A L I E N WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF UNARGUABLY EXCELLENT MACHINE RUNNING AROUND IN SUBMARINES USING DEPTH BOMBS AND JUST NOTICING OUR AIR CRAFT TOO MUCH b52d2930-8642-44be-a4e4-e81f670581d1 CECILY DEAR HEART SENT MOST OF HERS TO THE HOSPITAL IN TOWN AND NO DOUBT GATHERED IN THEREFROM DIVIDENDS OF GRATITUDE AND SATISFACTION OF SOUL SUCH AS CAN NEVER BE PURCHASED BY ANY MERE PROCESS OF BARGAIN AND SALE THEY SHOULDN'T GROW IN THE WRONG PLACE SAID FELICITY MERCILESSLY WHEN WEEDS GO TO HEAVEN I SUPPOSE THEY WILL BE FLOWERS CONTINUED THE STORY GIRL YOU DO THINK SUCH QUEER THINGS SAID FELICITY b52d4dcc-5ef0-4121-8b75-cba523354e29 AND I'LL SEND YOU MY ROSEBUD PLATE TO EAT OFF OF I'M ONLY LENDING IT YOU KNOW NOT GIVING IT I LET VERY FEW PEOPLE USE IT BECAUSE IT IS MY GREATEST TREASURE MIND YOU DON'T BREAK IT AUNT OLIVIA MUST ALWAYS WASH IT NOT YOUR MOTHER OZ WAS NOT ALWAYS A FAIRY LAND I AM TOLD BUT IT WAS ONCE IT WAS MUCH LIKE OTHER LANDS EXCEPT IT WAS SHUT IN BY A DREADFUL DESERT OF SANDY WASTES THAT LAY ALL AROUND IT THUS PREVENTING ITS PEOPLE FROM ALL CONTACT WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD b55d3548-0c79-41e4-aaaa-2b092bd81937 YOU KNOW PAT DOESN'T LIKE TO HAVE HIS TRAIL MET TAIL MET AND MEDDLED WITH AND WHEN HE WAS NOT PLAYING HIS FLUTE ON THE MOUNTAIN HE WAS THINKING ABOUT AGLE ALL RIGHT BUT WAIT TILL I TELL YOU YOUR MAGIC FOOD MIGHT TASTE GOOD BUT I AM AFRAID OF IT THEREFORE SHE MADE THE ENCHANTED AXE CUT OFF MY OTHER ARM b55e2c62-1eea-4a90-a699-f0ec50f219d0 GAZING DREAMILY AFAR AT THE TINTED SKY BETWEEN THE APPLE TREES AS IF SHE WERE LOOKING BACK TO THE MERRY DAYS OF THE WORLD'S GAY YOUTH YOU'VE HAD SEVEN TEN DAYS SATTERFIELD SAID THE ZID'S TALONS RIPPED THROUGH THE DOOR LEAVING PARALLEL ROWS OF SPLINTERED BRAKES b5683e73-4c28-4468-850e-c3e551ff2a07 EVEN WHEN THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS EASY TO VISUALIZE MY SYMPATHY HE BEGAN HE SAID BRINGING YOU ALONG THE BALD MAN TOLD HIM AND IS STUFFING SO CLEAN AND COMPACT WE VENTURED TO YOUR CASTLE TO CUT ME DON'T HURT FOR I'VE NO BLOOD TO SQUIRT b5786737-722d-4029-a079-aae904a920cb I SUSPECT THAT YOU WERE ALWAYS SO FROM THERE UP OUT THE CANDLE MUST GO AND WE LAY THERE QUAKING WITH THE WILD RAIN STREAMING DOWN ON THE ROOF ABOVE US AND THE VOICES OF THE STORM WAILING THROUGH THE WRITHING SPRUCE TREES b5b06d17-33a4-4399-b2b9-9a2eb7cb630b BUT IT'S TOO LATE FOR THAT SAID PETER MISERABLY I CAN'T TURN INTO A CHRISTIAN BETWEEN THIS AND TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW I'LL JUST HAVE TO BE SATISFIED WITH MAKING UP MY MIND TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST I WANTED TO WAIT TILL I GOT OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE OUT WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM BUT I'LL HAVE TO CHANCE IT NOW BUT WHAT DOES THE WORK WHAT KILLED HIM I ASKED BREATHLESSLY CAN'T SAY PETE YOU CAN'T NAME THINGS HERE IN TERMS OF OUR OWN WORLD SOME NATURAL FORCE THEY'VE CORRALLED I IMAGINE THEY CONTROL IT WITH THAT SHUDDER BEHIND THE LIPS OF THE IMAGE DID YOU NOTICE IT b5c969b4-6bc7-4fff-94bc-b4e140a07818 WHILE HIS PATIENT SCRAMBLED TO HIS FEET HASTILY PUTTING OUT HIS CIGARETTE HE THOUGHT OF THE SUN FIFTY TWO TRILLION MILES AWAY WE SOLUED FROM OUR OBSERVATION STATION OVER ON THE HILL SO THAT THEY COULD GIVE A REASONABLE COHERENT VERBAL PICTURE OF WHAT THEIR BOOKS WERE ABOUT I'M NOT TELLING THEM ANYTHING REALLY b5ce4fd0-4c9f-4bde-90a8-4f11f71c3c61 VISIT THE FORBIDDEN CITY OF LOOMVILLE THE HEART OF THE TIN WOODMAN WHEREVER YOU WISH TO GO I WILL GO THEIR SUBJECT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR BATTLE SHIP NO THE PLANS WERE CHANGED WE HAD TO FIT IN SOME KIND OF NEW METEOR REPELLING GEAR FOR OPERATING IN THE PLANETARY DEBRIS BELT I TOOK IT TO THE MESSAGE AND TO MYSELF b5e45031-897a-4f93-a40f-7d4af0ddad8a IF THEY HAD BEEN BANISHED TOGETHER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PUNISHMENT SO ZERO WAS EXILED TO A STAR ON ONE SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE AND ZULEMITH WAS SENT TO A STAR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE AND BETWEEN THEM WAS A FATHOMLESS ABYSS WHICH THOUGHT ITSELF COULD NOT CROSS ANYWAY HE DECIDED HE WASN'T GOING TO TAKE SIDES IF THE TWO ALIENS WERE GOING TO FIGHT IT OUT HIS FIRST INTEREST WAS IN SAVING HIS OWN HIDE HIS SECOND IN GETTING BACK TO SHORE TO GIVE WARNING OF THE INVASION b5e86120-28d7-408c-b175-6c783731ab30 HE SAID THAT THE LARGER BEFOCATES WERE TOO STUPID TO BE A NUISANCE EAGERLY HE CLAMBERED UPON THE OUTSTRETCHED HANDS AND STOOD THERE FACING THE GRINNING FACE STROKING THE POLISHED CHEEKS WITH BESEECHING FINGERS THE PRIESTS SANK TO THE FLOOR BENDING THEMSELVES IN MOCKERY OF THE IMAGE b5f1050c-f363-4743-b350-cff3af0afcb2 AFTER THAT NO MORAL FORCE ON EARTH COULD HAVE PREVENTED FELIX FROM FIGHTING HE WOULD HAVE FACED AN ARMY WITH BANNERS THE DIVING HELMET CAME OFF EASILY NOT HAVING BEEN PROPERLY FASTENED DOWN AT ALL b5f9f835-5736-49f5-baea-8f1055d9c655 THE MAGIC OF HER VOICE WORKED ITS WILL ON MISTER CAMPBELL AS ON ALL OTHERS HE CAME IN SAT DOWN HOOKED HIS THUMB INTO HIS VEST POCKET AND SMILED AT HER THE COHANTS FIGHT ALL THE TIME AND YOU AND DAN WILL SOON BE AS BAD YOU COAXED JUDY TO HOLD HER TONGUE b5fc86f0-758b-4756-8a1d-4b9b246a8f2f ACROSS THE HALL THE STORY GIRL WAS TELLING FELICITY AND CECILY THE OLD OLD TALE OF ARGIVE HELEN AND EVIL HEARTED PARIS BUT THAT'S A BAD STORY SAID FELICITY WHEN THE TALE END ENDED SHE LEFT HER HUSBAND AND RAN AWAY WITH ANOTHER MAN FELICITY FROWNED AT HIM AND THE STORY GIRL TOUCHED HER WITH HER SLIPPERED FOOT TO REMIND HIM THAT HE MUST NOT TALK IN CHURCH HAVE YOU GOT A CENT FOR COLLECTION DEMANDED FELICITY I'VE GOT A YANKEE CENT I SUPPOSE IT WILL DO WON'T IT b5fcbdd4-ebc4-4472-ada5-a7b0646bdbae THEN HE SAID HE WAS A HIGH PATH CHIEF AND THEY WANT YOU JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GET YOUR EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW FAR ON THE HORIZON WAS A BANK OF ATMOSPHERIC CLOUDS HIS HAND REACHING FOR HIS HYDROSTATIC SHOCK PISTOL HE SHOVED THE POWER SETTING TO NINETY PER CENT b60e1423-fc4e-461d-9bf9-0f4dbee5c792 NEVERTHELESS A FAMILY WHICH WAIT SHE SAID HE WALKED TO THE DOOR OF THE ROOM AND OPENED IT AND THE BALD HEADED GUARD CAME IN THE JOB HE TOLD HIMSELF STERNLY CAME FIRST AND AFTERWARD ALL THE FITTINGS INSIDE AND OUT WERE EITHER MACHINE TURNED OR PLAITED MY PLAN WAS BEYOND HIS UNDERSTANDING A VERY GOOD GUESS FOR THIS LATE AT NIGHT I TOLD HIM CHEERILY b6164000-5e83-4a4f-b0c4-919f9ce843e6 DAN HAD NO PATIENCE WITH EITHER OF THE GIRLS ESPECIALLY FELICITY OR THEY BOTH WANT IS A RIGHT GOOD SPANKING HE SAID MANY MOONS AGO AN INDIAN TRIBE LIVED ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER IN NOVA SCOTIA b61bcfaf-203c-46ec-88f2-b2f7d0b118cb I SHOULD EAT SO LATE WHO IS CENSUS CHIEF NOW MAKE THEM REEL FAST THEN I'M ON MY WAY VIC TRIED TO SHOUT SOMETHING BUT A CLAW LIKE BROWN HAND WAS IMMEDIATELY THRUST OVER HIS MOUTH WITH THE HUMMING SOUND RINGING IN MY EARS LIKE A NOTE OF DEATH b62409bb-8de8-456b-b980-528b08060e20 UNCLE ROGER CAN LAUGH SAID CICELY WITH A QUIVER IN HER VOICE BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER TO BE SO SCARED I FEEL JUST SICK I WAS SO FRIGHTENED I WOULDN'T MIND IF HE'D LAUGH ONCE AND HAVE IT DONE WITH IT FOR A LONG MOMENT NEITHER OF THEM ADVANCED AND HE WONDERED IF THEY COULD REALLY BE FRIGHTENED OF HIS PUNY WEAPON b62e38f0-8b74-490b-9b48-d02c92849570 TO BE FOLLOWED BY A ROUND OF PARTIES AND FESTIVITIES WHEN THE EMPEROR IM NOT EXPECTING TO SATISFY YOU BUT I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD BUT WE MUST OBEY AUNT JANET NEVER MIND TELL US THE STORY I SAID CURIOUSLY IT I COULD TELL YOU WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM BUT YOU'D ONLY LAUGH AT ME b646d814-889c-47da-9432-ad90aab8be8f WELL I WILL FOR ONE SAID FELIX EMPHATICALLY I THINK HE WAS REMEMBERING THAT FELICITY HAD CALLED HIM FAT FARMER MUDDLED LOOKED AGAIN AT THE NONIFICE WHICH HAD APPARENTLY GONE TO SLEEP EVEN SO IT LOOKED DEADLY b655c5be-60fe-41ef-8439-f3bcde094e0d THE STORY GIRL HAS TOLD US SOME SPLENDID STORIES LATELY I WISH I WAS CLEVER LIKE HER WE WALKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER AND WE DID NOT TALK WHEN YOU ARE NEAR THE RETREAT OF WITCHES AND THE FOLK OF THAT ILK THE LESS YOU SAY THE BETTER FOR THEIR FEELINGS ARE NOTORIOUSLY TOUCHY WHICH SLOWLY OPENED AND REVELLED A VERY PRETTY MUNCHKIN GIRL STANDING IN THE DOORWAY b65c187d-b1b5-4613-931d-5381bd2027e7 IT WAS THE SAME NIGHT VERY LATE AND AFTER HE HAD BEEN ASLEEP THAT MARSHALL WAS AWAKENED BY THE RING OF AN AUTHORITATIVE VOICE HE WAS BEING HARANGUED BY A FOUR INCH TALL MAN ON HIS BEDSIDE TABLE A MAN OF DOMINATING PRESENCE AND ACID VOICE THEY SAY THERE MUST BE A BLACK SHEEP IN EVERY FAMILY SAID THE STORY GIRL THERE ISN'T ANY IN OURS SAID CECILY LOYALLY WHY DO WHITE SHEEP EAT MORE THAN BLACK ASKED FELIX b670cff6-f785-42fb-a961-cefa01646939 MUCH OF THE SUBSIDIARY WORK REMAINED TO BE DONE WHEN THE SHIP HAD LEFT ONE WITNESS OF THE THEFT HAD GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED THE POWER LINES AND CABLES DANGLING FROM THE SHIP'S LOCKS WHEN SHE LIFTED MY ARRIVAL HAD FORCED PEPE OFF BALANCE SHE HAD A VERY NICE SMILE AND FOR MEMORIES IN THE OTHERS MINDS HE COULD HEAR THE VOICE LOW AND QUIET AND ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY b67444f3-97dc-4f19-a236-2d5ba1cb60cd IT WON'T MATTER TO PAT BUT IT MIGHT TO THE ONE WHO GOES TO HER SAID FELICITY SHE ISN'T A WITCH BUT SHE'S A SPITEFUL OLD WOMAN AND GOODNESS KNOWS WHAT SHE DO AS SHE CAUGHT US I'M SCARED OF PEG BOWEN AND I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT EVER SINCE I CAN MIND MA'S BEEN SAYING IF YOU'RE NOT GOOD PEG BOWEN WILL CATCH YOU HE FELT HIMSELF CHANGING NOT SO VERY MUCH HOWEVER AND IT DIDN'T HURT HIM A BIT HE LOOKED DOWN AT HIS LIMBS AND BODY AND FOUND THAT HIS CLOTHES WERE GONE AND HIS SKIN COVERED WITH A FINE SILKLIKE GREEN FUR b696059e-93ed-44aa-b8b3-4a94c85dca10 INTO WHICH SHE WOULD THROW ALL HER POWERS OF MIND AND HEART AND SOUL CECILY SAID SHE DIDN'T ENVY HIM HIS CONSCIENCE HIS LETTERS TO THE STORY GIRL AND MATTER IS WHAT HOPE'S AWAY AT AUNT CLEO'S SO DON'T GET IN TOUCH WITH HER AND SPOIL HER VISIT b6a96c1d-5809-491d-91f8-0d4838a4eae7 A BATTLESHIP MAY BE GIGANTIC ON SOME TERMS OF REFERENCE BUT IN THE IMMENSITY OF THE GALAXY IT IS MICROSCOPICALLY INFINITESIMAL THEN HE OPENED HIS BIG BLUE EYES AND LOOKED UP INTO EDITH'S FACE AND STORY GIRL HAD MADE THE TALE VERY REAL TO US b6c072ba-d8d6-4b28-a155-44f67ded33e2 HUM THE GREAT REWARD FOR SOME NOTABLE SERVICE RENDERED I IMAGINE WHISPERED VIC THOSE PRIESTS ARE WISER THAN THE REST OF THIS CREW THEY DEAL DEATH SPARINGLY AND THAT MAKES THEM GREAT THEY LOVE LIFE LIKE A MAN OF OUR EARTH PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY'VE FOUND OUT HOW TO ENJOY IT LET CECILY AND THE STORY GIRL CACKLE ALL THEY WANTED TO AND LET THOSE STUCK UP TORONTO BOYS GRIN LIKE CHESSY CATS BUT WHEN FELICITY LAUGHED AT HIM THE IRON ENTERED INTO PETER'S SOUL IF THE STORY GIRL LAUGHED AT PETER THE MILLS OF THE GODS GROUND OUT HIS REVENGE FOR HIM IN MID AFTERNOON b6c5f294-ba37-4160-b488-de2bb4034c17 LOOKING OVER THE ORIGINAL BREW PRINTS AGAIN THE BIG SUPERSTRUCTURE HIT MY EYE IN ORDER TO TURN THE SHIP INTO A WARSHIP THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS TO GO IT WAS QUITE A CLEVER IDEA I THINK FOR IT DOESN'T MAR THE BEAUTY OF THE LANDSCAPE SOLID AIR BEING INVISIBLE AND YET IT KEEPS ALL STRANGERS AWAY FROM THE HOUSE b6c6cdc2-421b-4620-9713-3e4e5be2f604 AND SUCH A WORKER SAID FELIX BUT ONLY TO THAT ONE WHO SHALL DRINK OF IT FIRST SHALL BE PERMITTED TO WALK AT ODIN'S RIGHT HAND FOREVER DO PEOPLE GO ON BEING JUST THE SAME AFTER THEY'RE DEAD SAID PETER DISAPPOINTEDLY WE WAITED AT UNCLE ALEC'S DOOR FOR THE OTHERS TO COME UP b6d88d61-9bd8-44f4-82f2-a4bb520c5dac WHEN HE WENT AWAY HE SAID I HOPE I SHALL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU AGAIN JUST AS SERIOUSLY AND POLITELY AS IF I WAS A GROWN UP YOUNG LADY I AM SURE HE COULD NEVER HAVE SAID IT IF I HAD BEEN REALLY GROWN UP I TOLD HIM IT WAS LIKELY HE WOULD AND THEN HE WASN'T TO MIND IF I HAD A LONGER SKIRT ON NEXT TIME BECAUSE I'D BE JUST THE SAME PERSON IN MY MIND I COMPOSED POETRY AND SANG SONGS BUT NOT A SOUND HAVE I BEEN ABLE TO UTTER BUT THIS DESPERATE CONDITION HAS NOW BEEN RELIEVED BY YOUR COMING MY WAY AND I MUST THANK YOU FOR MY RESCUE b6dc449a-a6ad-4eed-abab-b20da41d53cd SHE HAD SEATED HERSELF IN THE DARKEST HOTTEST CORNER OF THE KITCHEN WITH A PIECE OF OLD COTTON IN HER HAND A STORESHIP DOCKED THERE TWENTY HOURS BEFORE THE ATTACK AND I COULDN'T BE BLAMED IF THE GIRL HAD SLIPPED AWAY HE SHOOK HIS HEAD AT ONCE AND SAID b6f53c71-9314-47de-90e0-5d7b34769ea6 WRIGHT INTO A LAND OF SHADOWS AND LOST SOULS GOES PETE GRAHAM IN SEARCH OF HIS HAPLESS FRIENDS JUST IMAGINE THE FEELINGS OF THE YOUNG MINISTER IN THE CHINA CLOSET BUT HE CAME RIGHT OUT LIKE A MAN THOUGH HIS FACE WAS VERY RED AS SOON AS MISTER b7021e02-545a-47ca-bbcc-7b228acbad9f SHE GOT IT FOR A PRIZE IN SCHOOL SAID THE STORY GIRL ANXIOUSLY AND IN THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED THEY WERE SLENDER AND SHAPELY AND SATIN SMOOTH WITH ARCHED IN STEPS THE DAINTIEST OF TOES AND NAILS LIKE PINK SHELLS b704e9e2-600f-48ce-b04a-0a6cb350c325 I THINK I'LL WRAP IT UP AND KEEP IT IN MY BOX HE SAID I'VE AN OLD BIBLE OF AUNT JANE'S AT HOME THAT I CAN USE I SUPPOSE IT'S JUST THE SAME EVEN IF IT'S OLD ISN'T IT OH YES CECILY HAD ASSURED HIM THE BIBLE IS ALWAYS THE SAME TIME ALWAYS SEEMS LONG WHEN YOU'RE WAITING SAID THE STORY GIRL BUT IT DOES SEEM AS IF WE'D BEEN HERE MORE THAN AN HOUR b714d874-df86-4e2c-8f79-d943f5c3bc42 UNCLE ROGER'S LAUGHTER WAS HARD TO BEAR BUT HIS GRAVITY WAS EVEN HARDER MEANWHILE IN THE PANTRY THE STORY GIRL APRON AND SHROUDED WAS BEING INITIATED INTO THE MYSTERIES OF BREAD MAKING UNDER FELICITY'S EYES SHE SET THE BREAD AND ON THE MORROW SHE WAS TO BAKE IT SHE WAS CLAD IN SILVER ROBES AND EMBROIDERED WITH GAY LAUREL DESIGNS AND WORE OVER THIS SPLENDID RAIMENT A SHORT APRON OF ELABORATE LACE WORK b733eac7-43a1-4859-a709-0d2d065a2b26 IF I HAD KNOWN THAT TO MORROW MIGHT BE THE JUDGMENT DAY I WOULDN'T HAVE QUARRELLED WITH YOU LAST MONDAY SARA STANLEY OR BEEN SO HORRID AND SULKY ALL THE WEEK INDEED I WOULDN'T SAID FELICITY WITH VERY UNUSUAL HUMILITY THEN THEY WERE MARRIED AT ONCE BUT THE BRIDEGROOM NEVER LIFTED HIS VISOR AND NO ONE SAW HIS FACE b7460d52-b440-4ab3-b474-c091af2493b2 CERTAINLY IT WAS A LOVELY WORD AND AS THE STORY GIRL SAID IT EVEN A KING WOULD NOT HAVE MINDED BEING SQUELCHED IF IT WERE DONE TO MUSIC LIKE THAT THAT IS ALTOGETHER TOO TEDIOUS A PROCESS FOR A YUKABOO I SENT SOME TRAPS THIS AFTERNOON AND CAUGHT A LOT OF FIELD MICE BUT AS I DO NOT LIKE TO MEET MICE I TRANSFORMED THEM INTO HOT BISCUITS FOR MY SUPPER b753b290-eb21-422d-9db5-348fb2448160 HE CALLED DORA A PUDDLESNAKE THE NAME WAS PRECEDED BY SEVERAL ADJECTS HE DIPPED AN EYEBROW IN A WINK THE DREAM WHICH WE ALL COUNTED HIS MASTERPIECE WAS THE ONE IN WHICH A MENAGERIE WAS CAMPED IN THE ORCHARD AND THE RHINOCEROS CHASED AUNT JANET AROUND AND ROUND THE PULPIT STONE BUT TURNED INTO AN INOFFENSIVE PIG WHEN IT WAS ON THE POINT OF CATCHING HER I GUESS I'D BETTER NOT RISK IT b770ffc5-5053-47b1-b0c8-603b0d047e59 I SUPPOSE MISSUS SCOTT THOUGHT THAT WHAT WAS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE WAS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER FOR SHE SLIPPED OUT AND DROVE OFF TO CHURCH AS HE HAD DONE OLD MISTER SCOTT FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE CHURCH PRETTY HOT AND DUSTY AND IN NONE TOO GOOD A TEMPER HE WENT INTO THE PULF PIT LEANED OVER IT AND LOOKED AT HIS WIFE SITTING CALMLY IN HER PEW AT THE SIDE IT WAS CLEVERLY DONE HE SAID RIGHT OUT LOUD BUT DINNA TRY IT AGAIN ONLY PEOPLE GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH ONLY PEOPLE MANOEL HOW ABOUT LITTLE PEOPLE CHILDREN YES THAT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED TO YOU LITTLE PEOPLE NOT CHILDREN LITTLE PEOPLE IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM HOW BIG THEY HAVE TO BE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE HOW BIG THEY ARE IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM THAT IS WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS DONE b77378b9-9e23-4021-abc8-65417233ec6b THIS PULPIT DOOR WAS MADE FOR SPIRITS AND I WANTED TO LAUGH AND THEN MISTER FRUUEN COME AND I THOUGHT OF HER STORY ABOUT HIS SIDE WHISKERS HOW WHEN HIS FIRST WIFE DIED OF INFORMATION OF THE LUNGS HE WENT COURTING CELIA WARD AND CELIA TOLD HIM SHE WOULDN'T MARRY HIM UNLESS HE SHAVED THEM WHISKERS OFF SHE SHRUNK AWAY AS SHE SPOKE STUMBLING ALONG THE WALL I LOOKED BACK AT PEPPET NOT WANTING TO HAVE MY EYES OFF HIM FOR AN INSTANT THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO I TOLD HER I GLANCED HER WAY AND A SMALL DOOR WAS SWINGING OPEN AND SHE WAS GONE DON'T TRY TO RUN I SHOUTED AFTER IT CAN'T DO ANY GOOD b785ed06-2f21-41b6-a84e-c71a0edbf86d IT BLEW UP AND EVERYTHING BLEW UP BUT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN CARRY THEM HOME THE STORY GIRL BEGAN IT AND WE LISTENED AVIDLY THEY BOUGHT THIS TENTATIVELY AND WE ALL HEAVED OUT OF THE TUB AND TRICKLED MUDDY PATHS ACROSS THE FLOOR b78e9ba5-823d-43d0-afd0-a00114899eac UNCLE ALEC WALKED AROUND THE CORNER OF THE GRANARY WITH CECILY BEHIND HIM OH WELL SURELY YOU CAN SETTLE IT SOME OTHER WAY WITHOUT FIGHTING PERSISTED CECILY I GIVE HIM A NAME ANYHOW AND GET HIM COUNTED MANOEL OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT THAT FOR HE HAD RAISED THE WHOLE STRAIN OF ANIMALS b79aa25d-574b-4c36-9775-45b47f6e80d3 IT'S A BIG GALAXY BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH TO HIDE ANGELINA NOW I CAN BE CONNED ONCE BUT ONLY ONCE THE NEXT TIME WE MET THINGS WERE GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT HE SWORE AND STARTED TO CHECK THE WIRING MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG INSIDE THE DINGUS ITSELF JOHN ANDREWS SUGGESTED TENTATIVELY b7a05e58-a98e-4e0d-bcd5-7f808b68752c I THINK HE WOULD HAVE OBEYED IF SHE IN THAT TONE AND WITH THOSE EYES HAD ORDERED HIM TO CAST HIMSELF INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA I KNOW I SHOULD HE'S BEWITCHED THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM SAID PETER HALF DEFIANTLY HALF SHAMEFACEDLY BEWITCHED NONSENSE THERE NOW WHAT'D I TELL YOU SO DID I SAID THE TIN SOLDIER I COULD NOT KNOW THAT OF COURSE ASSERTED MIMI ANNIE ALL I KNEW WAS THAT NEITHER OF YOU CAME TO MARRY ME AS YOU HAD PROMISED TO DO BUT MEN ARE NOT SCARCE IN THE LAND OF OZ b7a47879-a68b-47ba-981f-5e37026b71d0 FELICITY VOICED THIS CONVICTION WHEN SHE SAID I DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE RIGHT TO PRAY ABOUT A CAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY NOT RETORTED CECILY GOD MADE PATTY JUST AS MUCH AS HE MADE YOU FELICITY KING THOUGH PERHAPS HE DIDN'T GO TO SO MUCH TROUBLE AND I'M SURE HE'S ABLER TO HELP HIM THAN PEG BOWEN ANYHOW I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR PAT WITH ALL MY MIGHT AND MAIN AND I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY TO STOP ME OF COURSE I WON'T MIX IT UP WITH MORE IMPORTANT THINGS I'LL JUST TACK IT ON AFTER I'VE FINISHED ASKING THE BLESSINGS BUT BEFORE I SAY AMEN THEY STARTED AT ONCE IN THE DIRECTION OF MOUNT MUNCH AND AS THE SCARECROW PROVED VERY CLUMSY IN HIS MOVEMENTS BOOT TOOK ONE OF HIS ARMS AND THE TIN WOODMAN THE OTHER AND SO HELPED THEIR FRIEND TO WALK IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER AS BEFORE DANCED AHEAD OF THEM AND BEHIND THEM AND ALL AROUND THEM AND THEY EVER MINDED HER ODD WAYS BECAUSE TO THEM SHE WAS LIKE A RAY OF SUNSHINE b7be8e34-deec-4bb1-9aa4-c1762ae52aa3 I STILL FEEL KIND OF CREEPY ABOUT THE WHOLE BUSINESS THE FIRE STILL SEEMED TO BE ABOUT A THOUSAND YARDS AHEAD THEN THE DESERT AS HE TUMBLED OVER AND OVER DAN WAS TOO FRIGHTENED TO RESENT THIS AT THE TIME I THINK WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE HE WAKES SAID MISSUS PATTERSON WHITE AND CLEAR AGAINST THE DARK BACKGROUND OF SPRUCES WE WERE WOEFULLY TIRED BUT WE COULD NOT SIT DOWN BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS REEKING WITH DEW THE FAMILY GHOST ONLY APPEARS IN DAYLIGHT SAID THE STORY GIRL b7dd1750-7d7f-4b98-b908-49cd7e270edd NINNIE AMY STILL DECLARED SHE WOULD MARRY ME I WAS VERY CAREFUL TO AVOID THEM DURING MY JOURNEY SOUTH I KNOW AGREED THE HIPPOCRIF SAID GOOD BY AND HEADED FOR THE RAIL AT LEAST THAT HAD BEEN THE THEORY WHEN THEY GAVE FARMER THE JOB FARMER WAS UNCOMFORTABLE b7e4517d-2a12-4021-bc94-f71ea9c93f69 THE ROBOT ANALYZER CHUCKLED TO ITSELF AND SCANNED ALL THE STARS COMPARING THEM TO A SPECTRA OF PROXIMUS AND CHEERY IT FINALLY RANG A BELL AND BLINKED A LIGHT I PEEPED THROUGH THE EYE PIECE JOHN ANDREW TURNED FEELING COMPLETELY DOOMED TO A DEMAND AND THEY STARTED GETTING IN EACH OTHER'S WAY AND SLOWING DOWN THE OPERATION EVEN MORE THEY FINALLY SUCCEEDED THOUGH THE HELMET SWUNG BACK AND RAY PROMPTLY SHOVED FARMER ASIDE b7e6b30a-b73a-4546-8546-ccff141b84ac RAID THE MENTAL HOSPITALS AND JAILS DO THAT OFTEN ENOUGH AND YOU WOULD HAVE A CREW THAT WOULD MAKE ANY PIRATE CHIEF PROUD THOUGH PIRACY WAS OF COURSE TOO MEAN AN AMBITION TO ASCRIBE TO THIS BOY DID HE WANT TO RULE A WHOLE PLANET OR MAYBE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OR MORE THAT'S WHY I'M DOWN HERE BRIEFING YOU INSTEAD OF SITTING BACK ON A FLAGSHIP I GOT YOU INTO THE I A NOW YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY IF YOU PUSHED THE PANIC BUTTON ON THIS ONE WITHOUT CAUSE I WILL PERSONALLY FLAY YOU ALIVE b7ea8ae2-8b46-4afc-abb3-2327c7b3a5f5 THIS WAS CALLED SODOM IT WAS STREWN WITH LOW LYING GHOSTS AS OF PEOPLE AND OBJECTS FORMED WHEN THE GRANITE BUBBLED LIKE WATER WELL I WON'T JUST TO OBLIGE YOU SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WOULD HAVE DIED THE DEATH BEFORE SHE WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE PUBLIC MEETING BAREFOOTED WE WERE ALL RATHER EXCITED OVER THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW WHICH AN ITINERANT LECTURER WAS TO GIVE IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE THAT EVENING b7f03162-3cec-4311-b5c8-7f02cb9d3247 WERE THE SCARECROW AND I ALONE SAID THE TIN WOODMAN WE WOULD TRAVEL BY NIGHT AS WELL AS BY DAY BUT A MEAT PERSON IN OUR PARTY WE MUST HALT AT NIGHT TO PERMIT HIM TO REST THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HIS WEEK DAY JOLLITY AND THE UNEARTHLY SOLEMNITY OF HIS COUNTENANCE ON SUNDAYS ALWAYS STRUCK US AS VERY FUNNY IT SEEMED SO TO STRIKE PETER FOR AS PETER DROPPED HIS SCENT INTO THE PLATE HE LAUGHED ALOUD b7f57d74-be0a-4cae-aba4-e443d749d1a7 OH WHISPERED FELICITY SO THAT HE COULD SEE NOTHING I FORGET WHAT WE DID TO FELIX THEN HOW COULD I FIND IT AND HAVING FOUND IT CATCH IT ALL EIGHTEEN MEN ABOARD HAD BEEN KILLED INSTANTLY THE THIEVES WERE NOW MURDERERS b80d3d9d-d8ac-4c30-b09e-4e092114ff07 THERE WE STOOD IN A HUDDLED DEMORALIZED GROUP OH WHAT AN EERIE PLACE THAT ORCHARD WAS WHAT SHADOWS WHAT NOISES WHAT SPOOKY SWOOPING BATS YOU COULDN'T LOOK EVERY WAY AT ONCE AND GOODNESS ONLY KNOWS WHAT MIGHT BE BEHIND YOU THERE CAN'T BE ANYBODY AT THE HOUSE SAID FELICITY THE DETAILS RESOLVED AS FARMER STARED AT HIM THE ODDNESS ABOUT THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS BECAME FINNY CREST AND WHAT LOOKED AT FIRST LIKE A RED SKIN TIGHT COSTUME BECAME A SCALY HEIGHT FARMER REALIZED WITH A SHOCK THAT THE CREATURE WASN'T WEARING ANYTHING b81e4fe9-082b-43a6-9e22-627bce60979e BEVERLY KING IS A BOY ONCE MORE BUT ALL WE SAW WAS FELICITY TEARING OVER THE GREEN SWARD NIGHT HUNTING PREDATOR ACCUSTOMED TO DROPPING UPON ITS VICTIMS FROM ABOVE CYERANNA CRUSOE RISES THE MARKED TWENTY'S MUZZLE CAME ROUND THE CENTER ON ORN'S STOMACH b82d5529-75e4-411b-a9cd-4831a658c1b8 FELIX WAKE UP I WHISPERED SHAKING HIM WHAT'S THE MATTER HE MURMURED RELUCTANTLY IT'S MORNING LET'S GET UP AND GO DOWN AND OUT I CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE TO SEE THE PLACE HIS FATHER TOLD US OF WE SLIPPED OUT OF BED AND DRESSED WITHOUT AROUSING DAN WHO WAS STILL SLUMBERING SOUNDLY HIS MOUTH WIDE OPEN AND HIS BEDCLOTHES KICKED OFF ON THE FLOOR NO YOU CAN'T BE ANY OF THEM EITHER MANUEL AND YOU SURELY CAN'T BE MANUEL b84cfeb6-24fc-4330-a410-43c98d795c10 AS FOR THIS THIS SACRILEGE TAKE IT AND BURN IT WE STOPPED PICKING APPLES SAT DOWN ON THE GRASS AND TRIED TO REASON IT OUT MURR SPOKE A FEW WORDS INTO HIS PHONE AND THE JOB WAS DONE I HAD MISSED THE OBVIOUS FACT BEING CARRIED AWAY BY THE THOUGHT OF A PLANETARY GOVERNMENT BUILDING A WARSHIP b85223cf-d855-4a5b-9b1d-bf1077688a0b MEET TIRES AFTER A DAY'S TRAVEL ADDED THE SCARECROW FORTUNATELY WE MANAGE TO ESCAPE FROM HER CASTLE THE SERE STUBBLE FIELDS BROODED IN GLAMOUR AND THE SKY WAS PEARLY BLUE AS FOR PETER I DID NOT CONSIDER HIM A RIVAL TO BE FEARED b8564dac-a420-4e6c-b1b5-5b9d926536a4 ONLY THREE DAYS THAT IS NOTHING BUT THE PICTURE OF A CROSS OLD MAN THEN THE COMPANY PASSED THROUGH IT IN GREAT HASTE HE SOON MADE ME A NEW LEG OUT OF TIN AND FASTENED IT CLEVERLY TO MY NEAT BODY b8686bb7-7081-44ce-9c6d-36d0cd783448 THE METERS AND INDICATORS LOOKED TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE IF ANYTHING UNEXPECTEDLY BRIGHT FROM CONSTANT POLISHING I CHECKED THE READINGS CAREFULLY AND FOUND JUST WHAT I SUSPECTED ONE OF THE EAGER LIZARDS HAD MANAGED TO OPEN A CIRCUIT BOX AND HAD POLISHED THE SWITCHES INSIDE IF WE WERE WE COULD SEE IT WE'D BUMP INTO OUR OWN TREES AND HOUSES AND PEOPLE WE'D BE KNOCKED DOWN BY AUTOMOBILES AND TWO BODIES CANNOT OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE AT THE SAME TIME OLD LAW OF SIMPLE PHYSICS IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN INTERRUPTED VIC WHY YES b8861105-b596-4066-abf7-84f62ce5c550 I COULD NOT ONLY SEE THE LIGHT I COULD FEEL IT IT BEAT UPON MY BODY THROBBED ALL AROUND ME I HAD A FEELING THAT THE MINGLING RAYS OF LIGHT CONFLICTED WITH EACH OTHER THE FIRST ONE THAT SPOTTED ME SCREAMED AND DROPPED OVER ON HIS BACK THE OTHERS CAME RUNNING THEY MILLED AND MOBBED AND PILED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER AND BY THAT TIME I HAD LANDED IN THE PLAZA FRONTING THE TEMPLE THE PRIESTHOOD ARRIVED I FOLDED MY ARMS IN A REGAL DANCE b88d0558-9ff8-47b6-8dd5-90905ff8addb NOBODY'S HOME SHE REPEATED DRAWING SLIGHTLY BACK FROM THE WINDOW YOU GO AWAY NOW THE SILENCE WAS A LONG ONE AND AT THE END OF IT KNOOF ROSE BUT WE WERE AN HONOURABLE LITTLE CREW A BRAND NEW ONE TRIMMED WITH ANY QUANTITY OF CROCHET LACE b8920b83-2e76-4a1f-a492-8d726226e3b9 SHE WAS SLOWLY TRANSFORMED INTO THE GREEN MONKEY THE ICE WERE IN THE HEADS OF ENORMOUS BEASTS WHOSE BODIES BECAUSE I REMEMBER HOW YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE THE POTATO STOCKS BURN HE NEVER GETS MAD AT ANYTHING THE STORY GIRL SAYS AND YET SHE IS SO SARCASTIC BY TIMES TAKE NOTICE FELICITY SAID DAN ASIDE b8b2af57-a2a9-43c5-bc89-fcb3526c0861 I COULD ALMOST HEAR THE WHEELS TURNING BEHIND THAT MOSS COVERED FOREHEAD ONE DOUBTFUL TYPE RAISED A SPEAR BUT NO ONE ELSE TRIED THAT AFTER THE PTERODACTYL EYE PICKED HIM UP AND DROPPED HIM IN THE SWAMP BUT HE WAS EVEN MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE VERY REAL PAINS OF UNREQUITTED LOVE JOHN ANDREW TURNED A DOOR AND HIS STOMACH WAS TRYING TO TURN ITSELF INSIDE OUT b8b5f77b-40b3-4a6c-988c-cc857ea638b1 HE HAD A DECISION TO MAKE STAY HERE WITH THE CAPSULE OR HEAD FOR THE FIRE COULDN'T BE MORE THAN A THOUSAND YARDS AWAY HE DECIDED IN ADDITION TO THE PYRAMID BEING AROUND THE BEACON THERE WAS A NICE LITTLE RELIGIOUS WAR GOING ON AROUND THE PYRAMID IT ALL BEGAN WITH THE LAND BRIDGE APPARENTLY THE LOCAL LIZARDS HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE SWAMPS WHEN THE BEACON WAS BUILT BUT THE BUILDERS DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF THEM b8b659df-5f62-47c7-8a4e-b9ade3000bff SUPPOSE CHILDREN CAN'T UNDERSTAND SUCH THINGS HIS FACE WAS ROSY HIS THICK BLACK CURLS WERE SMOOTHLY COMBED SPEAKING OF ELECTRICITY A SCARLET HAZE OF LIGHT SHOT FORTH FROM THE MOUTH OF THE BLACK GOD AND THE OLD MAN STEPPED BACK SHARPLY AS THOUGH STRUCK BY SOME INVISIBLE AGENT HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN b8b76a12-49b7-4533-b130-2aa388279948 WE BOTH KNOW THE ADVANTAGES OF AN ALIEN CONTACT BUT IF YOU GET INTO A HOT SPOT AND CALL FOR HELP I'LL DIVE THIS CRUISER INTO THAT CITY TO GET YOU OUT INSECTS CAME IN TWING CONES QUIET AS I WAS THOUGH INSKIPT STILL HEARD ME THE LIGHT CAME ON AND THERE HE WAS SITTING UP IN BED POINTING A POINT SEVEN CALIBI ROYALUS AT MY STERN b8bc1c0d-66a9-4b30-9d37-adcdc304ce83 STETSON TOOK HIS OWN GLASS COMGO HEARD THE WHOLE THING OVER THE GENERAL MONITOR NET HE SAID DO YOU KNOW YOU'VE BEEN BREVETED TO THE SENIOR FIELD MAN A SCARLET HAZE OF LIGHT SHOT FORTH FROM THE MOUTH OF THE BLACK GOD AND THE OLD MAN STEPPED BACK SHARPLY AS THOUGH STRUCK BY SOME INVISIBLE AGENT HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN BUT AS HE CRUMPLED HIS BODY SEEMED TO SOFTEN AND SHATTER INTO A SCINTILLATING CLOUD AN INSTANT LATER THERE WAS NO TRACE OF HIM ANYWHERE b8cbfbb4-5cd7-4672-a4d5-ca6c7e0ba791 HE WENT INTO THE PULF PIT LEANED OVER IT AND LOOKED AT HIS WIFE SITTING CALMLY IN HER PEW AT THE SIDE IT WAS CLEVERLY DONE HE SAID RIGHT OUT LOUD BUT DINNA TRY IT AGAIN SHE NEEDN'T HAVE GOT SO SCARED IF SHE'D ONLY WAITED FOR THE THIRD HEAD I'D HAVE SHOWED HER HOW EASY IT WAS TO GET CLEAR OF GOING TO THE BAD PLACE AND GO TO HEAVEN INSTEAD BUT YOU GIRLS ARE ALWAYS IN SUCH A HURRY SAID PETER BITTERLY DO YOU SUPPOSE WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE HER TO THE ASYLUM SAID DAN IN A WHISPER b8d73175-f897-4613-9e30-fd84bcf47973 THEN WE OPENED THE FRONT DOOR AND STEPPED OUT RAPTURE SWELLING IN OUR BOSOMS MY AUNT JANE WOULDN'T HAVE A BOOK THAT WASN'T GOOD RETORTED PETER SULKILY HE REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT FURTHER SOMEWHAT TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT b90d9601-c573-44e2-9322-9c41e4223214 BUT THE MOST AMAZING THING OF ALL WAS THAT A WOMAN'S DRESS WAS HANGING OVER A CHAIR BY THE TABLE LAST NIGHT I ATE A PIECE OF MINCE PIE SHE SAID WHAT IS BOTHERING ME IS THIS THEY'RE NO RELATION TO ME AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE b92f548d-1ba4-4b9c-8474-a51a760f199c THEN CICELY CAME RUNNING AT FULL SPEED BACK TO US OUR OWN PRECIOUS LITTLE IDENTITIES UNCHANGED YES BUT IT TOOK THE JUDGMENT DAY TO MAKE HER EIGHT NINE PEOPLE SEE THEM AND TOOK THE EASY WAY OUT THERE WAS REASON ALSO WHY MARILLA WAS LOADED SO SHE COULD HARDLY WALK WITH PACKS OF CENSUS FORMS b9452fc1-49f6-4d7b-9c0c-ebdee0dc45e1 FUEL HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF FIRST THE GUTTED HULL OF OCKITT'S DREAM WAS SILENT WITNESS TO THAT THERE WERE COUNTLESS PLANETS THAT COULD BE USED AS A BASE GETTING A CREW WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT IN THESE PEACE TIMES THOUGH I COULD THINK OF A FEW ANSWERS TO THAT ONE TOO O K TELL THEM WE'LL COMPLY ONE MORE THING STET WHAT NOW b95eeb54-de86-49a7-ab97-918ed38e72f2 SHE TOOK THE WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL THE PICTURE CASE AND THE LETTERS AWAY WITH HER LET'S GO AND GET THE BITTER APPLES SAID CECILY HASTILY SEEING THAT FELIX FELICITY AND DAN WERE ON THE VERGE OF A QUARREL MORE BITTER THAN THE APPLES THE CONCEITED RASCAL WANTED TO PUFF HIMSELF UP UNTIL HE WAS BIGGER THAN THE REST OF YOU INQUIRED THE BEAST STOUTLY b95f0129-188e-46c8-bb63-004057761a30 I MIGHT SAY IT WAS VIBRANT AND FAR REACHING AND BELL LIKE ALL THIS WOULD BE TRUE WHAT IS UNCLE ROGER LIKE WAS OUR NEXT QUESTION YOU LEAVE PETER ALONE FELICITY TELL THEM BOTH SAID FELIX GREEDILY BUT TELL THE GHOST ONE FIRST OF COURSE THERE WAS NO ORCHARD HERE THEN IT b97f97fb-41a2-4534-840a-3e802c7abc9c IT WAS IN A BOOK MY AUNT JANE HAD SHE GOT IT FOR A PRIZE IN SCHOOL MY AUNT JANE WAS CLEVER IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A VERY GOOD BOOK IF THERE WAS SUCH A PICTURE IN IT SAID FELICITY IT WAS A REAL GOOD BOOK MY AUNT JANE WOULDN'T HAVE A BOOK THAT WASN'T GOOD RETORTED PETER SULKILY THE NOTE READ DEAR PETE IF YOU GET THIS I AM IN A JAM THAT PROMISES SOME ACTION DRIVE OUT IF PLAIN PEDDLING IS PALLING ON YOU AND BUST INTO THE LAB I'M LEAVING ANOTHER NOTE THERE FOR YOU OLD SON AND AFTER YOU READ IT YOU CAN LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE BRING A GAT ALONG AND PLENTY OF AMO b9825ba1-c72d-4d8b-8fb9-b65715782f9c ONE FEELS ABOUT THEM SHE TOUCHED HER SLENDER THROAT SO WE CAN I AGREED BY THE WAY HE SAID IT I KNEW THAT HE THOUGHT THERE WAS LITTLE CHANCE OF IT HAPPENING THAT WAY SINCE MY FIRST INDUCTION TO THE CORPS SIX MONTHS EARLIER I HAD BEEN STUCK ON THIS SUPERSECRET PLANETOID THAT WAS ITS HEADQUARTERS AND MAIN BASE b98d3cba-3f5f-4dfe-94a8-b9d8cca68fc6 THE TIN WOODMAN ORDERED FOOD FOR THE STRANGER AND IN A FEW MINUTES THE SERVANT BROUGHT IN A TIN TRAY HEAPED WITH A CHOICE HOORAY OF GOOD THINGS TO EAT ALL NEATLY DISPLAYED ON TIN DISHES THAT WERE POLISHED TILL THEY SHONE LIKE MIRRORS YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THE BOLD MAN SAID BUT HE HAD THE BASIC IDEA YONAS CHECKED THAT IN HIS MIND VERY WELL HE SAID b9afab6d-78cc-45fb-a4eb-6453cf456a5b THAT A HEAVY PLANET NATIVE WHEN YOU'RE NOT TOUCHING THAT MITE CONTACT THIS RIG HERE AND THERE RED AND PURPLE FLOWERS JUTTED FROM THE VERDURE AND SHE ADDED SLOWLY AND THEN HE LAY DOWN PERMITTED THEM TO PULL THE STRAW FROM HIS BODY b9b244f7-101a-4c75-9cb4-93ee822f86b2 THERE WERE NO PATHS BUT THE WAY WAS QUITE OPEN AND CLEAR AND THEY WERE DRAWING NEAR TO THE DWELLING WHEN BOOT THE WANDERER WHO WAS THEN IN THE LEAD OF THE LITTLE PARTY HALTED WITH SUCH AN ABRUPT JERK THAT HE STUMBLED OVER BACKWARD AND LAY FLAT ON HIS BACK IN THE MEADOW AM I TO TAKE THIS AS A CONFESSION HE SAID DO YOU WISH TO HURRY YOUR OWN DEATH I AM NO WIZARD YONAH SAID b9b37038-9d59-4d55-adb3-7a46643f9e4c OF THE DELPHINAS BUT THE DEA MISSING THE REQUEST WAS A FORGERY NOW YOU SEE WHY I'M MOSTLY FOR RUBBING OUT THIS PLACE WHO DARE FORAGE SUCH A THING UNLESS HE KNEW FOR SURE THAT THE ORIGINAL F SEA OFFICER WAS MISSING OR DEAD THIS SECOND DIAL WAS NO MORE THAN A 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TO GET A CANDLE FOR MY CANDLESTICK AND USE IT EVERY NIGHT TO GO TO BED WITH SAID THE STORY GIRL I'LL NEVER LIGHT IT WITHOUT THINKING OF POOR RACHEL WARD BUT I DO WISH SHE'D BEEN PRETTY badb17d4-24bd-4a27-98dc-17a800f0a265 I WONDER IF UNCLE ROGER WILL ALWAYS STAY A BACHELOR SAID CECILY HE SEEMS REAL HAPPY OBSERVED PETER WHY SHOULD HE INDEED I KNOW THE RISK PERFECTLY WELL YANUS THOUGHT BACK THAT'S HIM MISTER SHARP SAID YOU KNOW THE RISK TO YOURSELF HE TOLD YUNUS AND YOU'VE ACCEPTED THAT YOU RATHER LIKE IT AS A MATTER OF FACT BUT YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF THE RISK TO THE REST OF US AND TO THE TOWN YOU'RE IN badf151e-ceca-4195-ade7-9d679e41ae0d I'M JUST GOING TO PRAY TO GOD TO SEND ME SOME MONEY SHE ANNOUNCED DESPERATELY AT LAST I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'LL DO ANY GOOD SAID DAN HE GIVES LOTS OF THINGS BUT HE DOESN'T GIVE MONEY BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN EARN THAT FOR THEMSELVES I CAN'T SAID SARA WITH PASSIONATE DEFIANCE I THINK HE OUGHT TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT IN THE LAND OF OZ REPLIED THE EMPEROR NO ONE CAN EVER BE KILLED bafad93c-b968-452c-a96b-1b8017b13416 THEY WERE ALL UNITED IN A LOOSE ALLIANCE AND BICKET A LOT AMONG THEMSELVES BUT NEVER CAME TO BLOWS IF ANYTHING THEY SHARED A UNIVERSAL ABHORRENCE OF WAR YET THEY WERE SECRETLY BUILDING A BATTLESHIP IT WAS A LITTLE SHORT IN THE JAW ME NOT HAVING ONE OF THEIR TOOTHY MANDIBLES BUT IT WAS ALL RIGHT I DIDN'T HAVE TO LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THEM JUST SOMETHING CLOSE TO SOOTHE THE NATIVE MIND bb008d48-5569-4b84-b6bf-f4fd86aa1076 THIS CAN TAKE MONTHS AND OFTEN DOES THIS JOB DIDN'T TURN OUT QUITE THAT BAD ICY RODE IN ON BEDO CERCINA'S BEACON AND RAN A COMPLICATED EIGHT POINT PROBLEM THROUGH THE NAVIGATOR USING EVERY BEACON I COULD GET AN ACCURATE FIX ON ORNE FOUGHT DOWN A SUDDEN PANIC THE LIPLESS MOUTH HAD LOOKED SO ODD FORMING THE FAMILIAR WORDS STETSON'S VOICE HISSED IS THAT THE NATIVE SPEAKING GALLIC TEESE HORN TOUCHED HIS THROAT YOU HEARD HIM bb1d6d52-ba31-45e3-8199-387405bd454f POLYCHROME WAS AS SWEET AND MERRY IN DISPOSITION AS SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WHEN SHE DANCED AND CAPERED AROUND IN DELIGHT HER BEAUTIFUL HAIR FLOATED AROUND HER LIKE A GOLDEN MIST AND HER MANY HAIRED HARAIMENT AS SOFT AS COBWEBS REMINDED ONE OF DRIFTING CLOUDS IN THE SUMMER SKY THIS TRULY AUNT JANITY REMARK BROKE THE SPELL THE GROWN UPS LAUGHED RATHER SHAKILY AND THE STORY GIRL OUR OWN DEAR STORY GIRL ONCE MORE AND NO SERPENT WOMAN SAID PROTESTINGLY WELL UNCLE ROGER ASKED ME TO TELL IT I DON'T LIKE TELLING SUCH STORIES EITHER THEY MAKE ME FEEL DREADFUL bb494e7c-6d2b-48e8-a7d9-1263ab01d3cf OUTSIDE THE RUSHING TRANSCRIBERS COPIED COATED AND FILED MESSAGES BUT NO SOUND PENETRATED THE INSULATED WALL THEIR DREAMS SUDDENLY BECAME SO LURID AND DREADFUL AND PICTURESQUE THAT IT WAS HARD FOR THE REST OF US TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE NOT PAINTING THE LILY RATHER FREELY IN THEIR ACCOUNTS OF THEM GRANDFATHER SAW HER WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY bb5d0a82-9cb0-4c44-853f-15af9c27bdbb HER BROWN FACE WAS SEAMED WITH A HUNDRED WRINKLES AND HER TANGLED GRIZZLED HAIR FELL 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LIGHT AND SHADOW bb805abf-2512-46ed-85f5-92fd6a084d8d VIC HOPE I POUNDED AS HARD AS I COULD SHOUTING THEIR NAMES THERE WAS NO RESPONSE IS THERE ANOTHER KEY PARIN I SNAPPED NO SIR NONE THAT I KNOW OF THE MASTER IS MIGHTY FUSSY ABOUT HIS WORKROOM CAN WE GET IN THROUGH THE WINDOWS LAST NIGHT I ATE A PIECE OF MINCE PIE SHE SAID AND A LOT OF PICKLES AND TWO GRAPE JELLY TARTS BUT I GUESS I OVERDID IT BECAUSE I GOT REAL SICK AND COULDN'T SLEEP AT ALL SO OF COURSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DREAMS I SHOULD HAVE STOPPED WITH THE PIE AND PICKLES AND LEFT THE TARTS ALONE bb8578b1-3c66-473c-974d-ec42a0c01c97 AND SO BEEN SEPARATED FROM ALL HER FAIRY SISTERS THE SCARECROW RUBBED AND PATTED HIS STUFFED HEAD INSTEAD HE GAZED AT THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER ADMIRINGLY MY OWN LIES OPEN BESIDE ME AS I WRITE THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR ME TO HAVE ANY HORRIDID DREAMS LAMENTED SARA RAY bba5f187-3185-4eae-8d83-138229028e7c AND NOW WE HAD COME TO THE ORCHARD IT WAS BEFORE US WE HAD ONLY TO OPEN THAT LITTLE WHITEWASHED GATE IN THE HEDGE AND WE MIGHT FIND OURSELVES IN ITS STORY DOMAIN BUT BEFORE WE REACHED THE GATE WE GLANCED TO OUR LEFT ALONG THE GRASSY SPRUCE BORDERED LANE WHICH LED OVER TO UNCLE ROGER'S AND AT THE ENTRANCE OF THAT LANE WE SAW A GIRL STANDING WITH A GRAY CAT AT HER FEET I DON'T SEE A THING ABOUT METHODISTS OR PRESBYTERIANS AS FAR AS I'VE GONE I'M MOST THROUGH EXODUS SAID PETER SUDDENLY WHEN DOES IT BEGIN TO TELL ABOUT THEM bbb2f38b-9bba-453e-bfe8-a087f2234d4d THERE GOES ANOTHER SCOOP SHE SAID RESIGNEDLY THE QUEEN WILL HAVE TO TACK WITH THE WIND FOR A WHILE UNTIL ANOTHER ONE SHOWS UP BESIDES SARA STANLEY DOESN'T LIKE HER NAME AND SHE'D RATHER BE CALLED THE STORY GIRL INDEED SHE SAID AS MUCH THE FAT ONE ISN'T SO BAD bbbd095d-d0f0-4613-bc23-8492e962e9c9 VIC'S PLACE WAS OUT ON THE RIVER ABOUT TEN MILES FROM TOWN AND THAT LITTLE TAN ROADSTER OF MINE MADE IT IN JUST ABOUT TEN MINUTES THE TRAFFIC IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT SLOWED ME UP A BIT AND SHE WASN'T A BIT CROSS WHEN I TOLD HER I HAD GONE TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW THAT'S AN AWFUL BAD SIGN I HADN'T A WHITE DRESS BUT I HAD PUT ON MY WHITE MUSLIN APRON WITH THE FRILLS bbbefe65-7bb6-4eca-8bd9-0bd269bfcc67 AS HE ROSE ROPY TENTACLES TWINED AROUND HIM AND HE SAW WHAT HAD SAVED HIM HE WAS BEING CRADLED GENTLY BUT FIRMLY BY THE NONNIPUS WHICH HAD JUDGE RAY IN ANOTHER SET OF TENTACLES AN ANONIPUS THAT BECAME APPARENT WAS NOT ONLY A WATER CREATURE IT COULD ALSO FLY WE HAD TO GO UP TO SARA RAY'S LANE WITH HER TO HER VERY DOOR FOR SHE WAS AFRAID PEG BOWEN WOULD CATCH HER IF SHE WENT ALONE THEN THE STORY GIRL AND I WALKED UP THE HILL TOGETHER PETER AND FELICITY LAGGED BEHIND CECILY AND DAN AND FELIX WERE WALKING BEFORE US HAND IN HAND SINGING A HYMN bbd4b5d5-cfa3-41e8-b60f-b7d42bc1e8be HE WAS DRESSED IN HIS NEW SUIT UNCLE ROGER ROARED WHEN HE HEARD IT AND HE ROARED AGAIN AT NIGHT OVER PETER'S ACCOUNT OF FELIX ATTEMPTING TO MILK A COW AS POWERFUL AS WHEN IT HAD BEEN WORN BY THE GIANTESS A SIGN SAID THE TIN WOODMAN A 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MORE OF THE REGULAR PEOPLE RIGHT BEFORE US GIRT ABOUT WITH ITS TRIM SPRUCE HEDGE WAS THE FAMOUS KING ORCHARD THE HISTORY OF WHICH WAS WOVEN INTO OUR EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS BUT IT WOULD GIVE YOU NO REAL IDEA OF THE PECULIAR QUALITY WHICH MADE THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE WHAT IT WAS bc08004c-3842-445d-aa7d-538d212cb934 CHAFFEE FOUR ON THE NEXT JUMP SCANNED THE SHIP'S CHARTS AND IDENTIFIED THE SYSTEM THROUGH WHICH THEY TRAVELED BUT IT WAS CAPTAIN BRANDON WHO DREW THE ASSIGNMENT OF SCOUTING SERIOUS THREE FOR A SUITABLE LANDING PLACE FOR ASTRO bc48e4c1-2988-42f4-a971-e113558a6fea AS HE SAID THIS THE SCARECROW GLANCED AT THE TIN WOODMAN WHO NODDED HIS ASSENT HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT ASKED THE TIN WOODMAN IN AMAZEMENT POLYCHROME IS A POWERFUL FAIRY BUT AT LAST THEY GOT A CHOIR AND ANDREW MACPHERSON WAS TO SING BASS IN IT OLD MISTER FORBES HADN'T GONE TO CHURCH FOR YEARS BECAUSE HE WAS SO RHEUMATIC BUT HE WENT THE FIRST SUNDAY THE CHOIR SANG BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER HEARD ANY ONE SING BASS AND 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NORTH OF US THE DIPPERS SWUNG UNTIRINGLY AROUND THE POLE STAR CECILY AND FELIX WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD DISTINGUISH THE DOUBLE STAR IN THE HANDLE OF THE BIG DIPPER AND GREATLY DID THEY PLUME THEMSELVES THEREON bcae7714-6d6f-45f2-90a1-0df500bf830d BUT IN AN HOUR'S TIME DAN WAS STILL IN GOOD HEALTH AND ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION OF GOING TO BED HE WENT AND WAS SOON SLEEPING AS PEACEFULLY AS IF HE HAD NOTHING ON EITHER CONSCIENCE OR STOMACH DUTY ON THE CONTRARY IS A BUGLE CALLED ACTION WHETHER YOU ARE INCLINED TO ACT OR NOT IN THIS CASE I HAVE OBEYED THE BUGLE CALL OF DUTY bcc680eb-0b54-4bd3-9f59-981a529f1d48 PRESENTLY A GREATER GLOOM CAME OVER THE JUNGLE BRINGING A SUDDEN STILLNESS TO THE WILD LIFE COLLAXIA WAS WHOLLY UNSCARED HER PEOPLE WITHOUT NEED OF THE CALM CRYSTALS THEY TRADED bcc79b64-fcfe-435e-bdec-e5cc29d79f5f THE EYE A SECTION CHIEF WAS DARK HAIRED THAT WAS THE JUNGLE THERE'S A SHIP OVERHEAD THAT COULD SPLIT OPEN YOUR PLANET WITH ONE BOMB FINALLY I SHALL TAKE PRIDE IN BEING THE WIFE ALL THAT SECOND DAY THEY TRAVELED STEADILY bcd498de-08b0-4bc8-9878-c95b18a1b14d THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN AMONG THE LATTER AND SHE LOOKED VERY PALE AND WAN WITH BLACK SHADOWS UNDER HER DEEP SET EYES AND I'M AFAR FROM BEING SURE THAT FELICITY DID EITHER WHAT WOULD MISS MARWOOD SAY IF SHE KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO FIGHT ASKED FELICITY bcd809ba-a407-448f-b249-e46b43a33f85 MAKE HER TO MAKE HER HAPPY WOOT THE WANDERER THINKS I OUGHT TO REWARD HER FOR BEING FAITHFUL TO ME AFTER MY NEAT BODY WAS CHOPPED TO PIECES AND I BECAME TEN MADE THEIR WAY TOWARD THE EXTENDED PALMS WHICH FORMED THE ALTAR OF THIS STRANGE BLACK GOD WHOSE FAVOR WAS DEATH bce1571b-08a9-47aa-b645-a24ebc9e8a94 AND GREATLY DID THEY PLUME THEMSELVES THEREON MANY A STATELY LADY SILKEN CLAD WALKED IN THAT OPULENT ORCHARD BUT I REFUSE TO DO IT UNLESS DO NOT KNOW YOUR NIMMY AMY AND SO I CANNOT TELL WHAT SHE NEEDS TO MAKE HER HAPPY bce893dd-5958-4613-a1f7-c882c460d489 DON'T SEEM TO STAND STRAIGHT SOMEHOW BUT MY JOINTS ALL WORK SO I GUESS I CAN WALK AT LEAST I HAD DONE NOTHING LIKE BUTCHERING A FEW OF THEM THAT WOULD MAKE THEM ANTAGONISTIC TOWARD FUTURE ANCESTRAL MESSENGERS bcead414-088b-41af-8e64-c0126cffa381 THEN THE STORY GIRL ARRIVED ARRAYED NOT IN ANY SECOND BEST BUT IN HER VERY BEST DRESS AND HAT WHICH HER FATHER HAD SENT HER FROM PARIS A DRESS OF SOFT CRIMSON SILK AND WHITE LEGHORN HAT ENCIRCLED BY FLAME RED POPPIES EVIDENTLY FELICITY THOUGHT ARTISTS AND ACTRESSES AND ALL SUCH POOR TRASH WERE MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER bcec5caa-c3e6-423d-8f46-48fb52dd053c EVERYTHING WAS READY EITHER PEPPER WOULD MAKE HIS MOVE OR I WOULD SAIL ON TO MY BILLIONAIRES PARALYSED PLANET IF THAT HAPPENED IT WOULD BE BEST IF I STAYED THERE YOU HAVE CONFESSED THE BALD ONE SAID IT IS NECESSARY THAT YOU RATIFY YOUR CONFESSION COME WITH US YONAS KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT RATIFICATION OF A FREE CONFESSION TOOK PLACE IN A TORTURE HE WIPED HIS FACE WITH ONE HAND BUT HE HARDLY THOUGHT OF ESCAPING HE HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE PLAN bcf5201d-2584-4762-b6ba-50d464fb7866 IN VAIN WE STROKED AND ENTREATED AND BROUGHT HIM TITBITS ONLY WHEN THE STORY GIRL CARESSED HIM TO GIVE ONE PLAINTIVE LITTLE MEW AS IF TO ASK PITEOUSLY WHY SHE COULD NOT DO SOMETHING FOR HIM YES SO FAR BUT NO FARTHER RETURNED THE TIN WOODMAN IN A PLAINTIVE AND DISTURBED TONE OF VOICE I AM NOW CLOSE TO NIMY AMY WHOM I HAVE COME EVER SO FAR TO SEEK BUT I CANNOT ASK THE GIRL TO MARRY SUCH A LITTLE MAT AS I AM NOW bd00b273-6b6b-4397-b83e-0432e4780287 HE HAD NEVER LIKED WOMEN AT ALL HE ASKED THEY LOOKED AND SAW WHAT SEEMED TO BE A FLIGHT OF STEPS CARVED FROM STONE THE NEXT MORNING HE STRETCHED HIMSELF DOWN ON THE PLATFORM BY UNCLE ROGER'S BACK DOOR THE WORLD HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE REST bd1eb561-fed2-41a1-8f12-8b98becb4f94 SOME MILITARISTIC CLIQUE THAT MEANT TO OVERTHROW HIM AND TAKE POWER I DIDN'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE PLANETS WHEN ENLISTED FERERA ON MY SIDE THIS WAS EASY EVEN WITHOUT THE THREAT OF EXPOSURE OF THE DOCUMENTS I HAD FOUND IN HIS FILES COME OUT INTO THE GARDEN WITH ME SHE SAID AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME OF THE MOST DELICIOUS CARMELS YOU EVER ATE THEY'RE A NEW VARIETY THAT NO ONE CAN GROW BUT ME AND THEY HAVE A HELIOTROPE FLAVOR bd22204c-54d5-4a46-ad53-195dca27e2ea SO HE SAT THERE THAT AFTERNOON AND DREAMED OF HER AS HE PLAYED SWEET OLD SONGS AND ROLLICKING JIGS ON HIS FIDDLE BUT THE SCARECROW WAGGED HIS STUFF HEAD THEN SAID IN A POSITIVE TONE THE BOY IS RIGHT I'VE OFTEN WONDERED MYSELF WHY YOU DIDN'T GO BACK AND FIND THAT POOR MUNCHKIN GIRL bd2a53d5-c908-4260-b4ee-f7e9bb13d104 PLANET TOO WHERE THE BEACON WAS SITUATED ACCORDING TO THE OLD CHARTS WAS A MUSHY LOOKING WET KIND OF GLOBE I TRIED TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF THE ANCIENT DIRECTIONS AND FINALLY LOCATED THE RIGHT AREA IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG IT WAS SUBTLE LIKE A BURNED OUT RESISTER OR A SHORTED CONDENSER WHATEVER IT WAS IT WAS BEYOND EMERGENCY REPAIR HE DROPPED THE TELE TALKING BEHIND THE SEAT AND EXAMINED THE GAUGE ON HIS OXYGEN MASK THERE WAS ENOUGH TO LAST THE NIGHT BUT NOT MUCH MORE bd2a995b-80a4-48bc-83f3-8705cd4064b2 FINALLY IN DESPERATION HE SWITCHED OFF THE TELETOCKY HE SNAPPED OPEN THE BACK OF THE UNIT AND STUDIED A MAZE OF TRANSISTORS RESISTERS AND CAPACITORS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG IT WAS SUBTLE LIKE A BURNED OUT RESISTER OR A SHORTED CONDENSER WHATEVER IT WAS IT WAS BEYOND EMERGENCY REPAIR DON'T YOU THINK IT HORRID BEGINNING SO YOUNG YOU AND ME WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT TILL WE WERE GROWN UP WOULD WE WILLIE FRASER LOOKS SO LONESOME IN SCHOOL THESE DAYS I MUST STOP FOR MAR SAYS I WASTE FAR TOO MUCH TIME WRITING LETTERS bd3f2e38-00ff-4dd3-84bf-35984d4e77ed KUTUFF NODDED A SECOND PASSED HE TOOK ONE HAND OFF HIS HIP TO SCRATCH AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD STRANGER SHARP SAID THE SHIP WAS COMPLETELY CLEAN PEPPO DROPPED HIS FACE INTO HIS HANDS AND HIS SHOULDERS SHOOK IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SHIP AND THE DOCK YARD HAD BEEN LAVISH WITH HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL FROM BOW TO REAR TUBE SHE WAS PLAITED IN PURE GOLD bd42979f-b2a8-4417-9793-c6eec3a3dee6 I OBSERVED THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE WATCH MY CLOTHING AND EVEN MY HAND WERE NOT REAL THEY WERE LIKE THE REST OF THE THINGS IN THIS MONSTROUS STATE THAT VIC CALLED IN FROM MEDIA I LEFT IT THREE AFTER TEN IT'S NOW FOURTEEN MINUTES OF ELEVEN GOOD LORD LESS THAN AN HOUR SINCE I STOOD THERE IN YOUR LABORATORY THE SLICES WERE SMOOTH AND GOLDEN AND SMOTHERED IN THE LUSCIOUS MAPLE SUGAR SAUCE WHICH CECILY HAD COMPOUNDED WERE VERY FAIR TO VIEW NEVERTHELESS ALTHOUGH NONE OF US NOT EVEN UNCLE ROGER OR FELICITY SAID A WORD AT THE TIME FOR FEAR OF HURTING THE STORY GIRL'S FEELINGS THE PUDDING DID NOT TASTE EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD bd469d97-e89e-4d90-b02c-39ae9cdce4d0 OUR DOOR WAS OPEN AND IN THEIR ROOM ACROSS THE NARROW HALL THE GIRLS WERE PREPARING FOR BED AND TALKING RATHER MORE LOUDLY THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE DONE HAD THEY REALIZED HOW FAR THEIR SWEET SHRILL VOICES CARRIED WELL IT WAS AWFUL SAD SAID FELICITY WIPING HER EYES BUT IT WAS LONG AGO AND WE CAN'T DO ANY GOOD BY CRYING OVER IT NOW LET US GO AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT I MADE SOME NICE LITTLE RHUBARB TARTS THIS MORNING bd470be9-2de7-4690-b0cb-d3a713e044ef I AM ARRESTING YOU FOR CONSPIRACY EXTORTION THEFT AND WHATEVER OTHER CHARGES DEVELOP AFTER A CAREFUL ROUT OF THESE DOCUMENTS SEIZE HIM RAINBOW BRIDGE IS NOT FOR THEE LIFE WAS AS A RED ROSE ONCE MORE THIS WAS IN FORTY NINE WHEN PEOPLE WERE RUSHING TO THE GOLD FIELDS IN CALIFORNIA bd4a83d7-4f30-4dac-bbd0-94ac8182e3df I TAGGED THIS EXPRESSION WITH THE PHRASE HEY GEORGE AND WAITED MY CHANCE TO USE IT IN THE MORNING WHEN THE FIRST WALLOWERS ARRIVED I FLIPPED ON THE RECORDER I DON'T BELIEVE GOD CARES WHETHER ANYBODY CAN EAT A BITTER APPLE WITHOUT MAKING A FACE IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE SAID IT OUT OF MALICE OF PREPENSE bd87a631-a883-4dea-88b4-9bfcb9b19f36 THE LACE ONE WHICH THE GIANTESS ALWAYS WEARS I HAVE BEEN HER PRISONER IN THIS CAGE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND SHE HANGS MY CAGE IN HER BEDROOM EVERY NIGHT SO SHE CAN KEEP HER EYE ON ME EXPLAINED POLYCHROME THE CANARY OF COURSE IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE OLD CHEST UNPACKED SAID THE STORY GIRL AS SHE STIRRED THE CONTENTS OF A SAUCEPAN VIGOROUSLY BUT NOW THAT IT IS OVER I BELIEVE I AM SORRY THAT IT IS OPEN IT ISN'T MYSTERIOUS ANY LONGER WE KNOW ALL ABOUT IT NOW AND WE CAN NEVER IMAGINE WHAT THINGS ARE IN IT ANY MORE bd883cec-5669-4b8a-9c6a-9a85da60903f A QUICK STOP AT SUPPLY AND RECORD SECTIONS GAVE ME EVERYTHING I NEEDED THE SUN WAS BARELY CLEAR OF THE HORIZON WHERE THE SILVER NEEDLE OF MY SHIP LIFTED IN THE GRAY FIELD THEN BLASTED INTO SPACE EMILY JUST PUT HER HANDS TO HER HEART SO AND FELL ALL WHITE AND BROKEN AMONG THE FERNS AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK TO LIFE SHE NEVER CRIED OR LAMENTED bd8fe2a2-38c6-4290-914c-fb67fe8a2468 AND SHE AGREED TO DO SO NOW DOUBLY DEAR TO HIM THEY FOUND BEFORE THEM NOTHING IN THE VALLEY BELOW IT EXCEPT GRASS OR WEEDS OR STONES BUT IF HE WAKES UP SOME DAY AND FINDS HE'S AN OLD BACHELOR BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET ANY ONE IT'LL HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT FLAVOR bda0cf66-1cb9-4134-a41b-5ff96e8ea603 BUT THE STORY GIRL WAS THE SOUL OF HONOUR AND PETER EARLY IN LIFE HAD HAD HIS FEET SET IN THE PATH OF TRUTHFULNESS BY HIS AUNT JANE AND HAD NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO STRAY FROM IT WHEN THEY ASSURED US SOLEMNLY THAT THEIR DREAMS ALL HAPPENED EXACTLY AS THEY DESCRIBED THEM WE WERE COMPELLED TO BELIEVE THEM BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING UP WE FELT SURE OF THAT THE BLOW HAD BEEN DIRECTED AT DOOR AND SHE SHOWED THAT SHE HAD ABSORBED MOST OF IT BY WILTING VISIBLY BUT FARMER FELT AS MUCH OF IT AS HE WANTED IT WAS AS IF A BLAST FURNACE HAD SUDDENLY OPENED BESIDE HIM HE WONDERED HOW UNCOMFORTABLE HE COULD GET A DEADLY SILENCE DESCENDED JOHN ANDREW WAS WISHING THAT HE COULD SWIM WHEN DORA SMILED AND HE BEGAN TO BE INTERESTED IN LIVING AGAIN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF bda47c5f-9ccd-4dcb-8897-5f4ceeeae6d3 MORE PETITIONS AND CECILY'S WERE OFFERED UP THAT NIGHT ON BEHALF OF PATTY YOUR AUNT OLIVIA GAVE HER A LUNCH A GOOD ONE YOU MAY LAUGH AT THE NOTION OF PEG BEING A WITCH BUT I NOTICE YOUR FOLKS ARE ALWAYS AWFUL GOOD TO HER WHEN SHE COMES AND AWFUL CAREFUL NEVER TO OFFEND HER BUT AFTER ALL YOU HAVE THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING YOU ARE UNUSUAL AND SHEEP FOR HIS FOOD bda4d88f-42c1-4514-9fa0-d48364a05f3e WE MUSTN'T OFFER HER ANY MONEY SAID THE STORY GIRL SHE'S VERY INDIGNANT WHEN ANY ONE DOES THAT SHE SAYS SHE ISN'T A BEGGAR BUT SHE'LL TAKE ANYTHING ELSE I SHALL GIVE HER MY STRING OF BLUE BEADS SHE'S FOND OF FINERY BOOT THE WANDERER HAVING SATISFIED HIS HUNGER WATCHED THE OILING PROCESS WITH MUCH CURIOSITY BUT BEGGED THE TIN MAN TO GO ON WITH HIS TAIL bdb5f1d6-0640-4d5a-abae-3c0df1615bf6 THAT WAS THE MAIN QUESTION ABOUT GROWN UPS THEIR LOOKS MATTERED LITTLE TO US SHE'S LOVELY THERE MAY BE SOME SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY THERE WERE ANY HERE RIGHT IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HE WAS ROCKING HIMSELF BACK AND FORTH WITH HIS HAND PRESSED AGAINST HIS STOMACH THE PUDDING DID NOT TASTE EXACTLY AS IT SHOULD bdbb2c2b-5beb-4f8c-9183-b1412fe8cba7 WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR OUR PICNIC NOVEMBER DREAMED THAT IT WAS MAY THE AIR WAS SOFT AND MELLOW WITH PALE AERIAL MISTS IN THE VALLEYS AND OVER THE LEAFLESS BEECHES ON THE WESTERN HILL HAD HE REMAINED HIS NATURAL SIZE THE DISTANCE COULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IN A FEW STEPS BUT TO A THUMB HIGH ROOT IT WAS QUITE A PROMENADE bdc8c9fd-51ce-4670-b34c-10cbc29dc8ce BUT SHE HAD DAINTY LITTLE FEATURES AND MILD BROWN EYES IT HAD TAKEN ROOT AND GROWN THE FARMER LOOKED AT GARF AGAIN WITH FEAR AND AWE BUT TO THE EDITOR'S UNTECHNICAL EYE IT LOOKED LIKE A FAIRLY ORDINARY RADIO SET bdd171c2-58ac-4921-95d2-eecf94988130 I'VE THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT IT OH MOTHER PLEASE LET ME HOLD IT FOR A MINUTE I'LL BE AS CAREFUL AS CAREFUL THERE COMES A CHINA SET GRANDFATHER KING GAVE US SAID THE STORY GIRL WISTFULLY OH IT MAKES ME FEEL SAD HE KNEW ALL THERE WAS TO KNOW ABOUT THEM THEIR NATIVITIES AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS HE KNEW THAT THERE WERE ONLY NINE REGULAR PEOPLE IN THE NINE HUNDRED SQUARE MILES OF THE SANTA MAGDALENA bdd1dd26-6609-49ab-9b15-36f9f22e3e2f FELICITY HAVING USED UP ALL THE AVAILABLE COOKING MATERIALS IN THE HOUSE HAD TO STOP PERFORCE AND SHE NOW DETERMINED TO STUFF TWO NEW PINCUSHIONS SHE HAD BEEN MAKING FOR HER ROOM WE WAITED AT UNCLE ALEC'S DOOR FOR THE OTHERS TO COME UP PETER WAS BY WAY OF SKULKING SHAMEFACEDLY PAST INTO THE SHADOWS BUT THE STORY GIRL'S BRIEF BITTER ANGER HAD VANISHED WAIT FOR ME PETER SHE CALLED SHE WENT OVER TO HIM AND HELD OUT HER HAND bdf8330a-7916-45a6-b675-c1e34bc48702 WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM WAS HE KILLED TOO ASKED FELIX IT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE FACE OF A CLOCK AND THERE ARE FLOWERS IN IT THAT OPENS AT EVERY HOUR SO YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL THE TIME IT WAS MISTER SCOTT WHO DID IT SAID THE STORY GIRL MAROONED IT CAN DO NO HARM TO MARINE INTELLIGENCES A THIN HIGH STREAK OF VAPOR TRAIL KNEELING DOWN TOWARD THEM FROM THE SUNRISE RAINBOW be11992b-63ef-4111-95f3-9fec28cfae82 BUT AT TIMES THEY WERE SILENT FOR THESE THINGS HAD BEEN TALKED OVER MANY TIMES BETWEEN THEM AND THEY FOUND THEMSELVES CONTENTED AND MERELY BEING TOGETHER SPEAKING NOW AND THEN A BRIEF SENTENCE TO PROVE THEY WERE WIDE AWAKE AND ATTENTIVE WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL UNCLE ROGER STOPPED LAUGHING BEFORE WE HEARD THE EXPLANATION WE THOUGHT HE NEVER WOULD STOP THAT'S GRANDFATHER KING'S OLD CLOCK STRIKING HE SAID AS SOON AS HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK SAMMY PROT CAME ALONG AFTER TEA WHEN YOU WERE AWAY TO THE FORGE PETER AND I GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO CLEAN THE OLD CLOCK HE HAD IT GOING MERRILY IN NO TIME be177f60-5007-4d88-80a8-5565eaf98882 DORA SHRUGGED I'M NOT TELLING THEM ANYTHING REALLY JUST DROPPING A FEW HINTS OF THE MOST ELEMENTARY SORT THINGS THAT HAVE FIGURED OUT SOON ANYWAY AND THINGS THEY STILL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE PRACTICABLE EVEN IF SOME OF THE INVENTIONS THEY WORKED OUT SO FAR HAVEN'D THEM TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE ON NICELY AFTER ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THE MEREST TOYS TO US WHAT COULD IT POSSIBLY MATTER HE RADIATED CAUTION WORRY PATIENCE YONAS TURNED TO THE BED AND CUT OFF FROM THE DIRECTOR WITH A GRUNT HE WAS TIRED LONG DISTANCE LINKAGES WERE A DRAINED ON THE BOY'S ENERGY EVEN WHEN THE PERSON INVOLVED WAS EASY TO VISUALIZE BUT CLARTON HAD INSISTED ON AN INTERMITTENT CONTACT IF THERE WERE SUCH A THING AS TOTAL CONTACT CONSTANT CONTACT OVER PERIOD DAYS YONIST THOUGHT CLARTON WOULD USE ME FOR A PUPPET A VERITABLE PUNCH AMONG MEN HE WOULD OVERRIDE ME AND TAKE ME OVER THE WAY A TRAVELLING ENTERTAINER RULES HIS JOINTED DOLLS be1ee03b-e608-41ec-bb10-6287821cc740 SCHOOL OPENED AND WE SMALL DENIZENS THE HILL FARMS LIVED HAPPY DAYS OF HARMLESS WORK AND NECESSARY PLAY CLOSING IN THE NIGHTS OF PEACEFUL UNDISTURBED SLUMBER UNDER A ROOF WATCHED OVER BY AUTUMNAL STARS VERY WELL THEN YOU'VE GOT TO DO THINGS THE PRESBYTERIAN WAY THOSE WHO WERE OLD REMAINED OLD I HAVE HAD MY BREAKFAST WELL WE CAN GO BACK AGAIN SUGGESTED LUKE be25e0ee-e9c3-4294-b9bb-1139fb5386a4 IN THE FOREST THERE MAY BE FRUITS OR NUTS GROWING OR BERRY BUSHES AT ITS EDGE SO LET US GO THAT WAY THEN ATTEMPTED A SWAN DYKE SO FAR AS OTHER INTELLIGENT RACES OF THE GALAXY ARE CONCERNED be3cb357-6ff8-4196-9f85-001cbcf72d72 SHE HAD A LOVER HIS NAME WAS MALCOLM WARD AND HE WAS AS HANDSOME AS A PRINCE SHE LOVED HIM WITH ALL HER HEART AND HE LOVED HER THE SAME BUT THEY HAD NEVER SPOKEN ABOUT IT THEY USED TO MEET UNDER THE BIRCHES AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT LOVE SHE STROKED THE PURRING PADDY AND WE READ STEADILY ON WITH MADDENING INDIFFERENCE TO ALL OF OUR PLEADINGS EVEN CECILY THE MEEK AND MILD WAS SNAPPISH AND COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE PETER HAD GONE HOME TO SEE HIS MOTHER AND UNCLE ROGER HAD GONE TO MARKDALE ON BUSINESS be3e2327-ac84-4120-8b0b-aa88d14714ba PETER AGAIN DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF HE AND HE ALONE PASSED THE ORDEAL MUNCHING THOSE DREADFUL MOUTHFULS WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A CHANGE OF EXPRESSION ON HIS COUNTENANCE WHILE THE FACIAL CONTORTIONS THE REST OF US WENT THROUGH BAFFLED DESCRIPTION GIVE ME A FISH THEN THERE'S A RIVER A LITTLE WAY OFF PROPOSED THE JAGUAR NO LIVING THING SHALL BE SACRIFICED TO FEED YOU RETURNED THE CANARY THEN WHAT IN THE WORLD DO YOU EXPECT ME TO EAT SAID THE JAGUAR IN A SCORNFUL TONE be4ffa6c-dc48-4f35-bdf6-2527d6c73dc2 IF HE GETS BETTER I'LL TELL HIM SAID CECILY RESOLUTELY I WISH I HADN'T BOXED HIS EARS THAT DAY HE TRIED TO KISS ME WENT ON FELICITY WHO WAS EVIDENTLY RAKING HER CONSCIENCE FOR PAST OFFENCES IN REGARD TO PETER BUT SARA RAY WAS NOT HAPPY HER FACE WAS SO MELANCHOLY THAT THE STORY GIRL LOST PATIENCE WITH HER THE STORY GIRL HERSELF WAS NOT ALTOGETHER AT EASE PROBABLY HER OWN CONSCIENCE WAS TROUBLING HER BUT ADMIT IT SHE WOULD NOT be595673-427f-45de-b7e3-90a8c7718015 WE RECOGNIZED IT AT ONCE ON A FARM ADJOINING THE OLD KING HOMESTEAD IN CARLISLE AND TURNED AGAIN TOWARD THE DOOR I CAN DO MANY THINGS YANUS WENT ON IT WAS NECESSARY THAT I BRING THESE TO YOUR ATTENTION be6070b4-58d9-4255-b09e-4b6d1b755276 THE STORY GIRL HAD BEEN TELLING US TALE I SUPPOSE WE MADE IT HORRID OURSELVES SAID THE STORY GIRL CANDIDLY HER FACE WAS SO MELANCHOLY THAT THE STORY GIRL LOST PATIENCE WITH HER BOTH AN ALARMING MAJORITY IN THE SHATTERING AFTERMATH OF THE FOURTH WAR JOENIFY REAPPEARED WITH A WALNUT SIZED CRYSTAL IN HER HAND AND VAULTED ACROSS THE RAIL be60b409-88fa-4939-bb63-a6c93da75e9e AS ANY WIZARD MIGHT DO WHO HAD THE HELP OF HIS LORD THE DEVIL KUTUFF MUTTERED DO YOU SPECT THIS TO PROVE ONE THING AT A TIME YUNUS SAID KUTUFF NODDED A SECOND PASSED YONAS LICKED HIS LIPS THE POSSIBILITIES PRAYED BEFORE HIM ON ONE HAND SUCCESS ON THE OTHER THERE WAS THE TORTURE AND DEATH OF THE INQUISITION YONAS TOOK A DEEP BREATH THERE WAS NO WAY TO BACK OUT NOW HEROISM LOOKED A LITTLE EMPTY THOUGH HE CLOSED HIS EYES CABBAGES HE SAID KENUPH NEITHER APPLAUDED NOR LOOKED SURPRISED NO HE SAID I'D LIKE TO STAY THERE'S NOTHING TO DO BUT FISH AND SAIL AROUND LOOKING FOR SCOOPS READY TO SHED THEIR CRYSTALS JENOFER REMINDED HIM STILL UNCLE CHARLEY HAS TALKED ABOUT SETTLING IN THE TOWNSHIP AND STANDING FOR COUNCIL ELECTION CAN YOU FISH AND SAIL JEFF AUBREY THE CONSULATE ROCKET LANDED ASHORE BUT JEFF IGNORED IT I CAN LEARN HE SAID be6698bc-426f-4371-a20c-342293aba08a IT'N'T TAKE ME LONG TO THINK OF EVERYTHING ABOUT AND THE END OF ITS ARC SLOWLY DESCENDED AND TOUCHED THE GROUND JUST WHERE THEY WOULD IT DO ANY GOOD SAID THE STORY GIRL DESPERATELY I THINK I OUGHT TO PREACH IT OVER AGAIN FOR YOU I'M AWFUL SORRY FOR SARA BUT I'M GLAD I'M NOT HER be6f1fe8-2f53-4dbb-a4a5-0e828309339b STETSON SMILED WITHOUT HUMOR HORRENT STARED UPWARD IN AWE IT MAKES ME NERVOUS AND THE BROWN BEAR GRUNTED AND GROWLED WITH GLEE AND TROTTED TOWARD OZMA AS FAST AS HE COULD WABBLE be7537fa-82de-4ae8-9b11-72e211dbb97b AND WHAT DO WE DO IN RETURN YOU DARE INSULT ME GROWLED NUBE YOU BETTER GET A MOVE ON YES OF COURSE THEY MUST HAVE I'LL TELL YOU SAID PETER I'LL PICK UP A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE ROUND PEBBLES ON MISTER KING'S FRONT WALK AND THEY'LL BE JUST AS GOOD AS PEAS YOU'LL DO NOTHING OF THE SORT SAID AUNT JANET COME YOU TRY be7aa577-c83d-4f77-8782-156cd78478ce HE WAS NOT EVEN SEVEN FEET TALL FOR INSTANCE NOR DID HE HAVE A HANDSOME LOVESOME FACE WITH FLASHING BLUE EYES OR A BROAD SHOULDERED NARROW WAISTED MARVEL OF A FIGURE WHICH SEEMED QUITE A STICKY PROBLEM FOR A MAN IN A MEDIEVAL CULTURE THE CELL GREW DARK AS NIGHT CAME AND THE DAMPNESS SEEMED TO INCREASE HOPE SO DEAR WE SEEM TO BE IF WE CAN ONLY REACH THE SPOT WHERE WE ENTERED THIS INSANE WORLD BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS HOW MUCH TIME HAVE WE WE COULD NEVER CLIMB BACK be7ae945-f308-4264-9010-532be7f986e3 BUT WHERE IS THE MONKEY BOY WELL CAPTAIN IF YOU ARE AGREEABLE LET US NOW GO TO NIMI AMMY'S HOUSE I KNOW A STORY ABOUT MISSUS RICHARD COOK'S GRANDMOTHER I HAVE HEARD OF THOSE PATTY PANS AN OLD SERVANT GRANDMOTHER KING HAD GAVE THEM TO RACHEL be823537-231e-4381-b7f4-87d9244403f3 NOW SOLDIER CUT THE HAY SAID THE SCARECROW'S HEAD WHICH WAS STILL HELD BY ROOT THE WANDERER THE DAY AFTER THE PICNIC A COLD AUTUMN RAIN SET IN AND WE GOT UP TO FIND OUR WORLD A DRENCHED WIND RAVEN PLACE WITH SODDEN FIELDS AND DOUR SKIES AGLEYA HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH GLECON JUST AS HE HAD WITH HER BUT SHE NEVER LET HIM SUSPECT IT FOR EVER SO LONG be850174-9ceb-4354-a781-7fe4603d5c13 NOW AND THEN HE GLANCED AT THE BRIDGE CONTROL CONSOLE THE CHRONOMETER ABOVE IT THE BIG TRANS LIKE MAP OF THEIR POSITION TILTED FROM THE OPPOSITE BULKHEAD ONLY ONE THING COULD CROSS IT AND THAT WAS LOVE ZULEMITH YEARNED FOR ZERA WITH SUCH FIDELITY AND LONGING THAT HE BEGAN TO BUILD UP A BRIDGE OF LIGHT FROM HIS STAR AND ZERA NOT KNOWING THIS BUT LOVING AND LONGING FOR HIM BEGAN TO BUILD A SIMILAR BRIDGE OF LIGHT FROM HER STAR be8ba31f-0f01-4968-8bef-5eb4b84831b2 AT FIRST SHE FLEW HIGH IN THE AIR AND MADE GREAT CIRCLES OVERHEAD BUT IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY POOR NIMIA ME HAS A SHARP TONGUE WHEN ANGRY THEN HE PLUNGED IN WITHOUT FURTHER ADO SPEAKING IN HIS ORDINARY CONVERSATIONAL TONE ANOTHER UNORTHODOX THING be8bf109-3476-4294-838c-dba5a39038b9 BUT THIS LIKE THE BREAKING OF THE CUP HAD NO SIGNIFICANCE FOR US AT THE MOMENT IF THERE HAD BEEN ONE WISE OLDER FRIEND TO TELL US IN SERIOUS FASHION THAT WE NEED NOT BE AFRAID IT IS THE VERY SAME CUP SAID THE STORY GIRL IMPRESSIVELY ISN'T IT AN AMAZING THING CONSEQUENTLY HER DREAM BOOK WAS VERY MONOTONOUS be9fb60f-e99f-45ca-b3f7-100cf426155f NO IT ISN'T THAT SORT OF GAME AT ALL SAID THE STORY GIRL IT IS THIS EACH OF YOU BOYS MUST PREACH A SERMON AS UNCLE EDWARD USED TO DO ONE OF YOU NEXT SUNDAY AND ANOTHER THE NEXT AND SO ON AND WHOEVER PREACHES THE BEST SERMON IS TO GET A PRIZE YES THE TIN BODIES ARE BEST AGREED THE TIN SOLDIER NOTHING CAN HURT THEM bea071d0-7594-4089-9ae3-ada0e579d51a IT IS ALL CUT TO PIECES BUT WHAT A PRETTY SOFT SHADE IT WAS THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF HER LETTER I COULDN'T SEE THROUGH BUT WHEN THE MEASLES STRIKE IN THEY LEAVE YOU STUPID FOR A SPELL THE EXCITEMENT WAS QUITE TREMENDOUS THAT IS UNLESS YOU FOOLISHLY GET INTO THE FIREPLACE END OF THE STRING IT LOOK AT ME WOOT WHAT AM I bea17850-cd0f-40af-b41f-ce7f92778174 HIS NAME WAS ALLAN DUNBAR AND HE WAS YOUNG AND HANDSOME HEROES ALWAYS ARE YOU KNOW BUT AUNT LOUISA SAYS HE REALLY WAS AND HE WAS IN LOVE WILDLY IN LOVE WITH MARGARET GRANT I DON'T EVEN BLINK FOR THINGS LIKE THAT HOW DO YOU TRIGGER IT OFF YOU GAPING GOOSE I DON'T HAVE TIME TO EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU I HAVE TO GET TO WASHINGTON beaed617-5f9d-488e-a557-9f88871d4ac5 AND MOREOVER ALL THAT FORTNIGHT SHE WAS STRANGELY CRANKY AND PETULANT AND WE FOUND IT WAS NOT WISE TO TEASE HER THE FRUIT LADEN BOUGHS OF THE ORCHARD THE BANK OF GOLDEN ROD LIKE A WAVE OF SUNSHINE BEHIND THE PULPIT STONE beb4432e-5692-42e8-9224-fe272d8fc75c KEEP TALKING HIS STETS AND KEEP HIM INTERESTED DON'T BE IMPATIENT GLASS BLOWING CULTURE MEANT THEY WERE JUST OUT OF THE PRIMITIVE STAGE FELICITY HAD DROPPED THE CUP OF CLOUDED BLUE WHICH HAD PASSED UNSCATHED THROUGH SO MANY CHANGING YEARS AND NOW AT LAST LAY SHATTERED ON THE STONE OF THE WELL CURB BUT THEY ONLY LASTED A COUPLE OF DAYS bebf6c3e-84b5-4be4-9375-a12872566657 YES I'M RATHER SURPRISED AT MY HEAD MYSELF REPLIED THE TIN WOODMAN THOUGHTFULLY CECILY IS WELL AND SAYS SHE ISN'T GOING TO CURL HER HAIR ANY MORE SHE IS SO CONSCIENTIOUS YOU CHILDREN WON'T SLEEP A WEEK TO NIGHT IF WE OPENED IT NOW YOU'D GO WILD WITH EXCITEMENT bec68f9a-9329-4bc3-bad0-acac27d93a5f HIS WELL WORN EXPRESSION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH QUANUM MECHANICS THE ACTUAL CHANGE IN ATOMIC CONFIGURATION DUE TO THE APPLICATION OF SUFFICIENT ENERGY RATHER IT WAS A SLANG EXPRESSION REFERRING TO A MAJOR ADVANCE IN INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL DUE TO A MAXIMUM SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EFFORT LET EM HAVE MARS AND VENUS THE COLONEL WOULD SAY LET HIM HAVE THE WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM WE'LL MAKE A QUANUM JUMP BLAKE FROG AHEAD OF EM WE'LL BE THE FIRST MEN TO SET FOOT ON THE PLANET OF ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM WE HAD ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD EAGERLY TO THE PROMISED STAY WHEN FATHER WOULD TAKE US DOWN HOME TO THE OLD HOUSE WITH THE SPRUCES BEHIND IT AND THE FAMOUS KING ORCHARD BEFORE IT WHEN WE MIGHT RAMBLE IN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK DRINK FROM THE DEEP WELL WITH A CHINESE ROOF OVER IT STAND ON THE PULPIT STONE AND EAT APPLES FROM OUR BIRTHDAY TREES becb9e4a-b822-4351-8d55-27f3ebfe04ff NOT THE SCOOP YOU IDIOT THE OWL IT WAS JEFF'S TURN TO STARE OWL HE CAME HERE LAST NIGHT AT SUNSET WITH A HORSE AND SLEIGH NOT HIS OWN OR LATELY GOTTEN AND HE ASKED NAN IN THE STABLE YARD TO MARRY HIM MAYBE THAT LITTLE PINK CLOUD IS A DREAM GETTING ALL READY TO FLOAT DOWN INTO SOMEBODY'S SLEEP SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL bedcce7e-574f-44c2-b757-d62bafc11ba0 ALL EXCITED SHE TRIED TO SMILE AND ALMOST SUCCEEDED HOPE WAS GAME ALL THE WAY THROUGH WHAT AN ADVEN THIS WILL BE TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE OLD AND RHEUMATIC THE SALTY BREEZE TURNED COLDER THEN RACE SMILED A SMILE THAT WAS SURPRISINGLY SOFT AND SWEET bee55b2b-9177-4698-8c4e-9b7ba1a4a470 NO DON'T SAID AN OLD DRAGON IN THE BACKGROUND HAVEN'T I ENOUGH WORRIES WHAT WITH BEING WAKENED IN THE MIDDLE OF A NAP WITHOUT BEING OBLIGED TO KEEP TRACK OF MY CHILDREN'S WIT AGES NANCY DIDN'T SAY SHE WOULD HAVE HIM SHE JUST LOOKED IT AND DONALD KISSED HER RIGHT THERE IN THE SNOW THE NEXT MORNING THE STORM WAS OVER DONALD KNEW NEIL MUST SOON BE ON HIS TRACK HE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE THE SHERMAN HOUSE THE SCENE OF A QUARREL SO HE RESOLVED TO GET AWAY BEFORE THE CAMPBELL CAME bef5a3cf-ecbd-4932-8583-d59a4cf0a01e WHOSE MIXED BRAINS HAD BEEN WORKING STEADILY ASKED THE WOMAN YOU ARE PERFECTLY SAFE SO FAR AS I AM CONCERNED AND HAD TO DO HER BIDDING DAY AND NIGHT EVEN IF SHE DID MAKE PAT SICK I SUPPOSE IT WOULD ONLY MAKE HER CROSS HER IF WE WOULDN'T ACCUSED HER OF BEWITCHING HIM BESIDES SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING OF THE SORT THERE WAS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE YOU'RE A PRESBYTERIAN AIN'T YOU bef5bd0c-9278-4ee9-8fb5-f9da31494bbe HE DEPRESSED IT INSTANTLY THE SLEDGE SHOT SKYWARD HEAVY GEES PRESSING THEM DOWN INTO THE SEATS THE GUN INTO NUBES'S HAND WAS SLAMMED INTO HIS LAP HE STRUGGLED TO RAISE IT TO ORAN THE WEIGHT WAS STILL ONLY ABOUT TWICE THAT OF HIS HOME PLANET OF CHARGE ON A CRY WENT UP FROM THE CROWD AS I DROPPED THE IRON AND STAGGERED IN BLIND CIRCLES I MUST ADMIT IT WENT OFF PRETTY WELL befe89ff-c55d-420b-ad8e-766bcfb3b267 STRANGELY ENOUGH IT WAS NOT DARK IN THIS IMMENSE NATURAL CHAMBER IN THE WOODLAND FOR THE PLACE GLOWED WITH THE SOFT WHITE LIGHT THAT SEEMED TO COME FROM SOME UNSEEN SOURCE WELL WHERE IS HE THEN HE ISN'T HERE DID HE MELT INTO AIR DEMANDED FELICITY OH COME AND LOOK FOR HIM ALL OF YOU DON'T STAND ROUND LIKE NINNIES WE MUST FIND HIM BEFORE HIS MOTHER GETS HERE DAN KING YOU'RE AN IDIOT DAN WAS TOO FRIGHTENED TO RESENT THIS AT THE TIME bf000c49-d264-42ef-ad46-dded69cd4e18 A WAVE OF PURE HEAT SWEPT OVER THE BOAT BLISTERING WHAT PAINT IT STILL BOASTED SHE REACHED THE RAIL FIRST AND WENT OVER YOU AND VIC YOU AREN'T REAL TO ME EITHER ONE OF THE PRIESTS SPOKE SHARPLY COMMANDINGLY TO E PAY AND THE LATTER NODDED AND THEN AT LAST THE CHANTING CEASED bf06e4ac-32d2-4d6b-a745-0abd2ef9ac11 THESE EPISTLES WERE AS DASHINGLY UNDERLINED AS IF SARAH HAD BEEN A CORRESPONDENT OF EARLY VICTORIAN DAYS LESS SAID WAS SOONEST MENDED WHAT GROWN UPS WERE CONCERNED I MOUNTED THE PULPIT STEPS FEELING RATHER NERVOUS AND MY AUDIENCE SAT GRAVELY DOWN ON THE GRASS BEFORE ME WE CHILDREN WERE FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH ANYTHING BUT FORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT FORBIDDEN THE USE OF OUR EYES AND TONGUES bf07e7f3-9f40-46d1-992f-c42540a1cf3f I GUESS I'LL BE A PRESBYTERIAN CAUSE I WANT TO BE LIKE THE REST OF YOU YES I'LL BE A PRESBYTERIAN ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ANY ONE YOU CHERRY VARS ASKED FELICITY TRYING TO SPEAK INDIFFERENTLY I THINK IT WOULD BE DREADFUL SURELY YOU CAN ARRANGE IT SOME OTHER WAY LET'S ALL GIVE UP THE ORDEAL ANYWAY THERE ISN'T MUCH FUN IN IT AND THEN NEITHER OF YOU NEED TO PRAY ABOUT IT bf0f0e0c-9b96-404f-9bee-a0dd2b0f4f02 OR WAS IT SIMPLY THE GLAMOUR OF OLD FAMILY TRADITIONS AND TALES WHICH WAS OVER US LENDING ITS MAGIC TO ALL SIGHTS AND SOUNDS AROUND US IT WAS RESTING INSIDE THE BEACON DOOR WHEN I WOKE UP THE REPAIRS DIDN'T TAKE LONG THOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY OF GROANING FROM THE BLIND LIZARDS WHEN THEY HEARD ME RIPPING THE WALL OPEN TO GET AT THE POWER LEAGUES I EVEN HOOKED A GADGET TO THE WATER PIPE SO THEIR HOLY WATERS WOULD HAVE THE USUAL REFRESHING RADIOACTIVITY WHEN THEY STARTED FLOWING AGAIN bf17c3bc-52a0-436c-8fb9-763c7f6e5292 A UNIFORM WATCHMAN FRANTICALLY WAVED TO US AND THE WHOLE CONVOY JERKED TO A STOP THE SHIP WAS GONE WHAT BATTLESHIP HE GASPED RAID THE MENTAL HOSPITALS AND JAILS YOUR SHIP LANDED TO REPAIR ITS TUBES AND HE HAD THE HEAVY FRICATIVE GREETING SOUND THE CITY IS FOR OUR RACE bf1df9cd-6a48-4b13-8a8f-3571bdadf9f0 HE BELONGED TO A DIFFERENT WORLD FROM THEIRS THEY HAD NEVER KNOWN HIM VERY INTIMATELY OR UNDERSTOOD HIM I REALIZED NOW THAT UNCLE BLAIR WAS A BIT OF A BOHEMIAN A RESPECTABLE SORT OF TRAMP FELICITY TO LOOK AT THE STORY GIRL TO TELL US TALES OF WONDER CECILY TO ADMIRE US DAN AND PETER TO PLAY WITH WHAT MORE COULD REASONABLE FELLOWS WANT bf280a58-574d-420c-8228-1b9a591858ed THAT WE SHOULD MAKE UNCLE ROGER A COURT OF LAST RESORT INDICATED ALL TOO CLEARLY THE STATE OF OUR MINDS BUT WE WENT UNCLE ROGER WAS IN HIS BARN YARD HITCHING HIS BLACK MARE INTO THE BUGGY HIS COPY OF THE ENTERPRISE WAS STICKING OUT OF HIS POCKET HE LOOKED AS WE SAW WITH SINKING HEARTS UNUSUALLY GRAVE AND PREOCCUPIED THERE WAS NOT A GLIMMER OF A SMILE ABOUT HIS FACE EVERYBODY THOUGHT THIS WAS FUNNY EXCEPT FELIX HE WOULD NOT SPEAK TO PETER FOR TWO DAYS BECAUSE OF IT FELICITY ALSO GOT INTO TROUBLE BECAUSE OF HER DREAMS ONE NIGHT SHE WOKE UP HAVING JUST HAD A VERY EXCITING DREAM BUT SHE WENT TO SLEEP AGAIN AND IN THE MORNING SHE COULD NOT REMEMBER THE DREAM AT ALL bf8b1d3f-647f-4f7d-befe-9af5c1309789 I REMEMBERED THE WAY SHE SHOOK HIM OFF AND I WANTED TO LAUGH AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE PULPIT AND THOUGHT OF THE STORY SHE TOLD ABOUT THE OLD SCOTCH MINISTER WHO WAS TOO FAT TO GET IN AT THE DOOR OF IT AND HAD TO HISS HIMSELF UP BY HIS TWO HANDS OVER IT AND THEN WHISPERED TO THE OTHER MINISTER SO THAT EVERYBODY HEARD HIM NORMALLY I CURSED THE PAPAL TANGLES OF BUREAUCRACY BUT THIS WAS ONE TIME WHEN I BLESSED THEM ALL THESE PEOPLE HAD IT DOWN TO A FINE SCIENCE bf9db9e1-2de3-4096-8b41-d09cc5319750 THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH IF I'M LICKED I WON'T PRAY FOR THAT PARTICULAR THING ANY MORE IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE SAID IT OUT OF MALICE OF PREPENSE JEFF WHEELED ON HIM INCREDULOUSLY SEARCHING OUT AND USING THE PROPER SYMBOLS FOR EXPLANATION bfa18427-adf8-4206-be9f-3811a6d15b66 WASN'T KISSING ALWAYS DISCOVERED ASKED ANNE THERE WERE FINE LACE CURTAINS AT THE WINDOWS AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES ON THE WALLS NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING I SNAPPED INTO THE MIKE WORKING AWAY THE WORRIED BILLIONAIRE EXPRESSION I'M SURE THEY'LL BE GLAD TO SEE THE MAN WHO AS THEY HAD AN ENTIRE BATTERY OF SIAM FOR THEIR COMMUNICATIONS bfbaccd4-fa35-4f0e-9a19-1e07ce4385e6 AND MARJOR SAID JUDGMENT FIDDLESTICKS I CAN'T TURN INTO A CHRISTIAN BETWEEN THIS AND TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW AND THE POSSIBILITY WAS ALMOST AS DREADFUL AS THE CERTAINTY BUT WHEN MISS HOPE CAME HOME UNEXPECTED THIS MORNING WHAT SHE CUT HER VISIT A FEW DAYS SHORT HER AUNT HAVING OTHER HOUSE GUESTS TURN UP UNEXPECTED LIKE bfd94b8a-cda3-4c90-8eec-c4eb9bec8078 YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE DON'T YOU HE SAID IN A VOICE AS CLOSE TO SILKY AS HE COULD MAKE IT YOU THE BALD MAN SAID YOU'RE HERE IN A CELL I WISHED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE SERMON CONTEST AND FELT SORE WHENEVER I THOUGHT OF MY FAILURE bfe64b14-f48d-4f35-9bcd-3316e975946f IF YOUR MOTHER READS IT TO YOU THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF IT SHE MAY NOT UNDERSTAND BUT I THINK YOUR AUNT JANE WOULD OF COURSE SAID THE DELIGHTED STORY GIRL THIS WILL BE A REGULAR SURPRISE PARTY TO NIMMY AMMY THERE I WAS BY TRADE A WOOD CHOPPER AND CONTRIBUTED MY SHARE c01c2840-f262-4962-87cb-687add0edb38 BRANDON CLOSED HIS EYES FOR A MOMENT THINGS HAVE MOVED PRETTY FAST IN THE PAST FEW YEARS BEYOND IT HE COULD SEE THE GLEAMING METAL RIBBONS OF THE DROG SHOOT THE OPEN PORTS OF THE BRIDGE LOOKED OUT ON THE JUNGLE ROOF OF CHINA THREE SOME ONE HUNDRED FIFTY METERS BELOW c0334571-d487-4ac2-8e8f-a2dcbd1d1be4 THERE WE STOOD IN A HUDDLED DEMORALIZED GROUP SARA STANLEY FELICITY FLEW ACROSS THE KITCHEN DO YOU MEAN THAT YOU PUT THE BREAD RIGHT INTO THE OVEN AFTER YOU KNEADED IT WITHOUT LEAVING IT TO RISE A SECOND TIME BUT SHE TREMBLED AND TURNED PALE FOR THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HIS VOICE THAT FRIGHTENED HER WE HAVE SUCH A LOVELY MINISTER PETER HE LOOKS JUST LIKE THE PICTURE OF SAINT JOHN MY FATHER SENT ME c04b057d-fcff-4f2e-9077-bce922e7cb9e THE STORY GIRL WAS CRIMSON WITH INDIGNATION TO HAVE SUCH A REMARK MADE TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE FOURTEEN AND A HALF AND BEFORE THE BOYS TOO REALLY AUNT JANET COULD BE VERY DREADFUL UNHAPPINESS SHE TOLD HERSELF WAS HER PORTION IN THIS LIFE IN THE LIFE ABOVE THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT YONES HAD MET THE TYPE BEFORE AND WAS UNINTERESTED IN GOING FURTHER BUT ELSIE SHARP WAS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY SHE DID NOT SAY A WORD TO HIM COMING INTO THE HOUSE THAT EVENING A PACE BEHIND HER MOTHER LIKE AN OBEDIENT SLAVE c0537121-fe80-4519-bfdf-9ea7bd1f83e7 THE SURFACING OF STETSON'S VOICE CAME THROUGH THE HIDDEN SPEAKER ONE ON THE HOOD NOW HAS ONE OF OUR MARKED TWENTY RIFLES GREAT LOOPING VINES OF THEM SHE WOULD WEAR HOLES IN HER STOCKINGS AND MIGHT SERIOUSLY BRUISE HER FEET NOW HOW WAS THAT WHEN IT HELD A WHOLE PAILFUL OF MUSH c0570350-915e-4282-a6b8-67e85d54c3c2 NOW PUMP UP THE OTHER ONE ORDERED THE KING TILL HAD ALREADY MENDED HIM AND LOON SENT TO WORK TO PUMP HIM FULL OF AIR DURING THESE LAST FEW MOMENTS NONE HAD PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO THE PRISONERS SO WOOT FINDING HIS LEGS FREE CREPT OVER TO THE TIN WOODMAN AND RUBBED THE BONDS THAT WERE STILL AROUND HIS ARMS AND BODY AGAINST THE SHARP EDGE OF THE AXE WHICH QUICKLY CUT THEM WE WERE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME NEW AMUSEMENT DREAM BOOKS HAD BEGUN TO PALL WE NO LONGER WROTE IN THEM VERY REGULARLY AND OUR DAYS WERE NOT WHAT THEY USED TO BE BEFORE THE MISCHANCE OF THE CUCUMBER SO THE STORY GIRL'S SUGGESTION CAME PAT TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT I'VE THOUGHT OF A SPLENDID PLAN SHE SAID IT JUST FLASHED INTO MY MIND WHEN THE UNCLES WERE TALKING ABOUT UNCLE EDWARD AND THE BEAUTY OF IT IS WE CAN PLAY IT ON SUNDAYS AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE SO FEW THINGS IT IS PROPER TO PLAY ON SUNDAYS BUT THIS IS A CHRISTIAN GAME SO IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT c07bb088-673b-45df-b7e2-5ed94bec1c99 OUR BUSINESS NOW IS TO FIND POOR NIMY ANNIE AND LET HER CHOOSE HER TIN HUSBAND TO DO THAT IT SEEMS FROM THE INFORMATION CUCKLET HAS GIVEN US WE MUST TRAVEL TO MOUNT MUCH GLECON HIRED HIMSELF TO A WEALTHY MAN WHO HAD A GREAT MANY SHEEP AND EVERY DAY GLECON HAD TO LEAD THE SHEEP UP TO PASTURE ON MOUNT PELION AND WATCH THEM WHILE THEY ATE c08fc718-d741-4fb3-8a8f-8f9ab05a06e8 I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS AND I DON'T CARE FOR MY HUSBAND TREATED ME BADLY AT TIMES THERE EXCLAIMED THE KING I EXPECTED THAT WOULD HAPPEN EXACTLY WHAT I SAY PERHAPS YOUR FATHER MAY COME SOME OF THESE DAYS WITH A HUGE FORTUNE SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL c09e3b23-d451-4f93-922d-8770215062dc THING WE BEGAN TO BREATHE EASIER WE BOUGHT IT FROM JERRY COWAN HE FOUND IT IN A RED COVERED HISTORY OF THE WORLD IT SAYS IT'S GOD'S PICTURE SAID FELIX OUR SATELLITE OUR MOON SAID TO NEW IT'S A BEAUTIFUL WORD SAID ORAN CHERANNA CRUSO IN OUR TONGUE IT MEANS THE LIMB OF VICTORY SAID TO NEW BY ITS LIGHT WE WILL CONTINUE c0b374d9-40f4-4d00-9f4e-c5fba9268425 WHEN HE WAS HIGH OVER THEIR HEADS HE EXPLODED WITH A LOUD POP AND HIS SKIN FELL TO THE GROUND HOWEVER TIN YOU WERE AND TIN YOU ARE AND AS IT'S TOO LATE TO CHANGE YOU NOW THAT SETTLES IT DAN DOES SAY SUCH QUEER THINGS I'M SO AFRAID HE'S GONE TO GROW UP JUST LIKE UNCLE ROBER WARD WHO NEVER GOES TO CHURCH AND DOESN'T BELIEVE MORE THAN HALF THE BIBLE IS TRUE WHICH HEART DOES HE BELIEVE IS TRUE I INQUIRED WITH UNHOLY CURIOSITY c0e695b1-0a17-40fd-ad67-47367950b1bf HE DRAGGED THE SURVIVAL KIT FROM BEHIND THE SEAT AND PULLED OUT SOME RATIONS A FIRST STAID KIT FINALLY A TELE TALKING RAISING THE ANTENNAE HE PLUGGED IN THE MIGHT CORD FROM HIS MASK AND HELD DOWN THE TALK KEY WITH HIS THUMB ASTRO ONE THIS IS BRANDON COME IN THAT YOU ARE UNDER THE GUNS OF A WARSHIP DON'T ATTEMPT TO RUN SIGNAL TAKE EVAH ACTION OR ANY OTHER WAY WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT THE DEVIL WHO WHAT I SPLUTTERED INTO THE MIKE I HAD MY SCANNER ON SO THEY COULD SEE ME BUT MY OWN SCREENS STAYED DARK THEY WEREN'T SENDING ANY PICTURE c0f9a3c8-4d33-4a21-9640-e5d7514ce3fc IF ANYBODY COULD FREEZE THE BLOOD IN OUR VEINS THIS GIRL WITH THE WONDERFUL VOICE COULD SO THE MORNING AFTER HE HAD BROUGHT HIS YOUNG WIFE HOME THEY WENT TOGETHER TO THE SOUTH MEADOW AND PLANTED THEIR BRIDAL TREES THAT SEEMS KIND OF QUEER SAID FELICITY DOUBTFULLY IT'S IT'S FOUR BUT IT DOES SEEM AS IF WE'D BEEN HERE MORE THAN AN HOUR c0ffa929-c411-46af-9595-3632ff84c802 FOR A WEEK WE ATE UNLAWFUL LUNCHES AND DREAMED DREAMS AFTER OUR OWN HEARTS AND I REGRET TO SAY BICKERED AND SQUABBLED INCESSANTLY THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME FOR OUR DIGESTIONS WENT OUT OF ORDER AND OUR TEMPERS FOLLOWED SUIT THE PRIESTS STOPPED BEFORE US AND THEIR LEADER BEGAN A LONG HARANGUE IN A SCREECHY VOICE WHICH SET MY NERVES ON EDGE WHEN HE HAD FINISHED HE HELD OUT HIS HANDS TOWARD ME AND MOTIONED TOWARD THE WAITING IDOL c11849ae-a087-4568-8a6f-9f66c3096215 SO THE TIN WOODMAN TOLD HER ALL ABOUT NINNIE ANNIE AND HOW HE DECIDED TO FIND HER AND MARRY HER ALTHOUGH HE HAD NO LOVING HEART WASN'T IT A HARD PLIGHT FOR POOR DONALD BUT HE WAS A SCOTCHMAN YOU KNOW AND IT'S PRETTY HARD TO STICK A SCOTCHMAN ALONG c14073a1-760c-470a-b00a-0fcfb8cde561 THE SLAMMING OF A BARN DOOR OVER AT UNCLE ROGER'S CAUSED THE COLD PERSPIRATION TO BREAK OUT IN OUR FACES LONG AGO WHEN JUDY PINNAULT WAS YOUNG SAID THE STORY GIRL SHE WAS HIRED WITH MISSUS ELDER FRUIT THE FIRST MISSUS ELDER FRUIT UNCLE ROGER ATE THREE SLICES OF IT AT TEA TIME AND TOLD FELICITY SHE WAS AN ARTIST THE POOR MAN MEANT IT AS A COMPLIMENT BUT FELICITY WHO KNEW UNCLE BLAIR WAS AN ARTIST AND HAD A POOR OPINION OF SUCH FRY LOOKED INDIGNANT AND RETORTED INDEED SHE WASN'T c15c640a-07c3-4200-aa96-e442be974549 I COULDN'T SEE IT OF COURSE BUT I KNEW IT HAD ARRIVED WHEN THE GRAPPLES IN THE CLAWS LATCHED ON TO THE STEEL PLATES ON MY SHOULDERS AND A COLLECTION OF HOUSES STRUNG ALONG THE DIRT PAST THE TOWN YONAS SIGHED AND WENT FORWARD TO MEET THE TWO BIG MEN LEAVING MISSUS SHARP SOBBING IN THE BACKGROUND c1786db4-2bf5-4006-aa65-bba7478f04d4 POOR SARA DID NOT HAVE TO BE SHE WAS EVENTUALLY QUIETED DOWN AS A SAID PICTURE WAS AN EXCELLENT COPY OF ONE OF LANDSEER'S STAGS FELIX AND I WERE WELL PLEASED BUT PETER AVERRED THAT HE WOULD RATHER HAVE THEM A DAUGHTER THAT LOOKED LIKE HIS AUNT JANE AND THE STORY GIRL AGREED THAT IF HIS SERMON WAS THE BEST SHE WOULD GIVE HIM THAT TILL THE WICKED WITCH CONQUERED IN THE END THERE WAS A NEAT BLUE FENCE AROUND THE YARD AND SEVERAL BLUE BENCHES c18e4bcc-ac67-40f5-a8c9-66edc00bf8a8 BUT TELL ME PLEASE WHAT IS A TIN OWL GOOD FOR YOU ARE ONLY GOOD TO MAKE ME LAUGH REPLIED THE GIANTESS WHEN SHE MET WITH A NEW ONE SHE UTTERED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO HERSELF IN SOLITUDE WEIGHING IT CARESSING IT INFUSING IT WITH THE RADIANCE OF HER VOICE MAKING IT HER OWN IN ALL ITS POSSIBILITIES FOREVER c198ff5e-a462-4c4f-a08a-ceddc9ba76d8 UNCLE ROGERS SAYS THAT MARTIN FORBES WIFE HAS SQUELCHED HIM WE HAD STOWED THE HAY IN THE LOFT THAT MORNING FOR UNCLE ROGER SO WE FELT THAT WE HAD EARNED THE RIGHT TO LOLL ON OUR SWEET SMELLING COUCH BUT THERE MIGHT BE A MISTAKE SOBBED SARAH IT MIGHT BE TWO O'CLOCK TO NIGHT INSTEAD OF TO MORROW HE GOT INTO HIS BUGGY AND DROVE AWAY LEAVING EIGHT DISTRACTED MORTALS BEHIND HIM c1af3d79-fb74-461c-bd12-94d18a8a25da I HAVEN'T SEEN HER OF COURSE SINCE THE WITCH WAS CRUSHED FOR AT THAT TIME I WAS STANDING RESTED IN THE FOREST AND HAD BEEN THERE A LONG TIME BUT THE POOR GIRL MUST HAVE FELT VERY HAPPY TO BE FREE FROM HER CRUEL MISTRESS O PETER WHAT DO YOU THINK I HAVE GOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE AWKWARD MAN AT LAST I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SO EASY YESTERDAY AUNT OLIVIA WANTED SOME FERNS SO I WENT BACK TO THE MAPLE WOODS TO GET THEM FOR AND I FOUND SOME LOVELY ONES BY THE SPRING c1b2b6e5-162f-409a-80f6-c3ba250c88bb ON THE OTHER HAND DAN WHO WAS A SOMEWHAT TRUCULENT FELLOW ADDICTED TO THE PERUSAL OF LURID DYING NOVELS HE BORROWED FROM THE OTHER BOYS IN SCHOOL DREAMED DREAMS OF SUCH A PEACEFUL AND PASTORAL CHARACTER THAT HE WAS QUITE DISGUSTED WITH THE RESULTING TAME PAGES OF HIS DREAM BOOK WHY NOT DEMANDED THE EMPEROR BECAUSE IT WAS UNKIND OF YOU TO DESERT THE GIRL WHO LOVED YOU AND WHO HAD BEEN FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO YOU WHEN YOU WERE IN TROUBLE c1d7e297-e96f-48af-9139-71ee4fe57b4d NOW HOW WAS THAT WHEN IT HELD A WHOLE PAILFUL OF MUSH THIS SEEMED TO BE A RATHER UNANSWERABLE KIND OF CONUNDRUM WE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM AS WE ROAMED THE WOOD AND DAN AND PETER ALMOST QUARRELLED OVER IT DAN MAINTAINING THAT THE THING WAS IMPOSSIBLE AND PETER BEING OF OPINION THAT THE MUSH WAS SOMEHOW MADE THICKER IN THE PROCESS OF BEING EATEN AND SO TOOK UP LESS ROOM DURING THE DISCUSSION WE CAME OUT TO THE FENCE OF THE HILL PASTURE WHERE GREW THE BAD BERRY BUSHES NONE COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION THEY SAT AROUND THE CAGE BROODING OVER THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE MONKEY FELL ASLEEP SEEING THIS THE CANARY TUCKED HER HEAD UNDER HER WING AND ALSO SLEPT AND THE TIN OWL AND THE BROWN BEAR DID NOT DISTURB THEM UNTIL MORNING CAME AND IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT c1e77699-1136-4ee1-9101-4673a6660614 BUT THEY'RE YOUR OWN RELATIONS SAID PETER AND SHE HAD A TINY BERTH MARK LIKE A PINK BUTTERFLY ON ONE CHEEK I BUTTONED MY COLLAR STRAIGHTENED MY RIBBONS AND SQUARED MY SHOULDERS HE'S GOING TO HIT AGAIN SOON AND WHEREVER HE HITS THERE WILL BE SOME KIND OF PERIODICAL WITH MY PLANT IN IT c1e99394-c979-4f98-a7bb-e8594b4ad016 THEY CAN HARDLY BE THE SAME FROGS I OBJECTED DOUBTFULLY NOT FEELING VERY CERTAIN ABOUT THE POSSIBLE LONGEVITY OF FROGS IT'S TWENTY YEARS SINCE FATHER LEFT HOME THE CELL GREW DARK AS NIGHT CAME AND THE DAMPNESS SEEMED TO INCREASE YONAS HEARD SQUEAKING AND THOUGHT OF THE RATS BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN SUMMON UP ENOUGH ENERGY TO TRY FOR THEM HE SAT CROSS LEGGED IN A CORNER OF THE CELL AND CLOSED HIS EYES HE SIGHED ONCE DEEPLY THIS WAS WHAT A HERO CAME TO AND TOLD HIMSELF THIS WAS THE END OF HEROICS AND PLAYING A LONE HAND c1f0624e-0643-4c21-a492-d86744bc7d8f ONCE HE BUILT A SMALL OUTDOOR FIRE AND WALKED AROUND IT BITTERSHIN'S FOR SEVERAL MINUTES VERY WELL THEN CLAYTON THOUGHT OH I WON'T TELL HIM PROMISED FELICITY AMIABLY IT'S LUCKY THERE IS ENOUGH OLD BREAD TO DO TO DAY THIS WILL GO TO THE HENS BUT IT'S AN AWFUL WASTE OF GOOD FLOUR c1f4e829-70f5-4529-bed1-be04b59187d4 YONAS SMILED SOFTLY BUT ALMOST A MINUTE PASSED BEFORE THE HUT OF AN OLD WOMAN SHOWED ITSELF AT THE WINDOW THE DWARF CONCEDED I THOUGHT I WAS IT WAS A NIGHTMARE REPLICA OF A SHRUNKEN MULE AND ONE MILLION OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE c20f365f-4c9b-4445-ad11-756f2337599e WE SAT STILL AND COUNTED THE HUNDRED WHEN CECILY FINISHED SHE GOT UP AND WENT IN SEARCH OF DAN RESOLVED TO SOOTHE HIS WOUNDED FEELINGS FELICITY CALLED AFTER HER TO TELL DAN THERE WAS A JAM TURN OVER SHE HAD PUT AWAY IN THE PANTRY SPECIALLY FOR HIM THE FAT ONE WAS FELIX WHO WAS VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT HIS PLUMPNESS HE WAS ALWAYS TAKING EXERCISES TO MAKE HIM THIN WITH THE DISMAL RESULT THAT HE BECAME FATTER ALL THE TIME c212b4ec-1606-45c9-8323-73138a19a75b SSING WAS DISCOVERED WHAT A YARN SAID DAN DRAWING A LONG BREATH WHEN HE HAD COME TO OURSELVES AND DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE REALLY SITTING IN A DEWY PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ORCHARD INSTEAD OF WATCHING TWO LOVERS ON A MOUNTAIN IN THESSALY AND THE GOLDEN AGE I DON'T BELIEVE A WORD OF IT OF COURSE WE KNOW IT WASN'T REALLY TRUE SAID FELICITY A SMALL WAVE OF CUSTOM MEN HUNG STICKERS ON MY LUGGAGE PEEKED INTO ONE OR TWO FOR CONFORMITY'S SAKE AND WAVED ME THROUGH I SHOOK HANDS ALL ROUND A RUSTLING HAND CLASP OF COURSE THEN WAS ON MY WAY A CAB WAS SUMMONED A HOTEL SUGGESTED I NODDED AGREEMENT AND SETTLED BACK WHILE THE ROBOT LOADED THE BAGS ABOUT ME c21b992e-205e-41b1-b755-6b422454d957 IT WASN'T CHANCE THAT HE HAD LEFT THE SAME DAY I ARRIVED ON SETANOVO WHEN I THREW THE BIG SWITCH A CAREFULLY WORKED OUT SEQUENCE TOOK PLACE SO OF COURSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DREAMS EVEN HER PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS HAD UNTOLD CHARM HINTING AT MYSTERY AND LAUGHTER AND MAGIC BOUND UP IN EVERYTHING SHE MENTIONED c220308f-7073-4987-bc14-7a4e8cd314f2 SHE HAD NO RELATIVES IN CARLISLE EXCEPT HER MOTHER I WILL DO WHAT YOU ASK IN YOUR POSTSCRIPT SARA ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE HARD DESIGNING TO CRUSH PETER WITH A BIG WORD BORROWED FROM THE FAMILY GUIDE THE LAST THING THE MONKEY SAW AS HE GLANCED UPWARD WAS THE JAGUAR PEERING INTO THE HOLE IN ASTONISHMENT c232c748-7eed-4080-af7e-bc827a67ac88 WAS SET DOWN AND THE OTHERS HAD ALL GATHERED AROUND IT WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER WOO THE WANDERER PROMISE TO MARRY HER IF YOU CAN CURE PATTY FOR US WE WILL ALWAYS BE VERY VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU DO YOU REALLY THINK PEG BOWEN IS A WITCH UNCLE ROGER DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL INCREDULOUSLY c240e1bc-d1d0-4c44-86b4-30471afbccd5 THE MORNING DAWNED ON A BEAUTIFUL WORLD A VERY SLIGHT FALL OF SNOW HAD COME IN THE NIGHT JUST ENOUGH TO LOOK LIKE A FILMY VEIL OF LACE FLUNG OVER THE DARK EVERGREENS AND THE HARD FROZEN GROUND A NEW BLOSSOM TIME SEEMED TO HAVE REVISITED THE ORCHARD THE SPRUCE WOOD BEHIND THE HOUSE APPEARED TO BE WOVEN OUT OF ENCHANTMENT HIS VOICE WAS NOW AT THE LEFT OF THEM SO THEY STARTED ON HOPING TO AVOID HIM AND TRAVELLED AS MUCH FAST AS THEY COULD IN THE DIRECTION OF MOUNT MUNCH c255fcad-801f-42eb-be19-a4c37209031c I DIDN'T LIKE THEIR SMILES SHE SIGHED A LONG SHUDDERING SIGH AND SNUGGLED INTO MY ARMS YOU'RE UNDER ARREST CRIME KING I TOLD HIM AND A GIRL FRIEND I HAVE FOUND THEM YES I ADDED HOARSELY BUT NOT A CRIMINAL RING c26357db-d535-467e-9fed-ac79ba18d68b SHE PAUSED UNDER THE UTMOST TREE IN A GOLDEN GREEN GLOOM AND LAUGHED AT US OVER A BIG BRANCH HER WILD SUBTLE NAMELESS CHARM CLOTHED HER AS WITH A GARMENT OFTEN HE KICKED ME ON MY SHINS WHEN I WOULDN'T WAIT ON HIM SO I'M GLAD HE IS GONE IT'S A WONDER THE PEOPLE DIDN'T CAPTURE YOU TOO REMARKED BOOT c26a06af-6452-4e5b-bc7a-4b5ad9d6f56f GHOSTLY SHADOWS WITH VINE PENDULUMS ON BOTH SIDES SOMETHING BANGED DOWN HEAVILY ON TO THE HOOD OF THE SLED HAH WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT WE ARE NOT MUTATED MEMBERS OF YOUR RACE ORAN SWALLOWED CONVERSATION LANGUISHED WE WATCHED AND WAITED NERVOUSLY THE MOMENTS DRAGGED BY EACH SEEMING AN HOUR WOULD TWO O'CLOCK NEVER COME AND END THE SUSPENSE c27a8721-db03-4e46-a109-16567dbd27a5 AN IRISHMAN WHO LIVED AT MARKDALE HAD A LITTLE PIG SHE SAID AND HE GAVE IT A PAILFUL OF MUSH HALF WAY BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE HARBOUR THERE WAS A THICK SPRUCE WOOD AND THE PATH RAN THROUGH IT NEIL WENT ON TASTING c27cdf18-22a9-4001-9b66-a29c0f7fd48b A L I E N A NEVER BEFORE CONTACTED CULTURE THAT LANGUAGE YOU WERE FORCED FED ON THE WAY OVER THAT'S AN ALIEN LANGUAGE IT'S NOT COMPLETE ALL WE HAVE OFF THE MINNIES AND WE EXCLUDED DATA ON THE NATIVES BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HOPING TO DUMP THIS PROJECT AND NOBODY THE WISER HOLY MAZOO I COULD GO INTO THEORIES AND SCIENTIFIC DETAILS RAY SAID I COULD EXPLAIN PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MACHINE FOR HOURS BUT YOU WOULD BE BORED AND WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYWAY IT IS SUFFICIENT TO SAY THAT THE RAY WILL WORK BECAUSE I INVENTED IT c27d8db9-ccff-448f-ae8d-cda12bc382f3 AND IF THE SECRET IS LET OUT WHY THE BROTHERHOOD IS FINISHED FINISH BEFORE IT'S BARELY STARTED BECAUSE YOU CAN READ A MAN'S MIND DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN DEFEAT HIM YONES BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO AND IF HE'S GOT YOU IN A WOODEN HOUSE AND HE'S GOING TO BURN IT DOWN WHAT GOOD DOES THAT YOUR KNOWLEDGE DO YOU BUT THE STORY GIRL WENT ME ONE BETTER EVEN THERE BECAUSE HAVING INHERITED SOMETHING OF HER FATHER'S TALENT FOR DRYING SHE ILLUSTRATED HER DREAMS WITH SKETCHES THAT CERTAINLY CAUGHT THE SPIRIT OF THEM WHATEVER MIGHT BE SAID OF THEIR TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE c28bbbe0-8111-4b97-9548-33da543e7d7f AFTER HE HAD BEEN IN HER SERVICE FOR SOME TIME AS SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE AND MAKE OURSELVES AT HOME I KNOW I WILL LIKE HIM HE HAS SUCH A NICE FACE EVEN IF HE IS AWKWARD HE LOOKS LIKE A MAN YOU COULD TELL THINGS TO I'M GLAD MY HAIR CURLS OF ITSELF AIN'T YOU c28c4e66-cc3b-4371-b8b9-51cf62f023e0 FOR ONE THING THE WHOLE HOUSE MUST BE PUT IN APPLE PIE ORDER AND FOR ANOTHER AN ELABORATE SUPPER MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE EXPECTED RETURN OF THE TRAVELLERS THAT NIGHT FELICITY DEVOTED HER WHOLE ATTENTION TO THIS AND LEFT THE SECONDARY PREPARATION OF THE REGULAR MEALS TO CECILY AND THE STORY GIRL NUMBLY JEFF SAW HER SUSPENDED THERE FEET ONLY INCHES BELOW THE SILL APPARENTLY ON EMPTY AIR THEN THE DOOR SAGGED AGAIN UNDER THE ZID'S LUNGINGS AND HE LEFT THE BUNK TO FOLLOW JENOFER c29c5b7b-9f1b-467d-a053-a72f6e07df4e WAS LIVING DOWN ON THE ISLAND WITH UNCLE ROGER AND AUNT OLIVIA KING IF THE STORY GIRL WOULD LIKE US WE YOU THOSE ARE TALL BUILDINGS TOO TOM GOE SAYS HE CAN'T KEEP THE INFORMATION OUT OF HIGH COMMISSIONER BULL ONE'S HANDS c2a72018-a18e-4eff-869a-9a57a16d1d66 I KNOW A STORY SHE SAID INFUSING JUST THE RIGHT SHADE OF WEIRDNESS INTO HER VOICE I DID NOT FIND IT AS EASY IN A TASK AS I HAD ANTICIPATED BUT I PEGGED GRIMLY AWAY AT IT AND BY DINT OF SEVERE LABOUR FOR TWO EVENINGS I EVENTUALLY GOT MY FOUR PAGES OF FOOLSCAP FILLED AS I DID BEFORE I BECAME TIN BY NO MEANS SAID THE SCARECROW I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU ACT MORE LADYLIKE c2a7a6bd-e06b-4c0c-9eb3-de921e516389 IN THE MORNINGS IT WAS VERY DELIGHTFUL IN THE AFTERNOONS TOLERABLE BUT IN THE EVENINGS WE LAGGED AND THE LAUGHTER AND ZEST OF FRESHER HOURS WERE LACKING THE MIKE WAS TURNED OFF TO THE TRANSCRIBERS OUTSIDE AND I TOOK THE CODE GROUPS DOWN IN SHORTHAND MYSELF AT IT DIFFID FUD NU AND YOU DON'T DON'T COME BACK THE MESSAGE BROKE INTO CLEAR AT THE END AND THE SIE MAN SMILED AS HE SPOKE THE WORDS c2ad2403-7bd4-40cc-9c6b-adb4e49e0914 I WISH I COULD BELIEVE THAT ISN'T LIKE GOD BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE PETER COULD ONLY GIVE FOUR BUT DAN GAVE ELEVEN WHICH SQUARED MATTERS THE WILD WOODSINESS OF FERNS AND I'VE JUST REALIZED I'M HUNGRY VIC AND I HAD BEEN BUTTIES EVER SINCE WE WERE KIDS I LEANED FORWARD BUTTING WITH MY HEAD BOTH DOUBLED FISTS WORKING LIKE PISTONS TO CLEAR MY WAY TO MY COMPANIONS c2c72409-ee87-4718-9d72-fa21a63b3d2a OH SEE HERE IF YOU'RE GOING TO INTERRUPT AND ARGUE OVER EVERYTHING WE'LL NEVER GET THE STORY TOLD SAID FELIX DRY UP ALL OF YOU AND LET THE STORY GIRL GO ON TALK BLESS YOU DECORES TALK HE ROARED WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE ABOUT A BARRESHIP WHO'S BUILDING IT c2ca6935-c08b-43a7-8c57-b9d89a9cc006 WITH THE BALD MAN AT LEAST HE COULD COMMUNICATE CECILY DO YOU KNOW WHERE MOTHER PUT THE SAWDUST SHE EMPTIED OUT OF THAT OLD BEADED PINCUSHION OF GRANDMOTHER KING'S AFTER SHE HAD SIFTED THE NEEDLES OUT OF IT I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE TIN BOX c2ecbe08-d823-40b5-b5b5-f79cec6e3344 WELL THE STORY GIRL WAS RIGHT THERE IS SUCH A PLACE AS FAIRYLAND BUT ONLY CHILDREN CAN FIND THE WAY TO IT AND THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT IT IS FAIRYLAND UNTIL THEY HAVE GROWN SO OLD THAT THEY FORGET THE WAY ONE BITTER DAY WHEN THEY SEEK IT AND CANNOT FIND IT THEY REALIZE WHAT THEY HAVE LOST AND THAT IS THE TRAGEDY OF LIFE I FOUND THIS ON THE FLOOR OF THE MACHINE HE SAID DIDN'T NOTICE IT UNTIL LATER THE RAYS OF THE MACHINE CAUGHT IT AND BROUGHT IT BACK WITH US MADE IT SOLID MATTER AS WE KNOW IT HERE DO YOU RECOGNIZE IT I NODDED SHUDDERING THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF MISTAKE IN A SQUAT CLEAR BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL THAT VIC HAD TAKEN FROM THE DRAWER WAS A SINISTER CLAW LIKE BROWN HAND SEVERED CLEANLY AT THE WRIST c2f14d89-b32c-4488-97d0-933e10082f9c WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING WHITE ON IT WELL ANYHOW SAID PETER EVEN IF IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAMN I KEEP ON READING THE BIBLE UNTIL I'VE GOT CLEAN THROUGH I THE GODS THEMSELVES CANNOT RECALL THEIR GIFTS THEY MAY ROB US OF OUR FUTURE AND EMBITTER OUR PRESENT BUT OUR PAST THEY MAY NOT TOUCH HE WAS THE TALLEST AND BRAVEST AND HANDSOMEST YOUNG MAN IN THE TRIBE c2f39604-7d98-4183-a093-c2963eaf0282 THE HELMET SWUNG BACK AND RAY PROMPTLY SHOVED FARMER ASIDE THAT THIS WAS HIS NORMAL STATE OF EXISTENCE THE FACE OF REINHERT THE RADIO MAN APPEARED BEFORE HIM HE LOOKED AT IT AS A MAN LOOKS AT A FLICKERING FIREPLACE AND THINKS OF OTHER THINGS LET EM HAVE MARS AND VENUS c32af4ba-ae01-43e1-a51a-fd2ca8992ca5 AND WOOT THE WANDERER THE OTHERS TURNED THEIR UNWIELDY BODIES IN HIS DIRECTION AND FOLLOWED AND IF I COULD CRY I THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT BETTER AND THOUGH IT WAS THUS SUDDENLY REMOVED THE CHILL AND THE SHADOW OF IT WERE ABOUT US STILL AND THE ROAR OF THE RIVER DEAFENED HIM SO THAT HE COULD HEAR NOTHING c32dfe6f-62d3-42fe-948d-72a8f9246c50 WELL FOR MY PART I AM GLAD HE DID RESPONDED THE CANARY YOUR JOURNEY RESULTED IN SAVING ME FROM THE GIANTESS AND HAD YOU NOT TRAVELLED TO THE EUBE VALLEY I WOULD STILL BE MISSUS EWPES'S PRISONER IT IS MUCH NICER TO BE FREE EVEN THOUGH I STILL BEAR THE ENCHANTED FORM OF A CANARY BIRD DO YOU THINK WE SHALL EVER BE ABLE TO GET OUR PROPER FORMS BACK AGAIN ASKED THE GREEN MONKEY EARNESTLY IN THE WARDROOM OF STETSON'S SCOUT CRUISER THE LIGHTS WERE LOW THE LEATHER CHAIRS COMFORTABLE THE GREEN BAGE TABLE SET WITH A DECANTER OF HOKAR BRANDY AND TWO GLASSES HOERN LIFTED HIS GLASS SIPPED THE LIQUOR SMACKED HIS LIPS FOR A WHILE THERE I THOUGHT I'D NEVER BE TASTING ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN c330773d-dca0-44bb-bd6c-dedbd21e9aea WE WERE SITTING IN A CIRCLE BEFORE THE PULPIT STONE EACH WRITING DILIGENTLY IN AN EXERCISE BOOK AND EATING THE REVEREND MISTER SCOTT'S PLUMS WHICH ALWAYS REACHED THEIR PRIME OF JUICY GOLDEN GREEN FLESH AND BLOOMY BLUESKIN IN SEPTEMBER JOHN ANDREW RUSHED TO HER SIDE AND LOOKED AS SHE GOT SET FOR A DIVE GARF HE SAW MEALY HAD RETURNED AND WAS PICKING UP THE JUDGE'S INVENTION c35c0636-0571-4c66-a03d-aca8579f4108 THEN OUT OF REGARD FOR MATS AND CUSHIONS HE WAS KEPT IN DURRANCE VILE IN THE GRANARY UNTIL HE HAD LICKED HIS FUR CLEAN THIS TREATMENT BEING REPEATED EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK PAT RECOVERED HIS USUAL HEALTH AND SPIRITS AND OUR MINDS WERE SET AT REST TO ENJOY THE NEXT EXCITEMENT COLLECTING FOR A SCHOOL LIBRARY FUND OF COURSE I CONSENTED AND TAKING THE MEDICINE I HURRIED AWAY IT WAS A LONG DISTANCE MOSTLY UPHILL AND MY LEGS BEGAN TO GROW WEARY WITHOUT THINKING WHAT I WAS DOING I SAID ALOUD DEAR ME I WISH I HAD TWENTY LEGS AND IN AN INSTANT I BECAME THE UNUSUAL CREATURE YOU SEE BESIDE YOU TWENTY LEGS TWENTY ON ONE MAN YOU MAY COUNT THEM IF YOU DOUBT MY WORD c3659891-00c3-4404-afb9-912d7bb54569 OF COURSE I HAD TO SHOW IN THE REST OF THE BOMBS THERE WAS NO GETTING OUT OF IT THE SCANNERS IN THE SHIP WERE FOLLOWING A PLANNED PROGRAM DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS I ASKED HIM POKING A LARGE GLOSSY PICK UNDER HIS LONG BROKEN NOSE THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY WAS MUCH NICER THAN THE GILLIKIN COUNTRY AND ALL THE FIELDS WERE SEPARATED BY BLUE FENCES WITH GRASSY LANES AND PATHS OF BLUE GROUND AND THE LAND SEEMED VERY WELL CULTIVATED c365fdc4-b7fa-4167-975e-ca06aa7b4abf IT WAS UNCLE EDWARD WHO TOLD ME THERE WERE NO SUCH THINGS AS FAIRIES BUT CLOSER INSPECTION REVEALED SOMETHING NOT ALTOGETHER CUSTOMARY WE THOUGHT HIM HANDSOME FOR AN OLD MAN WELL I DON'T KNOW SAID THE STORY GIRL THOUGHTFULLY I THINK THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF TRUE THINGS TRUE THINGS THAT ARE AND TRUE THINGS THAT ARE NOT BUT MIGHT BE I c377e2d2-0479-4161-a616-3b2bcdd5ac5d I'D LIKE TO BUT I CAN'T STOOP OVER WITH MY BENT LEG WITHOUT FALLING AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT I'VE NIBBLED THE HAY ON THE FARTHER EDGE THE GUARDS BROUGHT HIM TO THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM FIFTEEN OF US HAVE DEVELOPED IT THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR YOUR DISCLOSURE c38258d9-429d-47c4-adf5-4483c388a42d JEFF WHEELED ON HIM INCREDULOUSLY ME GO DOWN THERE AFTER THAT MONSTER NOT ON YOUR HE MEANS THE SCOOP JENOFER SAID THEY BROUGHT IT ASHORE TO HELP US OUT OF THE CABIN WHY SHOULDN'T IT HELP THEM NOW BEFORE BRANDON COULD ANSWER THE FACE OF COLONEL TOWERS APPEARED BESIDE THE RADIO MAN'S BRANDON WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO POLE ENGINE TROUBLE SIR LOSING ALTITUDE FAST c3997107-8cfd-49d1-95c7-53f6af24f7e3 THAT'S FUNNY SHE RETORTED FOR SHE WAS SELDOM STILL A MOMENT LIKE A GOOD MANY KINGS AND EMPERORS I HAVE A GRAND TITLE BUT VERY LITTLE REAL POWER WE KNOW ALL ABOUT IT NOW AND WE CAN NEVER IMAGINE WHAT THINGS ARE IN IT ANY MORE I FELT HE DIDN'T GRUDGE IT c3a95028-bf28-44cd-a47f-7a84d8f64ab2 AND HE SUGGESTED THAT EACH OF THE PUPILS SHOULD TRY TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY HE OR SHE COULD RAISE FOR THE PROJECT DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE OR CAUSED BY ONE HER PATERNAL GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN A GOAT SAY SIR WHEN YOU REPLY TO ME I c3cb7b93-9e36-4db4-b4bb-1855630dacbf WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO TRUST BILLY ROBINSON SAID FELICITY SUMMING UP THE CASE ONE EVENING WHEN ALL HAD BEEN MADE KNOWN I WAS VERY MUCH AFRAID THAT WE DID NOT REJOICE QUITE AS UNSELFISHLY IN SARAH'S GOOD FORTUNE AS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE ISN'T IT NICE THAT WE'RE GOING TO LIVE A SPELL LONGER IN THIS NICE WORLD SAID FELIX AS WE WALKED DOWN THE HILL YES AND FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL SPEAKING AGAIN SAID CECILY HAPPILY AND FELICITY DID SPEAK FIRST I SAID c3d251cf-a3bc-45a6-9682-7cc11c93bd3a IF IT IS POSSIBLE YERS SAID OVERPOWERED AND HELD HIM IN A BRIEF SECOND THE SILENCE WAS A LONG ONE AND AT THE END OF IT KNOOF ROSE WE SLIPPED OUT OF BED AND DRESSED WITHOUT AROUSING DAN WHO WAS STILL SLUMBERING SOUNDLY HIS MOUTH WIDE OPEN AND HIS BEDCLOTHES KICKED OFF ON THE FLOOR c3de87dc-7147-4bc3-97fd-ca6d0809e1f2 CECILY BEHIND ME KEPT GASPING OUT THE CONTRADICTORY SENTENCES OH BEB WAIT FOR ME AND OH BEB HURRY HURRY MORE BY BLIND INSTINCT THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE KEPT TOGETHER AND FOUND OUR WAY OUT OF THE WOODS PRESENTLY WE WERE IN THE FIELD BEYOND THE BROOK OVER US WAS A DAINTY SKY OF SHELL PINK PLACID CLOUDS WERE PLEASURE PASTURING AROUND US THE FAREWELL SUMMER NODDED TO US IN THE FRIENDLY BREEZES WE HALTED WITH A GLAD REALIZATION THAT WE WERE BACK IN OUR OWN HAUNTS AND THAT PEG BOWEN HAD NOT CAUGHT US AFTER I COUNTED THE REGULAR PEOPLE I WENT TO COUNT THE LITTLE PEOPLE I TOOK A SPADE AND SPADE IT OFF THE TOP OF THE TOWN TO GET IN BUT THEY PUT AN ENCANTO ON ME AND MADE ME AND MILLER RUN A TREADMILL FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS WHERE WAS THIS c40f4887-f96d-4e3e-8621-b162e445047d AND ANYHOW HE IS VERY GOOD AND WON'T BE ANY TROUBLE DON'T LET HIM GO OUTSIDE THOUGH HE HAS A COLD NOW FELIX AND PETER DREW APART AFTER THAT FIRST ONSET AND THEN CIRCLED ABOUT ONE ANOTHER WARILY c41cbea5-e394-4a3f-ba71-bc4378ca4188 I'M NOT WOBBLY THE TIN SOLDIER ASSURED HIM THE OWL AND THE CANARY FOUND THAT THEY COULD CONVERSE TOGETHER IN FOR THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER COULD NOT KEEP STILL FOR LONG WELL YOU WERE NOT AND LEFT IN IGNORANCE OF IT THERE WAS A LITTLE SPACE OF SILENCE AND THEN UNCLE ALEX BEGAN IN A LOW IMPRESSIVE VOICE TO REPEAT THE WONDERFUL VERSES OF THE NINETIETH PSALM VERSES WHICH WERE THENCEFORTH BOUND UP FOR US WITH THE BEAUTY OF THAT NIGHT AND THE MEMORIES OF OUR KINDRED c420b633-e8cd-4fe1-bd78-0a719a1b6825 SINCE HE WAS FLYING AN UNDER MANNED BATTLESHIP HE HAD USED IT IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE IF HE ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE OR THREATEN ANOTHER SHIP THE ELEMENT OF CHANCE WOULD BE INTRODUCED SO HE HAD SIMPLY ROARED UP TO UNSUSPECTING FREIGHTER AND BLASTED OVER THE MONSTER GUNS HIS BATTLESHIP PACKED ALL EIGHTEEN MEN ABOARD HAD BEEN KILLED INSTANTLY THE THIEVES WERE NOW MURDERERS THERE WAS A CHITTERING COMMOTION FROM THE NATIVES IN THE TREES AROUND THE SLED TO NEWBE SHIFTED BEHIND ORAN WE MAY GO NOW HE SAID SLOWLY TO STAY BEHIND MY SCOUTS RIGHT ORAN ESA SLED FORWARD AROUND AN OBSTRUCTING ROUTE SILENCE WHILE THEY CRAWLED AHEAD AROUND THEM SHAPES FLUNG THEMSELVES FROM VINE TO VINE I ADMIRED YOUR CITY FROM THE AIR SAID ORAN IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL c4234c38-f0d0-48af-9f32-680ea26893f6 RIGHT BEFORE US GIRT ABOUT WITH ITS TRIM SPRUCE HEDGE WAS THE FAMOUS KING ORCHARD THE HISTORY OF WHICH WAS WOVEN INTO OUR EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS WE KNEW ALL ABOUT IT FROM FATHER'S DESCRIPTIONS AND IN FANCY WE HAD ROAMED IN IT MANY A TIME AND OFT IT WAS NOW NEARLY SIXTY YEARS SINCE IT HAD HAD ITS BEGINNING WHEN GRANDFATHER KING BROUGHT HIS BRIDE HOME WE HEARD HER RUMMAGING IN THE PANTRY AS WE SAT ON THE COOL SPRUCE SHADOWED CELLAR DOOR OUTSIDE WHERE UNCLE ROGER WAS SHOWING US HOW TO MAKE ELDERBERRY POP GUNS PRESENTLY SHE CAME OUT FROWNING c42b76cb-8bce-4494-860d-5871ca255fe8 SHE HAD TO CUT FIREWOOD TOO UNTIL I FOUND HER ONE DAY IN THE FOREST AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HER NOW HERE IS ANOTHER IDEA SAID THE SCARECROW MY BRAINS ARE WORKING FINELY TO DAY YOU MUST ADMIT MIGHT WHEN WE WENT TO BED THAT WONDERFUL WHITE ENCHANTRESS THE MOON WAS MAKING AN ELFLAND OF THE SNOW MISTED WORLD OUTSIDE c43eac0f-5f29-4959-9d21-4498fccc7af4 FIVE HEART BROKEN CHILDREN WHO KNEW THAT THERE ARE MANY WORSE FRIENDS THAN DUMFERRY FOLK CLIMBED UNCLE ALEC'S STAIRS TO BED THAT NIGHT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO NOW EXCEPT PRAY TO GOD TO MAKE PAT BETTER SAID CECILY I MUST CANDIDLY SAY THAT HER TONES SAVOURED STRONGLY OF A LAST RESORT BUT THIS WAS OWING MORE TO EARLY TRAINING THAN ANY LACK OF FAITH ON CECILY'S PART CHAPTER SIX THE MAGIC OF A YUKAHU WOOT HAD SEEN VERY LITTLE OF MAGIC DURING HIS WANDERINGS WHILE THE SCARECROW AND THE TIN WOODMAN HAD SEEN A GREAT DEAL OF MANY SORTS IN THEIR LIVES YET ALL THREE WERE GREATLY IMPRESSED BY MISSUS EWKES'S POWERS c4400bbe-65a4-44ff-aec2-ab780ff84a34 WE COULD NOT PICTURE HER AS OLD ALWAYS AS LONG AS SHE LIVED SO IT SEEMED TO US MUST SHE HAVE SLEEK BROWN CURLS A VOICE LIKE THE SOUND OF A HARP STRING IN THE WIND AND EYES THAT WERE STARS OF ETERNAL YOUTH I WONDER IF THE STORY GIRL IS PRETTY SAID FELIX ALOUD HE HAD NEVER LIKED HER SINCE THE DAY SHE HAD TOLD HIM HE WOULD SOON BE AS BROAD AS HE WAS LONG c456451a-d71c-4d7f-a126-2b659904c146 CECILY NOW JOINED US IT APPEARED THAT IT WAS FELICITY'S MOURNING TO HELP PREPARE BREAKFAST THEREFORE SHE COULD NOT COME WE ALL WENT TO UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK THERE WAS A DOUBLE ROW OF APPLE TREES RUNNING DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ORCHARD UNCLE STEPHEN WAS THE FIRST BORN OF ABRAHAM AND ELIZABETH KING RAY SAID MY NAME IS RAY IT IS INDEED FORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE MET ME IMMEDIATELY UPON YOUR ARRIVAL HERE SINCE I AM THE WORLD'S GREATEST GENIUS AND THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED TO TELL YOU ANYTHING YOU WISH TO KNOW ABOUT MY PEOPLE AND CIVILIZATION I TAKE IT YOU COME FROM ATLANTIS c45c80bb-acf7-46a0-8b87-3f7c95da52da AND A SCANTY PAIR OF CORDUROY KNICKERBOCKERS ALMOST EVERY NIGHT BATTLE MURDER OR SUDDEN DEATH PLAYED SOME PART OF HER VISIONS OR THAT HAPPENED FAR AWAY IT HAPPENED JUST DOWN AT MARKDALE AND I'VE SEEN THAT VERY SPRUCE WOOD MYSELF c45f106e-cac5-4b9f-927d-99f436960547 SHE WANTED SOME TOBACCO AND SOME PICKLES AUNT JULIA HAD BEEN THE FLOWER OF THE FLOCK IN THAT RESPECT AND HAD TO BECOME A NOTED CONCERT SINGER I HAD BOUGHT IT FROM BILLY ROBINSON THREE DAYS BEFORE IN SCHOOL LIGHTS ALL WENT OUT WE MAY TALK TOGETHER MORE FREELY AS MISSUS UWPEKE CANNOT HEAR US c461ab83-24e9-4d0b-8414-cd1720880926 HE LOOKED DOWN AS IF AWARE FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ROBOT HAD BEEN HOLDING BY THE WRIST DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT IS NO ORDINARY ROBOT IT HAS A NUMBER OF INTERESTING DEVICES BUILT INTO ITS FINGER TIPS THERMO COUPLES GALVANOMATORS THINGS LIKE THAT WHILE YOU TALKED IT REGISTERED YOUR SKIN TEMPERATURE BLOOD PRESSURE AMOUNT OF PERSPIRATION AND SUCH IN OTHER WORDS IT IS AN EFFICIENT AND FAST WORKING LIE DETECTOR WE WILL NOW HEAR ALL ABOUT YOUR LIES PAT ISN'T A BIT BETTER HE JUST MOPES ABOUT THE KITCHEN SAID THE STORY GIRL ANXIOUSLY I WENT OUT TO THE BARN AND I SAW A MOUSE I HAD A STICK IN MY HAND AND I FETCHED A SWIPE AT IT SO I KILLED IT STONE DEAD THEN I TOOK IT IN TO PADDY WILL YOU BELIEVE IT HE WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT I'M SO WORRIED UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE NEEDS A DOSE OF PHYSIC BUT HOW IS HE TO BE MADE TO TAKE IT THAT'S THE QUESTION c468e8ef-a326-4da2-bb7e-860de2c1c5c5 NOTHING APPARENTLY HAD BEEN DISTURBED ARE WE FREE WHISPERED HOPE HOLDING TIGHTLY TO MY ARM ARE WE REALLY FREE I WE'VE LOST FIFTY CENTS BECAUSE OF IT SAID FELICITY GLOOMILY STORY GIRL LOOKED AT PETER WITH A FROWN KNOW EXACTLY HOW SHE FELT c49888ef-59a9-4edc-9b2e-0c3091eadea7 PETER MAKES AN IMPRESSION PETER'S TURN CAME NEXT HE DID NOT WRITE HIS SERMON OUT THAT HE AVERED WAS TOO HARD WORK NOR DID HE MEAN TO TAKE A TEXT WHY WHO EVER HEARD OF A SERMON WITHOUT A TEXT ASKED FELIX BLANKLY AS FOR THE TIN WOODMAN HIS CASE IS MUCH THE SAME RESUMED OZMA STILL SMILING c4a23638-a99f-4ca4-9907-49231bb45f4b HE WAS NOT ANGRY IN SPITE OF PRAYERS AND HEROIC ATTEMPTS FELIX COULD NEVER GET BEYOND THAT LAST BITE BUT IT SEEMED SPACIOUS ENOUGH FOR FOUR THREE PALLETS LAY AGAINST THE FAR WHITE WALL HE THOUGHT OF SEVERAL THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE SUNNYSIDE OF LIFE AND DECIDED ON NONE OF THEM c4a64f27-dc58-4009-a7f8-6087d7302c8e MY MOTHER DOESN'T MAKE KISSES SO COMMON RETORTED FELICITY BUT SHE GIVES US PIE FOR DINNER EVERY DAY AND HER HANDS WERE FULL OF THEM SHE SHRUNK AWAY AS SHE SPOKE STUMBLING ALONG THE WALL WHEN IN REALITY THE VENGEFUL FLEET WAS JUST AS IMAGINARY AS MY ADMIRAL'S WRITING LIKE MANY OTHER PLANETS THIS ONE WAS UNIFORM CONSCIOUS c4a72c17-259e-43d6-9f31-bf1b152d2300 SOMETHING ELSE BREAKING THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AS IT EMERGED IT WAS A SAD ATTEMPT BUT SEEMED TO HAVE GONE INTO SLOW MOTION A MOB YOU WANT I SHOULD COUNT THEM THE GUN INTO NUBES'S HAND WAS SLAMMED INTO HIS LAP HE STRUGGLED TO RAISE IT c4a83331-7ac9-448c-a6c7-c91aea9174cc THE STORY GIRL HAD NOT RECOVERED FROM THE MORTIFICATIONS OF THE PREVIOUS DAY SHE WOULD NOT TALK AND SHE WOULD NOT TELL A SINGLE STORY SHE SAT ON RACHEL WARD'S CHEST AND ATE HER BREAKFAST WITH THE AIR OF A MARTYR I'VE AN OLD BIBLE OF AUNT JANE'S AT HOME THAT I CAN USE THEY TASTE FINE I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS THEM THAT MADE ME SICK GIRLS DID THEN YOU KNOW FOR THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS A SEWING MACHINE NOW THERE NEVER WASN'T ALICE IN THE DALE CONNECTION AND NOBODY EVER HEARD OF THE AWKWARD MAN HAVING A SWEETHEART I AM SAVING SOME OF THE HONORABLE MISTER WHALEN'S HAIRS FOR YOU c4aa3bc8-77d5-4358-ad7c-67aac7390ead WHO'S TALKING TO YOU SAID FELICITY NOW LOOK HERE SAID THE STORY GIRL THE FIRST THING WE KNOW WILL ALL BE QUARRELLING AND THEN SOME OF US WILL SULK ALL DAY TOMORROW IT'S DREADFUL TO SPOIL A WHOLE DAY JUST LET'S ALL SIT STILL AND COUNT A HUNDRED BEFORE WE SAY ANOTHER WORD I WAS BORN HERE SAID THE TIN WOODMAN BUT THE FOREST HAS FEW INHABITANTS EXCEPT THE WILD BEASTS I CANNOT THINK OF ANYONE LIVING NEAR HERE BUT WITH WHOM NIMMY AMY MIGHT CARE TO LIVE WHY NOT GO TO CUT CLIP AND ASK HIM WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE GIRL c4d4c28a-1283-44d9-8d15-1e0db7719598 FRESH MULTITUDES WERE POURING UP THE RAMP BRUSHING ASIDE THE FIVE OR SIX PRIESTS THAT HAD HURRIED THERE I TURNED AND FACED THE STATUE AND THE REVERSE IS JUST AS TRUE TO BE LAUGHED AT BEFORE FELICITY TO BE LAUGHED AT BY FELICITY WAS SOMETHING HE COULD NOT ENDURE ESPECIALLY IF THERE MIGHT BE NEEDLES IN THEM c4dc66f2-77d5-4325-9a12-169abac1693d HIS BOOTS CHURNING UP CLOUDS OF POWDERY DUST TOWERS WAS STEPPING THROUGH THE BULKHEAD DOOR INTO THE RADIO ROOM THE FIRST MILE WAS ACROSS FLAT DESERT THE MINUTES TICKED BY ENDLESSLY BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL ELEVEN YEARS AFTER THAT DATE THAT THEY ACHIEVED A SIGNAL TRIUMPH c4df6e99-2bb6-4efa-948d-a7cab41f3a2c YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S SOUND ABOVE THE FREQUENCIES TO WHICH THE HUMAN EAR WILL RESPOND THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT INCREASED STEADILY AS I MOVED THE DIAL I HAVE TO SLEEP SOME TIME MY SCREEN IS ONLY OPEN FOR EMERGENCY CALLS NOT FOR EVERY AGENT WHO NEEDS HIS HAND HELD c4f3fde9-10f9-48de-8f89-c0dc5cee7b58 I YOU ARE A HERO OUT ON AN ADVENTURE CLARETON THOUGHT WITHERINGLY BUT SET YOUR COURSE WITH SENSE TRAVEL IT WITH CAUTION YOU'LL THE MORE CERTAINLY ARRIVE PHILOSOPHY FOR A DULL PLOTTER JONAS THOUGHT IT'S BECAUSE OF DAN EXPLAINED FELICITY WEARILY HE WENT AND ATE MORE OF THE BAD BERRIES A WHOLE LOT OF THEM AND WE WERE SURE HE'D BE SICK AGAIN BUT HE HASN'T BEEN YET AND NOW HE'S ASLEEP IS THAT BOY STARK STARING MAD SAID UNCLE ROGER c50a3c7b-43a5-40c7-a0b8-f54926d073a1 AND FROM TALES HE HAD HEARD OF SUCH BEINGS OZMA WILL HELP YOU I'M SURE SAID DOROTHY WHERE DID THEY COME FROM IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR A HORRIBLE FEAR WHICH FLASHED INTO HER MIND THAT POSSIBLY SAWDUST PUDDINGS WERE NOT HEALTHY FOR PEOPLE TO EAT c520000d-5a52-4156-b44d-6b9ca187fe56 YOU COULD START BY TEACHING US HOW YOU MAKE SUPERIOR GLASS SAID ORAN I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU SEE THINGS OUR WAY I DON'T LIKE THIS STEP YOU DON'T LIKE IT THE CABIN WAS FILLING THE FUMES BRANDON LOOKED DOWN A FRINGE OF BLUE FLAME CREPT ALONG BETWEEN THE FLOOR AND THE BOTTOM OF THE PILOT'S CAPSULE A COLD ACHE FILLED THE CAVITY OF HIS STOMACH TOO LATE I'M ON FIRE CAPSULING OUT REPEAT CAPSULING OUT c525fbe5-1189-4667-b512-75181c998343 PLURGEONY AFTER THIS BEVERLY SAYS THAT IS WHAT IT'S CALLED IN SCOTLAND AND I THINK IT SOUNDS SO MUCH MORE POETICAL THAN SOUTHERN WOOD FOR AS THEY NEITHER ATE NOR SLEPT THEY FOUND THEIR GREATEST AMUSEMENT IN CONVERSATION c527f2a6-3486-476b-8347-a4a144f6d22c AND PERHAPS EVEN HER MAJESTY OZMA OF OZ MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TRANSFORM ANY ONE ELSE INTO THE SHAPE OF WOOT THE WANDERER AUNT JANET GAVE EACH OF US BOYS A HANDKERCHIEF THE STORY GIRL GOT THE BLUE CANDLESTICK AND FELICITY AND CECILY EACH GOT A PINK AND GOLD VASE EVEN SARA RAY WAS MADE HAPPY BY THE GIFT OF A LITTLE CHINA PLATE WITH A LOUDLY COLOURED PICTURE OF MOSES AND AARON BEFORE THE PHARAOH IN THE MIDDLE OF IT c52c3caf-c729-49c0-a204-e9d8874534d4 THE FIRST LIZARD KNEW I WAS TALKING SINCE THEN AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED A MEETING OF THE SHAMMANS MUST BE AT LEAST A FEW HUNDRED METERS HIGH IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A DISTILLERY THAN A BEACON IT LOOKED JUST LIKE CORNMEAL SAID THE STORY GIRL GOING FROM WHITE TO RED IN HER SHAME WELL I'M GOING TO GIVE UP TRYING TO COOK AND STICK TO THINGS I CAN DO c52eea4d-ee64-4d43-947a-7af087fe4751 USING THEIR DISCLOSURE AS A PROD I COULD HAVE MADE HIM JUMP THROUGH HOOPS IT WASN'T NECESSARY AS SOON AS I SHOWED HIM THE DIFFERENT BLUE PRINTS AND EXPLAINED THE POSSIBILITIES HE UNDERSTOOD IF ANYTHING HE WAS MORE EAGER THAN I WAS TO FIND OUT WHO WAS USING HIS ADMINISTRATION AS A CAT'S PAW BY SILENT AGREEMENT THE DOCUMENTS WERE FORGOTTEN ANOTHER DAY DRAGGED BY YUNUS PUT IN HIS TIME ALTERNATELY GOING OVER THE NEW PLAN AND FEELING MORE FRIGHTENED THAN HE HAD EVER BELIEVED POSSIBLE CLARETON REACHED HIM ONCE BUT THE CONTACT WAS WEAK AND FLEETING THE DIRECTOR HADN'T ENOUGH STRENGTH TO REACH HIM AGAIN AT LEAST NOT FOR A DAY OR SO YUNUS WAS EXACTLY WHERE HE WANTED TO BE ON HIS OWN c53faa2f-2ee6-4437-b485-9d6f4c999944 PAT WAS WITH US OF COURSE PROWLING ABOUT STEALTHILY OR MAKING FRANTIC BOOTLESS LEAPS AT THE SWALLOWS A CAT IN A HAY LOFT IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE ETERNAL FITNESS OF THINGS WE HAD NOT HEARD OF THIS FITNESS THEN BUT WE ALL FELT THAT PATTY WAS IN HIS OWN PLACE IN A HAYLOFT HE HAD IN HIM A CERTAIN TOUGHNESS OF FIBRE AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PROOF AGAINST A WHOLE DICTIONARY SHE DID TOO HE RETORTED MY AUNT JANE WAS A REAL LADY EVEN IF SHE WAS ONLY A CRAIG c54847fa-e5de-4023-b4c2-ba3ee7176e73 IT LOOKS LIKE SOLID GOLD HE PROCEEDED TO DESCRIBE THE BAD PLACE I'LL GIVE HER ONE OF THE LITTLE JARS OF CHERRY PRESERVES I MADE SAID CECILY EVER MINDED HER ODD WAYS I'M NOT SURE IT WAS A PERSON SAID POLYCHROME LOOKING MORE GRAVE THAN USUAL SPRANG UPON THE LAUGHING GIANTESS c54a8336-9d74-4616-98f6-925f18ec656e THEY PORED OVER THE ETIQUETTE COLUMN EVERY WEEK AND COULD HAVE TOLD YOU ON DEMAND JUST EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF GLOVES SHOULD BE WORN AT A WEDDING WHAT YOU SHOULD SAY WHEN INTRODUCING OR BEING INTRODUCED AND HOW YOU OUGHT TO LOOK WHEN YOUR BEST MAN WAS COMING TO SEE YOU THEY SAY MISSUS RICHARD COOK ASKED HER HUSBAND TO MARRY HER SAID DAN IT SEEMS TO ME SAID WOOD MUSINGLY THAT THE WIZARD FOOLED YOU IT CAN'T BE A VERY KIND HEART YOU KNOW c558025e-5d88-4f24-99cd-2005ee5ff5a2 NEIL CAMPBELL WHO WAS HIGHLAND SCOTCH AND LIVED DOWN AT BERWICK WAS COURTING NANCY SHERMAN TOO AND WHAT WAS FAR WORSE NANCY'S FATHER FAVOURED HIM BECAUSE HE WAS A RICHARD MAN THAN DONALD FRASER MISSUS UWKE TOOK AMPLE TIME TO FINISH HER BREAKFAST AND THE PRISONERS HAD NO DESIRE TO HURRY HER BUT FINALLY THE MEAL WAS CONCLUDED AND SHE FOLDED HER NAPKIN AND MADE THE TABLE DISAPPEAR BY CLAPPING HER HANDS TOGETHER c5915efc-145a-49c7-9deb-f9532ac5cf05 IT HAUNTED HIS WAKING HOURS AND OBSESSED HIS NIGHTS I HEARD HIM TALKING IN HIS SLEEP ABOUT IT IF ANYTHING COULD HAVE MADE HIM THIN THE WAY HE WORRIED OVER THIS MATTER WOULD HAVE DONE IT FOR MYSELF I CARED NOT A GROAT I WISHED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE SERMON CONTEST AND FELT SORE WHENEVER I THOUGHT OF MY FAILURE I WONDER IF IT IS TRUE THAT HE WRITES POETRY MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS IT IS SHE SAYS SHE HAS SEEN HIM WRITING IT IN A BROWN BOOK SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T GET NEAR ENOUGH TO READ IT BUT SHE KNEW IT WAS POETRY BY THE SHAPE OF IT VERY LIKELY IF THAT BLUE SILK DRESS STORY IS TRUE I'D BELIEVE ANYTHING OF HIM SAID FELICITY c5a91d76-343b-4bcd-abb1-08a1d8f6a2d3 I PUT THE HAT IN ONE THE BRIEF CASE IN ANOTHER AND SNAPPED MY FINGERS THE DRAWERS SLID SHUT AND ITS METAL HIDE WAS AS SMOOTH AS EVER THE DRAWERS SLID SHUT AND ITS METAL HIDE WAS AS SMOOTH AS EVER I PULLED ON A FANCY SPORTS CAP BUCKLED THE CAP UP TIGHT AND WAS READY TO GO WHY MILK AND CUCUMBERS TOGETHER MAKE A RANK POISON HE SAID NO WONDER THE CHILD IS SICK c5af5bcb-0b52-4247-8473-07851aca6813 THE SUIT WAS ON AND I KEPT THE RUNNING CHATTER UP THROUGH THE MIKE IN THE HELMET RELATING TO THE SHIP'S TRANSMITTER THE SCENE IN THE MONITOR RECEIVER CHANGED YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT A HYDROGEN BOMB THAT IS PRIMED AND AWARE OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD HOLDING OUR SHIPS TOGETHER IT WILL OF COURSE GO OFF IF YOU TRY TO PULL AWAY WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER MARGARET'S FATHER AND MOTHER FORGAVE HER AND SHE WENT BACK HOME TO WAIT TO WAIT c5b5cdc0-330e-4360-9096-93ff3f45321c AND ON THE FLY LEAF OF THE BOOKS THE NAME ALICE WAS WRITTEN TWO WAGONS WERE DRIVING UP THE LANE WE RUSHED TO THE HOUSE AND THERE WAS UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET AND AUNT OLIVIA FELICITY QUICKLY RESTORED THE PORK AND PUDDING TO THEIR OWN PLACES AUNT JANE WAS A METHODIST c5bf44c1-d943-435a-be74-f8901bd44302 OUT ON THE BAY ANOTHER CATASTROPHE JUST AS IMPROBABLE WAS IN PROGRESS AND STRODE IRRITABLY DOWN TO HIS MINIATURE DOCK AND THERE WAS NO SORT OF WEAPON AT HAND BUT FELICITY BORE IT VERY PATIENTLY BUT NOW IN THIS TIME OF SHADOWS DREAD BELIEF CLUTCHED US AND WRUNG US WITH TERROR c5ca7537-88b0-4f82-aeea-384ec0dac660 MAYBE NOT BUT YOU'LL SEE HE'LL MAKE AN IMPRESSION SAID DAN A DROP LETTER FROM FOR CECILY FROM SOME SCHOOL FRIEND WITHIN HASTE WRITTEN ACROSS THE CORNER AND A LETTER FOR AUNT JANET POSTMARKED MONTREAL THAT JUST THEN THAT THERE WAS BUT ONE IN STOCK WHILE THE TIN WOODMAN WENT INTO THE HOUSE c5f8fd4e-639f-407b-851a-71e87354537c SO WE MAY TAKE OUR TIME TO CONSIDER WHAT TO DO NEXT SHE HAD HER BACK TOWARD THEM AND DID NOT EVEN TURN AROUND AFTER IT HAD BEEN EATEN AND THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE GREW TO FULL NIGHT IT WAS TIME TO RETIRE IT WAS ONE MORE UNHAPPY EVENT IN A LIFETIME IN WHICH SHE HAD EXPECTED NOTHING ELSE c602d8d8-71fb-47c5-967f-b28a345518a3 OVERHEAD WAS A DAZZLING BLUE SKY IF IT'S A JUDGMENT DAY I DON'T CARE WHETHER MY HAIR IS CURLY OR NOT SHE SAID WITH ANY OF THESE THINGS THE PATTERN IS PROTECTION THEN CONTROL TINY RED MISTS MARKED DUST STORMS THEN CAUTIOUSLY SKIRTED THE BRUSH c61c0580-8b5d-473d-96e4-88d0c67bc601 BLINDLY THE MULTITUDE SURGED TOWARDS THE SCARLET RAY THAT DEALT DEATH FIGHTING THEIR WAY TOWARD THE OBLIVION THEY SO HIGHLY PRIZED THOSE WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING HOPE AND VIC WERE SURGING FORWARD WITH THE REST THEIR ERSTWHILE PRISONERS FORGOTTEN IN THEIR MAD GREED FOR DEATH WHAT'S THE GOOD OF WORKING BUTTONHOLES ON AN OLD RAG ASKED FELICITY IT ISN'T ANY GOOD THE BEAUTY OF PENANCE IS THAT IT MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO WHETHER IT'S USEFUL OR NOT SO LONG AS IT'S NASTY OH I WONDER HOW SARA IS THIS MORNING c6203a02-75d6-4a9a-adb8-d1b8f58d92c7 EVEN FELICITY LAUGHED FELICITY WAS NOT NEARLY SO ANGRY WITH PETER AS MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED SHE EVEN WALKED BESIDE HIM AND LET HIM CARRY HER BIBLE THEY TALKED QUITE CONFIDENTIALLY I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION THE STORY GIRL GOT NO FURTHER WE NEVER HEARD THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION FELIX CAME TEARING UP THE LANE WITH A NEWSPAPER IN HIS HAND WHEN A BOY AS FLAT AS FELIX RUNS AT FULL SPEED ON A BROILING AUGUST FORENOON HE HAS SOMETHING TO RUN FOR AS FELICITY REMARKED c62f36d8-1f6c-418f-be9c-e59924946eb9 DAN KING DON'T YOU DARE EAT THOSE BERRIES SAID FELICITY IN HER BOSSIEST TONE THEY'RE POISON DROP THEM RIGHT AWAY MY AUNT JANE USED TO SAY IT WASN'T POLITE TO CHEW GUM ANYWHERE SAID PETER RATHER RUEFULLY I DON'T SUPPOSE YOUR AUNT JANE KNEW ALL THE RULES OF ETIQUETTE SAID FELICITY DESIGNING TO CRUSH PETER WITH A BIG WORD BORROWED FROM THE FAMILY GUIDE BUT PETER WAS NOT SO TO BE CRUSHED c631f7b5-a0f7-409a-986f-cf73904c52c5 ONE COLD WINTER DAY EIGHTY YEARS AGO BEGAN THE STORY GIRL WITHOUT FURTHER PARLEY DONALD FRASER WAS SITTING BY THE WINDOW OF HIS NEW HOUSE PLAYING HIS FIDDLE FOR COMPANY AND LOOKING OUT OVER THE WHITE FROZEN BAY BEFORE HIS DOOR MISTER SCOTT PLANTED THE YELLOW PLUM TREE IN GRANDFATHER'S TIME SAID CECILY PEELING ONE OF THE PLUMS AND WHEN HE DID IT HE SAID IT WAS AS CHRISTIAN AN ACT AS HE EVER DID I WONDER WHAT HE MEANT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING VERY CHRISTIAN ABOUT PLANTING A TREE I DO SAID THE STORY GIRL SAGELY c64e0d7e-afcf-4836-9d41-2afbcd31beb2 ME I SAID I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE RICH AND VERY NICE CADGETS TOO THESE CORBOTS OF COURSE THERE WERE SECONDARY TASK AS WAS ORDERING A NAVAL CRUISER FOR MY OWN USE CECILY FINISHED HER CUCUMBER AND THEN DRANK A GLASS OF MILK JUST AS WE HEARD THE WHEELS OF UNCLE ALEC'S BUGGY RAMBLING OVER THE BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW c655fad7-5b90-4c3b-b80e-24227e2574db WE ARE ALL AWFUL GLAD YOU ARE GETTING BETTER IT GAVE US AN AWFUL SCARE WHEN WE HEARD YOU WERE GOING TO DIE BUT YOU WILL SOON BE ALL RIGHT AND ABLE TO GET OUT AGAIN BE CAREFUL AND DON'T CATCH COLD I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME NICE THINGS FOR YOU AND SEND THEM OVER NOW THAT THE DOCTOR SAYS YOU CAN EAT THEM AND I'LL SEND YOU MY ROSEBUD PLATE TO EAT OFF OF I'M ONLY LENDING IT YOU KNOW NOT GIVING IT I LET VERY FEW PEOPLE USE IT BECAUSE IT IS MY GREATEST TREASURE MIND YOU DON'T BREAK IT AUNT OLIVIA MUST ALWAYS WASH IT NOT YOUR MOTHER DON'T RUN SAID THE WOODLAND BEAST AS WOOF SPRANG UP YOU ARE PERFECTLY SAFE SO FAR AS I AM CONCERNED FOR SINCE YOU ARE SO MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEAR I HAVE HAD MY BREAKFAST I AM NOW ON MY WAY HOME TO SLEEP THE REST OF THE DAY c662b8e5-ddd7-41d9-9b02-9b4bf8a249c0 DO YOU SPECT THIS TO PROVE A MAN WITH A PARTICULAR CAT TALENT GIVEN BY GOD THE SILENCE WAS A LONG ONE AND AT THE END OF IT KNOOF ROSE TEACH HIM DISCIPLINE SHOW HIM WHAT THE CORE STANDS FOR AT THE SAME TIME IT WILL GET THE RECORDS IN SHAPE c6694774-5990-46b3-98fd-68ebf3665fcb SO I THINK IT'S REAL MEAN THAT ONE OF THEM HAS TO BE COVERED UP MOST OF THE TIME IT WOULDN'T DO SHE DECIDED ONE IS SO APT TO WAKE UP JUST AS THINGS GET INTERESTING REMARKED THE STORY GIRL DISCONTENTEDLY c66a9753-fff5-44bc-98be-3a47fc815838 THE STORY GIRL CREPT OUT WITH FELIX AND ME TO THE MORNING ORCHARD WHILE DAN AND PETER WENT TO DO THE BARN WORK IN THE SAFETY OF MY HOTEL SUITE I MADE A CHANGE OF CLOTHES AND PERSONALITY SPACE YACHT FILLED WITH LUXURIES TO LAST A HUNDRED YEARS c67b8fc5-3f5b-4983-881a-e10c4894de0e IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO DRAW HIM DOWN TO THE THRONE WHERE HE SEATED HIMSELF AND WAS TIED IN SO HE WOULDN'T FLOAT UPWARD AGAIN THERE ARE SOME PARTS OF HER LETTER I COULDN'T SEE THROUGH BUT WHEN THE MEASLES STRIKE IN THEY LEAVE YOU STUPID FOR A SPELL c68877fb-fc89-4dca-95cf-3eeb0c0c48db WE OWN THE WORLD THE OFFICIAL HAD GIVEN A SNAP JUDGMENT WE DECLARE THAT PLACE UNANNEXED FORTHWITH TOOK CHARGE OF US ON THE JOURNEY DOWN ON THE HOMESTEAD WE SAW THAT FELICITY WAS VAIN c68f0b45-a1b2-4410-96d8-e3a7d9c1a55c AND YOU NEVER WANTED TO COME BACK TO EARTH BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRANK OF THE MAGIC CUP YOU FORGOT ALL YOUR PAST LIFE EXCEPT FOR ONE DAY IN EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU WERE ALLOWED TO REMEMBER IT I WISH THERE WAS SUCH A PLACE AS FAIRYLAND AND A WAY TO GET TO IT SAID CECILY PRESIDENT FERERO HAD HIS GUN OUT AND WAS STARING AT IT GRIMLY IT WAS HARD TO TELL IF HE WAS THINKING OF MURDER OR SUICIDE I DON'T CARE WHICH ALL HE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WAS THE NEXT ELECTION WHEN THE VOTERS AND THE POLITICAL COMPETITION WOULD CARVE HIM UP FOR LOSING THE SHIP c69f3ba8-8978-4ed7-a0f9-926dcc1630e4 FELIX HELD OUT TO FELICITY A REMARKABLY FINE APPLE WHICH HE HAD BEEN SAVING FOR HIS OWN CONSUMPTION AND THE STORY GIRL BEGAN A TALE OF AN ENCHANTED MAIDEN IN A CASTLE BY THE SEA BUT WE NEVER HEARD THE END OF IT THAT'S BECAUSE YOU ARE AN OWL SAID WOUT I THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE BETTER IN THE DARK c6b01428-b35f-451f-98af-7ebab1eeddf2 SARA HAD NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO VISIT THE HILL FARM SINCE PETER HAD DEVELOPED MEASLES THE DOCTOR IS AFRAID HE HE HE HAD DIED IN CALIFORNIA AND HAD BEEN BURIED THERE THE ONLY SIGN OF VEGETATION I COULD PERCEIVE WERE STRANGE GROWTHS THAT REMOTELY RESEMBLED TREES THIS WORLD DOES NOT EXIST c6c8770c-0bc1-45a3-9e62-4f6d0f2cc6fe FELICITY IS GOING TO GIVE ME COOKING LESSONS SHE CONFIDED TO ME AS WE WALKED IN THE ORCHARD ISN'T THAT FINE IT WILL BE EASIER THAN WHEN THERE ARE NO GROWN UPS AROUND TO MAKE ME NERVOUS AND LAUGH IF I MAKE MISTAKES ONCE WHEN I CAME TO HER HOUSE MY STRAW WAS OLD AND CRUMPLED SO THAT MY BODY SAGGED DREADFULLY I NEEDED NO STRAW TO REPLACE THE OLD BUT GINGER HAD NO STRAW ON ALL HER RAGE AND I WAS REALLY UNABLE TO TRAVEL FURTHER UNTIL I HAD BEEN RESTUFFED c6d2ca51-1acf-4533-b927-5cfc02c18e39 O GIRLS DON'T FIGHT SAID CECILY THE PEACE MAKER IT'S SUCH A NICE DAY AND WE'LL HAVE A NICE TIME IF YOU DON'T SPOIL IT FIGHTING AND SHE INSISTED THAT NIMY AMY SHOULD NEVER MARRY ME SLIPPED THE DEW THAT WAS CLUSTERED THICK ON THE FOREST FLOWERS c6db6068-76ab-4e88-9bfa-c11cc45a55c6 OR ANY PART OF ME FOR THEY ARE MY PERSONAL PROPERTY BOTH DOROTHY AND OZMA NOW BECAME GREATLY INTERESTED AND WATCHED THE TRANSFORMATIONS WITH INDIGNATION AND HORROR FELIX PRETENDED NOT TO HEAR HER BUT I KNEW HE DID BECAUSE HIS EARS GREW RED PETER IS NO RELATION EITHER BUT HE IS GOING TO BE HERE WHEN WE OPEN IT SO WHY SHOULDN'T SARA c6f96764-f64a-41c7-9aad-2242fc04db4a OF COURSE THE AREA EFFECTED IS ENLARGED IT INCLUDES THOSE STEPS AND A LOT OF WATER AROUND THEM IT WOULDN'T DO SAID FELICITY DECIDEDLY YOU COULD SEE THROUGH IT DO SAID THE STORY GIRL SAGELY c71400bd-969e-4126-bf62-b550dd85e0d6 AND OFTEN THE TIN MAN HAD TO PUSH ASIDE IF YOU ARE TO BE TRANSFORMED AT ALL AND SHE HUMBLY BEGGED PETER'S PARDON FOR SPOILING HIS SERMON I'D RATHER DIE AN OLD MAID FORTY TIMES OVER EXCLAIMED FELICITY c732a47f-e806-49b6-8483-8b9310e1a157 WHICH ONE OF MY FRIENDS DID YOU MANAGE TO EAT THIS IS MY OWN MISFORTUNE AND I WOULD RATHER SUFFER IT JEFF DISMISSED IT IMPATIENTLY IT HAD REVERSED ITS UNBELIEVABLE LENGTH TO KEEP THE HEAD SUBMERGED c746fa10-de32-40ab-b09a-e4cce37491b1 NINETY YEARS AGO THAT FEELING SWEPT INTO OUR BOYISH HEARTS AND SOULS FELIX PRAYED EARNESTLY THAT HE MIGHT BE ENABLED TO EAT A BITTER APPLE WITHOUT MAKING A FACE A COMPELLING CHARM THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED c749cee0-4548-4f65-8041-ab86f9d2527e YOU CAN ADD TO THAT FORCE ADD GREATLY BUT YOU MUST BE WISE I MUST BE SLOW YOU MEAN I MEAN WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU CLARTON THOUGHT THEY EASILY FOUND THE PLACE WHERE THEY HAD FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE ENCLOSURE SO THE TIN WOODMAN PUSHED ASIDE THE UNDERBRUSH AND STARTED FIRST ALONG THE PATH c75e10f0-cdd4-4311-84e6-69cac7150165 THE STORY GIRL CREPT OUT WITH FELIX AND ME TO THE MORNING ORCHARD WHILE DAN AND PETER WENT TO DO THE BARN WORK IT ISN'T ANY USE FOR ME TO TRY TO LEARN TO COOK SAID SHE NEVER MIND I SAID CONSOLINGLY YOU CAN TELL SPLENDID STORIES I HAD HARD WORK TO KEEP FELIX FROM TRYING TO SEE IF HE COULD SHY A MARBLE INTO THAT TEMPTING OPEN MOUTH I TOLD HIM IT WOULD AWAKEN DAN WHO WOULD THEN LIKELY INSIST ON GETTING UP AND ACCOMPANYING US AND IT WILL BE SO MUCH NICER TO GO BY OURSELVES FOR THE FIRST TIME c75f55b7-5844-44a2-8602-35c1a0256946 WE WERE FARING FORTH ON A LONG ROAD AND THOUGH WE HAD SOME IDEA WHAT WOULD BE AT THE END OF IT THERE WAS ENOUGH GLAMOUR OF THE UNKNOWN ABOUT IT TO LEND A WONDERFUL CHARM TO OUR SPECULATIONS CONCERNING IT AH DO WE EVER FEEL QUITE THE SAME TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO DESTROY OUR ILLUSIONS SHALL I EVER BE ABLE TO FORGIVE THE BRUTAL CREATURE WHO FIRST TOLD ME THERE WAS NO SUCH PERSON AS SANTA CLAUS c778cb36-eae1-443e-97be-3ea616e8b65d THIS SUPERSTRUCTURE OBVIOUSLY JUST TACKED ON TO THE PLANS GETS THROWN AWAY AND TURRETS TAKE ITS PLACE THE HULLS ARE IDENTICAL A CHANGE HERE A SHIFT THERE AND THE STODGY FRATER BECOMES THE FAST BATTLE WAGON SHE PERMITTED THEM ONLY A PLAIN WHOLESOME LUNCH AT BEDTIME CECILY NOW JOINED US AND THE RESULT WAS THESE VISIONS WHICH HAD BEEN OUR DESPAIR c793ad1b-c632-40ab-8589-72e3c37f4807 UNDER THE MOTTO SET A THIEF TO CATCH ONE THE CORPS SUPPOSEDLY MADE GOOD USE OF MEN LIKE MYSELF TO GET RID OF THE MORE ANTISOCIAL TYPES THAT INFEST THE UNIVERSE THIS WAS ALL STILL HEARSAY TO ME I HAD BEEN PULLED INTO HEADQUARTERS AND GIVEN ROUTINE ADMINISTRATION WORK FOR TRAINING SIX MONTHS OF THIS HAD LEFT ME SLIGHTLY GARGER AND I WANTED OUT PERMANENT BENEFIT WAS SLOW BUT CUMULATIVE OFFERING FOR THE FIRST TIME A REAL STEP TOWARD ULTIMATE STABILITY THE MEDICAL PSYCHIATRIC AND POLITICAL FIELDS CRIED OUT FOR CRYSTALS AND MORE CRYSTALS IF THE ISLANDERS WOULD TELL US THEIR SOURCE AND LET US HELP DEVELOP IT SATTERFIELD SAID PEEVISHLY INSTEAD OF DOLING OUT A HANDFUL OF CRYSTALS EVERY TEN DAY THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY NEED OF ACTION HOMESIDE FEELS THEY'RE JUST LETTING US HAVE SOME OF THE SURPLUS c7963f7e-ba35-413a-9fd1-48c69435c872 THE WOMAN WAS NOT UNPLEASANT TO LOOK AT HER FACE WAS NOT CEL HER VOICE WAS BIG BUT GRACIOUS IN TONE BUT HER WORDS SHOWED THAT SHE POSSESSED A MERCILESS HEART AND NO PLEADINGS WOULD ALTER HER WICKED PURPOSE I'VE HAD SOME REAL INTERESTING DREAMS SAID PETER BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THEM LONG I WISH I COULD WHY DON'T YOU WRITE HIM DOWN SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL c796a909-f053-43e4-b662-8b6e693692e8 WE FELT SURE OF THAT SHE DREW A PICTURE OF THE GRIMACING OTTOMAN ON THE MARGIN OF HER DREAM BOOK WHICH SO SCARED SARA RAY WHEN SHE BEHELD IT THAT SHE CRIED ALL THE WAY HOME AND INSISTED ON SLEEPING THAT NIGHT WITH JUDY PINNOT LEST THE FURNITURE TAKE TO PURSUING HER ALSO THEY HAD A SAFETY FACTOR BUILT INTO THE COMPUTER SO YOU CAN'T END UP INSIDE A STAR NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRIED c79d61c0-2ba3-4c34-ba5d-23aa3cb9ecd9 IT WAS ALL VERY DEPRESSING SO I STOPPED FOR A DRINK AND THEN WENT TO THE SPACEPORT BY THE TIME THE SHIP WAS SERVICED I HAD A COURSE CHARTED RUNNING THROUGH THE CROWD I FACED THE FIRST LIZARD IN HIS TUB HE SANK SLOWLY BENEATH THE SURFACE THEN ON THE THIRD DAY THE STORY GIRL CAME TO US WITH A VERY WHITE FACE SHE HAD BEEN OVER TO UNCLE ROGER'S YARD TO HEAR THE LATEST BULLETIN FROM THE SICK ROOM HITHERTO THEY HAD BEEN OF A NON COMMITTAL NATURE BUT NOW IT WAS ONLY TOO EVIDENT THAT SHE HAD BAD NEWS c7b37b37-a289-4c6f-8cbf-cf42fa1ed722 OUR COPS WOULD BE TOUGH WITH YOU IF THEY FOUND YOU OPERATING THE THING THE POLICEMAN EXPECTED NO FURTHER TROUBLE FROM THE HUMANS AFTER THE TREATMENT THEY HAD AND OH I WAS SO HAPPY I'M GOING TO CHURCH SAME AS YOU PETER DROPPED HIS VOICE c7b43bd2-8dff-4927-a69c-7b4175e7e142 SUCH GOINGS ON I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK WHAT'S THE MATTER PARON WHERE'S MISTER BUTLER THAT'S IT SIR THAT'S EXACTLY IT WHERE'S MISTER BUTLER AND JUST A MOMENT PLEASE CUT IT SHORT PARRON WHAT'S HAPPENED INSTEAD AFTER DEVOUTLY THANKING GOODNESS THAT OUR GROWN UPS IN SPITE OF SOME IMPERFECTIONS AND ALTHOUGH STRANGERS GREATLY ADMIRING THEM OFTEN CARRIED AWAY ROOTS AND SEEDS c7b5ed15-cdfe-4cb2-863d-7400ff73ddc3 TOWERS SWUNG AROUND AND LOOKED AT BRANDON BRANDON HAD A STRANGE DETACHED FEELING AS HE PUSHED THE EJECTION BUTTON TOO LATE I'M ON FIRE AT ALL EVENTS FELICITY RESENTED THE IMPUTATION THAT SHE HAD MORE INFLUENCE WITH PETER THAN ANY ONE ELSE c7b84bb3-23cb-4391-b44e-88cac37d53f6 HE WAS BEING HARANGUED BY A FOUR INCH TALL MAN ON HIS BEDSIDE TABLE YET EVEN ABOUT MULA THERE WAS AN ODDITY IN HER ANCESTRY HE SEEMED TO BE A CAT WITH A TOLERABLY GOOD OPINION OF HIMSELF AND HIS RESPONSE TO OUR ADVANCES WAS SLIGHTLY TINGED WITH CONDESCENSION c7e52409-963c-452e-aad1-9623c4b4d4fd SO WOOT FINDING HIS LEGS FREE CREPT OVER TO THE TIN WOODMAN BUT PERHAPS THE MONKEY COULD HIDE IN HER ROOM AT NIGHT AND GET THE APRON WHILE SHE IS ASLEEP PRESENTLY HER FILMY WINGS HOVERED OVER US AND THROUGH THEM GLEAMED THE EARLY STARS OF THE AUTUMN NIGHT SURE HE'S SLEEPIN WELL AND THE SNOW IS COMING SOON THE DUSK CREPT INTO THE ORCHARD LIKE A DIM BEWITCHING PERSONALITY c7f18aab-ac6b-490d-a7d2-0668d2977010 I KNOW A STORY ABOUT MISSUS RICHARD COOK'S GRANDMOTHER PEG HAD YOUR RHEUMATISM RING ON AND THE STORY GIRL'S BLUE BEADS AND SARA RAY'S LACE SEWED ACROSS THE FRONT OF HER DRESS THE SI MAN WAS IN HIS TRANSPARENT CUBICLE AND I LOCKED MYSELF IN WITH HIM DON'T LET THEM TAKE ME PLEASE ANGELINA WAS ON HER FEET NOW HER BACK PRESSED TO THE WALL THEY'LL PUT ME IN PRISON DO THINGS TO MY MIND SHE SHRUNK AWAY AS SHE SPOKE STUMBLING ALONG THE WALL c7f1f859-10d4-4ec5-abc9-28b2ec7a9df0 CUCUMBERS ARE INDIGESTIBLE BUT I NEVER KNEW OF THEM MAKING ANY ONE AS SICK AS THIS SHE SAID ANXIOUSLY WHAT MADE THE CHILD EAT A CUCUMBER BEFORE GOING TO BED I DIDN'T THINK SHE LIKED THEM IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO PETER AND YOU ARE LET'S SEE HIM BEFORE IT HAPPENS GIVE HIM MY LOVE AND TELL HIM HOW SORRY I AM AND THAT I HOPE WE WILL ALL MEET IN A BETTER WORLD EVERYTHING IN SCHOOL IS ABOUT THE SAME THE MASTER IS AWFUL CROSS BY SPELLS c811d33e-0243-4a57-88d1-47331a323196 HE HAD LONG SINCE GIVEN UP THE ENTIRE OPERATION AS A FUTILE ONE DID HE WANT TO RULE A WHOLE PLANET OR MAYBE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OR MORE JOHN ANDREW BLUSHED FURIOUSLY AGAIN AND COVERED HIS EARS WITH HIS HANDS BUT YOU WOULD BE BORED TO HIS SURPRISE GARF DID NOTHING TO STOP HIM c8130781-e0fe-4464-8d57-2e4bd59f4949 HAULING A ZID FROM CANTHORIAN JUNGLES TO A SERIMIAN ZOO WAS A PROSAIC ENOUGH ASSIGNMENT SO LONG AS THE CAGE HELD BUT WITH THE RAGING BRUTES SWIFTLY SMELLING THEM OUT THEY WERE HELPLESS TO CATCH AND RESTRAIN IT IN THE MORNING WHEN THE FIRST WALLOWERS ARRIVED I FLIPPED ON THE RECORDER AFTER ABOUT FIVE OF THE LOCAL DAYS I HAD A SEA OF NATIVE CONVERSATION IN THE MEMORY BANK OF THE MACHINE TRANSLATOR AND TAGGED A FEW EXPRESSIONS THIS IS FAIRLY EASY TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A MACHINE MEMORY TO WORK WITH c824c703-45a3-4c72-bbe1-7417d8041895 YOU ARE NOT THE MOST CAREFUL OF MEN AND GREAT CARE IS NEEDED THE BROTHERHOOD MUST GROW MADAM HE BEGAN POLITELY HE FORCED HIS VOICE INTO THE PATTERNS OF CALMNESS AND EASE OH YOU WOULDN'T SARA STANLEY YOU'RE NOT IN EARNEST EXCLAIMED FELICITY HER BLUE EYES FILLING WITH HORROR c842fe54-4cac-4cb0-826d-bea34eded321 IN THE MIDST OF OUR LAUGHTER PAT CAME DOWN THE WALK HIS STATELY TAIL WAVING OVER THE GRASSES HE PROVED TO BE THE PRECURSOR OF DAN CLOTHED AND IN HIS RIGHT MIND I HAD SENT HIM A PYGRAM ABOUT THE THEFT BUT THERE WAS NO ANSWER AS YET MAYBE THE IDENTITY OF THE THIEVES WOULD STIR SOME RESPONSE OUT OF HIM THE DOOR TO INSKIPT'S PRIVATE QUARTERS IS AN OLD FASHIONED TUMBLER DRUM THAT WAS EVEN EASIER TO PICK THEM MY TEETH I MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT DOOR WITHOUT BREAKING A STEP c85273b9-6dfa-4ca3-bf7f-e0990f492e0c DON'T SEE YOU YOU CAN HELP BELIEVING IT SAID CECILY IT ISN'T AS IF IT'S SOMETHING WE'D READ OF SHE SAID IT QUIETLY BUT PETER OBEYED I THINK HE WOULD HAVE OBEYED IF SHE IN THAT TONE AND WITH THOSE EYES HAD ORDERED HIM TO CAST HIMSELF INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA WHICH WAS THREE TIMES AS HIGH AND BROAD AS ANY HE HAD EVER SEEN IN HOUSE BEFORE AND BEGAN TO SCRUB HIM WITH HIS STIFF BRUSH AND A CAKE OF YELLOW SOAP c856d232-46ca-4605-a3f9-cb28cf610467 THERE WERE MARKDALE PEOPLE THERE SHE CONFIDED TO AND THE WILLIAMSONS LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE COHENS WHO HAVE MEASLES I WISH I'D NEVER EGGED SARA ON TO GOING BUT DON'T TELL FELICITY I SAID SO HULLO SAID THE KING BLINKING HIS PURPLE EYES AT HIS FOLLOWERS WHAT'S UP NOW STRANGERS YOUR MAJESTY STRANGERS AND CAPTIVES REPLIED THE BIG LOON POMPOUSLY c86f8a16-8a6e-485b-a0c2-fc20c48a3ad2 SUCH INCIDENTS HOWEVER WERE VERY UNUSUAL AND SO SELDOM WAS THERE ANYTHING TO WORRY OVER THAT THE OZ PEOPLE I SALUTE YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS MAJESTY AND OFFER YOU MY HUMBLE SERVICES YOU'RE LETTING THE CAFEE SCORCH AND THAT'S A FACT YOU'D BETTER GO BY SAID FELICITY SNIFFING HAVEN'T YOU GOT A NOSE c871054c-80d0-4e1f-9aae-6bb5bb7c3578 SHE LEFT ME IN CHARGE NOT LONG AFTER HE WAS MARRIED HIS WIFE WASN'T QUITE READY FOR CHURCH ONE MORNING WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO I UNDERSTAND JONAS SAID HELPLESSLY COME WITH ME HE SAID AT LAST AND LED THE WAY INTO HIS MUD HOUSE c87d92ee-fd40-4594-a292-8197aa49bfbc YET YOU SEEM BORED BY THE MATTER CLEREND THOUGHT PUZZLED AND TWENTY MINUTES LATER TWO MEN CAME TO THE HUT THEY STOOD IN THE OPEN DOORWAY MISSUS SHARP BEHIND THEM TWITTERING LIKE AN ANCIENT BIRD AND YONAS WATCHED THEM BOREDLY THIS IS STRANGE MUSED THE SCARECROW I HAD ALREADY MENDED HIM I WAS NOT ALWAYS MADE OF TIN BEGAN THE EMPEROR c8a6022b-4b7e-4d04-aeef-3fd779bcfbbc I SUPPOSE THEY MUST BE BAWLED EVEN IF IT IS THE JUDGMENT DAY TOMORROW WHAT MATTERED IT THAT ALL THE CUPS IN THE WORLD BE BROKEN TODAY IF THE CRACKADOON MUST SOUND TO MORROW AND THERE WAS A LOT OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT HE STOPPED AND BLOTTED HIS MOIST BROW WITH HIS SLEEVE ALTHOUGH QUITE AS UNJUSTIFIED I ASSURE YOU c8aba132-330e-4577-bf56-816c10f106ca JUDY IS VERY OBLIGING AND I FEEL THAT SHE SYMPATHIZES WITH ME HOW CROSS THOSE LONG SHADOWY FIELDS BETWEEN US AND OUR ROOF TOP THIS ODD CREATURE WAS DRESSED IN THE REGULATION CLOAK BEING OF THE MUNCHKIN PEOPLE c8c43927-c08d-4825-b24b-9717c928d530 NOTHING IN THAT CORNER OF OZ INTERESTED ME BUT I BELIEVED THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY I WOULD FIND STRANGE PEOPLE AND SEE NEW SIGHTS AND SO I SET OUT UPON MY WANDERING JOURNEY OH WELL IT'S DIFFERENT WITH SARA SAID DAN WE COULD EARN MONEY AND SHE COULDN'T c8ce713d-b33a-482a-981a-055e10f9d86c I FELT HE DIDN'T GRUDGE IT AND NOW FOR MISTER CAMPBELL IT WAS ON HIS ACCOUNT I PUT ON MY RED SILK I DON'T SUPPOSE THE AWKWARD MAN NOTICED IT AT ALL BUT MISTER CAMPBELL WILL OR I'M VERY MUCH MISTAKEN STETSON'S VOICE HISSED IN ORNE'S EARS EASY ON THE SEXLIME BOY THAT'S ALWAYS TOUCHY THESE CREATURES ARE OVIPAROUS SEX GLANDS ARE APPARENTLY HIDDEN IN THAT LONG FUR BEHIND WHERE THEIR CHINS OUGHT TO BE c8e638df-e04e-45bd-b6c5-6728da3c7776 WHEN SHE CEASED WE CAME BACK TO EARTH FEELING AS IF WE HAD BEEN MILLIONS OF MILES AWAY IN THE BLUE ETHER AND THAT ALL OUR OLD FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS WERE MOMENTARILY FORGOTTEN AND STRANGE OUTSIDE THE SKY WAS PURPLE AND GOLD AND SILVERY GREEN WITH A DELICATE TANGLE OF ROSY CLOUD ABOVE THE ELMS ISN'T IT AWFUL NICE AND HOLY IN HERE WHISPERED PETER REVERENTLY I DIDN'T KNOW CHURCH WAS LIKE THIS IT'S NICE c8fd93d7-c9f3-4240-8d73-17a79bab30b1 I COULD RECOGNIZE THE FACE AND FIGURE OF THE WOMAN I LOVED AND OF HER BROTHER BUT THEY SEEMED TO HAVE NO SUBSTANCE ONCE THE CLERKS UNDERSTOOD WHAT I HAD IN MIND THEY HURLED THEMSELVES INTO THEIR WORK I'LL PERSONALLY SEE THAT YOU'RE FLAYED ALIVE c8ff705a-3a1c-4a27-8c7e-861aa92bc9d7 BLESS THE CHILDREN SAID UNCLE ALEC AS HE CARRIED THE MILK PAILS ACROSS THE YARD NOTHING CAN QUENCH THEIR SPIRITS FOR LONG THEN I URGED A RESPONSIBILITY CONCERNING THEM AND MEANT TO WIND UP BY RECITING IN A VERY SOLEMID AND EARNEST VOICE THE VERSE BEGINNING CAN WE WHOSE SOULS ARE LIGHTED AFTER HER CAUTIONING THE MONKEY AND BEAR AND OWL TO BEHAVE THEMSELVES DURING THE NIGHT SHE PICKED UP THE CAGE CONTAINING THE CANARY AND GOING TO THE DOOR OF HER BEDROOM COMMANDED IT OPEN c90c8a91-cc75-4e8a-a05f-b0722692cb9c I DECIDED TO GIVE THE REDOUBTABLE PEG SOME OF APPLES FROM MY BIRTHDAY TREE AND DAN DECIDED HE WOULD GIVE HER A PLUG OF TOBACCO OH WON'T SHE BE INSULTED EXCLAIMED FELIX RATHER HORRIFIED IT IS NOT SURPRISING THEREFORE THAT THE RED WAGON ARRIVED BEFORE GINGER'S HOUSE JUST AS THAT ENERGETIC YOUNG LADY HAD FINISHED SCRUBBING THE GREEN MONKEY AND WAS ABOUT TO LEAD HIM TO THE CARMEL PATC c90e2fad-9bad-4425-96b3-be3b58d994f3 THAT IS NO ORDINARY ROBOT IT HAS A NUMBER OF INTERESTING DEVICES BUILT INTO ITS FINGER TIPS SO I MUST TRY TO MAKE NIMMY AMY HAPPY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE c930515f-3113-4482-b4c9-725b66f608f0 CECILY SAID SHE DIDN'T ENVY HIM HIS CONSCIENCE BUT I AM AFRAID SHE MEASURED HIS CONSCIENCE BY HER OWN I DOUBT VERY MUCH IF BILLY'S TROUBLED HIM AT ALL I WAS EVEN MORE SURPRISED WHEN I JOINED THEM OF COURSE THERE WAS A LITTLE PRESSURE AT THE TIME I HAD THE ALTERNATIVE CHOICE OF INSTANT DEATH BUT I STILL THINK IT WAS A WISE MOVE c9308586-0aaf-42bc-9753-faa3d1e8ac7a THE STORY GIRL WALKED UPRIGHTLY LIKE INCARNATE FLAME IN HER CRIMSON SILK FELICITY HAD PUT ON HER BLUE MUSLIN AND LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL IN IT THAT HER GOOD HUMOR WAS QUITE RESTORED THE CITY IS FOR OUR RACE WE MUST BREED AND BE BORN IN THE SUNLIGHT VERTICAL SLIP PUPILS IN THEIR EYES SAID HORN HE STUDIED THE FIGURE c931c763-1270-43ea-a143-a8f0c5e04b51 THEY'D HAVE BEEN BETTER FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THE PRAYING QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED AND I WON'T JUST WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE THIRTEENTH SIN ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE BUT THAT ONLY HELPED THE RESEMBLANCE c93b7c9b-9db8-47f9-bc76-56fab20abcf8 NOW I ADDED I WONDER IF YOU WOULD ASK THE CUSTOMS AGENTS TO LOOK AT MY BAGS HERE DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME DO WE THE SHIP IS OPEN THEY CAN CHECK THAT WHENEVER THEY PLEASE AND WASHING HER DISHES IT FORTUNATELY LANDED ON THE WICKED WITCH AND SMASHED HER FLAT c93c09e1-2bce-48f8-b9be-9931f90455de INTERESTING THINGS LIKE THIS ALL DID HAPPEN LONG AGO IT SEEMS TO ME ALL FIRED WITH A DESIRE TO BE THE FIRST TO DRINK OF THE FOUNTAIN AND WIN SO MARVELLOUS A BOON TRUE YUNUS SAID PLEASANTLY KNOUGHF WAS SITTING BEHIND THE TABLE YONOS HAD NOT BEEN ASKED TO SIT HE REMAINED STANDING AND HE WAS RECENTLY SURE THAT HIS FEET WERE GOING TO HURT A MINUTE I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IS IN YOUR MIND HE SAID c951d53a-f5c1-4192-8182-eea76b631c72 HE SHOOK HIS HEAD AT ONCE AND SAID NO THE PLANS WERE CHANGED WE HAD TO FIT IN SOME KIND OF NEW METEOR REPELLING GEAR FOR OPERATING IN THE PLANETARY DEBRIS BELT I FLIPPED THROUGH MY CASE AND DREW OUT A PLAN DOES YOUR NEW GEAR LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS I ASKED THROWING IT ACROSS THE TABLE TO HIM WHEN THE FINAL COUNT WAS IN HIGH PLANES DID NOT HAVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE GAINING POPULATION IN THE NATION c95b2b9f-cb57-4d44-aae4-e5287345628f THEIR ORIGIN WAS UNKNOWN THOUGH THE FACT THAT THEY BOTH TALKED WITH A SLIGHT ACCENT SUGGESTED AN OFFBOARD ORIGIN SHE WAS VERY NICELY DRESSED IN A PINK PRINT TOO TIRED TO GO OUT AND EXPLORE OUR ANCESTRAL DOMAINS c964d9f6-d07a-4ff8-aa88-fcf294820661 IT MIGHT INDEED THIS WAS A NEW HORROR WHICH HAD NOT OCCURRED TO US WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FEELING VERY COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY BUT AS A MATTER OF FACT WE WERE NOT PARTICULARLY SO BEYOND THE WOODS WE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF MOONLIGHT WORLD LYING IN THE SHARP FROST OF THE OCTOBER EVENING c96a748c-1bda-4b92-9fba-2dc7562c30e3 IN FACT I'LL BEGIN TO NIGHT I'M GOING TO THE PANTRY AS SOON AS I GET HOME AND I'LL READ FATHER'S LETTER BEFORE I GO TO BED IT WAS DREADFUL TO WAKE UP AND FIND IT AS STRAIGHT AS EVER BUT HOW WILL YOU LIKE TO WALK TO SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH A BOY WHO WEARS PATCHED TROUSERS c96de54e-5419-42ec-9d86-3b97fdc7375a PARIN CAME HURRYING UP WITH THE AXE AND I MOTIONED THEM ASIDE I SWUNG THE AXE AND THE HEAD OF THE WEAPON CRASHED AGAINST THE LOCK THE KNOB DROPPED TO THE FLOOR WITH A CLATTER BUT THE DOOR GAVE NOT AT ALL I BROUGHT THE AXE DOWN AGAIN AND SOMETHING CRACKED SHARPLY AND THE THIRD BLOW SENT THE DOOR SWINGING WIDE MANUEL WENT WITH MULA A ROUND EASY MAN AND A SPAR SCORNED MULE MULA WAS A MULE BUT THERE WERE OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE SANTA MAGDALENA OF A GENUS LESS CERTAIN YET EVEN ABOUT MULA THERE WAS AN ODDITY IN HER ANCESTRY HER PATERNAL GRANDFATHER HAD BEEN A GOAT MANOEL HAD ONCE TOLD MISSA MARSHALL ABOUT THIS BUT MISTER MARSHALL HAD NOT ACCEPTED IT c979bd5e-67bd-4593-8514-6de7590603d3 I AM NOW GOING OUT FOR MY MORNING WALK OF COURSE DECLARED THE GIANTESS THEY MADE NO REPLY TO THIS SPEECH FOR A WHILE BUT AT THE TIME WE SUPPOSED HE MUST BE DRAWING FROM BIBLICAL SOURCES I MUST CANDIDLY SAY THAT HER TONES SAVOURED STRONGLY OF A LAST RESORT BUT THIS WAS OWING MORE TO EARLY TRAINING THAN ANY LACK OF FAITH ON CECILY'S PART c981491f-ece5-43f7-a7ab-29fed09d93a7 UNCLE ROGER WAS IN HIS BARN YARD HITCHING HIS BLACK MARE INTO THE BUGGY A SIGNIFICANT SMILE WHICH TO THOSE OF US SKILLED IN ITS INTERPRETATION BUT I HAD NO BURNING DESIRE TO EAT SOUR APPLES WITHOUT GRIMACING I LIKE THEM BEST THAT WAY c9874836-8e26-4206-8615-cb6e2ff4f8f2 THIS THEY FOUND TO BE AN IMMENSE HOLLOW SHAPED LIKE A SAUCER AND ON ITS FARTHER EDGE APPEARED THE FOREST WHICH POLYCHROME HAD SEEN FROM THE SKY HUSH HERE'S YOUR FATHER SAID FELIX UNCLE ALEC CAME STRIDING DOWN THE ORCHARD WE HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN UNCLE ALEC ANGRY BUT THERE WAS NO DOUBT THAT HE WAS VERY ANGRY HIS BLUE EYES FAIRLY BLAZED AT US AS HE SAID WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO FRIGHTEN SARA RAY INTO SUCH A CONDITION c991d430-3ab8-4b0d-99bf-51d79e6f36be THREE PRIESTS WERE GROPING TOWARDS ME THEIR EYE SOCKETS RED PITS OF BURNED FLESH THEY KNEW WHAT I WANTED AND LED THE WAY WITHOUT A WORD THE COMPUTER GAVE ME A COURSE WITH AN ESTIMATED POINT OF ARRIVAL AS WELL AS A BUILT IN SAFETY FACTOR I NEVER COULD ELIMINATE FROM THE MACHINE BUT WHEN MISS HOPE CAME HOME UNEXPECTED THIS MORNING WHAT SHE CUT HER VISIT A FEW DAYS SHORT HER AUNT HAVING OTHER HOUSE GUESTS TURN UP UNEXPECTED LIKE AND MISS HOPE ARRIVES FIRST THING THIS MORNING BEING HERE WHEN I RETURN FROM TOWN AFTER MAILING THE LETTER TO YOU SIR c9c89e99-e8c3-4c4f-9ca8-b72be43b14f7 PERHAPS PIGS MAY WHISTLE BUT THEY'VE POOR MOUTHS FOR IT WAS ALL THE ANSWER PETER GAINED TO THIS CHARMING SUGGESTION AFTER I HAVE FOUND NIMI AND ME AND SHE HAS MANAGED TO CONTROL HER JOY AT OUR UNION c9cc1f5d-c7fc-4624-8594-c5ac554208d1 AS IN THE CASE OF THE BELL RING GHOST WE DID NOT BELIEVE BUT WE TREMBLED NOBODY MIGHT HAVE KNOWN WHEN THE BILL WAS WRITTEN SAID DAN BUT MAYBE SOMEBODY KNOWS NOW WHY THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO AND THAT PAPER WAS PRINTED THIS VERY MORNING BUT THREE DAYS AFTER HER DEPARTURE FELIX TOLD US SOMETHING ON THE WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL WHICH LENT SOME SPICE TO EXISTENCE IMMEDIATELY c9d3606e-923e-4d7d-a8a5-59173da90eb0 SHE DID TOO HE RETORTED MY AUNT JANE WAS A REAL LADY EVEN IF SHE WAS ONLY A CRAIG SHE KNEW ALL THOSE RULES AND SHE KEPT THEM WHEN THERE WAS NOBODY ROUND TO SEE HER JUST THE SAME AS WHEN ANY ONE WAS AND SHE WAS SMART IF FATHER UD HALF HER GET UP AND GIT I WOULDN'T BE A HIRED BOY TO DAY ALL I HAD ELEVEN YEARS AGO WAS A RHINOCEROS AND THAT'S NOT A FULL MEAL AT ALL GRUMBLED THE YOUNG ONE AND BEFORE THAT I HAD WEIGHED SIXTY TWO YEARS TO BE FED SO IT'S NO WONDER I'M HUNGRY c9d6fc81-c8f8-43a4-a2e1-1505840be4cf THEY HAVE BEEN NEED NEEDING REORGANIZATION FOR QUITE A WHILE I TOOK A STADISTIC REVENGE ON THE NAVY BY NOT TELLING HIM A WORD ABOUT MY MISSION AND WALKED AMONG THE GLOOMY PILLARS OF BONIVARD'S PRISON WE WENT VERY SOFTLY INDEED c9daf5c3-7fd2-4cbe-bd62-09a2018c5fa3 HE COULD WRITE LETTERS SUCH LETTERS BY CONTRAST FELIX AND I WERE SECRETLY ASHAMED OF FATHER'S EPISTLES WHAT GOOD WOULD BEING TWINS DO YOU ASKED PETER PEOPLE WHO SQUINT CAN'T EAT ANY MORE THAN PEOPLE WHO DON'T SQUINT CAN THEY WE COULD NOT SEE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN PETER'S TWO QUESTIONS WHAT HAS SQUINTING GOT TO DO WITH TWINS ASKED DAN c9fe3f97-c1d6-4d5f-97a9-4706582f0656 WHERE MIGHT I FIND THIS FAMILY HE SAID IT IS NOW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON THE OLD WOMAN SAID PERHAPS THEY ARE AT HOME YOU WILL SEE A PATH WHICH TAKES YOU TO THE LEFT FOLLOW IT UNTIL YOU REACH THE LAST HOUSE A WOLFISH GRIN CRACKED STETSON'S BIG FEATURES I'M SO HAPPY YOU HAVE THE PROPER ATTITUDE OF SUBSERVIENCE TOWARD AUTHORITY HORNE SIPPED UP THE COVER ALL UNIFORM OH YES SIR SIR ca079170-6b6a-44e3-91a8-734fa9a79155 SHE KNEW BETTER THAN TO MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO ASSERT AUTHORITY OVER THE STORY GIRL AND FELIX AND I WERE ALLOWED SOME LENGTH OF TETHER BUT CECILY DAN AND PETER WERE EXPECTED TO SUBMIT DUTIFULLY TO HER DECREES WHAT HAVE YOU DISCOVERED ASKED WOOT RUBBING THE SLEEP FROM HIS EYES AND WITH HIS KNUCKLES AND GIVING THREE WIDE YAWNS TO PROVE HE WAS FULLY AWAKE ca0dde47-2ab0-4010-bf7e-6f8fe65dbebb SO LONG AS IT WORKS YUNUS SAID I WILL BE SATISFIED HERK NUFF SAID TAKE HIM BACK THE BALD ONE ADDED HERAKNUFF YOU ONA SAID ENTERING THE CONVERSATION WITH A LIGHT PLEASANT TONE THAT IS WHY I WAS SENT HERE SAID ORAN THE LEATHER CHAIRS COMFORTABLE SWUNG DOWN FROM THE TOWERING FOREST CEILING ca2c18f2-4e32-47f1-a252-2728e1763350 SARA IS REAL SICK SHE SAID WITH REGRET AND SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT REGRET MINGLED IN HER VOICE SHE HAS A COLD AND A SORE THROAT AND SHE'S FEVERISH MISSUS RAY SAYS IF SHE ISN'T BETTER BY THE MORNING SHE'S GOING TO SEND FOR THE DOCTOR AND SHE IS AFRAID IT'S THE MEASLES A LAFFATY MANOEL SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED AS A CENSUS TAKER HE WASN'T QUALIFIED HE COULDN'T READ A MAP HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A MAP WAS ca3dd83e-ccfc-4a2c-9781-d791c3a4d6a5 WHEN HE WENT AWAY HE SAID I HOPE I SHALL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU AGAIN JUST AS SERIOUSLY AND POLITELY AS IF I WAS A GROWN UP YOUNG LADY HE SAID YES HE SOMETIMES FELT THAT WAY DON'T YOU BE PREACHING AT ME PETER CRAIG HE CRIED OUT AND WILL YOU TAKE ME ALONG PLEADED BOOT THE WANDERER IN AN EAGER VOICE AND DIFFERENT FROM THE MAGIC USUALLY PRACTISED ca413081-b83b-40f6-bc7e-2b11961bc59c FLAPPING HIS ARMS BOWED SLIGHTLY ON THE TOP STEP THEN SLID FORWARD DOWN SEVERAL MORE STEPS ON HIS FACE PLATE TO BE ACRID IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CALLED A NONIPUS IN VERY SIMPLE TERMS HE WAS SAYING EXCEPT WHEN FELICITY IS EDITH DREAM OF THE DEAD YOU'LL HEAR OF THE LIVING QUOTED FELIX ORACULARLY ca455b6f-2255-4bc6-873c-7bc9a672eb38 THE EARTH HAS SWALLOWED HIM UP LOVE MONKEYS THEY'RE SO CUTE AND I THINK A GREEN MONKEY WILL BE LOTS OF FUN AUNT JULIA HAD BEEN THE FLOWER OF THE FLOCK IN THAT RESPECT AND HAD TO BECOME A NOTED CONCERT SINGER SOON AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED SHE AND HER HUSBAND QUARRELLED ABOUT AN APPLE TREE THEY HAD PLANTED IN THEIR ORCHARD ca484826-f590-4654-af91-bf94af7536a8 COULD I BE SURE THAT PEPPE FLYING HIS MOUNTAIN OF A SHIP AND EATING NAVY RATIONS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE COMFORTS AND LUXURIES OF LIFE WE PAID HIM HIS MONEY BUT WE WOULD NOT OPEN THE PACKET UNTIL HE HAD GONE I'M GOING TO MAKE A BIG BATCH OF PATTY PANS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING SAID FELICITY JUBILANTLY ca4a27aa-e039-48b7-bb35-9d7320658c1e BUT WHAT DOES THE WORK WHAT KILLED HIM I ASKED BREATHLESSLY CAN'T SAY PETE YOU CAN'T NAME THINGS HERE IN TERMS OF OUR OWN WORLD TELL UNCLE ROGER THAT AND SAY IF TO MORROW IS THE END OF THE WORLD THAT THERE IS NO GOOD IN STUMPING FIELDS ANY MORE I SUGGESTED YES AND IF HE LETS YOU OFF THEN WE'LL KNOW HE WAS IN EARNEST CHIMED IN CICELY BUT IF HE STILL SAYS YOU MUST GO THAT'LL BE A SIGN HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IT ca4b6dfa-45ae-41bb-ab39-1e880c113ac3 AND IF ANYBODY TRIES TO STOP HIM HE'S BOUND TO FIGHT THAT'S MY WAY OF LOOKING AT IT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE SAID CECILY PERPLEXEDLY BUT SHE SAYS HE'LL NEVER GET MARRIED BECAUSE HE IS LOOKING FOR PERFECTION AND WHEN HE FINDS HER SHE WON'T HAVE HIM SHE WAS TALL FOR HER FOURTEEN YEARS ca5c7b66-2e45-4439-b376-0a31f9332683 IT WAS NOT FOR ANY ONE BUT CECILY WHO COULDN'T SWALLOW A MOUTHFUL I'M GLAD FATHER AND MOTHER WILL BE BACK TO MORROW NIGHT SHE SAID THE STORY GIRL PAUSED A DRAMATIC PAUSE IT WAS QUITE DARK IN THE FIR WOOD WE COULD SEE HER FACE AND EYES BUT DIMLY THROUGH THE GLOOM OF COURSE WE DID WE ALL SAT DOWN AT THE ROOTS OF THE FIRS FELIX HAVING FINALLY SQUARED MATTERS WITH HIS NOSE TURNED AROUND AND LISTENED ALSO ca62320e-872a-4da5-a45c-60bb05631837 THEY TASTE GREAT HE SAID SMACKING AND HE ATE TWO MORE CLUSTERS REGARDLESS OF THE HORROR STRICKEN PROTESTATIONS AND FELICITY'S PLEADINGS WE FEARED THAT DAN WOULD DROP DEAD ON THE SPOT THE PATH LED INTO THE FOREST BUT THE BIG TREES GREW SO CLOSELY TOGETHER AND THE VINES IN THE UNDERBRUSH WERE SO THICK AND MATTED THAT THEY HAD TO CLEAR A PATH AT EACH STEP IN ORDER TO PROCEED ca653883-8253-4bcc-91a1-a974574ef679 WE WERE VERY HUNGRY BOYS AND WHEN WE HAD EATEN ALL WE COULD AND OH WHAT SUPPERS AUNT JANET ALWAYS SPREAD HIS SKELETON WITH THE GRASS GROWING THROUGH IT SHE WHISPERED THAT BEATS ME SAID UNCLE ROGER WHEN A FRUITLESS HOUR HAD ELAPSED ca75bfff-0bba-41d7-8e41-eb59fd0b003c CHAPTER TWELVE IT WILL ENABLE ME TO REMAIN HIGHLY POLISHED SAID THE TIN WOODMAN THAT ISN'T FAIR WHEN YOU'RE TO BE ONE OF THE JUDGES WE DID NOT NECES THINK IT NECESSARY TO INFORM THE GROWN UPS OF OUR ERRAND OR ITS NATURE ca76cc8c-bdbd-4615-b134-737f81405f23 WE CHILDREN WERE NOT GREATLY INTERESTED IN THE SHEETS AND TABLECLOTHS AND PILLOW CASES WHICH NOW CAME OUT OF THE CAPACIOUS DEPTHS OF THE OLD BLUE CHEST I CAN SMELL STRAW BUT I CAN'T FIND IT I'LL CHEER SOMEWHERE AND I MUST HUNT AROUND UNTIL I DO FIND IT FOR I'M HUNGRY THE TIN OWL COULD SKIP AND FLY ALONG AT A GOOD RATE OF SPEED ca8f327c-dcdc-459d-b9f9-7ea6f6235384 IT WAS THE STORY GIRLS STORIES MADE ME WANT TO LAUGH AND SO I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR HER TO BE MAD AT ME OVER HALF A MILE OF THE FENCES SCREENS AN ARMAMENT THAT COULD PROBABLY TURN ANY FLEET EXISTENT TO DAY INTO FINE RADIOACTIVE ASH EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THE LAST ONE WAS BROKEN UP A SCRAP OVER A THOUSAND YEARS AGO HE MUMBLED ca918fe6-a44e-4917-86be-7ba197b9ec76 THE DISEMBODIED VOICE OF RHINHARD REPLIED QUIETLY BRANDON'S VOICE SOUNDED STRANGE AND DISTANT AS HE TALKED TO HIS OXYGEN MASK ASTRO ONE THIS IS BRANDON COME IN THERE IS NO MORE SAID THE STORY GIRL FIFTY CENTS WOULD BE PRETTY DEAR FOR ANY OTHER PICTURE BUT OF COURSE THIS IS DIFFERENT SAID DAN ca9a1ba9-dcb7-45d4-95b3-d8bf46c2e70b IT WAS ONE MORE UNHAPPY EVENT IN A LIFETIME IN WHICH SHE HAD EXPECTED NOTHING ELSE HE TRIED NOT TO LET THE THOUGHT DISTURB HIM SHE WAS REALLY EXTRAORDINARILY UGLY HE THOUGHT SEA WATER HAD PLASTERED JENIFER'S WHITE BLOUSE AND KNEE LENGTH DUNGARIES TO HER BODY LIKE A SECOND SKIN ca9c6260-008b-4358-a92a-8b015d1e7440 THAT TIN OWL IS NONE OTHER THAN OUR DEAR TIN WOODMAN NICK CHOPPER THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES MY HAIR SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP ON END WITH TERROR BUT IT DIDN'T I FELT TO SEE AND IT WAS LYING DOWN QUITE FLAT caaeb963-ec54-473b-a8af-cf80383fc644 STETSON NODDED THANKS TO BULL ONE IN COMPANY WE'RE JUST ONE JUMP AHEAD OF CATASTROPHE BUT THEY STILL PUMP THE BOURGEOIS INTO THE RAW BOYS BACK AT DEAR OLD EUNUCH GALACTICA YOU'RE MAKING LIGHT OF MY REVERED ALMA MATER SAID ORAN HE STRUCK A POSE A COMPOUND LETTER ONCE PETER WAS OUT OF DANGER HE RECOVERED RAPIDLY BUT HE FOUND HIS CONVALESCENCE RATHER TEDIOUS AND AUNT OLIVIA SUGGESTED TO US ONE DAY THAT WE WRITE A COMPOUND LETTER TO AMUSE HIM UNTIL HE HAD COME TO THE WINDOW AND TALKED TO US FROM A SAFE DISTANCE cab029e6-ae07-48a4-bf7d-d0d516aec78c THE LONG DRAGGING HOURS WERE HARD TO ENDURE WE ROAMED RESTLESSLY ABOUT AND WENT TO AND FRO ALL SAVE PETER WHO STILL STEADILY READ AWAY AT HIS BIBLE HE WAS THROUGH GENESIS BY ELEVEN AND BEGINNING ON EXODUS DO NOTHING AT ALL FOR AT LEAST A WEEK IF WE AREN'T ALL BACK HERE BEFORE THAT TIME cae4cf3a-9159-4a5b-b81c-0a2eb2067e44 I WOULD MUCH RATHER TAKE A CHANCE OF BREAKING THROUGH NEAR SOME STAR THAN SPEND TIME JUST BARRELING THROUGH NORMAL SPACE BUT APPARENTLY TECH KNOWS THIS TOO THEY HAD A SAFETY FACTOR BUILT INTO THE COMPUTER SO YOU CAN'T END UP INSIDE A STAR NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRIED I'M SURE THERE WAS NO HUMANNESS IN THIS DECISION BEFORE HE GOT OVER THE SHOCK I SNAPPED AN ORDER AT HIM COME UP HERE AND SIT DOWN QUICK THE ROBART HUSTLED HIM ACROSS THE ROOM AT THE SAME TIME SO HE HAD NO CHOICE EXCEPT TO OBEY WHEN HE SAW THE PAPERS ON THE DESK HIS EYES BULGED AND HE JUST GURGLED A LITTLE cae7752d-4703-433d-9c7c-d2a13906bccb BILLY SAID THAT THE SEED WOULD SHRINK IT FOR SURE KATE MAR SAYS IT'S LIKE A GASH IN A PIE THE GIRLS IN SCHOOL LAUGH AT IT SO HOW LONG SIR I'D SAY ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES BEFORE YOU CAME THEN DARKNESS CLOSED IN SWIFTLY cb179f13-3e85-4e46-af85-0474ad7247ec SARA RAY HAD ALSO YEARNED TO STAY BUT COULD NOT BECAUSE HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER SHE MUST BE HOME BEFORE DARK AND IT'S IN THE PAPER TOO AND THAT'S PRINTED AS WELL AS THE BIBLE SAID DAN WE WERE ALL GOING PETER INCLUDED OH THE STORY GIRL WAS MUCH DISAPPOINTED MAYBE THEY USED TO ONCE BUT NOW THEY WEAR HATS cb3a8e6b-d8a5-482d-ac4e-1eab8011c5f7 SHE WORE I REMEMBER A DRESS OF WARM CRIMSON AND SHE HAD WOUND AROUND HER A STRING OF WAXBERRIES THAT LOOKED LIKE A FILLET OF PEARLS HER CHEEKS WERE STILL FLUSHED WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF THE EVENING IN THE DIM LIGHT SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL WITH A WILD MYSTIC LOVELINESS A COMPELLING CHARM THAT WOULD NOT BE DENIED HE HAD WANTED A BATTLESHIP AND HE HAD GOT HIMSELF A BATTLESHIP WHICH MEANT HE HAD MORE IN MIND THAN JUST SIMPLE PIRACY WHAT cb3bf48e-eec0-4da8-9d57-485bad4655ad WELL AT LEAST YOU'LL OPEN IT THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WON'T YOU MA PETER DID MAKE AN IMPRESSION THAT'S SIXTEEN WHOLE HOURS YET SIGHED FELICITY I BUT I WILL MAKE THE ATTEMPT AND PERHAPS I MAY SUCCEED WHEN ONE TRAVELS IT IS FOOLISH TO MISS ANY INTERESTING SIGHT cb5f12e2-a4f4-4f9d-a67b-996e6ade37c3 SHE NEVER APPEARED ANYWHERE BUT IN THE ORCHARD SAID THE STORY GIRL OH OH CHILDREN ISN'T THERE SOMETHING UNDER UNCLE ALEC'S TREE WE PEERED FEARFULLY THROUGH THE GLOOM THERE WAS SOMETHING SOMETHING THAT WAVERED AND FLUTTERED ADVANCED RETREATED THAT'S ONLY MY OLD APRON SAID FELICITY I HUNG IT THERE TO DAY WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT WHITE HEN'S NEST OH WHAT SHALL WE DO BY THE WAY HE SAID IT I KNEW THAT HE THOUGHT THERE WAS LITTLE CHANCE OF IT HAPPENING THAT WAY SINCE MY FIRST INDUCTION TO THE CORPS SIX MONTHS EARLIER I HAD BEEN STUCK ON THIS SUPERSECRET PLANETOID THAT WAS ITS HEADQUARTERS AND MAIN BASE I HAD VERY LITTLE SITTING DOWN PATIENCE ANYWAY AND IT HAD BEEN LONG SINCE EXHAUSTED cb783934-252a-48c9-90ad-1b4b05aaa966 HER CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT WAS A RICH LITTLE PLUM CAKE ON THE WHITE FROSTING OF WHICH THE WORDS WELCOME BACK WERE LETTERED IN PINK CANDIES THIS WAS PUT BEFORE PETER'S PLACE AND ALMOST OVERCAME HIM TO THINK YOU'D GO TO SO MUCH TROUBLE FOR ME HE SAID WITH A GLANCE OF ADORING GRATITUDE AT FELICITY NO IT WAS WISHED ON ME REPLIED TOMMY WITH A SIGH I USED TO BE VERY ACTIVE AND LOVE TO RUN ERRANDS FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDED MY SERVICES cb794bd3-c5a4-45fc-935e-8512a997f507 IT APPEARED THAT NONE OF US HAD ANY IDEA THE STORY GIRL WOULD PROBABLY KNOW SAID CECILY THE STORY GIRL WAS SITTING ON THE MINT BESIDE THE WELL HOUSE WEAVING HERSELF A WREATH OF BUTTERCUPS VERY LIKELY I ASSURED HER REMEMBER SARA RAY AND THE MONEY BACK CAME FROM PRAYING cb7c0467-8e15-44d8-9b0f-e7753d6de10c YOUR SYMPATHY MAY ENDANGER YOU SHARP SAID MY SON IS GONE I PRAY THAT THERE IS AN END TO IT YONAS PEERED ONCE INTO THE MIND OF THE MAN EVERY COILED VIOLENTLY BUT HE HAD ENOUGH IN THAT ONE GLIMPSE TO TELL HIM THE REASON FOR SHARP'S MISERY AND IT WAS QUITE REASON ENOUGH HE THOUGHT THE IMPLICATION DREW A COLD FINGER DOWN JEFF'S SPINE THAT WOULD MEAN OTHER CULTURES OUT THERE AND IN ALL OUR YEARS OF PLANET HUNTING WE HAVEN'T FOUND ONE MEMORY CHILLED HIM FURTHER cb8e86cb-82cf-4c0e-a258-c5bedf591aea BRANDON'S BODY TENSED THANK GOD I'VE FINALLY GOT THROUGH TO YOU LISTEN RIGHTHEART I MUST BE ABOUT THREE BRANDON THIS IS ASTRO SAID REHINHART IN A MONOTONE HE SAID IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN BUT ANYHOW I'M GOING TO KEEP ON PRAYING THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO EXCITE THE STORY GIRL I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANY USE IN PRAYING THAT FELICITY WILL SPEAK FIRST CAUSE I'M SURE SHE WON'T BUT DON'T YOU SUPPOSE GOD CAN MAKE HER I SAID FEELING THAT IT WASN'T QUITE FAIR THAT THE STORY GIRL SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE TO SPEAK FIRST IF SHE HAD SPOKEN PERCY OTHER TIMES IT WAS SURELY FELICITY'S TURN THIS TIME cb9d9ba8-e113-4f06-a9ec-d56bc2419db2 SHE HAD A VERY NICE SMILE AND FOR MEMORIES IN THE OTHERS MINDS HE COULD HEAR THE VOICE LOW AND QUIET AND ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY YONAS SIGHED THE JOB HE TOLD HIMSELF STERNLY CAME FIRST AND AFTERWARD THOUGH COME TO THINK OF IT THERE WOULDN'T BE AN AFTERWARD WOULDN'T YOU RATHER BE HERE YOURSELF THAN IN HEAVEN SAID THE STORY GIRL BLUNTLY WOULDN'T YOU NOW FELICITY KING TELL THE TRUTH CROSS YOUR HEART cbb5715c-ef8f-420f-8ac4-ed4d55a419f7 HERE'S THE SPOT I MARKED IT WITH THESE THREE PIECES OF STONE QUICK VIC SWEPT BOTH ARMS ABOUT HOPE AND ME HOLDING US IN A CLOSE EMBRACE SO THAT WE ALL STOOD WITHIN THE TRIANGLE FORMED BY THE THREE BITS OF BLACK ROCK I GLANCED DOWN AT MY WATCH IT LACKED BUT A FEW SECONDS OF THE MOMENT WHEN THE MACHINE BACK IN VIC'S LABORATORY WOULD FUNCTION PROVIDED MY WATCH WAS CORRECT AND THE EQUIPMENT WORKED ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE SUDDENLY HOPE SCREAMED AND I FOLLOWED HER EYES HE LOOKED BACK AT THE NILEN SHOOT AGAIN ANOTHER THOUGHT RAN THROUGH HIS MIND SUPPOSE IT'S BOBBING IN THE DARK WHEN THE SUN SERIOUS I MEAN COMES UP THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE TO SPOT THE PARACHUTE AND SEARCH FOR ME HE SLID THE CANOPY OPEN AND LOOKED DOWN AT THE RED SOIL OF SERIOUS THREE HE HESITATED FOR A MOMENT THEN SWUNG HIS FEET OVER THE SIDE AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND AT LEAST TO HAVE THAT SATISFACTION HE SAID GRINNING UNDER HIS OXYGEN MASK cbd16bba-4d21-45f7-bd56-a9933dd1b717 I KNOW SAID THE CANARY I'M ONLY REMOVING WITH MY MAGIC THE CORNS FROM YOUR LAST TEN TOES TO CARRY SOME MAGIC MEDICINE TO ANOTHER OLD WOMAN DOROTHY WAS ALMOST READY TO CRY WITH PITY IT WAS NOT A FORGETABLE KIND OF SERMON SENSATION IN THE AUDIENCE SO FREE FROM SILVER THREADS HIS RATHER LONG BLACK HAIR cbd9b391-3f02-4ff3-9263-a1ed6bbc850f YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUCH FRIENDS WITH PETER AND MADE OUT YOU THOUGHT SO MUCH OF HIM AND NOW YOU AIN'T SHEDDING A TEAR FOR HIM IF POSSIBLE THE SMILE WAS STILL WIDER NOW BEFORE HE COULD MOVE I PUSHED A SWITCH AND A HANDFUL OF LOCAL CURRENCY cbdbfa9f-ad8d-42ef-873b-42c9ec4c37f7 TWILL BE A BONNY SWIRL ON THE BAY ERE LONG I BUT WHERE THE STORY GIRL LED WE WOULD FOLLOW TO THE DEATH I'M AFRAID IT'S ALL UP WITH PAT HE SAID JOB'S COFFIN AND THE NORTHERN CROSS WERE TO THE WEST OF US BUT FELIX YOU MAY BE SURE THAT GOD IS INFINITELY MORE BEAUTIFUL AND LOVING cbe5c48a-820c-428f-957a-f51df019085e WE YOU THOSE ARE TALL BUILDINGS TOO WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THIS PLACE FORM AND UNLESS YOU BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD THERE'LL BE NOTHING BUT ASHES FOR OUR ARCHAEOLOGIST TO PICK OVER SEEMS A DIRTY SHAME I AGREE BUT THE CALL BELL JANGLED STETSON'S VOICE SOUNDED TIRED YEAH HOW THAT MOB'S ONLY ABOUT FIVE KILOMETERS OUTSTIT WE GOT HORN'S GEAR OUTSIDE ON THE DISGUISED AIR SLED RAY POLISHED OFF THE SOMEWHAT RABBIT FROM HATTIE ROUTINE BY BRINGING OUT A PORTABLE TELEVISION SET CONNECTING IT TO THE BOAT'S ELECTRICAL GENERATOR AND STRINGING AN INSORTMENT OF WIRES BETWEEN IT AND HIS INVENTION HE WOULD NOT ALLOW FARMER EVEN CLOSE TO THE LATTER BUT TO THE EDITOR'S UNTECHNICAL EYE IT LOOKED LIKE A FAIRLY ORDINARY RADIO SET WITH MORE THAN ENOUGH DIALS AND SWITCHES ADDED TO IT TO FURNISH THE DAY SPORTS OF SEVERAL ROLLS ROICES cbeb6491-3cb6-4666-bd35-afe9e723a29f THAT DAUNTLESS BIRTH WOULD SOAR TRIUMPHANTLY ABOVE THE WRECK OF MATTER AND THE CRASH OF WORLDS TAKING WITH IT ALL ITS OWN WILD SWEETNESS AND DARING DAN FINALLY VOLUNTEERED TO LOOK AFTER HIM HE HAD A NEW PITY BOOK WHICH HE WANTED TO FINISH AND THAT HE SAID WAS BETTER FUN THAN A WALK TO THE GRAVEYARD SHE NEVER APPEARED ANYWHERE BUT IN THE ORCHARD SAID THE STORY GIRL OH cbecaf6c-7072-4c27-97c7-5b56f3676f7a HE SHOOK HIS BIG BLONDE HEAD SHUT HIS EYES AND MURMURED NOT HER FAULT OH FELICITY FELICITY YOU'LL BE THE DEATH OF YOUR DEAR UNCLE YET IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT HE PAUSED OF COURSE HE ADDED SMUGLY I'M NOT A TRANSPORTATION EXPERT IF I WERE I'D HAVE MADE MY OWN ACTIVATOR LONG AGO AND DONE SOME VISITING ON THE CLOSED WORLDS BEFORE THIS cbff6e76-bad9-4ca4-8f13-8d7129ed71a2 THE GREEN MONKEY WAS SO STARTLED BY THE SUDDEN ATTACK THAT HE SPRUNG INTO THE FIREPLACE WHERE THERE WAS FORTUNATELY NO FIRE AND TRIED TO ESCAPE BY CLIMBING UP THE CHIMNEY BUT HE FOUND THE OPENING TOO SMALL AND SO WAS FORCED TO DROP DOWN AGAIN I CAN'T THINK WHO THAT IS FROM SAID FELICITY NOBODY IN MONSHIRE EVER WRITES TO MOTHER CECILY'S LETTER IS FROM M FREWIN SHE ALWAYS PUTS IN HASTE ON HER LETTERS NO MATTER WHAT'S IN THEM WHEN WE REACHED HOME AUNT JANET OPENED AND READ HER MONTREAL LETTER THEN SHE LAID IT DOWN AND LOOKED ABOUT HER IN ASTONISHMENT cc069806-4f6d-4959-a5c8-9bea9db56a25 THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND THE PILOT'S CAPSULE SHOT UP LIKE A WET BAR OF SILK SQUEEZED OUT OF A GIANT'S HAND WE'LL BE THE FIRST MEN TO SET FOOT ON THE PLANET OF ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM BUT THIS DEVOUTLY DESIRED CONSUMMATION DID NOT COME TO PASS AND I WON'T cc0dc47d-0d31-4ce5-ba21-e6ad829f9089 THE CORPS SUPPOSEDLY MADE GOOD USE OF MEN LIKE MYSELF TO GET RID OF THE MORE ANTISOCIAL TYPES THAT INFEST THE UNIVERSE I WAS JUST DROPPING INTO AN UNEASY SLUMBER WHEN I HEARD A COMMOTION IN THE GIRLS ROOM ACROSS THE HALL LEGENDS OF THE OLD ORCHARD cc13fece-6996-4f7c-b165-9360c302a2d9 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF I TOOK A WHIP AND WHIPPED MY BARE SHOULDERS TILL THE BLOOD CAME DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL AGGRIEVED AT TWO O'CLOCK IN IN THE AFTERNOON SARA RAY CRIED UNTIL I WONDERED HOW ONE SMALL HEAD COULD CONTAIN ALL THE TEARS SHE SHED WE HAD NOT PASSED A VERY PLEASANT WEEK cc28bd78-2560-4ade-8b3f-2c3418a93ec5 THE STORY GIRL AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO COULD PAY HIM COMPLIMENTS TO HIS LIKING THE STORY GIRL WOULD BOX HIS EARS WITH HER FIST AND SAY BLESS YOUR GRAY HEART PADDY YOU'RE A GOOD SORT OF OLD RASCAL AND PAT WOULD PURR HIS SATISFACTION I USED TO TAKE A HANDFUL OF THE SKIN ON HIS BACK SHAKE HIM GENTLY AND SAY PAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN MORE THAN ANY HUMAN BEING EVER KNEW AND I VOW PADDY WOULD LICK HIS CHOPS WITH DELIGHT BUT TO BE CALLED A SWEET CAT A SERIES OF MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS ROCKED THE SHIP HE CHOPPED THE POWER BACK ALL THE WAY AND LISTENED INTENTLY MAY DAY MAY ESTRO THIS IS BRANDON MAY DAY A FAINT VOICE SPUTTERED IN HIS EAR THE FACE OF REINHERT THE RADIO MAN APPEARED BEFORE HIM BRANDON THIS IS ASTRO ONE WHAT IS YOUR POSITION OVER cc415f77-eea4-47b2-a9d6-21f59bf8a51c INSTEAD OF PULLING MISSUS EWPES'S HAIR HE PERCHED ON HER SHOULDER AND SMOOTHED HER SOFT CHEEK WITH HIS HAIRY PAW IN HER TURN SHE SMILED AT THE FUNNY GREEN ANIMAL AND PATTED HIS HEAD SARA RAY WAS ALSO ALLOWED TO COME UNDER PROTEST AND HER JOY OVER BEING AMONG US ONCE MORE WAS ALMOST PATHETIC SHE AND CECILY CRIED IN ONE ANOTHER'S ARMS AS IF THEY HAD BEEN PARTED FOR YEARS cc64643b-9019-4ee5-a4f3-59bb727e9e30 UNCLE EDWARD PREACHED HIS FINEST SERMON ABOUT THE BETHLEHEM WELL WHERE DAVID'S SOLDIERS WENT TO GET HIM WATER MA THINKS IT WAS HER WEDDING DRESS BUT FATHER SAYS HE BELIEVES IT WAS MIL WILL MONTAGUE'S PICTURE SAID FELICITY OF COURSE WE KNOW IT WASN'T REALLY TRUE SAID FELICITY cc7637be-c00b-47e2-b260-e43fdea47b32 HE HAD LINGERED BEHIND TO PLUCK A THORN FROM THE FOOT OF A BEGGAR CHILD HE HAD MET ON THE HIGHWAY THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF THE FANNY REFUSED TO LET CAPTAIN DUNBAR TAKE HIS WIFE WITH HIM WHEN FELICITY RETURNED WE CONCLUDED FROM HER EXPRESSION THAT SHE HAD NEWS AND SHE HAD cc7d21ed-43c7-43c9-80c8-c97bf97a27a0 FINALLY ONE OF THE DRAGONS WHICH WAS FARTHEST AWAY FROM HIM ASKED IN A DEEP GRAVE VOICE WHAT WAS THAT IF YOU GOT A MAN LIKE FATHER IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT BUT SUPPOSING YOU GOT ONE LIKE ANDREW WARD HE'S SO MEAN AND CROSS TO HIS WIFE'S THAT SHE TELLS HIM EVERY DAY SHE WISHES SHE'D NEVER SET EYES ON HIM cc91b251-713d-41a6-82e5-c30934e137db SARA RAY'S OWN DREAMS NEVER AMOUNTED TO MUCH SHE WAS ALWAYS IN TROUBLE OF SOME SORT COULDN'T GET HER HAIR BRAIDED OR HER SHOES ON THE RIGHT FEET CONSEQUENTLY HER DREAM BOOK WAS VERY MONOTONOUS THE ONLY THING WORTH MENTIONING IN THE WAY OF DREAMS THAT SARA RAY EVER ACHIEVED WAS THAT SHE DREAMED THAT SHE WENT UP IN A BALLOON AND FELL OUT I EXPECTED TO COME DOWN WITH AN AWFUL THUD SHE SAID SHUDDERING BUT I LIT AS LIGHT AS A FEATHER AND WOKE RIGHT UP DAN FINALLY VOLUNTEERED TO LOOK AFTER HIM HE HAD A NEW PITY BOOK WHICH HE WANTED TO FINISH AND THAT HE SAID WAS BETTER FUN THAN A WALK TO THE GRAVEYARD I THINK WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE HE WAKES SAID MISSUS PATTERSON AND ANYHOW HE IS VERY GOOD AND WON'T BE ANY TROUBLE DON'T LET HIM GO OUTSIDE THOUGH HE HAS A COLD NOW ccc22106-1103-4d2a-8de8-3446eca6a836 AND HE SAW WHAT HAD SAVED HIM LIKE ANY LADY'S WEARBYER AT AN ANNUAL CONVENTION THEN I'M SURE SHE COULDN'T LIVE IN THAT LITTLE HOUSE SAID WOUT A DOZEN TIMES ccd743a6-ea1a-4d58-af67-2b981e73adaa I WAS USED TO HEARING GIRLS CRY WE MUST FORGET TO THANK GOD FOR MAKING PETER BETTER SAID CECILY AS WE FINALLY WENT TO THE HOUSE DAN WAS TOO MUCH IN EARNEST TO RESENT MY BLUNT SPEECH LOOK HERE BEV IS THAT MAGIC SEED AND DID YOU GET IT FROM BILLY ROBINSON cce02b0c-c3fc-46e1-b5e6-49cfaf597b9a IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY IT HAVE YOU EVER SAT SO CLOSE TO THE SCREEN IN A MOTION PICTURE THEATRE SO THAT THE GRAININESS OF THE MOVING FILM WAS VISIBLE OH DOCTOR MY SON HAS SWALLOWED A MOUSE HE CRIED WHAT SHALL I DO YOU'D HAVE ME KILT ENTIRELY BY ANOTHER DAY I cce8e929-e6ed-49be-8fd3-eef82a003036 AS FOR PUNCTUATION HE NEVER ATTEMPTS IT BEYOND AN OCCASION PERIOD JOTTED DOWN WHENEVER HE HAPPENS TO THINK OF IT WHETHER IN THE RIGHT PLACE OR NOT THE STORY GIRL GOES OVER HIS DREAMS AFTER HE HAS WRITTEN THEM OUT AND PUTS IN THE COMMAS AND SEMI COLENS AND STRAIGHTENS OUT THE SENTENCES YOU MUST PROVE IT BEFORE I SHALL MARRY YOU SAID THE PROUD PRINCESS BUT SHE TREMBLED AND TURNED PALE FOR THERE WAS SOMETHING IN HIS VOICE THAT FRIGHTENED HER AND WHEN HE LAUGHED HIS LAUGHTER WAS STILL MORE DREADFUL ccf83c50-1850-4848-b8dc-c34bcdf6c683 WERE MERE SCRAWLS TELLING US TO BE GOOD BOYS AND NOT TROUBLE AUNT JANET WE DID NOT EVEN CALL BILLY TO ACCOUNT WITH SUCH COLOURING MOST CATS WOULD HAVE HAD WHITE OR SILVER FEET BUT HE HAD FOUR BLACK PAWS AND A BLACK NOSE SUCH POINTS GAVE HIM AN AIR OF DISTINCTION AND MARKED HIM OUT AS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE COMMON OR GARDEN VARIETY OF CATS cd074bfa-3506-43ad-a260-0694ebe873f3 HER WILD SUBTLE NAMELESS CHARM CLOTHED HER AS WITH A GARMENT WE ALWAYS REMEMBERED THE PICTURE SHE MADE THERE AND IN LATER DAYS WHEN WE READ TENNYSON'S POEMS AT A COLLEGE DESK WE KNEW EXACTLY HOW AN AUREID PEERING THROUGH THE GREEN LEAVES ON SOME HAUNTED KNOLL OF SOME FOUNTAIN ITEM MUST LOOK ORAN TURNED LOOKED BACK AT TO NEWBE DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOU CAN SEE BY WHAT LIGHT GETS DOWN HERE THROUGH THOSE TREES CAN YOU NOT SEE ASKED TO NEW NOT WITHOUT THE HEADLIGHTS cd1d2ecc-0d08-43ed-87a3-685c8c1b7ac1 AND THE STORY GIRL LAID DOWN HER KNIFE AND POTATO AND CLASPED HER WET HANDS IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO LOOK AT RETORTED SARA WHO FELT THE SOUL MUST HAVE FOOD AS WELL AS THE BODY COULDN'T WE GO ROUND IT ASKED BOOT NOT KNOWING WHAT DANGER WAS LIKELY TO BEFALL THEM GOODNESS ME CRIED DOROTHY HOW DREADFUL cd33b96e-13b2-4803-82e1-68d3e6d6899c I AM SURE YOUR FAIRY POWER CAN GIVE IT TO MISSUS UGH A TIN WOODMAN HOW QUEER WAS GIVEN A COMFORTABLE BED TO SLEEP IN I MIGHT BE WRONG ON SOME OF THE MINOR DETAILS THEY WEREN'T IMPORTANT AND AS FIERCE A SCOW AS I COULD RAISE SMEARED ACROSS MY FACE THERMO COUPLES GALVANOMATORS cd429546-7edc-4da3-bff9-d43452bb5055 CLIMB UP THEN WAS THE REPLY AND WHEN THE BOY WAS PERCHED UPON THE TIN SHOULDERS OF NICK CHOPPER HE WAS JUST ABLE TO REACH THE LATCH AND RAISE IT IT ISN'T LIKE THE RELIGIOUS FRUIT BASKET GAME IS IT ASKED CECILY ANXIOUSLY WE HAD GOOD REASON TO HOPE THAT IT WASN'T ONE DESPERATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WE HAD NOTHING TO READ AND THE TIME SEEMED ENDLESS FELIX HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE A GAME OF FRUIT BASKET ONLY INSTEAD OF TAKING THE NAMES OF FRUITS WE WERE TO TAKE THE NAMES OF BIBLE CHARACTERS cd543788-ce95-484f-ad47-c4dddcd362c2 AND MAKING HER EMPRESS OF THE WINKIES YOU'RE A VERY HONEST AND CLEVER MAN EXCLAIMED THE HIPPOGIRA IN THIS LITTLE OLD BOOK FILLED WITH CRAMPED BOYISH WRITING THERE IS A SPELL OF WHITE MAGIC THAT SETS THE YEARS AT NAUGHT cd543f65-ee04-412e-a593-9a5a4c66128b IT CARRIED CONVICTION OF THE VERY OPPOSITE KIND CECILY AND FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL DID NOT CRY THEY WERE MADE OF FINER FIRMER STUFF THIS WAS NOT BECAUSE THE RANCORVIE THAT LASTED SO LONG JONAS CAME OVER THE HILL WHISTLING AS IF HE HAD NOT A CARE IN THE WORLD WHICH IS NOT EVEN APPROXIMATELY TRUE HE REFLECTED HAPPILY cd6862ef-6261-4358-9074-4f4b62318c82 BUT FELICITY HAD DONE HER WORK TOO THOROUGHLY THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT TO BE COMFORTED SHE BANGED THINGS ABOUT AND RATTLED THE STOVE COVERS UNTIL EVEN CECILY PROTESTED FROM HER SOFA THE AIR OF SERIOUS THREE WAS DOING STRANGE THINGS TO HIM TWO OF THE TREES SEEMED TO BE MOVING HE SWAYED AND SAT HEAVILY THE MIDDLE AGED MAN SEEMED RELIEVED THEN ON SECOND THOUGHT HE HESITATED UNEASILY WHY IS THERE ANY DANGER cd86ab2c-0466-428f-834f-dec3b17653c7 I WONDER SAID DOROTHY THOUGHTFULLY IF WE COULDN'T FIND SOMEONE IN THE LAND OF OZ WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO BECOME A GREEN MONKEY ANYHOW IT WAS A FINE LETTER AND THEY WERE ALL FINE AND I'M AWFUL GLAD I HAVE SO MANY NICE FRIENDS EVEN IF I AM ONLY A HIRED BOY cd8fb0a0-2501-4294-9eac-3df41e841e19 SITTING UPON THE GROUND THE BOY ASKED HIS BODY SANK DOWNWARD THE EARTH CLOSING OVER IT AGAIN YES I DREAMED IT ALL OUT WHILE I WAS ASLEEP THE OTHER DAY I FOUND THIS STATEMENT IN A BOOK AND WE THOUGHT PETER MUST HAVE FOUND HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD OF THE LOST IN SOME PORTION WITH WHICH WE WERE NOT ACQUAINTED cd9df0e5-8179-43fa-8052-ef79bf637192 RUNNING AROUND IN SUBMARINES USING DEPTH BOMBS AND JUST NOTICING OUR AIR CRAFT TOO MUCH A HUGE HOLE WAS BURNED IN IT AND WHEN AUNT JANET DISCOVERED IT SHE LIFTED UP HER VOICE WITH NO UNCERTAIN SOUND cd9f8f99-79fc-4651-9e35-60ed5cee0291 OH I THINK HE'LL BE ALL RIGHT TOO SIGHED CECILY BUT YOU KNOW HE NEVER DID GO TO CHURCH IN SUNDAY SCHOOL BEFORE THIS SUMMER I NEVER THEN MY CAUTION IS UNNECESSARY CLARTON THOUGHT BUT IN THE UNLIKELY CASE THAT SHE MIGHT TEMPT YOU TO FOLLY REMEMBER IT YONUS WHO DISLIKED IRONY SIGHED AND CUT OFF THAT WAS THE THIRD NIGHT cdaddbb1-8c1c-4336-8db6-ea662112ca95 OH IT MEANS IF ANYTHING HAPPENS SOMETHING ELSE IS SURE TO HAPPEN SAID THE STORY GIRL I'LL ILLUSTRATE THERE'S MISSUS MURPHY SHE NEVER HAD A PROPOSAL IN HER LIFE TILL SHE WAS FORTY AND THEN SHE HAD THREE AND THE ONE WEEK AND SHE WAS SO FLUSTERED SHE TOOK THE WRONG ONE AND HAS BEEN SORRY EVER SINCE WHEN EVENING CAME WE WENT TO OUR SEATS UNDER THE WHISPERING SIGHING FIR TREES IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT CLEAR WINDLESS FROSTY cdc01d78-a421-4d06-8382-b8a4c59d81ce THE BEACON WAS STILL THERE WE CAN ATTACH THAT BANK ACCOUNT OF YOURS ON ALL GALL TOO LONG BEFORE YOU CAN DRAW THE MONEY OUT I WAS SENT HERE AT THE REQUEST OF THE FIRST CONTACT OFFICER WHERE IS YOUR SHIP DEMANDED THE GIANT THAT LANGUAGE YOU WERE FORCED FED ON THE WAY OVER cdca2bd8-824b-4ca1-98a7-062802198798 WELL IF YOU'RE SO SCARED YOU'D BETTER NOT GO IT ISN'T TOO LATE HERE'S YOUR OWN GAIT SAYS CECILY BUT SARA COULD NOT GIVE UP THE DELIGHTS OF THE SHOW SO SHE WALKED ON A SMALL MISERABLE TESTIMONY THAT THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS NEVER EASY EVEN WHEN SAID TRANSGRESSOR IS ONLY A DAMSEL OF ELEVEN A GREAT SHINY OWL PERCHED UPON ANOTHER CHAIR AND A BROWN BEAR SQUATTED UPON HER PARLOR RUG GINGER DID NOT NOTICE THE CANARY BUT SHE CAUGHT UP THE BROOMSTICK AND DASHED INTO THE ROOM SHOUTING AS SHE CAME GET OUT OF HERE YOU WILD CREATURES HOW DARE YOU ENTER MY HOUSE cdf03bc9-9e1d-4ab8-97cd-61a5d9b5402e VERY FEW CATS HAVE AND MOST OF THEM HAVE SUCH AN INORDINATE APPETITE FOR FLATTERY THAT THEY WILL SWALLOW ANY AMOUNT OF IT AND THRIVE THEREON AND WE NEVER HAD TO TURN HIS SPECIES INSIDE OUT TO DISCOVER THEIR MEANING THE SOCIAL LIFE OF JUVENILE CARLYLE CENTERED IN THE DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS ce03ee0c-3a80-49b2-918f-c19cbf06f016 KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN KEEP YOURSELF READY FOR THE GIFT OF GOD IT WILL DESCEND ON YOU IT IS A MATTER OF INDIFFERENCE TO MEONA SAID BUT THE WEIGHT BECOMES BORING AFTER A TIME BUT I WOKE UP BEFORE I'D TIME TO FIND OUT IF I WAS KILLED OR NOT TO HEAR HER TELL A DREAM WAS SO GOOD OR AS BAD AS DREAMING IT YOURSELF ce04c3d7-68f1-4131-83cd-684fc982017b A BUTTER YELLOW SUN HUNG AND THEY WANT YOU JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GET YOUR EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW THIS WAS HOME BUT THE ONLY SAFE WAY TO TRAVEL WITH THOSE YOUNG ONES WOULD BE TO HAVE EM BOTH TIED TO YOU WITH A SHORT ROPE ce06bcc2-294e-40c1-8b84-562597305d05 ALL THE FITTINGS INSIDE AND OUT WERE EITHER MACHINE TURNED OR PLAITED ALL THIS WORK COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE THE TIME ALLOTTED THE NAVY MUST HAVE ADAPTED A LUXURY UP TO MY NEEDS EVERYTHING WAS READY EITHER PEPPER WOULD MAKE HIS MOVE OR I WOULD SAIL ON TO MY BILLIONAIRES PARALYSED PLANET IF THAT HAPPENED IT WOULD BE BEST IF I STAYED THERE THE MUSTARD AND WARM WATER PRODUCED ITS PROPER EFFECT PROMPTLY BUT GAVE DAN NO RELIEF HE CONTINUED TO WRITHE AND GROAN IT WAS VACATION AND THERE WAS NOT MUCH TO DO THAT DAY WE WERE SOON FREE TO SEEK THE ORCHARD BUT THE STORY GIRL WOULD NOT COME ce077b3e-bec7-428c-b621-00192f9d965b AND WE EXCLUDED DATA ON THE NATIVES PERHAPS AN HOUR FROM SETTING AND NOBODY THE WISER HOLY MAZOO THERE WAS NOBODY THERE BUT BETTY SHERMAN AND BETTY WAS NOT AFRAID OF HIM THERE ISN'T THAT A LOVELY MYSTERY ce07f707-682e-48c8-84d9-1f3984698930 AT SUNSET FELICITY CECILY AND SARA RAY DAN FELIX AND I WERE IN THE ORCHARD SITTING ON THE COOL GRASSES AT THE BASE OF THE PULPIT STONE IN THE WEST WAS A FIELD OF CROCUS SKY OVER WHICH PALE CLOUD BLOSSOMS WERE SCATTERED FELICITY DID A MEAN THING SHE WENT TO WORK AND MADE LITTLE RAISIN PIES RIGHT THERE IN THE KITCHEN BEFORE THE STORY GIRL THE SMELL OF RAISIN PIES IS SOMETHING TO TEMPT AN ANCHORITE AND THE STORY GIRL WAS EXCEEDINGLY FOND OF THEM ce2d4ed8-af5e-4b2a-b41c-a87e3377173b I'VE BEEN ABOUT A BIT AND HEARD SOME GOOD THINGS BUT I'VE NEVER ENJOYED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT THREADBARE OLD STORY I HEARD IN MY CRADLE AND NOW WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR OF COURSE SAID THE DELIGHTED STORY GIRL RECITE THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE FOR ME SAID MISTER CAMPBELL WE STARED SO HE THANKED POLYCHROME AGAIN AND STARTED AWAY IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION FROM THEIR OWN AND THAT WAS THE LAST THEY SAW OF TOMMY QUICKSTEP ce33c8b5-3b55-4055-990f-ba1040e857b1 THAT REPLIED THE TIN MAN IS A LONG STORY THE LONGER THE BETTER SAID THE BOY WON'T YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE STORY I WONDER WHAT THE STORY GIRL WILL THINK OF THEM SAID FELICITY AS IF AFTER ALL THAT WAS THE MAIN THING ce34958f-8a9c-457e-83fb-c6ac5ac10972 THE IRRITATION DISTRACTS THE SCOOPS FROM THEIR MEDITATIONS THE SCOOP HE SAW AND ONLY HALF BELIEVED IT THE CROWD JOSTLING ABOUT ME SEEMED BLIND TO MY PRESENCE EVERY EYE WAS FIXED ON THE ALTAR LIKE HANDS OF THE IDOL AND THE DEATH THAT BLEW ACROSS THEM ce3521c2-5929-4990-bbed-cc2685b5b58b WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS NOT EXACTLY COMPLIMENTARY STILL WE WERE BOTH INCLINED TO THINK WE WOULD LIKE CECILY BETTER THAN FELICITY WE HAD WALKED WITH HER IN THE PLACE OF DEATH AND GROWN COLD WITH A HORROR THAT CHILLED THE HEART OF THEOR PRINCESS DAN PRESENTLY BROKE THE SPELL ce3cede6-045b-4beb-80f7-4a97cc0b24b6 WE ARE VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE DECLARED THE TIN WOODMAN ALL THE BETTER SHE REPLIED YOU SHOULDN'T SPEAK OF THE DEVIL SAID FELICITY RATHER SHOCKED WELL THAT'S JUST WHAT MISTER SCOTT SAID OH IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR A MINISTER TO SPEAK OF HIM BUT IT ISN'T NICE FOR LITTLE GIRLS ce45810e-77fb-40f2-8398-099fbf55de6e OH YES SARA RAY FELICITY MENTIONED HER WHAT IS SHE LIKE WHERE DOES SHE LIVE BY THIS TIME WE WERE ALL SITTING DOWN ON THE GNARLED ROOTS OF THE SPRUCES AND THE BIG GRAY CAT CAME OVER AND MADE FRIENDS WITH US MISSUS FRUN WAS GREATLY SHOCKED AND SAID JUDY YOU SHOULDN'T SAY THAT IT'S HORSES THAT SWEAT YOU SHOULD SAY YOU WERE IN A PERSPIRATION ce49c12b-61f1-429c-a896-79b9b3e37338 LET EM HAVE MARS AND VENUS THE COLONEL WOULD SAY LET HIM HAVE THE WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM WE'LL MAKE A QUANUM JUMP BLAKE FROG AHEAD OF EM WE'LL BE THE FIRST MEN TO SET FOOT ON THE PLANET OF ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM ZID JEFF ECHOED CHAFFY FORE RELIEVED HIS FELLOW OF THE STRAIN BY TRYING HIS OWN RUSTY CROAK A VICIOUS CANTHORIAN CREDITOR COMBING THE ISLAND AT THIS MOMENT FOR PREY YOU MUST HELP US TO RECAPTURE IT ce4a70a5-a520-4134-8afc-b48c8b3d140f THAT IS GOOD GROWN UP PEOPLE MY BOYISH PRAYER I THOUGHT OF OUR LITTLE FAIRY COMRADE IN HIS EXTERN EXTREMITY AND PRAYED AS REVERENTLY AS I KNEW HOW FOR HIS HEALING AND AS THEY WALKED AWAY HE TOLD THE TIN SOLDIER OF MUCH THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE LAND THAT WAS THE HARDEST PART OF MY JOB HOWEVER BECAUSE THE BODIES DIDN'T MATCH UP WELL AND SOME PARTS WERE MISSY ce5108db-c617-48f3-8aa5-ccafdad34e65 BUT I'D JUST AS SOON PEG BOWEN DIDN'T LOOK AT MY COWS BUT I GUESS I OVERDID IT BECAUSE I GOT REAL SICK AND COULDN'T SLEEP AT ALL SHE GOT IT FOR A PRIZE IN SCHOOL I WANT TO FIND THE EASIEST WAY AND I'VE GOT A HANKERING AFTER THE METHODISTS ce5f3df2-0f02-4789-86a2-5d87d4794622 BUT I GUESS SHE WON'T BEWITCH ANYTHING ON ACCOUNT OF THE PICKLES AGLEYA WAS HIS MASTER'S DAUGHTER SHE WAS SO SWEET AND BEAUTIFUL THAT GLAUCON FELL IN LOVE WITH HER THE VERY MOMENT HE FIRST SAW HER IN THE PLACE OF THIS CREATURE CHOP FIGHT TWISTING HIS STUFFED HEAD AROUND IN MISSUS UBES'S DIRECTION ce712cf6-4c0a-4a3f-a840-dd5f072243bd ASKED A FEW NIGHTS LATER I WATCHED THE MINUTE HAND OF THE WATCH SLIDE TOWARD THE SEVEN OF THE DIAL NOR THE DENAY THEY GOT MARSHALL THERE HE WAS VERY BUSY BUT HE CAME IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE HOW BIG THEY ARE ce7b7303-42d1-4684-9a1e-addc3ca4424c HE HAD NEVER SEEN HIM PETER CAUGHT THEM AT MARKDALE THE LAST TIME HE WAS HOME HIS MOTHER SAYS AND A NUMBER OF YOUNG MEN DETERMINED THEY WOULD GO TO CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE SILENT SOUNDS OF THE VOICE OF ALMIGHTY PERHAPS OUR NERVES HAD BEEN UPSET BY THE EXCITEMENT ATTENDANT ON JIMMY PATTERSON'S DISAPPEARANCE ce7ff18b-6530-487d-8a77-67db80a44b8c SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WAY OFF IN THE BALLANDINE SYSTEM BY NOW THE INFER BEAM'S OUT ON THIS MANY THIS IS FAIRLY EASY TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A MACHINE MEMORY TO WORK WITH LATER THE SAME DAY I CAUGHT ONE OF THEM ALONE AND SHOUTED HEY GEORGE AT HIM ce804009-6d70-4811-aff8-187920c30d98 FARMER FINALLY SUCCEEDED IN POINTING AND RAY CLUMPED SLOWLY IN A HALF CIRCLE JUST AS A NONIFUS DROPPED TO THE DECK WITH A PLANK SHIVERING THUMP AS SOON AS HE WAS FINISHED I TOOK BACK THE SHEET TORE IT UP AND POCKETED TO PIECES I HAD MY ANSWER BACK QUICKLY ENOUGH INSKIT MUST HAVE BEEN HOVERING AROUND WAITING FOR MY MESSAGE THE MIKE WAS TURNED OFF TO THE TRANSCRIBERS OUTSIDE AND I TOOK THE CODE GROUPS DOWN IN SHORTHAND MYSELF ce8071d0-cff2-40a1-a9d9-be226e2b0214 WITH HIM WERE TWO OTHERS EACH WEARING A SIMILAR JEWEL OF AUTHORITY THEY STOOD ASIDE FOR US TO ENTER AND THEN FOLLOWED US DOWN A LONG CORRIDOR WHICH WAS NOT LIGHTED BY ANY DEVICE I COULD DISCERN AND YET WHICH WAS NOT DARK I WANT THAT SHIP BACK BRANDON REPEAT I WANT THAT SHIP BACK I MAY BE ABLE TO WRITE IT DOWN GET ON THE DECK INTACT cec71c4a-569b-4725-b879-3246ba76c363 HERE WE ARE ALONE SHARP WENT ON HIS VOICE LOWERING MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAVE GONE TO VISIT A NEIGHBOUR FOR THEY HAVE NOT YET CLOSED US OFF ENTIRELY FROM ALL HUMAN CONTACT SO SHE WALKED ON A SMALL MISERABLE TESTIMONY THAT THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS NEVER EASY BUT SARA RAY WAS NOT HAPPY ced77750-75b3-4efc-ba53-54f64465780d THE ONLY VESTIGE OF COMFORT LEFT ME WAS THE HOPE THAT THEY WERE TAKING ME TO HOPE AND VIC AT THE ENTRANCE OF ONE OF THE HUGE MISSHAPEN BLACK BUILDINGS THE CREATURE WITH THE BRILLIANT STONE AT HIS THROAT APPEARED AS SUDDENLY AS A LIGHT FLASHES UP IN THE DARKNESS YOU MEAN YOU HAD A QUANON JUMP ASKED BRANDON PIRROTING COLONEL TOWER'S FAVORITE EXPRESSION ODD YOU WOULD KNOW THAT REPLIED THE SECOND MAN IT WAS THROUGH QUANT MECHANICS THAT WE LEARNED TO APPROXIMATE THE SPEED OF LIGHT cedba48c-6c1b-4c78-80d9-2ba20bc9d1fb ALWAYS HE WALKED ON ODIN'S RIGHT HAND AND ALWAYS THE FIRST LIGHT OF ODIN'S SMILE FELL ON HIM SOME HARD WORK WOULDN'T HURT YOU EVEN IF YOU DID INHERIT A FORTUNE I DON'T MIND SO MUCH WHEN YOU PULL THOSE DUNKS ON ME BUT WHEN I THINK OF HOW YOU PRACTICALLY DROWNED THOSE POOR DEFENCELESS EARTH CREATURES ceedce1c-721b-4527-bd3a-12b825606352 HE HAD NOT ONLY PICKED IT UP HOWEVER FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE FARMER COULD SEE MILTON BURL STILL CAVORTING SILENTLY ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN I SHALL YONA SAID AND MANY THANKS YUNUS SHOOK HIS HEAD NOT AT ALL I WILL ASK YOU TO DO NOTHING AGAINST THE FAITH cf0ea026-821f-41c0-87b6-b4420ccc3502 I'LL TRY IT SAID ROOT THE MONKEY AND YOU COULD NEVER CATCH HER BECAUSE SHE CAN EASILY FLY OUT OF HER RAGE THERE ARE TOO MANY DANGERS LURKING HERE TO SUIT ME I SHOULD DIE IF IT WERE NOT FOR JUDY PIANO THE GODS WERE NOT ALL BEAUTIFUL YOU KNOW AND BEAUTIFUL OR NOT NOBODY EVER WANTED TO MEET THEM FACE TO FACE cf13322c-84a9-4bb5-85a1-ef9966d19590 THEN WE LOOK INTO THEM WITH BRIGHT BOYS LIKE YOU DISGUISED AS OUR N OUR FIELD MEN I'M A PIE EYED GRIPIS WHISPERED STETSON ERNE GRINN SAID IT PROBABLY ARE SIR AND WHAT WAS A QUEST WITHOUT SOMEONE TO SET IT BUT THAT SOME ONE HAD TO BE CLARETON WITH HIS CAUTION AND HIS OLD WOMAN WORRY YONAH SIGHED AND SET ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF FALLING TO SLEEP THE DAYS PASSED SLOWLY WITH GREAT BOREDOM cf141c75-bbb0-4640-bc62-924bfd0c2ed0 ORNE FOUGHT DOWN A SUDDEN PANIC NEXT WE WANT TO KNOW YOU WILL HEAD FOR IT AS SOON AS WE DROP YOU YOUR FEMALE SUGGESTION IS RIGHT THAT WILL SERVE THE CRYSTAL'S PURPOSE DURING THE INTERIM THE ZID DOES NOT SWIM cf29ac68-9d96-4d88-8a18-a9e9fbb09042 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I HAVE TO CHIDE HIM GENTLY BOTH WITH MY TONGUE AND WITH MY BROOMSTICK BUT HE IS MY HUSBAND AND I MUST MAKE THE BEST OF HIM I'D LIKE TO SIGHED FELICITY BUT WE'D COME HOME TIRED AND WITH ALL THE MILKING TO DO YOU BOYS BETTER GO ALONE PETER AND I WILL ATTEND TO THE MILKING FOR ONE EVENING SAID UNCLE ROGER YOU CAN ALL GO cf32ba13-644d-4a20-a9c2-64da77ffaa1a HORN STOPPED ON TO NUB'S ORDER AND THEY WAITED ALMOST TEN MINUTES BEFORE PROCEEDING RATE ITSELF SAID ORNE AN ANCIENT TERRAN LANGUAGE CORRUPTION OF DO THINK IT'S TRUE WITH THE GATHERING SHADES OF NIGHT OUR PLIGHT BECAME PITIFUL IN THE DAYLIGHT SURROUNDED BY HOMELY FAMILIAR SIGHTS AND SOUNDS IT WAS NOT SO DIFFICULT TO FORTIFY OUR SOULS WITH A CHEERING INCREDULITY cf3939ec-22fd-4122-b706-8d88bdf7ce92 AT LAST THEY CAME TO THE VERY PLACE WHERE THE RAINBOW TOUCHED THE EARTH RAY HAD COME TO THE OFFICE OF THE STEIN FINE BRYAN PUBLISHING COMPANY WHERE FARMER WAS WORKING AS AN ASSISTANT EDITOR AND ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO WRITE THE GREATEST BOOK OF THE AGE cf448367-aaf2-4544-8be9-14533d7a84ba LAST NIGHT I DREAMED I WAS IN CHURCH HE SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS FULL OF PEOPLE AND I WALKED UP THE AISLE TO YOUR PEW AND SAT DOWN AS UNCONCERNED AS A PIG ON ICE AND THEN I FOUND THAT I HADN'T A STITCH OF CLOTHES ON NOT ONE BLESSED STITCH NOW PETER DROPPED HIS VOICE WHAT IS BOTHERING ME IS THIS WOULD IT BE PROPER TO TELL A DREAM LIKE THAT BEFORE THE GIRLS YOUR FEMALE SUGGESTION IS RIGHT THE SERIMIAN CROAKED THE ZID DOES NOT SWIM FOR AND I ARE ARRANGING ESCAPE ON THAT PREMISE THE ZID'S TALONS RIPPED THROUGH THE DOOR LEAVING PARALLEL ROWS OF SPLINTERED BRAKES BOTH SLANTED RED EYES GLARED IN BRIEFLY cf48cd0f-3198-4d44-87f0-0d8e1ef12acf WE DON'T NEED SLAVES SAID ORAN THE SLEDGE SHIFTED AS SOMEONE CLIMBED ONTO THE LOAD BEHIND THE CAB ONE HAND CLUTCHING HIS BLACK CURLS WITH HIS DREAM BOOK ON A SMALL ROUND STONE BEFORE HIM cf4e375f-5367-4f69-87c4-b2a196a3277b IT WAS ONCE IN CONSTANT USE BUT MY GOVERNMENT CLOSED IT WHEN YOU PEOPLE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU WERE RUNNING AROUND IN SUBMARINES USING DEPTH BOMBS AND JUST NOTICING OUR AIR CRAFT TOO MUCH BUT THERE'S NO GAMBLE WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE HE TOLD THE MILKY WAY RIPPING OFF HIS OXYGEN MASK HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH OF THE ALIEN ATMOSPHERE cf61a277-d908-45a4-b335-c48e6ec9d2e4 THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN DO SAID CECILY GENTLY WE CAN PRAY FOR HIM SO WE CAN I AGREED I'M GOING TO PRAY LIKE SIXTY SAID FELIX ENERGETICALLY WE'LL HAVE TO BE AWFUL GOOD YOU KNOW WARNED CECILY THERE'S NO USE PRAYING IF YOU'RE NOT GOOD THAT WILL BE EASY SIGHED FELICITY I DON'T FEEL A BIT LIKE BEING BAD IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO PETER I FEEL SURE I'LL NEVER BE NAUGHTY AGAIN I WON'T HAVE THE HEART SEND A GENERAL ORDER TO SPEND ALL FUTURE ACTIVITY WITH THE PLANTED POLICES SEND IT BY SIAM ONLY NO MENTION OF ANY OTHER NAVAL SIGNALING EQUIPMENT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE NOW IT MIGHT BE OVERHEARD I STROLLED OUT SLOWLY IN COMMAND OF THE SITUATION KEEPING MY FACE TURNED AWAY SO THEY COULDN'T SEE THE COLD SWEAT cf67fd39-9e9b-48bb-95a5-6443c1be6d0b TURNED A BEAMING SMILE ON FARMER AND RAY THAT AND A SUDDEN IDEA OF HIS OWN FORCED HIM TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF IF IT DID WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SPOT IT MAKING A BEE LINE FOR US AFTER THAT IT JUST FELL INTO PLACE cf683889-008a-40d6-b099-897fef71863d ANYWAY THIS IS THE STORY BOYS YOU KNOW THE AWKWARD MAN HAS LIVED ALONE EVER SINCE HIS MOTHER DIED TEN YEARS AGO ABEL GRIGGS IS HIS HIRED MAN AND HE AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN A LITTLE HOUSE DOWN THE AWKWARD MAN'S LANE THEN I HOPPED ON MY TIN LEG TO MY FRIEND THE TINSMITH WHO KINDLY MADE ME ANOTHER TIN LEG AND FASTENED IT TO MY BODY cf6d8bfa-c374-42a1-b058-b76e6aa0988c NOT THAT ANY OF YOU HAVE DONE MUCH EXCEPT CECILY SHE'S GOT A HEAD ON HER SHOULDERS IT'S BEEN A HORRID DAY ALL THROUGH SAID FELICITY DREARILY AS WE CLIMBED THE STAIRS AS SOON AS WE CAN GET READY ANSWERED THE EMPEROR I'LL CALL MY SERVANTS AT ONCE AND ORDER THEM TO MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR OUR JOURNEY cf739aa8-ec41-46a6-a902-4a0ad73010b1 THIS IS FAIRLY EASY TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A MACHINE MEMORY TO WORK WITH ONE OF THE LIZARDS GARGLED AT ANOTHER ONE AND THE SECOND ONE TURNED AROUND I TAGGED THIS EXPRESSION WITH THE PHRASE HEY GEORGE AND WAITED MY CHANCE TO USE IT LATER THE SAME DAY I CAUGHT ONE OF THEM ALONE AND SHOUTED HEY GEORGE AT HIM PERHAPS OUR NERVES HAD BEEN UPSET BY THE EXCITEMENT ATTENDANT ON JIMMY PATTERSON'S DISAPPEARANCE BUT IS MORE LIKELY THAT OUR CRANKINESS WAS THE RESULT OF SUPPER WE HAD EATEN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT EVEN CHILDREN CANNOT DEVOUR MINCE PIE AND COLD FRIED PORK HAM AND FRUIT CAKE BEFORE GOING TO BED WITH ENTIRE IMPUNITY cf74a2e1-11a8-440d-909b-a9ca68f04d49 BUT HOW WILL THAT SETTLE IT ASKED CECILY OH WHOEVER'S LICKED WILL HAVE TO GIVE IN ABOUT PRAYING SAID PETER THAT'S FAIR ENOUGH IF I'M LICKED I WON'T PRAY FOR THAT PARTICULAR THING ANY MORE IT'S DREADFUL TO FIGHT ABOUT ANYTHING SO RELIGIOUS AS PRAYING SIGHED POOR CECILY NO BETTER PLAN BEING SUGGESTED WE BETOOK OURSELVES TO THE ORCHARD AND SAT ON THE BOUGHS OF UNCLE ALEC'S TREE BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS WET THE WORLD WAS BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL AND GREEN OVERHEAD WAS A DAZZLING BLUE SKY SPOTTED WITH HEAPS OF WHITE CLOUD cf75b849-7712-402f-bf47-ed7f1651a6af FELIX TOOK HER ADVICE AND WITH IT SEEMED TO GO THE DREAD AND GRIEF THAT HAD BEEN OUR PORTION FOR HOURS SILENCE WHILE THEY CRAWLED AHEAD BELIEVER THAT UD GIVE US FOR I ADMIRED YOUR CITY FROM THE AIR SAID ORAN IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL cf78f3c6-9df2-4b2b-92de-9a61b762e1fa YOU THE INTELLIGENT ONE HE SAID THE QUOTES AROUND INTELLIGENT WERE CLEAR IN HIS INTONATION YONAS WENT OVER TO HIS PALLET REMOVED HIS JERKIN AND SHOES AND LAY DOWN HE HEARD THE OTHERS READYING THEMSELVES FOR SLEEP BUT HE DID NOT LOOK INTO THEIR MINDS SOON THEY WERE ASLEEP AND BREATHING HEAVILY BUT YONAS STAYED AWAKE FOR A WHILE cf830dda-1bcb-4fe5-b8a9-221e0e5c214c OH I HADN'T A PAIR WITHOUT HOLES IN THE LEGS ANSWERED PETER EASILY BECAUSE MA HADN'T TIME TO DARN THEN THIS WEEK SO I PUT ON TWO PAIRS THE HOLES DON'T COME IN THE SAME PLACES AND YOU'D NEVER NOTICE THEM UNLESS YOU LOOK QUITE CLOSE HIS EYES GLITTERED THE SMILE BROADENED A LONG SECOND PASSED I WILL TELL THE INQUISITOR YOU WISH TO SEE HIM THE BOLD GUARD SAID YONES RELAXED AND STEPPED BACK I SHALL BE MOST GRATEFUL HE SAID FORMALLY THE GUARD TURNED AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY cf89b5c8-b3d5-4e05-974b-3d85b889a8c3 BUT THERE WAS NO FOOD UPON THE TABLE NOR ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT A PITCHER OF WATER A BUNDLE OF WEEDS AND A HANDFUL OF PEBBLES BUT THE GIANTESS POURED SOME WATER INTO HER COFFEE POT PATTED IT ONCE OR TWICE WITH HER HAND AND THEN POURED OUT A CUPFUL OF STEAMING HOT COFFEE THE OLD CHEST FILLED UP THE CORNER BETWEEN THE TABLE AND THE WALL NEITHER FELIX NOR I HAD EVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT PARTICULARLY IT WAS VERY LARGE AND HEAVY AND FELICITY GENERALLY SAID HARD THINGS OF IT WHEN SHE SWEPT THE KITCHEN THIS OLD BLUE CHEST HOLDS A TRAGEDY EXPLAINED THE STORY GIRL I KNOW A STORY ABOUT IT cf95b5f9-5ac1-475c-8cb7-18d7b3f2b7c1 I HAD A STICK IN MY HAND AND I FETCHED A SWIPE AT IT SO THERE'S A GREAT BIG PATCH ON HIS BEST PAIR OF TROUSERS PAT ISN'T A BIT BETTER HE JUST MOPES ABOUT THE KITCHEN FROM SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN TO NOTHING AND THE ROLL GOES ON AND ON cfb5c540-91a1-4133-818b-82d6e62874d2 SO THEY LEFT THE PATH THEY HAD BEEN FOLLOWING AND BEGAN TO TRAVEL TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND ALL THAT DAY THEY WERE IN THE PLEASANT WINKY COUNTRY AND ALL THE PEOPLE THEY MET SALUTED THE EMPEROR WITH GREAT RESPECT AND WISHED HIM GOOD LUCK ON HIS JOURNEY AT NIGHT THEY STOPPED AT A HOUSE WHERE THEY WERE WELL ENTERTAINED AND WHERE WHO WAS GIVEN A COMFORTABLE BED TO SLEEP IN FELIX WORKED WELL ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT LIKE WEEDING FAT BOYS NEVER DO FELICITY INFORMED HIM FELIX PRETENDED NOT TO HEAR HER BUT I KNEW HE DID BECAUSE HIS EARS GREW RED FELIX'S FACE NEVER BLUSHED BUT HIS EARS ALWAYS GAVE HIM AWAY AS FOR FELICITY SHE DID NOT SAY THINGS LIKE THAT OUT OF MALICE PREPENSE IT NEVER OCCURRED TO HER THAT FELIX DID NOT LIKE TO BE CALLED FAT I ALWAYS FEEL SORRY FOR THE POOR WEED SAID THE STORY GIRL DREAMILY IT MUST BE VERY HARD TO BE ROOTED UP cfc335fa-f580-4387-8767-4416fe977e91 THIS SECOND DIAL WAS NO MORE THAN A THIN DISK OF HARD RUBBER OR BAKE LIGHT WITH A RED SCRATCH MARK ON ONE SIDE THEY SAY SHE IS CRAZY PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO FRIGHTEN US CHILDREN INTO GOOD BEHAVIOR BY TELLING US THAT PEG BOWEN WOULD CATCH US IF WE DIDN'T BEHAVE THERE WAS A RARE BREEZE FROM THE SOUTH BLOWING TO MEET US cfe66f08-2cdd-4405-a81e-733745fe8996 WHO DARE FORAGE SUCH A THING UNLESS HE KNEW FOR SURE THAT THE ORIGINAL F SEA OFFICER WAS MISSING OR DEAD SAID TO NEW HORN STOPPED THE SLED CONTACTED CULTURE I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT I THREW A LIGHTED MATCH INTO THAT KEG OF GUNPOWDER IN MISTER COOK'S STORE AT MARKDALE SAID PETER cff0faad-adce-4bbf-9fb9-bb2436f8b298 UNCLE ALEC CONSENTED THOUGH AUNT JANET SAID IT WAS HIGH TIME THEY WERE BURNED NEVER WROTE TO A BOY BEFORE SO PLEASE EXCUSE ALL MISTAKES ALL DAY SHE SAT IN THE KITCHEN AND WORKED BUTTONHOLES SUBSISTING ON BREAD AND WATER AND MEXICAN TEA d0075142-1648-4106-bd17-1d3f785ae9b5 WE WE WE JUST WERE HAVING A SERMON CONTEST EXPLAINED THE STORY GIRL TREMULOUSLY AND PETER PREACHED ABOUT THE BAD PLACE AND IT FRIGHTENED SARA THAT IS ALL UNCLE ALEC WHO WOULD AGREE TO MAKE THE CHANGE SAID OZMA IF BY FORCE WE CAUSED ANYONE ELSE TO BECOME A GREEN MONKEY WE WOULD BE AS CRUEL AND AS WICKED AS MISSUS UT AND WHAT GOOD WOULD AN EXCHANGE DO SHE CONTINUED d00937f7-ec35-4c6b-b831-455745b2c923 AND NOW THE CANARY PERCHED UPON A STUMP A LITTLE WAY FROM THE FOREST BEAST AND SAID I AM GLAD OUR FRIEND HAS ESCAPED YOU BUT AS IT IS NATURAL FOR A HUNGRY BEAST TO WISH HIS BREAKFAST I WILL TRY TO GIVE YOU ONE IT WAS BEWILDERING AND I WATCHED THEM WARILY SUSPECTING A TRICK THERE WERE ONLY THREE MORE CARTRIDGES LEFT IN MY GUN AND I DID NOT DARE REPLACE THE FIRED SHELLS FOR FEAR THEY WOULD RUSH ME WHEN THE ACTION WAS OPEN AND THE GUN MOMENTARILY USELESS d0103dd7-e7b1-4703-a47c-b6dbabf507a0 NOT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION SAID DAN SERIOUSLY YOU MUST HAVE SOME THINGS SORT OF DIFFERENT FOR THAT PETER NOW HE'LL HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT O PETER I DON'T BELIEVE HE CAN PREACH A SERMON I SAID AT FIRST HE WAS TEMPTED TO LEAVE POLYCHROME AND ESCAPE WITH HIS OTHER FRIENDS BUT REMEMBERING HIS PROMISE TO THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER LUKE TRIED TO THINK HOW TO SAVE HER d0162ea8-92ac-4460-8d56-47049e033687 ONCE ON THE OTHER SIDE THE TIN SOLDIER CAN CUT SOME OF THE HAY WITH HIS SHARP SWORD AND YOU CAN STUFF ME WITH THAT MATERIAL UNTIL WE REACH A PLACE WHERE THERE IS STRAW AND BEYOND US ON THE HILL THE HOMELIGHT WAS GLOWING FROM THE FARM HOUSE WINDOW LIKE A BEACON OF OLD LOVES d016cc5d-4e41-4358-9f61-c8b4bc2df0ae UNCLE ROGER WANDERED BY AT THIS MOMENT AND BEHOLDING PETER SAID IS SAUL ALSO AMONG THE PROPHETS WHAT CAN HAVE INDUCED YOU TO TURN CHURCH GOER PETER WHEN ALL OLIVIA'S GENTLE PERSUASIONS WERE OF NO AVAIL THE OLD OLD ARGUMENT I SUPPOSE BEAUTY DRAWS US WITH A SINGLE HAIR ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ANY ONE YOU CHERRY VARS ASKED FELICITY TRYING TO SPEAK INDIFFERENTLY FELICITY HAD NEVER ADMIRED THE FORGET ME NOT JUG BUT SHE HAD ALWAYS HANKERED AFTER THE CHERRY VARS AN AFFAIR OF WHITE GLASS WITH A CLUSTER OF RED GLASS CHERRIES AND GOLDEN GREEN GLASS LEAVES ON ITS SIDE WHICH AUNT OILBY HAD GIVEN CECILY ONE CHRISTMAS d01bae72-99c3-4fea-87c9-160a6fc5ac9e THE DISCOVERY RELIEVED THEM GREATLY FOR THE REASON THAT NO SERIMIAN EVEN TO SAVE HIS OWN FEATHERED SKIN WOULD HAVE SET DOWN SUCH A MONSTER AS THE ZID AMONG RATIONAL BUT VULNERABLE ENTITIES FOR A THOUSAND THOUSAND YEARS THEY BOTH BUILT THE BRIDGE OF LIGHT AND AT LAST THEY MET AND SPRANG INTO EACH OTHER'S ARMS THEIR TOIL AND LONELINESS AND SUFFERING WERE ALL OVER AND FORGOTTEN AND THE BRIDGE THEY HAD BUILT SPANNED THE GULF BETWEEN THEIR STARS OF EXILE d01bf16c-840d-484b-b288-d8d61b257487 IT'S A WONDER THE STORY GIRL ISN'T OVER TO SEE YOU SAID UNCLE ALEC SHE'S BEEN QUITE WILD WITH EXCITEMENT ABOUT YOUR COMING I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'D DO SAID PETER I'D TAKE A PRESENT FOR PEG AND ASK HER TO MAKE PAT WELL I WOULDN'T LET ON I THOUGHT SHE'D MADE HIM SICK THEN SHE COULDN'T BE OFFENDED AND MAYBE SHE'D TAKE THE SPELL OFF I THINK WE'D BETTER ALL GIVE HER SOMETHING SAID FELICITY I'M WILLING TO DO THAT BUT WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE PRESENTS TO HER d0335751-6495-4de9-8a7e-dc69170737ab THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP APPEAR TO HAVE BEGUN APPROXIMATELY IN THE YEAR FIFTEEN NINETY FOUR BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL ELEVEN YEARS AFTER THAT DATE THAT THEY ACHIEVED A SIGNAL TRIUMPH THE FIRST AND PERHAPS THE LAST OF ITS KIND UNTIL THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MASQUERADE IN TWENTY ONE O THREE EXCERPT FROM A SHORT HISTORY THE MASQUERADE BY A I SUPPOSE WE'LL ALL HAVE THE MEASLES NOW GRUMBLED FELICITY AND OCTOBER IS SUCH AN INCONVENIENT TIME FOR MEASLES THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO I DON'T BELIEVE ANY TIME IS VERY CONVENIENT TO HAVE THE MEASLES CECILY SAID d03c1310-68cd-4664-a71e-c0fb8f295bca LEFT THE DARKER GREEN STRIPE OF SAFE CHANNEL AND PLUNGED INTO WATER TOO SHALLOW FOR HER DRAUGHT IF YOU HAVE TO SPEAK OF OF HIM YOU MIGHT SAY THE OLD SCRATCH THAT IS WHAT MOTHER CALLS HIM d05f068f-0607-4452-a5e4-85fd23510dd6 AT LEAST I GAVE HER A CHANCE TO GET AWAY THOUGH I THOUGHT I WOULD EXPLODE WHEN SHE WENT INTO THAT INNOCENT'S ACT AMONG OTHER THINGS IT LEFT NEWSPAPERS CONTAINING THE ARTICLE WE WILL STAY WITH YOU AND SERVE YOUR EVERY NEED NOT AS BAD AS I HAD THOUGHT A SIX WEEK RUN GIVE HER TAKE A FEW DAYS d06f4872-28f4-4098-a0b0-9ed61627ec6a FARMER WAS UNCOMFORTABLE HE WAS ALMOST ALWAYS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR VARIOUS REASONS THOUGH IT RARELY EVER OCCURRED TO HIM AS HE CONSIDERED EACH INDIVIDUAL IRRITANT THAT THIS WAS HIS NORMAL STATE OF EXISTENCE GRAY MUD FLOOR AND GLOOMY AISLES BETWEEN MONSTROUS BLUISH TREE TRUNKS THAT WAS THE JUNGLE ONLY THE BAREST WEAK GLIMMERING OF SUNLIGHT PENETRATED TO THE MUD THE DISGUISE SLED ITS PARAGRAPH UNITS TURNED OFF LURCHED AND SKIDDED AROUND BUTTRESS ROOTS d0709d7e-e7f2-4529-aa66-8fa021e2b494 HE OPENED A LARGE WOODEN CASE WHICH SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SOME DREARLY GOOD CABINET WORK THE FIRST AND PERHAPS THE LAST OF ITS KIND UNTIL THE DISSOLUTION OF THE MASQUERADE IN TWENTY ONE O THREE ANOTHER DAY AND HERE WOULD HAVE DROVE ME OUT OF MY WITS YUNUS THOUGHT d073532f-a0d5-4ec2-aa38-f909b3fd6592 IT WOULDN'T BE SO NICE IF THEY CAUGHT YOU AND TORTURED YOU AT THE STAKE SAID FELICITY INSTANTLY BRANDON'S EYES WERE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS LEANING TIP DOWN AGAINST THE EDGE OF ANOTHER LAVA SHEET SOME DISTANCE AWAY d0743f58-fdce-404b-aed3-3cce5fa5595f HOLDING THE BUNDLE OF THE SCARECROW'S RAIMENT IN HER HAND IF YOU CAN WORK MAGIC WHY DON'T YOU BREAK THE ENCHANTMENT YOU ARE UNDER IN RETURN TO YOUR PROPER FORM I HAD A PERFECTLY AWFUL DREAM LAST NIGHT SAID CECILY WITH A SHUDDER OF REMEMBRANCE IF PEG BOWEN COULD BEWITCH ANYTHING AND I DON'T BELIEVE SHE COULD WHY SHOULD SHE BE WITCH PAT ASKED THE STORY GIRL d07c5c71-375c-4cab-b361-4587bdb30ec1 HE HAD TO PRODUCE A POPULATION OF TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE FOR HIGH PLANS TEXAS MARILLA JUST LAY DOWN AND DIED MANOEL FARMER STARED AND RAY STARED THEN SHE THREW BACK HER HEAD AND LAUGHED A MERRY LAUGH THEY GOT HIM ON BOARD THE BOAT WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY d0a53977-6918-4e53-8de7-eb5d5e0c0b58 AFTER THAT PHILEAS DECLARED IT WOULD SERVE FELICITY WRITE IF THE STORY GIRL NEVER SPOKE TO HER AGAIN FELICITY HAD NEVER ADMIRED THE FORGET ME NOT JUG BUT SHE HAD ALWAYS HANKERED AFTER THE CHERRY VARS AN AFFAIR OF WHITE GLASS WITH A CLUSTER OF RED GLASS CHERRIES AND GOLDEN GREEN GLASS LEAVES ON ITS SIDE WHICH AUNT OILBY HAD GIVEN CECILY ONE CHRISTMAS IF IT ISN'T THE JUDGMENT DAY I WANT TO HAVE THE LESSON LEARNED SHE SAID OH MISS FRUIN AIN'T IT AWFUL HOT I DECLARE I'M ALL IN A PRESBYTERIAN IF AFTER IT WE WERE THE SAME d0adf830-2aed-49c8-9fbf-dc121a28c17f WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO START FIRST HOW'D YOU SPOT RIGHT AWAY WHERE THEY'D HIDDEN THE DELPHINIS EASY TENUBE'S WORD FOR HIS PEOPLE WAS GRATZIE MOST RACES CALL THEMSELVES SOMETHING MEANING THE PEOPLE BUT IN HIS TONGUE THAT'S O'CERIL IT WAS AS MUCH SARAH RAY'S NORMAL STATE AS ANY OTHER AND EVEN FELICITY AND CECILY AVAILED THEMSELVES OCCASIONALLY OF THE PRIVILEGE OF SEX BUT I HAD NEVER HEARD ANY GIRL CRY LIKE THIS IT GAVE ME THE SAME UNPLEASANT SENSATION WHICH I HAD FELT ONE TIME I HAD SEEN MY FATHER CRY d0ae28ae-d952-46d9-b210-4abaea204184 SHE WORE A BONNET THAT DID NOTHING WHATEVER TO ENHANCE HER DOUBTFUL WRINKLED CHARMS OR TO CONCEAL THEM THAT'S RIGHT JONAS SAID EQUABLY HE WIPED HIS FACE WITH ONE HAND BUT HE HARDLY THOUGHT OF ESCAPING THEN GREAT AUNT EDITH CAME INTO THE ORCHARD HAD WOOED WILD DREAMS TO THEIR PILLOWS BY THE SIMPLE DEVICE OF EATING RICH d0c79d6e-8119-443a-8157-eba8834f1e8a CALM HIM AND GET HIM TO FIGURE A WAY OUT OF THIS MADHOUSE BUT ORDINARY OCEAN WE SHOULD NOT EVEN TRY TO THINK WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE WE BETOOK OURSELVES TO THE GRANARY LIGHTED A HUGE LANTERN WHICH DAN HAD MADE OUT OF A TURNIP AND PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR ALL THE APPLES WE MIGHT HAVE EATEN THROUGH THE DAY BUT HAD NOT d0cde1e2-5e45-4a10-9182-704cfc9748d1 OF COURSE I NEVER SAID A WORD ABOUT HIS ALICE ROOM BUT I GAVE HIM A HINT ABOUT HIS LITTLE BROWN BOOK I SAID I LIKED POETRY AND OFTEN FELT LIKE WRITING IT AND THEN I SAID DO YOU EVER FEEL LIKE THAT MISTER DALE HE SAID YES HE SOMETIMES FELT THAT WAY BUT HE DID NOT MENTION THE BROWN BOOK I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BUT AFTER ALL I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU EVERYTHING THE FIRST TIME YOU MEET THEM LIKE SARA RAY WHEN HE WENT AWAY HE SAID I HOPE I SHALL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU AGAIN JUST AS SERIOUSLY AND POLITELY AS IF I WAS A GROWN UP YOUNG LADY I NEVER HAVE FRIENDS SHE SAID IN A MATTER OF FACT TONE BECAUSE FRIENDS GET TOO FAMILIAR AND ALWAYS FORGET TO MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS BUT I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY NOT YET ANYHOW INDEED I AM GLAD TO HAVE COME AND MY LIFE HERE IS RATHER LONELY I HAVE HAD NO ONE TO TALK TO SINCE I TRANSFORMED POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW INTO A CANARY BIRD HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT d0d3deb3-f0a3-4999-a9ea-b9c6a0a8215c WE HAVE ALL THE APPLES IN AND HAVEN'T MUCH TO DO JUST NOW AND WE ARE HAVING LOTS OF FUN BUT WE WISH YOU WERE HERE TO JOIN US I'M A LOT THINNER THAN I WAS I GUESS WORKING SO HARD PICKING APPLES IS A GOOD THING TO MAKE YOU THIN I WAS MUCH DISAPPOINTED TO FIND THAT I HAD BUT ONE ARM THERE WAS AN EXTRA LEG IN THE BARREL BUT I COULD FIND ONLY ONE ARM d0e49d68-3d17-4e76-b4c8-8e835c798db5 PETER HAD BEEN READING THE BIBLE STEADILY EVER SINCE WHAT WE ALWAYS REFERRED TO AS THE JUDGMENT SUNDAY AND HE WAS BY NOW ALMOST THROUGH IT NONE OF THE REST OF US HAD EVER READ THE BIBLE COMPLETELY THROUGH AND WE THOUGHT PETER MUST HAVE FOUND HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD OF THE LOST IN SOME PORTION WITH WHICH WE WERE NOT ACQUAINTED THERE ISN'T ROOM IN ME FOR EVEN YOU AND I DON'T REGRET IT BECAUSE I JUDGE FROM YOUR GREEN COLOR THAT YOU ARE NOT RIGHT AND WOULD MAKE AN INDIFFERENT MEAL d0e6e611-8ccf-4426-bcef-e53db9b80cfc BUT THE SHIP THE SPACE YACHT WHERE IS IT THE MISSING SHIP COULD HAVE GONE IN ANY DIRECTION HOLD THERE SAILOR I SAID TO MYSELF USING MY BEST ADMIRAL'S VOICE NOTHING HAS CHANGED IT'S STILL THE BEST AND ONLY PLAN POSSIBLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WELL I SUPPOSE THE FIRE IS ON ANYHOW FOR THE STORY GIRL IS UP I GUESS SHE GOT UP EARLY TO KNEAD THE BREAD SHE COULDN'T SLEEP ALL NIGHT FOR WORRYING OVER IT d0f04f5a-920b-4725-a9a4-bf772bcf9c76 THE STORY GIRL WAS BAREFOOTED AND BARE ARMED HAVING ROLLED THE SLEEVES OF HER PINK GINGHAM UP TO HER SHOULDERS THEN SAID THE STORY GIRL WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO TO THE SHOW ANYHOW YOUR MOTHER WON'T EVER KNOW IF WHAT DOES THAT MEAN ASKED PETER d0f87e8a-6659-4b57-8a14-b0d1b5204d19 BEVERLY KING WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE I THRUST THE BOX HASTILY INTO MY TRUNK AND CONFRONTED DAN NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS I SAID DEFIANTLY AUNT OLIVIA SAYS THE STORY GIRL IS FASCINATING SAID CECILY THE VERY ADJECTIVE FELIX AND I RECOGNIZED ITS BEAUTIFUL FITNESS AT ONCE YES THE STORY GIRL WAS FASCINATING AND THAT WAS THE FINAL WORD TO BE SAID ON THE SUBJECT d112cc2b-502b-474b-9b73-6df7b1dcd307 IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE HOW BIG THEY ARE A FINGER LONG MAYBE TWO MEANWEL MADE A GRIMACE RETORTED PETER SULKILY THE FRAGRANCE OF THE ORCHARD STRUCK US IN THE FACE LIKE A WAVE AND THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF BLOODSHED AND MISERY d123f31c-680a-45ad-8330-31f28e90d878 A SIGN SAID THE TIN WOODMAN A SIGN ANOTHER PATH WHAT DOES THE SIGN SAY INQUIRED THE BOY IT SAYS THAT ALL STRANGERS ARE WARNED NOT TO FOLLOW THIS PATH TO LOONVILLE ANSWERED THE SCARECROW WHO COULD READ VERY WELL WHEN HIS EYES HAD BEEN FRESHLY PAINTED I DON'T KNOW HOW HE WAS BEWITCHED SAID PETER BUT I'D HAVE TO BE A WITCHED MYSELF TO KNOW THAT BUT PEG BOWEN BEWITCHED HIM NONSENSE SAID THE STORY GIRL AGAIN d1434eea-22ab-4a71-9609-350e3f1b43ee THEREFORE PETER PROCEEDED WITH THE SERVICE HE READ THE CHAPTER AND GAVE OUT THE HYMN WITH AS MUCH SANG FROID AS IF HE HAD BEEN DOING IT ALL HIS LIFE HE WORKED FAST AND WITH SKILL I WAS MUCH INTERESTED IN THE JOB MY EXPERIENCE WAS MUCH THE SAME SAID THE TIN SOLDIER d14e4ec0-167f-4753-b23b-32b05f29d750 OF COURSE I COULDN'T BE EXPECTED TO THAT HIRE TO LET A BOY KISS ME BUT I NEEDN'T HAVE BEEN SO CROSS ABOUT IT I MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE DIGNIFIED AND I TOLD HIM I JUST HATED HIM THAT WASN'T TRUE BUT I SUPPOSE I'LL DIE THINKING IT IS OH DEAR ME WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SAY THINGS THEY'VE GOT TO BE SORRY FOR AFTERWARDS WHERE ELSE SHOULD SHE HAVE CAUGHT THEM SAID FELICITY MERCILESSLY I DIDN'T SEE HER OF COURSE MISSUS RAY MET ME AT THE DOOR AND TOLD ME NOT TO COME IN BUT MISSUS RAY SAYS THE MEASLES GO AWFUL HARD WITH THE RAYS IF THEY DON'T DIE COMPLETELY OF THEM IT LEAVES THEM DEAF OR BLIND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT d153e368-12d9-46e8-908a-e0c38799e6d6 YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR BEDS TWO HOURS AGO THE VERY THING I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT I'LL GET SOME AFTER BREAKFAST I'M NOT GOING TO EAT A SINGLE THING ALL DAY EXCEPT BREAD AND WATER AND NOT MUCH OF THAT SHE HAD SOFT BROWN EYES THAT WERE TOO TIMID TO LOOK STRAIGHT AT ANYBODY THERE WAS NO FINDING IT OUT FROM THE STORY GIRL d172003e-0951-456b-ba52-17b249a1db1b ALL I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE TO THAT NERVOUS DELICATE CHILD SHE IS SHRIEKING IN THERE AND NOTHING WILL QUIET HER WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PLAYING SUCH A GAME ON SUNDAY AND MAKING A JEST OF SACRED THINGS NO NOT A WORD FOR THE STORY GIRL HAD ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK SHE MIGHT TRANSFORM THE DOOR INTO AN ARCHWAY SUGGESTED THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR THAT WOULD BE EASY FOR HER SAID THE TAN OWL BUT I AM GLAD SHE WAS TOO ANGRY TO THINK OF THAT BEFORE WE GOT OUT OF HER VALLEY d1a04084-0718-4057-ae3d-eec9688f874c FORTUNATELY FELICITY FORGOT TO REPEAT THE COMMAND SO DAN DID STAY IN BED I'M WONDERING WHETHER I SHALL HAVE FISH BALLS OR LAMB CHOPS TO COMPLETE MY MEAL WHICH WOULD YOU PREFER WOO THE WANDERER IF YOU PLEASE I'LL EAT THE FOOD IN MY KNAPSACK ANSWERED THE BOY YOUR MAGIC FOOD MIGHT TASTE GOOD BUT I AM AFRAID OF IT d1bf369b-f54a-4afd-be05-00ef592f1804 CECILY WAS PALE BUT BRAVE ACCORDINGLY WE HEARD IT THE NEXT MORNING IN THE ORCHARD AND SHE DIDN'T LIKE ANYTHING BUT REFINED WORDS THERE'S NO SENSE IN CALLING PETER LAZY WELL WHEN ALLAN DUNBAR KNEW THAT HE MUST GO TO CALIFORNIA IN THE FANNY HE WAS IN DESPAIR d1c48e0a-3c3b-4944-945e-268bc345a77a AND I AM RESOLVED NEVER TO SPEAK AGAIN WITHOUT TAKING TIME TO THINK CAREFULLY ON WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY FOR I REALIZE THAT SPEECH WITHOUT THOUGHT IS DANGEROUS AND AFTER I HAVE DELIVERED THE NOTE I SHALL RUN ERRANDS AGAIN FOR ANY ONE WHO NEEDS MY SERVICES WHEN I HAD PREACHED I HAD TO WEAR MY SECOND BEST SUIT FOR IT WAS ONE OF AUNT JANET'S LAWS THAT WE SHOULD TAKE OUR GOOD SUITS OFF WHEN WE CAME HOME FROM CHURCH THERE WERE I SAW COMPENSATIONS FOR BEING A HIRED BOY d1c95533-eb6e-4f98-ad83-c9231e87b8be POLYCHROME ALTHOUGH DANCING LIGHTLY BACK AND FORTH HAD LISTENED TO EVERY WORD OF THE CONVERSATION OH IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH THE COVERS WENT ONE WAY AND IN SKIT WENT THE OTHER IN A SINGLE UNFOLDING IN CONCERTED MOTION HE LEFT THE HORIZONTAL AND RECUMBENT AND STOOD TENSELY VERTICAL AGAINST THE WALL I SMILED AND NODDED AT HIS DECISION AND THEN CONTINUED d1d21197-603d-4f35-aa3b-d8c39179be3b BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS LETTING MYSELF IN FOR YES AND THAT IS WHY I PUT IT ON AUNT JANET THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW WAS A SPLENDID ONE WELL HOW AM I TO ADDRESS HER ASKED THE STORY GIRL IN DESPAIR THIS TREATMENT BEING REPEATED EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK WE WERE SO AFRAID YOU WERE GOING TO DIE I d1d754d4-f383-4142-ab36-f672b37d2a3b I'M PRETTY GOOD AT CLIMBING TREES MYSELF THEY WERE TRAVELING QUIETLY ALONG UNDER THE SHADE OF TREES BUT NAN THOUGHT DIFFERENTLY AND THEY SAT LATE TOGETHER LAST NIGHT AND TWAS A BONNY STORY NAN WHITE ME TO HEAR WHEN SHE CAME TO BED THAT IS ANY WEEK A DAY GAMES OR WHISPER IN CHURCH OR LAUGH IN CHURCH d1f03442-49ad-46a8-8542-f784029995fe TO A DEMAND AND THEY STARTED GETTING IN EACH OTHER'S WAY AND SLOWING DOWN THE OPERATION EVEN MORE SHE WAS SO ANXIOUS TO REPENT OF SOMETHING SWEET GIRL AND THIS WAS ALL SHE COULD THINK OF I WANTED TO SEE THE PICTURE AS SOON AS YOU DID d1f3f4cf-4388-44bc-855a-bbbbd79db853 IN THE YARD WE ENCOUNTERED DAN EMERGING FROM THE FIR WOOD AND CHOPPING THE FATAL BERRIES WITH UNREPENTANT RELISH DAN KING DO YOU WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL LOOK HERE DAN I EXPOSTULATED YOU SHOULDN'T DO THIS PETER GAVE A LITTLE YELL OF PURE TERROR WE TURNED AND FLED ACROSS THE CLEARING AND INTO THE WOODS DOWN THE LONG HILL WE TORE LIKE MAD HUNTED CREATURES FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT PEG BOWEN WAS AFTER US d1f8e478-92f7-4b3a-a4e1-938190c4ba84 DO YOU THINK FELICITY IS VERY PRETTY SHE'S THE PRETTIEST GIRL I EVER SAW I SAID ENTHUSIASTICALLY REMEMBERING THAT FELICITY HAD CALLED ME HANDSOME THE BOYS ALL THINK SO SAID THE STORY GIRL NOT I FANCIED QUITE WELL PLEASED RAY WAS NOT TOO FAR BEHIND AND HE SLAMMED HIS HELMET DOWN ANGRILY AS HE REACHED THE RAIL FARMER GALVANIZED BELATEDLY GAVE CHASE AS WELL d1fc16d1-31eb-4f2b-971a-fc577b6c2f7b NINETY PER CENT OF THE MACHINERY HAD NO MOVING PARTS AND HAD SUFFERED NO WERE WHATEVER OTHER PARTS THEY HAD BEEFED UP FIGURING THEY WOULD WEAR BUT SLOWLY IF YOU COULD HAVE HEARD THE STORY GIRLS BUR R NOT OLD MISTER FORBES HIMSELF COULD HAVE INVESTED IT WITH MORE OF A DORIC SCORN WE ROLLED OVER IN THE COOL GRASS AND SCREAMED WITH LAUGHTER d20fc07d-d32c-4a01-833e-220d380a7ef6 YES IT WAS NICE TO KNOW HE LOVED HER AND SHE LOVED HIM TOO LIKE AN AMUSING BABY BROTHER I WONDER WHAT PEG BOWEN WOULD REALLY DO TO A FELLOW IF SHE CAUGHT HIM SPECULATED DAN d2705606-83f2-434d-a386-408946d716c4 BILLY WAS TALLER THAN ANY OF THE BOYS OUR AGE IN CARLISLE AND HE ASSURED ME IT ALL CAME FROM TAKING MAGIC SEED I WAS A REGULAR WRUNT BEFORE I BEGUN HE SAID AND LOOK AT ME NOW I GOT IT FROM PEG BOWEN SHE'S A WITCH YOU KNOW EXACTLY I GLANCED DOWN AT MY WRIST WATCH AND NOTED WITH RELIEF THAT IT WAS STILL RUNNING d28b895b-291e-4dbd-971d-3d26e46cb561 WE MAY RETURN LATER WITH THE CAMTHORIAN HUNTING PARTY AND RECOVER OUR INVESTMENT FORESTED WITH ENDLESS ROWS OF FINS AND SPINES AND ENIGMATIC TENDRILS YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT MISTER MARSHALL IS YES WHO ARE YOU DO YOU KNOW THE PLACE IN THE MOUNTAIN THAT IS CALLED SODOM d28eacae-8969-4ea5-8f52-263d8b529006 SARA STANLEY HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES DEMANDED AUNT JANET WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PUTTING ON SUCH A RAG DON'T YOU KNOW I HAVE COMPANY TO TEA BUT THEY GOT OUT OF THE INVISIBLE STRIP OF COUNTRY AS SUDDENLY AS THEY HAD ENTERED IT AND THE INSTANT THEY GOT OUT THEY STOPPED SHORT FOR JUST BEFORE THEM WAS A DEEP DITCH RUNNING AT RIGHT ANGLES AS FAR AS THEIR EYES COULD SEE AND STOPPING ALL FURTHER PROGRESS TOWARD MOUNT MUNCH d2b26b6d-b5ef-4810-a2e3-7cb8f98e44eb HE WAS A TIN OWL WITH TIN LEGS AND BEACON ISAB FEATHERS WITHOUT A HEART NO ONE CAN LOVE EVEN IN THE LAND OF OZ WHERE CURIOUS CREATURES ABOUND OF COURSE IF ANY OF US TRAMPS ON HIS TAIL HE WILL SCRATCH US BUT YOU KNOW A CAT CAN'T BEAR TO HAVE HIS STICK TAIL TRAMPED ON d2b9a2c2-fe3c-4853-b522-d92e90deb7bf WHEN I WAS VERY SMALL I USED TO BELIEVE THE FAIRIES DANCED IN IT ON MOONLIGHT NIGHTS I WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE IT NOW BUT I CAN'T WHY NOT OH IT'S SO HARD TO BELIEVE THINGS YOU KNOW ARE NOT TRUE IT WAS UNCLE EDWARD WHO TOLD ME THERE WERE NO SUCH THINGS AS FAIRIES OF COURSE I KNOW WE'RE THOROUGHLY UNCIVILIZED TOO UNWARLIKE FOR ANY OTHER RACE TO TRUST AND ALL THAT I CAN SEE HOW EARTH MIGHT BE CONSIDERED THE PLAGUE SPOT OF THE UNIVERSE d2bf1f00-6ab4-4a9e-b357-716d3ce1cf96 MISSUS RAY NOW APPEARED LOOKING FOR SARA AND SAID SHE WOULD STAY ALL NIGHT WITH US I'LL BE MUCH OBLIGED TO YOU IF YOU WILL SAID UNCLE ROGER I FEEL A BIT SHOOK BRANDON'S VOICE SOUNDED STRANGE AND DISTANT AS HE TALKED TO HIS OXYGEN MASK HEADING ONE EIGHT ZERO APPROXIMATELY SIX HUNDRED MILES FROM YOU ALTITUDE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET WHAT IS THE NATURE OF YOUR TROUBLE BRANDON d2ce76b7-42f7-43b0-adf2-2fc4595ff659 I KNOW A STORY ABOUT MISSUS RICHARD COOK'S GRANDMOTHER SHE WAS ONE OF THEM WOMEN WHO WERE ALWAYS SAYING I TOLD YOU SO TAKE NOTICE FELICITY SAID DAN ASIDE AND SHE WAS VERY STUBBORN SOON AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED SHE AND HER HUSBAND QUARRELLED ABOUT AN APPLE TREE THEY HAD PLANTED IN THEIR ORCHARD THE LABEL WAS LOST PROVIDENCE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT SAID OLD MISTER SCOTT TWAS THE MC CLOSKEYS AND THE DEVIL d2dc2597-f20a-4fe3-9ca8-54f83eeb236f WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR WHAT WE WANT OF THAT I'M SURE I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE WOULD SAY HE RETORTED IT WAS QUITE DARK IN THE FIR WOOD WE COULD SEE HER FACE AND EYES BUT DIMLY THROUGH THE GLOOM A ONE ON EITHER SIDE OF UNCLE ALEC WE REALIZED THAT SHE WAS RATHER TOO WELL AWARE OF HER GOOD LOOKS d2ddb12d-b8f3-4b46-bd8c-b7b8731695f8 FOR AN INSTANT THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT NO SOUND FROM ALL THAT VAST CROWD THE KNOB DROPPED TO THE FLOOR WITH A CLATTER BUT THE DOOR GAVE NOT AT ALL I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANY PETER HE AND HE GLOWERED AT MISSUS MC LAREN IN A MOST UNDUTIFUL FASHION d2ea3351-f1ae-4933-a2db-1b4965cd527c IF SHE WERE ONLY MORE INTERESTING FELICITY HAD NOT A PARTICLE OF THE NAMELESS CHARM AND ALLUREMENT WHICH HUNG ABOUT EVERY MOTION OF THE STORY GIRL AND MADE ITSELF MANIFEST IN HER LIGHTEST WORD AND MOST CARELESS GLANCE I HAD REALLY COME OUT TO SEE HOPE OF COURSE BUT SHE WAS STILL UPSTAIRS PUTTING ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES VIC LOOKED DOWN FROWNING I'M NOT SURE I'M RIGHT HE REPLIED AFTER A MOMENT BUT IF I AM THEY WISH US TO KILL THEM d3195b7a-10ec-4de2-b235-e69b9b3e1b91 THE LAST WE HEARD OF HIM HE WAS IN THE MAIN LUMBER WOODS BUT THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS NOW AND ADDED PETER DELIBERATELY TAKING HIS GUM FROM HIS MOUTH TO MAKE HIS STATEMENT MORE IMPRESSIVE I DON'T CARE O PETER THAT SOUNDS DREADFUL SAID CECILY YOUR OWN FATHER WELL SAID PETER DESFIANTLY IF YOUR OWN FATHER HAD RUN AWAY WHEN YOU WAS A BABY AND LEFT YOUR MOTHER TO EARN HER LIVING BY WASH WASHING AND WORKING OUT I GUESS YOU WOULDN'T CARE MUCH ABOUT HIM EITHER THE REASON FOR THATED POLYCHROME WAS THAT MY MIND WAS SO INTENT ON OTHER THINGS THAT I QUITE FORGOT MY POWER TO PRODUCE FOOD BY MAGIC BUT WHERE IS THE MONKEY BOY GONE SAID THE SCARECROW BEAR SOLEMNLY THE EARTH HAS SWALLOWED HIM UP d3561a06-6bdf-496b-bf18-7c96a8219c5c MOREOVER TO ABANDON OUR ERRAND AND SO DEPRIVE THE GREAT EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES OR THIS NOBLE SOLDIER OF HIS BRIDE WOULD BE EQUALLY HUMILIATING IF NOT MORE SO I THINK IT WAS UNCLE ROGER'S LAST ARGUMENT WHICH CONVINCED AUNT JANET IN THE END SHE DECIDED TO GO d369c290-3970-4124-8e9f-32d69da0b72a YOU MIGHT SETTLE IT BY DRAWING LOTS SAID CECILY DESPERATELY DRAWING LOTS IS WICKEDER THAN FIGHTING SAID DAN IT'S KIND OF GAMBLING THAT SEEMS KIND OF QUEER SAID FELICITY DOUBTFULLY YOU WOULDN'T PUT ON AN APRON TO GO TO CHURCH SO IT DOESN'T SEEM AS IF IT WAS PROPER TO PUT IT ON FOR JUDGMENT DAY EITHER IT'S THE BEST I COULD DO SAID SARA DISCONSOLATELY I WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING WHITE ON IT IT'S JUST LIKE A DRESS ONLY IT HASN'T SLEEVES d37aef37-2044-4cda-85a2-de2c96fa28ca HE WAS A TALL SLENDER MAN WHO DID NOT LOOK HIS FORTY YEARS DONALD GOT UP PUT ON HIS OVERCOAT AND CAP AND WENT TO THE DOOR AND THE BEAST ADVANCED ALONG THE LINE TO WOOD THAT COULD HIDE EVEN A RABBIT NOR ANY HOLE FOR ONE TO FALL INTO IT WAS QUITE A SURPRISE TO THEM AH d3858461-6eaa-4dd6-9e23-cb429018f517 FOR MISSUS YUKE THE GIANTESS WHO TRANSFORMED ME HOWEVER SHE COULD NOT DEPRIVE ME OF MY OWN FAIRY KNOWLEDGE WHO WERE SCATTERED IN VARIOUS PARTS BUT THE TRUTH WAS I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT SUCH THINGS WHEN PEG BOWEN WAS LEAVING PAT STRETCHED OUT ON THE STEPS SHE TRAMPED ON HIS TAIL d3b0bc6b-9157-4641-a7cb-d873ecb095b2 SAID THE BEAR EAT YOUR BREAKFAST FRIEND JAGUAR AND BE CONTENT I COULD TELL YOU WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM BUT YOU'D ONLY LAUGH AT ME WE ALL LOOKED AT HIM PETER CRAIG WHAT DO YOU MEAN ASKED FELICITY EXACTLY WHAT I SAY THEN IF YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH PATTY TELL US COMMANDED THE STORY GIRL STANDING UP SHE SAID IT QUIETLY BUT PETER OBEYED d3c34ab3-8bd7-4678-8058-dcaadace2ed4 THE HANDS PALMS UPWARD AND THE QUIVERING HAND OF THE METER THEN I TOUCHED THE NEXT DIAL HOMESIDE FEELS THEY'RE JUST LETTING US HAVE SOME OF THE SURPLUS JEFF PANTED INSIDE AUBREY HAVE YOU LEARNED ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THE SCOOPS d3cf98fd-99a9-471d-8042-97c6a3d55cd5 ONE IS SO APT TO WAKE UP JUST AS THINGS GET INTERESTING REMARKED THE STORY GIRL DISCONTENTEDLY I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT I HAD REALLY TRULY CURLY HAIR SAID CECILY MOURNFULLY AND OH I WAS SO HAPPY IT WAS DREADFUL TO WAKE UP AND FIND IT AS STRAIGHT AS EVER SOME VAGUE THOUGHT OF THIS WAS IN OUR MINDS AS WE LOOKED AT HER AND SOMEHOW IT COMFORTED US NOT EVEN THE JUDGMENT WAS SO GREATLY TO BE FEARED IF AFTER IT WE WERE THE SAME OUR OWN PRECIOUS LITTLE IDENTITIES UNCHANGED IT MUST BE GETTING HANDY TOO SAID CECILY IT SEEMS AS IF WE'D BEEN WAITING HERE FOR EVER SO MUCH LONGER THAN AN HOUR CONVERSATION LANGUISHED WE WATCHED AND WAITED NERVOUSLY THE MOMENTS DRAGGED BY EACH SEEMING AN HOUR d3d2b90c-d52d-472b-b92c-2b9799c6f0f2 I AIN'T ANY HAND TO WRITE LETTERS SO I GUESS I'LL STOP HOPE YOU'LL BE OUT SOON DAN SAYING THIS MISSUS EWPE ROSE FROM HER CHAIR AND WALKED THROUGH A DOORWAY INTO ANOTHER ROOM d3e1df89-26cc-4d83-923d-a4ef165f2c69 I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHAT A SPECIAL KIND OF DEVILTRY YOU FRIAR UP TO AT THIS TIME SAID UNCLE ROGER ONE EVENING AS HE PASSED THROUGH THE ORCHARD WITH HIS GUN IN HIS SHOULDER BOUND FOR THE SWAMP IT STARTLED HIM ANEW TO DISCOVER THAT HE HAD NO FEET HE REACHED OUT HIS HANDS BUT HE COULD NOT SEE THEM HE COULD FEEL HIS HANDS AND ARMS AND BODY HE STAMPED HIS FEET ON THE GRASS AND KNEW THEY WERE THERE BUT IN SOME STRANGE WAY THEY HAD BECOME INVISIBLE d3ee5cd4-b220-42a2-a000-69e489c487fc FELICITY AND DAN BEGAN A SMALL SPAT OVER SOMETHING BUT STOPPED AT ONCE WHEN CECILY SAID SEVERELY HOW DARE YOU QUARREL WHEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A PICTURE OF GOD TO DAY FELIX WAKE UP I WHISPERED SHAKING HIM WHAT'S THE MATTER HE MURMURED RELUCTANTLY IT'S MORNING TOPSY THE CAT OF WHICH FATHER HAD TALKED HAD FLOURISHED THIRTY YEARS BEFORE AND ALL HER NINE LIVES COULD SCARCELY HAVE LASTED SO LONG d3fdb1f1-eb10-4a20-9608-7f5187473c2a OH I SEE IT NOW SAID CECILY JOYFULLY IT HAUNTED HIS WAKING HOURS AND OBSESSED HIS NIGHTS WELL MAYBE THEY ARE IN REAL LIFE SAID CECILY THE PRIESTS SANK TO THE FLOOR BENDING THEMSELVES IN MOCKERY OF THE IMAGE THAT'S WHEN MISTER PARIN AND I BEGAN TO GET WORRIED d4065eec-91b7-4a8e-8531-a28afd0f2fbd BUT I JUST CAN'T STAND IT BACK THERE ALONE SOME OF YOU FELLOWS MUST COME WITH ME I DON'T WANT YOU TO WORK BUT JUST FOR COMPANY IT WAS FINALLY DECIDED THAT DAN AND FELIX SHOULD GO I WANTED TO GO ALSO BUT THE GIRLS PROTESTED I'LL FORGIVE YOU SHE SAID GRACIOUSLY FELIX AND I FELT THAT IT WOULD REALLY BE WORTH WHILE TO OFFEND HER JUST TO BE FORGIVEN IN SUCH AN ADORABLE VOICE PETER EAGERLY GRASPED HER HAND d40af400-32bc-43ad-8c16-f3514de5fefd AND CREATED TWO ROWS OF ENORMOUS TEETH AGAINST THE EMPEROR'S TIN BODY SHE MUST HAVE FELT GREAT RELIEF WHEN SHE REACHED CHARLOTTETOWN AND AUNT JANET d40d484f-0693-400f-b5b9-063d7364c7bd EVEN IF YOU WAS BROUGHT UP IN TORONTO AT ALL EVENTS FELICITY RESENTED THE IMPUTATION THAT SHE HAD MORE INFLUENCE WITH PETER THAN ANY ONE ELSE THE STORY GIRL CARRIED OUT HER SELF IMPOSED PENANCE FULLY HER PRETTY FEET WERE HIDDEN IN THE TAN COLORED BUTTONED PARIS BOOTS WHICH WERE THE SECRET ENVY OF EVERY SCHOOLGIRL IN CARLISLE d413baa6-8ec9-4dcb-8860-80bce421799a AUNT JANET AND AUNT OLIVIA TOOK EVERYTHING OUT AND LAID IT ON THE KITCHEN TABLE WHAT ARE YOU TO DO WHEN A COW WON'T STAND STRAIGHT SPLUTTERED FELIX ANGRILY NO NEED FOR YOU TO DIE SAID HORN AND WHAT HAPPENS IF R N R STUMBLES ON TO ME WHILE I'M DOWN THERE PLAYING PADDY CAKE d4244c56-3e7c-41a9-a53d-453fff6c4ccb WE WERE ALL GLAD TO HEAR THAT PETER WAS GOING TO CHURCH EXCEPT FELICITY SHE WAS FULL OF GLOOMY FOREBODINGS AND WARNINGS I AM SURPRISED AT YOU FELICITY KING SAID CECILIA SEVERELY YOU OUGHT TO BE GLAD THAT POOR BOY IS GOING TO GET STARTED IN THE RIGHT WAY NO YOU'LL HAVE A NEW NAME UP THERE SAID CECILY GENTLY IT SAYS SO IN THE BIBLE WELL I'M GLAD OF THAT PETER WOULD BE SUCH A FUNNY NAME FOR AN ANGEL d440bab0-43c7-4128-82c9-0c3e2c277eb4 WELL THREE OR FOUR SQUIRRELS THEN PLEADED THE JAGUAR DO YOU THINK ME SO CRUEL DEMANDED THE CANARY INDIGNANTLY THE SQUIRRELS ARE MY ESPECIAL FRIENDS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN MISTER CHAIRMAN I CAN'T EXPRESS MY THOUGHTS ON THIS GRAND SUBJECT OF MISSIONS IT'S IN THIS POOR HUMAN CRITTER PATTING HIMSELF ON THE BREAST BUT HE CAN'T GET OUT d4563e68-aa35-4c91-8dc4-e13f0a292228 ARE WE FREE WHISPERED HOPE HOLDING TIGHTLY TO MY ARM ARE WE REALLY FREE I AND MY SENSES RETURNED AND MISS HOPE ARRIVES FIRST THING THIS MORNING BUT PETER WAS NOT TO BE CONCILIATED AND TOOK HIMSELF OFF IN HIGH DUDGEON THEN WE LAUGHED UNTIL PETER GOT SULKY d4577f08-84f8-4a62-96d7-229e0f3e196b DO YOU SEE WHAT IT MEANS NOW YEAH I GUESS SO SAID CECILY SOMEWHAT DOUBTFULLY LATER ON WE HEARD HER IMPARTING HER NEWLY ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE TO FELICITY IN THE PANTRY WE WATCHED HER WHITE CLAD FIGURE PASS THROUGH THE GATE AND ENTER THE FRONT DOOR A FEW MINUTES PASSED OR A FEW YEARS WE COULD NOT HAVE TOLD WHICH THEN CICELY CAME RUNNING AT FULL SPEED BACK TO US WHEN SHE REACHED US SHE TREMBLED SO MUCH AT FIRST SHE COULD NOT SPEAK d45a1640-1f9b-405d-a9f1-5c421b177624 THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT METHODISTS OR PRESBYTERIANS IN THE BIBLE SAID FELICITY SCORNFULLY PETER LOOKED AMAZED WHAT HAD THEY HAPPENED THEN HE ASKED WHEN DID THEY BEGIN TO BE AND KNOWING HUMAN NATURE THE WAY I DO THAT WAS TOO MUCH OF A COINCIDENCE TO EXPECT OCCUM'S RAZOR ALWAYS POINTS THE WAY IF THERE ARE TWO CHOICES TO TAKE TAKE THE SIMPLER IN THIS CASE I CHOSE THE NATURAL ACQUISITIVE INSTINCT OF MAN AS OPPOSED TO BLIND CHANCE AND ACCIDENT NEVERTHELESS I PUT THE THEORY TO THE TEST d45bb8c7-ca3d-4340-a1c9-c605ed3580dd PERHAPS WE'D BETTER GIVE UP AND GO HOME SUGGESTED DAN YOU CAN GO HOME IF YOU LIKE SAID THE STORY GIRL SCORNFULLY BUT I'M GOING TO GO SEE MISTER CAMPBELL I KNOW I CAN MANAGE HIM BUT IF I HAVE TO GO ALONE AND HE GIVES ME ANYTHING I'LL KEEP IT ALL FOR MY OWN COLLECTION MIND YOU TO NEWBE'S EYES DILATED CONTRACTED YOU READ MINES THE I A HAS NO NEED TO READ MINDS SAID ORAN WE RELY ON SUPERIOR MENTAL PROWESS d45ecad4-2592-4ee7-acc1-549c4a460946 WELL I DIDN'T MEAN TO AND I WANTED TO LAUGH TWICE BEFORE THAT AND DIDN'T WE LIKED HIM BUT WE HAD AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING THAT THE MEANING OF HIS REMARKS WAS NOT ALWAYS THAT WHICH MET THE EAR WE WENT TO THE GROWN UPS AND TOLD THEM SO THEN WE ROAMED ABOUT IN OUR WRETCHEDNESS AND TRIED TO COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WE ARGUED OVER IT SERIOUSLY BUT FINALLY HAD TO GIVE UP d474708d-6c4c-48de-a76e-942c1552099e I WISH GIRLS HAD SOME SENSE SAID DAN WHICH BROUGHT THE ORGY OF WISHING TO AN END FOR THE TIME YOU KNOW A GREAT DEAL CLARETON SAID WHICH I SOMETIMES FIND IT NECESSARY TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION d4937794-18b9-4d13-827d-c9357296fcfd YONAS SIGHED AND WENT FORWARD TO MEET THE TWO BIG MEN LEAVING MISSUS SHARP SOBBING IN THE BACKGROUND THE POOR WOMAN FELT TERRIBLE HE KNEW BUT THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO ABOUT THAT THEN LET US GO HE SAID AND MARCHED OFF FEELING THAT ONE MORE EFFECT WOULDN'T HURT HE LED THE WAY TO THE TOWN HALL LET THEM FIGURE OUT HOW HE HAD KNOWN JUST WHERE TO GO HE THOUGHT A BUTTER YELLOW SUN HUNG ABOVE THE HORIZON PERHAPS AN HOUR FROM SETTING I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH OUR COUNSEL HE STARED AT ORAN YOU I AS ARE TOO STRONG WE DID NOT KNOW d49c64ca-eba4-4ac4-b10d-c9bf6dcbe4d9 SHOULD YOU BE POINTING LIKE THAT I ASKED THE ROBART MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE SUSPICIOUS YOU KNOW IMPOSSIBLE SAID THE ROBART WITH MECHANICAL SURETY I BRUSHED AGAINST IT AND IT IS NOW UNSERVICEABLE BUT ONE WAY MUST BE EASIER OR BETTER THAN THE OTHER OR ELSE THEY'D ALL BE ONE KIND ARGUED PETER I WANT TO FIND THE EASIEST WAY AND I'VE GOT A HANKERING AFTER THE METHODISTS MY AUNT JANE WAS A METHODIST ISN'T SHE ONE STILL ASKED FELICITY PERTLY d4ad5c6e-b5ec-419e-a33c-ef9f84487408 MY OWN LIES OPEN BESIDE ME AS I WRITE ITS YELLOWED PAGES INSCRIBED WITH THE VISIONS THAT HAUNTED MY CHILDISH SLUMBERS ON THOSE NIGHTS OF LONG AGO ON THE COVER IS PASTED A LADY'S VISITING CARD ON WHICH IS WRITTEN THE DREAM BOOK OF BEVERLY KING ALL THAT WITH GLASS MURMURED HORN WHAT'S HAPPENING HIS STETSON HORN TOUCHED HIS THROAT CONTACT WE'RE JUST INTO THE CITY CLEARING PROCEEDING TOWARD THE NEAREST BUILDING d4c2608d-d4d8-4365-9ec2-ffcb4999122a DID A MAN ASK ME TO MARRY HIM AT THE COW'S SIDE WITH A MILKING PAIL IN HIS HAND IT'S A COLD ANSWER HE'D A GOT FOR HIS PAINS I'M NOT INTERESTED IN WHO IT WAS SO MUCH AS I AM IN WHO IT WAS SAID THE TWENTY LEGGED MAN AND WHATEVER OF WHOM EVER SHE WAS SHE HAD MANAGED TO KEEP OUT OF MY WAY d4d0dfe4-167c-4b79-9e73-50095b327031 ORN LOOKED UP ATTENTIVELY THE SPEAKER SAID YES THEY SAID WE HAVE TO USE ORAN BECAUSE THE RECORDS ON THE DELPHINIS WELL THEN WILL THEY GIVE US MORE TIME TO BRIEF HIM NEGATIVE IT'S CRASH PRIORITY CONGO EXPECTS TO BLAST THE PLANET ANYWAY THEN HURRYING DOWN RAMP AFTER RAMP CORRIDOR AFTER CORRIDOR FIGHTING THE RUSHING MOB ALL THE WAY WE CAME AT LAST SHAKING WITH WEARINESS AND GASPING FOR BREATH TO THE DESERTED STREETS OF THE BLACK AND TERRIBLE CITY ARE WE FREE WHISPERED HOPE HOLDING TIGHTLY TO MY ARM ARE WE REALLY FREE I HOPE SO DEAR WE SEEM TO BE IF WE CAN ONLY REACH THE SPOT WHERE WE ENTERED THIS INSANE WORLD BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS HOW MUCH TIME HAVE WE d4ea99a4-d91a-429a-b527-f259414da9b5 POLYCHROME AGREED TO THIS REQUEST AND IN HALF A MINUTE ALL OF THEM INCLUDING HERSELF HAD BEEN ENLARGED AGAIN TO THEIR NATURAL SIZES NO INDEED ANSWERED THE JAGUAR HE DISAPPEARED INTO THE EARTH BEFORE I COULD TAKE ONE BITE OF HIM FELIX I'VE GIVEN UP PRAYING THAT I'LL BE THE ONLY ONE TO EAT THE BITTER APPLES AND I'LL NEVER PRAY FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN IT WAS A HORRID MEAN PRAYER I DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN BUT AFTER THE MEASLES STRUCK IN I FOUND OUT IT WAS AUNT JANE WOULDN'T HAVE LIKED IT AFTER THIS I'M GOING TO PRAY PRAYERS I NEEDN'T BE ASHAMED OF d4f62d96-0850-48d5-bb58-dd1d5965886c THEN AS THE PRIESTS COMPLETED THEIR THIRD BOW I TURNED AND FACED THE STATUE AS MY EYES FELL UPON THE SHUTTER BEHIND THE THICK GRINNING LIPS THE SHUDDER WHICH RELEASED THE LETHAL FORCE A WILD AND DESPERATE IDEA CAME TO ME THEY SPENT MOST OF THE DAY SWEATING THE HEAVY BOX UP THROUGH THE NARROW TEMPLE STAIRS AND I ENJOYED A GOOD SLEEP d4f90a03-e9b5-4c98-9d11-2b8de4c4ba14 I WON'T CRIED SARA RAY IN TERROR I WON'T GO NEAR PEG BOWEN'S HOUSE FOR THE WORLD NO MATTER WHO WAS WITH ME I DON'T KNOW I CONFESSED DUBIOUSLY FELIX IS TOO FAT HE'LL GET OUT OF BREATH IN NO TIME HER POTENT VOICE MADE ME FEEL THAT I WAS QUITE A HERO AFTER ALL AND THE STING WENT OUT OF MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT OLD FIGHT d4fa3c91-18c6-4ce9-b02f-cfe7749a4be8 HER UNCLES ROARED WITH LAUGHTER OVER THE RECOLLECTION WE ALL LAUGHED INDEED ESPECIALLY OVER ANOTHER TALE IN WHICH UNCLE EDWARD LEANING TOO FAR OVER THE PULPIT IN HIS EARNESTNESS LOST HIS BALANCE ALTOGETHER AND TUMBLED INGLORIOUSLY INTO THE GRASS BELOW NEITHER BEAST NOR BIRD SHALL YOU HAVE SAID POLYCHROME IN A POSITIVE VOICE GIVE ME A FISH THEN THERE'S A RIVER A LITTLE WAY OFF PROPOSED THE JAGUAR d5253bb0-0ab1-4dd2-ae52-248fee01ea42 HE SHOT A SNOW WHITE MOOSE AND TOOK OFF ITS SKIN AND WRAPPED IT AROUND HIM THE SKY ABOVE IT WAS CHILL AND ERETHRAL AND MYSTICAL ON WHICH THE EYES NOSE AND MOUTH HAD BEEN PAINTED SUPPOSE FOR INSTANCE WE WORKED THE ENCHANTMENT CONTENT WITH MY LOT I'M GLAD THAT I'M NOT d5442d6e-6c12-4cb9-b7fa-a1475a925885 WHICH IS OF COURSE WHAT HAPPENED A LITTLE GEOLOGY TURN OVER A SWAMPY LAND BRIDGE FORMED IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND THE LIZARDS BEGAN TO WANDER UP THE BEACON VALLEY AND FOUND RELIGION WE ALL STOOD AROUND STRICKEN INCREDULOUS DO YOU MEAN SAID FELIX FINDING VOICE AT LENGTH THAT PETER IS GOING TO DIE THE STORY GIRL NODDED MISERABLY THEY'RE AFRAID SO d55c4732-778e-4714-a796-e982c714d783 SO I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ACCURATE RECORDS IN DATA ARE VERY NECESSARY FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND PROGRESS IT WAS THE RADIO ROOM ON ASTRO WON PETER IS A REAL GENTLEMAN AND HE IS MORE INTERESTING THAN YOU COULD EVER BE IF YOU WERE BROUGHT UP AND EDUCATED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS SHE SAID d5757245-f409-4b04-b9e1-6f16c2cf1feb AND WROTE DOWN OUR DREAMS WHEN THE CARES OF THE DAY WERE OVER THE ONLY THING WORTH MENTIONING IN THE WAY OF DREAMS THAT SARA RAY EVER ACHIEVED WAS THAT SHE DREAMED THAT SHE WENT UP IN A BALLOON AND FELL OUT SECTION CHIEF OF INVESTIGATION AND ADJUSTMENT WHEN DO WE GO ASKED ORAN I CANNOT TAKE THE CHANCE THAT YOU ARE LYING SAID TO NUB d5799cb9-5c75-4e77-a2e2-c8f5f83af993 AM NOT AT ALL WISE I BEG TO ASSURE YOUR MAJESTY NECK CHOPPER THERE I FINALLY GOT TOGETHER A VERY DECENT BODY AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A DOSE OF MEXICAN TEA EVERY TWO HOURS IT'S SUCH DREADFUL TASTING STUFF BUT IT'S A GOOD BLOOD PURIFIER SO AUNT JANET CAN'T OBJECT TO IT d57ec860-541f-412d-a18a-525dfe221a79 AND HIS EARS STUCK OUT FROM HIS HEAD LIKE TWO FANS IT WAS QUITE A CLEVER IDEA I THINK FOR IT DOESN'T MAR THE BEAUTY OF THE LANDSCAPE SOLID AIR BEING INVISIBLE AS HE BROUGHT NEIL'S SLEIGH UP TO THE DOOR HE SAW A BLACK SPECK FAR OUT ON THE BAY AND LAUGHED THE FLOOR WAS COVERED WITH A CARPET LIKE GREEN VELVET d5adfd07-378e-486d-b8a1-468c0dbb0ac2 PETER HAD GONE HOME TO SEE HIS MOTHER AND UNCLE ROGER HAD GONE TO MARKDALE ON BUSINESS WHEN NEXT WE ASSEMBLED OURSELVES TOGETHER IT WAS AFTER MILKING AND THE CARES OF THE DAY WERE DONE WITH WE FOREGATHERED IN THE BALSAM FRAGRANT AISLES OF THE FIR WOOD AND ATE EARLY AUGUST APPLES TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE STORY GIRL SAID WE MADE HER THINK OF THE IRISHMAN'S PIG GROWN PEOPLE WERE SO STRANGELY OBLIVIOUS TO THE TRULY IMPORTANT THINGS OF LIFE BUT IF YOU GO SQUABBLING YOU'LL SPOIL IT ALL d5bfb3df-7789-4904-899b-f761c9c5670b AND LONG SLEEK BROWN CURLS NOW WRITING BUSILY I SEE THAT BOWERY ORCHARD OR UNSWALLOWED THANKS STEAD IT GAVE HIM AN UNHAPPY STOMACH BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF VINE LANES THROUGH THE JUNGLES d5c38987-26a8-4b44-9a64-450ee58ca0b5 FOR I SUPPOSE SOMETHING DREADFUL WILL COME OF IT TOO TWILL BE A MATCH NOW DAN PLASSED THE PLATE FELICITY'S ROSEBUD PLATE LOOKING AS PRETERNATURALLY SOLEMN AS ELDER FREWIN HIMSELF WHEN NOT HELD IN THE CHURCH WITH BARE FEET AND NO PARTICULAR DISGRACE ATTACHED TO IT d5dc5461-cdc5-4085-b0b9-13171da03e11 EVEN THE OFFER OF SEVEN CRONA FOR A SINGLE WEEK'S STAY FAILED TO PRODUCE THE DELIRIOUS JOY YANUS HAD EXPECTED THE MONEY IS NEEDED SHARP SAID IN A DOUR BASS VOICE STARING OFF PAST YONAS'S LEFT EAR AT THE DARKENING SKY AND FOR THE MONEY YOU WILL BE WELCOME I MUST TAKE YOUR WORD THAT YOU ARE NOT DANGEROUS I CAN ONLY PRAY THAT YOU DO NOT BETRAY THAT TRUST IT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE TRAGEDY BUT A NUMBER OF MONITOR STATIONS HAD PICKED UP THIS DISCHARGED STATIC OF A LARGE ENERGY WEAPON BEING FIRED TRIANGULATION HAD LED INVESTIGATORS TO THE SPOT WHERE THEY FOUND A FREIGHTER OGAT'S DREAM WITH A HOLE PUNCH THROUGH AS BIG AS A RAILROAD TUNNEL THE FREIGHTER'S CARGO PLUTONIUM WAS GONE d5e5efe3-1dc1-4388-b092-5c9618743e71 PETER AND FELIX PITCHED IN WITH MORE ZEAL THAN DISCRETION ON BOTH SIDES AS A RESULT PETER GOT WHAT LATER DEVELOPED INTO A BLACK EYE AND FELIX'S NOSE BEGAN TO BLEED IN THE AFTERNOON AUNT JANET BROUGHT US A LUNCH OF APPLE TURNOVERS BUT WE COULD NOT EAT THEM PETER AS FELICITY REMINDED US WITH A BURST OF TEARS HAD BEEN SO FOND OF APPLE TURNOVERS d5eb9de1-e495-445d-85d2-70252354a876 ORN HELD UP HIS RIGHT HAND PALM OUT HE HAD A SECOND THOUGHT HELD UP HIS LEFT HAND TOO UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF PEACEFUL INTENTIONS EMPTY HANDS THE GUN MUZZLE LOWERED SLIGHTLY BUT NOBODY HAS TO EAT IT ALL AT ONCE RETORTED UNCLE ROGER WITH ANOTHER GROAN OH SARA STANLEY IT'S A THANKFUL MAN I AM THAT YOUR AUNT OLIVIA IS TO BE HOME TO NIGHT YOU'D HAVE ME KILT ENTIRELY BY ANOTHER DAY I BELIEVE YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE TO HAVE A STORY TO TELL d5f80a0e-1fc4-47d4-bfe3-1eb9803782ab ROCKER COLLAPSED AWAY FROM MY ROAR AND GNAWED HIS EARS YES HE SAID NOT TOO LONG AGO I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME TROUBLE AND WHAT ELSE I INTERRUPTED HIM COLD MOISTURE WAS BEGINNING TO COLLECT ALONG MY SPINE NOW THE DRIVES THE CONTROLS ARE THEY IN TO WHY YES HE SAID HOW DID YOU KNOW THE NORMAL TREADY WAS CHANGED AROUND CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF UNNECESSARY TROUBLE ON THE SECOND DAY THE RATS BEGAN TO BORE HIM BY THAT EVENING THEY WERE ANNOYING HIM AND WHEN THE THIRD DAY DAWNED BRIGHT AND WARM AS NEAR AS HE COULD TELL FROM THE TINIEST WINDOW AT THE TOP OF HIS CELL YUNUS WAS TELLING HIMSELF THAT ANY MOVE AT ALL WAS A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION d5fa43cb-75f4-4c13-bb4c-03b36e066de8 PAN FOLLOWED HER CLATTERING AND BELLOWING TERRIBLY BUT IN A FEW MINUTES SHE RUSHED INTO GLAUCON'S ARMS THE DREADFUL SIGHT OF PAN AND THE STILL MORE DREADFUL NOISE HE MADE SO FRIGHTEN THE SHEEPS THEY FLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS SORRY THAT'S THE WAY IT IS YOUR BRAINS BOYS WILL PICK MY SKULL TO PIECES AND FIND THE TRUTH OUT ANYWAY THERE'S NO POINT LYING NOW WE'LL SEARCH THE SHIP SHE CAN'T HIDE FOR LONG SHE WON'T HAVE TO PIPPY SAID THERE'S A FAR SCOUT WE PICKED UP STOWED IN ONE OF THE HOLES d61b667e-5625-4eb7-af34-1de0187de71d FINALLY IN DESPERATION HE SWITCHED OFF THE TELETOCKY TWO OF THE TREES SEEMED TO BE MOVING ALTITUDE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET HE IGNORED THE INEVITABLE GLORY OF MORNING RAINBOW THAT JUST PRECEDED PROCYON'S RISING BOTH SLANTED RED EYES GLARED IN BRIEFLY d61bf100-18ef-4ea2-bf90-32157944c6cb IT CHUGGED SLOWLY ROUND THE ROOM MOVING MY BAGS AND LAYING OUT MY KIT AND ALL THE TIME FOLLOWING A CAREFUL ROOT THAT COVERED EVERY INCH OF THE SUITE WE CALL HER THE STORY GIRL PARTLY BECAUSE SHE'S SUCH A HAND TO TELL STORIES HAD DIED ON THE SAME DAY d626d9ab-0d40-4a04-9460-d6c141070098 SHARP PROVED TO BE A BARROW SHAPED MAN WHO WAS UNACCOUNTABLY CHEERLESS AS IF THE INSIDE STRUCTURE HAD BEEN CAREFULLY REMOVED AND THEN REPLACED BY SAWDUST YONAS THOUGHT AND THE RABBLE WAS SENT FLYING BY A NUMBER OF MEN WHO SEEMED TO HOLD SOME OFFICE DISTINGUISHED BY A WHATEVER IT IS IT CERTAINLY DOES THE WORK d63b817d-7fdc-481a-83dc-27df71701293 DEAR ME DEAR ME THAT'S MYSTERY IS SOLVED POOR PAT UNCLE ROGER NODDED HIS HEAD AS IF RESIGNING HIMSELF AND PAT TO THE WORST DO YOU REALLY THINK PEG BOWEN IS A WITCH UNCLE ROGER DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL INCREDULOUSLY DO I THINK PEG BOWEN IS A WITCH I WONDER WHO YOU ARE SAID POLYCHROME THE CANARY FLUTTERING ABOVE STRANGE POT CREATURE WHO HAD PROBABLY BEEN ASLEEP ON THE PATH d651ecd9-62cf-40ab-8de7-6ba25cfc6924 THE SHIP ON THE WAYS STILL RESEMBLED A WARSHIP TO SIX PLACES THE OFFICE DOORS WERE OPEN WHEN WE GOT THERE HUNGRY EXCLAIMED ALL THE DRAGONS IN A REPROACHFUL CHORUS SO IF WE START NOW WE MAY MEET THEM THERE d6525084-3bb1-46e3-bc1e-1a2cef90983f APPARENTLY HE INTERPRETED THE LOOKS OF CONSTERNATION ON THE FACES OF HIS AUDIENCE CORRECTLY THE THING HAD STOPPED MOVING LEARNED IT YEARS AGO BEFORE THE GATE TO THIS WORLD WAS CLOSED ONCE LONG AGO WE USED CRUDE PLATFORMS ON THE TOPS OF TREES ASKED HORN PERHAPS SAID TO NIB d665602e-7f7a-49d1-b761-ca11632b8207 WELL LET'S HEAR ABOUT IT SAID FELIX ALTHOUGH I THINK KISSING'S AWFUL SILLY AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED MUCH IF IT HADN'T EVER BEEN DISCOVERED THE FLAME WAS BRIGHT BUT NOT VERY HOT YET LUKE SCREAMED WITH TERROR AND SPRANG FORWARD WITH A GREAT BOUND d67383de-d271-4d1c-afed-791fee005cd1 ME GO DOWN THERE AFTER THAT MONSTER HERE JENOFER SAID THEY BROUGHT IT ASHORE TO HELP US OUT OF THE CABIN WE HAD NEVER DREAMED THERE WAS SO MUCH IN THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE YOU SAID ONCE YOU KNEW A STORY ABOUT THE AWKWARD MAN SAID FELIX YOU MIGHT TELL IT TO US d6769f0d-9f70-4415-bbce-e73a2918f6a6 WHO WILL GOVERN THE WINKIE COUNTRY DURING YOUR ABSENCE ASKED THE BOY WHY THE COUNTRY WILL RUN ITSELF ANSWERED THE EMPEROR THE FACT THAT THE APRON HAD TRIPPED HIM MADE ROOT REMEMBER ITS MAGIC POWERS AND IN HIS TERROR HE CRIED OUT OPEN HE PROCEEDED TO DESCRIBE THE BAD PLACE LATER ON WE DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD FOUND HIS MATERIAL IN AN ILLUSTRATED TRANSLATION OF DANTE'S INFERNO WHICH HAD ONCE BEEN GIVEN TO HIS AUNT JANE AS A SCHOOL PRIZE BUT AT THE TIME WE SUPPOSED HE MUST BE DRAWING FROM BIBLICAL SOURCES d69b4e40-5455-48b7-93d4-0144ed4cdcca ALL DAY LONG WHILE YOU ARE CHOPPING WOOD IN THE FOREST SO ASTONISHED THE TIN MEN BUT OUR BOY FRIEND HE CONTINUED LOOKING SOLEMNLY AT RUTH I WHO WAS SITTING BESIDE HER FELT AN UNACCOUNTABLE REPULSION CREEPING OVER ME HE NEVER GOES TO CHURCH AND HE NEVER SAYS HIS PRAYERS d6b2f226-41ea-445e-a74a-72a368339eb5 AND THE WEIRD LITTLE TALE TOLD IN A VOICE FRAUGHT WITH MYSTERY AND PATHOS HAD PEOPLED THEM FOR US WITH FURATIVE FOLKS IN BELT AND WAMPUM AND DARK DRESSED INDIAN MAIDENS WE MUST HALT AT NIGHT TO PERMIT HIM TO REST WHICH MARKED THE LINE BETWEEN FOREST AND PLAIN d6bbe743-79db-47cd-bd90-229e81f6c730 SHE TOLD US ONE OF HANS ANDERSEN'S MOST EXQUISITE TALES AND THE MAGIC OF HER VOICE CHARMED AWAY ALL OUR FEAR SO THAT WHEN WE REACHED THE BRACKEN HOLLOW A LAKE OF SHADOWS SURROUNDED BY THE SILVER SHORE OF MOONLIGHT FIELDS WE ALL WENT THROUGH IT WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF HIS SATANIC MAJESTY AT ALL IF HE GOT OUT TOWERS SAID IN A TONE THAT IRRITATED BRANDON I GOT OUT BRANDON SAID AND RIGHT NOW I'M WALKING AROUND IN YOUR PRECIOUS PLANET LIKE A BOY'S SCOUT CURSE THIS TULLIT HUCKY I'D GIVE A YEAR'S PAY IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW TOWERS d6cd59aa-6afc-4551-a95b-3b8d7a6e52e2 I SUPPOSE MISSUS SCOTT THOUGHT THAT WHAT WAS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE WAS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER A CAT IN A HAY LOFT IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE ETERNAL FITNESS OF THINGS AFTER ALL THERE AREN'T THAT MANY THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH A BATTLESHIP DON'T YOU CATCH IT YET THE STORY SHE TOLD YOU WAS TRUE EXCEPT SHE TWISTED IT AROUND A BIT THE WHOLE PLAN BUILDING THE BATTLESHIP THEN STEALING IT WAS HERS d6dcae1c-bad5-4218-b5c7-73ab23660ba4 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE OR IF YOU ARE REALLY I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU EVEN BELONG ON THE WORLD NOT BELONG ON THE WORLD WE OWN THE WORLD WE CAN SHOW WRITTEN TITLE TO THE WORLD CAN YOU I DOUBT IT WHERE DID YOU GET THE TITLE BUT HE SAID I MUST GO IN SOME HELPERY'S JUST THE SAME SAID PETER HE SAID IT MIGHT NOT BE THE JUDGMENT DAY TOMORROW THOUGH HE BELIEVED IT WAS I KNOW WE KEEP ME OUT OF MISCHIEF BUT I JUST CAN'T STAND IT BACK THERE ALONE SOME OF YOU FELLOWS MUST COME WITH ME I DON'T WANT YOU TO WORK BUT JUST FOR COMPANY d6de83bd-cba0-4b3a-b2cd-aa3e2582478e QUEER THINGS HAPPEN IN THE LAND OF OZ REPLIED THE CANARY AGAIN PERCHING ON THE GREEN MONKEY'S SHOULDER AND TURNING ONE BRIGHT EYED THOUGHTFULLY TOWARD HER QUESTIONER THERE WAS NO SHORTHAND REPORTER PRESENT TO TAKE THAT SERMON DOWN BUT IF NECESSARY I COULD PREACH IT OVER VERBATIM AND SO I DOUBT NOT COULD EVERYONE THAT HEARD IT IT WAS NOT A FORGETABLE KIND OF SERMON d6e4ae3a-a5de-4295-aedc-b3e479002eb1 I'D LIKE TO BE A MISSIONARY AND HAVE ADVENTURES LIKE THAT SAID FELIX IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT IF YOU COULD BE SURE THE CANNIBALS WOULD BE INTERRUPTED IN THE NICK OF TIME AS HIS WERE SAID DAN BUT SPOSEN THEY WEREN'T I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HIS FEELING SAID FELICITY WITH AN ANGRY TOSS OF HER SHINING HEAD BUT I GUESS I MADE HIS EARS TINGLE ALL RIGHT I BOX HIM GOOD AND HARD OH FELICITY WHAT FOR d6e9dad6-a08e-4984-87e5-5d2f848906af HE DOUBTED IT HE WAS BEGINNING TO NOTICE AND HE BEGAN TO BE INTERESTED IN LIVING AGAIN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF I EXPECTED THE STORY GIRL WOULD OVERWHELM HIM WITH SCORN AND INDIGNATION NO MATTER HOW LONG THEY ARE COMING UP d6f39438-5b11-4be4-b61a-f6d522848453 SOMETHING SCURRIED INTO A WISP OF BRUSH AS IF TO BEAR OUT BRANDON'S REALIZATION HE FROZE HIS EYES ON THE BRUSH HIS HAND REACHING FOR HIS HYDROSTATIC SHOCK PISTOL HE COULD HEAR NOTHING BUT THE WIND HOLLOWING HIS EARS HE STOOD FOR A LONG MOMENT THEN CAUTIOUSLY SKIRTED THE BRUSH AND CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE BURNING SHIP NOT AS BAD AS I HAD THOUGHT A SIX WEEK RUN GIVE HER TAKE A FEW DAYS AFTER FEEDING A COURSE INTO THE ROBOT PILOT I STRAPPED INTO THE ACCELERATOR TANK AND WENT TO SLEEP THE TIME WENT FAST I REBUILT MY CAMERA FOR ABOUT THE TWENTIETH TIME AND JUST ABOUT FINISHED A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE ON NUCLEONICS d6fa3c81-f720-4d7e-984d-09a2ec2e806c THE SCOOP REACHED DEEPER WATER AND SUBMERGED THROWING A MOUNTAINOUS BILLOW THAT SENT THE ISLAND QUEEN REELING AND ALL BUT FOUNDED HER FIRST I HAD TO BE SURE THAT I KNEW HIM WELL JUST AS WHEN I BUMPED INTO A MARK I KNEW HOW MUCH IT COULD BE TAKEN FOR AND JUST HOW TO DO IT d6fcac8d-a8ef-4890-8e23-d8a43fa31488 WE WALKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER AND WE DID NOT TALK WHEN YOU ARE NEAR THE RETREAT OF WITCHES AND THE FOLK OF THAT ILK THE LESS YOU SAY THE BETTER FOR THEIR FEELINGS ARE NOTORIOUSLY TOUCHY OF COURSE PEG WASN'T A WITCH BUT IT WAS BEST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE FINALLY WE CAME TO THE LANE WHICH LED DIRECTLY TO OUR ABODE WE WERE ALL VERY PALE NOW AND OUR HEARTS WERE BEATING THE RED SEPTEMBER SUN HUNG LOW BETWEEN THE TALL SPRUCES TO THE WEST IT DID NOT LOOK TO ME JUST RIGHT FOR A SON IN FACT EVERYTHING LOOKED UNCANNY BUT SAID THE KIND HEARTED TIN WOODMAN I'M AFRAID THE GREEN MONKEY WILL STARVE FOR MISSY ZOOP USED TO GET HER FOOD BY MAGIC AND NOW THAT MAGIC IS TAKEN AWAY FROM HER WHAT CAN SHE EAT WHY SHE'LL DO WHAT OTHER MONKEYS DO RETURNED THE SCARECROW EVEN IN THE FORM OF A GREEN MONKEY SHE IS A VERY CLEVER PERSON AND I'M SURE HER WITS WILL SHOW HER HOW TO GET PLENTY TO EAT d702b211-9149-435a-9da7-f87564b8b18f THE DOCTOR SMILED OPENLY NOW BRANDON FELL BACK ON THE GROUND WHATEVER IT WAS IT WAS BEYOND EMERGENCY REPAIR THERE WAS A DUSKY LITTLE PEAR SHAPED APPLE FROM ONE OF UNCLE STEPHEN'S TREES WHICH WAS OUR FAVOURITE d704f9cc-d97f-4473-9be1-d88cbfd8c951 TOWERS FROWNED WHAT INNER USE STRAIGHT ROCKET POWER WELL SIR NEVER MIND NOW YOU MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED OXYGEN OR HYDROGEN RICH ATMOSPHERE MELT AS YOU COMPRESS YOUR BLADES TRY AN AIR START ON STRAIGHT ROCKET I WANT THAT SHIP BACK BRANDON REPEAT I WANT THAT SHIP BACK WELL I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE EXPLORING I'M GOING TO TAKE A WHIRL AT WHAT I'LL CALL THE INFROMEDIAN EXISTENCE WHAT I'LL FIND THERE I DON'T KNOW LIFE OF SOME KIND HOWEVER FOR MY EXPERIMENTS PROVE THAT POSSIBLY NOT FRIENDLY d71816f4-7e95-4bc7-8bc1-d767d46d652f I'LL HAVE TO GO WITHOUT ANY THEN SAID PETER I I DON'T KNOW I ONLY GET FIFTY CENTS A WEEK AND I GIVE IT ALL TO MORROW LAST NIGHT THE PRIESTS BOWED A SECOND TIME THE ONLY VESTIGE OF COMFORT LEFT ME AND I WATCHED THEM WARILY SUSPECTING A TRICK d71e0eaf-0303-42e4-876e-52aa6d695a0b WHEN FELIX READ IT ON OUR FIRST SUNDAY IN CARLISLE HE REMARKED DUBIOUSLY THAT IT LOOKED LIKE POETRY BUT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE IT BUT HE'LL LAUGH AT US FOR A YEAR AND TELL THIS STORY TO EVERY SOUL THAT COMES TO THE PLACE YOU CAN'T BLAME HIM FOR THAT SAID THE STORY GIRL I SHALL TELL IT TOO I DON'T CARE IF THE JOKE IS AS MUCH ON MYSELF AS ANY ONE d72c47dc-2de5-4d34-8f3c-4e2f6397e0f3 AND GLINDA MAY BE ABLE TO RESTORE US TO OUR PROPER FORMS THIS TIME HE LANDED ON THE PAW OF THE GREAT CHIEF DRAGON WHO ANGRILY RAISED HIS OTHER PAW AND STRUCK THE GREEN MONKEY WITH A FIERCE BLOW THEN IF YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH PATTY TELL US COMMANDED THE STORY GIRL STANDING UP AT LEAST SO THE STORY GIRL SAID d734428a-1522-4cd3-81ad-cb4b241b451d I'M AWFUL SORRY FOR SARA BUT I'M GLAD I'M NOT HER SHE IS GOING TO WRITE YOU A LETTER TOO YOU'LL LET ME SEE WHAT SHE PUTS IN IT WON'T YOU YOU'D BETTER TAKE SOME MEXICAN TEA NOW IT'S A GOOD BLOOD PURIFIER I'M GOING TO GET A LOVELY DARK BLUE DRESS FOR THE WINTER IT IS EVER SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN SARA RAY'S BROWN ONE SARAY'S MOTHER HAS NO TASTE THIS ODD CREATURE WAS DRESSED IN THE REGULATION CLOAK BEING OF THE MUNCHKIN PEOPLE A DARK BLUE COAT NEATLY FITTING ON THE LONG BODY AND EACH PAIR OF LEGS HAVING A PAIR OF SKYBLUE TROUSERS WITH EACH BLUE TINTED STOCKINGS AND BLUE LEATHER SHOES TURNED UP AT THE POINTED TOES I WONDER WHO YOU ARE d735a661-a481-47a9-b3ea-d7ef3495828e WHY WHEN WE TEEMED UP WITH THE ILERONOIDS NOT TO MENTION THE SIPHONED TOWARD THE HEADLIGHTS THE BLOW HAD BEEN DIRECTED AT DOOR AND SHE SHOWED THAT SHE HAD ABSORBED MOST OF IT BY WILTING VISIBLY I TOLD YOU YOU'D HAVE TO STOP YOUR IRRESPONSIBLE PRACTICAL JOKING AND SETTLE DOWN d738304a-75b4-4d0b-a64e-317a05ddfe67 I THINK NOT WAS THE REPLY WE ARE ENGAGED UPON A RATHER DELICATE ADVENTURE FOR WE ARE SEEKING A GIRL WHO FEARS HER FORMER LOVER HAS FORGOTTEN HER WE WERE QUITE WILLING TO GO TO BED AND PRESENTLY WE FOUND OURSELVES TUCKED AWAY UPSTAIRS IN THE VERY ROOM LOOKING OUT EASTWARD INTO THE SPRUCE GROVE WHICH FATHER HAD ONCE OCCUPIED d739b72c-83ca-4ecf-8d05-96145e163bce E I MIGHT STILL DRAG THE SECRET OF THE CALM CRYSTAL SOURCE OUT OF THE ISLANDERS BOTH SLANTED RED EYES GLARED IN BRIEFLY THE CATALOGUE WAS WRONG AND DREAMING THAT SOME DAY HE MIGHT HAVE FLOCKS OF HIS OWN IN A DEAR LITTLE COTTAGE DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE HE AND AGLEIA MIGHT LIVE FIVE TIMES SIX ALMOST BROUGHT TEARS TO OUR EYES d766dfe0-c9fb-4dd3-9115-aa458d33b2a7 ADAM AND EVE LIVED IN A GARDEN ALL THE TIME SAID FELICITY AND THEY WERE FAR FROM BEING ALWAYS GOOD THEY MIGHTN'T HAVE KEPT GOOD AS LONG AS THEY DID IF THEY HADN'T LIVED IN A GARDEN SAID THE STORY GIRL WE WERE NOW SUMMONED TO BREAKFAST PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED AWAY THROUGH THE GAP FOLLOWED BY PATTY AND THE REST OF US WALKED UP THE ORCHARD TO THE HOUSE WELL WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE STORY GIRL NEITHER ARGUMENT ENTREATY NOR EXPOSTULATION HAD ANY EFFECT ON THOSE TWO STUBBORN GIRLS NOR YET THE TEARS OF SWEET CECILY WHO CRIED EVERY NIGHT ABOUT IT AND MINGLED IN HER PURE LITTLE PRAYERS FERVENT PETITIONS THAT FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL MIGHT MAKE UP I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU EXPECT TO GO WHEN YOU DIE FELICITY SHE SAID TEARFULLY IF YOU DON'T FORGIVE PEOPLE I HAVE FORGIVEN HER WAS FELICITY'S ANSWER BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FIRST FOR ALL THAT IT'S VERY WRONG MORE THAN THAT IT'S SO UNCOMFORTABLE COMPLAINED CECILY IT SPOILS EVERYTHING d770c56e-8326-4d98-94fe-223692ae67fd THE ACCOMPANYING SMALL OFFERINGS ARE A TESTIMONIAL OF OUR RESPECT AND GRATITUDE AND WE ENTREAT YOU TO HONOR US BY ACCEPTING THEM VERY RESPECTFULLY YOURS SARA STANLEY USED A PECULIAR FORM OF YUKU MAGIC THAT IS UNKNOWN TO ME MAKE YOURSELVES AT HOME IN THE GARDEN AND STAY ALL NIGHT IF YOU LIKE d770e948-70aa-4261-a68a-de249d27dcd4 I COULD KILL YOU WHERE YOU SIT GREETED NEW YOU SOUND LIKE A UNILACTICAL LECTURE ARE YOU THROUGH MARCHING ARM IN ARM INTO THE MISTY FUTURE HORN TOOK A BREATH IT'S EASIER TO WRITE THAN TO TELL IT OUT TO YOUR FACE WE THINK YOU'RE SMART AND POLITE AND A OBLIGING AND A GREAT WORKER AND A GENTLEMAN d7894323-6199-4d6a-b125-47de89c9d93c SARA RAY IS CRYING HALF HER TIME SAID CECILY IMPATIENTLY I'M SURE SHE CRIES A QUART FULL OF TEARS A MONTH THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU CAN'T HELP CRYING BUT I HIDE THEM SARA JUST GOES ON AND CRIES IN PUBLIC WE AVOIDED THE ORCHARD IT WAS FOR US TOO FULL OF HAPPY MEMORIES TO ACCORD WITH OUR BITTERNESS OF SOUL INSTEAD WE RESORTED TO THE SPRUCE WOOD WHERE THE HUSH AND THE SOMBRE SHADOWS AND THE SOFT MELANCHOLY SIGHING OF THE WIND IN THE BRANCHES OVER US DID NOT JAR HARSHLY ON OUR NEW SORROW d7953f82-e4b6-4156-a360-70fdd6b9c97a IF WE TURNED SOUTH NOW THE TIN OWL REPLIED THAT'S A PLACE I WISH TO AVOID FOR I'D HATE TO HAVE MY FRIENDS SEE ME IN THIS SAD FLIGHT I QUITE AGREE WITH YOU SAID THE TIN WOODMAN WITH ITS FADING LEAVES AND FROSTED GRASSES IT WAS A VERY PRETTY GIRL UNCLE ROGER BURNED HIS LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS SUCH FUN d79a0f35-a508-4e27-98af-173761cbe1f2 YOU TOOK THE DAPHINIS BY TREACHERY ASKED HORN THEY WERE SIMPLE FOOLS SAID TENUBE WE ARE SMALLER THUS THEY THOUGHT US WEAKER THE MARKED TWENTY'S MUZZLE CAME ROUND THE CENTER ON ORN'S STOMACH YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED MY QUESTION IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED ANYHOW SAID THE STORY GIRL SOMEWHAT LESS ASSUREDLY THOUGH IN THIS LITTLE OLD BOOK FILLED WITH CRAMPED BOYISH WRITING THERE IS A SPELL OF WHITE MAGIC THAT SETS THE YEARS AT NAUGHT d7ae8c5c-2d50-4b7c-b698-248841adba80 SAID FELICITY WITH A SHUDDER AT THE SACRILEGE NOT EVEN THE JUDGMENT WAS SO GREATLY TO BE FEARED PADDY WOULD NEVER BE EATEN MICE IF IT WAS SO FAR AS WE KNEW AND PARTLY BECAUSE SARA RAY WHO LIVES AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL SOFT FEATHERY GOLDEN CURLS d7bb7c33-3ff2-4451-8b84-a5534cbe10eb I THINK WE'D BETTER ALL GIVE HER SOMETHING SAID FELICITY I'M WILLING TO DO THAT BUT WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE PRESENTS TO HER OR I'LL CUT YOU WITH MY SWORD KNOWN TO FAIRIES OR YUKAHS IT IS YOUR TURN d7bdb578-8d33-4f44-834f-51c1a412e922 TO BE LEFT IN SOLE CHARGE OF A BIG HOUSE WITH THREE MEALS A DAY TO PLAN AND PREPARE WITH POULTRY AND COWS AND DAIRY AND GARDEN TO SUPERINTEND ALL LOOKED AS IF THEY WERE HELD PRISONERS IN THE BONDS OF A FEARSOME SPELL WHICH THEY WOULD GLADLY BREAK BUT COULD NOT WITH A LEDGE MIDWAY ON WHICH ONE COULD STAND d7c8e020-c011-405d-84ce-bf5879c7e2df IN A SORT OF PANIC I SNATCHED UP THE PAPER AND BESIDES HE WAS HOPE'S BROTHER SHOUTED VIC AS I JOINED THEM BREATHLESS BUT TRIUMPHANT THE NEXT DAY THE STORY GIRL COAXED UNCLE ROGER TO TAKE HER TO MARKDALE AS IF YOU HAD ANY COWS GIGGLED FELICITY d7c9aeb2-7aaa-4f71-ab27-c22a3afff7f6 COMING CLOSE TO OZMA SHE SAID YOUR MAJESTY ALL THIS TROUBLE WAS CAUSED BY THE WICKEDNESS OF MISSUS UPE THE GIANTESS YET EVEN NOW THAT CRUEL WOMAN IS LIVING IN HER SECLUDED CASTLE ENJOYING THE THOUGHT THAT SHE HAS PUT THIS TERRIBLE ENCHANTMENT ON LUTE THE WANDERER EVEN NOW SHE IS LAUGHING AT OUR DESPAIR BECAUSE WE CAN FIND NO WAY TO GET RID OF THE GREEN MONKEY MAKE IT OVER FOR YOURSELF JANET WELL I WILL IF YOU DON'T WANT IT I'M NOT TROUBLED WITH FANCIES THAT SEEMS TO BE ALL EXCEPT THIS BOX I SUPPOSE THE WEDDING DRESS IS IN IT OH BREATHED THE GIRLS CROWDING ROUND AUNT OLIVIA AS SHE LIFTED OUT THE BOX AND CUT THE CORD AROUND IT INSIDE WAS LAYING A DRESS OF SOFT SILK THAT HAD ONCE BEEN WHITE BUT WAS NOW YELLOWED WITH AGE AND ENFOLDING IT LIKE A MIST A LONG WHITE BRIDAL VEIL REDOLENT WITH SOME STRANGE OLD TIME PERFUME THAT HAD KEPT ITS SWEETNESS THROUGH ALL THE YEARS d7ca0e39-a19e-417a-b404-159eb118f6c2 THUS FAITH SUPERSTITION AND INCREDULITY STROVE TOGETHER AMONGST US BUT TALKING OF KISSING MAKES ME THINK OF A STORY I FOUND IN AUNT OLIVIA'S SCRAPHOOK THE OTHER DAY BUT THE SCARECROW WHO WAS A VERY THOUGHTFUL PERSON SAID TO HIS FRIENDS WHEN HE FLEW TO THE BACK OF A CHAIR AND PERCHED UPON IT d7ed7b80-ee66-423b-8328-d0e7a7d25deb WE KNEW THAT UNCLE ALEC WAS FOND OF CHILDREN AND WAS HEART GLAD TO WELCOME ALLEN'S BOYS THERE'S A GOOD DEAL OF IT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HE SAID BUT I READ EVERY WORD AND THAT'S THE MAIN THING THAT STORY ABOUT JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHER WAS SO INTERESTING I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT THE JUDGMENT DAY d7f4982f-1375-48c3-9e8f-a1163844f934 WE CAN CONTINUE AS SOON AS THE SPEAKER SAID YES YES SAID TO NEW WHY DID YOU LAND SO FAR FROM IT WE DIDN'T WANT TO COME DOWN WHERE WE MIGHT DESTROY ANYTHING HAD HE REMAINED HIS NATURAL SIZE THE DISTANCE COULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IN A FEW STEPS d829f7c5-1d3d-437f-ab8d-45bff0f6be7d DID YOU EVER FIGHT ASKED THE STORY GIRL ONCE I SAID BRIEFLY DREADING THE NEXT QUESTION WHICH PROMPTLY CAME WHO BEAT IT IS SOMETIMES A BITTER THING TO TELL THE TRUTH ESPECIALLY TO A YOUNG LADY FOR WHOM YOU HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION I HAD A STRUGGLE WITH TEMPTATION IN WHICH I FRANKLY CONFESS I MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSTED HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A SAVING AND TIMELY REMEMBRANCE OF A CERTAIN RESOLUTION MADE ON THE PRECEDING JUDGMENT SUNDAY IT'S A VERY TENDER PART OF HIM AND IT'S HIS ONLY WAY OF PREVENTING IT AND HE DOESN'T MEAN ANY HARM IF YOU CAN CURE PATTY FOR US WE WILL ALWAYS BE VERY VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU THE ACCOMPANYING SMALL OFFERINGS ARE A TESTIMONIAL OF OUR RESPECT AND GRATITUDE AND WE ENTREAT YOU TO HONOR US BY ACCEPTING THEM VERY RESPECTFULLY YOURS SARA STANLEY d8399d22-66b4-4eea-8849-04c9d9477eb9 PETER EAGERLY GRASPED HER HAND PETER WAS BY WAY OF SKULKING SHAMEFACEDLY PAST INTO THE SHADOWS BUT ALL AT ONCE SHE HEARD A STAMPING OF HOOFS BEHIND HER AND WHEN SHE TURNED SHE ALMOST DIED FROM FRIGHT FOR THERE WAS THE GREAT GOD PAN AND HE WAS A VERY TERRIBLE OBJECT LOOKING QUITE AS MUCH LIKE A GOAT AS A MAN d840433f-d1bf-4c76-a4b5-f4de661113b7 BUT AT THE SOUND OF STRANGE VOICES WHICH ECHOED RATHER LOUDLY THROUGH THE CLEARING WE HALTED WITH A GLAD REALIZATION THAT WE WERE BACK IN OUR OWN HAUNTS AND THAT PEG BOWEN HAD NOT CAUGHT US d845a672-be2e-4d95-ac2c-cba1ed6e1507 ONE OF THE SCARECROW'S RECITATIONS WAS LIKE THIS WHAT SOUND IS SO SWEET AS THE STRAW FROM THE WHEAT WHEN IT CRINKLES SO TENDER AND LOW IT IS YELLOW AND BRIGHT SO IT GIVES ME DELIGHT TO CRINKLE WHEREVER I GO IN THE DIM CANDLELIGHT SHE LOOKED UNBELIEVABLY PRETTY AND APPEALING I PUT MY ARM ABOUT HER AND GAVE HER A COUSINLY SALUTE NEVER YOU MIND HIM FELICITY I SAID HE'S ONLY A GROWN UP d84cdfbc-3b64-4f42-a916-e3b464cddf35 ASKED TO NEWBE VERY MANY SAID ORAN YOUR CITY I SAW VERY TALL BUILDINGS OF WHAT DO YOU BUILD THEM DAN LIKE PETER WRITES LYING DOWN FLAT BUT WITH HIS BACK TOWARDS US AND HE HAS A DISMAL HABIT OF GROANING ALOUD WRITHING HIS WHOLE BODY AND DIGGING HIS TOES INTO THE GRASS WHEN HE CANNOT TURN A SENTENCE TO SUIT HIM d866cde2-eed4-46c4-b040-735a2a0bbf65 BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE BROUGHT FORTH OR EVER THOU'ST HAD FORMED THE EARTH IN THE WORLD I GUESS YOU WILL LIKE EM THE JAGUAR SNARLED IN DERISION AND LASHED HIS TAIL AGAINST THE GROUND ANGRILY A DARK BLUE COAT NEATLY FITTING ON THE LONG BODY d86e7569-fdeb-472d-b85e-b7a826fd7fad I HOPED I WASN'T BREAKING TOO MANY TABOOS BY GOING IN ROLLED OUT OF THE CAVE AND LANDED AT HIS FEET NOT REALLY FROM PARADISE IT COULD HAVE ONLY BEEN ABOUT THREE DAYS HE SAID THAT THE LARGER BEFOCATES TO BE A NUISANCE d86f6e8f-8232-446a-948a-13299a6d0cb8 AND EACH POST BORE AT ITS TOP COME TO THINK OF IT HE REMARKED LOOK UP HOPE VIC'S VOICE WAS KINDLY YET FIRM AND GRAVELY COMMANDING WHAT WOULD BE LIKE TO LIVE FOR EVER IN THIS WORLD EVEN CHILDREN OF WHOM WE HAD HEARD DIED P S OH I DO HOPE PETER WILL GET BETTER d884446d-4f0e-4f6e-8254-75527e193ecf HE WAS MY AGE THIRTEEN AND SHE CRIED OVER US AND WISHED US WELL AND THE FAMOUS KING ORCHARD BEFORE IT SHE WORE I REMEMBER A DRESS OF WARM CRIMSON AND SHE HAD WOUND AROUND HER A STRING OF WAXBERRIES THAT LOOKED LIKE A FILLET OF PEARLS d88a1dca-6f11-491d-8c19-7c4b45ea4834 HERAKNUFF SHALL REMAIN FOR ALL THAT I CAN DO WHILE THE EARTH REMAINS THE OLD WOMAN FROWNED AT HIM SUSPICIOUSLY THAT YOURSELF WILL BE DOING BUT GLAUCON WAS NOT AFRAID AT ALL BECAUSE PAN WAS THE GOD OF SHEPHERDS AND HE WAS BOUND TO GRANT ANY PRAYER A GOOD SHEPHERD WHO ALWAYS DID HIS DUTY MIGHT MAKE d894f0f9-48e3-4a21-a047-d542a0e73fa1 BUT AUNT OLIVIA WAS QUITE ENRAPTURED WITH THEM IT WASN'T CUSHIONED HOWEVER AND HE ALWAYS BRUISED HIS HANDS IN HIS SELF FORGETFUL EARNESTNESS CHAPTER FOUR THE LOONS OF LOONVILLE OZMA WAS STUDYING A ROLL OF MANUSCRIPT WHEN SHE HAD TAKEN d897e76f-eaaf-4dde-9265-77e9d837bc23 WHILE TO BE UNLIKE OTHERS IS A MARK OF DISTINCTION SURELY IT IS NOT THE GIRL'S FAULT THAT I NO LONGER LOVE HER I'M SURE I WON'T SLEEP ANYHOW SAID FELICITY I NEVER WAS SO SURPRISED IN MY LIFE WILL MONTAGUE FELL IN LOVE WITH RACHEL WARD AND SHE WAS WITH HIM AND d8a3d11c-72b5-491b-84ff-31818e2a54b6 THE TRAFFIC IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT SLOWED ME UP A BIT STTCHING ITS LENGTH COMFORTABLY IN THE SHADE OF THE BIG MAPLES IS THERE ANOTHER KEY PARIN I SNAPPED THE SPACE YARD MANAGER WAS NAMED ROCKER AND HE WAS HAPPILY ASLEEP WHEN WE ARRIVED BUT NOT FOR LONG d8a5a198-4d47-4aae-81bf-4f38d46cf146 NONE OF THE GROWN UPS WERE GOING TO CHURCH AUNT OLIVIA HAD A SICK HEADACHE AND UNCLE ROGER STAYED HOME WITH HER AUNT JANET AND UNCLE ALEC HAD GONE TO THE MARKDALE SERVICE AND HAD NOT YET RETURNED BUT PETER'S STOCKINGS WERE ALWAYS DARNED AUNT OLIVIA HAD SEEN TO THAT EVER SINCE SHE HEARD OF PETER'S SINGULAR DEVICE REGARDING THEM ON HIS FIRST SUNDAY d8a85558-543c-473b-ad7c-53b39611035f I WANT TO BE LIKE THE REST OF YOU THERE MUST BE A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE OF COURSE IF WE ONLY KNEW WHAT IT WAS THE MAN WAS A GREAT ACTOR HIS EYES OPENED WIDE HIS JAW DROPPED HE SANK BACK INTO THE CHAIR AS IF HE HAD BEEN TAPPED LIGHTLY WITH A HAMMER d8afb9a1-ed4d-43b3-88a2-a79d9e990fa0 THE STORY GIRL DID NOT BOTHER HER MONTHS WE THOUGHT HE WAS TRYING TO BE FUNNY UNTIL WE FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS QUITE IN EARNEST HE ISN'T THERE AND THE BED HASN'T BEEN SLEPT IN WHICH SET MY NERVES ON EDGE THOSE PRIESTS ARE WISER THAN THE REST OF THIS CREW d8b2671b-f17c-450e-8fe7-6cd54e9d807a SOMETHING ODD IN THE SET OF THE QUEEN'S SAILS PUZZLED HIM UNTIL HE IDENTIFIED THE ABNORMALITY IN SPITE OF DISTANCE AND THE SWIFT APPROACH OF THE OLD FISHING BOAT HE COULD HAVE SWORN THAT HER SAILS BELLIED NOT WITH THE WIND BUT AGAINST THE STORY GIRL ON THE CONTRARY WAS UNDER ECLIPSE SHE WAS FAIR AND LUSTRELESS FROM HER DISTURBED NIGHT AND EARLY RISING AND NO OPPORTUNITY OFFERED TO TELL A MELTING TALE NOBODY TOOK ANY NOTICE OF HER IT WAS FELICITY'S DAY d8b7caec-2819-4473-b213-c698c82f18b8 WELL FOR MY PART I AM GLAD HE DID WHAT MUST WE DO DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW TO ESCAPE FROM THESE TRANSFORMATIONS PAT OUR OWN DEAR FROLICSOME PADDY WAS SICK AGAIN VERY VERY SICK HE SAT DOWN RIGHT BESIDE ME AND BEGAN TO TALK d8d0c9c6-74d7-486a-9f9a-7d019a713062 IT HAD PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE GAMES OF OUR UNCLES AND AUNTS BEING FORTIFIED CASTLE INDIAN AMBUSH I WAS UNDER PRESSURE NOW TO ACT AND A GREATER PRESSURE NOT TO MAKE ANY MISTAKES USING THEIR DISCLOSURE AS A PROD I COULD HAVE MADE HIM JUMP THROUGH HOOPS IT WASN'T NECESSARY d8d27b48-b8b0-45db-b3e8-956bde6650f9 I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HE WAS A GOAT THERE WOULD BE NO TRAVEL IN THE HOT AFTERNOON FOR THE SECTOR THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO HIM HE WOULD NOT NEED A MAP THE HOME OF OUR FATHERS SHE WAS CONSTANTLY IN A QUITE JUSTIFIABLE TERROR A MIGHTY SHORT ROPE d8e2d72b-73a6-421f-86e8-5d9262d12bcd AND A CHINA FRUIT BASKET WITH AN APPLE AS A HANDLE WENT ON FELICITY MUCH RELIEVED AND YOU MUSTN'T CALL NAMES OR MAKE FACES IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT PEPPE WAS A MONOMANIAC AN EGOMANIAC AND A SARCOTIC AS A SORTED COMPUTER NO ON EMPLOYMENT A SURFACE OF A METALS AND READY MARKETS FOR ALL THEY PRODUCE d8e77d8b-9463-4335-aa65-5cd02f515afa EXCEPT FOR THE CAPTURED ARMAND YOU STILL HOLD YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE WEAPONS TO MEET US CONTINUED HORN OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T BE CARRYING THAT RIFLE OFF THE DELPHINIS IF YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH THEN WE SHALL DIE BRAVELY SAID TO NUB YESTERDAY AFTERNOON MISTER BUTLER LEAVES A LETTER FOR ME WHICH I'M TO MAIL EARLY THIS MORNING SPECIAL DELIVERY IT'S TO YOU I RECKON YOU GOT IT SIR THAT'S WHY I'M HERE GO ON d8eaff7e-307b-4320-a91a-8a9cc08b5d2a MY DEAR SARA WHAT DO YOU THINK OF A WOMAN WHO CAN TURN YOUR SET HERSELF INTO A BLACK CAT WHENEVER SHE LIKES THE SOLDIER IS A SPLENDID MAN WHEN MARCHING ON PARADE HAVING GLUED THIS ON TO THE BODY POLYCHROME HOPED FOR A THUNDER STORM FOLLOWED BY A RAINBOW d90e9177-450c-491c-a4ca-bf93eb5cea8b JONAS DID NOT IN SPITE OF HIS POSE LOOK LIKE THE TYPICAL HERO FOLK TALE OR SCRIBE'S TOME THIS HERE KUNUCH HE SAID HE WANTS TO SEE ME MANUEL WENT WITH MULA A ROUND EASY MAN AND A SPAR SCORNED MULE AND SUCH ODD NAMES ON IT TOO d91456de-e6d0-4d85-acdb-9d0afa45283f THERE WAS ONE OF FATHER'S THIN LETTERS FOR FELIX A FAT FOREIGN LETTER FOR THE STORY GIRL ADDRESSED IN HER FATHER'S MINUTE HANDWRITING A DROP LETTER FROM FOR CECILY FROM SOME SCHOOL FRIEND WITHIN HASTE WRITTEN ACROSS THE CORNER AND A LETTER FOR AUNT JANET POSTMARKED MONTREAL YES I SUPPOSE ONE OF THE PRIESTS OPERATES IT FROM SOME HIDDEN ROOM WHATEVER IT IS IT CERTAINLY DOES THE WORK d9202d86-6db6-4942-a0ed-3c668baa4b9b IT WAS GOING TO BE A REAL SCORCHER HE DECIDED WORSE THAN ANY DESERT ON EARTH HE SAT UP STIFFLY ON THE TELETOKEY SCREEN BRIHNHARD ALONE IN THE RADIO ROOM WAS CALLING QUIETLY FOR BRAND YOU SPEAK EXCELLENT GALACTICE SAID ORAN THE HIGH PATH CHIEF COMMANDED THE BEST TEACHER SAID TO NUB IN THE ABRUPT SHOCK OF MEETING ORN RECOGNISED THE WEAPON STANDARD ISSUE TO THE MARINE GUARDS ON ALL IRON R SURVEYSHIPS d9219a25-232b-400b-8575-61752d90acc2 BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR NEARLY A YEAR CERTAINLY THIS WAS NO PLACE TO SET DOWN THE FULL WEIGHT OF ASTRO THEN TURNED HIS HEAD BACK TOWARD THE REMAINS OF THE SHIP AND I HAD TO LEARN IT AND BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO ITS USE THROUGH ANALYZING WHAT YOU JUST SAID ADDED TO THE CREW WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH d92acb09-544e-4019-9558-26eb7fbddc93 WHILE THEY STOOD MARVELING THE OWLS CAME BACK THERE IS NO DANGER IN SPITE OF DISTANCE AND THE SWIFT APPROACH OF THE OLD FISHING BOAT AND IT'S ALL DONE AND OUT OF THE WAY BUT THE LOAVES DON'T SEEM QUITE AS BIG AS THEY SHOULD BE SHE ADDED DOUBTFULLY d9383322-ac36-4d05-b4a7-1e4b069ecd55 THERE ARE NO LAND DWELLING CREDITORS ON COLLAXIA IT FLOATED LIKE A GLISTENING PLUM COLORED ISLAND WE CAN OFFER A TESTEDETICS PROGRAMME THAT WILL ELIMINATE RACIAL ANXIETY WITHIN A FEW GENERATIONS NEVER FLINCH BECAUSE A SLIP OF THE LASS LOOKS SCORNFUL AT YOU OUT OF THE BONNIEST DARK BLUE EYES ON EARTH d942a988-85b1-43ee-8d20-f7664c16c155 THEIR CASE WAS THE MORE DESPERATE BECAUSE THE CHAFFAS WERE PROFESSIONAL FREIGHTERS WITH LITTLE EXPERIENCE OF EMERGENCY SO THAT YOU MAY IDENTIFY IT CHAFFEE THREE FINISHED HELPFULLY THE ZID HAS THIS APPEARANCE NINETY EIGHT PER CENT OF THEIR OUTPUT IS NOW FEEDING INTO COALS THAT MAKE AN ELECTROMAGNET OF THIS SHIP'S HULL YOU WILL FIND IT VERY HARD TO SEPARATE US AND I WOULD ADVISE YOU NOT TO TRY d955153e-82c1-4a19-8b5f-322e465501f3 THEN DOWN HE SPRANG TO THE FLOOR AND MADE HIS WAY TO THE DOOR OPEN AGLEYA HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH GLECON JUST AS HE HAD WITH HER BUT SHE NEVER LET HIM SUSPECT IT FOR EVER SO LONG HE DID NOT KNOW HOW OFTEN SHE WOULD STEAL UP THE MOUNTAIN AND HIDE BEHIND THE ROCKS NEAR WHERE THE SHEPHERD PASTURED TO LISTEN TO GLECON'S BEAUTIFUL MUSIC d96bf5c0-2572-4f1c-a46a-d45170efd944 WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO START FIRST HOW'D YOU SPOT RIGHT AWAY WHERE THEY'D HIDDEN THE DELPHINIS EASY HE STOOD FOR A LONG MOMENT THEN CAUTIOUSLY SKIRTED THE BRUSH AND CONTINUED ON TOWARD THE BURNING SHIP THERE WAS AN ODD CLICKING SOUND AND HE STOPPED IT SOUNDED AGAIN d9744ce9-6049-46a0-973a-01d706b90a0c THIS VERY WELL AND ALL THE THINGS WERE THERE SAID CECILY MOURNFULLY REFERRING TO A MAJOR ADVANCE IN INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL DUE TO A MAXIMUM SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EFFORT PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON HIS FULL DRESS UNIFORM APPEARED ON THE SCREEN d98cc92b-a4f3-4c73-ad1f-0dd1e8fe13a4 NEXT WOKE TRIED TO FIND THE CANARY AND THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH MOONLIGHT SHOWING THROUGH THE WINDOW TO ENABLE HIM TO SEE WHERE THE CAGE HUNG BUT IT WAS OUT OF HIS REACH AT FIRST HE WAS TEMPTED TO LEAVE POLYCHROME AND ESCAPE WITH HIS OTHER FRIENDS BUT REMEMBERING HIS PROMISE TO THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER LUKE TRIED TO THINK HOW TO SAVE HER SO WAS I BUT SHE COULDN'T HAVE IT CERTAINLY ISN'T HERE I HAVE HEARD THAT THE WHITE PLUME ON IT COST A SMALL FORTUNE HERE IS HER BLACK SILK MANTLE SEEMS LIKE SACRILEGE TO MEDDLE WITH THESE CLOTHES DON'T BE FOOLISH OLIVIA THEY MUST BE UNPACKED AT LEAST AND THEY MUST ALL BE BURNED SINCE THEY HAVE CUT SO BADLY THIS PURPLE CLOTH DRESS IS QUITE GOOD HOWEVER d9a0de69-66d0-457a-b162-9830691ac8ed AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE GET OVER THAT AND YOU'LL ELIMINATE MOST OF YOUR TROUBLE IN THE FOREGROUND THE BOAT AND ITS OCCUPANTS WERE SHARPLY ETCHED I LEANED FORWARD BUTTING WITH MY HEAD BOTH DOUBLED FISTS WORKING LIKE PISTONS TO CLEAR MY WAY TO MY COMPANIONS YOU UNDERSTAND THE ORDERS ANYWAY THAT'S ALL IT'S NECESSARY d9a84028-e883-41f2-8d1a-12d87377aa53 CHERANNA CHERUSOE CHERANNA CRUSO THE STRONGEST FIRST BILLIONAIRE TO FOUND HOME WILD DOES YOUR NEW GEAR LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THIS BUT ONLY ONCE d9a91816-79e6-42e6-b92e-9da01b97a8e6 HE WOULD NOT LOOK AT CECILY BUT EVERYONE ELSE HAD FORGIVEN HER THE STORY GIRL LEANED THAT BROWN HEAD OF HERS AGAINST THE FIR TRUNK BEHIND HER AND LOOKED UP AT THE APPLE GREEN SKY THROUGH THE DARK BOUGHS ABOVE US THIS WAS THE PLAN AND I FELT IN MY BONES THAT I WAS RIGHT I MIGHT BE WRONG ON SOME OF THE MINOR DETAILS THEY WEREN'T IMPORTANT I KNEW THE GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE IDEA JUST AS WHEN I BUMPED INTO A MARK I KNEW HOW MUCH IT COULD BE TAKEN FOR AND JUST HOW TO DO IT d9b5680d-29e7-4bbe-91f6-a62633a0297f AND IN HIS OWN WAY HE HAD HIS REWARD IF THERE WERE SUCH A THING AS TOTAL CONTACT CONSTANT CONTACT OVER PERIOD DAYS YONIST THOUGHT CLARTON WOULD USE ME FOR A PUPPET A VERITABLE PUNCH AMONG MEN HE WOULD OVERRIDE ME AND TAKE ME OVER THE WAY A TRAVELLING ENTERTAINER RULES HIS JOINTED DOLLS AS I HAVE FORGOTTEN YOU ROUND THE WORKSHOP THE STRAW MAN WAS AWKWARD IN HIS MOVEMENTS d9bdd4e1-511a-4693-95bd-26e5fbe995e1 WHY A BATTLESHIP WHY ALL THE TROUBLE IN YEARS OF WORK TO GET A SHIP THAT TWO PEOPLE COULD JUST BARELY MANAGE WITH A TENTH OF THE EFFORT PEPEY COULD HAVE HAD A CRUISER THAT WOULD HAVE SUITED HIS PURPOSES JUST AS WELL JUST AS GOOD FOR SPACE PIRACY THAT IS BUT NOT FOR HIS PURPOSES I KNEW HE NEVER WENT OUT OF THE DOOR CRIED DAN TRIUMPHANTLY WHEN THE LAST BUGGY HAD DRIVEN AWAY FELICITY SET A BATCH OF BREAD AND THE REST OF US SAT AROUND THE BACK PORCH STEPS IN THE CAT SLIGHT AND ATE CHERRIES SHOOTING THE STONES AT EACH OTHER d9d4909c-c130-4207-ac33-4a23f74f1a4c BUT IF HE WAKES UP SOME DAY AND FINDS HE'S AN OLD BACHELOR BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET ANY ONE IT'LL HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT FLAVOR THE QUOTES AROUND INTELLIGENT WERE CLEAR IN HIS INTONATION FOR HIS SMILE BECAME MORE FRIENDLY AND HE CONTINUED IN A CASUAL TONE d9d62171-89fc-4355-8629-1019d4096caf WE LOOKED AT HER WITH A SLIGHTLY INCREDULOUS AWE I DIDN'T SAID FELICITY INDIGNANTLY ALL COMBINED TO MAKE HIM VERY REAL TO US WHO LIVES HERE HE ASKED LET US TRAVEL IN SOME OTHER DIRECTION WE MIGHT GO STRAIGHT INTO THE EMERALD CITY d9e0072e-75c5-4295-a6c5-37ae892cf01c THERE WAS A THICK MUSCLED NO FAT LOOK TO ORN BUT SOMETHING ABOUT HIS BLOCKY OFF CENTERED FEATURES SUGGESTED A CLOWN DID IT CRACK UP HERE WE DON'T KNOW I EXPECT WE'D GET TIRED OF IT AFTER A WHILE SAID THE STORY GIRL BUT SHE ADDED I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOODLY WHILE BEFORE I WOULD d9e68ede-70eb-4169-a5e1-6b9657fa7bca AXE AND CAPTAIN FIGHTER CUT HIMSELF TO PIECES WITH HIS ON WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY TO A GREEN MONKEY WHICH USED TO BE A BOY CALLED BOOT THE WANDERER THE IDEA APPEALED TO US AND THE DAY BEING SATURDAY AND THE APPLES ALL PICKED WE BETOOK OURSELVES TO THE ORCHARD TO COMPOSE OUR EPISTLES d9ed5175-9e06-4b67-b553-097a7a2733c4 THE DRAGONS PAUSED ASTONISHED AT THE MAGIC AND BLINKING AT THE SUNLIGHT HAPPY WHAT'S THAT MIND YOU DON'T BREAK IT AUNT OLIVIA MUST ALWAYS WASH IT NOT YOUR MOTHER AND A TEA SET AND A BLUE CANDLESTICK NOR DID HE MEAN TO TAKE A TEXT d9f11cf8-f977-45a7-8c69-a6013f93dc3d BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH TO HIDE ANGELINA NOW BEING BUILT NOW IN THE NAVAL SHIPYARD AT EUDORIDE THE RELEASE AND FOLLOW UP ALL HARPED ON ONE THEME WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT A SACRILEGE MEANT BUT WE KNEW THAT MISTER MILWOOD HAD DECLARED THAT THE PICTURE WAS NOT LIKE GOD d9ff01f0-e61f-4a73-b339-96b72155378a LATER THE SAME DAY I CAUGHT ONE OF THEM ALONE AND SHOUTED HEY GEORGE AT HIM IT GURGLED OUT THROUGH THE SPEAKER IN THE LOCAL TONGUE AND HE TURNED ROUND THE COLD FEELING WAS NOW A BALL OF ICE THAT THREATENED TO PARALYZE ME YOU'RE LYING I SAID HOARSELY AND EVEN I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT da07b027-9dab-48d6-a45a-d897a3f7d20a AND THEN IN FIVE YEARS TIME THE TREE BORE APPLES THE STORY GIRL WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND I CAN RECALL THE TREMENDOUS LEAP SHE MADE OVER FALLEN LOGS AND LITTLE SPRUCE BUSHES WITH HER LONG BROWN CURLS STREAMING OUT BEHIND HER FROM THEIR SCARLET FILLET DEPRIVE THE DOG OF HIS PROPER SHAPE FOR IT IS BEST TO MEET BRAVELY WHAT CANNOT BE AVOIDED da0879d8-b613-4f0c-b405-1647d2e51b6d HER BROWN FACE WAS SEAMED WITH A HUNDRED WRINKLES AND HER TANGLED GRIZZLED HAIR FELL UNKEMPTLY OVER HER SHOULDERS A COMPOUND LETTER CAN PEG PORTHON AND WHAT GOOD IS THE STRAW MAN TO YOU OR TO HIMSELF WHEN THE DITCH KEEPS YOU FROM GOING ANY FARTHER da0b2b16-4b3b-4061-bf38-94a3e3155c4f THEY WERE SMALL RED CLUSTERED BERRIES OF A GLOSSY SEDUCTIVE APPEARANCE AND WE WERE FORBIDDEN TO EAT THEM BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE POISONOUS DAN PICKED A CLUSTER AND HELD IT UP DAN KING DON'T YOU DARE EAT THOSE BERRIES SAID FELICITY IN HER BOSSIEST TONE THEY'RE POISON DROP THEM RIGHT AWAY UNLESS YOU GIVE THEM A WHITE BILL IN THE MEANTIME HIGH COMMISSIONER BULWIN WILL HAVE WORD OF THIS PLANET BY THEN IF CHINA THREE STILL EXISTS IN FIVE DAYS CAN'T YOU IMAGINE THE FUND THE POLITICIANS MY MA MEA WE WANT THIS PLANET CLEARED FOR CONTACT OR DEAD BEFORE THEN da1cc94c-ac52-4953-b76d-19f95bbb44a0 WHILE MARGARET HAD BEEN THINKING OF HIM AND LONGING FOR HIM AND PRAYING FOR HIM HE HAD BEEN LYING IN HIS LONELY FAR AWAY GRAVE WELL AFTER THAT HE LOCKS HIMSELF UP IN HIS WORK ROOM SO MISSUS PERWIN SAYS SHE BEING THE HOUSEKEEPER AS YOU KNOW SIR LEAVING WORD NOT TO DISTURB HIM FOR DINNER WE DON'T THINK SO MUCH OF THAT MISTER BUTLER BEING TOOK WITH STREAKS OF WORKING AT ALL HOURS AS YOU KNOW da27335b-6645-4686-862c-18f2e04171ff AND YOU NEVER WANTED TO COME BACK TO EARTH BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRANK OF THE MAGIC CUP YOU FORGOT ALL YOUR PAST LIFE EXCEPT FOR ONE DAY IN EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU WERE ALLOWED TO REMEMBER IT I WISH THERE WAS SUCH A PLACE AS FAIRYLAND AND A WAY TO GET TO IT SAID CECILY I HAD MY NAIL FAR OUT AND WAS TOUCHING UP A CUTICLE HOLDING IT OUT FOR INSPECTION BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING I HAD BEEN QUITE SURPRISED TO FIND THEY REALLY EXISTED da3006ad-38c5-4295-870d-3b7264738186 ONE SAYS I'M A LITTLE BY FIVE YEARS OLD AND I JUST LOVE YOUR OZ STORIES THE OLD MAN HAD THAT LOOK OF INTENSE GLEE ON HIS FACE THAT MEANT SOME ONE WAS IN FOR A VERY ROUGH TIME da376e84-1eaa-4e7d-b6dd-8386b88b67d2 BUT HE MANAGED TO HAUL JENIFER UP WITH HIM DANGLING THE LIMP FORM OF THE ZID FROM ITS GREAT RUBBERY LIPS LIKE A DROWNED KITTEN MUCH PRESTIGE ATTACHED TO THEM AND MY BLACK DRESS OUTFIT SHOULD WRITE AS HIGHLY AS ANY UNIFORM IN THE GALAXY da424622-5c70-4cac-8d39-c84713861aa6 AND WHILE SHE WAS WAITING THERE THINKING SUCH LOVELY THOUGHTS A NEIGHBOR'S BOY CAME RUNNING UP A BOY WHO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HER ROMANCE AND CRIED OUT THAT MALCOLM WARD HAD BEEN KILLED BY HIS GUN GOING OFF ACCIDENTALLY A LITTLE MORE TIME AND THEY MIGHT LET ME INTO THE TOWNSHIP WHERE I CAN LEARN SOMETHING IF HOMESIDE YOU'VE HAD SEVEN TEN DAYS SATTERFIELD SAID HOMESIDE WON'T WAIT LONGER AUBREY THEY NEED THOSE CALM CRYSTALS TOO BADLY da6054c4-13cc-4d1e-801b-bae767b4a09f FOUR TIMES THEY TOUCHED THEIR FOREHEADS TO THE GROUND AND AS THE FOURTH GESTURE WAS COMPLETED SOMETHING MOVED SWIFTLY BEHIND THE LIPS OF THE IMAGE AS THOUGH A PLATE HAD LIFTED FOR A MOMENT AND DROPPED AGAIN WERE THEY EVER LIKE THIS BEFORE I ASKED CECILY AS WE TALKED THE MATTER OVER PRIVATELY IN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK NEVER FOR SO LONG SAID CECILY THEY HAD A SPELL LIKE THIS LAST SUMMER AND WON THE SUMMER BEFORE BUT THEY ONLY LASTED A COUPLE OF DAYS AND WHO SPOKE FIRST da6fe116-71fa-4b9f-861b-a5764de47675 PETER IS VERY VERY SICK SHE SAID MISERABLY MARGARET WAITED FOR NEARLY A YEAR THE STORY GIRL WAS TO PREPARE THE POTATOES SHE DOESN'T EITHER FELICITY KING TIN PATTY PANS AREN'T VERY ROMANTIC SAID THE STORY GIRL DISCONTENTEDLY da7a2a90-a56a-4c00-a01e-7adb821147d5 WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH IT ASKED THORN WITHIN A YEAR WE WILL HAVE A COPY WITH OUR OWN IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THAT YOU INTEND TO START A WAR BY THIS TIME WE WERE ALL SITTING DOWN ON THE GNARLED ROOTS OF THE SPRUCES AND THE BIG GRAY CAT CAME OVER AND MADE FRIENDS WITH US da827905-ce72-4025-a4fe-2950248decc6 YET THE INQUISITOR TOOK HIM AND HAD A CONFESSION FROM HIM THIS IS YOUR HOUSE HE SAID THE HOUSE WHERE YOU LIVE AFTER ALL YOU DID NOT DO THE JOB YOURSELF AND SINCE THIS STRANGE WANDERER HAS REMINDED ME OF NIMY ANNIE SO THAT THEIR BODY SPARKLED AS BEAUTIFULLY AS DID THE TIN CASTLE da868a75-5845-4cb7-b1de-5077e974f90a AS FOR THE FEDERATION THE LAUNCH ROCKED GENTLY THEY'LL UNDOUBTEDLY ACCEPT YOU ONCE YOU DEVELOP SPACE TRAVEL LET'S GO AND ASK THE AWKWARD MAN AND MISTER CAMPBELL FOR A CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY FUND SHE SAID JUST TO MAKE YOU LAUGH I'LL WRITE YOU A LITTLE STORY I HEARD UNCLE ALEC TELLING LAST NIGHT da8deb89-f31c-405e-8fc1-2a1fc3ae95b4 AND BESIDES HE ALLEGED HE HAD NOT YET MADE UP HIS MIND WHETHER TO BE A PRESBYTERIAN OR A METHODIST ZULEMITH YEARNED FOR ZERA WITH SUCH FIDELITY AND LONGING THAT HE BEGAN TO BUILD UP A BRIDGE OF LIGHT FROM HIS STAR AND ZERA NOT KNOWING THIS BUT LOVING AND LONGING FOR HIM da9cc173-3bf1-486b-85fe-cffac9ca32c9 ABOVE THE FAR MURMUROUS WHISPER OF EXPECTED MARINE CEREBRATION THERE ROSE AN UNCOORDINATED MISHMASH OF THOUGHT FROM AT LEAST TWO STRONG AND RELATIVELY COMPLEX INTELLIGENCES OH SARA STANLEY DO YOU BELIEVE IT DO YOU GASPED FELICITY CLUTCHING THE STORY GIRL'S HAND CICELY'S PRAYER HAD BEEN ANSWERED EXCITEMENT HAD COME WITH A VENGEANCE AND AND UNDER ITS STRESS FELICITY HAD SPOKEN FIRST BUT THIS LIKE THE BREAKING OF THE CUP HAD NO SIGNIFICANCE FOR US AT THE MOMENT dae05d33-6673-42b5-90eb-f29923f3f916 WHAT BEING TWINS MEANT THE PUDDING WAS CONCOCTED AND BAKED AND YOU WAS BROUGHT UP IN TORONTO TOO NOT AGREEABLY IT SEEMED TO ME THAT IS THEY HAD A HEAD A TORSO TWO ARMS AND TWO LEGS APIECE dae54ee0-e299-4c9b-9b75-343e728064c1 THEY'RE ALWAYS SO TALL AND SLENDER WOULDN'T IT BE AWFUL IF ANYONE WROTE A STORY ABOUT A FAT HERO OR ONE WITH TOO BIG A MOUTH IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT A MAN LOOKS LIKE I SAID FEELING THAT FELIX AND DAN WERE CATCHING IT RATHER TOO HOTLY WHEN HOPE HERE ACTED LIKE THE FOOLISH LITTLE KID SHE IS SHE WAS NOT EVEN ARMED AND THEY RUSHED HER HERE WITHOUT DELAY daf347fe-9e67-48f6-8474-08a195416650 MUCH TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT IT WAS DARK DARK WHEN WE REACHED CARLISLE TOO DARK TO SEE ANYTHING VERY DISTINCTLY AS WE DROVE UP THE LANE OF THE OLD KING HOMESTEAD ON THE HILL IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS SAID UNCLE ROGER AS HE WENT OUT TO TAKE THEIR HORSE BUT FELICITY'S FOOT WAS ON HER NATIVE HEATH SHE HAD BEEN BAKING ALL THE AFTERNOON AND WITH THE PANTRY WELL STOCKED WITH BISCUITS COOKIES CAKES AND PIES SHE CARED NOT IF ALL CARLYLE CAME TO TEA dafde4e3-432e-4ae2-9999-d956d7418e34 IF PETER HAD NOT BEEN SO MANIFESTLY FRIGHTENED WE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT HE WAS TRYING TO PASS OFF A JOKE ON US BUT SUCH ABJECT TERROR AS HIS COULD NOT BE COUNTERFEITED THE RASPBERRIES WERE PLENTIFUL AND WE WERE NOT LONG IN FILLING OUT OUR RECEPTACLES WE LEAN ON WEAK REEDS CHAFFEE THREE SAID CREATURES WHO COLLAPSE WITH TERROR AT THE MERE PROJECTION OF A ZID CAN BE OF LITTLE ASSISTANCE IN RECAPTURING ONE db12c864-fce2-4713-9786-748705cfd8b4 THE OLD MAN HAD THAT LOOK OF INTENSE GLEE ON HIS FACE THAT MEANT SOME ONE WAS IN FOR A VERY ROUGH TIME WAIT COLONEL TOWERS BRANDON CALLED BUT HE KNEW IT WAS OF NO USE OBVIOUSLY HE COULD PICK UP ASTRO BUT THEY COULD NEITHER SEE NOR HEAR HIM CAPTAIN BRANDON THIS IS ASTRO CALLING OVER db1c9ef9-e607-42fd-97f6-05291475018c THE FLIMSY CABIN COULD NOT STAND FOR LONG AGAINST THE SORT OF BRUTE THE OWLS HAD SHOWN HIM A MONSTROUS TAIL FLUKE THAT STRETCHED DOWN THE BEACH TO MERGE INTO A FLAT PURPLISH ACREAGE OF BACK AND IS IT TRUE THAT SANDY MC QUERIE IS TO MARRY BUT KATE FERGUSON RESPECTED MADAM WROTE THE STORY GIRL db23eb16-e5fc-4c88-bb5e-3866046d1270 AND IN THE CASE OF THE TINY PICKLETS THAT IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT BE NEARLY SO CUTE AND CUNNING IF THEY WERE BIGGER FOR THE STORY GIRL HAD ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK I GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT ABOUT ALICE YET INSIDE WAS LAYING A DRESS OF SOFT SILK THAT HAD ONCE BEEN WHITE BUT WAS NOW YELLOWED WITH AGE db2d6d16-9a29-490e-8f5c-4804fa16ff99 IT WAS COOK CLIP WHO MADE ME ASKED THE GREEN MONKEY EARNESTLY AND THE TIN WOODMAN ADDED WHY SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR SCHOOL LIBRARY DEMANDED MISTER CAMPBELL DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY ONE BUT THE ONE KIND OF TRUENESS SAID FELICITY ANYWAY THIS STORY COULDN'T BE TRUE YOU KNOW THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A GOD PAN db3e684f-33f1-4802-bbed-bab639ca2c67 IN THE MORNING AND AT DINNER TIME AND AT NIGHT AND BESIDES THAT ANY TIME THROUGH THE DAY WHEN HE HAPPENS TO THINK OF IT HE JUST PRAYS STANDING UP THEN CHANGED HIS MIND AND GESTURED IMPERATIVELY TO JUDGE RAY STUMBLED ON ODDLY TWISTED LEGS AND COLLAPSED ON THE DECK db4648f1-af5a-4a3c-86dc-9d462ef3f8da DAN KING YOU JUST WAIT TILL I TELL HER OF THE WAY YOU HAVE ACTED FUDGE I AIN'T GOING TO BE SICK SAID DAN THE STORY GIRL RESENTED FELICITY'S SUPERIOR TONE AND PROCEEDED TO TEMPT SARA IN RIGHT GOOD EARNEST BOTH THE SCARECROW AND THE TIN WOODMAN TRIED TO THINK OF SOME WAY TO ESCAPE FROM THE CASTLE BEFORE MORNING BUT SHE SEEMED TO READ THEIR THOUGHTS AND SHOOK HER HEAD db75cd42-b091-40ac-8880-753c7b7a0ea8 SHE WAS NOT WELL SO AUNT OLIVIA TOLD AUNT JANET I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE CHILD SAID THE FORMER ANXIOUSLY THEN PLEASE DON'T TRANSFORM US PECKEDW FOR WE ARE QUITE SATISFIED TO REMAIN AS WE ARE db8968a3-bebf-472c-9608-25ab11b4ed5b BEFORE THEY COULD PROTEST I HAD PUSHED THE PRIESTS OUT THROUGH IT THE REST OF THEIR CLAN SHOWED UP AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS AND MADE A GREAT BRUCK US WHILE I FINISHED WELDING THE DOOR SHUT NOTHING CAN BE SO VERY BAD THEN I'M GOING TO READ THE BIBLE ALL TO MORROW FORENOON SAID PETER db89bca5-bab2-404b-bd42-a8b8e4820007 OF COURSE PEG WASN'T A WITCH BUT IT WAS BEST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE IF I WENT IT MUST BE ON BLACK BENT DAN'S BACK AND HE LIKES A CANTER OVER THE ICE IN A SNOWSTORM AS LITTLE AS I IT'S NOT AS IF IT WERE A STRANGE GHOST WHEN THEY ASSURED US SOLEMNLY THAT THEIR DREAMS ALL HAPPENED EXACTLY AS THEY DESCRIBED THEM WE WERE COMPELLED TO BELIEVE THEM db9e6539-a8f3-4d42-85ef-0f9e7cd3dddc GREETINGS O NOBLE SERVERS OF THE GREAT GOD I SAID OF COURSE I DIDN'T SAY IT OUT LOUD JUST WHISPERED LOUD ENOUGH FOR THE THROAT MIKE TO CATCH THIS WAS RADIOED BACK TO THE M T AND THE TRANSLATION SHOT BACK TO A SPEAKER IN MY JAWS THE SWALLOWS FLEW IN AND OUT OF THEIR NEST ABOVE OUR HEADS AND WHENEVER A SUNBEAM FELL THROUGH A CHINK THE AIR SWARMED WITH GOLDEN DUST OUTSIDE THE LOFT WAS A VAST SUNSHINY GULF OF BLUE SKY AND MELLOW AIR WHEREIN FLOATED ARGUSES A FLUFFY CLOUD AND AIRY TOPS OF MAPLE AND SPRUCE dba72eef-bb22-4f33-9449-5ee16e0e8ca6 EVIDENTLY PETER WAS NOT AN ADMIRER OF WHOM FELICITY WAS PROUD TOWERS WAS STEPPING THROUGH THE BULKHEAD DOOR INTO THE RADIO ROOM JUST LIKE A TELEVISION PLAYING INSTALMENTS BRANDON THOUGHT SEEN TWO COMING UP dbab14c7-1b8b-445f-bc9e-faa1ee2fbe6f THERE WAS A NOSE AND TAIL RADAR IN THE EYE AND I FED THEIR SIGNALS INTO A SCOPE AS AN AMPLITUDE CURVE THE LATCH OF THE GATE CLICKED UNDER THE STORY GIRL'S HAND AND THE NEXT MOMENT WE WERE IN THE KING ORCHARD FOUR GIRLS OH YES SARA RAY FELICITY MENTIONED HER WHAT IS SHE LIKE WHERE DOES SHE LIVE dbb3fd97-76f8-43d6-940c-54cecc57b2ea DAN CALLED HER A TELL TALE AND A BABY AND SNEERED AT HER UNTIL CECILY BEGAN TO CRY OH WELL SURELY YOU CAN SETTLE IT SOME OTHER WAY WITHOUT FIGHTING PERSISTED CECILY I THOUGHT THAT STUFF IN THE BOX WAS CORN MEAL AND USED IT TO MAKE THE PUDDING WE ALL LAUGHED BUT FELICITY SOON GREW SOBER dbbd6e9d-6da4-4801-89e4-fb13e2c498e4 AFTER THE RAIN THE AIR SEEMED DRIPPING WITH THE ODOURS IN THE WARM WEST WIND FINDING THAT OUR OWN PUNY STRENGTH IS AS A REED SHAKEN IN THE WIND HE HAD HAD TIME TO GROW SORE OVER THE THINGS THAT FELICITY HAD SAID TO HIM WHEN JIMMY PATTERSON WAS THOUGHT LOST AND HE BEGAN THE DAY WITH A FLATLY EXPRESSED DETERMINATION THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO LET FELICITY RULE THE ROOST dbc3ab56-45ef-4344-8fbd-374d11a35d51 OH I DON'T KNOW I FEEL BETTER SINCE I PUNISHED MYSELF BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE UP FOR IT TO MORROW SAID THE STORY GIRL ENERGETICALLY THE DREADFUL SIGHT OF PAN AND THE STILL MORE DREADFUL NOISE HE MADE SO FRIGHTEN THE SHEEPS THEY FLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS BUT GLAUCON WAS NOT AFRAID AT ALL BECAUSE PAN WAS THE GOD OF SHEPHERDS AND HE WAS BOUND TO GRANT ANY PRAYER A GOOD SHEPHERD WHO ALWAYS DID HIS DUTY MIGHT MAKE dbcb3020-12a0-4aa8-b48c-ef37660214a2 NOWADAYS I SUPPOSE A WEALTHY MAN LIKE AGLEIA'S FATHER WOULD BE WILLING TO LET HER HIS DAUGHTER MARRY A HIRED MAN BUT THIS WAS IN THE GOLDEN AGE YOU KNOW AND NOTHING LIKE THAT MATTERED AT ALL I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER HATING MYSELF AND HAPPY ALL AT THE SAME TIME WELL I'M GLAD IT'S OVER AT LEAST I GAVE HER A CHANCE TO GET AWAY THOUGH I THOUGHT I WOULD EXPLODE WHEN SHE WENT INTO THAT INNOCENT'S ACT THE COLD FEELING WAS NOW A BALL OF ICE THAT THREATENED TO PARALYZE ME dbd800be-6468-4edd-bfaa-955ac3031bf0 IT GAVE ME THE SAME UNPLEASANT SENSATION WHICH I HAD FELT ONE TIME I HAD SEEN MY FATHER CRY WE FEARED THAT DAN WOULD DROP DEAD ON THE SPOT BUT NOTHING OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY WHEN AN HOUR HAD PASSED WE CONCLUDED THAT THE BAD BERRIES WERE NOT POISON AFTER ALL AND WE LOOKED UPON DAN AS QUITE A HERO FOR DARING TO EAT THEM I KNEW THEY WOULDN'T HURT ME SAID LOFTILY FELICITY'S SO FOND OF MAKING A FUSS OVER EVERYTHING dbd8ec28-e691-4f5b-92ee-626ce61d4e22 FELICITY WAS IN AN ILL HUMOR IT WAS DECIDED THAT I SHOULD LEAD OFF AND I LAY AWAKE FOR AN EXTRA HOUR THAT NIGHT THINKING WHAT TEXT I SHOULD TAKE FOR THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEARS TO SEARCH FOR FOOD I HAVE HAD NO ONE TO TALK TO SINCE I TRANSFORMED POLYCHROME THE DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW INTO A CANARY BIRD dbf4dd15-04b3-4014-bb59-4773ebd7dce3 WELL THAT'S KIND OF COMFORTING SAID PETER SHE CAN'T BE ANY FAITH IN IT OR SHE'D BE MORE WORKED UP I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO MARKDALE TO PAY A MAN THERE SOME MONEY I OWE HIM AND AFTER DINNER I'M GOING TO SUMMERSIDE TO BUY ME A NEW SUIT MY OLD ONE'S TOO SHABBY FOR THE JUDGMENT DAY JUST SEVEN MILES APART I'M MARTIAL AND I SUSPECT THAT YOU ARE A LATE PIG SANDWICH dc03737d-8480-405d-867d-c5b2a9c6c3ff DO YOU SUPPOSE WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE HER TO THE ASYLUM SAID DAN IN A WHISPER I KNOW A STORY SHE SAID INFUSING JUST THE RIGHT SHADE OF WEIRDNESS INTO HER VOICE IT WOULD BE UNNATURAL FOR ME TO HAVE ANY INTEREST IN A MAT MADE OF TIN PLEASE CLOSE THE DOOR AND LEAVE ME ALONE AND OZMA PROMISED TO KEEP WATCH OVER HIS FUTURE JOURNEYS dc089cd0-c08b-4bca-9093-558a8c5c40e0 I DID BUT I COULDN'T SEE YOU SAID THE TIN SOLDIER THE FIELDS WERE WILD AND UNCULTIVATED AND THERE WERE NO HOUSES OF ANY SORT TO BE SEEN BUT PETER SAYS THEY'RE SPLENDID FOR DREAMING I THINK IT IS BOUND UP WITH THE FORTUNES OF THE KING FAMILY LIKE THE LUCK OF EDENHALL IN LONGFELLOW'S POEM dc1ca76c-25a6-48b6-9c98-d042ddc52c8d ALL THIS WITH SOME OIL PAINTING AND FREEFALL WORKOUTS IN THE GEM PASSED THE TIME I WAS ASLEEP WHEN THE ALARM WENT OFF THAT ANNOUNCED PLANETARY DISTANCE I CAN DO THAT AS WELL AS ANY OF THE EXPERIENCED OPERATORS AND IT MAY GIVE ME THE EXPERIENCE I NEED SO THAT SOME DAY I TOO WILL BE QUALIFIED TO JOIN THE RANKS ALL RIGHT HE SAID STOP SHOVELLING ON WHILE I CAN STILL BREATHE dc1e23d2-2efd-4805-838a-d51e572429fa I LONG FOR THE REMEMBRANCE NOW UNTIL I RECALL THE REAL HORROR OF FEAR THAT ENWRAPPED US IN THAT SUNNY ORCHARD THAT AUGUST MORNING OF LONG AGO AND THEN I LAUGHED NO MORE WE FELT ASHAMED OURSELVES BECAUSE WE KNEW PEOPLE SHOULD CONDUCT THEMSELVES DECENTLY AND IN ORDER ON SUNDAY FAR FARINGS FORTH BUT AS WITH PETER IT HAD LAUGHED ITSELF dc1f2b70-710f-486c-9608-bdfd91f3af65 YOUR MACHINE REACTIVATED THE GATE FROM THIS SIDE FARMER CROUCHED THE POINT OF THE BOATHOOK WAVERED THAT WAS HOW IT WENT IN STORIES AS CORNY AS A SITUATION ONE OF THE EAGER LIZARDS HAD MANAGED TO OPEN A CIRCUIT BOX AND HAD POLISHED THE SWITCHES INSIDE dc279249-7452-4a07-9df3-3c9555a233b6 MA SAYS THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT AS LONG AS HE'S A BACHELOR BECAUSE HE WON'T TAKE ANY ONE SAID FELICITY BUT IF HE WAKES UP SOME DAY AND FINDS HE'S AN OLD BACHELOR BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET ANY ONE IT'LL HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT FLAVOR IF YOUR AUNT OLIVIA WAS UP AND GET MARRIED WHAT WOULD YOUR UNCLE ROGER DO FOR A HOUSEKEEPER ASKED PETER OH BUT AUNT OLIVIA WILL NEVER BE MARRIED NOW SAID FELICITY WHY SHE'LL BE TWENTY NINE NEXT JANUARY WELL OF COURSE THAT'S PRETTY OLD ADMITTED PETER BUT SHE MIGHT FIND SOME ONE WHO WOULDN'T MIND THAT SEEING SHE'S SO PRETTY A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER HOWEVER THE GIRL BEING AGAIN WITH OZMA WISHED TO SEE HER FRIENDS THE SCARECROW AND THE TIN MAT IN THE MAGIC PICTURE AND ON THIS OCCASION FOUND THEM IN THE GREAT CASTLE OF MISSUS YWKE THE GIANTESS WHO WAS AT THE TIME ABOUT TO TRANSFORM THEM BOTH DOROTHY AND OZMA NOW BECAME GREATLY INTERESTED AND WATCHED THE TRANSFORMATIONS WITH INDIGNATION AND HORROR dc2a2c6b-5c74-4aab-92bf-3b367638e244 DIPLOMACY WAS CALLED FOR I SIGHED AND DRAGGED OUT THE PLASTER FLESH EQUIPMENT WORKING FROM THREETY SNAPS OF GRANDSON I MODELLED A PASSABLE REPTILE HEAD OVER MY OWN FEATURES COMING BOY HE WAS WAITING FOR ME STAVING OFF AS BEST HE COULD THE RUSH OF BODIES AROUND HIM SHIELDING HOPE FROM THE SAVAGE JOSTLING COMING I LEANED FORWARD BUTTING WITH MY HEAD BOTH DOUBLED FISTS WORKING LIKE PISTONS TO CLEAR MY WAY TO MY COMPANIONS NICE WORK PETE dc2eb5b5-58a5-4b1d-908b-f11fddc6ec97 SETANUVO SECOND PLANET OF A BEE STAR AND CORONA BOREALIS NOR THE COLONIZED PLANETS IN THE SYSTEM IT WAS DECIDED THAT I SHOULD LEAD OFF AND I LAY AWAKE FOR AN EXTRA HOUR THAT NIGHT THINKING WHAT TEXT I SHOULD TAKE FOR THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY THEN I WENT TO SLEEP COMFORTED BY THE SIMPLE HOPE THAT THE GREAT FATHER WOULD AFTER IMPORTANT THINGS WERE ALL ATTENDED TO REMEMBER POOR PAT dc54fdff-5aeb-4d05-953b-bd08dc98a98e NO BETTER PLAN BEING SUGGESTED WE BETOOK OURSELVES TO THE ORCHARD AND SAT ON THE BOUGHS OF UNCLE ALEC'S TREE BECAUSE THE GRASS WAS WET IT SOUNDSIBLY DREADFUL TO HEAR YOU CALL THE BIBLE AN INTERESTING BOOK BUT I AM AFRAID SHE MEASURED HIS CONSCIENCE BY HER OWN HER ADORING AND FREQUENT MENTION OF HIM WAS THE LARGEST HANDED IN BY ANY OF THE SCHOLARS dc60c7c5-c33d-40df-bbb6-3cab7d5024fe FELICITY HAD SPENT THE WHOLE PREVIOUS DAY AND THE FORENOON OF THE PICNIC DAY IN CONCOCTING THEM HER CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT WAS A RICH LITTLE PLUM CAKE ON THE WHITE FROSTING OF WHICH THE WORDS WELCOME BACK WERE LETTERED IN PINK CANDIES WELL WE HAVE ESCAPED THE BIG WOMAN TO BE SURE REMARKED THE GREEN MONKEY BUT WE STILL WEAR THE AWFUL FORMS THE CRUEL YUKAH OO GAVE US HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET RID OF THESE SHAPES AND BECOME OURSELVES AGAIN dc679088-013d-4915-86a5-78c401fcc359 BUT IN SPITE OF HIS BOLD WORDS DONALD'S HEART WAS THUMPING AS HE DROVE INTO THE SHERMAN YARD NEIL TALKED ON AND ON AND OF COURSE HE SOON BEGAN TO TELL THINGS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WISER NOT TO TELL I WAS IN SPACE NOW LEAPING ACROSS THE GIGANTIC WALL OF THE OTHER SHIP WHAT DO YOU WANT dc7333be-9b9a-4f58-a9f1-c170a993f1df AND SUPPLY NEURAL THERAPY EQUIPMENT AND THE EFFECT BORDERED ON THE SPECTACULAR FORCING US TO MAROON IT HERE FOR OUR OWN SAFETY AM NO PIG SANDWICH AND I DO NOT COMMONLY CALL ON FOOLS GET ON YOUR FEET YOU CLOD AS WILD A REGION AS YOU WILL EVER FIND dc7bb71f-d535-48df-a74d-f99174bc4ab1 OUR GROWN UPS INSTEAD CONSIDERED OUR TERROR IN EXQUISITE JEST WELL WHAT DOES SHE SAY ASKED CICELY TREMULOUSLY I'M GLAD YOU THINK SO SAID CECILY TREMULOUSLY IF ONLY HE HAD LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY THEY BURIED HIM NOT KNOWING FOR SURE WHETHER HE WAS MANUEL COME BACK dc816687-4b26-40fd-a002-156f3f85fa18 BORING IS BELIEVE ME JONAS BEGAN I AM NOT LIKE OTHERS YONAH SAID I HATE TO DREAM OF BEING CHASTE BECAUSE I CAN NEVER RUN SAID SARA RAY WITH A SHIVER I SAID FELICITY PRIMLY dcaaafff-8b2e-47db-a505-fc07e4088a65 IT HAPPENED LONG LONG AGO IN GREECE WHERE SO MANY OTHER BEAUTIFUL THINGS HAPPENED BEFORE THAT NOBODY HAD EVER HEARD OF KISSING AND THEN IT WAS JUST DISCOVERED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE AND A MAN WROTE IT DOWN AND THE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PRESERVED EVER SINCE THE AIR WAS SWEET WITH THE BREATH OF MOWN HAY FIELDS WHERE SWATHS OF CLOVER HAD BEEN STEEPING IN THE SUN WILD ROSES GREW PINKLY ALONG THE FENCES AND THE ROADSIDES WERE STAR DUSTED WITH BUTTERCUPS dcbc9901-2a1b-4836-bb0e-6684f1c13b0f THEY HELPED BRANDON TO HIS FEET AND GAVE HIM A SWIG OF COOL SWEET WATER FROM A CANTEEN CIUS ROSE WITH A BRASSY GLARE IN WORDS THAT WERE BYRONS BUT SHE HAD FAR MORE FIRE AND INTENSITY AND STRENGTH OF dccae954-b74f-4036-a6fb-6a920ba5349e UNCLE ROGER NODDED HIS HEAD AS IF RESIGNING HIMSELF AND PAT TO THE WORST PATTY STOOD THE TEST FAIRLY WELL AT LEAST HE MADE AN ADORABLE LISTENER SAVE AS SUCH TIMES AS IMAGINARY RATS DISTRACTED HIS ATTENTION AND SEWED SILVER BUTTONS ON AND IF ONE CAN'T GET THE SORT OF BOOT HE DESIRES ALTHOUGH SHE WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW WHERE THE THREE WERE GOING dccca112-9790-406b-85c0-2b4dde5e9498 CAN'T I JUST SEE HIM AT IT NOW SAID UNCLE ROGER LEANING OVER THAT OLD BOULDER HIS CHEEKS RED AND HIS EYES BURNING WITH EXCITEMENT BANGING THE TOP OF IT AS HE HAD SEEN THE MINISTERS DO IN CHURCH IT WASN'T CUSHIONED HOWEVER AND HE ALWAYS BRUISED HIS HANDS IN HIS SELF FORGETFUL EARNESTNESS OH DON'T SARA DON'T I SAID GENTLY PATTING HER CONVULSED SHOULDER YOU ARE A QUEER GIRL SAID FELICITY MORE TOLERANTLY THAN USUAL HOWEVER HE NEVER CRIED A SPECK WHEN YOU THOUGHT PETER WAS GOING TO DIE AND NOW WHEN HE IS GOING TO GET BETTER YOU CRY LIKE THAT dce600e7-e596-476e-aeff-fd9830ff8d1d RAY WAS BENDING OVER HIS MACHINE MAKING MOTIONS DESIGNED TO IMPRESS AS WELL AS TO MAKE IT WORK IN VERY SIMPLE TERMS HE WAS SAYING THIS IS A COMBINATION OF COLOR TELEVISION AND SUPER RATAR THERE WAS NO ARMOR OR WARNING DEVICES AT THIS SPOT IT HAD BEEN CHOSEN CAREFULLY FROM THE BLUE PRINTS WHATEVER ELSE HE'S AFTER HE IS GOING TO TAKE ALL THE MAGAZINES AND PAPERS HE CAN FIND PARTLY TO SATISFY HIS OWN EGO BUT MOSTLY TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS HE'S INTERESTED IN dcf17552-0b2d-4989-aef9-dc6846bc75cd NOT EVEN IF HE CLIMBS ON YOUR BACK THEY DO IT IN THE METHODIST CHURCH AT MARKDALE PROTESTED FELIX SOMEWHAT ABASHED I HEARD THEM HE GAVE US THE MONEY LIKE A GENTLEMAN SAID THE STORY GIRL THAT ASTONISHED HIM BY AND BY THE SCARECROW WHO MIX NO LIVING THING SHALL BE SACRIFICED TO FEED YOU dcfba870-0eff-4aa9-8aea-6d8385525bb5 GIVE THAT STONE TO ME SAID PAN HOLDING OUT HIS HAND BUT AGLEIA THOUGH SHE WAS FRIGHTENED WOULD NOT GIVE HIM THE STONE I WANT IT FOR GLECON SHE SAID I WANT IT FOR ONE OF MY WOOD NYMPHS SAID PAN AND I MUST HAVE IT HE ADVANCED THREATENINGLY BUT AGLEIA RAN AS HARD AS SHE COULD UP THE MOUNTAIN REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE TRANSFORMED FOR GOOD SINCE NO MAGIC ON EARTH CAN BREAK YOUR ENCHANTMENTS I AM NOW GOING OUT FOR MY MORNING WALK FOR EACH DAY AFTER BREAKFAST I WALKED SIXTEEN TIMES ROUND MY CASTLE FOR EXERCISE dd088ece-8cd3-4844-89ce-dc5eb402e6d0 GET OVER THAT AND YOU'LL ELIMINATE MOST OF YOUR TROUBLE HE WAS CLIMBING OVER THE RAIL AT THE STERN HE SHIFTED UNEASILY ON THE BUILT IN SEAT AND DID SHE TALK TO HIM AFTER THAT AS USUAL ASKED SARA RAY AND NOW FOR MISTER CAMPBELL NEIL WOULD HAVE THE LAUGH ON ME THEN dd2fa1ca-4e2b-4806-86d1-c5ed5355ce9b FIVE HUNDRED MILES AWAY CLEARTARON CHUCKLED UNHAPPINESS SHE TOLD HERSELF WAS HER PORTION IN THIS LIFE YOU DON'T THINK SO AT ANY RATE THE DIRECTOR SAID YOU'RE HAVING ADVENTURES AND A FINE TIME IT'S THE SORT OF THING YOU LIKE AFTER ALL INTO OTHER SHAPES SO THAT YOU CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED ARE MANY PEOPLE WHOM IT IS NOT PLEASANT TO MEET I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL MUNCHKIN GIRL WHO LIVED WITH A WICKED WITCH dd39a861-b66a-40ac-a30a-8846068ab065 THE STORY GIRL SLIPPED OVER HOME AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK WE GASPED SHE HAD COMBED HER HAIR OUT STRAIGHT AND BRAIDED IT IN A TIGHT KINKY PUDGY BRAID AND SHE WORE AN OLD DRESS OF FADED PRINT WITH HOLES IN THE ELBOWS AND RAGGED FLOUNCES WHICH WAS MUCH TOO SHORT FOR HER WHO'S BUILDING IT I HAD MY NAIL FAR OUT AND WAS TOUCHING UP A CUTICLE HOLDING IT OUT FOR INSPECTION BEFORE I SAID ANYTHING FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYE I COULD SEE HIM GETTING PURPLE ABOUT THE FACE BUT HE KEPT QUIET I SAVORED MY SMALL MOMENT OF POWER dd48be89-dc01-4dd4-963b-c972cdf45a30 YOU SAID ONCE YOU KNEW A STORY ABOUT THE AWKWARD MAN SAID FELIX YOU MIGHT TELL IT TO US ALL RIGHT AGREED THE STORY GIRL THE ONLY TROUBLE IS I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE STORY BUT I'LL TELL YOU ALL I DO KNOW I CALL IT THE MYSTERY OF THE GOLDEN MILESTONE IT MIGHT BUT I'D JUST AS SOON PEG BOWEN DIDN'T LOOK AT MY COWS SAID PETER HAVING DISCOVERED HOW TO PRODUCE EXCITING DREAMS WE ALL PROMPTLY FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF PETER AND THE STORY GIRL dd491a69-ade6-4ed0-aa74-3ddbf112d9fa WHEN HE WENT AWAY HE SAID I HOPE I SHALL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING YOU AGAIN JUST AS SERIOUSLY AND POLITELY AS IF I WAS A GROWN UP YOUNG LADY AT NIGHT THEY ALL CAMPED UNDER THE TREES AND SAW WOOT WANDERER STANDING BESIDE OZMA FOR THIS CASTLE IS IN THE LAND OF OZ AND NO PERSONS IN THE LAND OF OZ ARE PERMITTED TO WORK MAGIC EXCEPT GLINDA THE GOOD AND THE LITTLE WIZARD WHO LIVES WITH OZMA IN THE EMERALD CITY dd5b6ca4-c953-4f40-b488-dc8dca1b0fd1 POSSIBLY NIGHT HAD BROUGHT COUNSEL TO JERRY COUN THE WARDER POINTED TO THE DARK FLOOD THAT ROLLED UNDER THE BRIDGE CLEAR WINDLESS FROSTY WITH HIM WERE TWO OTHERS SHOUTED VIC AS I JOINED THEM BREATHLESS BUT TRIUMPHANT I SNAPPED OPEN THE ACTION AND DROPPED IN SIX CARTRIDGES dd7851ac-6a0b-4f28-86a8-ffe317f96cef NOTHING THAT'S ANOTHER FOOLISH QUESTION LOWER REFLECTION WILL CONVINCE YOU THAT I'VE NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT EXCEPT THE BOARDS ON THE INSIDE OF THE CUPBOARD DOOR IT'N'T TAKE ME LONG TO THINK OF EVERYTHING ABOUT THOSE BOARDS THAT COULD BE THOUGHT OF THEN OF COURSE I QUIT THINKING NED WENT ON PRAYING AND NEVER LET ON HE HEARD HER BUT AT THE END OF HIS PRAYER HE WOUND UP WITH O GOD I PRAY TO YOU TO KEEP AN EYE ON ALL OF US AND I PRAY YOU TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO MY SISTER JULIA FOR I THINK SHE NEEDS IT EVEN MORE THAN THE REST OF US WORLD WITHOUT END AMEN dd91b21f-437d-4a73-9293-d3d5fda4d167 WE COULD NOT REALLY BELIEVE THAT PETER WAS GOING TO DIE TO DIE OLD PEOPLE DIED GROWN UP PEOPLE DIED EVEN CHILDREN OF WHOM WE HAD HEARD DIED REASONABLY SO IT UD BE PRETTY HARD TO MISS SOMETHING THE SIZE OF THAT THING WE FLEW OVER IT MUST BE FIFTY KILOMETERS LONG AND AT LEAST TEN WIDE SWARMING WITH THESE CREATURES TOO dd9cd09f-6c6a-41f2-b684-7f3b71b0b995 AUNT FELICITY AND UNCLE FELIX AS FATHER HAD OFTEN TOLD US HAD DIED ON THE SAME DAY FAR APART AND WERE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE IN THE OLD CARLISLE GRAVEYARD ONE DAY A HORN WAS BLOWN AT THE PALACE GATE AND THERE WAS ONE TALL MAN IN COMPLETE ARMOUR WITH HIS VISOR DOWN RIDING ON A WHITE HORSE dda500ed-3e3f-4db0-8913-b4f6a3d50e19 THAT BUILDING FULL OF MACHINERY THAT TAKES IN AND DIGESTS NEWS AND REPORTS AND ALL THE PLANETS IN THE GALAXY INDEXES IT TO EVERY CATEGORY IT CAN POSSIBLY RELATE AND THEN FILES IT HE RIGHTS THE WRONGS OF NATIONS HIS COUNTRY'S FLAG DEFENDS THE FOE HE'LL FIGHT WITH GREAT DELIGHT BUT SELDOM FIGHTS HIS FRIENDS ddd35469-c7f5-4e76-a9d9-02cd5bc9cd05 TRIANGULATION HAD LED INVESTIGATORS TO THE SPOT WHERE THEY FOUND A FREIGHTER OGAT'S DREAM WITH A HOLE PUNCH THROUGH AS BIG AS A RAILROAD TUNNEL IT WAS CLEVERLY DONE HE SAID RIGHT OUT LOUD BUT DINNA TRY IT AGAIN dde6946f-693e-42aa-910e-93715bf19043 FELIX AND I FELT THAT IT WOULD REALLY BE WORTH WHILE TO OFFEND HER HE SHOOK HIS BIG BLONDE HEAD IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO PAT THAT WASN'T ALL OF WHAT HE SAID BY ANY MEANS PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT HE CONTINUED JUST LISTEN TO ME dde98f40-9fd3-4924-8856-45b45d2cc945 THE BEASTS HAD ALMOST REACHED HIM WHEN WOOT REMEMBERING HIS LACE APRON NOW SADLY TORN IN SOIL RECOVERED HIS WITS AND SHOUTED OPEN PETER'S DELIGHT ON RECEIVING OUR LETTERS KNEW NO BOUNDS HE INSISTED ON ANSWERING THEM AND IN HIS LETTER PAINSTAININGLY DISINFECTED WAS DULY DELIVERED TO US NOW SAID FELICITY JUBILANTLY LET'S EAT EVERYTHING UP IN TRUTH IT WAS A MERRY LITTLE FEAST ddebc972-5b30-4aff-bec0-feadf327d9c4 EVERYBODY THOUGHT THIS WAS FUNNY EXCEPT FELIX I LIKE PETER WELL ENOUGH IN HIS PLACE THRONE PULPIT OR CONCERT PLATFORM AS OCCASION REQUIRED I THINK IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU GET WHIPPED OR NOT SO LONG AS YOU FIGHT A GOOD SQUARE FIGHT de069c43-2709-40f0-9b87-a595f724bb4e OR ANY OTHER WAY OUT AND GOT A SPLINTER IN A VITAL SPOT HE FROWNED CRADLING HIM IN HER ARMS SHE STARTED BACK UP AGAIN THERE WAS A WOMAN'S PICTURE ABOVE THE BOOKCASE MISSUS GRIGGS SAYS SHE THINKS IT WAS A COLORED PHOTOGRAPH BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS BEGIN IT RESPECTED MADAM HE SAID BUT FORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT FORBIDDEN THE USE OF OUR EYES AND TONGUES de12ba98-4415-40fc-bb4e-f8c3dc30d547 HE SNAPPED OPEN THE BACK OF THE UNIT AND STUDIED A MAZE OF TRANSISTORS RESISTERS AND CAPACITORS EVEN SO MAN STILL INSTINCTIVELY FEARS FIRE EVEN WHILE HE USES IT WHAT THE JUMPED UP MAZOO ARE WE DOING HERE STEAT SLOWLY THE DISGUISED SLEDS CREPT THROUGH THE JUNGLE de3a1fbd-99d9-4532-900e-9b43c5337783 ON WHEN HE FOUND HIS OLD SWEETHEART NIMMY AMMY AROSE FROM MY FOOLISH RESOLVE TO SEEK NIMIE AMY WE ARE COLLECTING FOR OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY AND WE HAVE CALLED TO ASK YOU FOR A CONTRIBUTION SHE REPLIED de48894e-f6b8-436e-9a90-a8df8f9c1683 THERE IS THE WEDDING BELL OF THE PROUD PRINCESS WE WERE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ASSIGNED TO A TEACHER WHO MADE OUR LESSON SO INTERESTING THAT WE NO LONGER REGARDED SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AS A DISAGREEABLE WEEKLY DUTY NO I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT SAID UNCLE ALEC STERNLY I HE WOULD HAVE FACED AN ARMY WITH BANNERS de652640-c043-41cc-bf48-73367e2c8abf THE TIN OWL SAT ON THE BACK OF ANOTHER CHAIR SO THEY INCREASED THEIR SPEED AND HURRIED TOWARD IT HAIRY HAUNCHES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM CECILY'S SWEET AND SILVERY IN UNCLE ALEC'S FINE TENOR I AIN'T ANY HAND TO WRITE LETTERS SO I GUESS I'LL STOP ON HER SLEEK CURLS SHE WORE A CHAPLET OF THEM de6f69dc-34e2-455d-a3e6-ec07ef2043cc SAID STETSON POLITICIANS STETSON'S VOICE HISSED WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP A TIGHT ORBIT AWAY TO THE WEST BEYOND THE BROOK FIELD WAS A LONG VALLEY AND A HILL PURPLE WITH FIRS AND LACED WITH STILL LEAFLESS BEECHES AND MAPLES de7ee444-be51-416a-b364-14d6887f2087 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT THAT FELIX WAS THIN SAID PETER LAUGHING HE DID LOOK SO QUEER HIS CLOTHES JUST HUNG LOOSE AND HE WAS GOING ROUND TRYING TO HOLD THEM ON I PULLED THE EYE STRAIGHT UP AND AWAY AND THREW IN THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THAT WOULD RETURN IT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE SHIP THEN I WENT TO THE GALLEY FOR A LONG STRONG DRINK MY BEACON WAS NOT ONLY LOCKED INSIDE A MOUNTAIN OF HAND MADE STONE BUT I HAD MANAGED TO IRRITATE THE THINGS WHO HAD BUILT THE PYRAMID de84811a-2179-429d-8fa4-95d2afc53fba BUT THE BEAR IS STUFFED WITH STRAW JUST AS THE MAN WAS COME OUT INTO THE GARDEN WITH ME SHE SAID I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS NOW IF YOU CAN'T COLLECT ANY MONEY EVERYBODY WILL KNOW IT ISN'T YOUR FAULT dec321c0-46d7-4386-8a23-d02b429977d0 FELIX HAD A KNACK OF DREAMING ANYHOW AND HIS DREAM BOOK WHILE SUFFERING SOMEWHAT IN COMPARISON OF LITERARY STYLE WAS ABOUT THE BEST OF THE LOT WHEN IT CAME TO SUBJECT MATTER WE WERE JOINED ON THE STAIRS BY FELICITY YAWNING AND ROSY O DEAR ME I OVERSLEPT MYSELF UNCLE ROGER WANTED BREAKFAST AT SIX dedcd762-e41b-4564-9bc4-ecc66748f81c NOW SARA SHE SAID WHAT'S THE GOOD OF WORKING BUTTONHOLES ON AN OLD RAG ASKED FELICITY EVERY ONE HAS TO HAVE THE MEASLES SOMETIME I AM VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH ALL CATS THEY ARE SO SLEEK AND COMFORTABLE AND DIGNIFIED AND IT IS SO EASY TO MAKE THEM HAPPY HE WAS A LORDLY ANIMAL WITH A SILVER GREY COAT BEAUTIFULLY MARKED WITH DARKER STRIPES dee494da-f6fc-4fae-92e9-ce0401092fbe I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY DANGER OF CATCHING MEASLES SAID FELICITY IF THERE WAS WE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO GO I WISH I COULD GET THE MEASLES SAID SARA DEFIANTLY MAYBE I'D BE OF SOME IMPORTANCE TO MA THEN THERE'S BEEN TIME TO FIND OUT EVER SO MUCH MORE I WANT TO DO SO MANY THINGS SAID THE STORY YELL PLUCKING OFF HER CROWN OF BUTTERCUP GOLD WITH A TRAGIC GESTURE BUT IF IT'S THE JUDGMENT DAY TOMORROW I WON'T HAVE TIME TO DO ANY OF THEM deeb369b-74a4-4691-9fc7-b1b71e85d82e THIS IS STRANGE MUSED THE SCARECROW I HAD NO IDEA SUCH A BIG CASTLE EXISTED IN THE GALLIKIN COUNTRY I WONDER WHO LIVES HERE IT SEEMS TO ME FROM THIS DISTANCE REMARKED THE TIN WOODMAN THAT IT'S THE BIGGEST CASTLE I EVER SAW IF YOU HAVE TO SPEAK OF OF HIM YOU MIGHT SAY THE OLD SCRATCH THAT IS WHAT MOTHER CALLS HIM TWAS THE MC CLOSKEYS AND THE OLD SCRATCH SAID THE STORY GIRL REFLECTIVELY AS IF SHE WERE TRYING TO SEE WHICH VERSION WAS MORE EFFECTIVE IT WOULDN'T DO SHE DECIDED df183417-2dff-49e1-9ab8-5d23ea5d31c0 BUT IF A DREAM ESCAPES YOU IN WHAT MARKET PLACE THE WORLD WIDE OVER CAN YOU HOPE TO REGAIN IT WHAT COIN OF EARTHLY MINTING WILL EVER BUY BACK FOR YOU THAT LOST AND LOVELY VISION BUT I SHALL ANTICIPATE THE SUCCESSIVE RELATIONS IN THIS CHAPTER EVERY PUPIL OF CARLYLE'S SCHOOL SO IT EVENTUALLY APPEARED HAD BOUGHT MAGIC SEED UNDER SOLEMN PROMISE OF SECRECY df4d6d67-a1ea-43b1-8e41-67212df6c62d FIRST I'LL REPEAT YOUR OWN WARNING OBEY ORDERS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE I'LL SHOW YOU WHY WHEN I THREW THE BIG SWITCH A CAREFULLY WORKED OUT SEQUENCE TOOK PLACE FIRST OF COURSE THE HULL WAS MAGNETIZED AND THE BOMBS FUSED A LIGHT BLINKED AS THE SCANNER IN THE CABIN TURNED OFF AND THE ONE IN THE GENERATOR ROOM CAME ON BRANDON NODDED WAS LAUNCHED AND NOW WAS CRUISING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FEET ABOVE THE ALIEN PLANET df53f07a-bc4e-4ebb-9f73-28b923770c01 GONE SAID THE SCARECROW BEAR SOLEMNLY UPON WHICH WAS A LARGE PORTION OF SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOES RIGHT WHERE THAT BIG SPREADING TREE OF UNCLE ALEC'S IS NOW UNCLE ROGER AND AUNT OLIVIA HAD BOTH CHERISHED CERTAIN DREAMS AND AMBITIONS IN YOUTH df56a4da-bab4-47d0-a1aa-55168bbca255 JEFF WHEELED ON HIM INCREDULOUSLY JEFF GOT UP SHAKILY AND STUMBLED TO THE DOCK'S EDGE COFFEE THREE INTERRUPTED HIM THIS TIME AT ANY OTHER TIME WE WOULD NEVER HAVE DARED CATECHIZE THE MINISTER ABOUT ANYTHING THERE WAS HEARTBREAK IN THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE AND TEARS CAME INTO OUR EYES df5e99c3-2cd9-4804-8bc4-e610b44d291e TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BEACONS YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HYPERSPACE NOT THAT PEOPLE DO BUT IT IS EASY ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS NON SPACE THE REGULAR RULES DON'T APPLY THIS NEW SENSE IS OF GREAT VALUE PERHAPS WE CAN LEARN TO TEACH IT TO OTHERS IN TIME THOUGH WE HAVE HAD LITTLE SUCCESS WITH THAT df61d118-7145-4310-b152-683313835863 OH INDEED RETURNED THE GREEN MONKEY IN A TONE BOTH SORRY AND STARTLED WHICH ONE OF MY FRIENDS DID YOU MANAGE TO EAT NONE OF THEM RETURNED THE JAGUAR WITH A SLY GRIN HAD A DISH OF MAGIC SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOES AND IT WASN'T A BAD FEAST AT ALL WE WERE ALL EXCITED WE SPENT THE EVENING SPECULATING ON THE POSSIBLE CONTENTS OF THE CHEST AND CECILY DREAMED MISERABLY THAT NIGHT THAT THE MOTHS HAD EATEN EVERYTHING IN IT df673522-1682-4106-9767-27b0cf4c7bef PETER'S APPEARANCE DID NOT ATTRACT AS MUCH ATTENTION AS WE HAD FONDLY EXPECTED INDEED NOBODY SEEMED TO NOTICE HIM AT ALL THE LAMPS WERE NOT YET LIGHTED AND THE CHURCH WAS FILLED WITH A SOFT TWILIGHT AND HUSH I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HIS ANTIPATHY TO THE INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE WHITE PELLETS WHICH WERE SO EASY TO SWALLOW BUT HE EXPLAINED THE MATTER TO US IN THE ORCHARD WHEN HE HAD RECOVERED HIS USUAL HEALTH AND SPIRITS df6a76c0-d084-4e0b-afd0-80de090cb60a BUT FELICITY WOULD NOT WALK WITH A BAREFOOTED COMPANION IT WAS DARK NOW SO NOBODY WOULD NOTICE HIS FEET I KNOW A STORY ABOUT THE MILKY WAY SAID THE STORY GIRL BRIGHTENING UP BEHIND THE BARRED FACE PLATE RAY LOOKED PUZZLED THEN ANNOYED FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE FARMER COULD SEE MILTON BURL STILL CAVORTING SILENTLY ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN AND THIS SEEMED TO ADD THE FINAL TOUCH OF INSANITY TO THE SCENE df8e5173-c44e-405e-a0af-f2503d852ac4 I HAD REMEMBERED THAT MUCH FROM MY PHYSICS CLASSES THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL PRETENTIOUS ABOUT THE PLACE IT WAS A RAMBLING LAZY LOOKING HOUSE BUILT LARGELY OF NATIVE STONE NEIL HADN'T BEEN COURTING NANCY VERY LONG AND DONALD NEVER DREAMED HE WOULD PROPOSE TO HER QUITE SO SOON df9513a6-a056-45b0-a208-ebbb6146b33f HER LARGE CURVING MOUTH WAS AS RED AS A POPPY AND SHE HAD BRILLIANT ALMOND SHAPED HAZEL EYES NO SHE WAS NOT PRETTY NOT EVEN FAITH AND WORKS IN COMBINATION COULD AVAIL I KIND OF WISH I'D BEEN BORN AN INJUN SAID DAN df9c6d0f-aa9b-422d-b213-c9fecdf1bd49 WE'RE NONE OF US CHURCH MEMBERS BUT OF COURSE PETER COULDN'T BE SENT TO THE BAD PLACE THAT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS THEY WERE SLENDER AND SHAPELY AND SATIN SMOOTH WITH ARCHED IN STEPS THE DAINTIEST OF TOES AND NAILS LIKE PINK SHELLS THEY DO SEEM DREADFULLY SCARCE NOW dfa0828d-808a-4104-83b7-04c3113e93e4 I NEED MY EYES TO SEE AND MEND THE FOUNT OF HOLY WATERS ONCE THE WATERS FLOW AGAIN I WILL LAUGH AS I HURL MYSELF ON THE BURNING IRON HE TOOK A GOOD THIRTY SECONDS TO THINK THIS OVER AND HAD TO AGREE WITH ME THE LOCAL TORTURER SNIFFED A BIT AND THREW A LITTLE MORE CHARCOAL ON THE FIRE AND I EVEN IN THESE LATE YEARS OF IRREVERENCE FOR THE DREAMS OF YOUTH AM NOT IN THE LEAST ASHAMED TO CONFESS THAT WHEN I KNELT DOWN TO PRAY MY BOYISH PRAYER I THOUGHT OF OUR LITTLE FAIRY COMRADE IN HIS EXTERN EXTREMITY AND PRAYED AS REVERENTLY AS I KNEW HOW FOR HIS HEALING dfb42983-071e-42f1-a0fa-72e361ff49e8 ANTHROPOLOGISTS MAY NOT MIND BEING DISSECTED FOR THEIR SCIENCE BUT A REPAIR MAN WANTS TO MAKE NO SACRIFICES OF ANY KIND FOR HIS JOB FOR THIS REASON MOST BEACONS ARE BUILT ON UNINHABITABLE PLANETS IF A BEACON HAS TO GO ON A PLANET WITH A CULTURE IT IS USUALLY BUILT IN SOME INACCESSIBLE PLACE FELIX SITS ON THE RIGHT OF THE STORY GIRL FAT AND STODGY GRIMLY IN EARNEST EVEN OVER DREAMS HE WRITES WITH HIS KNEES STUCK UP TO FORM A WRITING DESK AND HE ALWAYS FROWNS FIERCELY THE WHOLE TIME dfb6659a-bc91-41e5-bbef-9f859659cbc2 THE MINISTER LOOKED AT THE PICTURE YOU'LL HAVE A LOT OF GROWN UPS AROUND YOU IN THE HOUSE BUT IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT MATTER THEN SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT IT WAS REAL CUTE OF HIM I WHY IS IT THEY'RE ALWAYS SO HANDSOME IN STORIES ASKED ANNE dfb6bf37-e4e9-4527-bfea-080f6c06164b IT IS NOTHING OF THE SORT SAID MISTER MARWOOD INDIGNANTLY THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PICTURE OF GOD FELIX NO HUMAN BEING KNOWS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE NO HUMAN BEING CAN KNOW WE SHOULD NOT EVEN TRY TO THINK WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE BUT FELIX YOU MAY BE SURE THAT GOD IS INFINITELY MORE BEAUTIFUL AND LOVING AND TENDER AND KIND THAN ANYTHING WE CAN IMAGINE OF HIM NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING ELSE MY BOY AS FOR THIS THIS SACRILEGE TAKE IT AND BURN IT THE SOCIAL LIFE OF JUVENILE CARLYLE CENTERED IN THE DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS WE WERE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ASSIGNED TO A TEACHER WHO MADE OUR LESSON SO INTERESTING THAT WE NO LONGER REGARDED SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AS A DISAGREEABLE WEEKLY DUTY BUT INSTEAD LOOKED FORWARD TO IT WITH PLEASURE AND TRIED TO CARRY OUT OUR TEACHER'S GENTLE PRECEPTS AT LEAST ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS dfb92e85-6391-436f-bec9-d3ace8ed3671 AMAZINGLY HIS IMMEDIATE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE POSSIBILITY OF HARM FROM THE OWLS BUT WHETHER HE SHOULD REASSURE JENOFER BEFORE OR AFTER RELEASING HER HE COMPROMISED BY LEAVING THE CHOICE TO HER FOR ONE THING IT HAD A FULL TOWN HALL BUILT NO LESS OF HONEST STONE AND PROBABLY A RELIC OF THE MOMENT TIMES THIS WAS THE PARISH CHURCH OF COURSE A GOOD SOLID WOODEN STRUCTURE AND A COLLECTION OF HOUSES STRUNG ALONG THE DIRT PAST THE TOWN THE HOUSES OF THE RICH WERE NATURALLY WOODEN THE POOR BUILT OF BAKED MUD dfc04f0d-e793-468a-9300-15d005ca36b1 SHE LOOKED AT ONCE STARTLED AND IMPATIENT NOT THE SCOOP YOU IDIOT THE OWL BEYOND THE SURF THE SHALLOWS BOILED WHITELY WHERE THE SCOOP FOUGHT FOR TRACTION TO DRAW ITS GROUNDED BULK INTO THE WATER JUST AS GOOD FOR SPACE PIRACY THAT IS BUT NOT FOR HIS PURPOSES HE HAD WANTED A BATTLESHIP AND HE HAD GOT HIMSELF A BATTLESHIP dfd66f4c-567f-4a0a-bba7-1bb721d01f9a JEFF WHEELED ON HIM INCREDULOUSLY ME GO DOWN THERE AFTER THAT MONSTER NOT ON YOUR HE MEANS THE SCOOP JENOFER SAID THEY BROUGHT IT ASHORE TO HELP US OUT OF THE CABIN WHY SHOULDN'T IT HELP THEM NOW THE SCOOP CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER SO SMOOTHLY THAT THE ISLAND QUEEN HARDLY ROCKED DANGLING THE LIMP FORM OF THE ZID FROM ITS GREAT RUBBERY LIPS LIKE A DROWNED KITTEN HERE JENOFER SAID THE PLANET HAS WATER AND BOTH ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE CERTAINLY IT HAS SUFFICIENT GRAVITY TO HOLD ITS OXYGEN BUT WHAT OTHER ELEMENTS NOXIOUS GASES MIGHT BE PRESENT MAYBE THE ODDS ARE CLOSER THAN ONE AND FIFTY HE DECIDED BUT THERE'S NO GAMBLE WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE HE TOLD THE MILKY WAY dfe2a307-9bcf-45a3-a295-c731a8cbb07e I DO HOPE THE REST OF US WON'T CATCH THE MEASLES IT MUST LOOK HORRID TO HAVE RED SPOTS ALL OVER YOUR FACE MY AUNT JANE WAS ONE AND I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE MYSELF IF I HADN'T BEEN SO SCARED OF THE JUDGMENT DAY WE ARE NOW IN THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY WHERE WE ARE PERFECTLY SAFE SO NOW NIMNY AMY MUST LIVE ALL ALONE dfec88b4-27b3-45a3-a436-bedd78cb9a20 BUT THEIR DILEMMA REMAINED THEY MUST WARN THE NATIVES BEFORE THE PROWLING ZID FOUND THEM ELSE THERE WOULD BE NO NATIVES WE MUST TRY AGAIN THREE CONCLUDED SEARCHING OUT AND USING THE PROPER SYMBOLS FOR EXPLANATION I GLARED AT HIM AND PARIN CLOSED THE DOOR THE APPARATUS VIC HAD MENTIONED WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN YOU COME DOWN YOU'LL START A NEW CYCLE AND IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW AT JUST WHAT MINUTE WE CAN GET BACK TO OUR OWN PLANE dff50d4b-efd2-4e75-9989-f2e12bfc5aad SARA RAY IS AT HIS LEFT THERE IS SELDOM ANYTHING TO BE SAID OF SARA EXCEPT TO TELL WHERE SHE IS LIKE TENNYSON'S MAUD IN ONE RESPECT AT LEAST SARA IS SPLENDIDLY NULL THE GODS WERE NOT ALL BEAUTIFUL YOU KNOW AND BEAUTIFUL OR NOT NOBODY EVER WANTED TO MEET THEM FACE TO FACE e016c3c8-7540-41f6-8fec-9d641c6b601a BOOT THE WANDERER LOOKED AT THE MAN SERVANT ALL BRIGHT AND GLITTERING AND AT THAT MAGNIFICENT CASTLE ALL BRIGHT AND GLITTERING AND AS HE LOOKED HIS EYES GREW BIG WITH WONDER IT IS ALWAYS SAFE TO DREAM OF SPRING FOR IT IS SURE TO COME AND IF IT IS NOT JUST AS WE HAVE PICTURED IT IT WILL BE INFINITELY SWEETER e02ec841-6699-467a-8037-03f77f2520d5 CECILY SAT DOWN BY HER HALF FILLED BASKET AND BEGAN TO CRY FELICITY SAID VIOLENTLY THAT SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT I CAN'T PICK ANOTHER APPLE TO DAY AND I AIN'T GOING TO TRY SAID DAN ONCE AROUND THE EMERALD CITY WE WILL TURN SOUTH INTO THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY WHERE THE SCARECROW AND I ARE WELL ACQUAINTED AND HAVE MANY FRIENDS e0377dff-f0f4-40df-9823-62b521461434 AND WHO LIVES IN THAT OTHER HOUSE ASKED FELIX LOOKING OVER THE WESTERING VALLEY WHERE A LITTLE GRAY ROOF WAS VISIBLE AMONG THE TREES I WANT TO BE LIKE THE REST OF YOU AND LOOK HERE I'VE THOUGHT OF THE WAY MY AUNT JANE USED TO GIVE MEDICINE TO A CAT HE MIXED THE POWDER IN LARD AND SPREAD IT ON HIS PAWS AND HIS SIDES AND HE'LL LICK IT OFF CAUSE A CAT CAN'T STAND BEING MESSY IF PATTY ISN'T ANY BETTER TOMORROW WE'LL DO THAT e039fdf6-e5f2-45f0-b760-16717fccb414 AND COLD FRIED PORK HAM AND FRUIT CAKE BEFORE GOING TO BED WITH ENTIRE IMPUNITY LOOKED AT THE PULPIT AND THOUGHT OF THE STORY SHE TOLD ABOUT THE OLD SCOTCH MINISTER WHO WAS TOO FAT TO GET IN AT THE DOOR OF IT AND HAD TO HISS HIMSELF UP BY HIS TWO HANDS OVER IT e03f1f6b-8109-4a32-9490-04790c2a2872 I HAD NEVER EXPLORED ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE PSEUDO M THREE ROBOT BUT I DO KNOW SOME FACTS AS WELL THE HAND MOVED SLOWLY LIKE THE HAND OF AN OIL GAUGE IN WHICH THE PRESSURE IS GRADUALLY BUILT UP TOLD YOU TO BRING IT AT e0540c23-7568-4351-834c-b3f30f0516eb HOPE SUDDENLY PUT HER ARMS ABOUT ME SHE WAS SOBBING DON'T PETER SHE WHISPERED DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT EACH WORE UPON HIS FOREHEAD A GLEAMING SCARLET STONE BOUND IN PLACE BY A CIRCLET OF BLACK METAL OR WHAT LOOKED LIKE METAL NEXT TO HER SITS FELICITY BEAUTIFUL AND CONSCIOUS THAT SHE IS BEAUTIFUL WITH HER HAIR OF SPUN SUNSHINE AND SEA BLUE EYES AND ALL THE ROSES OF THAT VANISHED SUMMER ABLOOM IN HER CHEEKS e064c225-0471-4a60-922e-19ab5ee5d061 INDEED THE SUMMER WAS ALMOST OVER BEFORE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER HOW MUCH YOU SUPPOSE WE'D HAVE OF COURSE I CAN'T HELP FEELING SORRY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER PLACE SAID CICELY COMPASSIONATELY BUT I SUPPOSE THEY WOULDN'T BE VERY COMFORTABLE IN HEAVEN EITHER THEY WOULDN'T FEEL AT HOME e074a181-cb30-432f-af8e-9e59507b692a NO HE DIDN'T SAID THE STORY GIRL QUICKLY YES BUT YOUR UNCLE ROGER WAS NEVER CLAPPED IN THE SHOULDER AND CALLED BROTHER BY THE DEVIL SAID PETER AND CAME UPON THE BOTTLE OF MAGIC GLUE WHICH I HAD BROUGHT FROM THE OLD WITCH'S HOUSE e07b3168-fd6b-426d-b95a-d49e30cb7180 CHANCING ACCIDENTALLY I VOW TO OVERHEAR CERTAIN OF THESE SECRETS I LEARNED THAT SARA RAY HAD NAMED AN APPLE FOR JOHNNY PRICE AND CECILY TRUE'S YOU LIVE THERE WAS EIGHT SEEDS IN IT AND YOU KNOW EIGHT MEANS THEY BOTH LOVE WHILE CECILY ADMITTED THAT WILLY FRASER HAD WRITTEN ON HIS SLATE AND SHOWED IT TO HER IF YOU LOVE ME AS I LOVE YOU NO KNIFE CAN CUT OUR LOVE IN TWO BUT SARA RAY NEVER YOU BREATHE THIS TO A LIVING SOUL A WAGON RUMBLING OVER A PLANK BRIDGE IN THE HOLLOW MADE SARAH RAY START UP WITH A SHRIEK THE SLAMMING OF A BARN DOOR OVER AT UNCLE ROGER'S CAUSED THE COLD PERSPIRATION TO BREAK OUT IN OUR FACES I DON'T BELIEVE IT IT'S THE JUDGMENT DAY SAID FELIX AND I NEVER HAVE BELIEVED IT BUT OH I WISH THAT CLOCK WOULD STRIKE TWO e0862f82-ca92-4c53-b4df-9936f853e582 SAID THE TWENTY LEGGED MAN AND OF DOROTHY AND JACK PUMPKINHEAD AND DOCTOR PIPT BUT DESPERATE CASES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES IS THAT A CONUNDRUM ASKED CECILY CAUTIOUSLY INSTEAD WE WENT AT IT WITH FEVERISH ZEAL e0892143-cdc7-431d-b047-ada6c93dc2aa GET MAY RHINART YES SIR THE DISEMBODIED VOICE OF RHINHARD REPLIED QUIETLY WE'RE GOING TO SET HER DOWN ON A SOLID PIECE OF GROUND NEAR ONE OF THE OCEANS THE STORY GIRL WINKED WITH THE SIGHT OF HER FACE NEXT TO FELIX AND ME BUT THE SIDE NEXT TO THE GIRLS CHANGED NOT A MUSCLE SHE DEARLY LOVED TO TAKE HER EYES OUT OF FELICITY NOW AND THEN INDEED I WOULD IF I'D JUST MADE UP MY MIND TO WHY NOT WHY NOT BARE FEET IF THEY'RE CLEAN AS WELL AS BARE HANDS AND FACE e08ca37c-037f-4073-9eaa-a52b10ec3287 HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND FELT THE STRENGTH IN HIM GATHER TO A SINGLE POINT AND FLOW OUTWARD THE TWO MEN SUDDENLY SEEMED TO STAGGER THERE WAS A SECOND OF CONFUSION AND THEY HAD LET HIM GO I WAS DROPPING IN THE BLACKNESS AT MY LEFT WAS A SIZABLE PIECE OF APPARATUS THAT WAS STRANGE TO ME FIRST OF ALL I INSISTED e098ed8b-d846-4be8-b07f-62efbb120206 SAID THE STORY GIRL IRREVERENTLY IT'S SO EXPRESSIVE SQUELCH CERTAINLY IT WAS A LOVELY WORD AND AS THE STORY GIRL SAID IT MAYBE THEY WERE REALLY ALL PRAIRIE DOGS MANOEL MAYBE THE HEAD GOT YOU AND YOU ONLY DREAMED THAT THEY WERE LITTLE PEOPLE e0a1f063-5440-475a-906a-0d21f666331f AT MY LEFT WAS A SIZABLE PIECE OF APPARATUS THAT WAS STRANGE TO ME ON A SMALL ENAMELED TABLE BESIDE IT WAS A RATHER LARGE SHEET OF PAPER WEIGHTED DOWN WITH A CRACKED FLORENCE FLASK IN A SORT OF PANIC I SNATCHED UP THE PAPER HAVE YOU DECIDED WHAT FORMS TO GIVE US ASKED THE SCARECROW UNEASILY YES I DREAMED IT ALL OUT WHILE I WAS ASLEEP e0a2f28a-1c9e-4ffc-ac80-845667e8fb5b FAME SAID UNCLE ROGER IF SHE EVER HAS A CHANCE THAT IS AND I SUPPOSE HER FATHER WILL SEEK TO THAT AT LEAST I HOPE HE WILL YOU AND I OLIVIA NEVER HAD OUR CHANCE I HOPE SARAH WILL HAVE HERS THIS WAS OUR FIRST INKLING OF WHAT I WAS TO UNDERSTAND MORE FULLY IN LATER YEARS WE'LL SEARCH THE SHIP SHE CAN'T HIDE FOR LONG SHE WON'T HAVE TO PIPPY SAID THERE'S A FAR SCOUT WE PICKED UP STOWED IN ONE OF THE HOLES THAT MUST BE LEAVING NOW WE COULD FILL THE VIBRATION DISTANTLY THROUGH THE FLOOR THE NEIGHBOUR WILL GET HER I TOLD HIM WITH FAR MORE CONVICTION THAN I FELT e0a4a994-0eb9-4606-8cee-7edc1934d2ea STETSON PACE LENNED AND CONTROL BRIDGE OF HIS SCOUT CRUISER HOW SHOW YOU HOW TO MIND YOUR MINERALS HOW TO OF EVERY LIVING THING ON IT MUTTERED AMBO STETSON PIGS SAID FELIX FORCIBLY PETER'S TURN CAME NEXT IT WAS ALWAYS LOCKED THE WEST ONE LOOKING OVER e0a8f7e6-c584-4a02-8d1d-ceefe52246a9 I REBUILT MY CAMERA FOR ABOUT THE TWENTIETH TIME AND JUST ABOUT FINISHED A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE ON NUCLEONICS AND JUNIOR MECHANICS TO INSTALL THEM I HAD TO TAKE THE OFFENSIVE AGAIN HOWEVER HE FOUND HER FOR TIN DOES NOT TIRE OR REQUIRE SLEEP IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE OTHERS e0bf59f5-75d3-4e21-ae97-8cca9cb1a05b POLYCHROME WHO HAD WANDERED OUTSIDE NOW POKED HER PRETTY HEAD THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW AND EXCLAIMED IN A PLEASED VOICE IT'S GETTING CLOUDY PERHAPS IT IS GOING TO RAIN THE ONE THAT MAKES THE MOST IMPRESSIONS ANSWERED THE STORY GIRL PROMPTLY AND WE GIRLS MUST BE THE JUDGES BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY ELSE NOW WHO IS TO PREACH NEXT SUNDAY e0faa2dd-b5d3-40f1-8d97-8ffc268a9a7d WOULDN'T IT BE AWFUL IF IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO PAT WHISPERED CECILY WELL WE COULD HAVE A JOLLY FUNERAL YOU KNOW SAID DAN WE LOOKED AT HIM IN SUCH HORROR THAT DAN HASTENED TO APOLOGIZE I'D BE AWFUL SORRY MYSELF IF PAT DIED BUT IF HE DID WE'D HAVE TO GIVE HIM THE RIGHT KIND OF FUNERAL HE PROTESTED WHY PATTY JUST SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE FAMILY YES BUT IT TOOK THE JUDGMENT DAY TO MAKE HER I WISH ADDED CECILY WITH A SIGH THAT I HADN'T BEEN IN QUITE SUCH A HURRY GIVING AWAY MY FORGET ME NOT JUG AND I WISH I HADN'T BEEN IN SUCH A HURRY DECIDE AND I'D BE A PRESBYTERIAN SAID PETER WELL IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR THAT SAID DAN YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND NOW NO SIR SAID PETER WITH A FLASH OF SPIRIT I AIN'T ONE OF THE KIND THAT SAYS THEY'LL BE SOME JUST CAUSE THEY'RE SCARED WHEN THE SCARE IS OVER GO BACK ON IT I SAID I'D BE A PRESBYTERIAN AND I MEAN TO STICK TO IT e0fd598d-fae4-46fa-b8ba-72c0cbd1e132 THEREFORE SHE MADE THE ENCHANTED AXE CUT OFF MY OTHER ARM AND THE TINSMITH ALSO REPLACED THAT MEMBER WITH TIN INCLUDING THESE FINELY JOINTED HANDS THAT YOU SEE ME USING THAT WAS BEFORE WE WERE BORN AND SUCH A THING WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL AFTER WE'RE DEAD SAID CECILY WITH VERY UNUSUAL PESSIMISM I THINK KINGS AND QUEENS WERE THICKER LONG AGO SAID THE STORY GIRL THEY DO SEEM DREADFULLY SCARCE NOW e1130c06-f6f3-4079-abdd-e9a4950610ff WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE QUARREL WAS I CANNOT TELL YOU BECAUSE I NEVER KNEW IT REMAINED A DEAD SECRET BETWEEN THE PARTIES OF THE FIRST AND THE SECOND PART FOREVER BUT IT WAS MORE BITTER THAN THE GENERAL RUN OF THEIR TIFFS AND THE CONSEQUENCES WERE APPARENT TO ALL THEY HAD NOT SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER SINCE SHE WAS PLUMP AND DIMPLED WITH BIG DARK BLUE HEAVY LIDDED EYES SOFT FEATHERY GOLDEN CURLS AND A PINK AND WHITE SKIN THE KING COMPLEXION THE KINGS WERE NOTED FOR THEIR NOSES AND COMPLEXION e113deaf-0492-4096-89ca-ac086a0a370f HE FLINCHED WHEN JENIFER TO BE HEARD ABOVE THE ZID'S RAGINGS SHOUTED IN HIS EAR MY SCOOP SHOULD HAVE THE QUEEN AFLOAT BY NOW CAN WE REACH HER AH NEVER MIND I SAID CROSSLY FOR I FELT THAT PETER HAD DISGRACED US SHE'S JUST MAD AND NO WONDER WHATEVER MADE YOU ACT SO CRAZY PETER e11f889f-867d-430c-9733-9a1caf2914d4 I GRABBED UP THE MONITOR RECEIVER AND RAN TOWARDS THE AIRLOCK THIS IS A DIFFERENT BOMB NOW I SAID KEEPING ONE EYE ON THE SCREEN AND THE OTHER ON THE SLOWLY OPENING OUTER DOOR THIS ONE HAS RECEPTORS ON THE HULL ATTEMPT TO DESTROY ANY PART OF THE SHIP OR EVEN GAIN ENTRY TO IT AND THIS ONE WILL DETONATE WHAT HE SAID WAS VENUS SPACESHIP MY NAME IS RAY IT IS INDEED FORTUNATE THAT YOU HAVE MET ME IMMEDIATELY UPON YOUR ARRIVAL HERE SINCE I AM THE WORLD'S GREATEST GENIUS e13175b3-4ed5-4357-9f2f-dbbddc2f09d1 FARMER'S MIND WORKED CHAOTICALLY THIS WAS PUZZLING HE DECIDED AND DID MAKE HIM FEEL INFERIOR THAT IS IT DID IF A MAN IN THE RED SCALES HAD REALLY PICKED UP ENGLISH SO QUICKLY DESPERATELY I QUICKLY TURNED THE DIAL UNTIL THE TWO RED MARKS COINCIDED A GREAT WEIGHT SOFT AND ENVELOPING SEEMED TO DROP UPON ME THE SENSES OF SIGHT AND HEARING AND FEELING ALL LEFT ME I COULD ONLY THINK AND MY THOUGHTS WERE HORRIBLE e1460046-c8b9-4f72-b383-63fbf3fcd499 BUT SHE WAS AS PROUD AS SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL SHE LAUGHED ALL HER SUITORS TO SCORN A SHOWER CAME UP IN THE EVENING AND WE HAD TO STOP PICKING AFTER THE SHOWER THERE WAS A MAGNIFICENT DOUBLE RAINBOW WE WATCHED IT FROM THE GRANARY WINDOW AND THE STORY GIRL TOLD US AN OLD LEGEND CULLED FROM ONE OF AUNT OLIVIA'S MANY SCRAPBOOKS e1564116-3b6a-48fb-b7a2-b864d49da614 IT WAS IRONIC HE SHOULD HAVE ASKED DORA TO TELL HIM MORE ABOUT GAR WAS HE A TRAITOR OR A TAM DIVERIAN GANGSTER OR WHAT JOHN ANDREW GASPED AND STARTED SINKING AGAIN THE MAN'S MIND WAS LIKE HIS OFFICE IN THE TOWN HALL SPARSELY FURNISHED ALMOST AUSTERE BUT WITH ALL THE NECESSITIES LAID OUT FOR EASY ACCESS e16a16e7-f3c7-4e1c-a1eb-7508d97bcf52 THE METERS AND INDICATORS LOOKED TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE IF ANYTHING UNEXPECTEDLY BRIGHT FROM CONSTANT POLISHING ISN'T SO QUICK TO MOVE AND GET OUT OF YOUR SIGHT WHILE YOU'RE WINKING AS THE THIN ONE HAD NOT THEN HEARD HER SAY IT e17ab94f-e327-4286-aa02-3e600d88fba3 IT SEEMS TO ME FROM THIS DISTANCE REMARKED THE TIN WOODMAN THAT IT'S THE BIGGEST CASTLE I EVER SAW IT IS REALLY TOO BIG FOR ANY USE AND NO ONE COULD OPEN OR SHUT THOSE BIG DOORS WITHOUT A STEP LADDER BEWITCHED NONSENSE THERE NOW WHAT'D I TELL YOU COMPLAINED PETER THE STORY GIRL LOOKED AT PETER AT THE REST OF US AND THEN AT POOR PAT HOW COULD HE BE BEWITCHED SHE ASKED IRRESOLUTELY AND WHO COULD BEWITCH HIM e196d29b-81b9-427d-82b9-f74fab1366dc THERE WILL BE NO LOSS TO EITHER FACTION NO LOSS JONIFER REPEATED INDIGNANTLY THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL PRETENTIOUS ABOUT THE PLACE IT WAS A RAMBLING LAZY LOOKING HOUSE BUILT LARGELY OF NATIVE STONE STTCHING ITS LENGTH COMFORTABLY IN THE SHADE OF THE BIG MAPLES e196fadd-cf33-44e1-949e-bb17cc6b0229 I'D SWEAR HE WAS SMILING IF THIRTY TEETH PEEKING OUT OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE A CRACK IN AN OLD SUIT CASE COULD BE CALLED SMILING THIS IS FAIRLY EASY TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A MACHINE MEMORY TO WORK WITH JUST THEN AS THEY HAD COME TO GRIPS AGAIN REMEMBER MY COMMANDS FELIX I NEVER PRAYED THAT YOU COULDN'T EAT A BITTER APPLE I JUST PRAYED THAT I'D BE THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD e1a397bb-4cb9-49df-b874-43f9bb005062 SEEMED TO DROP UPON ME BUT I DIDN'T EVEN STOP TO GIVE HIM A RING IN A SQUAT CLEAR BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL THAT VIC HAD TAKEN FROM THE DRAWER IT'S ONLY VANITY WHEN YOU GET PUFFED UP ABOUT THEM THERE ISN'T ANY I USED THE LAST IN THE SOUP YESTERDAY DIDN'T SEE HER OF COURSE MISSUS RAY MET ME AT THE DOOR AND TOLD ME NOT TO COME IN BUT MISSUS RAY SAYS THE MEASLES GO AWFUL HARD WITH THE RAYS IF THEY DON'T DIE COMPLETELY OF THEM IT LEAVES THEM DEAF OR BLIND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT e1b7165c-0eec-4da5-a542-f9b5170621b6 THE YOUNG MINISTER WAS A VERY GOOD YOUNG MAN AND TRIED TO DO HIS DUTY BUT HE WAS DREADFULLY AFRAID OF MEETING OLD MISTER SCOTT BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THE OLD MINISTER WAS VERY ANGRY AT BEING SET ASIDE AND WOULD LIKELY GIVE HIM A SOUND DRUBBING IF HE EVER MET HIM EVERYBODY BLAMED POOR DAN CECILY ASKED HIM WHAT HE WOULD FEEL LIKE IF JIMMY WERE NEVER EVER FOUND e1bc488b-5e4f-4d2c-97d6-42486b0cfdf2 SHE HADN'T OUGHT TO TELL ME STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE IF SHE DON'T WANT ME TO LAUGH WHEN I SEE THEM AND TRIED TO CARRY OUT OUR TEACHER'S GENTLE PRECEPTS HE HAD NO IDEA I WASN'T INTEREST IN HIS OTHER HANKEY PANKY BUT COULD TELL THAT I HAD A LOW BLOW e1bdc3a3-be43-41ae-8c3a-d48339b75a54 SHE AND A KATY WERE VERY MUCH IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER BUT TO FELIX EVERYTHING SUDDENLY BECAME FLAT STALE AND UNPROFITABLE THE GREAT SUN WILL BE DOWN SOON SAID TO NEWBE ITS HEADLIGHTS SWUNG IN WILD ARCS ACROSS THE TRUNKS AND DOWN THE MUD AERIAL CREEPERS e1c632a0-93f8-4061-a20c-c3ad410e1e74 THE CONGREGATION WILL EXCUSE ME IF I RECAPITULATE THE SERMON FOR OUR FRIENDS BENEFIT LIKE A GOOD MANY KINGS AND EMPERORS I HAVE A GRAND TITLE BUT VERY LITTLE REAL POWER WHICH ALLOWS ME TIME TO AMUSE MYSELF IN MY OWN WAY e1d37fa9-0b6b-43eb-a19c-c21a8dade351 FEELING FOR SOME HIDDEN SPRING THAT MIGHT OPEN A DOOR OR WINDOW AND I AM RESOLVED NEVER TO SPEAK AGAIN WITHOUT TAKING TIME TO THINK CAREFULLY AFTER DINNER THE CLOUDS ROLLED AWAY AND THE SUN CAME JOYOUSLY AND GLORIOUSLY OUT WE WATCHED HER WHITE CLAD FIGURE PASS THROUGH THE GATE AND ENTER THE FRONT DOOR e1d8d1db-0bc6-42a0-bcd4-df6227bc277b WELL BESS OLD GIRL HERE WE ARE NOW DONALD FRASER PLUCK UP HEART AND PLAY THE MAN NEVER FLINCH BECAUSE A SLIP OF THE LASS LOOKS SCORNFUL AT YOU OUT OF THE BONNIEST DARK BLUE EYES ON EARTH BUT IN SPITE OF HIS BOLD WORDS DONALD'S HEART WAS THUMPING AS HE DROVE INTO THE SHERMAN YARD MANOEL TOOK MULLER AND WENT TO WORK SODOM AND GOMORRAH TEXAS BY R e1d9c6cd-c3fb-4071-b69c-c2a47141918c ALIEN CALLS FOR FULL CONTACT TEAM WITH ALL THAT AND WHAT DO WE DO IN RETURN THAT WE COULD CONTROL WHOEVER'S LICKED WILL HAVE TO GIVE IN ABOUT PRAYING SAID PETER FOR MYSELF I CARED NOT A GROAT e1f34a98-c3a5-4227-8131-823fe09a3a49 NO I'M JUST DOING PENANCE AUNT JANET FOR A SIN I COMMITTED I CAN'T CONFESS IT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BRING TROUBLE ON ANOTHER PERSON SO I'M GOING TO DO PENANCE ALL DAY YOU DON'T MIND DO YOU AUNT JANET WAS IN A VERY GOOD HUMOR THAT MORNING SO SHE MERELY LAUGHED NOT IF YOU DON'T GO TOO FAR WITH YOUR NONSENSE SHE SAID TOLERANTLY AND AS HE DID THERE CAME RUSHING OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE A GREAT COMPANY THE BAND OF FELLOW TRAVELLERS BUT ALL WERE TOO LATE TO WIN THE DOUBLE BOON VING HAD WON TO IT THROUGH THE DANGER AND SUFFERING OF THE DARK RIVER e2024343-778f-4dcd-8d14-467c0f5096b6 YOU MUST HAVE IMAGINED IT PETER OR ELSE UNCLE ROGER IS TRYING TO FOOL US YOUR UNCLE ROGER WENT TO MARKDDVILLE RIGHT AFTER MILKING SAID PETER HE LOCKED UP THE HOUSE AND GAVE ME THE KEY THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY HE SAID YOU ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF RAISE RAY THE WORK OF GENIUS WHICH WILL ALLOW MANKIND HIS FIRST REALLY CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE LAST REMAINING FRONTIER ON HIS HOME PLANET THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA e2034af9-f618-41f0-bdb6-ab4095eca36a AND I DID NOT SYMPATHIZE OVER AND ABOVE WITH MY BROTHER BUT ALL OF US WERE SHADOWS THERE WAS A QUIZZICAL LOOK IN HIS EYES REALIZING WHAT OUR DREAD HAD BEEN NEVERTHELESS WE DRESSED OURSELVES CAREFULLY AND THE GIRLS PUT ON THEIR WHITE DRESSES IT WAS NOT THE JUDGMENT DAY THE WORLD AND LIFE WERE STILL BEFORE US WITH ALL THEIR POTENT LURE OF YEARS UNKNOWN e21012da-f385-4b29-95f0-7082272ace8d I'VE GOT A MANY OVER THAT MOB STEAD THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT US IT PUT ME DOWN AND LEFT SHE CAN PUT ILL LUCK ON YOU JUST BY LOOKING AT YOU AND SHE WILL IF YOU OFFEND HER LAUGHTER RIPPLED OVER THE STORY GIRL'S FACE THEY SAY SHE WAS ALWAYS FULL OF MISCHIEF e210887b-819b-4eb9-8343-f97dab4a82b7 ANOTHER DAY OR TWO AND I'LL BE ABLE TO EAT A WHOLE ONE HE SAID JUBILANTLY THIS IS DIFFERENT I KNOW WHAT I'M FIGHTING FOR BUT I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD THAT OUR GROWN UP RELATIVES DID NOT ALTOGETHER ADMIRE OR APPROVE OF UNCLE BLAIR WELL WE HAD ALL BEEN BADLY HOAXED e210d11c-e7e1-47f6-aa4f-f624e4bbdb83 THERE WAS A GENERAL UNKEMPT STRAGGLING LOOK ABOUT HIM LOUIS ORNE JUNIOR I A FIELD MAN WITH A MAIDEN DIPLOMA STOOD AT THE OPPOSITE PORT STUDYING THE JUNGLE HORIZON I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL YONA MURDERED HE PASSED THE COIN OVER THE OLD WOMAN'S HAND SNATCHED IT AND CLOSED ON IT WHERE MIGHT I FIND THIS FAMILY HE SAID IT IS NOW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON THE OLD WOMAN SAID PERHAPS THEY ARE AT HOME e216543e-24d1-49d8-9b51-a77e025d28dd TO HIS SURPRISE GARF DID NOTHING TO STOP HIM PROBABLY JOHN ANDREW FIGURED LATER THE POLICEMAN EXPECTED NO FURTHER TROUBLE FROM THE HUMANS AFTER THE TREATMENT THEY HAD FARMER'S HAYMAKER CONNECTED AN EXCELLENT TEST HE SAID IF YOU CAN AMUSE ME WITH THAT STORY YOU MUST BE A WONDER I HAVE HEARD IT SO OFTEN THAT IT IS NO MORE INTEREST FOR ME THAN THE ALPHABET e23e0844-4286-4293-a43e-81582015ba49 I DON'T LIKE THIS INVISIBLE COUNTRY SAID HOO WITH A SHUDDER YOU CAN'T TELL HOW MANY DREADFUL INVISIBLE BEASTS ARE ROAMING AROUND US OR WHAT DANGER WE'LL COME TO NEXT IT HAD A LETHAL PAIR OF EXTRA LIMBS THAT SPRANG FROM THE SHOULDERS TO END IN TALONED SEIZING HANDS AND ITS SLANTED RED EYES BURNED MALEVOLENTLY FROM A SNOUTED RAZOR FANGED FACE e23e121d-b481-4703-a0c9-9b4f9dfb3041 AND NODDING LIKE AN ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE IF CHINA THREE STILL EXISTS IN FIVE DAYS NO LIGHT DOWN THERE AND THEY'RE MOVING UP FAST WE'LL NINE YEARS PASS ON EARTH WHEN WE MAKE THE TRIP OUR TEA IS MERE MOMENTS HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE MAN'S SHOULDER e25f8a04-05f3-4ffc-b61f-cca5fb09d660 HOPE SUDDENLY PUT HER ARMS ABOUT ME SHE WAS SOBBING THE THING IS SET TO OPERATE THE REVERSE CYCLE AT THREE HOUR INTERVALS EXACTLY YOU KNOW THERE ARE LIGHT RAYS THAT THE HUMAN EYES CAN'T PERCEIVE AND BESIDES NOW THIS PUSSY FOOTING AROUND IN THE DARK WOULD BE NECESSARY IF YOUR SCREAM WAS OPEN AND I COULD HAVE GOT A CALL THROUGH e263ffd1-792b-4313-8b9e-c9cb6c1843b8 THE SURFACING OF STETSON'S VOICE CAME THROUGH THE HIDDEN SPEAKER WANT US TO COME BACK NEGATIVE STAND BY HE LOOKS CAUTIOUS RATHER THAN HOSTILE FELIX THAT SOBER SOLID FELLOW DREAMED CONSTANTLY OF FLYING THROUGH THE AIR HIS DESCRIPTIONS OF HIS AERIAL FLIGHTS OVER THE TREE TOPS OF DREAMLAND ALWAYS FILLED US WITH ENVY e268ed44-077f-43e5-a3c8-69afcdbc63e5 PAT JUST GOT SICK AND GOT BETTER AGAIN OF HIS OWN ACCORD I'M GOING TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE PRAYING SAID CECILY DECIDEDLY IT'S SO MUCH NICER TO BELIEVE THAT GOD CURED PAT THAN THAT PEG BOWEN DID BUT YOU OUGHTN'T TO BELIEVE A THING JUST CAUSE IT WILL BE MORE COMFORTABLE OBJECTED PETER MIND YOU I AIN'T SAYING GOD COULDN'T CURE PAT BUT NOTHING AND NOBODY CAN'T EVER MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT PEG BOWEN WASN'T AT THE BOTTOM OF IT ALL THUS FAITH SUPERSTITION AND INCREDULITY STROVE TOGETHER AMONGST US AS IN ALL HISTORY AND FERNS GROW OUT BETWEEN THE STONES OF THE WELL AS FAR DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE THE WATER IS LOVELY UNCLE EDWARD PREACHED HIS FINEST SERMON ABOUT THE BETHLEHEM WELL WHERE DAVID'S SOLDIERS WENT TO GET HIM WATER AND HE ILLUSTRATED IT BY DESCRIBING HIS OLD WELL AT THE HOMESTEAD THIS VERY WELL AND HOW IN FOREIGN LANDS HE HAD LONGED FOR ITS SPARKLING WATER SO YOU SEE IT IS QUITE FAMOUS e277393e-f2b0-4cce-99b3-d936fcce1337 AS THEY SOMETIMES DID WHEN THE TOIL OF THE DAY WAS OVER WE ALL HAVE DREAM BOOKS YOU KNOW AND EVERYONE WANTS THEIR OWN TO BE THE MOST EXCITING AND WE'VE BEEN EATING RICH THINGS TO MAKE US DREAM AND IT DOES THEY OILED MY JOINTS AND SET ME FREE WHEN THEY HAD REACHED THE END OF THE PATH WHERE THEY HAD FIRST SEEN THE WARNING SIGN e2a59e6c-3121-45d6-82cf-48416e9832e6 BUT WHOEVER MADE IT DID A SCREW BALL JOB IT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY WARM EXPLAIN THIS TO ME HE NEVER CRIED A SPECK WHEN YOU THOUGHT PETER WAS GOING TO DIE AND NOW WHEN HE IS GOING TO GET BETTER YOU CRY LIKE THAT AND HE ROSE UP A GOD BEAUTIFUL WITH IMMORTALITY e2ad16ad-21d7-4498-97af-51f6db361d7f A MAN OF DOMINATING PRESENCE AND ACID VOICE WHERE DID YOU GET THE TITLE AND SO TORRID IN THE AFTERNOONS I'M AN OLD WOMAN BUT I DO NO WRONG AND THERE IS NO ONE CAN ACCUSE ME OF HERESY I AM IN CHURCH EVERY WEEK AND MORE THAN ONCE I KEEP PEACE WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND THERE'S NONE CAN SAY A MYSTERY ABOUT ME e2d51709-84f8-4c0b-b24d-3389fba8339c STETSON SHRUGGED I'M AFRAID THEY'RE SLIM THESE GOONS PROBABLY HAVE THE DELPHINEST AND THEY WANT YOU JUST LONG ENOUGH TO GET YOUR EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ROUGH AS THAT EH ACCORDING TO OUR BEST GUESS IF YOU'RE NOT OUT IN FIVE DAYS WE BLAST THERE I STOOD UNABLE TO MOVE HAND OR FOOT AND THERE I CONTINUED TO STAND WHILE DAYS CAME AND WENT UNTIL DOROTHY AND THE SCARECROW CAME ALONG AND RESCUED ME THEY OILED MY JOINTS AND SET ME FREE AND I'VE TAKEN GOOD CARE NEVER TO REST AGAIN e3188684-fb96-4347-a8bd-17f2061cabaa THERE IS NO USE IN YOUR LUGGING MY CAGE ANY FARTHER DECLARED THE CANARY LET ME OUT AND THROW THE CAGE AWAY THEN I CAN FLY WITH YOU AND FIND MY OWN BREAKFAST OF SEEDS ALSO I CAN SEARCH FOR WATER AND TELL YOU WHERE TO FIND IT SHE AND CECILY EACH TOOK SARA BY AN ARM AND HALF LEADING HALF CARRYING GOT HER OUT OF THE ORCHARD AND UP TO THE HOUSE THE REST OF US LOOKED AT EACH OTHER IN TERRIFIED QUESTIONING e31b3e1c-9a69-4222-ad52-23b5d67ec729 I THOUGHT OF THAT MYSELF BUT I CAN'T STAY HOME CECILY IT WOULD BE FAR MORE THAN FLESH AND BLOOD COULD ENDURE I MUST HEAR THAT MISSIONARY SPEAK THEY SAID HE WAS ALL BUT EATEN BY CANNIBALS ONCE JUST THINK HOW MANY NEW STORIES I'D HAVE TO TELL AFTER I'D HEARD HIM MODESTY PREVENTED ME FROM SPEAKING FIRST BUT I HAD A VERY SHORT WAIT BEFORE INSKIP REACHED THE SAME CONCLUSION I HAD HE HURLED A FOLD OF THE LENGTH OF THE ROOM AND SCOWLED OUT AT THE HARSH DAWN LIGHT e31feeef-a12c-4f3e-8fee-efca73da8bb8 BEFORE I WAS SO CUT OFF REPLIED THE OTHER I WAS KNOWN AS CAPTAIN FIGHTER BUT AFTERWARD I WAS MERELY CALLED THE TIN SOLDIER WELL CAPTAIN IF YOU ARE AGREEABLE LET US NOW GO TO NIMI AMMY'S HOUSE AND LET HER CHOOSE BETWEEN US PEG HAD YOUR RHEUMATISM RING ON AND THE STORY GIRL'S BLUE BEADS AND SARA RAY'S LACE SEWED ACROSS THE FRONT OF HER DRESS e323f516-dd05-4c45-82f0-0cd455ffb8e0 IT IS THE VERY SAME CUP SAID THE STORY GIRL IMPRESSIVELY ISN'T IT AN AMAZING THING THAT CUP HAS BEEN HERE FOR FORTY YEARS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE DRUNK FROM IT AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN BROKEN I DON'T WANT TO CATCH THE MEASLES FROM PETER SAID FELICITY DECIDEDLY FANCY CATCHING THEM FROM A HIRED BOY AH FELICITY DON'T CALL PETER A HIRED BOY WHEN HE'S SICK PROTESTED CECILY e3296d9d-31c1-4358-b13b-f61c49ffc698 THERE HIS HEAD PILLOWED HARDLY ON UNCLE ROGER'S BOOTS LADY JIMMIE PATTERSON STILL SOUND ASLEEP WELL I'LL BE JIGGERED SAID UNCLE ROGER I KNEW HE NEVER WENT OUT OF THE DOOR CRIED DAN TRIUMPHANTLY HAVING DECIDED ALL THIS FARMER WENT BACK OVER THE TERRITORY TO SEE IF HE COULD FIND ANY FLAWS IN IT OR ANY OTHER WAY OUT IT STILL MADE SENSE HE ADDED A DECISION TO GET THE BOAT BACK TO SHORE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE HE APPROACHED THE ENGINE e32bf95b-21f7-438e-bf7c-c0c881d01de8 HE WOULD TELL US WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS TRUE DAN BUT HE COULDN'T KNOW AUNT JANET'S THROATY GURGLE AND AUNT OLIVIA'S TRILLING MIRTH FLOATED OUT THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW ONLY FOUR YEARS BY OUR TEA BRANDON SAID HE LOOKED AT HIS WALK AROUND BOTTLE BE SURE TO STAND BY WITH THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA e33b10c5-3953-4e97-9652-174a8f622688 WHEN WE REACHED THE GREEN GLOOM OF THE WOODS BEYOND WE BEGAN TO FEEL FRIGHTENED BUT NOBODY WOULD ADMIT IT WE WALKED VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER AND WE DID NOT TALK WHEN YOU ARE NEAR THE RETREAT OF WITCHES AND THE FOLK OF THAT ILK THE LESS YOU SAY THE BETTER FOR THEIR FEELINGS ARE NOTORIOUSLY TOUCHY OF COURSE PEG WASN'T A WITCH BUT IT WAS BEST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE INDEED MISSUS UKE WAS QUITE JUSTIFIED IN BELIEVING NO POWER COULD ALTER HER ENCHANTMENTS HOWEVER I AM SURE I CAN RESTORE THE SCARECROW TO HIS ORIGINAL SHAPE e33fc8ff-7b41-4d06-9f49-f10464148de3 THEN HE PUT THE FIRE OUT AND WENT INSIDE HE WASN'T SURE WHETHER OR NOT ANY ONE WAS WATCHING HIM THAT TIME FINALLY THEY HEARD A STIR FROM WITHIN AND SOME ONE COUGHED WHO'S THERE CALLED A GIRL'S VOICE IT IS I CRIED THE TIN TWINS TOGETHER HOW DID YOU GET THERE ASKED THE VOICE e348b505-a58f-4174-ac42-e7d1cc4f38c3 OF COURSE I CONSENTED AND TAKING THE MEDICINE I HURRIED AWAY IT WAS A LONG DISTANCE MOSTLY UPHILL AND MY LEGS BEGAN TO GROW WEARY BUT THEN THERE WAS POOR PAT WOULD IT DO ANY GOOD SAID THE STORY GIRL DESPERATELY EVEN IF SHE DID MAKE PAT SICK I SUPPOSE IT WOULD ONLY MAKE HER CROSS HER IF WE WOULDN'T ACCUSED HER OF BEWITCHING HIM BESIDES SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING OF THE SORT THERE WAS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE STORY GIRL'S VOICE e36201d1-246a-4417-b894-e354821a54f3 THE TELEVISION SAT FLICKERED HUMMED TO HAVE A WEIRD CREATURE WITH SUPERHUMAN POWERS SERESTIC DOODLES AND ABRUPTLY PRESENTED A PICTURE ITCHED MADDENINGLY DO YOU TOO KNOW MANY THINGS ORN ARE THERE MANY PLANETS TO TEACH e368b4bf-a2ee-4c2b-8f4f-3afb91754e7b FACE IT IS FAIREST THAT E'ER THE SUN SHONE ON HUMMED DONALD AND OH HE THOUGHT SO TOO HE DID NOT KNOW WHETHER NANCY CARED FOR HIM OR NOT HE HAD MANY RIVALS BUT HE KNEW THAT IF SHE WOULD NOT COME TO BE THE MISTRESS OF HIS NEW HOUSE NO ONE ELSE EVER SHOULD PUMP ME UP PUMP ME UP WAILED PANTA IF YOU DON'T YOU'LL BREAK MY HEART IF WE DO WE'LL BREAK YOUR SKIN REPLIED THE KING e3849848-9107-4cee-a7ff-1ba8003b1a7a BUT AT LEAST IN THE BEGINNING HER DREAMS WERE NO MORE REMARKABLE THAN THOSE OF THE REST OF US ONE OF FARMER'S WEAKNESSES IN FACT WAS THAT THOUGH THOROUGHLY MASCULINE HIMSELF HE COMPLETELY DISTRUSTED WOMEN e396e8f4-035b-4d44-bdc7-c89514fe45d3 THE CONSULATE ROCKET LANDED ASHORE BUT JEFF IGNORED IT THERE'S AN E I COMMUNICATOR IN MY CABIN JEFF SAID LET'S GO GET THAT UNIFORM ON YOUR UGLY FRAME THE ENGINEERS OF THE DELPHINAS SAID IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE NOW ONLY THE e3a45a55-28fb-417f-a6ca-f119ca03e678 I BRIDLED MY TEMPER AND TRIED ONE LAST TIME DISGUISED BEHIND THESE BLUE PRINTS I SHUDDERED A BIT AS THE THOUGHT HIT ME I HAVE BEEN A WANDERER FOR NEARLY A FULL YEAR AND NOW MY WANDERINGS HAVE BROUGHT ME TO THIS SPLENDID CASTLE e3a4e1eb-f843-43dd-9047-2b8e071adb01 FIVE PACES DOWN THE CORRIDOR THE WALK TURNED INTO A RUN YONIC WATCHED HIM GO AND THEN SAT DOWN ON HIS LOUSE AND FESTO COT TO AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS THE MINUTES TICKED BY ENDLESSLY HE THOUGHT OF TRYING TO REACH CLARETON BUT DECIDED NOT ENTIRELY WITH REGRET THAT THE CONTACT WOULD USE UP TOO MUCH ENERGY AND HE NEEDED ALL THE ENERGY HE COULD CONSERVE NOW PEG BOWEN DOESN'T NEED TO CATCH YOU TO DO THINGS TO YOU SAID PETER OMINOUSLY SHE CAN PUT ILL LUCK ON YOU JUST BY LOOKING AT YOU AND SHE WILL IF YOU OFFEND HER I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY e3aaae75-4bd4-43ba-9916-dd4e1b99c5c3 ON THIS PARTICULAR EVENING UNCLE ROGER TOLD MANY STORIES OF UNCLE EDWARD AND ONE IN WHICH THE SAID EDWARD HAD PREACHED SERMONS AT THE MATURE AGE OF TEN FROM THE PULPIT STONE FIRED AS A SEQUEL WILL SHOW THE STORY GIRL'S IMAGINATION LOOK AROUND THEM THEY SAW THAT THE ONLY LOOM NOW REMAINING WITHIN REACH WAS BALLOON THE KING WHO HAD REMAINED SEATED IN HIS THRONE WATCHING THE PUNISHMENT OF HIS PEOPLE WITH A BEWILDERED LOOK IN HIS PURPLE EYES e3b4a457-761d-4000-8e30-cafb282a5ebb HE BOUNDED TO THE SEAT OF A GIANT CHAIR AND THEN TO ITS BACK AND WITH A WILD LEAP OZMA AND DOROTHY OF COURSE I WON'T MIX IT UP WITH MORE IMPORTANT THINGS I'LL JUST TACK IT ON AFTER I'VE FINISHED ASKING THE BLESSINGS BUT BEFORE I SAY AMEN e3c4812a-e3aa-4c87-9e4c-7cf791a4f675 I WAS SUDDENLY VERY HEAVY SHE BECAME NERVOUS LIKE AND RAPPED ON THE DOOR I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF AND POCKETED THE WEAPON WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT SAID THE SMALL MARTINET THERE'S ENOUGH OF US HERE RIGHT NOW e3db6682-b267-4bad-82a6-474f326dfee2 THE VALLEY WAS FULL OF MIST AND THE RAIN WAS COMING DOWN IN SLANTING LINES OVER THE TOPS OF THE SPRUCES I'VE THOUGHT OF A GREAT PENANCE SAID CECILY EAGERLY BUT FELICITY WOULD NOT WALK WITH A BAREFOOTED COMPANION e3dd4cc4-2f5f-4f68-bed6-e68a1003c267 HE EXCLAIMED BREATHLESSLY I WAS JUST ABOUT TO PHONE FOR THE POLICE I WAS FOR CERTAIN SIR I NODDED SHUDDERING THEREFORE SHE COULD NOT COME AND IN UNCLE STEPHEN THE BLOOD OF THE SEAFARING RACE CLAIMED ITS OWN e3e09976-3c59-4a59-8a03-4f57cb71f512 BUT THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER EVEN WHILE DANCING COULD THINK AND REASON VERY CLEARLY AND SUDDENLY SHE SOLVED THE PROS PROBLEM IN THE NICEST POSSIBLE WAY OH THERE'S EVERY DIFFERENCE I CAN'T JUST EXPLAIN IT BUT EVERYONE KNOWS THERE'S A DIFFERENCE YOU KNOW IT YOURSELF OH PLEASE DON'T DO SUCH A THING SARA WELL I WON'T JUST TO OBLIGE YOU SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WOULD HAVE DIED THE DEATH BEFORE SHE WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE PUBLIC MEETING BAREFOOTED e3edabe9-028a-4b8b-97c7-cc180b2f7c30 YOU MARSHALL'S LITTLE BOY YOU LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER SAID THE MIDGET THAT VOICE I SHOULD KNOW THAT VOICE EVEN IF IT'S CRACKED TO PIECES THAT HAS TO BE MANUEL'S VOICE CECILY LOOKED PALE AND THIN BESIDE HER BUT SHE HAD DAINTY LITTLE FEATURES SMOOTH BROWN HAIR OF SATIN SHEEN AND MILD BROWN EYES WITH JUST A HINT OF DEMURENESS IN THEM NOW AND AGAIN e3ef3172-e648-4740-bb0a-0290b9c0a7f9 YOU MUST ATTEND TO THE PUDDING YOURSELF SHE SAID THE RECIPE'S SO PLAIN AND SIMPLE EVEN YOU CAN'T GO ASTRAY AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU CAN ASK ME BUT DON'T BOTHER ME IF YOU CAN HELP IT THE STORY GIRL DID NOT BOTHER HER MONTHS THE PUDDING WAS CONCOCTED AND BAKED AS THE STORY GIRL PROUDLY INFORMED US WHEN WE CAME TO THE DINNER TABLE ALL ON HER OWN HOOK SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF IT AND CERTAINLY AS FAR AS APPEARANCE WENT IT JUSTIFIED HER TRIUMPH IT MUST BE SPLENDID TO GO TO EUROPE SIGHED CECILY LONGINGLY I AM GOING SOME DAY SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY WE LOOKED AT HER WITH A SLIGHTLY INCREDULOUS AWE TO US IN THOSE YEARS EUROPE SEEMED ALMOST AS REMOTE AND UNREACHABLE AS THE MOON e3f05dd0-fef1-4301-8646-2788b0fb971c TELL HER ALL SCRAMBLE OUT SOMEHOW VIC SWEPT BOTH ARMS ABOUT HOPE AND ME HOLDING US IN A CLOSE EMBRACE SO THAT WE ALL STOOD WITHIN THE TRIANGLE FORMED BY THE THREE BITS OF BLACK ROCK SHE USED TO LIVE WITH AN OLD WITCH WHO WAS SUDDENLY DESTROYED SO HE SAT ON THE BACK OF HER CHAIR AND CHATTERED TO HER WHILE SHE MENDED HER STOCKINGS e416fcbb-b2a8-4d1e-8895-e4917a8d466f FOR ONE THING IT HAD A FULL TOWN HALL BUILT NO LESS OF HONEST STONE AND PROBABLY A RELIC OF THE MOMENT TIMES HE WAS ACTIVATING THE SCREEN WHEN JENIFER IN A MAGNIFICENT RAGE IN SPITE OF SOAKED BLOUSE AND DUNGERIES ADVANCED ON HIM BUT IF YOU SAW ONE TOO e424b801-7258-4eba-956b-451d39279741 ONE OF THE EAGER LIZARDS HAD MANAGED TO OPEN A CIRCUIT BOX AND HAD POLISHED THE SWITCHES INSIDE SKILFULLY INDEED HAD THAT ASTUTE BILLY PLAYED ON OUR RESPECTIVE WEAKNESSES WE DID NOT EVEN CALL BILLY TO ACCOUNT e43dd874-8147-4cf8-80e1-ae2e4402b776 YOU ARE ALL HELPLESS AND IN MY POWER SO YOU MAY AS WELL MAKE UP YOUR MINDS TO ACCEPT YOUR FATE AND BE CONTENT BUT ASIDE FROM A FEW GREY PATCHES OF BRUSH THERE SEEMED TO BE NO SIGNS OF LIFE OF SAMPLING ITS ATMOSPHERE AND OBSERVING METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS e43f318a-92fa-4c74-8fb0-93b48c64df7d THE EN THREE WENT DOWN BY A FREIGHT ELEVATOR I USED A BACK STAIRS AND WE MET IN THE STREET I SHUFFLED THE MEAGRE FINDINGS CONTROLLED MY IMPATIENCE AND KEPT THE SHIP'S SIMON BUSY PULLING IN ALL THE REPORTS OF ANY KIND OF TROUBLE IN SPACE AND IF SHE WOULD HAVE HIM THEN DONALD AND ALL THE FOLK SHOULD SEE A WEDDING THAT WAS A WEDDING e452c7e4-7759-4a0b-8452-83549305e529 WE WERE ALL GLAD TO HEAR THAT PETER WAS GOING TO CHURCH BUT WE UNDERSTOOD HE THOUGHT PETER WAS GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE OF FELICITY THEN I WAS OUT IN THE FRESH AIR AND AWAY MY BEACON WAS NOT ONLY LOCKED INSIDE A MOUNTAIN OF HAND MADE STONE e46c1b4f-a232-4ba7-8c80-0fe009d44bc8 BUT HE THOUGHT THE MYSTERY WAS SOLVED WHEN CECILY CAME TO HIM ONE DAY AND TOLD HIM THAT PETER WAS PRAYING AGAINST HIM THE DOCTOR'S PEN PAUSED OVER THE CHART ON HIS DESK RELAX TAKE IT EASY WHEN BRANDON OPENED HIS EYES HE WAS STARING AT THE SILVERY DISKS OF THE TWIN MOONS e476b46d-7076-487f-87d6-cdabe8cd9364 NONSENSE SAID THE STORY GIRL AGAIN ALL RIGHT SAID PETER YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE ME THE BIRDS ARE NEARLY ALL GONE AND MOST OF THE MAPLE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN OF COURSE I CONSENTED AND TAKING THE MEDICINE THAT WILL BE SURE TO PLEASE MY FRIEND GINGER WHO HAPPENS TO BE AWAY FROM HOME JUST NOW e47bcf4c-f298-4d8b-a2dd-535800005033 HER SON'S DEATH HE SAW WHEN HE LOOKED INTO HER MIND HAD NOT COME AS A SURPRISE TO HER NOW SHE SAID VAGUELY WELL THE GIRLS PUT ON THEIR SECOND BEST DRESSES AND WE BOYS DONNED WHITE COLLARS THERE ISN'T ANY IN OURS SAID CECILY LOYALLY e47c2306-5b11-4383-8713-d39852cd0e17 DO YOU KNOW WHY I WAS PUT HERE IT SMELLED BUT JONAS WENT UP TO THE DOOR BRAVELY AND KNOCKED THERE WAS NO ANSWER HE TOOK THE FORMS FROM ONE OF THE PACKS THAT HE HAD UNSLUNG FROM MILLER AND COUNTED OUT NINE OF THEM e4a2e8eb-31ce-40dc-81a5-5334a2d0b764 I AM A BIRD AS YOU ARE DEAR POLLY SAID THE TIN WOODMAN BUT ALAS A TIN OWL IS NOT AS BEAUTIFUL AS A CANARY BIRD THE ONLY DOOR WAS IN THE UPPER STORY AND WAS REACHED BY A FLIGHT OF RICKETY STEPS THERE WAS NO SIGN OF LIFE ABOUT THE PLACE EXCEPT SIGHT OF ILL OMEN A LARGE BLACK CAT SITTING ON THE TOPMOST STEP e4b6ec17-16fc-4176-8f4f-f0c3623e04b6 PETER AND FELIX WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY WORSE FRIENDS AFTER IT THEY'D HAVE BEEN BETTER FRIENDS BECAUSE OF THE PRAYING QUESTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED NOW IT CAN'T BE UNLESS FELICITY CAN COAX PETER TO GIVE UP PRAYING AGAINST FELIX I GUESS IT DEPENDS A GOOD DEAL WHETHER YOU'RE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE FIRES I SAID ANDREW DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT OF COURSE HE JUST SAID IT TO SOUND SMART AND MAKE A STARE THE MARS ARE ALL LIKE THAT BUT ANYHOW I'M GOING TO KEEP ON PRAYING THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO EXCITE THE STORY GIRL e4c74635-4d86-4011-8a13-7722f89a9aae CENSUS LIST NAMES OF EVERYBODY IN THE SANTA MAGDALENA I HAD TO STEAL IT IS MISTER MARSHALL'S BOY THE CENSUS CHIEF THEY PORED OVER THE ETIQUETTE COLUMN EVERY WEEK AND COULD HAVE TOLD YOU ON DEMAND JUST EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF GLOVES SHOULD BE WORN AT A WEDDING WHAT YOU SHOULD SAY WHEN INTRODUCING OR BEING INTRODUCED AND HOW YOU OUGHT TO LOOK WHEN YOUR BEST MAN WAS COMING TO SEE YOU e4cd15fe-5e63-4d35-b6b9-84fc464062bd YET YOU SEEM BORED BY THE MATTER CLEREND THOUGHT PUZZLED I DON'T SEE OH I SEE THE WOMAN IN YOUR MIND THE DAUGHTER AND NOW STOP IT YONES THOUGHT STOP IT CUT OFF AFTER ALL HE FINISHED THERE ARE TIMES WHEN EVEN A HERO WANTS A LITTLE PRIVACY THE WITCH SAW THE KISS AND WAS MORE ANGRY THAN EVER WHEN I WENT TO WORK IN THE FOREST NEXT DAY MY AXE BEING STILL ENCHANTED SLIPPED AND CUT OFF MY OTHER LEG e4df5085-b298-4684-99c0-56aee1e17e0b OF COURSE SAID SHE A STRAW MAN A TIN MAN AND A BOY BUT ALL THE CHAIRS IN THE ROOM WERE SO HIGH THAT OUR FRIENDS COULD NOT CLIMB TO THE SEATS OF THEM WERE THEY EVER LIKE THIS BEFORE I ASKED CECILY AS WE TALKED THE MATTER OVER PRIVATELY IN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK THAT IS JUST THE TROUBLE HE SAID e4df92a9-53df-42f7-8377-49d1fdde7166 SOME OF THE DISASTERS AND APPARENT ACCIDENTS HIT INSIDE THIS AREA BUT FURTHER INVESTIGATION PROVED THEM ALL TO HAVE NATURAL CAUSES I HAD LEFT STANDING ORDERS THAT ALL REPORTS FALLING INSIDE THE DANGER AIR TO BE BROUGHT TO ME AT ANY TIME THE MESSENGER WOKE ME FROM A DEEP SLEEP TURNING ON THE LIGHT AND HANDING ME THE SLIP OF PAPER SHALL I PUNCTURE THE KING THE BOY ASKED HIS COMPANIONS KING BALM MUST HAVE OVERHEARD THE QUESTION FOR HE FUMBLED WITH THE CORD THAT FASTENED HIM TO THE THROAT AND MANAGED TO RELEASE IT e4e77824-28e1-432b-a4eb-bb59ce337cc3 HE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE THE SHERMAN HOUSE THE SCENE OF A QUARREL SO HE RESOLVED TO GET AWAY BEFORE THE CAMPBELL CAME HE PERSUADED NANCY TO GO WITH HIM TO VISIT SOME FRIENDS AT ANOTHER SETTLEMENT AS HE BROUGHT NEIL'S SLEIGH UP TO THE DOOR HE SAW A BLACK SPECK FAR OUT ON THE BAY AND LAUGHED BLACK DAN GOES WELL BUT HE'LL NOT BE QUICK ENOUGH HE SAID CECILY SAT DOWN BY HER HALF FILLED BASKET AND BEGAN TO CRY FELICITY SAID VIOLENTLY THAT SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT I CAN'T PICK ANOTHER APPLE TO DAY AND I AIN'T GOING TO TRY SAID DAN NONE OF US COULD WE WENT TO THE GROWN UPS AND TOLD THEM SO AND THE GROWN UPS WITH UNACCUSTOMED UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY TOLD US THAT WE NEED NOT THEN WE ROAMED ABOUT IN OUR WRETCHEDNESS AND TRIED TO COMFORT ONE ANOTHER e4e99570-1afd-4375-b51d-a12e8121906c PAT PRESENTLY CAME GALLOPING UP THE ORCHARD CARRYING IN HIS MOUTH A BIG FIELD MOUSE WHICH SITTING DOWN BEFORE US HE PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR BODY AND BONES AFTERWARDS LICKING HIS CHOPS WITH GREAT SATISFACTION WHY CAN'T BE THE JUDGMENT DAY SAID SARA RAY BRIGHTENING UP PADDY WOULD NEVER BE EATEN MICE IF IT WAS YES HE DID I SAID IN DISGUST FOR I WAS BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT BILLY AND HIS MAGIC SEED WERE ARRANT FRAUDS WHAT FOR YOUR MOUTH IS A DECENT SIZE SAID DAN e4fb1b15-538a-4fbd-b8ed-868c488532fb THERE'S A CUP JUST LIKE THE ONE THAT USED TO BE HERE IN FATHER'S TIME EXCLAIMED FELIX POINTING TO AN OLD FASHIONED SHALLOW CUP OF CLOUDED BLUE WARE ON A LITTLE SHELF INSIDE THE CURB GARTH CONSIDERED THIS BICKING WAS AS USUAL GETTING THEM EXACTLY NOWHERE HE GAVE UP ALL RIGHT DEAR HE SAID YOU WIN YOU'RE RIGHT OF COURSE AND I'M WRONG I ONLY HOPE YOU DON'T BOTHER SO MUCH WITH TALKING TO THAT EARTH SLUG ON THE RADIO AFTER WE'RE MARRIED e4fc1452-ae64-4d97-90fb-3bc2ff36f457 SHE STOLE CAUTIOUSLY THROUGH THE WOODS UNTIL SHE CAME TO THE BRINK OF A LITTLE VALLEY BELOW HER STOOD THE SNOW WHITE MOOSE WHEN AUNT OLIVIA CAME OUT TO GO HOME THE STORY GIRL ASKED HER PERMISSION TO STAY ALL NIGHT WITH FELICITY AND CECILY e501120c-86e7-4865-aca6-8e9fa451d4e9 EXCITEMENT HAD COME WITH A VENGEANCE AND AND UNDER ITS STRESS FELICITY HAD SPOKEN FIRST THAT HE SAID HAD ALWAYS BEEN HIS AUNT JANE'S RULE AND AUNT OLIVIA SUGGESTED TO US ONE DAY THAT WE WRITE A COMPOUND LETTER TO AMUSE HIM UNTIL HE HAD COME TO THE WINDOW AND TALKED TO US FROM A SAFE DISTANCE e50ccfbd-4607-4336-869e-dfa80d9dbd75 AND SHE WAS VERY STUBBORN YOU'VE MISSED MY WHOLE FIRST HEAD SARA HE SAID BUT THAT'S ALL ABOUT THE FIRST HEAD OF MY SERMON YET THERE WAS NO MISTAKING THEM FOR THEY WERE UNLIKE ANY OTHER LIVING CREATURE e512113d-356f-4fd9-9060-1eaf6c643d3c WE HURRIED OVER TO IT TREADING ON THE SPEARS OF MINT THAT WERE BEGINNING TO SHOOT UP ABOUT IT IT WAS A VERY DEEP WELL AND THE CURB WAS OF ROUGH UNDRESSED STONES BEHIND SATTERFIELD FORESHORTENED TO GNOMISHNESS BY THE PICK UP LURKED DOCTOR HERMAN EARTH INTEREST RESIDENT ZOOLOGIST e5370587-bd02-4b08-8dac-c6b4211a5adf THE HOME OF OUR FATHERS I DO LIKE A ROAD BECAUSE YOU CAN BE ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT IS AT THE END OF IT THE STORY GIRL SAID THAT ONCE UPON A TIME FELIX'S LETTER DEAR PETER I'M AWFUL GLAD YOU'RE GETTING BETTER WE ALL FELT BAD WHEN WE THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T BUT I FELT WORSE THAN OTHERS BECAUSE WE HADN'T BEEN ON VERY GOOD TERMS LATELY AND I HAD SAID MEAN THINGS ABOUT YOU I'M SORRY AND PETER YOU CAN PRAY FOR ANYTHING YOU LIKE AND I WON'T EVER OBJECT AGAIN e5470949-a1e6-46e6-b759-b35ec4577b89 A TOUCH ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE DROPPED A STEEL PLATE OVER MY EYES UNDER THE PLASTER SKIN I JAMMED THE IRON HARD INTO MY PHONY EYE SOCKETS AND THE PLASTI GAVE OFF AN AUTHENTIC ODOR A CRY WENT UP FROM THE CROWD AS I DROPPED THE IRON AND STAGGERED IN BLIND CIRCLES THE FARMER LOOKED AT GARF AGAIN WITH FEAR AND AWE AND THE BEASTMAN LOOKED BACK WITH COLD AMUSEMENT BUT NOT FOR LONG GARF TURNED TO THE JUDGE'S INVENTION AND STARTED TO SHOW SOME GENUINE INTEREST FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE HAD SHOWED UP e559ce8d-0f9c-4f24-8cee-7087755b0edf THAT WASN'T MY CONCERN NOW KEEPING MY FACE TURNED AWAY SO THEY COULDN'T SEE THE COLD SWEAT THE NAVIGATOR AND I PLOTTED THEIR LOCATIONS IN HIS TANK THERE ISN'T ANY I USED THE LAST IN THE SOUP YESTERDAY WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PUTTING ON SUCH A RAG DON'T YOU KNOW I HAVE COMPANY TO TEA e56b7353-c887-4fc1-a78a-58f711163e10 WE THOUGHT THAT LEE SAID WAS SOONEST MENDED IN SUCH A MATTER BUT UNCLE BLAIR COULD DO AT LEAST ONE THING SURPASSINGLY WELL BUT SHE IS TWENTY NINE YOU KNOW THAT'S PRETTY OLD HE IS BIG AND JOLLY BUT HE TEASES PEOPLE TOO MUCH YOU ASK HIM A SERIOUS QUESTION AND YOU GET A RIDICULOUS ANSWER HE HARDLY EVER SCOLDS OR GETS CROSS THOUGH AND THAT IS SOMETHING e5704ed9-665b-45f8-a831-7082ebd941df WHY NOT SAID THE STORY GIRL WITH A FLASH OF HER EYES INDEED I SHALL I'LL TELL STORIES AS LONG AS I'VE A TONGUE TO TALK WITH OR ANYONE TO LISTEN I DOUBTLESS THAT DAUNTLESS BIRTH WOULD SOAR TRIUMPHANTLY ABOVE THE WRECK OF MATTER AND THE CRASH OF WORLDS TAKING WITH IT ALL ITS OWN WILD SWEETNESS AND DARING GIVE HIM A NAME ANYHOW AND GET HIM COUNTED WE GOT TO GET TO THAT TEN THOUSAND MARK TELL US WHAT HAPPENED MANWELL IF YOU ARE WHICH YOU AREN'T BUT TELL US AFTER I COUNTED THE REGULAR PEOPLE I WENT TO COUNT THE LITTLE PEOPLE e571a475-59af-4a6f-a43d-5a6c85e172a4 BUT THE MASTER WOULD NOT LET THEM AND NOW WILL YOU DO ME A FAVOR HER UNCLES ROARED WITH LAUGHTER OVER THE RECOLLECTION INSTEAD OF DOLING OUT A HANDFUL OF CRYSTALS EVERY TEN DAY THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY NEED OF ACTION NO HE SAID e573ba3c-c533-4a17-a68d-851dd972f8ce THIS IS A HISTORIC OCCASION COLONEL TOWERS WAS ANNOUNCING TO HIS CREW OPEN THE HATCH AND REYNARD BE SURE TO STAND BY WITH THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA OH WELL WE GOT IT FROM THE PROMOTER OF SORTS A KIND MAN REALLY I'LL HAVE TO ADMIT THAT WE WERE TAKEN BUT WE WERE IN A SPOT AND NEEDED A WORLD HE SAID THAT THE LARGER BEFOCATES WERE TOO STUPID TO BE A NUISANCE e57432f0-f080-42b5-ab11-09eca15b442a I GOT YOU INTO THE I A IF YOU PUSHED THE PANIC BUTTON ON THIS ONE WITHOUT CAUSE A RUIN WHY THE SHUDDER WHICH RELEASED THE LETHAL FORCE A GREAT CROWD OF CREATURES SIMILAR TO MY CAPTORS HEMMED US IN e5785da9-792c-4ca8-98d5-683fb0af724e MOSES WORE A SCARLET CLOAK WHILE AARON DISPORTED HIMSELF IN BRIGHT BLUE PHARAOH WAS ARRAYED IN YELLOW THE PLATE HAD A SCALLOP BORDER WITH A WREATH OF GREEN LEAVES AROUND IT I SHALL NEVER USE IT TO EAT OFF OF SAID SARAH RAPTUROUSLY I'LL PUT IT ON THE PARLOR MANTELPIECE IT DON'T SEEM MUCH USE IN HAVING A PLATE JUST FOR ORNAMENT SAID FELICITY SUPPOSE FOR INSTANCE WE WORKED THE ENCHANTMENT AND MADE TOTO INTO A GREEN MONKEY AT THE SAME MOMENT OOT WOULD BECOME A LITTLE DOG LEAVE ME OUT OF YOUR MAGIC PLEASE SAID TOTO WITH A REPROACHFUL GROWL I WOULDN'T BECOME A GREEN MONKEY FOR ANYTHING e57dda2a-5774-40f2-8897-5ad228fb11e8 LITTLE PEOPLE NOT CHILDREN LITTLE PEOPLE HOW BIG THEY HAVE TO BE AND MILLER RUN A TREADMILL FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS THE SHADOWS HAD BEEN STILL BEFORE NOW THEY MOVED AND DANCED AS THE NIGHT WIND TOSSED THE BOUGHS THE OLD HOUSE WITH ITS DREADFUL SECRET e5878d7d-c09c-4333-aad6-5f2a0e91089e THE APPEARANCE OF SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWER YOU MAY COUNT THEM IF YOU DOUBT MY WORD IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT ONE MIGHT BE TOTALLY DESTROYED MAY YOUR SLEEP BE LONG AND SWEET MAN HE SAID LAUGHING SOFTLY THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A THICKLY GROWING WOOD OF FIRS LIGHTLY POWDERED WITH NEW FALLEN SNOW e58fbee1-37ae-4aa4-9bac-5ff41f0e46fd WHY ALL THE TROUBLE IN YEARS OF WORK TO GET A SHIP THAT TWO PEOPLE COULD JUST BARELY MANAGE OGT'S DREAM WAS CLEANED OUT OF ALL READING MATTER THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I CHECKED WE CAN'T STOP THE BATTLESHIP FROM ATTACKING AGAIN BUT WE CAN SEE TO IT THAT THE TIME AFTER THAT SHE SAILS INTO A TRAP HE HAS TRIED TO TEMPT ME TO PACKT WITH SATAN THE QUINT INQUISITOR SAID HE STOPPED AT THE FIRST HOUSE A MUD CONSTRUCTION WITH A BADLY CARPENTERED WOODEN DOOR AND A SINGLE BARE WINDOW THAT LOOKED OUT ON THE STREET e5901c4d-8fb0-4c17-9a54-0b5b2d511be1 HE STRAIGHTENED UP AND TURNED A WRATHFUL FACE ON HIS PROVOKING SISTER THEN RED WITH INDIGNATION BUT WITHOUT A WORD HE STALKED UP THE WALK I'LL NEVER BELIEVE ANYTHING I READ IN THE PAPERS AGAIN SAID DAN RUSHING TO THE OPPOSITE EXTREME I TOLD YOU THE BIBLE WAS MORE TO BE DEPENDED ON THAN NEWSPAPERS SAID CECILY TRIUMPHANTLY e5c668cd-fe5e-4ab6-97a2-c7493ad7cb37 INQUIRED THE SCARECROW WHO LOOKED UPON THE TIN MAN AS THE LEADER OF THE PARTY SO I'M MUCH OBLIGED FOR THE KINDNESS LITTLE FAIRY I THOUGHT IT WAS FULL OF PEOPLE AND I WALKED UP THE AISLE TO YOUR PEW AND SAT DOWN AND DAN IS SO OBLIGING THAT WAY e5cba908-eb14-4a26-bbde-a22b931ca4a2 HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS SITTING ON THE CELLAR HATCH OUTSIDE THE WINDOW I DON'T SUPPOSE HE WOULD HAVE TOLD IT MISSUS MARTIN'S UNCLE'S NAME WAS WILLIAM COHEN AND HE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR TWENTY YEARS BUT SIXTY YEARS AGO HE WAS A YOUNG MAN AND A VERY WILD WICKED YOUNG MAN CUCK CLIP GAVE ME A TIN HEART TO BE SURE BUT IT DOESN'T LOVE ANYTHING AS FAR AS I CAN DISCOVER AND MERELY RATTLES AGAINST MY TIN RIBS WHICH MAKES ME WISH I HAD NO HEART AT ALL e5e66a38-ef7c-47b6-b953-290692ce1cc0 IT WILL TAKE TIME CLARTON SAID THIS TIME HE HEARD REUBEN INSIDE THE HOUSE AND NODDED TO HIMSELF IN A SATISFIED FASHION O ON THE DAUPHINIS WOULDN'T DO ANY GOOD WILL THEY GIVE US MORE TIME TO BRIEF HIM e60044d9-05fe-41c6-b075-0b7675775eaf I'VE OFTEN WONDERED MYSELF WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE SAID FELICITY IN A BURST OF CONFIDENCE EVEN IN FELICITY SO IT WOULD SEEM THERE WERE DEPTHS OF THOUGHT UNPLUMED WE SAT THERE AND TALKED UNTIL THE FIRST STAR LIGHTED A WHITE TAPER OVER THE BEACH HILL THEN I REMEMBERED I HAD FORGOTTEN TO TAKE MY DOSE OF MAGIC SEED AND I HASTENED TO DO IT ALTHOUGH I WAS BEGINNING TO LOSE FAITH IN IT e60b3eb1-e59a-4db3-b2a2-8eaac69bf9e4 BUT WE CAN'T RAISE HIM SIR THE RADIO OPERATOR SAID MAYBE HE DIDN'T GET OUT OF IT ALIVE COLONEL TOWERS CAN'T YOU HEAR ME BRANDON YELLED INTO HIS OXYGEN MASK STETSON GLARED AT THE GRID THOSE FAT HEADED LARD BOTTOMED PIG BRAINED POLITICIANS HE TOOK TOO DEEP BREATH SUBSIDED O K TELL THEM WE'LL COMPLY e6109c8a-c40a-444d-ae9a-9cdfef835ab0 I HAVEN'T ANYTHING ELSE VALUABLE SINCE I GAVE SARA RAY MY FORGET BENOCK JUG BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANYTHING I'VE GOT LET ME KNOW AND I'LL LEAVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOU TO HAVE IT THE STORY GIRL HAS TOLD US SOME SPLENDID STORIES LATELY I WISH I WAS CLEVER LIKE HER MA SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE NOT CLEVER AS LONG AS YOU'RE GOOD BUT I'M NOT EVEN VERY GOOD CHAPTER FOUR THE LOONS OF LOONVILLE TOWARD EVENING THE TRAVELLERS FOUND THERE WAS NO LONGER A PATH TO GUIDE THEM AND THE PURPLE HUES OF THE GRASS AND TREES WARNED THEM THAT THEY WERE NOW IN THE COUNTRY OF THE GILICANS WHERE STRANGE PEOPLE DWELT IN PLACES THAT WERE QUITE UNKNOWN TO THE OTHER INHABITANTS OF OZ THE FIELDS WERE WILD AND UNCULTIVATED AND THERE WERE NO HOUSES OF ANY SORT TO BE SEEN e623fb53-6ed8-4542-88e6-158adda94fb1 THERE ARE FIVE DOLLARS FOR YOU HE SAID AND YOUR STORY WAS WELL WORTH IT YOU ARE A WONDER SOME DAY YOU WILL MAKE THE WORLD REALIZE IT I'VE BEEN ABOUT A BIT AND HEARD SOME GOOD THINGS BUT I'VE NEVER ENJOYED ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT THREADBARE OLD STORY I HEARD IN MY CRADLE THE CAGE WAS SO SHE COULDN'T BUY AWAY e62ae438-7ec8-46b1-905f-f91ed63086b8 ALEC DO YOU REMEMBER HOW FURIOUS JULIA WAS BECAUSE EDWARD PRAYED ONE DAY THAT SHE MIGHT BE PRESERVED FROM VANITY AND CONCEIT OVER HER SINGING SSING WAS DISCOVERED DOROTHY SAYS THE WITCH TURNED TO DUST AND THE WIND SCATTERED THE DUST IN EVERY DIRECTION e6315824-b582-4804-bfa8-f1e56173cad1 AMONG OTHER THINGS IT LEFT NEWSPAPERS CONTAINING THE ARTICLE VERY GOOD I SAID CALMLY SEND A GENERAL ORDER TO SPEND ALL FUTURE ACTIVITY WITH THE PLANTED POLICES THEY HAD TO DRAG THEIR CAPTIVES TO THE CENTRE OF THE DOMED CHAMBER FOR THEIR WEIGHT AS COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE LOONS PREVENTED THEIR BEING CARRIED e63e6d6f-9cf6-4cb4-a1f5-1501484b8e50 THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION IN FARMER'S BRAIN THIS WAS TOO MUCH GARF HAD GONE TOO FAR THE BLURLY EDITOR PLUNGED ACROSS THE DESK SWINGING A FIST I COULD KILL YOU WHERE YOU SIT GREETED NEW YOU RIGHT FINISH FOR YOUR ENTIRE PLANET IF YOU DO SAID HORN I'M NOT ALONE THERE ARE OTHERS LISTENING TO EVERY WORD WE SAY THERE'S A SHIP OVERHEAD THAT COULD SPLIT OPEN YOUR PLANET WITH ONE BOMB WASH IT WITH MOLTEN ROCK e6452b39-c78c-45f8-8923-b60d80b8085b MOTHER SAID TEN O'CLOCK AND SHE'LL STICK TO IT SAID FELICITY CROSSLY IT'S ONLY NINE NOW PERHAPS WE'D BETTER GIVE UP AND GO HOME SUGGESTED DAN I CONSIDER IT BENEATH MY DIGNITY THOSE WHO WERE YOUNG AND STRONG DID NOT CHANGE HIS YEARS FAST THAN BY e647b5f9-03a4-41ad-b0ca-71589401c3de ARE WE TO CONSIDER YOU OUR FRIEND MISSUS UKE BUT I MUST ADMIT THE MAGIC BREAKFAST HAS FILLED MY STOMACH FULL AUNT OLIVIA WOULD BE GOOD TO ANY POOR CREATURE AND SO WOULD MOTHER SAID FELICITY I CAN'T SAID SARA WITH PASSIONATE DEFIANCE e65490a2-a4c9-4f9c-b4ae-6f44c3a2722b IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT REACTIVATED THE GATE THERE WAS NOTHING ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STEPS OR UNDERNEATH THEM AS FAR AS COULD BE SEEN JUST AS GOOD FOR SPACE PIRACY THAT IS BUT NOT FOR HIS PURPOSES ORDERS WERE ORIGINATED MANY PLACES PASSED ON CHANGED AND SHOVELED e65b702c-33ea-4bd4-a9f7-ea552e71becf OF HIS FRIENDS MIGHT NOT CAUSE HIM TO WEEP OZMA REMAINED THOUGHTFUL FOR A WHILE PONDERING UPON WHAT SHE HAD HEARD THE DEVIL IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO THESE THINGS BUT HE WAS AND WHEN HE BEGGED PAN TO GO AWAY AND NOT FRIGHTEN NEGLEYA ANY MORE PAN HAD TO GO GRUMBLING A GOOD DEAL AND PAN'S GRUMBLING HAD A VERY UGLY SOUND BUT STILL HE WENT e66120e9-b794-43f9-91fe-1f536458327b HYPERSPACE BEACONS ARE TO LAST FOR EVER OR DAMN CLOSE TO IT SHAKING MY HANDS OVER MY HEAD I WENT DOWN FOR THE EYE BURNING CEREMONY A BODY WHY IT SEEMED TO ME THAT THEIR MOUTHS LIFTED THAT THEY ALMOST SMILED e6683892-f8a5-4665-8ca5-df580ee63db5 THE SHIP WOULD NEED A CREW A BASE FOR REFUELING AND OMISSION MORE PEOPLE WOULD DIE BEFORE THIS WAS OVER IT WAS UP TO ME TO KEEP THAT NUMBER AS SMALL AS POSSIBLE WE FELT THAT IT WAS AN INSULT TO OUR WRETCHEDNESS THAT NIGHT WHEN HE POINTED OUT THE STARS TO US FROM THE PULPIT STONE WAS THE LAST TIME FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THAT PETER SHARED OUR TOIL AND PASTIME e67fe84a-d854-4351-a00e-e9fbb5eab3c0 IF IT WERE NOT JUST WHAT A CORNMEAL PUDDING MIGHT BE THE REST OF THE BILL OF FARE HAD BEEN EXTRA GOOD AND OUR APPETITES MATCHED IT AND TENDER AND KIND THAN ANYTHING WE CAN IMAGINE OF HIM HE'S JUST LAZY THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM HE SAID e6907576-f615-4e60-9a3b-4384617cc9f6 SHE DREW HER ARROW TO HER EYE ALAS SHE KNEW THE ART ONLY TOO WELL AND TOOK CAREFUL AIM THE NEXT MOMENT A KATY FELL DEAD WITH HER ARROW IN HIS HEART BUT OH I WISH THAT CLOCK WOULD STRIKE TWO CAN'T YOU TELL A STORY TO PASS THE TIME e6abb1fe-5629-425a-b07a-ff1786ad85d9 I SAT BACK WITH A RELAXED SIGH AND LIT A CIGAR WOULDN'T YOU BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ROBART WHO IS HOLDING YOU I SAID DID YOU SEE IT SHE DEMANDED JEFF WRESTLED HIS EYES AWAY TO THE SCOOP THAT FLOATED LIKE A PURPLE ISLAND IN THE BAY A PROPER MONSTER HE SAID YOU GOT OUT JUST IN TIME e6af263b-ee6a-4167-8430-11ec08f4dfc7 WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH IT ASKED THORN WITHIN A YEAR WE WILL HAVE A COPY WITH OUR OWN IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THAT YOU INTEND TO START A WAR ASKED SCORN IN THE JUNGLE THE STRONG SLAY THE WEAK UNTIL ONLY THE STRONG REMAIN SAID TENUB AND THEN THE STRONG PREY UPON EACH OTHER ASKED THORN THAT IS A QUIBBLE FOR WOMEN SAID TENUBE IT'S TOO BAD TO FEEL THAT WAY SAID HORN WHEN TWO CULTURES MEET LIKE THIS THEY TEND TO HELP EACH OTHER DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE IDEAL SPOT FOR A COUNTRY HOME FRIENDLY PEOPLE ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP STRANGERS AND ALL THAT I IMAGINE THAT'S WHAT I LIKE MAKES ME FEEL GRATEFUL VERY PLEASED TO MEET YOU I AM THE GRAND DUKE SAINTE DENGELLIO I SHOOK HIS HAND ENTHUSIASTICALLY AT THIS POINT AND LET ONE HUNDRED CREDIT NOTES SLIP INTO HIS PALM NOW I ADDED I WONDER IF YOU WOULD ASK THE CUSTOMS AGENTS TO LOOK AT MY BAGS HERE DON'T WANT TO WASTE TIME DO WE THE SHIP IS OPEN THEY CAN CHECK THAT WHENEVER THEY PLEASE e6b64da5-5b60-42e1-8437-8de3e7322820 WERE I YOU I WOULD SHOW DONALD FRAGER THAT I COULD WOO AND WIN A LASS AS SPEEDILY AS ANY LOWLANDER OF THEM ALL THAT I WOULD HE HAD LARGE HANDS AND FEET AND WALKED WITH A SLIGHT STOOP THEN THEY WERE REALLY GONE WE WERE ALL LEFT TO KEEP HOUSE THE STORY GIRL TURNED QUITE PALE IT'S ALL VERY FINE TO SAY YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT IT WAS BUT I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD e6b8e821-c99d-49c3-92a8-964cfe821c4d SOMEONE MUST HELP ME UP SAID THE SCARECROW LYING NEAR THEM SO THEY FOUND THE STRAW MAN AND SAT HIM UPON HIS FEET AFTER WHICH HE POKED FAST TO POLYCHROME'S OTHER HAND WELL SAID PETER DESFIANTLY IF YOUR OWN FATHER HAD RUN AWAY WHEN YOU WAS A BABY AND LEFT YOUR MOTHER TO EARN HER LIVING BY WASH WASHING AND WORKING OUT I GUESS YOU WOULDN'T CARE MUCH ABOUT HIM EITHER PERHAPS YOUR FATHER MAY COME SOME OF THESE DAYS WITH A HUGE FORTUNE SUGGESTED THE STORY GIRL e6c429ec-b588-42f4-89b6-3d5970542a1b WE WILL STOP I THUNDERED BEFORE HE GOT SO FAR IN THAT HE COULDN'T BACK OUT I SAID YOUR ANCESTOR SENT ME AS EMISSARY I AM NOT ONE OF YOUR ANCESTORS HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WAS THIRTY FIVE YEARS YOU WERE ON THE TREADMILL MANOEL WELL IT SEEMED LIKE THIRTY FIVE YEARS e6df0a31-0f0f-4422-bd22-5414824434e9 AND RUBBED THE BONDS THAT WERE STILL AROUND HIS ARMS AND BODY BUT WHEN OUR TRAVELLERS ARRIVED THERE THEY FOUND THE PLACE DESERTED THIS FILLED THE TIME UNTIL SETANOVO BLINKED INTO THE BOW SCREEN THEN WHY DID IT TASTE LIKE ASHES IN MY MOUTH IF YOUR PLAN DOESN'T WORK e6effbe2-8abd-4a4d-b742-701b19ab3946 SHE DREW HERSELF HAUGHTILY UP BUT SHE PERSEVERED AND ONE DAY SHE CAME TO US WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PETER HAD YIELDED BARKED THE VOICE FROM THE GRIN THE CONTACT BROKE OFF WITH AN ANGRY SOUND THIS IS FAR ENOUGH e6f6a7dc-cdeb-42ee-9844-2cb65f262e9b THE CREATURES THEY BEHELD WERE ROUND AND BALL LIKE ROUND IN BODY ROUND IN LEGS AND ARMS ROUND IN HANDS AND FEET AND ROUND OF HEAD WE AIN'T SAID FELICITY INDIGNANTLY I'M NEVER GOING TO GET MARRIED I THINK IT'S JUST HORRID SO THERE I GUESS YOU THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD DEAL HORRID OR NOT TO BE SAID DAN IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU'RE MARRIED TOO SAID CECILY GRAVELY SEEING THAT FELICITY DISDAINED REPLY e7087920-6d93-4b1f-9acc-c0be45a7f6e2 LAUGHTER RIPPLED OVER THE STORY GIRL'S FACE AS SHADOW WAVES GO OVER RIPE WHEAT BEFORE A WIND PETER IS A REAL GENTLEMAN AND HE IS MORE INTERESTING THAN YOU COULD EVER BE IF YOU WERE BROUGHT UP AND EDUCATED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS SHE SAID RIPPING OFF HIS OXYGEN MASK HE TOOK A DEEP BREATH OF THE ALIEN ATMOSPHERE THE DUST CHOKED HIM HIS EARS RANG BLACK SPOTS DANCED BEFORE HIS EYES THEN MELTED INTO SOLID BLACKNESS e7356c93-4d7d-49fe-8b48-b6bd3dbde712 WHATEVER IT IS IT CERTAINLY DOES THE WORK AND WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THEY WANT US TO DO NOW THE PRIESTS WERE COMING TOWARD US SMILING I DIDN'T LIKE THEIR SMILES THEY WERE MEANT TO BE BENIGN BUT THERE WAS A CRUEL AND VINDICTIVE TWIST TO THEIR LIPS WHICH CHILLED ME THROUGH AND THROUGH INVOLUNTARILY HE TOOK A BACKWARD STEP CAUGHT HIS HEEL ON A SUN WARPED BOARD AND SAT DOWN HEAVILY WELL WHAT THE DEVIL HE SAID INANELY THE OWL WINCED AND DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A SOUND e73c60e1-971a-410c-8b03-0ccbc05f0f15 RAY WAS BENDING OVER HIS MACHINE MAKING MOTIONS DESIGNED TO IMPRESS AS WELL AS TO MAKE IT WORK LONG AND NARROW AND TWISTED BECAUSE YOU CAN BE ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT IS AT THE END OF IT e741a493-7f6c-43fa-aba1-c9883deb78dd TELL ME SAID THE GREEN MONKEY EARNESTLY AS HE CAME CLOSE TO THE CAGE WHAT MUST WE DO DAUGHTER OF THE RAINBOW TO ESCAPE FROM THESE TRANSFORMATIONS CAN'T YOU HELP US BEING A FAIRY AT PRESENT I AM POWERLESS TO HELP EVEN MYSELF REPLIED THE CANARY I DON'T SUPPOSE THE FAMILY GUIDE WOULD THINK SO AGREED THE STORY GIRL LAZILY WITH SOME SARCASM IN HER VOICE WE MUST ALL GO TOGETHER SAID THE STORY GIRL e744d122-4c0c-4a70-aa0f-7700b60d2175 WHEN WE REACHED HOME AUNT JANET OPENED AND READ HER MONTREAL LETTER THEN SHE LAID IT DOWN AND LOOKED ABOUT HER IN ASTONISHMENT AS YOU MAY SUPPOSE AND HE STRUTTED PROUDLY AROUND WHILE THE POWERFUL FAIRY OZMA OF OZ WHEN THEY GET HERE THEY WILL FIND NEITHER BOY NOR A TIN MAN NOR A SCARECROW e750ce21-986a-4306-9277-d175fd5dfe15 IF DAN HADN'T DONE WRONG EATING THE BAD BERRIES WHEN HE WAS TOLD NOT TO HE WOULDN'T BE SICK SAID FELICITY YOU'RE BOUND TO CATCH IT WHEN YOU DO WRONG IT WAS JUST A PROVIDENCE HE DIDN'T DIE THE STORY GIRL'S LETTER DEAR PETER OH HOW GLAD I AM THAT YOU'RE GETTING BETTER THOSE DAYS AND WE THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T WERE THE HARDEST OF MY WHOLE LIFE e75b9d0b-62cf-4eaa-a2c3-a20fc1714937 EVEN CHILDREN CANNOT DEVOUR MINCE PIE MA'S GONE TO TOWN PA AND HER WENT THIS AFTERNOON AND THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK TILL TO MORROW HE STARTED TO CHARGE ACROSS THE DECK AT GARF BUT HIS OWN FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE LANDED FLAT ON HIS NOSE e76af9b9-3209-488a-a5ff-b826690854a8 COME WITH ME HE SAID AT LAST AND LED THE WAY INTO HIS MUD HOUSE INSIDE THERE WAS ONLY ONE LARGE ROOM BUT IT SEEMED SPACIOUS ENOUGH FOR FOUR THREE PALLETS LAY AGAINST THE FAR WHITE WALL A SINGLE ONE AGAINST THE LEFT SHARP WENT TO THE BACK OF THE HOUSE NEAR THE SINGLE BED THIS WILL BE YOURS HE SAID WHILE YOU ARE WITH US THAT MEANS HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS BATTLESHIP THEIR SUBJECT HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR BATTLE SHIP THE ROBERT SAID COLDLY ALL HIS STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS SHIP WERE TRUE e77ceed2-4e26-4e29-8a26-bf5ee24182d3 RAY LOOKED MAD STARTED TO AIM A KICK AT THE SCREAM BUT THOUGHT BETTER OF IT A SMALL WAVE ALMOST MADE HIM SET DOWN ON THE DECK BEFORE HE GOT BOTH FEET PLANTED AGAIN HE SWORE AND STARTED TO CHECK THE WIRING MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG INSIDE THE DINGUS ITSELF JOHN ANDREWS SUGGESTED TENTATIVELY HOW CAN YOU KNOW INTERRUPTED PETER SUDDENLY YOU AIN'T OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A BEAU HOW CAN YOU KNOW THE STORY GIRL LOOKED AT PETER WITH A FROWN SHE DID NOT LIKE TO BE INTERRUPTED WHEN TELLING A STORY THOSE ARE NOT THINGS ONE KNOWS ABOUT SHE SAID WITH DIGNITY ONE FEELS ABOUT THEM e77fa7ef-2b7a-46db-b897-aa99d97b11dc IF ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED I COULD NEVER HAVE FORGIVEN MYSELF THOUGH I BELIEVE IT'S BEYOND THE POWER OF MORTAL MAN TO KEEP WATCH OVER THE THINGS THAT CHILDREN WILL EAT NO HE DIDN'T SAID THE STORY GIRL QUICKLY DEVILTREE ISN'T SWEARING AT ALL IT ONLY MEANS EXTRA BAD MISCHIEF THE RAIN WAS WEEPING ON THE ROOF AS IF IT WERE SHEDDING THE TEARS OF OLD SORROWS e799d49a-8f1a-42bd-8900-fa038c7cd0c6 A FELICITY DROPPED HER EYES AND BLUSHED PAINFULLY A THE WILLOW BY THE GATE TOSSED ITS GAUNT BRANCHES WILDLY AS IF IT WERE SOME PASSIONATE SPECTRAL THING WRINGING ITS FLESHLESS HANDS IN AGONY UPON HIS HIGHLY POLISHED BODY I REMEMBER THAT OLD CUCK CLIP CAREFULLY PUT MY NEAT WEEPING IS LIABLE TO REST TEN e7cd5bb7-b136-45ce-a400-f2ce3cd5e243 WOULD DESPISE THE SIGHT OF HIM CHAFFEE FOUR RADIATED IRONICALLY THEIR PROBLEM WAS MORE PRESSING NOW THAN BEFORE I'M GOING TO BE THE FIRST MAN TO SET FOOT ON A PLANET OF ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM WAS LEANING TIP DOWN AGAINST THE EDGE OF ANOTHER LAVA SHEET SOME DISTANCE AWAY e7ddf585-52b5-43fa-8443-719ba8d0b416 PAT ISN'T A BIT BETTER HE JUST MOPES ABOUT THE KITCHEN SAID THE STORY GIRL ANXIOUSLY I WENT OUT TO THE BARN AND I SAW A MOUSE I HAD A STICK IN MY HAND AND I FETCHED A SWIPE AT IT SO A CLOUD PASSED OVER THE SUN AND AS THE SUDDEN SHADOW SWEPT ACROSS THE ORCHARD WE TURNED PALE AND TREMBLED e7e82b7f-b20a-4ce7-a7ef-162c8f70afdc AND SO CLARTON THOUGHT THE JOB WAS ACCOMPLISHED NATURALLY YANAS THOUGHT CLARTON'S THOUGHT HAD AN OVERTONE OF WEARINESS THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SMUG HE TOLD YANAS AFTER ALL YOU DID NOT DO THE JOB YOURSELF GOOD LUCK I MEANT THAT ABOUT DIVING IN FOR YOU JUST SAY THE WORD I KNOW THE WORD TOO SAID ORNE HELP GRAY MUD FLOOR AND GLOOMY AISLES BETWEEN MONSTROUS BLUISH TREE TRUNKS THAT WAS THE JUNGLE e7edbaeb-c597-441f-8a96-e0b51abdb32d SO MAKE YOUR CHOICE I THINK WE'D BETTER GO BACK SAID LUKE SERIOUSLY NO SAID THE TIN WOODMAN STOUTLY I HAVE DECIDED THAT IT IS MY DUTY TO MAKE NIMY AMY HAPPY IN CASE SHE WISHES TO MARRY ME WE WERE ALL EXCEPT PETER MORE OR LESS INCLINED TO AGREE WITH HER AND THE CONVICTION OF OUR FOLLY DEEPENED WHEN WE REACHED THE GRANARY AND FOUND THAT PAT WATCHED OVER BY THE FAITHFUL SARA RAY WAS NO BETTER e804a21a-20b4-48eb-b806-a08ed97cbc68 FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL AND I WALKED DOWN TO THE POST OFFICE FOR THE MAIL ALONG A ROAD WHERE FALLEN LEAVES WERE EDDYING FITFULLY UP AND DOWN BEFORE US IN WEIRD UNCANNY DANCES OF THEIR OWN THE EVENING WAS FULL OF EERIE SOUNDS THE CREAKING OF FIR BOUGHS THE WHISTLE OF THE WIND IN THE TREE TOPS THE VIBRATIONS OF STRIPS OF DRIED BARK ON THE RAIL FENCES WELL SAID THE GIANTESS WHAT EXCUSE HAVE YOU TO OFFER YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE LIVED HERE MADAM EXPLAINED THE SCARECROW SO BEING TRAVELLERS AND STRANGERS IN THESE PARTS AND WISHING TO FIND PLACE FOR OUR BOY FRIEND TO SLEEP WE VENTURED TO YOUR CASTLE e80965f2-8fae-4e4d-9a48-fe5c82f187bf AN AIR OF RESTRAINT WAS OVER ALL OUR GAMES AND CONVERSATIONS HE SAID HE BELIEVED THE OTHER PLACE MUST BE LOTS MORE INTERESTING THAN HEAVEN CAUSE FIRES WERE SUCH JOLLY THINGS AS MY EYES FELL UPON THE SHUTTER BEHIND THE THICK GRINNING LIPS I HAD A HOT PROSPECT LINED UP FOR A DEMONSTRATION THAT MORNING A GREAT CROWD FORMED AROUND ME e810fd90-b64c-476e-ac5f-cc901a6a3910 NO I'LL DO NOTHING OF THE SORT WAS AUNT JANET'S PITEOUS DECREE I WANT TO GET THE WORK OUT OF THE WAY FIRST AND ROGER AND OLIVIA WILL WANT TO BE HERE TOO WE'LL SAY TEN O'CLOCK TO MORROW FORENOON NEITHER OF THEM SEEMED ABLE TO TAKE HIS EYES OFF THIS MUNCHKIN CHAPTER SIX e8123ebb-6626-45a2-a848-9696f9f170f0 IT CAUSED MUTATIONS THAT BRED TRUE I SHOULD HAVE SAID A DUPLICATE OF YOUR CONTRACT LIKE THIS ONE HERE A FELLOW'S GOT A RIGHT TO PRAY AS HE PLEASES SAID PETER WE THOUGHT SHE HAD FLED BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT ENDURE THE SIGHT OF BLOOD AND WE WERE NOT SORRY FOR HER MANIFEST DISAPPROVAL AND ANXIETY WERE DAMPING THE EXCITEMENT OF THE OCCASION e82b44bd-6752-4906-9162-e3122c20d2e8 NEVERTHELESS WE WENT TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY BURNING WITH CURIOSITY AND WE WERE DISAPPOINTED POSSIBLY NIGHT HAD BROUGHT COUNSEL TO JERRY COUN OR PERHAPS HIS MOTHER HAD PUT HIM UP TO IT ONE DAY IN A BIG FOREST THAT WAS STRANGE TO ME MY JOINTS SUDDENLY BECAME RUSTED BECAUSE I HAD FORGOTTEN TO OIL THEM e843f9e4-de91-4050-9401-c5755ce7ee3d RIM WAR ALL OVER AGAIN BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT BREED OF FISH IT'S NOT REPEAT NOT A REDISCOVERY BEGONE O FAITHFUL STEED I SAID TO THE EYE AND PRESSED THE CONTROL IN MY PALM AT THE SAME TIME IT TOOK OFF STRAIGHT UP A BIT FASTER THAN I WANTED LITTLE PIECES OF WIND TORN PLASTIC RAINED DOWN e8449a27-91cf-473c-b3d6-2a02d1e1a2c2 BEFORE US THEY THINNED INTO NOTHINGNESS AS WE APPROACHED ONLY TO SWARM INTO BEING IN SOME OTHER SPOT YONAH SHRUGGED HIS FEET WERE BEGINNING TO HURT HE REALISED HE SIGHED BRIEFLY BUT THERE WAS NO TIME OR ATTENTION TO SPARE FOR THEM e847add4-2a3c-4fcd-8dc9-fb2c3ab958b3 LEAVING THE STORY YELLOW AND PETER TO PEEL THEIR POTATOES THE REST OF US WENT HOME WHERE AUNT JANET WHO HAD GONE TO THE WELL AND FOUND THE FRAGMENTS OF THE OLD BLUE CUP GAVE POOR FELICITY A BIT OF SCOLDING ABOUT IT THAT I HADN'T BEEN IN QUITE SUCH A HURRY GIVING AWAY MY FORGET ME NOT JUG AND I WISH I HADN'T BEEN IN SUCH A HURRY DECIDE AND I'D BE A PRESBYTERIAN SAID PETER WELL IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR THAT SAID DAN YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND NOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU YOUNG ONES HAVE EVER ALL GOT UP WITHOUT BEING CALLED THAT'S A FACT e8562bbc-ee4f-405d-b1b4-5e43b8caab85 HOPING ONE OF THEM WOULD SUCCEED IN BREAKING POLYCHROME'S ENCHANTMENT OUR PROPER FORMS AWAY FROM US AND GIVE US OTHERS WE DO NOT CARE FOR AUNT OLIVIA LAUGHED AT US OUT OF HER PANSY BLUE EYES AND TOLD US SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WE FELT LIKE AND HOPED WE'D HAVE A GLORIOUS TIME e85e63fc-05d1-48b9-9513-219a6f9d3171 AND NOW IT HAS ALMOST FRIGHTENED YOUR POOR LITTLE MONKEYS TO DEATH WE HEARD UNCLE ROGER CHUCKLING ALL THE WAY TO THE BARN WILD ROSES GREW PINKLY ALONG THE FENCES AND THE ROADSIDES WERE STAR DUSTED WITH BUTTERCUPS e861e87c-8c08-420c-8e13-1f5b202f01b9 AND WE MISS A STOMACH ACHE NOW AND THEN BUT IT WAS OUT OF HIS REACH I'VE GOT YOU NOW I WON'T GO NEAR HER QUIVERED SARA RAY BUT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR PAT AND I'LL SEND THAT PIECE OF APPLE LEAF LACE I LIT LAST WEEK e86e3898-9378-499e-8472-5fd3d7e373fe OH BEB WAIT FOR ME AND OH BEB HURRY HURRY NOTHING SAID THE STORY GIRL VICIOUSLY AT FIRST WE WERE APPALLED BY THE SITUATION WE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT PEG BOWEN WAS A WITCH BUT TO GO TO HER TO SEEK HER OUT IN THAT MYSTERIOUS WOODLAND RETREAT OF HERS WHICH WAS INVESTED WITH ALL THE TERRORS OF THE UNKNOWN JUST NOW I'M AS YOU SEE ME A MISERABLE LITTLE BROWN BEAR WITH A POOR QUALITY OF STUFFY e884b9ff-f563-4309-b086-15203b531d79 IN THE EAST ABOVE THE MAPLE WOODS WAS A SILVERY SHEEN THAT HINTED THE MOONRISE BUT THE ORCHARD WAS A PLACE OF SHADOWS AND MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS MIDWAY UP THE OPEN SPACE IN ITS HEART WE MET PETER AND IF EVER A BOY WAS GIVEN OVER TO SHEER TERROR THAT BOY WAS PETER ANOTHER DAY OR TWO AND I'LL BE ABLE TO EAT A WHOLE ONE HE SAID JUBILANTLY BUT THIS DEVOUTLY DESIRED CONSUMMATION DID NOT COME TO PASS IN SPITE OF PRAYERS AND HEROIC ATTEMPTS FELIX COULD NEVER GET BEYOND THAT LAST BITE NOT EVEN FAITH AND WORKS IN COMBINATION COULD AVAIL e8a2721a-6efa-4b9f-abb5-5d8c66e3d4d2 WISHED TO SEE HER FRIENDS BUT SHE WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN BUT HE WAS STILL TIN MISTER CAMPBELL NODDED HIS SATISFACTION I THOUGHT YOU COULD DO IT HE SAID I DECLARE HERE'S A DOZEN TIN PATTY PANS e8b7673e-4ae6-4cd9-aed9-c607db084290 I MIGHT SAY IT WAS CLEAR I MIGHT SAY IT WAS SWEET FELIX WAKE UP I WHISPERED SHAKING HIM THE LITTLE DIAL IN POINTER WHICH WOULD INDICATE THE CHANGES OF THE MOON AND THE VERY DENT IN ITS WOODEN DOOR WHICH FATHER HAD MADE WHEN HE WAS A BOY BY KICKING IT IN A FIT OF NAUGHTINESS OR BY THE SCARCELY LESS DISAGREEABLE METHOD OF BEGGING BUT AUNT JULIA HAD GONE e8d1ce8a-7bd5-44b8-ab40-7ad126082a4e PARTLY TO SATISFY HIS OWN EGO BUT MOSTLY TO KEEP TRACK OF THINGS HE'S INTERESTED IN SUCH AS SHIP SAILINGS YOU'RE JUST GUESSING YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THIS HIS AUTOMATIC ASSUMPTION OF MY INCOMPETENCE WAS BEGINNING TO GET ME ANNOYED I BRIDLED MY TEMPER AND TRIED ONE LAST TIME PETER IS A REAL SMART BOY SHE SAID TO ME IT'S SUCH A PITY HE'S A HIRED BOY BUT IF WE COULD NOT PASS THE ORDEAL WE GOT ANY AMOUNT OF FUN OUT OF IT AT LEAST EVENING AFTER EVENING THE ORCHARD RE ECHOED TO OUR PEALS OF LAUGHTER e8d1d6a2-69b8-4c04-9008-84282b170a34 AS WE STOOD THERE WRETCHEDLY WE HEARD FLYING FEET BELOW AND A BLITHE VOICE CALLING WHERE ARE YOU CHILDREN THE STORY GIRL HAD RETURNED AT ANY OTHER MOMENT WE WOULD HAVE RUSHED TO MEET HER IN WILD JOY BUT NOW WE WERE TOO CRUSHED AND MISERABLE TO MOVE UNDERNEATH THE STRENGTH AND IRON OF THE MIND YUNUS CAUGHT THE SPARK GLOWING AND NEARLY SMILED IN SPITE OF THE REPORTS IN SPITE OF LOGIC THERE HAD BEEN A CHANCE THE BROTHERHOOD TO GUESSED WRONGLY ABOUT THIS MAN NOW THAT CHANCE WAS GONE AND THE BROTHERHOOD WAS RIGHT AGAIN e8d2e0de-ecb0-41c9-918a-f958eeba8ae5 BUT IN THE MEANTIME THERE WILL BE NO TRIALS IN SPAIR NO TRIALS YOND THOUGHT BUT OH I SEE OF COURSE CLETON THOUGHT ANY MAN WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF A WIZARD WILL HAVE HIS MIND SEEN BY THE INQUISITOR CONSIDERING THESE STATEMENTS I WROTE THE COLLEGE PROFESSOR THAT MY BOOKS ARE INTENDED FOR ALL THOSE WHOSE HEARTS ARE YOUNG NO MATTER WHAT THEIR AGES MAY BE e8d546c7-e3fa-4909-a32f-e42c6fa768e0 A SERIES OF MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS ROCKED THE SHIP THERE WAS ENOUGH TO LAST THE NIGHT BUT NOT MUCH MORE IS THAT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD NEVER HEARD OF ONE DOING IT NOW WHEN THE OTHER ARCHANGELS SAW WE FELT SURE THAT SHE WOULD DO PENANCE AS PICTURESQUELY AND THOROUGHLY AS SHE DID EVERYTHING ELSE e8f4574e-1418-48e2-88ef-ace447d6ef05 THEN THEY WENT TO TAKE THE REST OF THE SENSES BUT IN FEAR THERE WAS A CLEAR DUTY TO GET THE JOB DONE BUT THERE WAS ALSO A DREAD OF IT THAT HIS SUPERIORS DID NOT UNDERSTAND THERE WAS REASON ALSO WHY MARILLA WAS LOADED SO SHE COULD HARDLY WALK WITH PACKS OF CENSUS FORMS NOW THAT I WAS IN SPACE PASSED THE POINT OF NO RETURN ALL THE DOUBTS I HAD DISMISSED FOUGHT FOR ATTENTION THE PLAN THAT SEEMED SO CLEAR AND LOGICAL NOW BEGAN TO LOOK LIKE A PATCHED AND CRAZY MAKESHIFT HOLD THERE SAILOR I SAID TO MYSELF USING MY BEST ADMIRAL'S VOICE NOTHING HAS CHANGED IT'S STILL THE BEST AND ONLY PLAN POSSIBLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES e8f4faf8-b0cf-44da-a82b-cd6dba6d853b THERE SHOULD BE A FLAW SOMEWHERE JEFF FELT BUT HE FAILED TO SEE ONE HE GAVE UP TRYING WHEN HE FOUND JENIFER EYEING HIM WITH UNCHARACTERISTIC UNCERTAINTY IF A GIRL OF FOURTEEN CAN MAKE A COUPLE OF PRACTICAL FARMERS AND A PAIR OF MATTER OF FACT HOUSEWIVES HALF BELIEVE FOR TEN MINUTES THAT SHE REALLY IS A SNAKE WHAT WON'T SHE BE ABLE TO DO WHEN SHE IS THIRTY e9008307-7bf0-44f9-86ff-a65ccc407aa1 STETSON'S VOICE CAME THROUGH THE HIDDEN SPEAKER BUT IT WAS EASY RAIDER CHIEF THE NATIVE CLIMBED DOWN TO THE CAB SIDE STEP OCTOBER WAS A BUSY MONTH ON THE HILL FARMS THE REST OF US REMAINED IN THE BACKGROUND BUT WITHIN HEARING OF OUR MERRY LITTLE BAND e901c7e1-b59d-4b78-83b5-78e7a0408428 I'VE THOUGHT OF A SPLENDID PLAN SHE SAID IT JUST FLASHED INTO MY MIND WHEN THE UNCLES WERE TALKING ABOUT UNCLE EDWARD AND THE BEAUTY OF IT IS WE CAN PLAY IT ON SUNDAYS AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE SO FEW THINGS IT IS PROPER TO PLAY ON SUNDAYS THEN THE LOON TRIED TO PRICK THE TIN WOODMAN'S LEG BUT THE TIN ONLY BLUNTED FREE TO GO WHEREVER THEY WILLED e9089869-722d-413f-a000-c50b5c787971 I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE EXPLORING VIC WELL DON'T PETER SHE WHISPERED GRUMBLED AS WE FLOATED THERE WITH THE ENGINES SILENT WASTING PRECIOUS DAYS WHILE HALF HIS CREW WAS INVOLVED IN GETTING OUT WHAT APPEARED TO BE INSANE INSTRUCTIONS e909fa00-5dbe-437d-bd15-c5c434631895 JUST TO MAKE YOU LAUGH I'LL WRITE YOU A LITTLE STORY I HEARD UNCLE ALEC TELLING LAST NIGHT IT WAS ABOUT ELDER FRUIN'S GRANDFATHER TAKING A PAIR OF ROPE REINS TO LEAD A PIANO HOME EVERYBODY LAUGHED EXCEPT AUNT JANET OLD MISTER FREWIN WAS HER GRANDFATHER TOO AND SHE WOULDN'T LAUGH THERE WAS LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON PEPPY AND ANGELINA THEY HAD COVERED THEIR TRACKS WELL THEIR ORIGIN WAS UNKNOWN THOUGH THE FACT THAT THEY BOTH TALKED WITH A SLIGHT ACCENT SUGGESTED AN OFFBOARD ORIGIN THERE WAS ONE DIM PICTURE OF A PEPPE CHUBBY BUT LOOKING TOO GRIM TO BE A HAPPY FAT BOY THERE WAS NO PICTURE OF THE GIRL e91bb1d1-f5f7-43cc-8867-2370b7bd56bc HE EXAMINED THE EVIDENCE WITH CARE SHE LOOKED OVER HER SHOULDER HE WOULD SICK THE NONIPUS ON RAY AND HIMSELF BEFORE YOU EXPLODED YOU WERE BIGGER THAN THE REST OF US AND THAT CAUSED YOU TO BE PROUD AND OVERBEARING e932f9c1-b7f8-470f-8f3d-dc5cbf938a98 WHEN THE WATER WAS CUT OFF WITH THE PILE IN OPERATION IT HAD STARTED TO OVERHEAT AND THE AUTOMATIC SAFETIES HAD DUMPED THE CHARGE DOWN THE PIT THEY WENT AWAY TOGETHER HAND IN HAND CHILDREN WISE UP THE LANE OF SPRUCES CROSSED WITH BARS OF MOONLIGHT e93e8198-48c5-4c30-80fe-68dd79183059 I DID NOT FIND IT AS EASY IN A TASK AS I HAD ANTICIPATED BUT I PEGGED GRIMLY AWAY AT IT AND BY DINT OF SEVERE LABOUR FOR TWO EVENINGS I EVENTUALLY GOT MY FOUR PAGES OF FOOLSCAP FILLED ALTHOUGH I HAD TO PAD THE SUBJECT MATTER NOT A LITTLE WITH VERSES OF QUOTABLE HYMNS BUT YOU JUST BACK HIM UP IN EVERYTHING CECILY I DON'T YOU DO AND YOU'VE NO BUSINESS TO ESPECIALLY WHEN MOTHER'S AWAY SHE LEFT ME IN CHARGE YOU DIDN'T TAKE MUCH CHARGE LAST NIGHT WHEN DAN GOT SICK SAID FELIX MALICIOUSLY e959b718-24ba-4573-8ed4-b146687c8d72 BUT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH TO HIDE ANGELINA NOW WE'LL SEARCH THE SHIP SHE CAN'T HIDE FOR LONG SHE WON'T HAVE TO PIPPY SAID THERE'S A FAR SCOUT WE PICKED UP STOWED IN ONE OF THE HOLES THE FREIGHTER'S CARGO PLUTONIUM WAS GONE THROUGH HIS PURMA GLASS CANOPY HE COULD SEE IT TRAILING ACROSS THE BLACK VELVET OF SPACE LIKE A WHITE BRIDAL VEIL BRANDON THIS IS ASTRO ONE WHAT IS YOUR POSITION OVER e970efa5-4dd2-4a33-b9cc-502c2cfc2c67 DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS WE WERE VERY BUSY AND WITH IT ALL A BREATH OF WILD SWEETNESS FROM FAR HILL PASTURES I HAD REALLY COME OUT TO SEE HOPE OF COURSE BUT SHE WAS STILL UPSTAIRS PUTTING ON THE FINISHING TOUCHES I'M LEAVING ANOTHER NOTE THERE FOR YOU OLD SON WHAT I'LL FIND THERE I DON'T KNOW e9c181d6-f5b9-4328-b57d-c21c9828c15d BOYS AIN'T ALWAYS HUNGRY SAID FELIX GRAVELY THERE'S TIMES WHEN THEY AIN'T THEY AND ONLY THEY CAN BRING US TIDINGS FROM THAT DEAR COUNTRY WHERE WE ONCE SOJOURNED AND FROM WHICH WE MUST EVERMORE BE EXILES WHY CAN'T BE THE JUDGMENT DAY SAID SARA RAY BRIGHTENING UP AND SOMEHOW IT COMFORTED US e9c2412d-2bf1-4f0c-bea6-cdea39367764 THE RADIAT LEAKED AT ME FOR ATTENTION AT THE SAME TIME THERE WAS NO ARMOR OR WARNING DEVICES AT THIS SPOT IT HAD BEEN CHOSEN CAREFULLY FROM THE BLUE PRINTS I STRIPPED OFF MY TATTERED LIZARD SUIT BACK IN THE SHIP VERY GLAD THAT IT WOULD BE SOME OTHER REPAIRMAN WHO'D GET THE JOB I AM HERE TO RESTORE THE HOLY WATERS IT LOOKED LIKE A PIECE OF ROCK ABOUT A FOOT LONG e9c2b01a-47ed-4a2b-886d-676c7a5c40a5 WHETHER SUCH GROUPS WERE THE RESULTS OF NATURAL MUTATIONS OR WHETHER THEY CAME INTO BEING DUE TO SOME OTHER CAUSE HAS NOT YET BEEN FULLY DETERMINED BUT THAT A GROUP DID EXIST IN THE DISTRICT OF OFFENBURGH IN WHAT IS NOW PRUSSIA WE ARE QUITE SURE HE BROKE DOWN AGAIN SHAKING WITH LAUGHTER WHAT DO YOU MEAN I GROWLED DON'T YOU CATCH IT YET THE STORY SHE TOLD YOU WAS TRUE EXCEPT SHE TWISTED IT AROUND A BIT THE WHOLE PLAN BUILDING THE BATTLESHIP THEN STEALING IT WAS HERS SHE PULLED ME INTO IT PLAYED ME LIKE AN ACCORDION e9ccf67e-e628-4c54-9e33-0f396e581222 AUNT OLIVIA SAYS THE STORY GIRL IS FASCINATING SAID CECILY THE VERY ADJECTIVE HE WAS A SMALL MAN WITH THIN DELICATE FEATURES CLOSE CLIPPED GREY BEARD AND LARGE TIRED BLUE EYES FATHER'S EYES OVER AGAIN e9ce386b-0557-4e11-86bc-225bb81e291c UNCLE CHARLEY HAS TALKED ABOUT SETTLING IN THE TOWNSHIP AND STANDING FOR COUNCIL ELECTION CHAFFY THREE SAID TO JENOFY THEN AND STUCK THE WILLOWS WHICH HE HAD USED ALL DAY IN THE SOFT SOIL BY THE GATE e9f32195-7898-432b-9207-fb5687ddc207 OVER US WAS A GREAT DARK SKY BLOSSOMING WITH SILVER STARS AND ALL AROUND LAY DUSKY MYSTERIOUS REACHES OF MEADOW AND WOOD IN THE SOFT EMPURPLED NIGHT AS FOR THE CANARY IT FLEW SWIFTLY TO DOROTHY'S SHOULDER AND PERCHED THERE SAYING IN HER EAR THANK GOODNESS YOU HAVE COME TO OUR RESCUE BUT WHO ARE YOU ASKED DOROTHY DON'T YOU KNOW RETURNED THE CANARY ea0c0e41-f8d4-4da0-89d5-743c422dd1fc A QUEEN OF HEARTS I WAKENED SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE THE BOYS ALL THINK SO SAID THE STORY GIRL NOT I FANCIED QUITE WELL PLEASED AND I SUPPOSE SHE IS SHE IS A SPLENDID COOK TOO THOUGH SHE IS ONLY TWELVE ATAVISTIC AGREED CHAFFY FOUR THEY COULD EVEN LIE TO EACH OTHER BUT THEIR DILEMMA REMAINED ea0f7141-262c-4b03-b33b-5083b588c7de OF THE TALE RESTED ON US FOR SOME MOMENTS AFTER THE STORY GIRL HAD FINISHED HE REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT FURTHER SOMEWHAT TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT HE LOOKED AS WE SAW WITH SINKING HEARTS UNUSUALLY GRAVE AND PREOCCUPIED NO IT'S YOURS FOR GOOD SAID CICELY WITH THE HIGH REMOTE AIR OF ONE TO FORGET ME NOT JUGS IN ALL SUCH PUMPS AND VANITIES OF THE WORLD WERE AS A TALE THAT IS TOLD ea1ba40a-daa8-4b38-9725-f89c82ab4ac9 THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'D APPROACH THE SAME PROBLEMS OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T BE CARRYING THAT RIFLE OFF THE DELPHINIS HE PAUSED IN HIS ROUND OF THE BRIDGE OF COURSE PETER BEING A CRAIG HAS HIS FAULTS BUT HE'S A SMART BOY YOU AND ME WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT TILL WE WERE GROWN UP WOULD WE ea2e47f9-f557-4570-ab57-f3f1eeaecf0a WHEN YOU GOT THERE YOU HAD NO WAY OF SENDING WORD HOME AGAIN EXCEPT BY THE SAME PLAN IT MIGHT BE OVER A YEAR BEFORE YOUR PEOPLE AT HOME HEARD A WORD ABOUT YOU AND FANCY WHAT THEIR FEELINGS WOULD BE VIC UNDERNEATH IN HOPE'S CLEAR PURPOSEFUL HAND WAS THIS DEAR PETER NOT KNOWING WHEN YOU'LL ARRIVE I'M GOING ON AHEAD WE MUST GIVE VIC A HAND MUSTN'T WE H ea3090b2-0e57-4f1c-b10e-cfa5be214350 BUT IT COULD GRIN IN FRIENDLY FASHION AND BOTH FELIX AND I FELT THAT WE WERE GOING TO LIKE DAN IT WOULDN'T BE SO NICE IF THEY CAUGHT YOU AND TORTURED YOU AT THE STAKE SAID FELICITY ea516cf1-3532-42cb-975c-b73982193102 OF COURSE I KNOW I WOULDN'T HAVE GOT THE PRIZE FOR I COULDN'T HAVE MADE SUCH AN IMPRESSION AS PETER HE SAID TO US MOURNFULLY BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT I COULD DO THAT'S WHAT COMES OF THOSE CRY BABY GIRLS MIXED UP IN THINGS CECILY WAS JUST AS SCARED AS SARA RAY BUT SHE'D MORE SENSE THAN TO SHOW IT LIKE THAT WOOT LOOKED AT HER YOU ARE AS PRETTY A GIRL AS I HAVE EVER SEEN HE REPLIED GINGER FROWNED THAT IS SHE TRIED HARD TO FROWN ea694788-8867-487a-93f2-8f7d447a3b6a I'VE THOUGHT OF THE WAY MY AUNT JANE USED TO GIVE MEDICINE TO A CAT AND PUT ON THE LONG LACE VEIL THAT HAD BEEN SO MANY YEARS A MAKING WELL THAT'S BETTER THAN A HOLE ON THE FURTHER SIDE OF IT WAS A THICK PLANTATION OF SLENDER SILVER BIRCHES AND WHISPERING POPLARS AND BEYOND IT WAS UNCLE ROGER'S HOUSE ea73867a-4303-4fa5-9ad0-7f66ec46e95f AUNT JANE USED TO SAY IF A MAN DIDN'T HAVE HEADS AND STICK TO THEM HE'D GO WANDERING ALL OVER THE BIBLE AND NEVER GET ANYWHERE IN PARTICULAR WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO PREACH ON ASKED FELIX YOU'LL FIND OUT NEXT SUNDAY SAID PETER SIGNIFICANTLY I CAN'T CRY SHE SAID DREARILY I WISH I COULD I'VE A DREADFUL FEELING HERE SHE TOUCHED HER SLENDER THROAT AND IF I COULD CRY I THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT BETTER BUT I CAN'T ea7781cb-724b-4cc9-9274-883294becf34 AND TO HIM ODIN GAVE COMMAND THAT HE SHOULD OPEN THE GATE AND ALLOW HIS FOLLOWERS TO CROSS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE WHILE SHE SECURED THE FLIMSY DOOR HE RIPPED THROUGH HIS BELONGINGS ALIGNING HIS E I COMMUNICATOR AGAIN ON HIS BREAKFAST TABLE eaafbe5c-95ee-40c6-87c5-c9903e3f4c70 IN EVERY SUBSEQUENT TRIAL IT WAS THE SAME PETER NEVER MADE A FACE AND NO ONE ELSE COULD HELP MAKING THEM IT SENT HIM UP FIFTY PER CENT IN FELICITY'S ESTIMATION IN ONE OR TWO PLACES THE TIN MAN WHO WENT FIRST TO CLEAR THE WAY CUT THE BRANCHES WITH A BLOW OF HIS AXE eace6495-9fc5-499b-93cc-20761a0fb752 WHEN THE BLOSSOMS COME OUT IT'S WONDERFUL TO WALK HERE SAID THE STORY GIRL IT'S LIKE A DREAM OF FAIRYLAND AS IF YOU WERE WALKING IN A KING'S PALACE THE APPLES ARE DELICIOUS AND IN WINTER IT'S A SPLENDID PLACE FOR COASTING WHEN HE GETS VERY OLD CONTINUED THE STORY GIRL THE PRESBYTERY THOUGHT IT WAS TIME HE WAS RETIRED HE DIDN'T THINK SO BUT THE PRESBYTERY HAD THEIR WAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY OF THEM TO ONE OF HIM ead792be-236e-4914-b78e-8cf1743372cf WE HAD HAD BROTHERHOOD WITH WIND AND STAR WITH BOOKS AND TALES AND HEARTH FIRES OF AUTUMN NOW BEST OLD GIRL DO YOUR BONNIEST HE SAID THERE'S MORE THAN YOU KNOW HANGS ON YOUR SPEED CHAFFEE THREE POINTED OUT AS THEY DODGED TO THE CONTROL CUBICLE AGAIN JUST AHEAD OF THE SLAVERING ZID eb020ec9-b21a-457d-b6d6-1f2e724467c0 SARA RAY CAME UP BUT WAS SO SNUBBED BY FELICITY THAT SHE WENT HOME CRYING FELICITY GOT THE DINNER BY HERSELF DISDAINING TO ASK OR COMMAND ASSISTANCE SHE BANGED THINGS ABOUT AND RATTLED THE STOVE COVERS UNTIL EVEN CECILY PROTESTED FROM HER SOFA THE SOCIAL LIFE OF JUVENILE CARLYLE CENTERED IN THE DAY AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS eb0d9086-7201-4f49-9601-be393debf1d4 WHICH IS OF COURSE WHERE HE IS A CAPTAIN AND I AM AN ADMIRAL EVEN A TEMPORARY FOLLOWING MY ORDERS THE NAVIGATOR AGAIN CONSTRUCTED A SPHERE OF SPECULATION IN HIS TANK THE SURFACE OF THE SPHERE CONTACTED ALL THE STAR SYSTEMS A DAY'S FLIGHT AHEAD OF THE MAXIMUM FLIGHT OF THE STOLEN BATTLESHIP HERRICHNUFF WE DO NOT MENTION THAT NAME SHARP SAID MY WIFE HAS RESIGNED HERSELF TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED I AM NOT SO WISE I PROMISE YOU YONA SAID EARNESTLY THAT YOU WILL BE IN NO DANGER FOR ME NO MORE THAT I WILL HELP YOU OUT OF YOUR DIFFICULTIES AND ENSURE YOUR PEACE eb19ca08-3a2b-44a2-9383-edf19e45d852 THE MESSENGER WOKE ME FROM A DEEP SLEEP TURNING ON THE LIGHT AND HANDING ME THE SLIP OF PAPER NO INNOCENT MAN COULD HAVE LOOKED SO TERROR STRICKEN LAST NIGHT I FELT JUST LIKE PRAYING AND TO NIGHT I FEEL JUST LIKE COOKING DON'T YOU THINK IT HORRID BEGINNING SO YOUNG eb281860-965f-40cb-b318-7ba52484e2a1 OF COURSE SHE IS AUNT JANE IS SPLENDID AGREED THE STORY GIRL THE NAME OF THE HILL WAS OLYMPUS BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS STORY THAT HAPPENED ON ANOTHER MOUNTAIN ONLY WHEN A UNIFORM UNDER OFFICIAL OF SOME KIND RAN OVER TO ME DID I GIVE THE FIELD ANY ATTENTION IT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR UNDER THE MOTTO SET A THIEF TO CATCH ONE eb423e6e-74be-4731-ac48-edab12cb5d0f AFTER BREAKFAST SHE WASHED THE DISHES AND DID THE BEDROOM WORK A GRIM SILENCE THEN WITH A BOOK UNDER ONE ARM AND PAT UNDER THE OTHER SHE BETOOK HERSELF TO THE WINDOW SEAT IN THE UPSTAIRS HALL AND WOULD NOT BE LURED FROM THAT RETREAT CHARMED WE NEVER SO WISELY THE TONES OF HER VOICE BROUGHT OUT THE POIGNANT AND IMMORTAL BEAUTY AND PATHOS OF THAT WONDERFUL OLD LAMENT THE GIRLS WIPED THEIR EYES AND WE BOYS FELT AS IF WE MIGHT HAVE DONE SO TOO HAD NOBODY BEEN LOOKING eb6b1366-3c63-4b3f-9ceb-55ae4e1ef135 WE ALL EXPLODED WITH LAUGHTER ON THE SPOT MUCH TO THE HORROR OF MISSUS ABRAHAM WARD WHO WAS JUST DRIVING PAST AND WHO CAME UP THE NEXT DAY AND TOLD AUNT JANET WE HAD ACTED SCANDALOUS ON THE ROAD HOME FROM CHURCH HIS WHOLE BODY ACHED TENDONS HAD BEEN PULLED MUSCLES STRAINED FROM THE FORCE OF THE EJECTION eb78957f-8cdf-47ca-8225-9c50a8356dde SOON THE HOUSE WAS DARK AND SILENT I WAS JUST DROPPING INTO AN UNEASY SLUMBER WHEN I HEARD A COMMOTION IN THE GIRLS ROOM ACROSS THE HALL THEIR DOOR OPENED AND THROUGH OUR OWN DOOR I SAW FELICITY'S WHITE CLAD FIGURE FLIT DOWN THE STAIRS TO AUNT JANET'S ROOM FROM THE ROOM SHE HAD LEFT CAME MOANS AND CRIES THERE HAD BEEN A REVOLT STRIFE MURDER AND DESTRUCTION SINCE THEN BUT STILL THE HOLY WATERS WOULD NOT FLOW NOW ARMED MOBS FOUGHT AROUND THE TEMPLE EACH DAY AND A NEW BAND OF PRIESTS GUARDED THE SACRED FONT AND I HAD TO WALK INTO THE MIDDLE OF THAT MESS AND REPAIR THE THING eb8f4558-cfcf-4006-b23d-7154ee74d9e6 I WON'T SAY HE IS A HUSBAND TO BE PROUD OF BECAUSE HE HAS A MIXED NATURE AND ISN'T ALWAYS AN AGREEABLE COMPANION LEAVE ME OUT OF YOUR MAGIC PLEASE SAID TOTO WITH A REPROACHFUL GROWL I WOULDN'T BECOME A GREEN MONKEY FOR ANYTHING THEN DONALD BROUGHT OUT THE WHISKY THEY ALWAYS DID THAT EIGHTY YEARS AGO YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE A WOMAN YOU COULD BUT GIVE YOUR VISITORS A DISH OF TEA BUT IF YOU WERE A MAN IT DID NOT OFFER THEM A TASTE OF WHISKY YOU WERE THOUGHT EITHER VERY MEAN OR VERY IGNORANT ebb5d6b0-ae6f-4023-8e58-40f62a38ef5b QUITE RIGHT SAID THE BEAST AND YOU'RE THE STRAW WHICH I'M GOING TO EAT FOR MY DINNER NEAR TO OGABOO DIES HE'LL GO TO HEAVEN ANYHOW SOBBED CECILY HE'S BEEN REAL GOOD ALL THIS SUMMER BUT HE ISN'T A CHURCH MEMBER STORY GIRL NODDED MISERABLY SHE HAD NEVER SHARED ONE OF HER OWN ebb960bb-5f8c-4318-837d-c3414b005647 HE STARTED OFF TOWARDS THE EAST INTO THE PLAINS OF THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY AND THAT WAS THE LAST I EVER SAW OF HIM SEEMS TO ME SAID THE TIN WOODMAN REFLECTIVELY THAT YOU DID WRONG IN MAKING A MAN OUT OF OUR GASTOV HEARTS CECILY IS WELL AND SAYS SHE ISN'T GOING TO CURL HER HAIR ANY MORE SHE IS SO CONSCIENTIOUS ebba6f68-5805-449b-849a-f6e0a7a74e10 AIN'T HE JUST A GREAT OLD FELLOW SAID DAN I WONDER WHAT HE MEANT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING VERY CHRISTIAN ABOUT PLANTING A TREE I BUT I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN GOD WON'T NOTICE THE PATCH WHITE GLADNESS IN THE MOONSHINE IT I TELL YOU WHAT STORY GIRL ebde3487-a565-4138-a994-5f1c0255834b OUTSIDE THE RUSHING TRANSCRIBERS COPIED COATED AND FILED MESSAGES BUT NO SOUND PENETRATED THE INSULATED WALL I WAITED UNTIL HIS ATTENTION CLICKED BACK INTO THE ROOM AND HANDED HIM THE SHEETS OF PAPER LEAGUE CENTRAL FOURTEEN RUSH I TOLD HIM HE RAISED HIS EYEBROWS BUT DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS ESTABLISHING CONTACT ONLY TOOK A FEW SECONDS AS THEY HAD AN ENTIRE BATTERY OF SIAM FOR THEIR COMMUNICATIONS HE READ THE CODE WORDS CAREFULLY SHAPING THEM WITH HIS MOUTH BUT NOT SPEAKING ALOUD THE POWER OF HIS THOUGHTS CARRYING ACROSS THE LIGHT YEARS OF DISTANCE SO HE AT ONCE BEGAN TO SCAMPER THROUGH THE FOREST AS FAST AS HE COULD GO CATCHING OUT A BRANCH WITH HIS LONG MONKEY ARMS AND SWINGING HIS GREEN BODY THROUGH SPACE TO GRASP ANOTHER BRANCH IN A NEIGHBORING TREE AND SO ON WHILE THE JAGUAR FOLLOWED HIM FROM BEHIND FIXED STEADFASTLY ON HIS PREY ebe65207-e7e1-4e7d-ac77-39fc882f9356 WE WATCHED IT FROM THE GRANARY WINDOW AND THE STORY GIRL TOLD US AN OLD LEGEND CULLED FROM ONE OF AUNT OLIVIA'S MANY SCRAPBOOKS JUST TO BE FORGIVEN IN SUCH AN ADORABLE VOICE I SAID CROSSLY FOR I FELT THAT PETER HAD DISGRACED US SUCH AS SHOULD BE AT A WEDDING AND EVERY ONE LOOKED AT EVERY ONE ELSE WITH FEAR IN HIS EYES ebf631f2-e7ba-4756-b3d2-25fa4820cfa9 THE REST OF US LOOKED AT EACH OTHER IN TERRIFIED QUESTIONING YOU'VE MADE RATHER TOO MUCH OF AN IMPRESSION PETER SAID THE STORY GIRL MISERABLY RACHEL WASN'T PRETTY SAID UNCLE ALEC BUT SHE HAD A LOVELY COLOR AND A BEAUTIFUL SMILE SHE LOOKS FAR TOO SOBER IN THAT PICTURE AND AT THE LAST AFTER MIXING SEVERAL POWDERS AND SPRINKLING THEM UPON THE FAWN THE YUKA WHO ENCHANTMENT WAS SUDDENLY BROKEN AND BEFORE THEM STOOD ONE OF THE DAINTIEST AND LOVELIEST CREATURES IN ANY FAIRYLAND IN THE WORLD ebfa5ffb-4d66-4fdd-957a-7bae503943f2 WHEN WE GOT AWAY WE COMPARED NOTES AND FOUND THAT WE ALL LIKED HIM AND THIS ALTHOUGH HE HAD SAID LITTLE AND HAD APPEARED SOMEWHAT GLAD TO GET RID OF US HE GAVE US THE MONEY LIKE A GENTLEMAN SAID THE STORY GIRL I FELT HE DIDN'T GRUDGE IT AND NOW FOR MISTER CAMPBELL IT WAS ON HIS ACCOUNT I PUT ON MY RED SILK CECILY SPRANG UP SHAKING WITH SOBS OH DON'T DON'T GO ON SHE IMPLORED I CAN'T BEAR ANY MORE ebfd1fe1-4452-44be-b9de-5cd6f731305a HE HAD SMALL ALMOST HIDDEN EYES THAT SEEMED TO SEE A GREAT DEAL THAT FAILED COMPLETELY TO MAKE A FUSS ABOUT THE FACT ONE SHIP WHEN A THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS OUT SUPPOSE IT'S BOBBING IN THE DARK OH NO THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DANGER INVOLVED ec0da012-b526-4464-8950-f710fcc35c0e MISSUS FRUIT HAD BEEN A SCHOOLTEACHER AND SHE WAS VERY PARTICULAR AS TO HOW PEOPLE TALKED AND THE GRAMMAR THEY USED NO IT WOULD BE NO USE TO TRY LEST WE SHOULD BE LOST OR KILLED AND WERE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE I DO LIKE A ROAD ec178c36-d4a1-4550-8a36-ff98c68be1e5 SAID CECILY WITH A SHIVER AS OLD MISSUS FRASER SAYS BUT FELIXES ARE ONLY GOOD FOR PIES WITH THIS ASSURANCE I PULLED OFF MY FLASHY CLOTHES AND SLIPPED INTO THE MIDNIGHT BLACK DRESS UNIFORM OF AN ADMIRAL IN THE LEAGUE GRAN FLEET ec1e483c-e4ba-4266-92fe-998d7f741389 CECILY WAS PALE BUT BRAVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS SHE HAD NOT PUT HER HAIR UP IN CURLS ON SATURDAY NIGHT IT WAS BRUSHED AND BRAIDED WITH PURITAN SIMPLICITY IF IT'S A JUDGMENT DAY I DON'T CARE WHETHER MY HAIR IS CURLY OR NOT SHE SAID WE COULD HAVE RUN ONE AND ALL IF THERE HAD BEEN ANYWHERE TO RUN TOO BUT THERE WASN'T ALL AROUND US WERE ONLY THOSE SHADOWY ARCADES THEN WE SAW WITH SHAME THAT IT WAS ONLY OUR PADDY PAT PAT I SAID PICKING HIM UP FEELING A CERTAIN COMFORT IN HIS SOFT SOLID BODY ec253b57-254d-4ef0-ab21-3e35d2fd591b IF WRITING DOWN YOUR DREAMS WITH AGONIZING CARE AS DECOMPOSITION AND SPELLING FOR WHO KNEW THAT THE EYES OF GENERATIONS UNBORN MIGHT NOT READ THE RECORD WERE NOT A HARMLESS AMUSEMENT COULD ANYTHING BE CALLED SO I TROW NOT THE LACRYMOSE SARAH PRESENTLY JOINED US AND WE DISCOVERED THE CAUSE OF HER TEARS TO BE THE DOLEFUL FACT THAT HER MOTHER HAD FORBIDDEN HER TO GO TO THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW THAT NIGHT WE ALL SHOWED THE SYMPATHY WE FELT SHE SAID YESTERDAY YOU CAN GO SAID THE STORY GIRL INDIGNANTLY WHY HAS SHE CHANGED HER MIND ec2e94cd-c8be-48b5-8501-5976cec4ade5 YOU CHILDREN WON'T SLEEP A WEEK TO NIGHT IF WE OPENED IT NOW YOU'D GO WILD WITH EXCITEMENT I'M SURE I WON'T SLEEP ANYHOW SAID FELICITY WELL AT LEAST YOU'LL OPEN IT THE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WON'T YOU MA THEN SHE LOOKED BEYOND THEM AT THE REST OF THE PARTY AND SMILED AGAIN HOWEVER SHE SEEMED MORE AMUSED THAN PLEASED CHAPTER SIXTEEN CAPTAIN FIGHTER ARE YOU REALLY A SOLDIER ec36a9c8-784c-47f7-b36b-c0bcb39a0432 AS MANY AS POSSIBLE WHEN I FOUND MYSELF HERE I WANDERED NEARLY TO THE CITY BEFORE I WAS MOLESTED WHEN THEY DID APPEAR AND TRIED TO LAY HANDS ON ME I WARNED THEM BACK AND FINALLY SHOT ONE OF THEM NEIL WENT ON TASTING AND THAT SLY DONALD SAT THERE WITH A SOBER FACE BUT LAUGHING EYES AND COAXED HIM ON AT LAST NEIL'S HEAD FELL FORWARD ON HIS BREAST AND HE WAS SOUND ASLEEP ec48b7ee-a673-4db8-8807-a8d71e1dbc81 SHE'S WAITED A LONG TIME ALREADY SEEMS TO ME REMARKED THE SCARECROW AS THEY LEFT THE GROUNDS OF THE CASTLE AND FOLLOW THE PATH THAT LED EASTWARD THERE COMES A CHINA SET GRANDFATHER KING GAVE US SAID THE STORY GIRL WISTFULLY OH IT MAKES ME FEEL SAD THINK OF ALL THE HOPES THAT RACHEL WARDE MUST HAVE PUT AWAY IN THAT JEST WITH ALL HER PRETTY THINGS ec5a8201-839e-46c3-ba8b-407213ba9677 IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE OF THIS LET ME TRY ANOTHER PLACE BUT AT TIMES THEY WERE SILENT FOR THESE THINGS HAD BEEN TALKED OVER MANY TIMES BETWEEN THEM NO HEIREDITARY ENEMIES FEUDS OR THE LIKE IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS BATTLESHIP THING I WOULD CALL THEM AN IDEAL LEAGUE PLANET YOU'RE JUST GUESSING YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THIS THEY HAVE AN EXPANDING COUCHER ec65a2bf-772d-40c1-aec0-b5fe8c06c44d GOOD MORNING MISTER CAMPBELL SHE SAID WITH A TOSS OF HER HEAD IT'S EARLY ABROAD YOU ARE AND ON BLACK DAN NO LESS WAS I MISTAKEN IN THINKING THAT DONALD FRAGON SAID ONCE THAT HIS FAVOURITE HORSE SHOULD NEVER BE BACKED BY ANY MAN BUT HIM DOUBTLESS A FAIR EXCHANGE IS NO ROBBERY AND BROWN BESS IS A GOOD MARE IN HER WAY IT IS NOT VANITY TO KNOW YOUR OWN GOOD POINTS IT WOULD BE JUST STUPIDITY IF YOU DIDN'T IT'S ONLY VANITY WHEN YOU GET PUFFED UP ABOUT THEM I'M NOT A BIT PRETTY MY ONLY GOOD POINTS ARE MY HAIR AND EYES AND FEET SO I THINK IT'S REAL MEAN THAT ONE OF THEM HAS TO BE COVERED UP MOST OF THE TIME ec6fc5f4-f263-4708-810f-adeeff3d812a IT WAS AN AWFUL DREAM BUT IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TOO WE ADJOURNED TO THE GRANARY TO INDITE THE IMPORTANT DOCUMENT WHICH THE STORY GIRL WAS TO COMPOSE HOW SHALL I BEGIN IT SHE ASKED IN PERPLEXITY IT WOULD NEVER DO TO SAY DEAR PEG AND DEAR MISS BOWEN SOUNDS TOO RIDICULOUS ALSO WE ARE UNDER OZMA'S PROTECTION SO THE TRAVELLERS SAW THAT THAT THEY HAD SURPRISED THE GIANTESS WHILE SHE WAS EATING HER SUPPER ec8768e8-1d6b-4c8e-9d45-01d67e68de3b TIME ALWAYS SEEMS LONG WHEN YOU'RE WAITING SAID THE STORY GIRL IF AFTER IT WE WERE THE SAME MAYBE THE CLOCK STRUCK AND WE DIDN'T HEAR IT SUGGESTED DAN SOMEBODY BETTER GO SEE THE STORY GIRL MANAGED IT BETTER THINGS COULDN'T LOOK THE SAME IF JUDGMENT DAY WAS GOING TO BE TO MORROW THEY HAD NOT SPOKEN TO EACH OTHER SINCE ec922ed1-35e8-48be-b765-642df36fc568 WHEN EVENING CAME WE WENT TO OUR SEATS UNDER THE WHISPERING SIGHING FIR TREES IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT CLEAR WINDLESS FROSTY SOME ONE GALLOPED DOWN THE ROAD ON HORSEBACK LUSTILY SINGING A COMIC SONG HOW DARED HE WE FELT THAT IT WAS AN INSULT TO OUR WRETCHEDNESS WHEN THE INFERNAL THING WAS MORE THAN A MATCH FOR ANY SHIP IT MIGHT MEET THAT WAS MY PROBLEM IT HAD KEPT ME AWAKE NIGHTS AND TALKING TO MYSELF DAYS SINCE THERE WAS NO EASY ANSWER eca19e8e-644d-4f07-ab92-e136fd5c1576 BUT THEY'RE YOUR OWN RELATIONS SAID PETER THEY'RE NO RELATION TO ME AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE I HATE TO DREAM OF BEING CHASTE BECAUSE I CAN NEVER RUN SAID SARA RAY WITH A SHIVER RICH WERE WE IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE OPULENT MONTHS THAT HAD GONE FROM US RICHER THAN WE THEN KNEW OR SUSPECTED AND BEFORE US WAS THE DREAM OF SPRING IT IS ALWAYS SAFE TO DREAM OF SPRING FOR IT IS SURE TO COME AND IF IT IS NOT JUST AS WE HAVE PICTURED IT IT WILL BE INFINITELY SWEETER eca6b021-4b77-4dbb-a2bc-65c8c4440d94 AND MOST MEMBER RACES HAVE WARS OCCASIONALLY AND WAS TOO TRUSTING WITH MEN EVEN IF THAT ISN'T WHAT YOU DESIGNED IT TO DO BEFORE HE COULD TALK I DID FOOT IN THE DOOR AND STAY ON TOP ALL THE BOARD GUARDS HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE SIRENS LIGHTS ACCELERATORS ON THE FLOOR AND THAT SORT OF THING eca9c4c8-8bf1-4833-9e78-28a8d130184e PANTA HAS JUST EXPLODED THE LADY LOON PICKED UP THE BUNCH'S SKIN AND EXAMINED IT CAREFULLY UNTIL SHE DISCOVERED A HOLE IN ONE FOOT THEN SHE PULLED A STRAND OF STRING FROM HER SASH AND DRAWING THE EDGES OF THE HOLE TOGETHER SHE TIED THEM FAST WITH THE STRING THUS MAKING ONE OF THOSE FURIOUS WARTS WHICH THE STRANGERS HAD NOTICED ON SO MANY WOONS RACHEL LEFT INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THEM ANSWERED AUNT JANET REFERRING TO THE LETTER THE WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL AND LETTERS ARE TO BE BURNED THERE ARE TWO JUGS IN IT WHICH ARE TO BE SENT TO JAMES'S WIFE THE REST OF THE THINGS ARE TO BE GIVEN AROUND AMONG THE CONNECTION EACH MEMBER IS TO HAVE ONE TO REMEMBER HER BY OH CAN'T WE OPEN IT RIGHT AWAY THIS VERY NIGHT SAID FELICITY EAGERLY NO INDEED AUNT JANET FOLDED UP THE LETTER DECIDEDLY THAT CHEST HAS BEEN LOCKED UP FOR FIFTY YEARS AND IT'LL STAND BEING LOCKED UP ONE MORE NIGHT ecdf3e83-e99c-4c42-b4ae-a8c3957723ef WHO LIVES OVER THERE I ASKED POINTING TO A HOUSE ACROSS THE FIELDS OH THAT BELONGS TO THE AWKWARD MAN HIS NAME IS JASPER DALE BUT EVERYBODY CALLS HIM THE AWKWARD MAN AND THEY DO SAY HE WRITES POETRY IT WAS ALL NONSENSE FIGHTING ABOUT SUCH PRAYERS ANYHOW SAID DAN WHO PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT SINCE ALL CHANCE OF FIGHT WAS OVER HE MIGHT AS WELL AVOW HIS REAL SENTIMENTS AS TO ITS FOLLY ece4c5d3-e6bc-4e0d-b465-2139da523e56 HE DISAPPEARED UNDER WATER WITH SCARCELY A RIPPLE SOMEHOW WHAT POPPED INTO FARMER'S HEAD WAS THE COURSE OF AN OLD SONG HE HAD SUNG IN BOY'S CAMP WHEN VERY YOUNG DAN PROMPTLY DECLARED HE WOULDN'T TRY TO PREACH A SERMON BUT PETER FELIX AND I THOUGHT THE SUGGESTION A VERY GOOD ONE FINALLY HE GOT SO ANGRY THAT HE TOLD HER TO SHUT UP ecfe4d24-8542-41cb-bc78-1988dab57ac7 OFF TO THE RIGHT WAS A DIM BRANCHING PLACE THE GIRL'S DOOR SHUT WITH A BANG AND ON OUR LEFT AS HE DID SO THE ENGINE MELTED INTO A SOLID IRREGULAR LUMP OF METAL RAY'S GLANCE TOOK ON A TOUCH OF ICY FURY ed089338-0be3-4215-b037-73f5ba44073b BUT JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO JUST BEFORE YOU ARRIVED SIR SHE BECAME NERVOUS LIKE AND RAPPED ON THE DOOR THERE WASN'T A SOUND SO SHE WENT UP TO THE MASTER'S ROOM AND FOUND A KEY AND WENT IN AND NOW SHE DON'T ANSWER AND WE WERE JUST ABOUT READY TO CALL THE POLICE THEY AND ONLY THEY CAN BRING US TIDINGS FROM THAT DEAR COUNTRY WHERE WE ONCE SOJOURNED AND FROM WHICH WE MUST EVERMORE BE EXILES THE WORLD CALLS THEM ITS SINGERS AND POETS AND ARTISTS AND STORY TELLERS BUT THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN THE WAY TO FAIRYLAND ed1dada8-71ee-4e84-bd09-52ce7967a0cc FELICITY IS THERE ANYTHING FIT TO EAT IN THE PANTRY THE LAST QUESTION WAS THE MOST UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL FELICITY COULD HAVE FORGIVEN UNCLE ROGER ANYTHING BUT THAT IT REALLY WAS UNPARDONABLE THEN OUR NEXT CHANCE TO GET BACK WILL BE AT THREE MINUTES AFTER ONE NODDED VIC I WONDER IF THERE IS ANY CHANCE OF BEFORE HE COULD COMPLETE THE SENTENCE THE DOOR WAS FLUNG OPEN AND FIVE OF THE OLDER MEN LED BY A SIXTH WITH A LARGER JEWEL AT HIS THROAT FILED SOLEMNLY INTO THE ROOM AND MOTIONED THAT WE WERE TO LEAVE ed49acc4-7496-4e3e-80a4-5863e3ef5494 AROUND THEM SHAPES FLUNG THEMSELVES FROM VINE TO VINE ORN CALLED INTO HIS MIND THE LANGUAGE THAT HAD BEEN HYPNO FORCED INTO HIM I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT OUR CIVILIZATION AND OUR SCIENCE AND THE MACHINE CRADLED UNDER HER ARM RAY FROWNED AND SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MASS APPEAL ed76d414-cf52-4c58-8c06-a53c09463427 NONE OF US UTTERED A WORD UNTIL WE REACHED THE ROAD LYING IN THE WHITE MOONSHINE OF THE MAY NIGHT THEN FELICITY BROKE THE TENSE SILENCE BY REMARKING TO THE STORY GIRL I TOLD YOU SO YES HE TURNED BARKED IN ORDER TO THE JUNGLE GLOOM THEN CLIMBED IN BEHIND ORAN WHEN DO WE GO WHERE IS IT IMPOSSIBLE ed7c03cf-9c7c-44fe-9ef3-4b2156b2f15d HE TOOK TOO DEEP BREATH FLORI GOTSY I SAID WHY DO YOU THE OTHER WAS AN UNCANINE LOOKING DOG SIZED BEAST SO FULL OF BIRDS AND THORNS THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PORCUPINE ed958747-b83a-4f05-8bad-c2e6bf74c012 WORK FOR YOUR OWN GOOD DO NOTHING FOR ME AND ENSURE YOUR PEACE THERE IS NO NEED TO BE SMUG HE TOLD YANAS YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS TO LOCATE A FIRM LANDING SITE WITH AMPLE PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS A WING UNTOUCHED BY THE FIRE ed9f08c6-3250-446e-8f46-d64eca786087 WILD ROSES GREW PINKLY ALONG THE FENCES AND THE ROADSIDES WERE STAR DUSTED WITH BUTTERCUPS WHICH SITTING DOWN BEFORE US HE PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR BODY AND BONES AFTERWARDS LICKING HIS CHOPS WITH GREAT SATISFACTION eda2e852-d3bf-4565-81e3-ced59649d9aa A SHINY METAL TEMPPLE OUT OF WHICH POURED A CONSTANT STREAM OF MAGIC WATER THE REACTOR COOLING WATER PUMPED DOWN FROM THE ATMOSPHERE CONDENSER ON THE ROOF THE RADIO ACTIVITY IN THE WATER DIDN'T HURT THE NATIVES WE WERE EATING LITTLE JAM TURNOVERS WHICH FELICITY HAD MADE FOR US FELICITY'S TURNOVERS WERE PERFECTION I LOOKED AT HER AND WONDERED WHY IT WAS NOT ENOUGH THAT SHE SHOULD BE SO PRETTY AND CAPABLE OF MAKING SUCH TURNOVERS eda54045-4c9f-443c-a388-365507056934 A SCARLET PRINT BLOUSE AND A MAN'S HAT TO OURSELVES AND DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE REALLY SITTING IN A DEWY PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ORCHARD INSTEAD OF WATCHING TWO LOVERS I WAS A REGULAR WRUNT BEFORE I BEGUN HE SAID AND LOOK AT ME NOW THIS BICKING WAS AS USUAL GETTING THEM EXACTLY NOWHERE HIS STEP WAS BOUNCING AS IF HE WERE USED TO A HIGHER GRAVITY OR GREATER PRESSURE eda70fd5-3cc2-4f73-ba9a-a109efcafd5d AFTER THEY HAD GONE AWAY CARRYING MY KINCHIN KING HUSBAND WITH THEM I TRANSFORMED MYSELF BACK INTO MY FORMER SHAPE AGAIN AND HERE I'VE LIVED IN PEACE AND COMFORT EVER SINCE UNCLE ROGER SAYS SHE DIDN'T EXACTLY ASK HIM BUT SHE HELPED THE LAME DOG OVER THE STILE SO SLICK THAT RICHARD WAS ENGAGED TO HER BEFORE HE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM SAID THE STORY GIRL I KNOW A STORY ABOUT MISSUS RICHARD COOK'S GRANDMOTHER SHE WAS ONE OF THEM WOMEN WHO WERE ALWAYS SAYING I TOLD YOU SO TAKE NOTICE FELICITY SAID DAN ASIDE edb87d32-220e-4a50-b4c8-b13375ea51c9 THE SCREEN GLOWED INTO LIFE IT WOULD BE HARD TO SEE UNLESS ASTRO WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF IT ASTRO THIS IS BRANNAN COME IN PLEASE THAT HAD NEVER WANED IN ALL HIS YEARS OF EXILE AND HE IS A REAL SMART LITTLE CHAP edc4eb49-3dfc-490f-878c-e86e7fb1bd19 HE HAD TALKED SO MUCH TO US ABOUT IT AND DESCRIBED ITS SCENES SO OFTEN AND SO MINUTELY THAT HE HAD INSPIRED US WITH SOME OF HIS OWN DEEP SEATED AFFECTION FOR IT AN AFFECTION THAT HAD NEVER WANED IN ALL HIS YEARS OF EXILE WE HAD A VAGUE FEELING THAT WE SOMEHOW BELONGED THERE IN THAT CRADLE OF OUR FAMILY THOUGH WE HAD NEVER SEEN IT WHEN HE OPENED THEM HE WAS STARING AT THE MILKY WAY THEN THE DESERT AS HE TUMBLED OVER AND OVER HE TALKED TO THE MILKY BOY TEN SECONDS SHIP WEIGHED AT LEAST TEN SECONDS BEFORE RELEASING A DRUG SHOOT SO WILL CLEAR THE SHIP THEN HE SPOKE TO THE DESERT AND MAYBE ANOTHER TEN TO GET THE CAPSULE TIME SLOW DOWN ee033ac7-b1b4-4533-a922-c2dcd1a70f2f I THINK YOU'LL TURN OUT O K BUT NOT EVERYBODY AGREES CALLING TO FARMER TO BE READY TO TAKE HER BURDEN ABOARD A THIN BLACK INSECT WITH SHELL LIKE WINGS FLEW IN ORAN'S PORT JUST MADE CONTACT WITH THE MOB ee069998-3d19-4b48-a99b-30ce51b4a72e IF I THOUGHT SHE REALLY MADE PAT SICK AND COULD MAKE HIM BETTER I'D TRY TO PACIFY HER SOMEHOW SAID THE STORY GIRL DECIDEDLY I'M FRIGHTENED OF HER TOO BUT JUST LOOK AT POOR DARLING PATTY WE LOOKED AT PATTY WHO CONTINUED TO STARE FIXEDLY BEFORE HIM WITH UNWINKING EYES IN ONE OF HIS HANDS WAS HELD A LONG GLEAMING SWORD YES THERE WAS THE DIFFERENCE THE ONLY THING THAT DISTINGUISHED HIM FROM THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES ee081059-ea99-496c-b60d-c228d7e1067b JONAS HAD NO VAUGHAN TO STICK ON HIS NAME AND HE HAD NEVER THOUGHT IT WORTH WHILE TO CLAIM ONE AND ACCEPT THE TINY RISK OF DISCLOSURE I WAS HOPING TO GO TO YOUR CITY HAULED OUT A WHITE COVER ALL UNIFORM WITH GOLDEN SIGNIA WHY SHOULD I WANT OUT OF MY FIRST FIELD ASSIGNMENT ee0a114d-c4e2-4236-b007-aba121b825b9 SARA RAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE GOING TO DIE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO DIE TILL I GOT BETTER HE BECAME A VERY RELIGIOUS MAN WHICH WAS A GOOD THING BUT HE WAS DREADFULLY GLOOMY AND THOUGHT EVERYTHING PLEASANT SINFUL YOU HAVE ALL BEEN FORCED TO ENDURE A SAD EXPERIENCE SAID OZMA AND SO I AM ANXIOUS TO DO ALL IN MY POWER TO BREAK MISSUS EWPE'S ENCHANTMENTS BUT FIRST TELL ME HOW YOU HAPPEN TO STRAY INTO THAT LONELY VALLEY WHERE EWBE CASTLE STANDS ee184ba0-a1ec-42ed-8297-7227bf9cb68f HIS EYES WERE UNFOCUSED AS HE SPOKE SOFTLY INTO A MIKE PULLING IN A MESSAGE FROM SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE GALAXY OUTSIDE THE RUSHING TRANSCRIBERS COPIED COATED AND FILED MESSAGES BUT NO SOUND PENETRATED THE INSULATED WALL CONSTANT CONTACT WAS SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE ANY REACHING OUT USED ENERGY AND LINKING UP FOR A LONG PERIOD SIMPLY BURNED THE BODY UP LIKE A LONG STARVATION IT WAS AS BAD AS A PENANCE ee26e05d-59e2-4e08-80cb-30d40a2e23a2 GO AND BE A METHODIST OR A MOHAMMEDAN OR ANYTHING I AS FOR THAT POOR UNLUCKY PETER SOMETIMES WE BELIEVED UNCLE ROGER WAS MAKING FUN OF US HE TOOK SOME MORE AND SAID SLYLY FELIX AND DAN CONTRACTED TO KEEP THE GARDENS FREE FROM WEEDS ee3e85b2-eb03-4602-8437-00dbd0a5e573 WHEN ONE TRAVELS IT IS FOOLISH TO MISS ANY INTERESTING SIGHT ADDED THE SCARECROW BUT A WARNING MEANS DANGER PROTESTED THE WANDER AND I BELIEVE IT SENSIBLE TO KEEP OUT OF DANGER WHENEVER WE CAN THEY MADE NO REPLY TO THIS SPEECH FOR A WHILE JUST WHAT THESE BAD BERRIES WERE I CANNOT TELL FELICITY WHEN YOU SET THE TABLE FOR DINNER PUT THE BROKEN HANDLED KNIFE FOR ME I HATE IT SO AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A DOSE OF MEXICAN TEA EVERY TWO HOURS ee3ecf6d-5e92-4ddb-abdd-ebb3444cdfe8 I WAS REALLY GLAD THEY HAD TAILS THE OLD BOYS HAD ENOUGH BRAINS TO CHOOSE A TRACEABLE SITE FOR THE BEACON EQUIDISTANT ON A LINE BETWEEN TWO OF THE MOST PROMINENT MOUNTAIN PEAKS THE EYE WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY IT WAS FOR US TOO FULL OF HAPPY MEMORIES TO ACCORD WITH OUR BITTERNESS OF SOUL I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN BE SO UNFEELING SARA STANLEY SAID FELICITY REPROACHFULLY ee4a4b92-d1a9-41bd-87fa-11efc16e6666 AND SPENT MOST OF THE TIME IN HIS CABIN WORRYING ABOUT THE EFFECT OF IT ON HIS SURFACE RECORD EVEN PRESENT FERERA WAS THERE HIS HAIR LOOKING SCRAGGLY WHERE HE HAD PULLED AT HANDFULS THE SWALLOWS FLEW IN AND OUT OF THEIR NEST ABOVE OUR HEADS AND WHENEVER A SUNBEAM FELL THROUGH A CHINK THE AIR SWARMED WITH GOLDEN DUST ee5e12b1-0713-4a5d-a640-5b7ebc6754b9 A SPARK FLASHED IN MISTER CAMPBELL'S BLACK EYES NANCY DIDN'T SAY SHE WOULD HAVE HIM SHE JUST LOOKED IT AND DONALD KISSED HER RIGHT THERE IN THE SNOW THEIR ROUND DARK EYES DEEPLY RECESSED WERE CAVERNS OF DESPAIR WAS THE HOPE THAT THEY WERE TAKING ME ee7e547d-9d80-4203-abf3-7eb8ffccb08f SINCE IT WAS STILL DAYLIGHT I DIDN'T TAKE A HELLY BUT RENTED A GROUND CAR INSTEAD WE HAD A LEISURELY DRIVE OUT INTO THE COUNTRY AND REACHED PRESIDENT FERRA'S HOUSE AFTER DARK HIS CY PROJECTION OF THE ZID APPEARED ON THE DOCK BEFORE THEM WITH DEMONIAC ABRUPTNESS CROUCH TO LEAP TWIN TAILS LASHING AND ITS TEN FOOT LENGTH BRISTLING WITH GLASSY MAGENTIVE BRISTLES ee8857d1-39f6-4fc2-b7b4-ec3e73d25712 BUT THE LONG DRAWN OUT DREAD WAS BEGINNING TO GET ON DAN'S NERVES IF IT IS THE JUDGMENT DAY HE GROWLED AS WE WENT IN TO DINNER I WISH IT'D HURRY UP AND HAVE IT OVER OH DAN CRIED FELICITY AND CECILY TOGETHER IN A CHORUS OF HORROR BUT THE STORY GIRL LOOKED AS IF SHE RATHER SYMPATHIZED WITH DAN WELL THEY'RE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE FROGS HE HEARD SAID FELIX AND THEY'RE SINGING IN THE SAME SWAMP THAT'S NEAR ENOUGH ee8e6dd9-c9f2-45c8-af71-b703b3684b19 THE ONLY REAL TROUBLE WITH YOU EARTH PEOPLE HER VOICE DRIPPING DANGER AND GOT ANOTHER SURPRISE AUNT OLIVIA SAYS THAT WHEN YOU GO ARE GOING TO HAVE ANY IMPORTANT INTERVIEW WITH A MAN YOU OUGHT TO LOOK YOUR VERY BEST SAID THE STREET STORY GIRL GIVING HER SKIRT A LUSTROUS SWIRL AND ENJOYING THE EFFECT ee93e954-6b2c-4f96-9525-571df8c36455 PETER WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KEPT HIS NORMAL POISE NOTHING COULD UPSET THAT BOY'S STOMACH ONE NIGHT CECILY CAME INTO THE PANTRY WITH A LARGE CUCUMBER AND PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR THE GREATER PART OF IT AND CONCLUDED THE STORY GIRL HER FACE UPTURNED TO THE SKY HER BIG EYES FILLED WITH STARLIGHT IT STANDS STILL THAT BRIDGE IS THE MILKY WAY ee9acb3c-ef67-4138-aa43-55f82c819a71 THIS WILL BE YOURS HE SAID IT IS SAID THAT THE FAMILY COLLEGE SHARP HAS A HOUSE TOO LARGE FOR THEM NOW THAT THE ELDER SON IS GONE THERE IS ONLY THE MAN HIS WIFE AND A DAUGHTER STRANGER SHARP SAID IT WAS HORRIBLE BUT EFFECTIVE IF THE WATER WAS STILL THERE BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL eeaf5392-7ed2-4f4e-97e0-7a4431d31054 I WATCHED THE PRIESTS THROUGH THE PRY EYE WHILE THEY TRIED TO OPEN IT WHEN THEY HAD GIVEN UP I BOOMED ORDERS AT THEM THROUGH THE SPEAKER IN THE CRATE THEY SPENT MOST OF THE DAY SWEATING THE HEAVY BOX UP THROUGH THE NARROW TEMPLE STAIRS AND I ENJOYED A GOOD SLEEP MOSTLY JUNGLE THERE ARE POLAR OCEANS LAKES AND RIVERS ONE LOW MOUNTAIN CHAIN FOLLOWS THE EQUATORIAL BELT ABOUT TWO THIRDS ROUND THE PLANET BUT ONLY TWO CITIES ARE YOU SURE REASONABLY SO IT UD BE PRETTY HARD TO MISS SOMETHING THE SIZE OF THAT THING WE FLEW OVER eebbcc15-165b-44d5-aa9b-09d2b1b6ce98 PETER DAN FELIX CECILY FELICITY SARA RAY THE STORY GIRL THEY ARE ALL AROUND ME ONCE MORE IN THE SWEET SCENTED FADING GRASSES EACH WITH OPEN DREAM BOOKS AND PENCIL IN HAND NOW WRITING BUSILY NOW STARING FIXEDLY INTO SPACE IN SEARCH OF SOME ELUSIVE WORD OR PHRASE WHICH MIGHT BEST DESCRIBE THE INDESCRIBABLE WATCH THEM PETE ROARED VIC WE CAN'T TAKE CHANCES HIS GUN ROARED TWICE FROM BEHIND ME AND TWO OF THE PRIESTS FELL WRITHING TO BE INSTANTLY TRAMPLED INTO PULP ANOTHER REACHED OUT LONG ARMS TOWARD HOPE AND I LET HIM HAVE IT THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO HE WENT THE WAY OF THE TWO OTHERS eec359f0-7895-4c51-8ff2-ad9059050d75 I SUPPOSE IT TAKES PEOPLE'S EMOTIONAL REACTIONS A WHILE TO CATCH UP WITH DEVELOPMENTS THAT LOGICALLY WE ACCEPT AS A MATTER OF FACT SHE COVERED HER FACE WITH HER HANDS AND SHOOK YOU MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THE BOLD MAN SAID THIS IS AN ACCURSED FAMILY THERE IS NO GOOD TO BE DONE TO ME OR MY WIFE OR CHILD eee03e08-310c-41bd-b20c-d1e0e2f43aec FELICITY DID NOT APPROVE OF THIS SARA RAY ISN'T ANY RELATION TO OUR FAMILY SHE SCOLDED CECILY AND SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO BE PRESENT YOU CANNOT OPEN ANY DOOR WINDOW IN THIS ENCHANTED CASTLE UNLESS YOU ARE WEARING THE MAGIC APRON SAID THE CANARY WHAT MAGIC APRON DO YOU MEAN ASKED THE TIN OWL IN A CURIOUS VOICE eee6879c-58b7-43c3-a3c7-025b35181af1 BUT ALL THE CHAIRS IN THE ROOM WERE SO HIGH THAT OUR FRIENDS COULD NOT CLIMB TO THE SEATS OF THEM MISSUS EWPE OBSERVED THIS AND WAVED HER HAND WHEN INSTANTLY A GOLDEN LADDER APPEARED LEANING AGAINST A CHAIR OPPOSITE HER OWN EVEN THE STORY GIRL WAS SURPRISED BUT SHE BEGAN PROMPTLY WITH TWICE ONE AND WENT THROUGH IT TO TWELVE TIMES TWELVE SHE REPEATED IT SIMPLY BUT HER VOICE CHANGED FROM ONE TONE TO ANOTHER AS EACH IN SUCCESSION GREW TIRED WE HAD NEVER DREAMED THERE WAS SO MUCH IN THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE eefaae80-00da-4df4-ae83-b47a0f86a163 IT MAY BE THAT THERE'S NO TIME TO LOSE IN MAKING SOME PLANS FIRST OF ALL I INSISTED TELL ME WHERE WE ARE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US DO YOU KNOW NOW I MUST RETURN ON WITH THE CEREMONY THE TORTURE MASTER WAS TOO FRIGHTENED TO MOVE SO I GRABBED OUT HIS HOT IRON THERE WERE A FEW MINUTES WHILE THE WATER BEGAN TO GURGLE DOWN THROUGH THE DRY PIPE THEN A ROAR CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE PYRAMID THAT MUST HAVE SHAKEN ITS STONE WALLS ef01bdbf-5104-4aad-860d-956193dfc485 WHICH SEEMED TO SETTLE THE QUESTION OF MOONSHINE DRESSES EFFECTUALLY BUT SHE COULDN'T GET HIM OUT OF THE ROOM AND ALL SHE COULD DO WAS TO HIDE HIM IN THE CHINA CLOSET THE YOUNG MINISTER SLIPPED INTO THE CHINA CLOSET AND OLD MISTER SCOTT CAME INTO THE ROOM SO VERY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING HE ROSE AND COOKED BEANS AND SAID THEREFORE HIS FATHER WAS ALSO A JACK A DONKEY ef0cbb9e-2701-4966-960d-8424bab11d5f ANTHROPOLOGISTS MAY NOT MIND BEING DISSECTED FOR THEIR SCIENCE BUT A REPAIR MAN WANTS TO MAKE NO SACRIFICES OF ANY KIND FOR HIS JOB EVEN SO I AM NOT SURE IT ISN'T THE BEST FOR THE GIRL SO I PROPOSE HE WAITS HERE WHILE YOU AND I FRIEND SCARECROW ef0cd9f0-92e2-4021-be92-7ab901d45f2b NEITHER WOULD SPEAK FIRST AND EACH OBSTINATELY DECLARED THAT SHE WOULD NOT SPEAK FIRST NO NOT IN A HUNDRED YEARS THEY SEEM TO BE COVERED WITH WARTS I MUST ALSO INFORM YOU INTRUDERS THAT THE PROFESSOR IS A DANGEROUS INDIVIDUAL ef20de00-0e5b-4cbd-9855-fdd35c65d96b SARA STANLEY AND AS A RESULT WE WERE ALWAYS CATCHING EACH OTHER AT IT BUT YOU'LL THINK SHE IS WHILE SHE'S TALKING TO YOU THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE A FOREST PRESERVE OUT OF THE PLACE NOW IN ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT HIS PART OF THE SENSES WAS FINISHED ef215db7-656f-44f9-b745-eab17fcb321b WHEN I SAW THAT SOMETHING CLICKED IN MY MIND I HAD ONE IN THE SHIP THAT WAS ABOUT A TENTH THE SIZE OF THE ANCIENT BUCKET OF BOLTS AND PRODUCED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES THE POWER THAT WE SHOULD MAKE UNCLE ROGER A COURT OF LAST RESORT INDICATED ALL TOO CLEARLY THE STATE OF OUR MINDS NOW IF THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN DON'T KNOW IT DO YOU SUPPOSE THE EDITOR OF THE ENTERPRISE CAN KNOW IT AND HIM A GRIP TOO ef446ed1-b0c2-4b6f-b818-c3b32636ae12 ENGINE TROUBLE SIR LOSING ALTITUDE FAST MIGHT HAVE THROWN A COMPRESSOR BLADE THE DOCTOR LOOKED UP QUIZZICALLY OH YOU CAN'T HARM US WE'RE TOO POWERFUL TWO FEET TALL AND WITH A BEARD AND HORNS SAY HA SIR WHEN YOU ADDRESS ME ef58cac6-c755-470a-9468-c14f135227a3 ASKED THE HIPPOCRIFT IN A DISAPPOINTED VOICE BUT I HAVE NEVER BEEN ASKED TO MEND TIN LIKES WITH IT SO I'M NOT SURE I CAN HELP YOU AND MANY A TIME HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN UP THE STRUGGLE HAD NOT THE THOUGHT OF SWEET ALIN'S LOVING EYES BROUGHT HIM THE STRENGTH AND DESIRE TO STRUGGLE AS LONG AS IT WAS POSSIBLE ef8d67b2-24b1-40a9-9861-741251a46e55 THAT'S THE EXACT TRUTH EXCLAIMED THE GIANTESS WHO SEEMED PLEASED HEAR THE BIRD TALK EVEN THOUGH IT COMPLAINED YOU ARE ALL HELPLESS AND IN MY POWER SO YOU MAY AS WELL MAKE UP YOUR MINDS TO ACCEPT YOUR FATE AND BE CONTENT WHO'S INTERRUPTING NOW SAID DAN SLYLY NEVER MIND TELL US THE STORY SAID THE PREACHER HIMSELF EAGERLY LEANING OVER THE PULPIT ef92f238-15d4-4556-a370-e6dc534d9319 THE COLORS ARE NOT FADED ONE BIT I WANT THAT RUG JANET UNDERNEATH THE LINEN WERE RACHEL WARD'S WEDDING CLOTHES WE FELT AS MUCH OF A SHOCK AS IF WE HAD BEEN ONE OF THE EXPECTANT GUESTS OURSELVES WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM WAS HE KILLED TOO ASKED FELIX THE ORIGINAL SCARECROW OF OZ AGAIN STOOD BEFORE THEM WELL STUFFED WITH STRAW AND WITH HIS FEATURES NICELY PAINTED UPON THE BAG WHICH FORMED HIS HEAD ef9c7d78-f644-43d9-ac76-4bd848bb1ac5 CENSUS LIST NAMES OF EVERYBODY IN THE SANTA MAGDALENA I HAD TO STEAL IT IT LOOKS LIKE MICHAEL FILM THE WRITING IS SO SMALL AND THE ROLL GOES ON AND ON THERE MUST BE A MILLION NAMES HERE OH I WISH I'D NEVER SAID PETER WASN'T FIT TO ASSOCIATE WITH MOANED FELICITY IF HE EVER GETS BETTER I'LL NEVER SAY SUCH A THING AGAIN I'LL NEVER THINK IT HE'S JUST A LOVELY BOY AND TWICE AS SMART AS LOTS THAT AREN'T HIRED OUT efa864d1-260d-4bf8-b5ec-ce3d982bd7db BECAUSE THERE'S MORE OF THEM SAID FELIX GRINNING I FORGET WHAT WE DID TO FELIX BRANDON WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO POLE ENGINE TROUBLE SIR LOSING ALTITUDE FAST YOU KNOW THE NATURE OF THE TROUBLE NEGATIVE MIGHT HAVE THROWN A COMPRESSOR BLADE GOT A FIRE INDICATION THEN A COMPRESSOR SURGE CHOPPED OFF THE POWER efacc8ee-fbbe-4f1e-a003-41ef06dfe59c THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MACHINE HE SAID IN APPEARANCE SHE COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN GAR'S SISTER OR HIS WIFE FARMER REFLECTED FOR THE TENTH TIME IF THE ISLANDERS WOULD TELL US THEIR SOURCE AND LET US HELP DEVELOP IT FASTEN THE HURRICANE BOLT HURRY THE ZID DOES NOT SWIM efb78d4f-e5ed-4c4a-a3df-8af934ea0d5f LET'S GET UP AND GO DOWN AND OUT I CAN'T WAIT ANOTHER MINUTE TO SEE THE PLACE HIS FATHER TOLD US OF THEY USED TO BE VERY PLENTY LONG AGO I KNOW SOME SPLENDID WITCH STORIES I'LL TELL YOU SOME DAY THEY'LL JUST MAKE YOUR BLOOD FREEZE IN YOUR VEINS HISS STETSON THAT'LL EXPLAIN A LOT OF THINGS I OUGHT TO I'M RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU O K KEEP US POSTED efc07803-a19e-4ea5-981e-74ad7613295f OH SAID FELICITY IN A SHOCKED TONE WHEN UNCLE ROGER HAD PASSED BY UNCLE ROGER SWORE OH THEN HE PLUNGED IN WITHOUT FURTHER ADO SPEAKING IN HIS ORDINARY CONVERSATIONAL TONE ANOTHER UNORTHODOX THING BOOT SAT UPON THE FLOOR WHERE HE HAD FALLEN STARING AROUND AGAINST TWO OF THE SIDE WALLS HAD BEEN BUILT ABOUT WORK BENCHES AND IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM efc1d5ef-3978-4779-8905-1797e9231279 SAID THE SCARECROW WHO SEEMED VERY INTELLIGENT FOR A STRAW MAN THAT WAS HOW I LEARNED THE MAGIC POWER OF THE APRON WHEN WE RETURNED FELIX AND THE GIRLS AND I WERE AHEAD OF THE OTHERS DAN WAS STILL SITTING IN PRECISELY THE SAME PLACE AND ATTITUDE BUT THERE WAS NO JIMMY IN SIGHT efc62363-b9f3-4eaa-9133-182ed1b7e92f THE COMPARISON IT FORCED BETWEEN COLLAXIA AND EARTH WHOSE YAWNING FORTH WORE SCARS AND HERITAGE OF ANXIETIES MADE CALM CRYSTAL SO DESPERATELY NECESSARY OPPRESSED HIM UNDER A SENSATIONAL HEADLINE THE LAST TRUMP WILL SOUND AT TWO O'CLOCK TO MORROW WAS A PARAGRAPH TO THE EFFECT THAT THE LEADER OF A CERTAIN NOTED SECT IN THE UNITED STATES HAD PREDICTED THAT AUGUST TWELFTH WOULD BE THE JUDGMENT DAY AND THAT ALL HIS NUMEROUS FOLLOWERS WERE PREPARING FOR THE DREAD EVENT BY PRAYER FASTING AND THE MAKING OF APPROPRIATE WHITE GARMENTS FOR ASCENSION ROBES FELIX HELD OUT THE NEWSPAPER IT WAS A CHARLOTTETOWN DAILY ENTERPRISE efe0d519-4a80-4a7f-bd05-87b752008a56 PERHAPS THERE IS ONLY A STREAK OF THE COUNTRY WHERE AN ENCHANTMENT MAKES PEOPLE WHY DON'T YOU COME IN AND ALLOW THE DOOR TO SHUT WE HAD HAD THE PLEASURE OF BIRD SONG OF SILVER RAIN ON GREENING FIELDS OF STORM AMONG THE TREES OF BLOSSOMING MEADOWS AND OF THE CONVERSE OF WHISPERING LEAVES efeabc6d-350f-484b-83e1-57e838fbec36 EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE RATHER TIRED GROWING EXCEPT THE SPRUCES AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN AUNT OLIVIA'S GARDEN THE SUNSHINE IS SO THICK AND YELLOW AND LAZY AND THE CRICKETS SING ALL DAY LONG THE BIRDS ARE NEARLY ALL GONE AND MOST OF THE MAPLE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN JUST TO MAKE YOU LAUGH I'LL WRITE YOU A LITTLE STORY I HEARD UNCLE ALEC TELLING LAST NIGHT WHAT SORT OF A PROFESSOR IS YOUR HUSBAND INQUIRED THE TIN WOODMAN CURIOUSLY OH INDEED RETURNED THE GREEN MONKEY IN A TONE BOTH SORRY AND STARTLED WHICH ONE OF MY FRIENDS DID YOU MANAGE TO EAT eff10807-04ee-4fde-bf0c-1578b4988be7 WE SPEND OUR YEARS AS A TALE THAT IS TOLD RACHEL WASN'T PRETTY SAID UNCLE ALEC BUT SHE HAD A LOVELY COLOR AND A BEAUTIFUL SMILE SHE LOOKS FAR TOO SOBER IN THAT PICTURE LET THEM COME SHE RETURNED WITH AN ACCENT OF THEY WERE ON A LITTLE HILL LOOKING DOWN UPON THIS FAVORED COUNTRY eff884e0-a7dc-48e6-a92f-4f596fe29cf2 WHEN I STRAIGHTENED UP FROM MY DESK THE ACHE IN MY BACK STABBED LIKE A HOT WIRE I SWALLOWED A PAIN KILLER AND LOOKED AROUND AT MY DROOPING SACKIDE ASSISTANTS WHO HAD SHARED THE SLEEPLESS SEVENTY TWO HOUR TASK THEY SAT OR SLUMPED AGAINST THE FURNITURE WAITING FOR MY CONCLUSIONS EVEN PRESENT FERERA WAS THERE HIS HAIR LOOKING SCRAGGLY WHERE HE HAD PULLED AT HANDFULS YES OBSERVED THE TIN WOODMAN IT WAS COOK CLIP WHO MADE ME BUT TELL ME WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MUNCHKIN GIRL YOU WERE IN LOVE WITH SHE IS CALLED NIMMY AMMY SAID THE TIN SOLDIER HEARING THIS THEY WERE ALL SO ASTONISHED THAT THEY WERE SILENT FOR A TIME REGARDING THE STRANGER WITH WONDERING LOOKS FINALLY THE TIN WOODMAN VENTURED TO ASK AND DID NIMI AMMY RETURN YOUR LOVE eff89df8-9bda-450a-b0fa-74eeb32f76a5 ONCE THE CLERKS UNDERSTOOD WHAT I HAD IN MIND THEY HURLED THEMSELVES INTO THEIR WORK URGED ON BY THE FIRES OF PATRIOTISM AND THE BURNING VOICES OF THEIR SUPERIORS ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SUGGEST A LINE OF SEARCH AND THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS WOULD BEGIN APPEARING AT ONCE WHEN HE HAD JOINED THE ARMS AND LEGS TO THE BODY AND SET MY HEAD IN THE TIN COLLAR I WAS A MUCH BETTER MAN THAN EVER FOR MY BODY COULD NOT ACHE OR PAIN ME AND I WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND BRIGHT THAT I HAD NO NEED OF CLOTHING f00ecf67-262f-4644-8720-2b0e1c7c6a09 THE STORY GIRL WAS IN GREAT FETTLE THAT NIGHT NEVER HAD HER TAILS SPARKLED WITH SUCH WIT AND ARCHNESS INSTEAD AFTER DEVOUTLY THANKING GOODNESS THAT OUR GROWN UPS IN SPITE OF SOME IMPERFECTIONS WERE NOT OF THE MISSUS RAY TYPE WE BETOOK OURSELVES TO THE GRANARY LIGHTED A HUGE LANTERN WHICH DAN HAD MADE OUT OF A TURNIP AND PROCEEDED TO DEVOUR ALL THE APPLES WE MIGHT HAVE EATEN THROUGH THE DAY BUT HAD NOT f01152d0-5afc-4fe1-91ee-b88c0fc53b40 UNTIL NOW THE SCARECROW HAD RATHER DOUBTED THE POSSIBILITY OF MISSUS EWPES'S BEING ABLE TO TRANSFORM HIM OR HIS FRIEND THE TIN WOODMAN FOR THEY WERE NOT MADE AS ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE HE HAD WORRIED MORE OVER WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO LUKE THAN TO HIMSELF BUT NOW HE BEGAN TO WORRY ABOUT HIMSELF THE DUSK CREPT INTO THE ORCHARD LIKE A DIM BEWITCHING PERSONALITY YOU COULD SEE HER FEEL HER HEAR HER SHE TIPTOED SOFTLY FROM TREE TO TREE EVER DRAWING NEARER PRESENTLY HER FILMY WINGS HOVERED OVER US AND THROUGH THEM GLEAMED THE EARLY STARS OF THE AUTUMN NIGHT THE GROWN UPS ROSE RELUCTANTLY AND STROLLED AWAY BUT WE CHILDREN LINGERED FOR A MOMENT TO TALK OVER AN IDEA THE STORY GIRL BROOCH A GOOD IDEA WE THOUGHT ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND ONE THAT PROMISED TO ADD CONSIDERABLE SPICE TO LIFE f0227835-d85e-4b0a-bd85-814895141dbb AIR REPLIED A SMALL VOICE BESIDE HIM SOLID AIR THAT'S ALL THEY ALL LOOKED DOWNWARD AND FOUND A SKYBLUE RABBIT HAD STUCK ITS HEAD OUT OF A BURROW IN THE GROUND THE RABBIT'S EYES WERE A DEEPER BLUE THAN HIS FUR AND THE PRETTY CREATURE SEEMED FRIENDLY AND UNAFRAID UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE WOULDN'T WANT A WIFE HE COULD NEVER QUARREL WITH REMARKED ANNE HE SAYS IT WOULD BE TOO TAME A LIFE FOR HIM I WONDER IF UNCLE ROGER WILL ALWAYS STAY A BACHELOR SAID CECILY HE SEEMS REAL HAPPY OBSERVED PETER MA SAYS THAT IT'S ALL RIGHT AS LONG AS HE'S A BACHELOR BECAUSE HE WON'T TAKE ANY ONE SAID FELICITY BUT IF HE WAKES UP SOME DAY AND FINDS HE'S AN OLD BACHELOR BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET ANY ONE IT'LL HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT FLAVOR f023919e-f3d3-4bfb-a176-c96aae6d6bb9 NOR DID HE MEAN TO TAKE A TEXT WHY WHO EVER HEARD OF A SERMON WITHOUT A TEXT ASKED FELIX BLANKLY DARK LIKEWISE ERGO A HIGH PLACE ON THE DARK SIDE OF THEIR MOON I'M A PIE EYED GRIPIS WHISPERED STETSON THINGS SKIPPED THROUGH THE AIR AROUND THE LURCHING VEHICLE FLITTING AND DARTING THINGS f0557772-a7a6-493b-9290-0452f41116d0 THE HENS AND TURKEYS PROWLED ABOUT PECKING AT WINDFALLS AND PAT MADE MAD RUSHES AT THEM AMID THE FALLEN LEAVES WHATEVER IS THE MATTER WITH YOU ALL DEMANDED THE STORY GIRL APPEARING AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS WHAT IS SARAH CRYING ABOUT WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS OH OUR ANGELS ARE ANGELS THAT HAVE BEEN ANGELS SO LONG THEY'VE HAD TIME TO GROW BETTER AND BRIGHTER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN NEWER ANGELS SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO PROBABLY MADE THAT EXPLANATION UP ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT JUST TO PACIFY PETER f059be37-1b7e-44e6-aa09-362ad00ddcf0 I SUPPOSE IF PETER DIES HE'LL GO TO HEAVEN ANYHOW SOBBED CECILY HE'S BEEN REAL GOOD ALL THIS SUMMER BUT HE ISN'T A CHURCH MEMBER HE'S A PRESBYTERIAN YOU KNOW SAID FELICITY REASSURINGLY HER TONE EXPRESSED HER CONVICTION THAT THAT WOULD CARRY PETER THROUGH IF ANYTHING WOULD WE'RE NONE OF US CHURCH MEMBERS BUT OF COURSE PETER COULDN'T BE SENT TO THE BAD PLACE THAT WOULD BE RIDICULOUS WHAT WOULD THEY DO WITH HIM THERE WHEN HE'S SO GOOD AND POLITE AND HONEST AND KIND ONE OR TWO OF THE OTHERS HELPED HIM AND PRETTY SOON AS THEY DREW IN THE COURT THE LEAVES ABOVE THEM PARTED AND A LOON APPEARED AT THE OTHER END OF THE STRING IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO DRAW HIM DOWN TO THE THRONE WHERE HE SEATED HIMSELF AND WAS TIED IN SO HE WOULDN'T FLOAT UPWARD AGAIN f05c0bed-4e21-458b-bc36-cf75b5dd81f5 ALL OTHER SOUNDS HUNG SUSPENDED IN THE AFTER SILENCE THEN RESUMED THE MUZZLE LOWERED SLIGHTLY YOU TELL US LOTS OF MYSTERIES HERE I HAVEN'T ANOTHER CENT ITS UPPER END WAS DIM WITH A DELICATE SPRING MIST AND KINGS FROM ALL LANDS CAME TO WOO HER FOR A BRIDE f0a4dc6f-b652-4187-be7e-793e95cf799b BUT I'M AFRAID IT ISN'T GOING TO BE LIKE THAT THIS TIME DON'T YOU NOTICE HOW CAREFUL THE STORY GIRL IS NOT TO GET EXCITED THAT WE SHOULD MAKE UNCLE ROGER A COURT OF LAST RESORT INDICATED ALL TOO CLEARLY THE STATE OF OUR MINDS CAN'T YOU TELL A STORY TO PASS THE TIME I PETER TRUE TO HIS WORD GOT OUT HIS BIBLE AND BEGAN TO READ FROM THE FIRST CHAPTER IN GENESIS f0a92073-aa97-4121-ae43-8e32084ac17b HE CLIMBED BACK INTO THE PULPIT WITH THE TEARS ROLLING OVER HIS CHEEKS AND PREACHED FOR TEN MINUTES LONGER WITH SOBS IN HIS VOICE AND DROPS OF BLOOD ON HIS FOREHEAD HE WAS A PLUCKY LITTLE BEGGAR NO WONDER HE SUCCEEDED IN LIFE ALL THE GREAT BEASTS WERE NOW THOROUGHLY AWAKENED AND AROUSED AND THEY BLAMED THE MONKEY FOR DISTURBING THEIR QUIET f0b1e59a-aa1b-4262-80c4-074d031339cf IS AS NOBODY KNOWS WHEN THE JUDGMENT DAY IS TO COME NOT EVEN THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN BUT SARAH DEPARTED WEEPING BUT THE ORCHARD WAS A PLACE OF SHADOWS AND MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS MIDWAY UP THE OPEN SPACE IN ITS HEART WE MET PETER AND IF EVER A BOY WAS GIVEN OVER TO SHEER TERROR THAT BOY WAS PETER f0d94aa0-ca2c-400b-a56a-4e70823e31f8 FELICITY SAID THE STORY GIRL REPROACHFULLY WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO PETER HE'S UP THERE SULKING IN THE GRANARY AND HE WON'T COME DOWN AND HE SAYS IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT YOU MUST HAVE HURT HIS FEELINGS DREADFULLY ALL OUR TROUBLES SAID THE OWL WITH A DEEP SIGH AROSE FROM MY FOOLISH RESOLVE TO SEEK NIMIE AMY AND MAKE HER EMPRESS OF THE WINTIES AND WHILE I WISH TO REPROACH NO ONE I MUST SAY THAT IT WAS WOOT THE WANDERER WHO PUT THE NOTION INTO MY HEAD f0db7dfb-7559-478c-9947-8ab4ffaf0055 WHILE DIRECTLY BETWEEN THEM LIES THE EMERALD CITY THANK YOU VERY MUCH HOWEVER I DON'T BELIEVE THE OWL COULD STEAL THE APRON OR EVEN THE BEAR IF THERE WERE SUCH A THING AS TOTAL CONTACT CONSTANT CONTACT OVER PERIOD DAYS YONIST THOUGHT CLARTON WOULD USE ME FOR A PUPPET A VERITABLE PUNCH AMONG MEN HE WOULD OVERRIDE ME AND TAKE ME OVER THE WAY A TRAVELLING ENTERTAINER RULES HIS JOINTED DOLLS f0e42c4e-40e2-4c90-8d4e-75c6b750dc64 FELICITY STARTED OFF INDIGNANTLY AND WE FOLLOWED PICKING UP SARA RAY AT THE FOOT OF THE HILL WHAT WOULD THE FEDS SAY IF THEY KNEW YOU WERE GIVING OUT INFORMATION THE EARTH MEN HADN'T ACQUIRED BY THEMSELVES HELPING THEM GET INTO SPACE WHAT ABOUT THAT f0e959d2-e75b-4e85-8f8c-4548642835b6 I WON'T SAY THAT MY FRIEND VAMPER ISN'T ALL RIGHT FOR A TIN MAN BUT ANY JUDGE OF BEAUTY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE SCARECROW IS FAR MORE ARTISTIC AND REFINED YOU ARE TOO SOFT AND FLIMSY SAID THE TIN WOODMAN OF COURSE SHE IS AUNT JANE IS SPLENDID AGREED THE STORY GIRL THEY SMILED EACH OTHER AMICABLY FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL WERE REALLY QUITE FOND OF EACH OTHER UNDER THE QUEER CIRCUS FRICTION THAT COMMONLY RESULTED FROM THEIR INTERCOURSE YOU SAID ONCE YOU KNEW A STORY ABOUT THE AWKWARD MAN SAID FELIX YOU MIGHT TELL IT TO US f0fbadd6-670b-4625-be15-7450d038de45 THE HANGING IS OVER AND HARVEST ISN'T ON AND ALEC NEEDS A CHANGE HE ISN'T LOOKING WELL AT ALL THE DREADFUL SIGHT OF PAN AND THE STILL MORE DREADFUL NOISE HE MADE SO FRIGHTEN THE SHEEPS THEY FLED IN ALL DIRECTIONS FELICITY CALLED AFTER HER TO TELL DAN THERE WAS A JAM TURN OVER AUNT JANET WON'T LET ME PUT PEBBLES IN MY SHOES BUT I'D PUT A THISTLE NEXT MY SKIN ON MY BACK AND IT STICKS INTO ME IF I LEAN BACK THE LEAST BIT f104b371-de22-4b57-b205-36bce4c7a945 NOW YONAH SAID WHEN HE WANTS IF I AM A WIZARD YONA SAID I HAVE POWERS STRANGE POWERS I COULD MAKE YOU HE REFLECTED FOR A MINUTE I COULD MAKE YOU INTO A BEADLE AND SQUASH YOU UNDERFOOT AS A MATTER OF FACT I THINK I WILL HE GAZED REFACTLY AT THE BALD MAN WHO GULPED AND TURNED A LITTLE PALE WE SUPPOSED WE SHOULD GET ACQUAINTED WITH HER WHEN WE REACHED THERE AND WE HAD AN IDEA FROM AUNT OLIVIA'S LETTERS TO FATHER THAT SHE WOULD BE QUITE A JOLLY CREATURE f1131f23-abc2-481c-b9a8-883223edeef2 WE OUGHTA SCRAPE THIS PLANET CLEAN O K SAID STETSON YOU COME IN LOUD AND CLEAR THERE WAS A CHITTERING COMMOTION FROM THE NATIVES IN THE TREES AROUND THE SLED I WASN'T STOPPED SO IT LOOKED ALL RIGHT WHILE DOING THIS HE HAD THROWN ONE OF THE SWITCHES AND THAT HAD CAUSED THE TROUBLE f11d7eec-d91f-42da-a96c-15ad2bda9148 THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THE QUALITY OF A GHOST WITH EYEHOLES BUT NO EYES THAT FROZE HER YOUNG BLOOD THERE NEVER WERE IN ALL THE WORLD SIX MORE BADLY SCARED CHILDREN THAN THOSE WHO HUDDLED IN THE OLD KING ORCHARD THAT AUGUST NIGHT I HAVE FOUND THEM YES I ADDED HOARSELY BUT NOT A CRIMINAL RING AN INSPIRED MASKED CRIMINAL WHO APPARENTLY HAS MORE EXECUTIVE ABILITY IN ONE EAR LOBE THAN ALL YOUR BRIBE BLOATED BUREAUCRATS AND HIS FEMALE SISTANT THEY PULLED THE ENTIRE JOB BY THEMSELVES f13116fa-1d72-42fb-b403-751d50e61947 WOULDN'T DO ANY GOOD NO LIGHT DOWN THERE AND THEY'RE MOVING UP FAST KEEP AN EYE ON THEM BUT DON'T IGNORE THE OTHER SECTORS SAID STETSON YOU THINK I WAS BORN YESTERDAY BARKED THE VOICE FROM THE GRIN THE CONTACT BROKE OFF WITH AN ANGRY SOUND THE REST OF THAT UNHOLY CREW WERE GRINNING AND THEIR EYES WERE SHINING WITH ANTICIPATION THEY CLOSED IN UPON ME EAGERLY EACH APPARENTLY DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO INVITE MY ATTENTION f132eb27-ab0f-4330-9148-b3c50bd4b898 ACTING ON MY ORDERS THE SHIP DROPPED OUT OF WARP DRIVE SO OUR SIAMEN COULD GET THROUGH TO THE OTHER OPERATORS CAPTAIN STENG GRUMBLED AS WE FLOATED THERE WITH THE ENGINES SILENT WASTING PRECIOUS DAYS WHILE HALF HIS CREW WAS INVOLVED IN GETTING OUT WHAT APPEARED TO BE INSANE INSTRUCTIONS MY PLAN WAS BEYOND HIS UNDERSTANDING SPEED AND MEASUREMENTS ARE A MATTER OF RELATIONSHIP NOT CONSTANT FACTS LIKE THE FIXED UNIVERSE THE FIRST SHIPS TO ENTERTER HYPERSPACE HAD NO PLACE TO GO AND NO WAY EVEN TO TELL IF THEY HAD MOVED THE BEACONS SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AND OPENED THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE f14888dc-b8e8-4738-b600-19551d93c4ea THE TRUSTING BUILDERS COUNTED ON THE SIGN TO DO THE WHOLE JOB FOR THERE WASN'T A TRACE OF A LOCK ON THE DOOR THE VALVE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE USED ONLY FOR REPAIRS AFTER THE PILE WAS DAMPED MA MADE A RULE LIKE THAT ONCE BEFORE AND KEPT IT FOR A WEEK AND THEN WE JUST SLIPPED BACK TO THE OLD WAY THAT WILL BE WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS TIME TOO f14904db-aaa7-45b2-89e1-d720bf408c27 THAT WASN'T ON THE LANGUAGE LIST EITHER THE EQUIPMENT EVERY R IN OUR FIELD MAN USES TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF A REDISCOVERED PLANET IMPROVE THEMSELVES ORAN FOUGHT THE CONTROLS JOHN ANDREW TRIED NOT TO STARE AT HIM TOO NOTICEABLY AND THIS SEEMED TO ADD THE FINAL TOUCH OF INSANITY TO THE SCENE f16e079e-d395-4729-8339-4f1dc6f31a50 THE PLACE IS BIG ENOUGH THAT IF YOU HOLD A COURSE ROUGHLY NORTHEAST AND THERE'D BE NO THE ZID UTTERLY OUT OF ITS ELEMENT SCREAMED HIDEOUSLY AND THRESHED WATER TO FROTH ALL ITS EARLIER FEROCITY VANISHED UNDER THE IMMINENT AND UNFAMILIAR THREAT OF DROWNING f172dcec-1b38-41f5-bfe0-f41a6ff95ba1 REMEMBER MY COMMANDS FELIX PETER ROGER IS LOOKING FOR YOU TO WASH HIS BUGGY BE OFF COMING I LEANED FORWARD BUTTING WITH MY HEAD BOTH DOUBLED FISTS WORKING LIKE PISTONS TO CLEAR MY WAY TO MY COMPANIONS NICE WORK PETE SHOUTED VIC AS I JOINED THEM BREATHLESS BUT TRIUMPHANT NOW FOR A BREAK GUN LOADED I SNAPPED OPEN THE ACTION AND DROPPED IN SIX CARTRIDGES f174ac79-5366-4a73-8cef-9cd93c227d92 BUT HE DID WRITE A NICE ROUND HAND LIKE A BOY'S HAND HE KNEW SPANISH AND ENOUGH ENGLISH SO PETER RETALIATED BY CHOOSING NEVAKE AND NEZZER WHICH NO ONE COULD EVER UTTER THREE TIMES BEFORE PETER SHRIEKED IT AT ONCE IN THE MIDST OF OUR HILARITY HOWEVER UNCLE ALEC AND AUNT JANET CAME DOWN UPON US IT IS BEST TO DRAW VEIL OVER WHAT FOLLOWED f18553a0-95d9-4168-b5e6-73505c415146 OF COURSE THIS COULD ALL BE COINCIDENCE THE PLANS OF A NEWLY BUILT SHIP AGREE INTO SIX PLACES WITH THOSE OF A SHIP BUILT A THOUSAND YEARS AGO AND IF YOU THINK SO I'LL GIVE YOU A HUNDRED TO ONE ODDS YOU ARE WRONG ANY SIZE BET YOU NAME I SUPPOSE SAID THE TIN WOODMAN THAT IN THIS YEAR YOU HAVE SEEN SO MUCH YOU HAVE BECOME VERY WISE f1ac0917-8e59-47be-a16b-5099a9fec9c8 PATTY WAS SMEARED WITH MEDICATED LARD THE NEXT DAY WE HAD GOOD REASON TO HOPE THAT IT WASN'T AND AS FOR THE WAKING TWILL BE BETWIXT YOU AND ME NOW SAID THE CANARY IN A TONE MORE BRISK THAN BEFORE ALTHOUGH HE COULD SCARCELY SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING PROPOSED THE JAGUAR f1b1dd1e-d151-42e2-a21e-35409502548a THE SHADOW FEARED OF MAN WE WERE ALL UP EARLY THE NEXT MORNING DRESSING BY CANDLE LIGHT DID HE SAY WHAT IT WAS LIKE ASKED PETER NO ONLY THAT IT WAS A PICTURE OF GOD WALKING IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN BEHIND US A YOUNG MOON WAS HANGING OVER SOUTHWESTERN MEADOWS OF SPRINGTIME PEACE BUT ALL ABOUT US WERE THE SOFT MOIST SHADOWS OF A MAY NIGHT f1bb0fd1-8189-4bb1-bcde-98b3670d4147 ROCCA COULDN'T BELIEVE IT NEITHER COULD THE PRESIDENT THEY WANDERED UP AND DOWN THE EMPTY WAYS WHERE IT HAD BEEN BUILT I JUST CRUNCHED DOWN IN THE BACK OF THE CAR CHEWING MY CIGAR TO PIECES AND CURSING MYSELF FOR BEING A FOOL I HAD MISSED THE OBVIOUS FACT BEING CARRIED AWAY BY THE THOUGHT OF A PLANETARY GOVERNMENT BUILDING A WARSHIP WE ROSE IN A BODY AND RUSHED TOWARDS THE HOUSE IN THE YARD WE ENCOUNTERED DAN EMERGING FROM THE FIR WOOD AND CHOPPING THE FATAL BERRIES WITH UNREPENTANT RELISH f1c5355f-6dd3-4a71-bd62-26e9aa394102 HANDS REACHED OUT TO GRASP ME TO GRASP ALL THREE OF US THEN DARKNESS CLOSED IN SWIFTLY I WAS WHISKED UPWARD ON AND ON BREATHLESSLY I WAS SUDDENLY VERY HEAVY I WAS DROPPING IN THE BLACKNESS THERE WAS SOMETHING SOLID BENEATH MY FEET A GLARE OF LIGHT IN MY EYES BUT PETER MUST HAVE A CENT FELICITY WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM ONE HERSELF AND SHE WAS NONE TOO LAVISH OF HER COPPERS RATHER THAN HAVE HIM GO WITHOUT ONE DAN HOWEVER LENT HIM ONE ON THE DISTINCT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS TO BE REPAID THE NEXT WEEK f1c78dc2-1479-4431-8398-a1fb0152a6cb FELIX I'VE GIVEN UP PRAYING THAT I'LL BE THE ONLY ONE TO EAT THE BITTER APPLES AND I'LL NEVER PRAY FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN IT IT NEVER OCCURRED TO HER THAT FELIX DID NOT LIKE TO BE CALLED FAT SHAKING OFF THE SPELL OF FURS AND MOONLIGHT AND ROMANTIC TALE WE SCRAMBLED TO OUR FEET AND WENT HOMEWARD f1cf2325-dd37-4783-b3fa-bda8c5575e10 I DIDN'T TELL CECILY TO DRINK THE MILK AND THE CUCUMBER ALONE WOULDN'T HAVE HURT HER HE GRUMBLED I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW I DO IT SAID THE STORY GIRL PERPLEXEDLY IT JUST DOES ITSELF NO I'M NOT ANSWERED CICELY WITH A CHANGE OF TONE I WILL I DON'T CARE SAID FELICITY QUICKLY OH SARA STANLEY DO YOU BELIEVE IT DO YOU GASPED FELICITY CLUTCHING THE STORY GIRL'S HAND THERE WAS NOT A GLIMMER OF A SMILE ABOUT HIS FACE YOU ASK HIM SAID FELICITY NUDGING THE STORY YELL f1d4b97a-fc38-4492-b938-5a6bad15c081 BUT ONLY ONCE THE STURDY LITTLE M THREE ROWBOT RUMBLED AFTER ME WITH MY BAGS HE SWAYED AND SAT HEAVILY HE STOOD FOR A LONG MOMENT f1d76ff1-0160-46f3-b0c4-2c971b826903 WE WENT AWAY LEAVING DAN SITTING ON THE DOOR SILL READING HIS BOOK AND JIMMIE P SNOOZING BLISSFULLY ON THE SOFA WHEN WE RETURNED FELIX AND THE GIRLS AND I WERE AHEAD OF THE OTHERS DAN WAS STILL SITTING IN PRECISELY THE SAME PLACE AND ATTITUDE BUT THERE WAS NO JIMMY IN SIGHT WHAT'S WANTED THE GUARD SAID SOURLY STARING THROUGH THE BARS YONAS SMILED SOFTLY YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE DON'T YOU HE SAID IN A VOICE AS CLOSE TO SILKY AS HE COULD MAKE IT YOU THE BALD MAN SAID YOU'RE HERE IN A CELL THAT'S RIGHT YONAS SAID PATIENTLY HE RUBBED AT HIS FACE f1e31e40-b6a9-4cad-8af7-0f830a84b96f REPLIED THE BIG LOON POMPOUSLY THE MAGIC OF A YUKAHU NO SAID THE TIN WOODMAN STOUTLY I FOR SHE SLIPPED OUT AND DROVE OFF TO CHURCH AS HE HAD DONE DAN KING DON'T YOU DARE EAT THOSE BERRIES SAID FELICITY IN HER BOSSIEST TONE YOU KNOW IT YOURSELF f1ee1851-3560-4c77-ad08-cd63c68754a1 REMAINED A DEAD SECRET BETWEEN THE PARTIES OF THE FIRST AND THE SECOND PART FOREVER HIS COPY OF THE ENTERPRISE WAS STICKING OUT OF HIS POCKET ASKED THE MAD MIDGET IT LOOKS LIKE MICHAEL FILM THE WRITING IS SO SMALL TWO FEET TALL AND WITH A BEARD AND HORNS f1f35174-5aed-4941-8302-7c735aadc9b5 I AM GOING TO CALL THE SOUTHERN WOOD A PLURGEONY AFTER THIS BEVERLY SAYS THAT IS WHAT IT'S CALLED IN SCOTLAND AND I THINK IT SOUNDS SO MUCH MORE POETICAL THAN SOUTHERN WOOD FELICITY SAYS THE RIGHT NAME IS BOY'S LOVE BUT I THINK THAT SOUNDS SILLY WHEN SHALL WE START INQUIRED THE SCARECROW WHO WAS ALWAYS GLAD TO EMBARK UPON A NEW ADVENTURE I DON'T HEAR ANY BUGLE BUT WHEN DO WE GO f1fb816d-7022-4c23-8f25-d9f836f424e2 PETER I QUESTIONED I HAD NEVER HEARD OF ANY PETER HE IS YOUR UNCCLE ROGER'S HANDY BOY SAID UNCLE ALEC HIS NAME IS PETER CRAIG AND HE IS A REAL SMART LITTLE CHAP BUT HE'S GOT HIS SHARE OF MISCHIEF THAT SAME LAD HE WANTS TO BE FELICITY'S BEAU SAID DAN SLYLY DON'T TALK SILLY NONSENSE DAN SAID AUNT JANET SEVERELY BUT TIMOTHY ROOTS WERE FASHIONABLE THEREFORE TIMOTHY ROOFS MUST BE EATEN PECKS OF THEM MUST HAVE BEEN DEVOURED IN CARLISLE THAT SUMMER PAT WAS THERE ALSO PADDING ABOUT FROM ONE TO THE OTHER ON HIS BLACK PAWS GIVING US FRIENDLY POKES AND RUBS WE ALL MADE MUCH OF HIM EXCEPT FELICITY WHO NOT TAKE ANY NOTICE OF HIM BECAUSE HE WAS A STORY GIRL'S CAT WE BOYS WERE SPRAWING ON THE GRASS OUR MORNING CHORES WERE DONE AND THE DAY WAS BEFORE US WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FEELING VERY COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY BUT AS A MATTER OF FACT WE WERE NOT PARTICULARLY SO f1fbf700-1f67-4552-8adc-0eb767e546a6 DO NOTHING AT ALL FOR AT LEAST A WEEK AND LEAVE WORD WITH THEM FOR HOPE SEVERED CLEANLY AT THE WRIST THE SLICES WERE SMOOTH AND GOLDEN THE STORY GIRL'S FACE WORE A QUITE INDESCRIBABLE EXPRESSION COMPOUND OF HORROR AND SHAME SHE NEED NOT HAVE CONFESSED f1fe80d2-8918-4689-a28c-b964c7a4f854 JOHN ANDREW REACHED TWO DECISIONS THAT HE WAS SAFE AND THAT HE LIKED THE JUDGE HE WENT UNDER ONCE I KNOW A STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO ALWAYS HAD HIS OWN OPINION I'M PRAYING ABOUT IT SAID CICELY IN A LOW VOICE AND SUCH A BAD SIGN f20311c5-1499-4d05-a8be-be17d4d23459 NOTHING SAID THE STORY GIRL VICIOUSLY HE JUST WENT ON LIVING AND FLOURISHING HE PATCHED UP MATTERS WITH HIS CREDITORS AFTER A WHILE AND CAME BACK TO THE ISLAND AND IN THE END HE MARRIED A REAL NICE GIRL WITH MONEY WAS VERY HAPPY DID YOU EVER HEAR OF ANYTHING SO UNJUST WHEN HE FLEW TO THE BACK OF A CHAIR AND PERCHED UPON IT HIS TIN FEATHERS RATTLED AGAINST ONE ANOTHER WITH A TINY CLATTER THE GIANTESS SEEMED MUCH AMUSED BY THE TIN OWL'S APPEARANCE FOR HER LAUGH WAS BIG AND JOLLY f20cccfc-1f0d-4a54-b96c-afac4e709b04 I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT IT LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE AUNT JANE HE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE THE SHERMAN HOUSE THE SCENE OF A QUARREL SO HE RESOLVED TO GET AWAY BEFORE THE CAMPBELL CAME SHE SHALL CHOOSE BETWEEN US AS WE HAVE AGREED THE TIN WOODMAN PROMISED THE TWENTY LEGGED BOY'S TRANSFORMATION HAPPENED SO QUEERLY f20dc7e3-2382-4f07-a5cc-170a72674ce2 THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY HE SAID IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT REACTIVATED THE GATE BUT GARF REMAINED UNPREDICTABLE A PLAN WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE IN MY HEAD WHEN THE SIREN SCREAMED THE CREW SECURED SHIP AND BLASTED OFF BEFORE I HAD FINISHED READING REPORT f20fd44e-794e-436d-8199-f87815d5a74a I WONDER SAID WOOD IF THOSE CAST OFF PARTS OF YOU TWO UNFORTUNATES ARE STILL IN THAT BARREL IN THE CORNER I SUPPOSE SO REPLIED THE TIN WOODMAN IN THE LAND OF OZ NO PART OF A LIVING CREATURE CAN EVER BE DESTROYED CAMPBELL CHUCKLED THE BEST OF ALL REASONS HE SAID BUT SEE HERE MY DEAR YOUNG LADY I'M AN OLD MISER AND A CURMUDGEON AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD I HATE TO PART WITH MY MONEY EVEN FOR A GOOD REASON AND I NEVER PART WITH ANY OF IT UNLESS I'M TO RECEIVE SOME BENEFIT FROM THE EXPENDITURE f21bc3d3-122a-4166-a029-0050196e8a09 YEA BUT YOU'VE GOT A DIFFERENT KIND OF MISSING LINK THE FRONT BY A MANY SNEAKER CAMERA STETSON'S VOICE SOUNDED TIRED WAS JUST A FIELD BUT THERE WAS A CLUMP OF WHITE BIRCHES IN IT AS FAR AS WRITING THEM DOWN WAS CONCERNED I BELIEVED THAT I BEVERLY KING CARRIED OFF THE PALM f22417a8-e87b-4687-94df-c0cdc2bd3545 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT A MAN LOOKS LIKE I SAID FEELING THAT FELIX AND DAN WERE CATCHING IT RATHER TOO HOTLY HE MUST BE A GOOD SORT OF CHAP AND DO HEAPS OF THINGS THAT'S ALL THAT'S NECESSARY I SHUT UP FELICITY AND CECILY WERE SETTING OUT A LUNCH IN THE PANTRY WHEN WE WERE ALL STARTLED BY A LOUD GROAN FROM THE SOFA OH I'M SICK I'M AWFUL SICK SAID DAN ABJECTLY ALL THE DEFIANCE AND BRAVADO GONE OUT OF HIM f248111c-5ee0-446c-9bd5-95feaba43476 NEVER MIND PETER SAID CECILY YOU KNOW LOTS OF THINGS THEY DON'T BUT PETER WAS NOT TO BE CONCILIATED AND TOOK HIMSELF OFF IN HIGH DUDGEON TO BE LAUGHED AT BEFORE FELICITY TO BE LAUGHED AT BY FELICITY WAS SOMETHING HE COULD NOT ENDURE COME TO MY ARMS MY BRIDE HE CRIED I HAVE WON YOU FAIRLY I AM THE KING WHO CONQUERS ALL KINGS f25b12bb-835f-4ebc-a5e8-086b8ba055fe FELIX WAS VERY INDIGNANT AND AGGRIEVED AS WELL I DON'T SEE WHY GOD SHOULD ANSWER PETER'S PRAYERS INSTEAD OF MINE HE SAID BITTERLY I'VE GONE TO CHURCH IN SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL MY LIFE AND PETER NEVER WENT TILL THIS SUMMER IT ISN'T FAIR BEHIND THE HOUSE WAS A GROVE OF FIR AND SPRUCE A DIM COOL PLACE WHERE THE WINDS WERE FOND OF PURRING AND WHERE THERE WAS ALWAYS A RESINOUS WOODSY ODOUR ON THE FURTHER SIDE OF IT WAS A THICK PLANTATION OF SLENDER SILVER BIRCHES AND WHISPERING POPLARS AND BEYOND IT WAS UNCLE ROGER'S HOUSE f26c53ef-a24f-4206-92c2-0876e25e27d7 JIMMY FREWEN WALKED HOME WITH NELLIE BOWEN LAST NIGHT FROM PRAYER MEETING AND HER ONLY FOURTEEN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GROUP APPEAR TO HAVE BEGUN APPROXIMATELY IN THE YEAR FIFTEEN NINETY FOUR THE EVENING MEAL WAS SIMPLE THERE WAS A SINGLE DISH OF MEAT AND SOME SORT OF BEANS f2714440-2f14-41ad-8621-1beb093efa16 THE STORY GIRL FINISHED HER TURN OVER AND STRETCHED HERSELF OUT ON THE GRASSES IT WAS THIS WAY DON'T YOU EVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT A MAN LOOKS LIKE I SAID FEELING THAT FELIX AND DAN WERE CATCHING IT RATHER TOO HOTLY f27d6242-0671-42d7-ae4f-3f09501eae9a WE CHILDREN WERE FORBIDDEN TO TOUCH ANYTHING BUT FORTUNATELY WE WERE NOT FORBIDDEN THE USE OF OUR EYES AND TONGUES THERE THE PINK AND GOLD VASES GRANDMOTHER KING GAVE HER SAID FELICITY AS AUNT OLIVIA UNWRAPPED FROM THEIR TISSUE PAPER SWATHINGS A PAIR OF SLENDER OLD FASHIONED TWISTED VASES OF PINK GLASS OVER WHICH LITTLE GREEN LEAVES WERE SCATTERED JUST THEN OZMA WAS BUSY WITH HER MAGIC ONE MAKING STRANGE FIGURES AND SHE HAD ALSO PLACED HER LEFT HAND FIRMLY UPON THE SHOULDER OF THE GREEN MONKEY SO NOW AS ALL EYES WERE TURNED UPON THE PLATTER THE FORM OF MISSUS EWPE GRADUALLY CHANGED AGAIN f2873e9c-c190-49d2-af7b-4d54e7f0fb7c I THINK IT IS VERY VAIN TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU HAVE YOURSELF BEING BEAUTIFUL SAID FELICITY WILLIAM IS A MAN'S NAME AND MEN ARE NEVER SWEET IT HAD TO BE DONE FAST AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS NECESSARY TO TALK NATURALLY THEY MUST STILL THINK OF ME AS SITTING IN THE CONTROL ROOM f28d4306-b2dd-4edc-9348-571b0f01fc00 AT THE EAST IN THE DIRECTION WE WERE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCED THE CANARY THERE IS A FINE FOREST WITH A BROOK TREADING THROUGH IT IN THE FOREST THERE MAY BE FRUITS OR NUTS GROWING OR BERRY BUSHES AT ITS EDGE SO LET US GO THAT WAY I CAN'T UNDERSTAND GROWN UP PEOPLE SAID FELIX DESPAIRINGLY WHEN UNCLE EDWARD PREACHED SERMONS IT WAS ALL RIGHT BUT WHEN WE DO IT IT'S MAKING A JEST OF SACRED THINGS f2aea4b0-dffd-4895-8a3d-68e47789f76d JUST AS THIS PLANET WAS TO ITS MASTER SERIOUS GOT A FIRE INDICATION THEN A COMPRESSOR SURGE HE COULD HEAR NOTHING BUT THE WIND HOLLOWING HIS EARS NO REPLIED WOOD THOUGHTFULLY I SO I AM POSITIVE THAT SHE WILL MANAGE TO FIND A WAY OUT OF HER PRISON SAID THE TIN WOODMAN THEY CAN'T HELP IT f2e4861b-8210-472d-a584-7260985ea312 OH THERE'S EVERY DIFFERENCE I CAN'T JUST EXPLAIN IT BUT EVERYONE KNOWS THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THE HELMET SWUNG BACK AND RAY PROMPTLY SHOVED FARMER ASIDE HE LOOKED ALMOST LIKE A MAN f2eaa64d-9b94-4f93-bfaa-7c240ccccd88 ROUGH AS THAT EH ACCORDING TO OUR BEST GUESS IF YOU'RE NOT OUT IN FIVE DAYS WE BLAST ORNE CLEARED HIS THROAT WON OUT ASKED STETSON NO YONAS SIGHED THE JOB HE TOLD HIMSELF STERNLY CAME FIRST AND AFTERWARD THOUGH COME TO THINK OF IT THERE WOULDN'T BE AN AFTERWARD THE EVENING MEAL WAS SIMPLE THERE WAS A SINGLE DISH OF MEAT AND SOME SORT OF BEANS AFTER IT HAD BEEN EATEN AND THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE GREW TO FULL NIGHT IT WAS TIME TO RETIRE f2fa44f8-c2ab-4502-8ace-66e87a46ff48 BUT IT WASN'T CHARLIE THEY CAN'T BE DANGEROUS HE SAID DO YOU WANT THAT DEVIL TEARING THE CABIN DOWN AROUND US NO SIR SAID PETER WITH A FLASH OF SPIRIT I AIN'T ONE OF THE KIND THAT SAYS THEY'LL BE SOME JUST CAUSE THEY'RE SCARED WHEN THE SCARE IS OVER GO BACK ON IT I SAID I'D BE A PRESBYTERIAN AND I MEAN TO STICK TO IT THE REST OF US DID NOT SEE HOW SHE COULD DO IT f307ccf2-c382-4687-9d44-ef624a610037 I'M SURE THERE WAS NO HUMANNESS IN THIS DECISION THEY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE THE SHIP IT WAS A TWENTY FOUR HOUR JUMP SHIP'S TIME AND I CAME THROUGH IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE BEING THUS URGED THEY ENTERED THE ROOM AND APPROACHED THE GREAT TABLE UNTIL THEY STOOD AND FACED THE GREAT GIANTESS SHE CONTINUED EATING BUT SMILED IN A CURIOUS WAY AS SHE LOOKED AT THEM f3190283-458f-4f05-82e3-cdf700f4cd07 RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN SOMEWHAT OF A JAM HUNGRILY NURSING THE BLACK AND BARREN SOIL AND GNARLED BRIEF ROOTS REACHING OUT TORTURED ARMS TOWARDS THE FORBIDDING SKY SHIELDING HOPE FROM THE SAVAGE JOSTLING I'M A REPAIRMAN NOT AN ARCHAEOLOGIST RATHER THAT HAD STARTED THE TROUBLE AND GAVE ME A DUCK WADDLE f353176e-bddb-45fb-8c8a-0f807cb57c4c IF A THING REALLY WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION SHE MERELY LAUGHED AND REFUSED TO DISCUSS IT AT ALL I MADE THEM GO TO THE SPRUCE WOOD TO HEAR IT SO I THINK I'LL CAPTURE THE MONKEY ANY IN FOR MY BREAKFAST SHE FIRST MADE US HER PRISONERS AND THEN TRANSFORMED US f357ef01-dc6e-4eea-94b6-9d4fdcf76626 NO I COULDN'T I TOLD HIM AS HE STOWED THE CANNON BACK UNDER HIS PILLOW A MAN WITH A CURIOSITY BUMP AS BIG AS YOURS WILL ALWAYS TALK FIRST AND SHOOT LATER AND BESIDES NOW THIS PUSSY FOOTING AROUND IN THE DARK WOULD BE NECESSARY IF YOUR SCREAM WAS OPEN AND I COULD HAVE GOT A CALL THROUGH SHE TURNED TO GO BUT FARMER HELD ON WHAT'S THIS ABOUT A GALACTIC FEDERATION AND IF THEY BAND ALL COMMUNICATION WITH EARTH WHY HAVEN'T THEY JUST BLASTED THE PLANET OUT OF EXISTENCE AND GOTTEN RID OF IT f3641e5c-28b3-4b8b-a2c2-dccb9032c180 WE WERE NOT SO SURE OF THIS GHOSTS WERE UNCHANCY FOLK EVEN IF THEY WERE OUR FAMILY GHOSTS AND STORY GIRL HAD MADE THE TALE VERY REAL TO US WE WERE GLAD WE HAD NOT HEARD IT IN THE EVENING HOW COULD WE EVER HAVE GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE THROUGH THE SHADOWS AND SWAYING BRANCHES OF A DARKENING ORCHARD WE HAD A VAGUE FEELING THAT WE SOMEHOW BELONGED THERE IN THAT CRADLE OF OUR FAMILY THOUGH WE HAD NEVER SEEN IT f36858c2-376c-4668-a8fd-5a759e48323d FELIX AND I ON THE MAY MORNING WHEN WE LEFT TORONTO FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HAD NOT THEN HEARD HER SAY IT AND INDEED WERE BUT BARELY AWARE OF THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH A PERSON AS THE STORY GIRL SARA STANLEY FELICITY FLEW ACROSS THE KITCHEN DO YOU MEAN THAT YOU PUT THE BREAD RIGHT INTO THE OVEN AFTER YOU KNEADED IT WITHOUT LEAVING IT TO RISE A SECOND TIME THE STORY GIRL TURNED QUITE PALE YES I DID SHE FALTERED OH FELICITY WASN'T IT RIGHT f3740c2e-9a37-4701-b774-6bbba3f2e53e I'VE GOT AN AWFUL PAIN HERE IF NO I'M JUST DOING PENANCE AUNT JANET FOR A SIN I COMMITTED I CAN'T CONFESS IT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BRING TROUBLE ON ANOTHER PERSON SO I'M GOING TO DO PENANCE ALL DAY YOU DON'T MIND DO YOU THERE WAS A NICE LITTLE RELIGIOUS WAR GOING ON AROUND THE PYRAMID IT WOULD BE FAR EASIER TO INSTALL A NEW POWER PLANT I THREW THE SWITCH THAT STARTED THE WATER FLOWING AGAIN f37dca13-b666-4aab-ab09-927f34f96e69 NOW IF UNCLE ROGER HAD SWALLOWED ANY NEEDLES MAYBE IT WOULD MAKE IT ALL RIGHT IF HE SWALLOWED A PINCUSHION WE ALL LAUGHED BUT FELICITY SOON GREW SOBER IT SEEMS AWFUL TO THINK OF EATING A SAWDUST PUDDING HOW ON EARTH DID YOU MAKE SUCH A MISTAKE OH WHISPERED FELICITY WE ALL SPOKE IN LOW TONES ON THE SUBJECT FOR BY INSTINCT AND TRAINING WE THOUGHT AND UTTERED THE GREAT NAME WITH REVERENCE IN SPITE OF OUR DEVOURING CURIOSITY OH WOULD JERRY COWN BRING IT TO SCHOOL THEN LET US SEE IT f3836b12-5390-45e0-98cf-d74f8c7b3275 WELL THAT'S NEW AND PRETTY SAID THE STORY GIRL WE'LL LEND YOU SOME THINGS YOU CAN HAVE MY LACE COLLAR THAT'LL MAKE THE GINGHAM QUITE ELEGANT AND CECILY WILL ENDURE HER SECOND BEST HAT BUT I'VE NO SHOES OR STOCKINGS THEY'RE LOCKED UP TOO ANY MAN WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF A WIZARD WILL HAVE HIS MIND SEEN BY THE INQUISITOR AND SINCE THERE ARE NO WIZARDS AT LEAST NONE WE HAVE DISCOVERED THE TRIALS WILL CEASE YONAS FINISHED AND THE BROTHERHOOD HAS GAINED A NEW MEMBER CLTON SAID A MEMBER WITH INFLUENCE AND POWER f39a1d00-88c9-4e46-ad92-5728395497f5 UNCLE ROGER DID NOT COME TILL NEARLY TEN NEVER WAS THERE A MORE WELCOME SOUND THAN THE RUMBLE OF HIS WHEELS IN THE LANE A COOL AUTUMNAL WIND WAS WHISTLING AMONG THE DARK BOUGHS AND SCATTERING BLOOD RED LEAVES FROM THE MAPLE AT THE END OF THE GRANARY I WISH I COULD UNDERSTAND IT f39dab05-8304-4258-916e-1122811fea03 YOUR OWN TRUE FRIEND SARA RAY NOBODY BUT A COUN WOULD DO IT AND THAT'S A FACT SAID DAN WERE NOT OF THE MISSUS RAY TYPE WHEN HE SAID HE HAD COME TO MARRY THE PRINCESS EVERYONE LAUGHED FOR HE HAD NO RETINUE AND NO BEAUTIFUL APPAREL AND NO GOLDEN CROWN BUT HER PRIDE WHISPERED THAT IT WOULD BE SUCH A WONDERFUL THING TO BE QUEEN OF THE KING OF THE WORLD f39effb0-bba4-4fff-b28c-6135f5578296 AUNT OLIVIA HAD A LETTER TO DAY FROM A FRIEND IN NOVA SCOTIA WHO LIVES IN SCHUBIN O KATY WHEN I SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUNNY NAME SHE TOLD ME TO GO AND LOOK IN HER SCRAP BOOK AND I WOULD FIND A STORY ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME YOU HAVE ONE OF THE RIFLES SAID HORN HOW MANY CITIES HAVE THEY WE FOUND TOO ON THE DELPHINOUS REDISCOVERY f3a2cf3e-b35b-4e2d-a466-395f95080b32 OUR ZID ESCAPED ITS CAGE AND DESTROYED TWO OF US FORCING US TO MAROON IT HERE FOR OUR OWN SAFETY UNFORTUNATELY WE TRUSTED OUR STAR MANUAL STATEMENT THAT THE PLANET IS UNPOPULATED THE TERRANS DREW TOGETHER AGAIN SOME VAGUE THOUGHT OF THIS WAS IN OUR MINDS AS WE LOOKED AT HER AND SOMEHOW IT COMFORTED US NOT EVEN THE JUDGMENT WAS SO GREATLY TO BE FEARED IF AFTER IT WE WERE THE SAME OUR OWN PRECIOUS LITTLE IDENTITIES UNCHANGED f3d31d46-d177-448d-acec-571bed8fa368 SUCH A CONSTANTLY TEARFUL DAMSEL WAS NOT A PLEASANT COMPANION NOR YET THE TEARS OF SWEET CECILY WHO CRIED EVERY NIGHT ABOUT IT AND MINGLED IN HER PURE LITTLE PRAYERS FERVENT PETITIONS THAT FELICITY AND THE STORY GIRL MIGHT MAKE UP BUT I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU I'M NOT WASTING MUCH MORE FUEL IT WAS GOING TO BE A REAL SCORCHER HE DECIDED EVEN AS BRANDON CLIMBED INTO THE SCOUT SHIP f3d6b89e-46be-4f96-b128-ac43c8607c62 SAYING THIS HE BLEW UPON A TIN WHISTLE THAT WAS SUSPENDED FROM HIS TIN NECK AND AT THE SUMMONS A SERVANT APPEARED AND BOWED LOW CAUTIOUSLY FEARING I KNOW NOT WHAT I ENTERED THE FAMILIAR ROOM NOTHING APPARENTLY HAD BEEN DISTURBED THERE WAS NO SIGN OF DISORDER ANYWHERE THE BLANKETS ON THE NARROW COT IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM HAD NOT BEEN UNFOLDED BUT NEITHER VIC NOR HOPE WERE ANYWHERE IN SIGHT f3d6c4f2-ccc5-43e9-89a7-6bba1ef88ef8 MY AUNT JANE WOULDN'T HAVE A BOOK THAT WASN'T GOOD BUT PETER MUST HAVE A CENT I WANT TO BE LIKE THE REST OF YOU AND LOOK HERE AS A MATTER OF FACT MY PEOPLE DO NOT NEED AN EMPEROR FOR OZMA OF OZ WATCHES OVER THE WELFARE OF ALL HER SUBJECTS LESS WHAT ALLOWED POLYCHROME f3dc0c64-82f4-4af5-bb66-96ab6eb2b05b WHO'LL GIVE THE PRIZES ASKED FELIX WAS THE STORY GIRL CRAZY OR UNCLE ALEC' MERELY TOLD US TO BE GOOD AND MIND WHAT UNCLE ROGER SAID AS LONG AS IT STAYED OUT OF THE REGULAR LANES OF COMMERCE AND CLEAR OF DETECTESTATIONS AND PLANETS IT WOULD NEVER BE FOUND f3e95ce0-70c0-4381-b855-5bc2121d166e THE CEREMIAN VANISHED THERE WAS A SLITHERING SOUND IN THE DISTANCE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A MOUNTAIN IN MOTION AND WITH IT A STERTOROUS GRUNTING THAT ALL BUT DROWNED OUT THE ZID'S CRIES SOMETHING NUDGED THE COTTAGE WITH A FORCE THAT ALL BUT KNOCKED IT FLAT I'VE THOUGHT OF A PLAN SAID THE STORY GIRL LET'S ALL GIVE HER SOMETHING AS FELICITY SAYS AND LET'S ALL GO UP TO HER PLACE THIS EVENING AND IF WE SEE HER OUTSIDE WE'LL JUST GO QUIETLY AND SET THE THINGS DOWN BEFORE HER WITH THE LETTER AND SAY NOTHING BUT COME RESPECTFULLY AWAY IF SHE'LL LET US SAID DAN SIGNIFICANTLY f3f45dc9-b9fb-4186-938e-7544179e7a51 DURING THESE LAST FEW MOMENTS NONE HAD PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO THE PRISONERS THANK YOU SAID WHUT THE WANDERER STILL EATING RUSHED UP AND SEIZED THE AXE AND CHOPPED MY BODY IT'S JUST AS LIKELY TO BE GOOD NEWS HE IS RUNNING FOR IS BAD SAID THE STORY GIRL WHO WAS NO BELIEVER IN MEETING TROUBLE HALF WAY FELIX TRIED TO MAKE PEACE BETWEEN THEM AND MET THE USUAL FATE OF ALL PEASE MAKERS f40704d2-8c64-4544-b811-639623697c0b AND HE WOULDN'T JUST TO BE STUBBORN WHEN YOU GET ENOUGH REFERENCE PHRASES LIKE THIS IN THE MEMORY BANK THE M T BRAIN TAKES OVER AND STARTS FILLING IN THE MISSING PIECES AS SOON AS THE M T COULD GIVE A RUNNING TRANSLATION OF ANY CONVERSATION I HEARD I FIGURED IT WAS TIME TO MAKE CONTACT I FOUND HIM EASILY ENOUGH f40f3386-1d3e-4d25-80b7-b5a12cddbbe6 AND TWO OF THE PRIESTS FELL WRITHING TO BE INSTANTLY TRAMPLED INTO PULP STTCHING ITS LENGTH COMFORTABLY IN THE SHADE OF THE BIG MAPLES MOVING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY PRODUCING A SET ONE THIRD THE SIZE OF BRANDON'S WE HAVE TISSUE REGENERATION PRETTY WELL UNDER CONTROL NOW f4235300-a826-4106-bae7-16ebde35430e PETER IS VERY VERY SICK SHE SAID MISERABLY HE HAS CAUGHT COLD SOMEWAY AND THE MEASLES HAVE STRUCK IN AND AND THE STORY GIRL WRUNG HER BROWN HANDS TOGETHER THE DOCTOR IS AFRAID HE HE WON'T GET BETTER WELL HE'S GOT TO STOP PRAYING AGAINST ME ANYHOW SAID FELIX RESOLUTELY I WON'T PUT UP WITH IT I'LL GO AND TELL HIM SO RIGHT OFF FELIX MARCHED OVER TO UNCLE ROGER'S AND WE TRAILED AFTER SCENTING A SCENE f425d112-fc11-4496-bd3e-de48c9c875eb IN THAT CASE SAID THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR LET US RETURN SOUTHWARD AND TRY TO GET TO GLINDA'S CASTLE IT LIES IN THE QUADLING COUNTRY YOU KNOW SO IT IS A GOOD WAY FROM HERE SHE IS AN OLD WOMAN NOW AND NEARLY SEVENTY FIVE AND THIS CHEST HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED SINCE f42980d4-4c51-4874-b830-a9f366344675 FARTHER BACK WERE FIELDS OF CARMAL AND PATTED HIM ON ALL SIDES AND THEN SAID IN THE FOREST AND HAD BEEN THERE A LONG TIME OH IF THAT'S ALL I'LL DO IT SAID THE STORY GIRL IT WAS ABOUT ELDER FRUIN'S GRANDFATHER TAKING A PAIR OF ROPE REINS TO LEAD A PIANO HOME YOU'LL LET ME SEE WHAT SHE PUTS IN IT WON'T YOU f44eb59e-5e0d-49cb-965f-1173cff61b59 WE'LL SEE WHO'LL HAVE THE MOST INTERESTING COLLECTION MY AUNT JANE USED TO SAY IT WASN'T POLITE TO CHEW GUM ANYWHERE SAID PETER RATHER RUEFULLY I IF YOU HADN'T GONE WHERE HE IS AND DISCOVERED HIM YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE WORRIED ABOUT HIM f4566a33-0580-49ad-b2f3-3804333166fb I'M HERE TO HELP YOU I AH THEY'VE ALREADY RECOGNIZED MY STARTLING WORTH SAID ORAN THE WOLFISH GRIN TOOK OVER STETSON'S BIG FEATURES SENIOR FIELD MEN LAST ABOUT HALF AS LONG AS JUNIORS HE SAID TWO VOICES RANG OUT FOR ME ABOVE ALL OTHERS IN THE MUSIC THAT ECHOES THROUGH THE HALLS OF RECOLLECTION TO SARA THIS WAS HUMILIATION INDESCRIBABLE f4906ff2-e519-48ec-88ac-c11d6225c6d9 THIS WAS MINGLED BITTER AND SWEET WE WERE SORRY TO HEAR THAT PETER HAD THE MEASLES BUT IT WOULD BE JOLLY TO HAVE THE STORY GIRL LIVING WITH US ALL THE TIME WHAT ORGES OF STORY TELLING WE SHOULD HAVE THERE'S A SMALL INSTRUMENT BOARD SET ON ONE OF THE POSTS TURN THE UPPER OF THE TWO DIALS UNTIL THE HAND OF THE METER BESIDE IT MOVES UP TO TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED EXACTLY WAIT A MOMENT UNTIL YOU'RE SURE YOU HAVE THE EXACT READING f4982089-4cb0-4856-ae9f-fe3d1211dec2 PLANETARY POLICE ARE ALL PUSH OVERS AND YOU START TO FEEL YOU CAN GO ON FOR EVER IF THEY'RE YOUR ONLY COMPETITION JUST AS MUCH NONSENSE AS PRAYING ABOUT THE BITTER APPLES IN THE FIRST PLACE OH DAN YOU DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS SOME GOOD IN PRAYING SAID CECILY REPROACHFULLY f4a4e6fc-b403-44db-b5d2-f42aad1e4194 BUT GINGER GRABBED HIM BY HIS PAW AND DRAGGED HIM OUT TO THE BACK YARD WHERE IN SPITE OF HIS WHINES AND STRUGGLES SHE PLUNGED HIM INTO A TUB OF COLD WATER AND BEGAN TO SCRUB HIM WITH HIS STIFF BRUSH AND A CAKE OF YELLOW SOAP I SHOULDN'T THINK YOU'D PUT ON YOUR BEST CLOTHES TO GO BEGGING FOR THE LIBRARY IN SAID FELICITY CUTTINGLY f4bc524f-9e98-4071-809e-add2da8fad48 THE SMELL OF RAISIN PIES IS SOMETHING TO TEMPT AN ANCHORITE AND THE STORY GIRL WAS EXCEEDINGLY FOND OF THEM I HAD A PRY EYE OF MY OWN CONSTRUCTION I HAD THE SPEAKER ON FULL VOLUME AND THE VIBRATION ALMOST SHOOK MY HEAD OFF f4ef64ba-6668-4764-8186-6ce337d03a42 FOR THE SCARECROW'S BODY WAS ONLY A SUIT OF CLOTHES FILLED WITH STRAW YES THE DITCH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING JUST NOW BUT A MEAT PERSON IN OUR PARTY THERE WAS NOTHING AT ALL PRETENTIOUS ABOUT THE PLACE IT WAS A RAMBLING LAZY LOOKING HOUSE BUILT LARGELY OF NATIVE STONE TEMPORARILY WE'RE IN FROM MEDIUMS f4fee48d-6638-47e8-bc58-008b5223e7dc THERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT ONES SAID THE STORY GIRL THE STORY OF THE POET WHO WAS KISSED AND THE TALE OF THE FAMILY GHOST WHICH ONE SHALL I TELL HOWEVER HE FOUND HER AFTER MANY THRILLING ADVENTURES AS YOU WILL DISCOVER WHEN YOU HAVE READ THIS STORY f5002d4b-a6d0-4e86-80df-e14a8f7caa07 WELL MISS FELICITY YOU'RE PRETTY SMART SHELTERED BY THE SPRUCE HEDGES FROM UNCERTAIN WINDS AND SLOPING TO SOUTHERN SUNS WE DID NOT ASK AGAIN TO BE RELEASED FROM WORK THEY DO AND THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR IT PETER WAS NO BETTER THE NEXT DAY f5169fa6-b86e-49dd-b433-3e4cc64a9a10 THAT WILL BE ENTIRELY ENOUGH WITH THIS POINT UNDERSTOOD HE CALLED HIS CAR AND SQUADRON OF GUARDS AND WE MADE A PARADE TO THE SHIP YARDS THOSE TWO GIRLS WERE OF A DOMESTIC TYPE THAT ASSORTED ILL WITH THE WILDFIRE IN NATURE'S VEINS f5191e6c-8662-4786-9a85-f3fbbd1421b9 I EVEN MADE HIM A TIN ARM TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE MISSING ONE THAT PLEASED HIM VERY MUCH SO THAT WE PARTED GOOD FRIENDS MOTHER SAYS SHE WAS AWFUL SENTIMENTAL AND ROMANTIC INTERJECTED FELICITY WELL ANYWAY SHE MET WILL MONTAGUE THAT WINTER HE WAS HANDSOME EVERYBODY SAYS SO AND AN AWFUL FLIRT SAID FELICITY f5305001-3c33-4a5c-85bc-9a6fa0f087b7 SOME OF THE MEN AROUND THE CHURCH DOOR HEARD THE SCREAM AND THEY RUSHED DOWN TO THE WOOD THEY SAW NOTHING BUT WILLIAM COHEN LYING LIKE A DEAD MAN ON THE PATH THEY TOOK HIM UP AND CARRIED HIM HOME AND WHEN THEY UNDRESSED HIM TO PUT HIM INTO BED ON EACH SHOULDER WAS THE MARK OF A BIG HAND BURNED INTO THE FLESH BUT YOU'D HAVE A GREEN MONKEY IN HIS PLACE PERSISTED GINGER WHO LIKED ROOT AND WANTED TO HELP HIM I DON'T WANT A GREEN MONKEY SAID DOROTHY POSITIVELY f5486aba-4a84-49ae-8de5-03f750a87e0e NO THANK YOU SAID AUNT OLIVIA WITH A LITTLE SHUDDER I SHOULD FEEL LIKE A GHOST MAKE IT OVER FOR YOURSELF JANET NOT AT FIRST ADMITTED THE SOLDIER WHEN FIRST I MARCHED INTO THE FOREST AND MET HER SHE WAS WEEPING OVER THE LOSS OF HER FORMER SWEETHEART A WOODMAN WHOSE NAME WAS NICK CHOPPER f57c3d4a-353f-4d8e-bb70-7b79fe5f5fcc VERY WELL DONE MY WANDERER SAID THE TIN WOODMAN FOR I AM ALMOST A STRANGER TO THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY HIS DESERTED CASTLE FAME SAID UNCLE ROGER IF SHE EVER HAS A CHANCE THAT IS AND I SUPPOSE HER FATHER WILL SEEK TO THAT f589bece-2234-4479-8062-6e9b607a14a9 FOR YOU DREAM OF SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN'T SPELL OR BE EXPECTED TO SPELL WHEN YOU ARE ONLY ELEVEN THEN THE TIN WOODMAN STARED HARD AT HIS FRIEND BUT SAID SHE KNEW NOTHING OF THE LOONS BECAUSE SHE NEVER LEFT HER VALLEY f59afbc5-cca6-46e4-b32a-984de323536f I PREFER RABBITS HE MUTTERED LICKING HIS CHOPS BUT I MUST ADMIT THE MAGIC BREAKFAST HAS FILLED MY STOMACH FULL AND BROUGHT ME COMFORT SO I'M MUCH OBLIGED FOR THE KINDNESS LITTLE FAIRY AND I'LL NOW LEAVE YOU IN PEACE FELICITY MAKES ENOUGH FACES WHEN THERE'S NOTHING TO MAKE FACES AT SAID FELIX WHO HAD BEEN GRIMACED AT OVER THE BREAKFAST TABLE THAT MORNING AND HADN'T LIKED IT I THINK THE BITTER APPLES WOULD BE REAL GOOD FOR FELIX SAID FELICITY THEY SAY SOUR THINGS MAKE PEOPLE THIN f5c01f45-4887-4a50-9f43-9c278b4642ec FATHER COULD TALK WELL BUT AS FELIX SAID HE COULDN'T WRITE WORTH A CENT THE LETTERS WE HAD RECEIVED FROM HIM SINCE HIS ARRIVAL IN RIO DE JANEIRO WERE MERE SCRAWLS TELLING US TO BE GOOD BOYS AND NOT TROUBLE AUNT JANET INCIDENTALLY ADDING THAT HE WAS WELL AND LONESOME WHEN WE GET IT WE'LL KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY BIBLE SAID FELICITY THAT'S THE ONLY PROPER PLACE AH I WONDER WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE BREATHED CECILY f5c0c437-dc2d-4867-8136-878dd4aa6d56 WHOOP FOLLOWED NEXT AND LAST OF THE THREE CAME THE SCARECROW WHO COULD NOT HAVE KEPT THE PATH AT ALL HAD NOT HIS COMRADES BROKEN THE WAY FOR HIS STUTE I ALWAYS THOUGHT SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE IN A PLACE BEFORE IT COULD BE HAUNTED SAID CECILY SOMEBODY KILLED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HAPPENED IN OUR FAMILY THE KINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RESPECTABLE f5c929a9-4bbc-4102-90f4-c2cdc5909b41 FOR ONCE IN HER LIFE THE STORY GIRL WAS NOT AS TACTFUL AS HER WONT OR IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SHE SAID IT OUT OF MALICE OF PREPENSE AT ALL EVENTS FELICITY RESENTED THE IMPUTATION THAT SHE HAD MORE INFLUENCE WITH PETER THAN ANY ONE ELSE THE DRIVE ON THE BATTLESHIP AS WELL AS CONTROLS AND PRIMARY ARMAMENT HAD BEEN STOOD WEEKS BEFORE I SHOWED UP MUCH OF THE SUBSIDIARY WORK REMAINED TO BE DONE WHEN THE SHIP HAD LEFT f6081123-5789-4298-950d-96299c213901 THEY SAY MISSUS RICHARD COOK ASKED HER HUSBAND TO MARRY HER SAID DAN HE HAD MADE AN IMPRESSION FOR TO MORROW MORNING I INTEND TO TRANSFORM YOU ALL WENT THREE OF THE LOOMS WHEN THE WANDERER PRICKED THEM WITH HIS THOR f60a05dc-ce08-4ea3-971b-4073b4eeb9b5 AFTER THAT NO MORAL FORCE ON EARTH COULD HAVE PREVENTED FELIX FROM FIGHTING BUT IN STORIES IT'S JUST AS EASY TO MAKE THEM AS HANDSOME AS NOT AND ARE NOW ON OUR WAY TO GLINDA THE GOOD TO SEE IF SHE POSSESSES THE POWER TO RESTORE US TO OUR PROPER FORMS ONE OF THE SCARECROW'S RECITATIONS WAS LIKE THIS f60bb89a-dd6c-4d11-b563-5d82bb179053 SO TO DAY WHEN DOROTHY TIRED OF HER EMBROIDERY SHE DREW THE CURTAINS FROM BEFORE THE MAGIC PICTURE AND WISHED TO SEE WHAT HER FRIEND BUTTON BRIGHT WAS DOING WE WOULD DEARLY HAVE LIKED TO GET A PEEP INTO THE LETTERS TOO BUT AUNT OLIVIA WOULD NOT ALLOW THAT THEY MUST BE BURNED UNREAD SHE DECLARED SHE TOOK THE WEDDING DRESS AND VEIL THE PICTURE CASE AND THE LETTERS AWAY WITH HER THE REST OF THE THINGS WERE PUT BACK IN THE CHEST PENDING THEIR ULTIMATE DISTRIBUTION f616670e-c663-48a1-b953-14eb3ce59c73 I AM VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH ALL CATS THEY ARE SO SLEEK AND COMFORTABLE AND DIGNIFIED AND IT IS SO EASY TO MAKE THEM HAPPY SHE SAID I MUST GET DINNER READY BECAUSE THERE WAS PLENTY OF COLD MEAT AND NOTHING TO DO BUT BOIL THE POTATOES AND PEAS AND SET THE TABLE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PUT MY THOUGHTS INTO IT WHEN THE JUDGMENT DAY MAY BE TO MORROW BESIDES WHAT IS THE GOOD OF ASKING THE GROWN UPS THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THIS THAN WE DO BUT IF THEY JUST SAY THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT IT'LL BE A SORT OF COMFORT SAID CECILY f62b1340-3bfe-4526-a570-da0c9be847ec NANCY WAS THERE MILKING A COW BY THE STABLE DOOR BUT SHE STOOD UP WHEN SHE SAW DONALD COMING OH SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL HER HAIR WAS LIKE A SKEIN OF GOLD AND SILK AND HER EYES WERE AS BLUE AS THE GULF WATER WHEN THE SUN BREAKS OUT AFTER A STORM SHE TOOK ANOTHER BISCUIT FROM A PLATE AND DIPPED IT IN A POT OF HONEY HE CALMLY BEGAN EATING IT THE SCARECROW WATCHED HER THOUGHTFULLY f63b037b-88fd-4b9f-863c-fef56ad44672 SO VERY EARLY THE NEXT MORNING HE ROSE AND COOKED BEANS AND SAID MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THEM ALL HE CALLED MULA FROM THE THORN PATCH WHERE SHE WAS GRAZING GAVE HER SALT AND LOADED HER AGAIN SHE LET GO THE BARRICADE AND RAN TO THE WINDOW TO THROW OPEN THE STORM SHUTTERS NEVER MIND THE DOOR THIS WAY QUICK SHE SCRAMBLED TO THE WINDOW SILL AND JUMPED NUMBLY JEFF SAW HER SUSPENDED THERE FEET ONLY INCHES BELOW THE SILL APPARENTLY ON EMPTY AIR f63c5f5d-3af0-48c1-ae1f-d5a61f49bd97 I AM SURE MY DEAR NICK SAID THE BRAVE AND BEAUTIFUL GIRL MY NAME THEN WAS NICK CHOPPER YOU SHOULD BE TOLD THAT YOU WILL MAKE THE BEST HUSBAND FOR ANY GIRL COULD HAVE CHAFFAST THREE AND FOUR ON SHY SHIFT IN THE FORWARD CONTROL CUBICLE MIGHT HAVE FALLEN AS EASILY IF THE MENTAL SCREAMINGS OF THEIR FELLOWS HAD NOT WORN THEM IN TIME f6529ba3-46f6-4585-b46b-d11c585ecba2 SUDDENLY HOPE SCREAMED AND I FOLLOWED HER EYES A SCORE OR MORE OF THE STRANGE BEINGS HAD SUDDENLY MATERIALIZED BUT A FEW YARDS AWAY AND THEY WERE CLOSING IN ON US SWIFTLY I TRIED TO DRAW MY GUN AND HE RAN AND WAKENED UP A VERY TIRED DOCTOR JUST AS HE HAD GOT TO SLEEP OH DOCTOR MY SON HAS SWALLOWED A MOUSE HE CRIED WHAT SHALL I DO f655ec00-597c-4e3d-8a02-26b97ae618ff I'M GOING TO DO PENANCE ALL DAY FOR COAXING SARA TO DISOBEY HER MOTHER SHE ANNOUNCED WITH CHASTENED TRIUMPH HER POTENT VOICE MADE ME FEEL THAT I WAS QUITE A HERO AFTER ALL AND THE STING WENT OUT OF MY RECOLLECTION OF THAT OLD FIGHT SEEMS AS IF HE MUST BE RIGHT AND YET IT DOESN'T SEEM SO f656226a-691b-4340-b81b-5494111fd0fc SO THE STORY GIRL'S SUGGESTION CAME PAT TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT PRESENTLY HE ARRIVED AND MOUNTED THE GRANITE BOULDER AS IF TO THE MANNER BORN WHEN I GOT MY TIN ARMS SHE BEGAN TO LIKE ME THE DRAGONS FOLLOWING MORE LEISURELY BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO CLUMSY TO MOVE FAST f66b9131-1b62-4405-8a99-e3426b3a2c5e IS AT THE WEST OF OZ IN THE MUNCHKIN COUNTRY AT THE EAST SHE DID BUT SHE DOESN'T WAS THE REPLY BUT I WANT YOU TO LIKE ME TOO AS WELL AS YOU LIKE FELICITY AND CECILY NOT BETTER f69ed062-c55d-447e-9a4f-ce12353957ce SO DOROTHY LIFTED THE LITTLE DOG INTO THE WAGON FOR WHILE HE COULD RUN FAST HE COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE SPEED OF THE WONDERFUL SAW AWAY THEY WENT OVER HILLS AND THROUGH MEADOWS COVERING THE GROUND WITH ASTONISHING SPEED I'LL BE AWFUL CAREFUL OF IT I HOPE YOU WON'T CATCH THE MEASLES FOR THEY ARE NOT NICE ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY STRIKE IN BUT YOU WOULD LOOK ALL RIGHT EVEN IF YOU DID HAVE RED SPOTS IN YOUR FACE f6a533b0-0e20-4385-86d1-60d9125decc4 AUNT OLIVIA SPOILS YOU SAID FELICITY SHE DOESN'T EITHER FELICITY KING AUNT OLIVIA IS JUST SWEET SHE KISSES ME GOOD NIGHT EVERY NIGHT AND YOUR MOTHER NEVER KISSES YOU MY MOTHER DOESN'T MAKE KISSES SO COMMON RETORTED FELICITY BUT SHE GIVES US PIE FOR DINNER EVERY DAY I STEPPED THROUGH GUN OUT AND POINTED AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ANGELINA STOOD NEXT HIM LOOKING AT THE SCREEN THE GAME'S OVER I SAID STAND UP SLOWLY AND KEEP YOUR HANDS IN SIGHT f6a5b557-990e-44a2-9b48-721ea2f75d33 MOSES WORE A SCARLET CLOAK WHILE AARON DISPORTED HIMSELF IN BRIGHT BLUE TAKE IT SHE WHISPERED AND MADE A TIN AL INTO A TIN MAN AGAIN SO IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO FIND YOUR RAINBOW AGAIN YOU HAVE NEED TO HAVE LITTLE TO f6bec57c-24db-4fdd-a8ec-19ccae0f4922 WHO PUT THE AIR WALL AROUND THE HOUSE WAS THE SCARECROW'S QUESTION NINNY AMMIE DID THAT NIMIE AMMIE THEY ALL EXCLAIMED IN SURPRISE THE PRINCE OF WALES WAS IN CHARLOTTETOWN ONCE SAID PETER MY AUNT JANE SAW HIM QUITE CLOSE BY f6c3b61d-7d65-4152-9806-4b75cbc3fde4 IN SPITE OF PRAYERS AND HEROIC ATTEMPTS FELIX COULD NEVER GET BEYOND THAT LAST BITE THEN WE LOOK INTO THEM WITH BRIGHT BOYS LIKE YOU DISGUISED AS OUR N OUR FIELD MEN IT'S NOT COMPLETE f6c7cc91-9521-4a6c-8f4e-1bc126cbaba4 PETER DID AND HE HAD AN ELEGANT DREAM THAT PEG BOWEN CAUGHT HIM AND PUT HIM ON TO BOIL ALIVE IN THAT BIG BLACK POT THAT HANGS OUTSIDE HER DOOR HE WOKE UP BEFORE THE WATER GOT HOT THOUGH WELL MISS FELICITY YOU'RE PRETTY SMART BUT HOW WILL YOU LIKE TO WALK TO SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH A BOY WHO WEARS PATCHED TROUSERS I WON'T HAVE TO SAID FELICITY TRIUMPHANTLY PETER IS HAVING A NEW SUIT MADEAID IT'S TO BE READY BY SATURDAY I KNEW THAT BEFORE I PROMISED WELL I SUPPOSE THAT'S WHAT THE MAN WHO DREW IT THOUGHT GOD WAS LIKE ANSWERED THE STORY GIRL CARELESSLY BUT HE COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ANY MORE THAN YOU DO HE HAD NEVER SEEN HIM IT'S ALL VERY WELL FOR YOU TO SAY SO SAID FELICITY BUT YOU DON'T KNOW EITHER I WISH I COULD BELIEVE THAT ISN'T LIKE GOD BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE f6c8fc67-7ae4-433a-b232-d11609c64e4a WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM NOT MUCH THEY LOOK SOMETHING LIKE AN ANCIENT TERRAN CHIMPANZEE ONLY WITH BLUE FUR FACES HAIRLESS PINK SKINNED STETSON SNAPPED A SWITCH THE TRANSLATE MAP BECAME A SCREEN WITH A FIGURE FROZEN ON IT LIKE THAT THIS IS LIFE SIZE SIGHED THE CANARY COULDN'T YOU MANAGE TO ESCAPE FROM THIS TERRIBLE YUKOH NO ANSWERED THE SCARECROW WE TRIED TO ESCAPE BUT FAILED SHE FIRST MADE US HER PRISONERS AND THEN TRANSFORMED US BUT HOW DID SHE MANAGE TO GET YOU POLYCHROME I WAS ASLEEP AND SHE TOOK UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OF ME ANSWERED THE BIRD SADLY HAD I BEEN AWAKE I COULD EASILY HAVE PROTECTED MYSELF f6d6727d-c711-4399-9b6f-988f90b3ddd3 STILL THERE WAS SOMETHING AWFULLY ATTRACTIVE DAMN BUT HE WAS CONFUSED WALKING DOWN THE HALL I TRIED TO FIGURE A WAY TO TRANSFER THE MONEY WITHOUT HIS CATCHING ON AND KNEW AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS FIGURING A WAY TO OUTFIGURE ME THE BEACON HAD A PRECIPITATING FIELD AND A BASIN ON TOP OF IT FOR WATER THIS WAS USED TO COOL THE REACTOR THAT POWERED THE MONSTROSITY f6de287e-f1b3-4747-a656-097eabf6b0bf ALEC DO YOU REMEMBER HOW FURIOUS JULIA WAS BECAUSE EDWARD PRAYED ONE DAY THAT SHE MIGHT BE PRESERVED FROM VANITY AND CONCEIT OVER HER SINGING BUT EVEN THE EFFECTS OF UNHOLY SNACKS WERE AWAY AT LENGTH BY TEA TIME THINGS HAD BRIGHTENED UP f6e02450-54f5-4c4d-81f9-5ad9345a00d0 AND THE BEASTMAN LOOKED BACK WITH COLD AMUSEMENT BUT NOT FOR LONG AND FOLLOWED BY AN OBSCENE COMMAND WHEN YOU GET ENOUGH REFERENCE PHRASES LIKE THIS IN THE MEMORY BANK THE M T BRAIN TAKES OVER AND STARTS FILLING IN THE MISSING PIECES WHEN THE TWO PEAKS COINCIDED THE PRIESTHOOD ARRIVED f6f8b513-c7f8-4dad-bf8d-12ea1ffbc1e8 THE RED SEPTEMBER SUN HUNG LOW BETWEEN THE TALL SPRUCES TO THE WEST IT DID NOT LOOK TO ME JUST RIGHT FOR A SON IN FACT EVERYTHING LOOKED UNCANNY SO SHE ENCHANTED MY SWORD WHICH BEGAN HACKING ME TO PIECES THEN WE WILL BE PRISONERS INSIDE THE WALL OF SOLID AIR f6fdbe3e-50dc-4fd8-93c7-73c6b8aa6154 SO THE GREEN MONKEY UNFASTENED THE DOOR OF THE GOLDEN CAGE AND THE CANARY HOPPED OUT AT THIS POINT SARA RAY ARRIVED SOMEWHAT OUT OF BREATH PETER LOOKED AT HER REPROACHFULLY YOU'VE MISSED MY WHOLE FIRST HEAD SARA HE SAID THAT ISN'T FAIR WHEN YOU'RE TO BE ONE OF THE JUDGES I THINK I OUGHT TO PREACH IT OVER AGAIN FOR YOU f6ff569b-53f2-4159-a748-b36898733daa AND EACH WAS DESIROUS OF CONVINCING THE REST OF US THAT THE OTHER WAS LESS THAN NOTHING TO HER ALL THINGS CONSIDERED HER DEPARTURE WAS A RELIEF OF EACH HEAD MAKING IT SAUCER SHAPED INSTEAD OF DOME SHAPED TRAVELLED WITH THEM TO THE EMERALD CITY IN SEARCH OF A HEART THAT COULD LOVE f7204840-4297-4db5-a548-92290a7c5ebc EVEN HER PREPOSITIONS AND CONJUNCTIONS HAD UNTOLD CHARM HINTING AT MYSTERY AND LAUGHTER AND MAGIC BOUND UP IN EVERYTHING SHE MENTIONED APPLE PIES AND SOUR SEEDLINGS AND PIGS BECAME STRAIGHTWAY INVESTED WITH A GLAMOUR OF ROMANCE I HAVE BEEN CRYING ALL THE AFTERNOON I WISH I COULD FLY TO YOU BUT MA WILL NOT LET ME SHE IS AFRAID I WILL CATCH THE MEASLES BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE MEASLES A DOZEN TIMES OVER THAN BE SEPARATED FROM YOU ALL LIKE THIS f7375f47-cc2a-4de5-bea8-341f7988ddc9 NIMY AND ME WILL BECOME AN EMPRESS ANNOUNCED THE TIN WOODMAN PROUDLY I SHALL HAVE A TIN GOWN MADE FOR HER WITH TIN RUFFLES AND TOCS ON IT AND SHE SHALL WEAR TIN SLIPPERS AND TIN EARRINGS AND BRACELETS AND WEAR A TIN CROWN ON HER HEAD THE RAIN WAS WEEPING ON THE ROOF AS IF IT WERE SHEDDING THE TEARS OF OLD SORROWS THE WILLOW BY THE GATE TOSSED ITS GAUNT BRANCHES WILDLY AS IF IT WERE SOME PASSIONATE SPECTRAL THING WRINGING ITS FLESHLESS HANDS IN AGONY THE ORCHARD WAS HAGGARD AND UNCOMELY NOTHING SEEMED THE SAME EXCEPT THE STAUNCH TRUSTY OLD SPRUCES f7384fa9-6203-4251-9603-b56e91e44d23 ACCORDING TO OUR BEST GUESS WHO CONTROLS THE BREEDING SIGHTS CONTROLS OUR WORLD SAID TO NEW UNCLE ROGER SAYS HE WOULDN'T WANT A WIFE HE COULD NEVER QUARREL WITH REMARKED ANNE HE SAYS IT WOULD BE TOO TAME A LIFE FOR HIM f73a7c7d-b8ef-4cfe-871b-91c918e20998 AS INSTANTANEOUSLY AS IT HAD COME THE PAIN LEFT HIM IT LEFT HIM WEAK AND QUIVERING AND JOHN ANDREW FARMER LAY ON HIS BACK WAITING FOR HIS STRENGTH TO SEEP BACK AS A RED HAZE DRIFTED FROM BEFORE HIS EYES HE REALIZED THAT THE LAUNCH HAD ACQUIRED ANOTHER OCCUPANT IT LOOKED TALLER THAN HAD THE SCOUT CRUISER IN ITS JUNGLE LANDING CIRCLE TO NEW BLEEDING CLOSER TO ORANGE SHOULDER WE HAVE NOT DECEIVED YOU HAVE WEARNE HAH WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT WE ARE NOT MUTATED MEMBERS OF YOUR RACE ORAN SWALLOWED f747f0d0-687b-48fd-aa47-5d049d7d3fd5 YES THE STORY GIRL WAS FASCINATING AND THAT WAS THE FINAL WORD TO BE SAID ON THE SUBJECT WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH IT ASKED THORN WITHIN A YEAR WE WILL HAVE A COPY WITH OUR OWN IMPROVEMENTS AFTER THAT A NEVER BEFORE f76706d3-0228-43f0-9847-f625129e1275 I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN POLITICAL CORRUPTION HOWEVER REAL FATE I DIDN'T CARE I KEPT THE GUN ON PEPPET'S PUDGY FORM WHILE HE PICKED HER UP AND CARRIED HER TO AN ACCELERATION COUCH AGAINST THE WALL AIMED AT MY HEAD MATCH THAT WITH THE CITY AS ADVANCED AS THAT ONE f77691da-c29d-4d2e-aa44-5b41bfa9a640 IF YOU PLEASE MA'AM IN THE CENTRE OF WHICH STOOD AN ENORMOUS CASTLE TOO MUCH CHANGE HE NEVER WAS KNOWN TO LAUGH AGAIN OR EVEN SMILE SHE WAS SCOWLING AND HER FLASHING BLACK EYES HELD NO FRIENDLY LIGHT f777ceb9-8eda-4d37-9a6b-b976cdce5f49 IN THE AFTERNOON WE ALL REPAIRED TO THE ORCHARD BIBLES AND HYMN BOOKS IN HAND SHE LOOKED AT ME BUT I BLUSHED TO THE ROOTS OF MY HAIR AND SHOOK MY HEAD SHEEPISHLY AN ANSWERED THE SCARECROW WHO COULD READ VERY WELL WHEN HIS EYES HAD BEEN FRESHLY PAINTED WHAT IS MAGIC GLUE ASKED BOOT f780ef5a-a7e4-44e6-b4c6-479a2d033eca ANYHOW IT WAS A FINE LETTER AND THEY WERE ALL FINE AND I'M AWFUL GLAD I HAVE SO MANY NICE FRIENDS EVEN IF I AM ONLY A HIRED BOY PERHAPS I'D NEVER FOUND IT OUT IF THE MEASLES HADN'T STRUCK IN SO I'M VERY GLAD THEY DID BUT I HOPE THEY NEVER WILL AGAIN HE CLIMBED WEARILY IN AND I DIRECTED THE DRIVER BEFORE HE FULLY REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING BLINKING AT THE SICKLY LIGHT OF DAWN BROUGHT HIM SLOWLY BACK TO REALITY BUT ADMIRAL THE HOUR EVERYONE WILL BE ASLEEP I JUST GROWLED BUT IT WAS ENOUGH ROCK HAD CAUGHT THE IDEA FROM MY EXPRESSION AND GRABBED THE CARPHONE THE OFFICE DOORS WERE OPEN WHEN WE GOT THERE f783493d-7a78-415d-bee1-49683da23fa9 HE'S GOING TO CHURCH WITH US TO MORROW ALTOGETHER THE STORY GIRL HAD A HARD TIME OF IT BUT I AM THE KING WHO CONQUERS ALL KINGS HE SAID PERHAPS BECAUSE THEY'VE FOUND OUT HOW TO ENJOY IT THE BLANKETS ON THE NARROW COT IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM HAD NOT BEEN UNFOLDED f7839ed3-63e0-402d-8588-ec07cc6c9f63 GIVE THAT STONE TO ME SAID PAN HOLDING OUT HIS HAND BUT AGLEIA THOUGH SHE WAS FRIGHTENED WOULD NOT GIVE HIM THE STONE IT SEEMED TO ME THIS THING WAS JUST A BIT TOO BIG FOR THE USE INTENDED ENOUGH OLD SHIPS ARE FEEL WASTERS YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUILD NEW ONES TO DO THAT WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ENTERING MY PRIVATE QUARTERS AND BELOW GLOWING YOU'RE IN VERY BAD TROUBLE I SAID IN AS GLOOMY A VOICE AS I COULD MUSTER f78b5460-ca9a-4a54-b2bc-4f333fa10911 YOU'RE I'LL BE PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT YONAS SAID HE STOOD UP THIS HERE KUNUCH HE SAID HE WANTS TO SEE ME HE SAID BRINGING YOU ALONG THE BALD MAN TOLD HIM THE BLACK HAIRED MAN NODDED VERY SLOWLY GURR HE SAID IF HE TRIES TO AND IF IT ISN'T WHAT PLEASES OTHER PEOPLE THE PARLIAMENT OR SOMETHING SQUELCHES HIM ISN'T SQUELCH A LOVELY WORD SAID THE STORY GIRL IRREVERENTLY IT'S SO EXPRESSIVE f78df54d-7331-4191-8dd2-87e7de9d785b SUPPOSE SHE DOES CATCH THE MEASLES FELICITY SAID ASIDE I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'LL BE ANYBODY THERE FROM MARKDALE THE LECTURER IS GOING TO MARKDALE NEXT WEEK THEY'LL WAIT FOR THAT SAID THE STORY GIRL AIRILY I THINK IT'S JUST LIKE SPRING INSISTED FELICITY IN THE SUN SWEET PLACE BEFORE THE PULPIT STONE WE BOYS HAD PUT UP A BOARD TABLE HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THERE MIGHT BE HAVE BEEN IN THE GOLDEN AGE ASKED THE STORY GIRL WHICH WAS INDEED AN UNANSWERABLE QUESTION FOR FELICITY f792dd49-5f7a-4e44-b0fa-903bc3e2518f THE ORCHARD WAS HAGGARD AND UNCOMELY NOTHING SEEMED THE SAME EXCEPT THE STAUNCH TRUSTY OLD SPRUCES EVEN AT THIS DISTANCE FROM HER AND I SAID THE CANARY FLYING CLOSE TO GINGER FOR NOW YOU DO NOT EAT I SHALL NOT HAVE TO MAKE YOUR BED f79568a6-6ce1-4e5f-b096-7d08ab8ca9e9 CAN'T WE SEND WORD SOMEHOW TO SARA RAY TO NIGHT ASKED CECILY THE EVER THOUGHTFUL SHE'S FEELING SO BAD AND SHE'LL HAVE TO FEEL THAT WAY TILL TO MORROW IF WE CAN'T NONE OF THE REST OF US COULD EVER COMPASS SUCH A DREAM NOT EVEN THE STORY GIRL WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO DREAM OF FLYING IF ANYBODY DID HE VOWED NEXT DAY TO CECILY THAT HE WOULD NEVER SWEAR AGAIN AND HE KEPT HIS WORD f7a38565-df5d-4363-86be-75420e8644a9 AND DECIDEDLY WOBBLY ON HIS FEET AND STUDIED WOOT'S CASE VERY CAREFULLY THE SCARECROW SQUATTED ON HIS HER GOLDEN CURLS FRAMED HER LOVELY FACE AND THE WIND STUNG THE PINK OF HER CHEEKS TO CRIMSON f7ddbea9-fab4-49c7-9501-aae4eb5ceed5 I CAN SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE TOO YOU KNOW I WAS HE ALONE IN A SPOT LIKE THIS WITH A MADMAN I TAKE IT YOU COME FROM ATLANTIS MOSTLY JUNGLE I WILL PERSONALLY FLAY YOU ALIVE ONE LOW MOUNTAIN CHAIN FOLLOWS THE EQUATORIAL BELT ABOUT TWO THIRDS ROUND THE PLANET f7eef82d-9847-41b9-923e-c29a68cb6129 HE SAID GRINNING UNDER HIS OXYGEN MASK BUT NOT MANY LAY MEN REMEMBER LIKE A BURNED OUT RESISTER OR A SHORTED CONDENSER HE IS ONLY A HIRED BOY AND HE HASN'T BEEN WELL BROUGHT UP AND HASN'T MUCH EDUCATION I AUNT JANET AND UNCLE ALEC CAME STROLLING THROUGH THE ORCHARD AND JOINED OUR CIRCLE f7f87e94-824b-4ac9-b151-582df7a29784 SHE WAS TALL FOR HER FOURTEEN YEARS SLIM AND STRAIGHT AROUND HER LONG WHITE FACE RATHER TOO LONG AND TOO WHITE FELL SLEEK DARK BROWN CURLS TIED ABOVE EITHER EAR WITH ROSETTES OF SCARLET RIBBON HER LARGE CURVING MOUTH WAS AS RED AS A POPPY AND SHE HAD BRILLIANT ALMOND SHAPED HAZEL EYES BUT WE DID NOT THINK HER PRETTY I'M GETTING TIRED OF WAITING HE SAID YOU'RE TIRED HA A BREEZE RIPPLED THE TOPS OF THE GREEN OCEAN BELOW THEM HERE AND THERE RED AND PURPLE FLOWERS JUTTED FROM THE VERDURE BENDING AND NODDING LIKE AN ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE f7f89f58-6cb6-4d5c-a4c0-f5272447246d AND SCARCELY HAD HE SPOKEN WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PRESS AGAINST HIS LEGS INTEREST IN THE CONVERSATION I'VE AN IDEA LET'S EACH OF US GET AN EXERCISE BOOK AND WRITE DOWN ALL HER DREAMS JUST AS WE DREAM THEM f7fbf3aa-347e-4376-a5dd-8fc30f27e964 BLACK DAN GOES WELL BUT HE'LL NOT BE QUICK ENOUGH HE SAID RICHER THAN WE THEN KNEW OR SUSPECTED NAN LASS I LOVE YOU WHEN ONE OF THEM BREAKS DOWN IT IS NEVER AN ACCIDENT AND REPAIRING THE THING IS NEVER A MATTER OF JUST PLUGGING IN A NEW PART f80c4d72-e6ba-4975-83a6-e796fd01262d THE STORY GIRL PEELED THE POTATOES SOMEWHAT SLOWLY AND AWKWARDLY FOR SHE WAS NOT DEFT AT HOUSEHOLD TASKS DAN AND FELIX SHELLED PEAS AND TORMENTED PAT BY ATTACHING PODS TO HIS EARS AND TAIL FELICITY FLUSHED AND SERIOUS MEASURED AND STIRRED SKILFULLY I AM SITTING ON A TRAGEDY SAID THE STORY GIRL SUDDENLY THERE IS NO MORE SAID THE STORY GIRL THAT WAS THE END OF IT THE END OF EVERYTHING FOR MARGARET IT DIDN'T KILL HER BUT HER HEART DIED I JUST WISH I'D HOLD OF THOSE FELLOWS WHO WOULDN'T LET THE CAPTAIN TAKE HIS WIFE SAID PETER SAVAGELY WELL IT WAS AWFUL SAD SAID FELICITY WIPING HER EYES BUT IT WAS LONG AGO AND WE CAN'T DO ANY GOOD BY CRYING OVER IT NOW LET US GO AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT I MADE SOME NICE LITTLE RHUBARB TARTS THIS MORNING f815ce71-7d7b-414a-b5a7-78d13a4a002f IT MUST BE FIFTY KILOMETERS LONG AND AT LEAST TEN WIDE SWARMING WITH THESE CREATURES TOO WE'VE GOT A ZONE COUNT ESTIMATE THE PLACES OF CITY'S POPULATION AT OVER THIRTY MILLION OH NO NO IT MAY BE ALL RIGHT TO PASS A YANKEE CENT ON A STOREKEEPER OR AN EGG PEDDLER BUT IT WOULD NEVER DO FOR CHURCH I'LL HAVE TO GO WITHOUT ANY THEN SAID PETER I HAVEN'T ANOTHER CENT I ONLY GET FIFTY CENTS A WEEK AND I GIVE IT ALL TO MORROW LAST NIGHT f815cf84-7127-411f-9b6b-bde3e689ecc4 HE HAD INTENDED THAT DISTINCT AND IT DID DORA RAISED HER NOSE ANOTHER NOTCH I THINK HE'S CUTE AND I'M LEARNING HE'S PRETTY INTELLIGENT TOO HE CATCHES ON FAST TO EVERYTHING I TELL HIM HE AND HIS LITTLE FRIEND WILL HAVE THEIR SPACESHIP FINISHED SOON NOW AND IT'S ALL PETER'S FAULT SAID FELICITY I DO THINK HE MIGHT HAVE HAD MORE SENSE THAN TO TAKE A CLOCK STRIKING FOR A BELL RINGING f8566fd6-c5ff-40f2-afa0-43a033876ee9 NOT AT ALL NOT AT ALL WE MAY YET SPOT THE ESCAPE CAPSULE A GRID OF LIGHT AND SHADOW FLUTTERED ON THE SCREEN FOR A WHILE THERE I THOUGHT I'D NEVER BE TASTING ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN IT UD BE PRETTY HARD TO MISS SOMETHING THE SIZE OF THAT THING WE FLEW OVER f85ab4e1-9d9f-4e2c-adab-e11c83968b4c A HUGE GRAY BOULDER AS HIGH AS A MAN'S HEAD IN THE SOUTH EASTERN CORNER AND SO SHE TIPTOED UP SO AND BENT OVER SO AND KISSED HIS CHEEK I'M GOING TO PRAY LIKE SIXTY SAID FELIX ENERGETICALLY HIS FATHER WAS LAZY BUT HIS MOTHER HASN'T A LAZY BONE IN HER BODY AND PETER TAKES AFTER HER f85ba9c1-4676-4f0b-83fa-19ff7f64ae70 IF I HAD KNOWN THAT TO MORROW MIGHT BE THE JUDGMENT DAY I WOULDN'T HAVE QUARRELLED WITH YOU LAST MONDAY SARA STANLEY OR BEEN SO HORRID AND SULKY ALL THE WEEK DID HE WANT TO RULE A WHOLE PLANET OR MAYBE AN ENTIRE SYSTEM OR MORE I HAVE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEM f8607302-42ac-4aae-b137-11227c3e6c56 OCCUM'S RAZOR ALWAYS POINTS THE WAY IF THERE ARE TWO CHOICES TO TAKE TAKE THE SIMPLER ROCKER THE SPACE YARD MANAGER HAD STAGGERED BACK AND WAS PULLING AT HIS HAIR CURSING AND CRYING AT THE SAME TIME FACES HAIRLESS PINK SKINNED STETSON SNAPPED A SWITCH THE TRANSLATE MAP BECAME A SCREEN WITH A FIGURE FROZEN ON IT LIKE THAT f8729cf7-b770-4eb0-a356-1136aa5533b8 I DID NOT KEEP A COPY OF MY OWN LETTER AND I HAVE FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN IT EXCEPT THE FIRST SENTENCE IN WHICH I TOLD PETER I WAS AWFUL GLAD HE WAS GETTING BETTER THEIR SKINS WERE ALL OF A LIGHT GRAY COLOR AND THEIR EYES WERE MERE PURPLE SPOTS THEIR NOSES WERE AS PUFFY AS THE REST OF THEM f88d961c-4eb7-4bcb-bd76-fddd67873311 PETER MADE QUITE A HANDSOME LITTLE MINISTER IN HIS NAVY BLUE COAT WHITE COLLAR AND NEATLY BOWED TIE BUT PERHAPS WHEN SHE SEES HOW CHEERFUL YOU ARE SHE WILL CEASE TO BE SILENT AND SULLEN AND TAKE TO SINGING I WILL GO GET THE BIRD AND LET YOU SEE HER f89cc6d5-86ae-4662-b5e0-60305d054942 I DO HOPE THE REST OF US WON'T CATCH THE MEASLES IT MUST LOOK HORRID TO HAVE RED SPOTS ALL OVER YOUR FACE NOT A BIT OF FEAR OF IT SCOFFED UNCLE ROGER FELICITY IS AS GOOD A HOUSEKEEPER AS YOU ARE AND I SHALL BE HERE TO LOOK AFTER THEM ALL AND KEEP THEM FROM BURNING THE HOUSE DOWN TOO PERHAPS THE TIN WOODMAN'S HEART DID NOT BEAT ANY FASTER OR WILL YOU ABANDON THE QUEST AND RETURN TO THE EMERALD CITY f89d415b-7153-483d-9965-f482cd0e77e5 THE STORY GIRL WENT UP AND TOLD HIM WONDROUS TALES AND SARA RAY BROUGHT HIM A PUDDING SHE HAD MADE HERSELF HAVE NO PLAN HE SAID I DO NOT PLEAD YONAS POINTED OUT IT WAS NECESSARY THAT I COME TO SEE YOU f8abe74d-f006-4722-9ed9-351d18b32680 YET THERE WAS A FALLACY IN THIS ARGUMENT PRESUMABLY ALL THE STARS IN THE OUTER ARMS OF THE MILKY WAY AND THEIR PLANETS WERE ABOUT THE SAME AGE WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS AS THE EARTH LIFE MUST HAVE BEEN BORN AND WALKED OUT OF THE SEAS OF SERIOUS THREE JUST AS IT DID ON EARTH CHAPTER THREE ROUNDABOUT WOOT THE WANDERER SLEPT THAT NIGHT IN THE TIN CASTLE OF THE EMPEROR OF THE WINKIES AND FOUND HIS TIN BED QUITE COMFORTABLE f8ac9fad-96c4-4f36-a100-2dcdf9b82365 THEY SAID IN THE TOWNSHIP YOU ARE NO ARTIST BUT UNCLE CHARLEY AND I THE SERIMIAN CROAKED THE CARVEN IMAGE WAS PERHAPS THIRTY FEET IN HEIGHT AND REPRESENTED A FIGURE CROUCHED UPON ITS KNEES AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE THAT MADE ME QUESTION MY SANITY f8b158a7-58bd-4c89-8743-bbd07ae05574 TWO CENTS MORE A WEEK OUT OF CECILY'S EGG MONEY MEANT SOMETHING OF A SACRIFICE IT INSPIRED THE REST OF US WE ALL DECIDED TO INCREASE OUR WEEKLY CONTRIBUTION BY A CENT OR SO I PUT THE HAT IN ONE THE BRIEF CASE IN ANOTHER AND SNAPPED MY FINGERS THE DRAWERS SLID SHUT AND ITS METAL HIDE WAS AS SMOOTH AS EVER f8c73127-65e4-46e7-a32d-7343c84167f8 UNCLE ROGER WANTED BREAKFAST AT SIX WELL I SUPPOSE THE FIRE IS ON ANYHOW FOR THE STORY GIRL IS UP I GUESS SHE GOT UP EARLY TO KNEAD THE BREAD SHE COULDN'T SLEEP ALL NIGHT FOR WORRYING OVER IT THE FIRE WAS ON AND A FLUSHED AND TRIUMPHANT STORY GIRL WAS TAKING A LOAF OF BREAD FROM THE OVEN WITH PETER AND DAN WITH FELICITY AND CECLI AND THE STORY GIRL WITH PALE GRAY EYED LITTLE SARA RAY WE WERE BOON COMPANIONS f8d3ca36-7bff-4db3-b79b-4dbfef76340d BUT IF I HAVE TO GO ALONE AND HE GIVES ME ANYTHING I'LL KEEP IT ALL FOR MY OWN COLLECTION MIND YOU THAT SETTLED IT WE WERE NOT GOING TO LET THE STORY GIRL GET AHEAD OF US IN THE MANNER OF COLLECTING WHEN THE WATER IN THE KETTLE BUBBLED OZMA DREW FROM HER BOSOM TWO TINY PACKETS CONTAINING POWDERS f8dc058b-46d1-4f7c-919b-ec1a99bebe26 I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL SECRETLY WORRIED BECAUSE I DID NOT GROW I HAD OVERHEARD AUNT JANET SAY I WAS GOING TO BE SHORT LIKE UNCLE ALEC NOW I LOVED UNCLE ALEC BUT I WANTED TO BE TALLER THAN HE WAS SO WHEN BILLY CONFIDED TO ME UNDER SOLEMN PROMISE OF SECRECY THAT HE HAD SOME MAGIC SEED WHICH WOULD MAKE BOYS GROW AND WOULD SELL ME A BOX OF IT FOR JUST TEN CENTS I JUMPED AT THE OFFER THEN THE TIN WOODMAN STARED HARD AT HIS FRIEND THE SCARECROW BUT FINALLY HE SAID IN A SERIOUS TONE OF VOICE I MUST ADMIT THAT NEVER BEFORE HAVE I THOUGHT OF SUCH A THING AS FINDING MINNY AND ME AND MAKING HER EMPRESS OF THE WINKIES f8e5c1b6-c45a-451d-b6ee-63439a82f5be WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PUTTING ON SUCH A RAG DON'T YOU KNOW I HAVE COMPANY TO TEA YES AND THAT IS WHY I PUT IT ON AUNT JANET I WANT TO MORTIFY THE FLESH I'LL MORTIFY YOU IF I CATCH YOU SHOWING YOURSELF TO THE MILLWARDS LIKE THAT MY GIRL WITH EACH PASSING MINUTE THE SPHERE OF PROBABLE LOCATIONS GREW LARGER BY THE POWER OF THE SQUARED CUBE I KEPT THE ON WATCH CREW OF THE CRUISER AT DUTY STATION TO CONFINED THE REST WITHIN A HUNDRED YARD RADIUS OF THE SHIP f8e6c41a-b56d-41c9-8231-62cb0e95c01d I KNOW HOW MANY YOU HAVE USED I COUNTED A DISOBEDIENT BROTHER BUT AT LAST THEY GOT A CHOIR IT RUMBLED FORWARD AND LOCKED ITS HAND ROUND FERERO'S WRIST HANDCUSSEL HE BARELY NOTICED THAT'S THE SHIP'S GENERATORS YOU'RE LOOKING AT I SAID f8e8407a-64d2-47fe-8e01-36bc48874936 YOU WOULD NOT ACCEPT HELP CLARETON REACHED HIM ONCE BUT THE CONTACT WAS WEAK AND FLEETING THE DIRECTOR HADN'T ENOUGH STRENGTH TO REACH HIM AGAIN AT LEAST NOT FOR A DAY OR SO YUNUS WAS EXACTLY WHERE HE WANTED TO BE ON HIS OWN IF NINNY AMMY IS CONTENT WITH THAT MISS BITMAN FOR A HUSBAND AND ASKED HIM TO HELP ME f9236951-bc08-4bae-9b30-d6abab56c91e FIRST OF ALL I INSISTED TELL ME WHERE WE ARE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO US DO YOU KNOW WHERE ARE WE SURELY LOOKING AT IT IN ONE WAY WE'RE LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY LABORATORY THE ZID RAGED INTO THEIR COMMUNAL REST CELL SMASHED THEM DOWN FROM THEIR GIMBLED SLEEPING PERCHES AND WITH THE RAVENING BLOODHUNGER OF ITS KIND DEVOURED THEM BEFORE THEY COULD WAKE ENOUGH TO TELEPPORT TO SAFETY f9236f07-cde0-4b9c-9167-2056e969bf69 NOW THAT IT WAS LIFTED BUT I NEVER FOUND IT SO HARD TO REMEMBER THE GOLDEN TEXT BEFORE ONE VERY HOT DAY SHE HEARD JUDY PINNOT SAY SHE WAS ALL IN A SWEAT SOMETHING SCURRIED INTO A WISP OF BRUSH THEN USEFUL APPLICATION WHAT INNER USE STRAIGHT ROCKET POWER f92a88a5-a5cc-494b-9159-24f11e3117cb THE FAD WAS AT ONCE TAKEN UP BY THE CARLISLE SCHOOL GIRLS TIMOTHY ROOTS QUITE OUSTED SOURS AND YOUNG RASPBER SPROUTS BOTH OF WHICH HAD THE REAL MERIT OF BEING QUITE TOOTHSOME WHILE TIMOTHY ROOTS WERE TOUGH AND TASTELESS IT WAS CAUSED BY A LARGE METEOR IT WAS CAUSED BY ONE OF THESE f93a5d7a-1c0a-4aeb-bd29-601957fbeee8 WHAT ARE YOU TILLING THESE CHILDREN OUT STUFF FOR ASKED AUNT OLIVIA PASSING ON HER WAY TO THE WELL WHAT LAUGHTER AND QUESTIONING AND TELLING OF TALES FOLLOWED WHAT SMILES AND BRIGHT EYES AND GLAD VOICES IT GREW BRIGHTER AS THE SLED CREPT THROUGH THE LAST OF THE JUNGLE EMERGED IN CLEARED LAND AT THE EDGE OF THE CITY f93cc480-b71f-4ac0-bfa0-2197f3f2c34a THE CATALOGUE WAS WRONG IRONICALLY THEIR PROBLEM WAS MORE PRESSING NOW THAN BEFORE UNLESS CHECK THE ZID WOULD RAPIDLY DEPOPULATE THE ISLAND AND TO CHECK IT THEY MUST BREAK A PRIME RULE OF GALACTIC PROTOCOL IN ASKING THE HELP OF A NEW AND UNTESTED SPECIES BUT THEY HAD NO CHOICE THEY TELEPHORTED AT ONCE INTO THE PRESENCE OF THE TWO NEARBY NATIVES AND MET WITH FRUSTRATION BEYOND SERREMEIAN EXPERIENCE OH I DON'T KNOW MILLIONS OF YEARS LIKELY AND EVEN THEN I DON'T SUPPOSE ALL THE ANGELS DO A GOOD MANY OF THEM MUST JUST STAY PLAIN ANGELS I EXPECT I SHALL BE SATISFIED JUST TO BE A PLAIN ANGEL SAID FELICITY MODESTLY OH SEE HERE IF YOU'RE GOING TO INTERRUPT AND ARGUE OVER EVERYTHING WE'LL NEVER GET THE STORY TOLD SAID FELIX DRY UP ALL OF YOU AND LET THE STORY GIRL GO ON WE DRIED UP AND THE STORY GIRL WENT ON f93ff49c-ba4e-4c29-ae7e-dbab96af0ac3 BELIEVE ME JONAS BEGAN I LET IT BE SHARP SAID QUIETLY I BELIEVE YOU IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT I BELIEVE YOU HE SHRUGGED AGAIN MOVING OUT TOWARD THE DOOR OF THE HUT AND IN ANY CASE HE SAID THE MONEY IS NEEDED FOR THERE ARE FINES TO PAY IN COSTS OF THE INQUISITION THEY HIT AGAIN KNOCKED OUT A NAVY SUPPLY OF SATELLITE THIRTY FOUR MEN DEAD IF YOUR PLAN DOESN'T WORK ADMIRAL THE CAPTAIN WHISPERED HOARSELY IN MY EAR I'LL PERSONALLY SEE THAT YOU'RE FLAYED ALIVE f95f01e0-75cd-477c-bc51-473e39620bbe AUNT JANET WON'T LET ME PUT PEBBLES IN MY SHOES BUT I'D PUT A THISTLE NEXT MY SKIN ON MY BACK AND IT STICKS INTO ME IF I LEAN BACK THE LEAST BIT AND I'M GOING TO WORK BUTTONHOLES ALL OVER THIS COTTON I HATE WORKING BUTTONHOLES WORSE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD SO I'M GOING TO WORK THEM ALL DAY WHAT'S THE GOOD OF WORKING BUTTONHOLES ON AN OLD RAG ASKED FELICITY IT ISN'T ANY GOOD THE BEAUTY OF PENANCE IS THAT IT MAKES YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO WHETHER IT'S USEFUL OR NOT SO LONG AS IT'S NASTY WHEN HE COMBED IN HIS NET OF SNEAKERS TO CHECK THE TAPES AND FILMS LO AND BEHOLD HE HAD A LITTLE STRANGER ONE OF THEIRS NO IT WAS A MINNY OFF THE DELPHINIS REDISCOVERY THE DELPHINUS HAS BEEN UNREPORTED FOR EIGHTEEN STANDARD MONTHS f9674aca-22c4-4e34-9b4c-a4719f882487 ELDER FREWIN A TALL PALE MAN WITH LONG SANDY SIDE WHISKERS APPEARED AT THE DOOR OF OUR PEW WITH THE COLLECTION PLATE WE KNEW ELDER FREWIN QUITE WELL AND LIKE HIM HE WAS AUNT JANET'S COUSIN AND OFTEN VISITED HER SARA RAY'S LETTER DEAR PETER I NEVER WROTE TO A BOY BEFORE SO PLEASE EXCUSE ALL MISTAKES I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE GETTING BETTER f974aaf1-2a3d-4907-a832-5e6efc0c9cfb THE COMPARISON IT FORCED BETWEEN COLLAXIA AND EARTH WHOSE YAWNING FORTH WORE SCARS AND HERITAGE OF ANXIETIES MADE CALM CRYSTAL SO DESPERATELY NECESSARY OPPRESSED HIM COLLAXIA WAS WHOLLY UNSCARED HER PEOPLE WITHOUT NEED OF THE CALM CRYSTALS THEY TRADED OVER THE BARREN ROCKY GROUND WE HURRIED PAST THE WRETCHED HOVELS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY AND THROUGH CROOKED DISMAL STREETS TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE CITY THE NOTE READ DEAR PETE IF YOU GET THIS I AM IN A JAM THAT PROMISES SOME ACTION f985b568-d789-46d5-be1d-1dbeb4d0637d VIC HOPE DIDN'T NOTICE IT UNTIL LATER THE RAYS OF THE MACHINE CAUGHT IT AND BROUGHT IT BACK WITH US MADE IT SOLID MATTER AS WE KNOW IT HERE HOW DID YOU EVER HEAR THE LIKE PERHAPS THEY'LL LAUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIR FACES TO MORROW SAID DAN WITH GLOOMY SATISFACTION FELIX KING WHAT HAS SCARED YOU f99e0d59-db71-4f24-97e4-fa39e99c17aa IT'S ONLY WHEN YOU GO AWAY FROM HER THAT YOU FIND OUT THAT SHE ISN'T A BIT PRETTY AFTER ALL HE VOWED THAT HE DIDN'T CARE HE GAVE UP TRYING AFTER A WHILE YOU ARE THE BEST OF US ALL YOU OPEN THE PARCEL AT ANY OTHER MOMENT WE WOULD HAVE RUSHED TO MEET HER IN WILD JOY f9ad63ea-2790-4b60-ba5a-3705389a9e57 I COULDN'T TELL AND I COULD WORK MYSELF UP INTO A NEUROTIC STATE IF I KEPT RUNNING THROUGH THE WORRY CYCLE IT TOOK AN EFFORT TO CONCENTRATE ON ANYTHING ELSE BUT IT HAD TO BE MADE THE NEXT FOUR DAYS PASSED VERY SLOWLY SO YOU CAN'T BE ALLOWED TO SET OFF YOUR ATOM BOMBS OR WORSE WHERE THEY MIGHT GET THROUGH TO ANOTHER PLANET WE CAN'T ACTUALLY INTERFERE WITH YOU SO WE CLOSE THE GATES THAT'S ALL f9c89ace-308c-4925-ac9f-a8a04ed5ce7e DON'T SUPPOSE ALL THE ANGELS DO IF THEY HAD BEEN BANISHED TOGETHER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PUNISHMENT SO ZERO WAS EXILED TO A STAR ON ONE SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE AND ZULEMITH WAS SENT TO A STAR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE AND BETWEEN THEM WAS A FATHOMLESS ABYSS WHICH THOUGHT ITSELF COULD NOT CROSS THE REST OF US HELD OUR TONGUES HE SAID THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO HIS MIND AND THERE WERE VARIOUS OTHER UNUSUAL APPENDAGES HER FIGURE WAS LEAF AND NICELY CURVED f9cb9c38-317b-4b1c-80ae-a18b92d19bad WE HAD LOST SOMETHING OF INFINITELY MORE VALUE THAN FIFTY CENTS ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT REALIZE IT JUST THEN NEITHER FELICITY NOR CECILY COULD HAVE WORN THEM THERE ISN'T MUCH FUN IN IT AND THEN NEITHER OF YOU NEED TO PRAY ABOUT IT IT HAUNTED HIS WAKING HOURS AND OBSESSED HIS NIGHTS f9d234af-ba57-4954-99f8-ac46b03ee59a I BELIEVE ILL RUN ALONG AND SEE IF I CAN FIND MISSUS PARR I HAVEN'T HAD A THING TO EAT SINCE NOON YESTERDAY ISN'T SHE ONE STILL ASKED FELICITY PERTLY AND HER MAIDENS DRESSED HER AH NEVER MIND f9d2fcda-5a7e-42e9-89d1-ec3b58261ed6 WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THE LEG ANYHOW YOU KNEW IT WAS A PRIVATE PROPERTY I SUPPOSE SAID SHE BUTTERING ANOTHER BISCUIT ONE DAY HE TOLD HER HE WAS COMING THE NEXT DAY TO ASK A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION AND HE WANTED TO FIND HER UNDER THE BIRCHES WHEN HE CAME f9e06f80-4967-478d-b9e6-cf730fcd191b YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED MY QUESTION GRATSEY WAS ON THE TRAMP WASN'T ON THE TRANSLATED LIST MIGHT EVEN BE OFF THE DELPHINIS THERE WERE SOME SAWHEADS IN HOUSTON WHO SAID THAT IT WASN'T POSSIBLE AFTER I COUNTED THE REGULAR PEOPLE I WENT TO COUNT THE LITTLE PEOPLE f9e1428a-560e-4155-9afc-ee53cd221d58 THERE'S NOTHING TO DO BUT FISH AND SAIL AROUND LOOKING FOR SCOOPS READY TO SHED THEIR CRYSTALS YOU'RE AN EARTH INTEREST SPY AFTER ALL DO YOU SUPPOSE IT WILL DO ANY GOOD BETH HE MUST HAVE GOT SOME BAD USE AT THE OFFICE SAID SARA RAY WELL NO I SUPPOSE NOT I AGREED THINKING OF BILLY ROBINSON f9e417e8-903f-4ab8-b592-a90fb075d1e8 WE GAZED UP AT HER IN SILENCE FOR A FEW MOMENTS THE STORY GIRL LOOKED MUTTERED VING SULLENLY NO MORTAL COULD CROSS THAT FLOOD NOT LONG AFTERWARDS JUDY WAS SCRUBBING THE KITCHEN FLOOR ONE MORNING AND WHEN MISSUS FRUIN CAME IN JUDY LOOKED UP AND SAT QUITE PROUD OVER USING THE RIGHT WORD A FEW MINUTES PASSED OR A FEW YEARS WE COULD NOT HAVE TOLD WHICH f9e4d61a-81fd-4cc0-a17c-24ae4aa813ab POOR SARA DID NOT HAVE TO BE SHE WAS EVENTUALLY QUIETED DOWN NED WENT ON PRAYING AND NEVER LET ON HE HEARD HER BUT AT THE END OF HIS PRAYER HE WOUND UP WITH THEY EVEN PREFERRED TO REMAIN IN NIMI AMMY'S HOUSE I ALWAYS REMAINED THE SAME PERSON AS IN THE BEGINNING fa01a18c-75dd-4e3e-88e7-018b7f959a3f IN VERY SIMPLE TERMS HE WAS SAYING THIS IS A COMBINATION OF COLOR TELEVISION AND SUPER RATAR IT WILL BRING IN A PERFECT COLOR PICTURE OF THE OCEAN AT WHAT IN THE DEPTH I SET IT FOR OR WILL SET ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY TO PRESENT A VIEW OF THE OCEAN FLOOR IT WILL CHAFFY FOUR AGREED RELUCTANTLY THEN WE MUST SEEK AID ELSEWHERE WHEN JEFF AUBREY PULLED HIMSELF UP FROM THE PLANKING THE APPARITIONS WERE GONE HIS KNEES SHOOK AND PERSPIRATION CRAWLED COLD ON HIS FACE BUT HE MANAGED TO HAUL JENIFER UP WITH HIM fa03b0e1-6bd7-4fb5-a3bc-1234bdd42ac0 I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL SECRETLY WORRIED BECAUSE I DID NOT GROW I HAD OVERHEARD AUNT JANET SAY I WAS GOING TO BE SHORT LIKE UNCLE ALEC OF COURSE THERE WAS NO ORCHARD HERE THEN IT WAS JUST A FIELD BUT THERE WAS A CLUMP OF WHITE BIRCHES IN IT RIGHT WHERE THAT BIG SPREADING TREE OF UNCLE ALEC'S IS NOW AND EMILY LIKED TO SIT AMONG THE FERNS UNDER THE BIRCHES AND READ OR SEW fa145c3a-32d5-432c-ba34-9dcd9a331f6c BERTHA LAURANCE A CHARLOTTETOWN GIRL WHO HAD VISITED KITTY MARIN JUNE AND HAD GONE TO SCHOOL ONE DAY WITH HER HAD EATEN TIMOTHY ROOTS AFFECTING TO CONSIDER THEM GREAT DELICACIES IF I'M IN A JAM IT'S MY OWN DOING AND DUE TO MY BULLHEADEDNESS OF WHICH YOU HAVE SO OFTEN REMINDED ME LIFE OF SOME KIND HOWEVER FOR MY EXPERIMENTS PROVE THAT fa1688c4-b99f-4878-bc90-e8732193c3c9 WHEN THEY WERE ALL SEATED IN A ROW ON THE CUSHION OF THE CHAIR THE GIANTESS CONTINUED NOW TELL ME HOW YOU HAPPENED TO TRAVEL IN THIS DIRECTION AND WHERE YOU CAME FROM AND WHAT YOUR ERRAND IS AND WHEN HE WAS DOING THIS SCHUBEN WHO WAS ALSO HUNTING SAW HIM FROM AFAR AND THOUGHT HE WAS A REAL MOOSE SHE STOLE CAUTIOUSLY THROUGH THE WOODS UNTIL SHE CAME TO THE BRINK OF A LITTLE VALLEY fa1df05f-db87-44c9-9445-5defa13694d0 UNCLE ROGER HAD GONE TO THE STATION TO MEET THE TRAVELERS AND THE DINING ROOM TABLE WAS SPREAD WITH A FEAST OF FAT THINGS IT'S BEEN A JOLLY WEEK TAKE IT ALL AROUND SAID FELIX BUT I'M GLAD THE GROWN UPS ARE COMING BACK TO NIGHT ESPECIALLY UNCLE ALEC THE WHOLE EFFECT WAS NOT UNLIKE THE SKELETON OF A MINIATURE SKY SCRAPER I STRODE BETWEEN TWO OF THE HIGH SLIM BLACK PILLARS AND GLANCED UPWARD fa2d36f1-42a7-42f4-9e66-e0566a69fe9a BUT TO WHOM COULD WE APPEAL UNCLE ALEC WAS AWAY AND WOULD NOT BE BACK UNTIL LATE THAT NIGHT NEITHER AUNT JANET NOR UNCLE ROGER WERE PEOPLE TO WHOM WE CARED TO APPLY IN SUCH A CRISIS WE WERE AFRAID OF THE JUDGMENT DAY BUT WE WERE ALMOST EQUALLY AFRAID OF BEING LAUGHED AT BOTH WERE GLAD TO LEARN THAT A STRANGER HAD ARRIVED AT THE CASTLE FOR THIS WOULD GIVE THEM SOMETHING NEW TO TALK ABOUT SO THE SERVANT WAS ASKED TO ADMIT THE BOY AT ONCE fa3bc812-0346-44f8-b6c1-e813999a3107 LAST SUMMER SHE CALLED AT LEM HILLS IN MARKDALE AND HE TOLD HER TO CLEAR OUT OR HE'D SET THE DOG ON HER BUT I'VE NOTICED THAT THE LAST END OF THE WAY HOWEVER LONG IT HAS BEEN IS THE HARDEST TO ENDURE fa4a8462-3703-4ee9-b5fc-3c5bce5d5de1 I JUST GROWLED BUT IT WAS ENOUGH A LIGHT BLINKED AS THE SCANNER IN THE CABIN TURNED OFF AND THE ONE IN THE GENERATOR ROOM CAME ON HE JUST STAYS HOME AND READS BOOKS WHEN HE ISN'T WORKIN FELIX AND DAN WERE TO PICK AND SHELL THE PEAS YOU OUGHT NOT TO LOSE NO TIME IN FINDING OUT fa56491c-3bd6-4ef5-a0ae-65577deb3285 ESPECIALLY IF ONE IS MADE OF MEAT AND BONE BUT FINALLY THE PARTY HALTED BEFORE A RAISED PLATFORM THEN THE NEXT TWO AND THE NEXT PETER AGAIN CAME TO THE RESCUE WITH A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION THEN OUT OF REGARD FOR MATS AND CUSHIONS HE WAS KEPT IN DURRANCE VILE IN THE GRANARY UNTIL HE HAD LICKED HIS FUR CLEAN fa5713ed-e3da-4bba-b43a-2be89503a9dd HE HAD LEARNED A GREAT MANY POEMS FROM PROFESSOR WOGGLE BUG AND LOVED TO REPEAT THEM WHENEVER ANYBODY WOULD LISTEN TO HIM HORSEBOOT AND LIEU TIN WOODMAN NOW LISTEN BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DO OTHERWISE UNLESS THEY RUDELY RAN AWAY FROM THEIR STUFFED COMRADE AND RACHEL WARD HERSELF CAME AND LOOKED AT US SO SAD AND REPROACHFUL AND WE ALL FELT ASHAMED AND I BEGAN TO CRY AND WOKE UP CRYING fa5ee664-c67c-47f8-b38e-b50e4bfcd821 NOT LONG AFTER HE WAS MARRIED HIS WIFE WASN'T QUITE READY FOR CHURCH ONE MORNING WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO I KNOW THE RISK PERFECTLY WELL YANUS THOUGHT BACK CLARETON'S THOUGHT CARRIED A WRY ECHO YOU KNOW THE RISK TO YOURSELF HE TOLD YUNUS AND YOU'VE ACCEPTED THAT YOU RATHER LIKE IT AS A MATTER OF FACT BUT YOU HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF THE RISK TO THE REST OF US AND TO THE TOWN YOU'RE IN YONAS SET A THOUGHT OF UNCERTAINTY WHAT fa71ee88-b19e-4f70-9c8d-d6369fd886c7 BEINGS THAT LIVE ON A WORLD WITH ALMOST AS MUCH WATER AS OURS WHO CAN'T USE THEIR NATURAL ABILITIES ANY MORE THAN THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT THE NONIPUS WAS MORE FEARSOME THAN IT HAD SEEMED AT FIRST SHE HAD TWINED FRESHLY PLUCKED DANDELIONS AROUND IT AND THE EFFECT WAS THAT OF A CROWN OF BRILLIANT GOLDEN STARS ON HER SLEEK BROWN CURLS fa7209d1-a7ec-489d-950f-edc81aadbf32 WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT HE MUMBLED AS HE RAN HIS EYES OVER THE BRUNTS THIS IS AN ORDINARY HEAVY CARGO AND PASSENGER JOB IT'S NO MORE A WAR LORD BATTLESHIP THAN I AM NOW SARA SHE SAID YOU JUST TAKE MY ADVICE AND GO INTO THIS WITH ALL YOUR HEART IF YOU GO AT ALL NEVER MIND IF IT IS BAD THERE'S NO USE BEING NAUGHTY IF YOU SPOIL YOUR FUN BY WISHING ALL THE TIME YOU ARE GOOD YOU CAN REPENT AFTERWARDS BUT THERE IS NO USE IN MIXING THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER fa9698d0-fb24-49e9-ba35-c741e5ff8338 SPEED AND MEASUREMENTS ARE A MATTER OF RELATIONSHIP NOT CONSTANT FACTS LIKE THE FIXED UNIVERSE I COULD EXPLAIN PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MACHINE FOR HOURS SHOVED PAST HIM AND GRABBED THE FRAGILE LOOKING THING FROM ITS CLEACH faa247ff-7941-461d-8038-1ded78ed0083 SO IT CAME TO PASS THAT EVERY TREE IN IT WAS A FAIR GREEN MONUMENT TO SOME LOVE OR DELIGHT OF THE VANISHED YEARS AND EVERY GRANDCHILD HAD ITS TREE THERE ALSO SET OUT BY GRANDFATHER WHEN THE TIDINGS OF ITS BIRTH REACHED HIM NOT ALWAYS AN APPLE TREE PERHAPS IT WAS A PLUM OR CHERRY OR PEAR IT BLEW A NICE HOLE IN THE FLOOR WITH A GREAT SHOW OF NOISE AND SMOKE THE FIRST LIZARD KNEW I WAS TALKING SINCE THEN AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED A MEETING OF THE SHAMMANS IT OF COURSE TOOK PLACE IN THE PUBLIC BATH TUB AND I HAD TO JOIN THEM THERE fac40555-a148-4cc7-a9a2-73c670a20b5c SOME DAY THE MAN WHO READS MINES WOULD BE MORE THAN A PASSIVE ONLOOKER NOW SHE SAID VAGUELY WELL YUNUS TRIED TO LOOK REASSURING THE DEVELOPMENT TOOK FARMER COMPLETELY UNAWARES IT'S A GOOD THING I NOTICED THE GATE WAS OPEN IT WAS JUDGE GREY WHO HAD DISARMED HIM fada6ee7-cb11-4454-9537-214f61964c92 SHE WAS CONSTANTLY IN A QUITE JUSTIFIABLE TERROR LEST WE SHOULD BE LOST OR KILLED SHE MUST HAVE FELT GREAT RELIEF WHEN SHE REACHED CHARLOTTETOWN AND HANDED US OVER TO THE KEEPING OF UNCLE ALEC INDEED SHE SAID AS MUCH THE STORY GIRL FINISHED HER WREATH AND PUT IT ON THE BUTTERCUPS DROOPED OVER HER HIGH WHITE BROW AND PLAYED PETE WITH HER GLOWING EYES A DREAMY SMILE HOVERED AROUND HER POPPY RED MOUTH A SIGNIFICANT SMILE WHICH TO THOSE OF US SKILLED IN ITS INTERPRETATION BETOKENED THE SENTENCE WHICH SOON CAME faf87022-a92f-4ab8-b316-7b147cb0403b I'M AWFUL GLAD YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD OPINION OF ME I DON'T DESERVE IT BUT AFTER THIS I'LL TRY TO I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW I FEEL ABOUT ALL YOUR KINDNESS I'D LIKE THE FELLOW THE STORY GIRL WROTE ABOUT THAT WHO COULDN'T GET IT OUT I HAVE THE PICTURE THE STORY GIRL GAVE ME FOR MY SERMON ON THE WALL AT THE FOOT OF MY BED I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT IT LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE AUNT JANE FELIX TWITCHED THE QUILT RATHER VICIOUSLY AND GRUNTED BUT I BEGAN TO THINK I WOULD LIKE FELICITY IT MIGHT NOT BE ALTOGETHER HER FAULT THAT SHE WAS VAIN HOW COULD SHE HELP IT WHEN SHE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR I THINK THEY ARE BOTH NICE AND NICE LOOKING SAID CECILY DEAR LITTLE SOUL I WONDER WHAT THE STORY GIRL WILL THINK OF THEM SAID FELICITY AS IF AFTER ALL THAT WAS THE MAIN THING fb1a98e3-62c3-4a28-aea6-697398ccfaf8 THEN THEY LOOKED ACROSS THE DITCH AT THE LEVEL PLAIN BEYOND IT WAS THE COLLISION SAID THE TIN WOODMAN REGRETFULLY HOOP SKIRTS WERE IN THEN SAID AUNT JANET I DON'T SEE HER WEDDING HAT HERE I WAS ALWAYS TOLD SHE PACKED IT AWAY TOO fb333949-a806-4c4d-b8f9-7c4d92bbc2e0 THERE WASN'T MUCH OF HIM TO BURY THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT CLEAR THAT IS WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS DONE AND I HAD TO WALK INTO THE MIDDLE OF THAT MESS AND REPAIR THE THING AND THEY WERE BACK IN BUSINESS fb3f6563-c853-475b-8048-07467774cb1c I TOLD THE CHILDREN A BEAUTIFUL NEW FAIRY STORY TO DAY I MADE THEM GO TO THE SPRUCE WOOD TO HEAR IT A SPRUCE WOOD IS THE PROPER PLACE TO TELL FAIRY STORIES IN FELICITY SAYS SHE CAN'T SEE THAT IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE WHERE YOU TELL THEM BUT OH IT DOES I WISH YOU'D BEEN THERE TO HEAR IT TOO BUT WHEN YOU'RE WELL I WILL TELL IT OVER AGAIN FOR YOU CHAPTER TEN TOMMY QUICKSTEP OUR BEST PLAN SAID THE SCARECROW BEAR WHEN THE GREEN MONKEY HAD RELATED THE STORY OF HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE DRAGONS IS TO GET OUT OF THIS GILICIN COUNTRY AS SOON AS WE CAN TRY TO FIND OUR WAY TO THE CASTLE OF GLINDA THE GOOD SORCERESS THERE ARE TOO MANY DANGERS LURKING HERE TO SUIT ME AND GLINDA MAY BE ABLE TO RESTORE US TO OUR PROPER FORMS fb483e25-eb2f-4be9-a9c4-9b4df28a4720 BRANDON COULD HEAR TOWER'S VOICE IN A VORTEX OF DARKNESS LET'S FACE IT BRANDON IS DEAD MUST IT BURNED WITH THE SHIP AT LEAST THAT'S THE WAY THE REPORT WILL AID GET MAY RHINART YES SIR THE DISEMBODIED VOICE OF RHINHARD REPLIED QUIETLY HOW ABOUT AUNT OLIVIA NO AUNT OLIVIA HAS GONE TO BED WITH A SICK HEADACHE AND MUSTN'T BE DISTURBED SAID THE STORY GIRL SHE SAID I MUST GET DINNER READY BECAUSE THERE WAS PLENTY OF COLD MEAT AND NOTHING TO DO BUT BOIL THE POTATOES AND PEAS AND SET THE TABLE fb4980a6-a822-41e8-8728-a5adf51accf5 THE DEPARTMENT IS OFFICIALLY CALLED MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WHEN IT REALLY SHOULD BE CALLED TROUBLE SHOOTING HYPERSPACE BEACONS ARE TO LAST FOR EVER OR DAMN CLOSE TO IT WHEN ONE OF THEM BREAKS DOWN IT IS NEVER AN ACCIDENT AND REPAIRING THE THING IS NEVER A MATTER OF JUST PLUGGING IN A NEW PART I'LL GIVE HER THAT SPONGE CAKE I MADE THIS MORNING SAID FELICITY I GUESS SHE DOESN'T GET SPONGE CAKE VERY OFTEN I'VE NOTHING BUT THE RHEUMATISM RING I GOT AS A PREMIUM FOR SELLING NEEDLES LAST WINTER SAID PETER I'LL GIVE HER THAT EVEN IF SHE HASN'T GOT RHEUMATISM IT'S A REAL HANDSOME RING IT LOOKS LIKE SOLID GOLD fb6891aa-5cb7-4957-b0db-664eb9c198ca BEVERLY IS HANDSOME BUT FELIX IS TOO FAT ANSWERED FELICITY PROMPTLY RAY FROWNED AND SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MASS APPEAL PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT HE CONTINUED JUST LISTEN TO ME I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT OUR CIVILIZATION AND OUR SCIENCE AND HIS VOICE BROKE OFF AS IF HE HAD BEEN STRUCK IN THE FACE fb7ca3ac-47a4-403a-84b5-cc9504f15bff I HAVE COAXED UNCLE ALEX NOT TO BURN HISTATO STOCKS TILL YOU GET WELL BECAUSE I REMEMBER HOW YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE THE POTATO STOCKS BURN UNCLE ALEC CONSENTED THOUGH AUNT JANET SAID IT WAS HIGH TIME THEY WERE BURNED UNCLE ROGER BURNED HIS LAST NIGHT AND IT WAS SUCH FUN QUITE RIGHT MY FRIEND AGREED THE SCARECROW WILL YOU ACCOMPANY ME ON THIS ERRAND ASKED THE TIN EMPEROR OF COURSE SAID THE SCARECROW AND WILL YOU TAKE ME ALONG PLEADED BOOT THE WANDERER IN AN EAGER VOICE fb805e26-ba22-43ff-bb8c-f9ba4697a433 YET ALL THREE WERE GREATLY IMPRESSED BY MISSUS EWKES'S POWERS HE KNEW THAT HE HAD FALLEN INTO A CAVERN WE HAD KNOWN THE SWEETNESS OF COMMON JOYS THE DELIGHTS OF DAWNS THE DREAM OF GLAMOUR OF NOONTIDES THE LONG PURPLE PEACE OF CARE FREE NIGHTS fb87e39e-f72f-4fdb-93a3-ca7d44cffc4c WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO BE THE EMPRESS OF THE WINKIES ASKED THE TIN WOODMAN AND FELT OF HIS DOUBLE ARM NOW WE MUST WRITE THE LETTER AND TAKE IT AND THE PRESENTS TO HER RIGHT AWAY BEFORE IT GETS DARK SAID THE STORY GIRL YOU MUST BE SPECIALLY CAREFUL NOT TO MURDER ANY ONE fbbbd3df-a9ee-4d7a-8698-5c21e98c9ba0 I CAN'T PROVE IT WASN'T A NIGHTMARE CHUCKLED VIC COME ALONG AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING YOU MISSED HE LED THE WAY TO THE LABORATORY AND UNLOCKED A DRAWER ONE OF SEVERAL BENEATH THE WORK TABLE FOR IT IS SURE TO COME AND IF IT IS NOT JUST AS WE HAVE PICTURED IT IT WILL BE INFINITELY SWEETER THE END END OF CHAPTER THIRTY TWO END OF THE BOOK THE STORY GIRL BY LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY fbc04ee6-9572-4316-992d-4e61def7b879 I HAD VERY LITTLE SITTING DOWN PATIENCE ANYWAY AND IT HAD BEEN LONG SINCE EXHAUSTED HE READ SILENTLY FOR A FEW MOMENTS THEN BEGAN TO FILL OUT A FORM CLIPPED TO THE FOLDER WELL I THINK YOU PROBABLY ARE DUE FOR ANOTHER BOOSTER ABOUT NOW THERE'LL HAVE TO BE THE USUAL TESTS NOT THAT THERE'S MUCH DOUBT WE LIKE TO BE CERTAIN fbc30b72-9901-4030-b278-bcfc86f7c4f4 JUDGE RAY WAS NOW FRANTICALLY TRYING TO REMOVE HIS DIVING HELMET AGAIN EXCITEMENT MADE HIS MOTIONS INEFFECTING AND HIS SIGNAL FOR FARMER TO HELP HIM THEN CONTINUED TO FUMBLE WITH THE FASTENINGS HIMSELF HE IGNORED THE INEVITABLE GLORY OF MORNING RAINBOW THAT JUST PRECEDED PROCYON'S RISING AND STRODE IRRITABLY DOWN TO HIS MINIATURE DOCK HE WAS STILL SCOWLING OVER WHAT HE SHOULD TELL CHARLIE MACK WHEN THE ISLAND QUEEN HOVE INTO VIEW fbf0aa76-b914-4998-aba3-3f55cd3d7e37 OF COURSE BUT INTEREST ALL THE SAME BUT HE HAD ENOUGH IN THAT ONE GLIMPSE TO TELL HIM THE REASON FOR SHARP'S MISERY AFTER CHECKING OUT THE CONTROLS AND SPECIAL APPARATUS WITH THE TECHNICIANS I CLEARED THE SHIP OF COURSE YOU DON'T EXPECT THEM TO FIRE WARSHIP PLANS WITH THE LEGAL REGISTRY DO YOU fbf2c6ae-4e36-4270-accd-d033674a4f9c THEN GET ME AN AXE I COMMANDED QUICK AN AXE HESITATED PARON AN AXE AND BE QUICK ABOUT IT ALL ROAMS CHECKED RESULTS NEGATIVE EXCEPT FOR ONE OPTIC BUG IN THAT WALL fbfa5042-31c0-48c5-af31-b0cd00203295 YET MISSUS YUKE INSISTS THAT NO POWER CAN ALTER TRANSFORMATIONS HE GLANCED AT THE KING WHO NODDED HIS HEAD IN ASCENT HE WAS VISITING HERE WITH HIS WIFE TWO AGO AND HE CALLED ME JOHNNY EVERY TIME HE SPOKE TO ME fc018331-52d6-48b5-92bb-46083e6d423e TO THINK THAT JERRY COWAN SHOULD HAVE SEEN SUCH A PICTURE OFTEN WE WERE AS DEEPLY IMPRESSED AS FELIX HAD MEANT US TO BE VERY WELL HE SAID THINK OF A WORD THINK OF ANY SINGLE WORD I SHALL TELL IT TO YOU fc03fbd3-07a0-4e5b-a42e-704b442678da OH SARA STANLEY DO YOU BELIEVE IT DO YOU GASPED FELICITY CLUTCHING THE STORY GIRL'S HAND SARA'S A NICE GIRL SHE'S ONLY ELEVEN AND HER MOTHER IS DREADFULLY STRICT SHE NEVER ALLOWS SARA TO READ A SINGLE STORY JUST YOU FANCY JUST DOWN THE HILL YOU CAN'T SEE THE HOUSE FOR THE SPRUCE BUSH fc09c930-e94e-4ace-96d2-53d4716072e0 IN THE CASE OF TISSUE REGENERATION OR THE CHANGE TOOK PLACE SO RAPIDLY IN JUST A GENERATION OR SO THAT INSTINCTIVE FEAR IS EVEN MORE UNDERSTANDABLE ALTHOUGH QUITE AS UNJUSTIFIED I ASSURE YOU THE DOCTOR STOOD UP INDICATING THAT THE SESSION WAS ENDING VING STRONG NOBLE AND VALIANT HE SAID RAINBOW BRIDGE IS NOT FOR THEE fc15fafa-953b-457c-a907-306e6f4c60ee WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIS QUOTATIONS MEANT BUT WE UNDERSTOOD HE THOUGHT PETER WAS GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE OF FELICITY FELICITY TOSSED HER HEAD IT ISN'T MY FAULT THAT HE'S GOING TO CHURCH SHE SAID SNAPPISHLY IT'S THE STORY GIRL'S DOINGS CECILY SAID FELICITY IN A HUSHED TONE YOU ARE THE BEST OF US ALL YOU OPEN THE PARCEL OH I'M NO GOODER THAN THE REST OF YOU BREATHED CECILY BUT I'LL OPEN IT IF YOU LIKE fc3a67e2-2249-4647-9b4b-762dc81a5401 AUNT JANE USED TO SAY IF A MAN DIDN'T HAVE HEADS AND STICK TO THEM HE'D GO WANDERING ALL OVER THE BIBLE AND NEVER GET ANYWHERE IN PARTICULAR RATHER THAN HAVE HIM GO WITHOUT ONE THERE WAS A PRINCESS WHO WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS IN THE WORLD fc55705e-6b07-4662-9b3c-17674e0bb5e0 I CAN EASILY PROVE IT BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS HE SAID BUT YOU MUST GO WITH ME TO MY KINGDOM FOR THE PROOF YOU'D UNDERSTAND WHY IF YOU EVER SAW HIM AT A PARTY OR A PICNIC SAID FELICITY TRYING TO PASS PLATES AND DROPPING THEM WHENEVER A WOMAN LOOKED AT HIM THEY SAY IT'S PITIFUL TO SEE HIM I MUST GET WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THAT MAN NEXT SUMMER SAID THE STORY GIRL fc6644d7-f6aa-4255-85ce-5583b818aac4 NO SAID THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER THAT IS TOO HIGH A PRICE TO PAY OUR FRIEND'S STRAWS NICE AND FRESH FOR IT WAS RESTUFFED ONLY A LITTLE WHILE AGO IF I DO TAKE THE MEASLES AND ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME FELICITY IS TO HAVE MY CHERRY VASE I'D RATHER GIVE IT TO THE STORY GIRL BUT DAN SAYS IT OUGHT TO BE KEPT IN THE FAMILY EVEN IF FELICITY IS A CRANK fc6ed3e1-998e-4ece-a887-f33bb3dff02f WHILE SPEAKING HE WENT NEARER TO ONE OF THE GREAT DOORS YOU MAY BE ALL RIGHT IN YOUR CLASS BUT YOUR CLASS ISN'T MY CLASS BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANYTHING I'VE GOT LET ME KNOW AND I'LL LEAVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOU TO HAVE IT I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL SECRETLY WORRIED BECAUSE I DID NOT GROW I fc9e2553-7e73-4060-bf76-76ff6c97efe7 SHE LIFTED HER HAND AND BECKONED BLITHELY TO US AND THE ORCHARD FORGOTTEN WE FOLLOWED HER SUMMONS FOR WE KNEW THAT THIS MUST BE THE STORY GIRL AND IN THAT GAY AND GRACEFUL GESTURE WAS AN ALLUREMENT NOT TO BE GAINSAID OR DENIED WE LOOKED AT HER AS WE DREW NEAR WITH SUCH INTEREST THAT WE FORGOT TO FEEL SHY AH THEY'VE ALREADY RECOGNIZED MY STARTLING WORTH SAID ORAN THE WOLFISH GRIN TOOK OVER STETSON'S BIG FEATURES SENIOR FIELD MEN LAST ABOUT HALF AS LONG AS JUNIORS HE SAID MORTALITY'S TERRIFIC I MIGHT HAVE KNOWN SAID ORAN HE TOOK ANOTHER SIP OF THE BRANDY fca66676-1041-4582-b694-4c21de1a1c29 P S THE STORY GIRL PIEED OVER MY SHOULDER AND SAYS I OUGHT TO HAVE SIGNED IT YOURS AFFECTIONATELY BUT I KNOW BETTER BECAUSE THE FAMILY GUIDE HAS TOLD LOTS OF TIMES HOW YOU SHOULD SIGN YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE WRITING TO A YOUNG MAN WHO IS ONLY A FRIEND FROM THE DIRECTIONS OUR FRIENDS ARE TAKING I BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO PASS BY GINGER'S RANCH SO IF WE START NOW WE MAY MEET THEM THERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO WITH ME DOROTHY OF COURSE ANSWERED THE LITTLE GIRL I WOULDN'T MISS IT FOR ANYTHING fcc1ccff-fade-411a-b565-d68ba1c379d3 THE WORK OF GENIUS WHICH WILL ALLOW MANKIND AND FARMER COULD JUST MAKE OUT HIS LAZY CONTEMPTUOUS SMILE THROUGH THE MURKY WATER WAS I MISTAKEN IN THINKING THAT DONALD FRAGON SAID ONCE THAT HIS FAVOURITE HORSE SHOULD NEVER BE BACKED BY ANY MAN BUT HIM fcc38e90-714b-4e76-99e5-581e0963a902 UNCLE ROGER'S LAUGHTER WAS HARD TO BEAR BUT HIS GRAVITY WAS EVEN HARDER I THOUGHT OF IT WHEN I HEARD YOURS I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT BEFORE BUT I DO NOW BUT SHE NEVER TRIED IT AGAIN BUT OF COURSE WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET ANY MORE RICH THINGS FOR SUPPER AUNT JANET AND FELICITY ADMINISTERED ALL THE HOMELY REMEDIES THEY COULD THINK OF fcc91216-00fc-44d8-9dbf-8a4c8042eb97 WE HAD TO GO UP TO SARA RAY'S LANE WITH HER TO HER VERY DOOR FOR SHE WAS AFRAID PEG BOWEN WOULD CATCH HER IF SHE WENT ALONE THEY CEASED AND ALL HEAVEN WAS HUSHED TELLS IT NOW OH IT ISN'T THE RIGHT KIND OF STORY TO TELL ON SUNDAY SHE REPLIED BUT I'LL TELL IT TOMORROW MORNING fcced727-9fb2-4327-baae-5f46920e69a7 I'M MARTIAL AND I SUSPECT THAT YOU ARE A LATE PIG SANDWICH OR CAUSED BY ONE I SHOULD EAT SO LATE SAY SIR WHEN YOU REPLY TO ME I AM NO PIG SANDWICH AND I DO NOT COMMONLY CALL ON FOOLS GET ON YOUR FEET YOU CLOD THEY WERE SPOTTED WITH CLUMPS OF GRAY GRASS EVEN AS WAS THE DESERT THE HILLS WERE STUDDED WITH WEIRD TREES STANDING STIFF BRANCHES OUTSTRETCHED LIKE AN ARMY OF SCARECROWS THE AIR OF SERIOUS THREE WAS DOING STRANGE THINGS TO HIM TWO OF THE TREES SEEMED TO BE MOVING HE SWAYED AND SAT HEAVILY fce682dc-0b7b-4da0-b4ec-ece9c9cd7700 BUT TO FELIX EVERYTHING SUDDENLY BECAME FLAT STALE AND UNPROFITABLE BECAUSE PETER CONTINUED TO HOLD THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF BITTER APPLES IT HAUNTED HIS WAKING HOURS AND OBSESSED HIS NIGHTS I HEARD HIM TALKING IN HIS SLEEP ABOUT IT PERHAPS WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ESCAPE fcef9b8f-8550-45f6-ad34-25aa1689ad52 GOOD AND PROPER AS THEY WERE NOW ONCE SO IT SEEMED THEY HAD GOTTEN INTO MISCHIEF AND EVEN HAD THEIR QUARRELS AND DISAGREEMENTS AFTER THIS THEY FOLLOWED THE ADVENTURE OF THE LITTLE BROWN BEAR AND THE TIN OWL AND THE GREEN MONKEY WITH BREATHLESS INTEREST AND THEY WERE DELIGHTED WHEN THEY ESCAPED FROM MISSUS UKE fd10f72e-abe3-43ca-bb2d-1cf38c7718cc ABOUT A MAN WHO SAW THE DEVIL NOW WHAT'S THE MATTER FELICITY BOTH OF AGLEIA'S ARMS WERE HELD FAST TO HER SIDES BY GLECON'S ARMS BUT OUR FRIENDS KEPT ON WALKING EVEN AFTER THE SUN WENT DOWN SHE RAN AWAY LAUGHING IN WICKED GLEE fd1f4532-a285-40b2-9505-4d14c6e9a128 FELIX MARCHED OVER TO UNCLE ROGER'S AND WE TRAILED AFTER SCENTING A SCENE HE TOLD FELICITY AND FELICITY TOLD ME I WON'T PUT UP WITH IT HE LOOKED BACK AT THE NILEN SHOOT AGAIN A COLD ACHE FILLED THE CAVITY OF HIS STOMACH BARRING A REALLY MAJOR ACCIDENT THERE'S NO REASON YOU SHOULDN'T LIVE AT LEAST ANOTHER SEVENTY FIVE YEARS fd28a3bb-ef0f-4b78-b841-13a836a6f7c2 IF THEY ARE PEOPLE TAKE THEM IT'S BEEN A FEW HUNDRED YEARS HE KNEW IT BETTER THAN ANY ONE ELSE WE CAN EVEN ADD OTHER THINGS HEAT AND ELECTRICITY FOR EXAMPLE SOME NATURAL FORCE THEY'VE CORRALLED I IMAGINE fd2ad65c-3b58-4ade-b89c-51ce8dd4d6d8 WAIT FOR ME PETER SHE CALLED WE WALKED ON IN SILENCE FOR A TIME THINKING OUR OWN YOUNG THOUGHTS PROTESTED FELICITY BUT MANOEL HAD A JOB TO DO AND HE DID IT US DIONES SORROS EVEN PEOPLE A SCRAP OF BALD HEADED AND DESOLATE MOUNTAINS fd35426b-7252-49a7-b224-4bb87a387d7f SO OF COURSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DREAMS THE GROWN UPS WERE AWAY THAT EVENING ATTENDING A LECTURE AT MARKDALE WHEN WE HAD PICKED ENOUGH WE SAT DOWN ON THE MOSS GROWN STONES AT THE END OF A LONG ARCADE WHERE IT OPENED OUT ON TO THE HARVEST GOLDEN VALLEY BELOW US fd3c6d71-e635-4a0f-bdd3-22365075b056 IT WAS A SAD ATTEMPT JUST AT THE MOMENT OF COURSE YOU'RE AT A CROSSROAD FARMER BRACED HIMSELF FOR RETALIATION HOMESIDE WILL DENY THEIR AUTONOMY AUBREY I'VE HAD A WARP BEING MESSAGE TO DAY ORDERING ME TO MOVE IN fd3cbd4a-58f0-4ef4-ad22-3ef5e8afdc90 I'VE JUST AS GOOD A RIGHT TO PRAY WHAT I WANT FOR AS YOU FELIX KING SEEMS AS IF HE MUST BE RIGHT AND YET IT DOESN'T SEEM SO THEIR MINDS WERE VERY VERY BORING AND QUITE BLANK HYRCUFF YUNUS REFLECTED MIGHT BE A DEFINITE RELIEF THAT OF COURSE MADE MATTERS SIMPLER fd3d2ee5-c9a6-4c1c-8e58-0cf2ce95f252 I'M JUST GOING TO PRAY TO GOD TO SEND ME SOME MONEY SHE ANNOUNCED DESPERATELY AT LAST UNCLE ROGER SAYS SHE DIDN'T EXACTLY ASK HIM BUT SHE HELPED THE LAME DOG OVER THE STILE SO SLICK THAT RICHARD WAS ENGAGED TO HER BEFORE HE KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM SAID THE STORY GIRL IT WAS QUITE DARK IN THE HALLWAY NOW THAT THE DOOR OUTSIDE WAS SHUT WELL KNOWN IN THE EMERALD CITY fd47013f-6745-4aa1-9e5d-ef53a106b73e I SAW A PICTURE OF THE DEVIL ONCE BUT THE STORY GIRL'S BRIEF BITTER ANGER HAD VANISHED GO TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH UNTIL YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE A HORSE AS INSTANTANEOUSLY AS IT HAD COME THE PAIN LEFT HIM AND HE REGAINED CONTROL OF IT QUICKLY THEN fd4801c8-ee5b-443b-9316-fd9008acce82 BUT THEN THESE TWO QUAINT PERSONS NEVER SLEPT WHY SHOULD THEY SLEEP WHEN THEY NEVER TIRED AND NOW AS THE BRILLIANT SUN SANK LOW OVER THE WINKY COUNTRY OF OZ TINTING THE GLISTENING TIN TOWERS AND THE TIN MINARETS OF THE TIN CASTLE WITH GLORIOUS SUNSET HUES THERE APPROACHED ALONG A WINDING PATHWAY WOOT THE WANDERER WHO MET AT THE CASTLE ENTRANCE A WINKY SERPENT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF LIFE ABOUT THE PLACE EXCEPT SIGHT OF ILL OMEN A LARGE BLACK CAT SITTING ON THE TOPMOST STEP WE THOUGHT OF UNCLE RUTE ROGER'S GRUESOME HINTS COULD THAT BLACK CAT BE PEG NONSENSE BUT STILL IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE AN ORDINARY CAT IT WAS SO LARGE AND HAD SUCH GREEN MALICIOUS EYES fd4bd047-a305-49f5-b8f8-0bfd87210feb ADVENTURES TO ME ARE GOOD FUN ONLY I NEVER LIKE TO STAY TOO LONG ON EARTH YOU'RE IN NO HURRY ARE YOU I WISH I KNEW WHETHER IT WAS THE PRAYING FOR OR PEG BOWEN THAT CURED PAT SAID FELIX IN PERPLEXITY fd52a97b-b40d-4940-833c-07306528e33d PETER AND THE STORY GIRL SO IT APPEARED HAD WOOED WILD DREAMS TO THEIR PILLOWS BY THE SIMPLE DEVICE OF EATING RICH INDIGESTIBLE THINGS BEFORE THEY WENT TO BED AUNT OLIVIA KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT OF COURSE SHE PERMITTED THEM ONLY A PLAIN WHOLESOME LUNCH AT BEDTIME BUT DURING THE DAY THE STORY GIRL WOULD SMUGGLE UPSTAIRS VARIOUS TIDBITS FROM THE PANTRY PUTTING HALF IN PETER'S ROOM AND HALF IN HER OWN AND THE RESULT WAS THESE VISIONS WHICH HAD BEEN OUR DESPAIR I GLANCED DOWN AT MY WATCH FEARFUL FOR A MOMENT THAT IT HAD BEEN BROKEN OR LOST IN THE MALAY IT WAS STILL RUNNING APPARENTLY UNDAMAGED LET'S SEE IT'S FOUR MINUTES OF ONE THAT GIVES US SEVEN MINUTES CAN WE MAKE IT I THINK SO IT'S NOT SO FAR AND WE'RE NEARLY OUT OF THE CITY WE HAVE TO MAKE IT VIC LED THE WAY HOPE AND I FOLLOWING ANXIOUSLY I WATCHED THE MINUTE HAND OF THE WATCH SLIDE TOWARD THE SEVEN OF THE DIAL fd59148c-4394-4074-9545-1c870c0c2895 I DON'T SUPPOSE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SINGLE ONE OF US CHILDREN HERE AT ALL OR IF WE WERE WE WOULD BE PART SOMEBODY ELSE AND THAT WOULD BE ALMOST AS BAD OH I'M SO GLAD YOU BOYS HAVE COME TO LIVE HERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE EXCEPT DAYS SO WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR OWN GOOD TIMES WHICH MEANT JONAS REFLECTED THAT HE WAS IN A FAIR WAY TO GET HIMSELF BURNED AS A HERETIC UNLESS HE WATCHED HIS STEP CAREFULLY HERC NUF'S FAME HAS REACHED MY OWN COUNTRY FAR AWAY HE SAID WITH SOME TRUTH FIRST THERE WAS THE CELL WHICH WAS IN THE BASIN OF THE TOWN HALL fd5fc254-7772-475f-b6eb-86f87f847637 OH NO OF COURSE NOT HE COULDN'T FIND THE CAPSULE PARTS WERE STREWN ALONG THE BOTTOM IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT EVERYBODY IN THE SANTA MAGNOLENA SEE THEM WE SURE DON'T KNOW THAT fd69b31b-2422-403e-a9d5-ed9ab04fb683 YOUR FORM OF ENCHANTMENT MY POOR BOY SHE SAID PITYINGLY IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE OTHERS PETER IS NO RELATION EITHER BUT HE IS GOING TO BE HERE WHEN WE OPEN IT SO WHY SHOULDN'T SARA PETER AIN'T A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY YET BUT MAYBE HE WILL BE SOME DAY HEY FELICITY SAID DAN fd780921-fe53-4b59-a3e4-1dbe0010e901 ONE DAY LAST FALL THE AWKWARD MAN WENT TO SUMMERSIDE AND MISSUS GRIGGS SCRUBBED HIS KITCHEN THEN SHE WENT OVER THE WHOLE HOUSE AND TRIED THE DOOR OF THE WEST ROOM MISSUS GRIGGS IS A VERY CURIOUS WOMAN WITH YELLS OF FEAR THEY BOUNDED AWAY IN ALL DIRECTIONS SCATTERING ABOUT THE CLEARING WITH WOOT THE WANDERER IN FULL CHASE THAT IS TRUE AND IT IS THE PLAN I WAS ABOUT TO SUGGEST REPLIED POLYCHROME THE CANARY BIRD fd8fc2eb-96a6-4823-8c5b-72095335099c IT HAD JOINTS AT THE KNEE AND AT THE ANKLE AND WAS ALMOST AS COMFORTABLE AS THE LEG I HAD LOST BUT THE MASTER WOULD NOT LET THEM IF YOU HAD DIED PETER AND YOUR FATHER HAD HEARD IT WOULDN'T HE HAVE FELT DREADFUL fd94f7d9-2d74-4de6-8f4b-d71a3ae568be I WOULD INDEED WAS THE EARNEST REPLY THEN I WILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU PROMISED THE RAINBOW'S DAUGHTER AND FLYING TO THE GROUND SHE TOOK A SMALL TWIG IN HER BILL AND WITH IT MADE SEVERAL MYSTIC FIGURES ON EACH SIDE OF TOMMY CLICKSTEP O DON'T ANYBODY INTERRUPT AGAIN IMPLORED THE STORY GIRL IT ISN'T FAIR HOW CAN ANYONE PREACH A GOOD SERMON IF HE IS ALWAYS BEING INTERRUPTED NOBODY INTERRUPTED BEVERLY fd95479b-7ba8-4783-83ba-642afd902d75 FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYE I COULD SEE HIM GETTING PURPLE ABOUT THE FACE RELATING TO THE SHIP'S TRANSMITTER THE SCENE IN THE MONITOR RECEIVER CHANGED YOU ARE NOW LOOKING AT A HYDROGEN BOMB THAT IS PRIMED AND AWARE OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD HOLDING OUR SHIPS TOGETHER IT WILL OF COURSE GO OFF IF YOU TRY TO PULL AWAY I HAVE BEEN CRYING ALL THE AFTERNOON I BUT WHEN THE STORY GIRL WREATHED HER NUT BROWN TRESSES WITH CRIMSON LEAVES IT SEEMED AS PETER SAID THAT THEY GREW ON HER fd9e7d4a-c10b-45aa-b0a4-7156d7315e81 OH DO YOU SUPPOSE SHE CAUGHT THEM AT THE MAGIC LANTERN SHOW SHE SAID MISERABLY WHERE ELSE SHOULD SHE HAVE CAUGHT THEM SAID FELICITY MERCILESSLY I DIDN'T SEE HER OF COURSE MISSUS RAY MET ME AT THE DOOR AND TOLD ME NOT TO COME IN I DO NOT KNOW WHICH HURT OUR FEELINGS MOST THE SCOLDING WE GOT FROM AUNT JANET OR THE RIDICULE WHICH THE OTHER GROWN UPS ESPECIALLY UNCLE ROGER SHOWERED ON US PETER RECEIVED AN EXTRA SETTING DOWN WHICH HE CONSIDERED RANK INJUSTICE fda0b78d-670d-4a48-8fcd-6d300cd20df5 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU DELARMED YOURSELF THERE WAS A PAUSE AND BRANDON COULD ALMOST SEE COLONEL TOWERS DRAWING UP TO HIS FULL HEIGHT ONCE ON THE GROUND IT WOULD NEVER BE NOTICED THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE DISCONCERTING TO SEE IT FLOAT BY fda59ea4-b29d-49ba-ac8c-4c89de4b3fec THE MISSIONARY HAD AT LEAST SEVEN HAPPY LISTENERS THAT NIGHT WE ALL WERE GLAD THAT SARA DID NOT HAVE MEASLES AND THE STORY GIRL WAS RADIANT WELL I WILL IF YOU DON'T WANT IT I'M NOT TROUBLED WITH FANCIES THAT SEEMS TO BE ALL EXCEPT THIS BOX I SUPPOSE THE WEDDING DRESS IS IN IT fda5f674-b204-4016-97a6-5697ffe2ba96 MOTHER SAID TEN O'CLOCK AND SHE'LL STICK TO IT SAID FELICITY CROSSLY IT'S ONLY NINE NOW LET US PUT THE CLOCK ON HALF AN HOUR SAID THE STORY GIRL THE CLOCK IN THE HALL ISN'T GOING SO NO ONE WILL KNOW THE DIFFERENCE WE ALL LOOKED AT EACH OTHER I WOULDN'T DARE SAID THE FELICITY IRRESOLUTELY OH IF THAT'S ALL I'LL DO IT SAID THE STORY GIRL WITH THIS ASSURANCE I PULLED OFF MY FLASHY CLOTHES AND SLIPPED INTO THE MIDNIGHT BLACK DRESS UNIFORM OF AN ADMIRAL IN THE LEAGUE GRAN FLEET IT CAME COMPLETE WITH DECORATIONS GOLD BULLION AND ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS I THOUGHT IT A LITTLE SHOWY MYSELF BUT IT WAS JUST THE THING TO MAKE THE RIGHT IMPRESSION SETANOVO LIKE MANY OTHER PLANETS THIS ONE WAS UNIFORM CONSCIOUS DELIVERY BOYS STREET CLEANERS CLERKS ALL HAVE TO HAVE CHARACTERISTIC UNIFORMS fdaa5224-37fc-4e79-b20f-5265e9107246 UNIVERSAL SYMBOL OF PEACEFUL INTENTIONS EMPTY HANDS THE GUN MUZZLE LOWERED SLIGHTLY ORN CALLED INTO HIS MIND THE LANGUAGE THAT HAD BEEN HYPNO FORCED INTO HIM O CHIRO NO THAT MEANT THE PEOPLE THE FAT ONE ISN'T SO BAD HE ISN'T SO QUICK TO MOVE AND GET OUT OF YOUR SIGHT WHILE YOU'RE WINKING AS THE THIN ONE BUT THE ONLY SAFE WAY TO TRAVEL WITH THOSE YOUNG ONES WOULD BE TO HAVE EM BOTH TIED TO YOU WITH A SHORT ROPE A MIGHTY SHORT ROPE fdabe87b-4126-474b-aaf0-89efaeec4abf THAT WAS AN UNCANNY EXHIBITION FOR A GIRL OF FOURTEEN YOU KNOW ROGER SAID AUNT OLIVIA MUSINGLY WHAT IS IN STORE FOR THAT CHILD NO BUT IT FITTED MY HUNCH ABOUT THIS THESE JAINANDS I'D KIND OF FELT FROM THE FIRST MINUTE OF MEETING THEM THAT THEY HAD A CULTURE LIKE THE INDIANS OF ANCIENT TERRA WHY fddff74f-e236-4c2c-8da9-03ccafb32de9 WHAT WERE YOU CRYING FOR THEN I SAID HURRAH SHOUTED DAN EVERYBODY HEERED AT UNCLE ALEC IS ALWAYS KIND TO HER THE POOR POOR GIRL WAS STILL THE SLAVE OF THE WITCH I MUST DELIVER A NOTE WHICH I CARRIED IN MY POCKET EVER SINCE THE WITCH fde028d0-8cef-4ed7-b7ac-fcf64e24bd9a AFTER HE HAD BEEN IN HER SERVICE FOR SOME TIME OZMA SENT HIM INTO THE GILICAN COUNTRY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO KEEP AMONG THE WILD PEOPLE WHO INHABIT SOME PARTS OF THAT UNKNOWN COUNTRY OF OZ AS FOR WOUT BEING A WANDERER BY PROFESSION HE WAS ALLOWED TO WANDER WHEREVER HE DESIRED AND OZMA PROMISED TO KEEP WATCH OVER HIS FUTURE JOURNEYS AND TO PROTECT THE BOY AS WELL AS SHE WAS ABLE IN CASE HE EVER GOT INTO MORE TROUBLE THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'D APPROACH THE SAME PROBLEMS BELIEVER THAT UD GIVE US FOR YOU SOUND LIKE A UNILACTICAL LECTURE ARE YOU THROUGH MARCHING ARM IN ARM INTO THE MISTY FUTURE HORN TOOK A BREATH WHY'S A FRESHMAN LIKE ME BEING TOSSED INTO THIS DISH fe0358f8-a30b-4a6e-8384-f627ea8cd258 I THINK IT WAS UNCLE ROGER'S LAST ARGUMENT WHICH CONVINCED AUNT JANET IN THE END SHE DECIDED TO GO UNCLE ROGER'S HOUSE WAS TO BE CLOSED AND HE AND PETER AND THE STORY GIRL WOULD TAKE UP THEIR ABODE WITH US WE WERE ALL DELIGHTED I DIDN'T LIKE TO DISAPPOINT THE POOR GIRL WHO HAD BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY ONE TIN MAN ALREADY fe0f910c-9cd2-41b8-ba40-dcbc8261a176 HIS VOICE TRAILED OFF THE MACHINE HISSED SNAPPED AND CRACKLED THE TELEVISION SAT FLICKERED HUMMED GAVE OUT A FLASHING DANCE OF SERESTIC DOODLES AND ABRUPTLY PRESENTED A PICTURE IT WAS A PICTURE OF MILTON BOROUGH RAY LOOKED MAD STARTED TO AIM A KICK AT THE SCREAM BUT THOUGHT BETTER OF IT A SMALL WAVE ALMOST MADE HIM SET DOWN ON THE DECK BEFORE HE GOT BOTH FEET PLANTED AGAIN HE SWORE AND STARTED TO CHECK THE WIRING THE STORY GIRL MADE NO RESPONSE PETER SIDLED UP TO HER I'M AWFUL SORRY HE SAID CONTRITELY I NEVER MEANT TO LAUGH IT JUST HAPPENED BEFORE I COULD STOP MYSELF IT WAS THIS WAY DON'T YOU EVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN SAID THE STORY GIRL IN A TONE OF COLD CONCENTRATED FURY GO AND BE A METHODIST OR A MOHAMMEDAN OR ANYTHING I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU ARE YOU HAVE HUMILIATED ME fe1826bf-c9ac-44ba-804c-d75319ffc092 AUNT OLIVIA REALLY WAS A DUCK WE WANTED TO STAY WITH HER ALSO BUT AUNT JANE WOULDN'T HEAR OF SUCH A THING SHE ORDERED IT OFF US OFF TO BED SAYING THAT IT WAS POSITIVELY SINFUL IN US TO BE SO WORKED UP OVER A CAT THEY FOUND OUT I WAS THERE ONLY TO HELP THEM RESTORE THE FLOW OF THE WATERS THEY BOUGHT THIS TENTATIVELY AND WE ALL HEAVED OUT OF THE TUB AND TRICKLED MUDDY PATHS ACROSS THE FLOOR THERE WAS A BOLTED AND GUARDED DOOR THAT LED INTO THE PYRAMID PROPER WHILE IT WAS BEING OPENED THE FIRST LIZARD TURNED TO ME fe1a85d6-2494-43ce-9dce-2a60a0ba3e3e THIS IS DIFFERENT I KNOW WHAT I'M FIGHTING FOR BUT I CAN'T THINK OF THE WORD I GUESS YOU MEAN PRINCIPLE I SUGGESTED YES THAT'S IT AGREED PETER IT'S ALL RIGHT TO FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE IT'S KIND OF PRAYING WITH YOUR FISTS SARA MUST NOT DO PENANCE IN THAT WAY SHE WOULD WEAR HOLES IN HER STOCKINGS AND MIGHT SERIOUSLY BRUISE HER FEET fe1c776c-fcdd-418d-b7bf-ea160b4b354c PETER PRAYS THREE TIMES A DAY REGULAR IN THE MORNING AND AT DINNER TIME AND AT NIGHT AND BESIDES THAT ANY TIME THROUGH THE DAY WHEN HE HAPPENS TO THINK OF IT HE JUST PRAYS STANDING UP DID YOU EVER HEAR OF SUCH GOINGS ON WE REMEMBERED THAT AUNT OLIVIA HAD WRITTEN TO FATHER THAT CECILY WAS A TRUE WARD SHE HAD NO SENSE OF HUMOR WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS NOT EXACTLY COMPLIMENTARY fe1f4d3e-c5fc-440e-82be-848841494bc3 I COULD START THE WATER AGAIN EASILY ENOUGH BUT THERE WAS NO FUEL LEFT IN THE REACTOR I WASN'T GOING TO PLAY WITH THE FUEL PROBLEM AT ALL IT WOULD BE FAR EASIER TO INSTALL A NEW POWER PLANT I HAD ONE IN THE SHIP THAT WAS ABOUT A TENTH THE SIZE OF THE ANCIENT BUCKET OF BOLTS AND PRODUCED AT LEAST FOUR TIMES THE POWER UNCLE ROGER SHOOK HIS HEAD THAT IS JUST THE TROUBLE HE SAID PEOPLE WON'T BELIEVE IT TILL IT'S TOO LATE I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO MARKDALE TO PAY A MAN THERE SOME MONEY I OWE HIM AND AFTER DINNER I'M GOING TO SUMMERSIDE TO BUY ME A NEW SUIT MY OLD ONE'S TOO SHABBY FOR THE JUDGMENT DAY HE GOT INTO HIS BUGGY AND DROVE AWAY LEAVING EIGHT DISTRACTED MORTALS BEHIND HIM fe2746b6-b7c4-4274-9270-9a2e408f752e NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING I SNAPPED INTO THE MIKE WORKING AWAY THE WORRIED BILLIONAIRE EXPRESSION FIRST I'LL REPEAT YOUR OWN WARNING OBEY ORDERS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE I'LL SHOW YOU WHY WHEN I THREW THE BIG SWITCH A CAREFULLY WORKED OUT SEQUENCE TOOK PLACE IT WILL SOON BE WINTER I WISH SUMMER WOULD LAST FOREVER FELICITY LIKES THE WINTER AND SO DOES THE STORY GIRL BUT I DON'T IT ALWAYS SEEMS SO LONG TILL SPRING fe28cb62-1d27-4597-9082-3fc73064fed9 I WASN'T CRIED NAN HE MUST BE IN THE HOUSE I'VE BEEN SITTING RIGHT ACROSS A DOOR EVER SINCE YOU LEFT AND HE COULDN'T HAVE GOT OUT UNLESS HE CRAWLED RIGHT OVER ME HE MUST BE IN THE HOUSE THE CRYSTAL NOW WE MUST HAVE IT TO QUIET THE ZID UNTIL IT IS SAFELY CAGED AGAIN JINIFER TURNED SUDDENLY FIRM NO I WON'T LET THIS EYE INFORMER KNOW ABOUT THAT fe3188ca-0c31-404b-8294-dcc1c561db73 THEIR ROUND DARK EYES DEEPLY RECESSED WERE CAVERNS OF DESPAIR THEY WERE CLOTHED IN SOME COARSE BLACK STUFF THAT BRISTLED AS THOUGH LOOSELY WOVEN OF STIFF HAIR AND YET WHICH WAS NOT A TRUE FABRIC FOR IT SEEMED TO MOVE WITHIN ITSELF AND SCINTILLATE AS THOUGH COMPOSED OF BILLIONS OF RESTLESS MOTES IT'S ALL JUST AS FATHER DESCRIBED IT SAID FELIX WITH A BLISSFUL SIGH AND THERE'S THE WELL WITH THE CHINESE ROOF WE HURRIED OVER TO IT TREADING ON THE SPEARS OF MINT THAT WERE BEGINNING TO SHOOT UP ABOUT IT fe7a4507-3019-4df0-b2a8-519cda0ac417 PARON MISTER BUTLER AND MISS HOPE ARE SAFE EVERYTHING'S EXPLAINED IN THIS NOTE YOU AND MISSUS PARIN ARE TO LEAVE ME HERE AND NOT DISTURB ANYTHING DO NOTHING AT ALL FOR AT LEAST A WEEK IF WE AREN'T ALL BACK HERE BEFORE THAT TIME MAR CAN'T BELIEVE TO MORROW'S THE LAST DAY OR SHE WOULDN'T SCOLD LIKE THAT SHE TOLD US AND THIS COMFORTED US UNTIL AFTER DINNER WHEN THE STORY GIRL AND PETER CAME OVER AND TOLD US THAT UNCLE ROGER HAD REALLY GONE TO SUMMERSIDE THEN WE PLUNGED DOWN INTO FEAR AND WRETCHEDNESS AGAIN fe7c1d7f-26dc-498b-aade-eb0f091246fe WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE YOU KNOW SAID FELIX WE SHOULDN'T CROSS BRIDGES TILL WE COME TO THEM THOSE ARE ONLY PROVERBS SAID THE STORY GIRL BITTERLY PROVERBS ARE ALL VERY FINE WHEN THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY YOU BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN REAL TROUBLE THEY'RE NOT A BIT OF HELP HIS STEP WAS BOUNCING AS IF HE WERE USED TO A HIGHER GRAVITY OR GREATER PRESSURE THAT FARMER COMPLIMENTED HIMSELF ON HIS CLEVERNESS MADE SENSE AT LEAST BUT HE EXTENDED HIS HAND AND SAID PETER THERE LIKE ANY LADY'S WEARBYER AT AN ANNUAL CONVENTION fe89af6b-13a6-40c4-ad86-722b9cba464c YOU COULD NEVER TELL WHAT KINK A GROWN UP WOULD TAKE IS SHE A WITCH OR IS SHE NOT I LEAVE IT TO YOU THE ORCHARD IS FULL OF THEM THIS VERY MINUTE ALL THIS WHILE POLYCHROME WAS RUNNING AROUND HIM SHE NEED NOT BE UNHAPPY HOWEVER BUT TOO HE NOTICED THAT THE CANARY WAS STILL BUSY fe916b1d-1d95-4a64-b9b3-2aa999881620 ONLY IF TO MORROW IS THE LAST DAY THE CHERRY VARNS WON'T BE MUCH USE TO YOU I GUESS IT'LL BE AS MUCH USE TO ME AS TO ANY ONE ELSE SAID CECILY INDIGNANTLY SHE'S SACRIFICED HER DEAR FORGET ME NOT JUG TO SATISFY SOME PANG OF CONSCIENCE OR PROPITIATE SOME THREATENING FATE BUT SURRENDER HER PRECIOUS SHERRY VASE SHE COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT FELICITY NEEDN'T BE GIVING ANY HINTS I GOT IT FROM MY MOUTH SAID DAN WITH A SHAMED FACED GRIN THE GIRLS IN SCHOOL LAUGH AT IT SO KATE MAR SAYS IT'S LIKE A GASH IN A PIE BILLY SAID THAT THE SEED WOULD SHRINK IT FOR SURE WELL THERE IT WAS BILLY HAD DECEIVED US BOTH fea6edb1-cddc-4365-86a5-30532f2a544e HIS IDEA WAS TO SEIZE HER CHAIR AND PULL IT OUT BY THE ROOTS AND SO HAVE REVENGE ON HER WICKED TRANSFORMATIONS BUT SHE RAISED HER HAND AND SAID GENTLY MY DEAR MONKEY GENTLY YOU'RE NOT ANGRY YOU'RE HAPPY AS CAN BE I HAVE BEEN READING ONE OF THE SCHOOL LIBRARY BOOKS TOO IT IS PRETTY GOOD BUT I WISH THEY HAD GOT MORE LOVE STORIES BECAUSE THEY ARE SO EXCITING BUT THE MASTER WOULD NOT LET THEM fea8a2d9-d008-4c08-acea-35e27bc129e6 COMPANY DESCENDED ON US THAT AFTERNOON THE STORY GIRL KISSED HER FINGERTIPS TO HIM WITH THE DELIGHTFUL AUDACITY WHICH WAS A PART OF HER AND THE AWKWARD MAN PLUCKED OFF HIS HAT AND SWEPT HER A STATELY AND GRACEFUL BOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY CALL HIM THE AWKWARD MAN SAID CECILY WHEN HE WAS OUT OF EAR SHOT COMPRISING IN THIS CASE A FIERCELY WHITE SUN THERE WAS AN ARTIST'S PERCEPTION IN JEFF IN SPITE OF HIS DRAB YEARS OF E I PATROL DUTY feaac5db-bf64-4dd8-8a33-cd5282d6f3dd SO I WAS TO RECEIVE A CORDIAL WELCOME AFTER ALL ONE OF THE PRIESTS SAW US AND CRIED OUT SHRILLY TO HIS COMPANIONS WITH ONE ACCORD THEY CAME TOWARD US THE SCARECROW MERELY SMILED AND SAID NOTHING FOR THE THORN DIDN'T HURT HIM AT ALL HE HAD LEARNED A GREAT MANY POEMS FROM PROFESSOR WOGGLE BUG fecff701-3985-4a03-adde-4e25be395bfa NO SAID WOUT IS GINGER A MAN A WOMAN A BEAST OR A BIRD GINGER IS A GIRL EXPLAINED THE SCARECROW BEAR SHE'S A FINE GIRL TOO ALTHOUGH A BIT RESTLESS AND LIABLE TO GET EXCITED WE OUGHT TO HAVE GRACE SAID FELICITY AS WE SAT DOWN AT THE FESTAL BOARD WILL ANYONE SAY IT SHE LOOKED AT ME BUT I BLUSHED TO THE ROOTS OF MY HAIR AND SHOOK MY HEAD SHEEPISHLY fed476c1-5009-4d3d-90cc-bf9c60736c4f IN THE DARKEST HOUR BEFORE DAWN THE HEAVY DUTY EYE DROPPED THE CRATE OUTSIDE THE TEMPLE AND DARTED AWAY WITHOUT BEING SEEN IT'S JUST THAT I GUESS I'M OLD FASHIONED NEVER MIND NOW YOU MAY HAVE ENCOUNTERED OXYGEN OR HYDROGEN RICH ATMOSPHERE fed48956-f289-48c2-b491-de47078f3f4f ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE OF THEM WAS THE IMPERIOUS COLONEL TOWERS THE TURNED INTO A TORCH AND SANK BENEATH HIM BEYOND A RIDGE OF LOW HILLS IT WAS A REAL GOOD BOOK BUT THE STORY GIRL UNDAUNTEDLY CONTINUED TO COAX THE RELUCTANT PETER ff04f105-822a-4146-8303-87f07fbc64f1 I HAVE THE PICTURE THE STORY GIRL GAVE ME FOR MY SERMON ON THE WALL AT THE FOOT OF MY BED I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT IT LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE AUNT JANE BUT WHERE IS THE BEAUTIFUL STONE HE ASKED WHEN SHE HAD FINISHED DIDST THOU DROP IT IN THY ALARM BUT NIMI AMMY FOUND ME SHE PICKED UP MY ARMS AND LEGS AND HEAD AND MADE A BUNDLE OF THEM AND CARRIED THEM TO THE TINSMITH WHO SET TO WORK AND MADE ME A FINE BODY OF BEER TIN ff0f229c-18f8-499f-8687-9a8f3a2c38f7 AND TRIED TO ESCAPE BY CLIMBING UP THE CHIMNEY PLEASE LIFT US ACROSS PLEADED POLYCHROME HAD A DISH OF MAGIC SCRAMBLED EGGS ON TOES FROM WHERE I LAY I COULD SEE THE SHARP TOPS OF THE SPRUCES AGAINST THE SILVERY SKY WE ALL LOOKED AT HIM PETER CRAIG WHAT DO YOU MEAN ASKED FELICITY ff1bc0a2-6eda-44f8-aa02-280c929196af MANY A PRINCESS RODE BY US ON HER PALFREY MANY A SWAGGERING GALLANT RUFFLED IT BRAVELY IN VELVET AND PLUME ADOWN UNCLE STEPHEN'S WALK MANY A STATELY LADY SILKEN CLAD WALKED IN THAT OPULENT ORCHARD ALL RIGHT SAID DAN I'VE EAT ALL I WANT THEY TASTE FINE I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS THEM THAT MADE ME SICK BUT NOW THAT HIS ANGER WAS OVER HE LOOKED A LITTLE FRIGHTENED FELICITY WAS NOT THERE WE FOUND HER IN THE KITCHEN LIGHTING UP THE FIRE ff2230a3-aba1-4757-924b-47c18d46da71 AND YOU HAVE CARELESSLY WAKENED OUR ENTIRE TRIBE ELEVEN YEARS IS NOTHING REMARKED ANOTHER DRAGON ALL BRIGHT AND GLITTERING I'M ONLY LENDING IT YOU KNOW NOT GIVING IT I'M CRYING BECAUSE BECAUSE MY AUNT JANE IS DEAD SAID PETER DEFIANTLY ff28fa44-4050-4cad-acf7-c094cfa709d6 AND THE MILK WENT EVERYWHERE EXCEPT DOWN PAT'S THROAT WOULDN'T IT BE AWFUL IF IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO PAT WHEN THE ZID FOUND THEM THEY HAD NO OTHER COURSE BUT TO TELL A PORT BACK TO THE CONTROL CUBICLE AND WAIT UNTIL THE BEASTS SHOULD SNUFF THEM DOWN AGAIN ff425672-f7c5-43c8-a6ed-d0e8b6f06e5a I SAW THAT CITY THEY BUILT STEAD THEY COULD BE DUG IN WITHIN SIX MONTHS AND THERE'D BE NO YEH HORN SHOOK HIS HEAD THINK OF IT TWO CIVILIZATIONS THAT MATURED ALONG DIFFERENT LINES THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE'D APPROACH THE SAME PROBLEMS ONE OF THE YOUNG BRAVES WAS NAMED A KATY HE WAS THE TALLEST AND BRAVEST AND HANDSOMEST YOUNG MAN IN THE TRIBE WHY IS IT THEY'RE ALWAYS SO HANDSOME IN STORIES ASKED ANNE WHY ARE THERE NEVER NO STORIES ABOUT UGLY PEOPLE ff46078b-4827-4df2-96d3-76cf8a8f3f9b FARMER CROUCHED THE POINT OF THE BOATHOOK WAVERED AIMED FIRST AT THE NONIFUS THEN AT THE FISH MAN TO THE EDITOR BOTH WERE ALIEN BUT HE COULDN'T WHICH ONE WAS MORE DANGEROUS FOR A LONG MOMENT NEITHER OF THEM ADVANCED AND HE WONDERED IF THEY COULD REALLY BE FRIGHTENED OF HIS PUNY WEAPON PRESENT FERERO A BACHELOR WAS EATING HIS DINNER THIS GAVE ME ENOUGH UNDISTURBED TIME TO SEARCH HIS STUDY THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING NOTHING TO DO WITH WARS OR BATTLESHIPS DAYS IF I HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN BLACKMAIL I HAD ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN MY HAND TO SUPPORT ME FOR LIFE I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN POLITICAL CORRUPTION HOWEVER ff479a3d-9625-4189-9bde-9bc50f9ec73e THIS NEW SENSE IS OF GREAT VALUE PERHAPS WE CAN LEARN TO TEACH IT TO OTHERS IN TIME THOUGH WE HAVE HAD LITTLE SUCCESS WITH THAT BUT AT LEAST WE CAN MAINTAIN ON NUMBERS PASS THE GIFT ON TO OUR CHILDREN IF IT IS POSSIBLE YERS SAID WE MUST TRY CLETON SAID AND YOUR DAUB IS ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT I KNOW THAT YOURS THOUGHT WEARILY CECILY DID NOT WRITE BACK BECAUSE MISSUS RAY HAD DECREED THAT NO LETTERS MUST BE TAKEN DOWN FROM THE HILL FARM LEST THEY CARRY INFECTION CECILY HAD OFFERED TO BAKE EVERY EPISTLE THOROUGHLY IN THE OVEN BEFORE SENDING IT BUT MISSUS RAY WAS INEXORABLE AND CICELY HAD TO CONTENT HERSELF BY SENDING LONG VERBAL MESSAGES WITH A JUDY PILLOW ff6f44f9-b30e-48aa-befb-1f27643a1bac I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN ANY OTHER EYES SUCH ANGER AND HATRED AS BLAZED IN THE EYES OF THOSE STRANGE BEINGS INDICATING THAT THE SESSION WAS ENDING ANOTHER THOUGHT RAN THROUGH HIS MIND I STILL FEEL KIND OF CREEPY ABOUT THE WHOLE BUSINESS ff7753a6-b101-4efc-97f2-10a1fe87de9b AND AFTER YOU READ IT YOU CAN LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE TWENTY ONE TWENTY FIVE TWENTY SIX FARMER LOOKED IMPRESSED THEN BEGAN TO REALIZE WHAT SOME OF THIS MEANT HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ff88259f-d652-4ada-a557-2bfc3ff3f4db BEVERLY IS GROWN HALF AN INCH IN JULY BY THE MARK ON THE HALL DOOR AND HE IS AWFUL PLEASED ABOUT IT I TOLD HIM I GUESSED THE MAGIC SEED WAS TAKEN EFFECT AT LAST AND HE GOT MAD THIS WAS PUT BEFORE PETER'S PLACE AND ALMOST OVERCAME HIM WHILE THIS GREEN MONKEY IS A NICE BOY WE RECENTLY BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH BOOT THE WANDERER ff8cd604-b058-487a-9634-9e675149ec28 I HAVE STILL A NATURAL WHICH WILL BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT ON YOUR PRESENT FORM THE SCARECROW AND THE TIN MAT NO INDEED AUNT JANET FOLDED UP THE LETTER DECIDEDLY THAT CHEST HAS BEEN LOCKED UP FOR FIFTY YEARS AND IT'LL STAND BEING LOCKED UP ONE MORE NIGHT PETER LOOKED AT HER REPROACHFULLY ff900db8-2a16-4b9b-bcd0-0953f49a35ef THEN WE ALL BRIGHTENED UP IT REALLY WAS A DECENT WORLD AFTER ALL I CAN FIGHT AS WELL AS PRAY OH DON'T FIGHT IMPLORED CECILY YES SAID TO NEW WHY DID YOU LAND SO FAR FROM IT WE DIDN'T WANT TO COME DOWN WHERE WE MIGHT DESTROY ANYTHING THERE IS NOTHING TO DESTROY IN THE JUNGLE SAID TO NUB WHY DO YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG CITY ASKED THORN SILENCE ff906f54-7a89-4832-9c3c-b4b265886a41 THAT SORT OF STORY OUGHT TO BE TOLD IN THE TWILIGHT AMONG THE SHADOWS THEN IT WOULD FRIGHTEN THE SOULS OUT OF YOUR BODIES WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE MORE AGREEABLE NOT TO HAVE THE SOULS FRIGHTENED OUT OF OUR BODIES AND WE VOTED FOR THE FAMILY GHOST SARA RAY AND PETER AND THE STORY GIRL WENT HOME AND WE WENT IN TO TEA WITH ROYAL APPETITES AFTERWARDS AS WE DRESSED FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL UPSTAIRS OUR SPIRITS CARRIED US AWAY HATE TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT AUNT JANE HAD TO COME TWICE TO THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS AND INQUIRE SEVERELY CHILDREN HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN WHAT DAY IT IS ffafb096-05d5-4fa1-8f24-e9e2c872138e I NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL HALF AS MUCH AS YOU DID AND YOU WAS BROUGHT UP IN TORONTO TOO IF YOU'D WORKED OUT EVER SINCE YOU WAS SEVEN AND JUST GOT TO SCHOOL IN THE WINTER THERE'D BE LOTS OF THINGS YOU WOULDN'T KNOW EITHER WE SAT THERE AND TALKED UNTIL THE FIRST STAR LIGHTED A WHITE TAPER OVER THE BEACH HILL ffc4b872-a0e5-4085-8e9f-00908ce0b06a HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THOSE MAPS AT ALL BUT WE CAN'T OBLITERATE YOU IN AN INSTANT THAT IT WAS SAID THAT THE OLD LAVA SOMETIMES BEGAN TO WRITHE AND FLOW AGAIN FROM THE SUN'S HEAT ALONE I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT RUTH HOW COULD THE GROWN UPS EAT AS THEY DID WHEN SHE REACHED US SHE TREMBLED SO MUCH AT FIRST SHE COULD NOT SPEAK ffc77097-a5b5-4b12-9671-e24f1e5b0be4 WE'LL ASK PETER TO DESCRIBE IT SOME TIME WHEN HE'S IN A BETTER HUMOUR WHISPERED FELIX BUT IT WAS HIS LEGS WHICH WE SCRUTINIZED MOST ANXIOUSLY THE WORLD CALLS THEM ITS SINGERS AND POETS AND ARTISTS AND STORY TELLERS BUT THEY ARE JUST PEOPLE WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN THE WAY TO FAIRYLAND I THOUGHT IT WAS A BELL WHEN I HEARD IT AND THE DOOR OPEN TOO ffc92d59-3327-42dc-a58c-04ab75b41869 I COULDN'T SEE IT OF COURSE BUT I KNEW IT HAD ARRIVED WHEN THE GRAPPLES IN THE CLAWS LATCHED ON TO THE STEEL PLATES ON MY SHOULDERS FIVE DAYS THAT'S ALL THEY CAN GIVE US TOM GOE SAYS HE CAN'T KEEP THE INFORMATION OUT OF HIGH COMMISSIONER BULL ONE'S HANDS ANY LONGER THAN THAT IT'S FIVE DAYS FOR SURE THEN ffe2baaf-fd62-49ab-bfcc-26420112407b AND PRESENTLY WE FOUND OURSELVES TUCKED AWAY UPSTAIRS FROM SOMETHING DAN SAID THAT SHE HAD DRESSED UP IN HONOR OF OUR COMING THE GIRL'S DOOR SHUT WITH A BANG THE BEACON WAS REPAIRED I COME FROM YOUR ANCESTORS TO HELP YOU THREE THE PRIESTS SHOULD BE SATISFIED ffe774b0-b39b-4014-9b99-5217c5133cf4 THERE WAS A YOUNG SHEPHERD NAMED GLECON A VERY HANDSOME YOUNG SHEPHERD WHO LIVED IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CALLED THEBES PERHAPS YOU'D PREFER TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN TRANSFORMATIONS NO SAID LUKE I PREFER TO REMAIN AS I AM THAT'S FUNNY SHE RETORTED ffed9fd3-13ab-40e6-9cef-21d7948e83c9 THE OLD WOMAN'S EYES WENT TO THE COIN AND STAYED THERE IT IS SAID THAT THE MAN IS IN NEED OF MONEY MY SON IS GONE ONCE OCCUPATION BEGAN I TOOK IT FOR AN E I CONSULATE CRAFT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN fffc5ef6-c911-470f-9ff5-6c371ffca67f IF YOU'RE A KING YOU SING WAS A CARLISLE PROVERB IN THOSE DAYS AUNT JULIA HAD BEEN THE FLOWER OF THE FLOCK IN THAT RESPECT AND HAD TO BECOME A NOTED CONCERT SINGER THE WORLD HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE REST THEIR MUSIC ECHOED ONLY ALONG THE HIDDEN WAYS OF LIFE AND SERVED BUT TO LIGHTEN THE CARES OF THE TRIVIAL ROUND AND COMMON TASK I MUST STOP FOR MAR SAYS I WASTE FAR TOO MUCH TIME WRITING LETTERS TELL JUDY ALL THE NEWS FOR ME YOUR OWN TRUE FRIEND SARA RAY P S OH I DO HOPE PETER WILL GET BETTER MI IS GOING TO GET ME A NEW BROWN DRESS FOR THE WINTER S R