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Up and down, up and down the tree he climbed again and again, carrying thorns and quietly setting them in the nest, and as he went up and down he kept whispering to himself: "I'm a gamblesome elf; oh, yes, indeed I am a gamblesome elf." After he thought he had put enough in the nest, he went into old Granddaddy Thistletop's kitchen, and, crouching down by the fireplace, he listened.
"Here is the nest all set full of thorns, and you expect them to be quiet. No wonder the poor children make a noise. Just you come here and help me get the thorns out." "Thorns!" cried Father Owl. "How did they get in there?" "That's more than I can tell," said the Mother Owl. "Perhaps it's old Granddaddy Thistletop's doings.
Then it too died away, and the woods were still. After a while the moon set and Teddy began to feel very sleepy. Then a little breeze sprang up; the light grew clearer and the east was red, and at last the sun peeped over the top of the hill opposite. As the first beam struck old Granddaddy Thistletop's tree, Teddy started to his knees, gazing out down the hill-slope.
The old owl looked in for a moment, and then without a word she flew back to her nest as fast as she could. Teddy ran over to the chimney and listened. He heard the old owl brush into the hollow above, and then he heard her saying in a frightened voice: "Husband, husband, what do you think! A gamblesome elf has come to live in old Granddaddy Thistletop's house."
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