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It was then that an outer door opened hurriedly and the giant, Will o'Dreams, entered the room. Perceiving Everychild, he stood an instant with clinched hands and uplifted face; and then he cried out in a loud voice: "Everychild!" And Everychild replied, with a little of that kindly condescension which a married man feels toward a youth, "Well, my boy?"
And it came to pass at last that the giant could no longer restrain himself. To be within reach of his lost mother, and not to be able to speak to her it was too much! He began to advance silently, leaving Everychild where he stood. He proceeded, step by step, in the direction of the temple. And it began to seem that he might reach the temple door without being seen. Indeed, he actually did so.
And the sounds you hear in an attic, and the thoughts that come to you, seem pleasant in a way, as long as I'm near by." Everychild realized immediately that this was true; for at that very moment the owl in the dark tree outside the broken window hooted and the sound was not at all what it had been only a little while ago.
Everychild forced himself to advance a step, to move to right and to left, that he might learn something of that person who sat there in mysterious silence. And suddenly he found himself smiling and relaxing. It was Will o'Dreams who sat there! The giant had seen him at last, and he called out pleasantly, "You here too, Everychild? Come and sit down. There's room for two here on this old chest."
She replied thoughtfully, "I fear that Everychild is sometimes treated unkindly." He seemed to weigh this point and to remain unconvinced. He moved more confidently to the next point. "At least," he said, "you'll scarcely contend that Everychild marries the Sleeping Beauty?" She replied with assurance: "Everychild marries a Sleeping Beauty.
But the Masked Lady smiled in her puzzling way and said: "When you would find the truth perfectly told, you will always find it in a story. It is only facts which lead us hopelessly astray." However, the Sleeping Beauty was speaking again. She was replying to what her father had said. "That's very nice, I'm sure!" she said. And she turned to Everychild with a blissful smile.
And you know all the time that some day when you're gone he'll grow old at last, and lie alone dreaming of you, and looking while there's none but strangers by to spurn him. No, sometimes I think it's better not to have a dog for a friend." Everychild was thinking about this when Tom suddenly reached for his hat, which he had placed by his side.
The waking noises of the birds had given place to the business of being boldly active. And the children, with a common impulse, would have resumed their journey. But just at that moment a traveler was seen to be approaching. It was Everychild who went forward to salute the traveler, who proved to be a boy with hanging head and lagging feet.
Everychild became quite dumb. He cast an appealing glance at Aladdin. "Won't you make a wish?" he begged. "After all, it's very hard, knowing what to wish for." "It is," admitted Aladdin. "No, I'll not make a wish. It was you who summoned the genie. You shall make your own wish!" At this Everychild glanced at the genie as if in search of assistance. But he received no encouragement at all.
And when Everychild, following the giant into the hall, placed a warning finger on his lip, the wonder grew and deepened to consternation. For an instant the giant stood among them, his trembling hands clasping his head. He saw none of his friends. Then he suddenly tottered. He would have fallen had not certain of the king's courtiers sprang to his aid.
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