"You wouldn't think of leaving us till we're safe home, I'm sure,"
gasped the nurse.
"Of course not," said Curdie.
"You dear, good, kind Curdie! I'll give you a kiss when we get home,"
said the princess.
The nurse gave her a great pull by the hand she held. But at that
instant the something in the middle of the way, which had looked like
a
great lump of earth brought down by the rain, began to move. One
after
another it shot out four long things, like two arms and two legs, but it
was now too dark to tell what they were. The nurse began to tremble
from
head to foot. Irene clasped Curdie's hand yet faster, and Curdie began
to sing again.
"One, two-Hit and hew!
Three, four-Blast and bore!
Madhuri Noah
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