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"'Well, I don't think there can be much harm in telling such wise, good children, said Lady Lark; 'I am sure you don't want to do any mischief. "'Oh, no; quite the contrary, said Buffy-Bob. "'Then I'll tell you. She lives on the very topmost peak of Mount Skycrack; and the only way to get up is, to climb on the spiders' webs that cover it from top to bottom.
"'Then here's the place to go to bed in, said Buffy-Bob. "They stood at the edge of a last year's nest, and looked down with delight into the round, mossy cave. Then they crept gently in, and, lying down in each other's arms, found it so deep, and warm, and comfortable, and soft, that they were soon fast asleep.
"Somewhere near these borders, on the other side, by the edge of a great forest, lived a labourer with his wife and a great many children. One day Tricksey-Wee, as they called her, teased her brother Buffy-Bob, till he could not bear it any longer, and gave her a box on the ear. Tricksey-Wee cried; and Buffy-Bob was so sorry and ashamed of himself, that he cried too, and ran off into the wood.
"'Make haste, child! said Tricksey's spider. So Tricksey took her bag, and squeezed a drop out of it upon the heart. She thought she heard the giant give a far-off roar of pain, and she nearly fell from her seat with terror. The heart instantly began to shrink. It shrunk and shrivelled till it was nearly gone; and Buffy-Bob caught it up and put it into the bag.
There she turned, and, looking down into the nest, from which came a whole litany of chirpings for breakfast, said, 'Lie still, little ones. Then she turned to the children. 'My husband is King of the Larks, she said. "Buffy-Bob took off his cap, and Tricksey-Wee courtesied very low. "'Oh, it's not me, said the bird, looking very shy. 'I am only his wife.
'You know you came home yesterday morning quite worn out you had to fly so very high before you saw him. I am sure he would not mind if you took it a little easier. Do be quiet and go to sleep again. "'That's not it at all, said the lark. 'He doesn't want me. I want him. Let me up, I say. "He began to sing; and Tricksey-Wee and Buffy-Bob, having now learned the way, answered him:
"'Sing about the night; I'm the owl. 'You could not see for the light, Stupid fowl. 'Oh! the moon! and the dew! And the shadows! tu-whoo! "The owl spread out his silent, soft, sly wings, and lighting between Tricksey-Wee and Buffy-Bob, nearly smothered them, closing up one under each wing. It was like being buried in a down bed.
And up the moonbeams went, crawling, and scrambling, and racing, a huge army of huge spiders. "At length they reached all but the very summit, where they stopped. Tricksey-Wee and Buffy-Bob could see above them a great globe of feathers, that finished off the mountain like an ornamental knob. "'How shall we drive her off? said Buffy. "'We'll soon manage that, said the grandfather spider.
But do you want any more of my story or not?" "Oh! yes, please," cried Frederick, very heartily. "Then don't you find any more fault with it, or I will stop." Master Fred was straightway silent, and I went on. "All this time Buffy-Bob and Tricksey-Wee were listening with long ears.
But Buffy-Bob, who had got very knowing on his travels, took out his knife with the pretence of cutting the string; but, in reality, to be prepared for any emergency. "No sooner was the heart out of the bag, than it expanded to the size of a bullock; and the giant, with a yell of rage and vengeance, rushed on the two children, who had stepped sideways from the terrible heart.
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