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Fearfully he asks his father if he does not hear the Erlking's whispered promises. "It is only the dry leaves rustling in the wind." The father quiets him, and his voice is full of firm and loving reassurance, but he feels that his child is sick. For but a few seconds all is still; then the voice comes back again. In a low whisper sounds and words are distinguished.
Erlking invites the boy to play with his daughters, who shall dance with him and rock him and sing to him. In the heat of fever the boy implores his father to look for the Erlking's daughters. The father sees only an old gray willow; but his voice is no longer calm.
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