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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! Five, six-There's a fix! Seven, eight-Hold it straight. Nine, ten-Hit again! Madhuri Noah C:\Users\MNoah\Documents\The Princess and the Goblin1.docx Page 57 of 634