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See what pretty clothes they have given me for a present." Then he opened his bundle. But when she tore open the package, the mother was all the more sure that she was right, and that her fears had been justified. SEE WHAT PRETTY CLOTHES THEY HAVE GIVEN ME FOR A PRESENT THEN HE OPENED HIS BUNDLE BUT WHEN SHE TORE OPEN THE PACKAGE THE MOTHER WAS ALL THE MORE SURE THAT SHE WAS RIGHT AND THAT HER FEARS HAD BEEN JUSTIFIED
rls' games more than those which boys cared most for, and the hills seeming to beckon him to come to them, he disobeyed, and slipped out and off to the mountains. He was soon missed and search was made for him. Yet nobody had seen or heard of him. Though inquiries were made on every road, in every village, and at all the fairs and markets in the neighborhood, two whole years passed by, without a trace of the boy. But early one morning of the twenty-fifth month, before breakfast, his mother, on opening the door, found him sitting on the steps, with a bundle under his arm, but dressed in the same clothes, and not looking a day older or in any way different, from the very hour he disappeared. "Why my dear boy, where have you been, all these months, which have now run into the third year--so long a time that they have seemed to me like ages?" "Why, mother dear, how strange you talk. I left here yesterday, to go out and to play with the children, on the hills, and we have had a lovely time. EN WHILE HIS SISTERS LIKED TO PLAY GIRLS GAMES MORE THAN THOSE WHICH BOYS CARED MOST FOR AND THE HILLS SEEMING TO BECKON TO HIM TO COME TO THEM HE DISOBEYED AND SLEPT OUT AND OFF TO THE MOUNTAINS HE WAS SOON MISSED AND A SEARCH WAS MADE FOR HIM YET NO ONE HAD SEEN OR HEARD OF HIM THOUGH INQUIRIES WERE MADE ON EVERY ROAD IN EVERY VILLAGE AND AT THE FAIRS AND MARKETS IN THE NEIGHBOROD TWO WHOLE YEARS PASSED BY WITHOUT TRACE OF THE BOY BUT EARLY ONE MORNING ON THE TWENTY FIFTH MONTH BEFORE BREAKFAST HIS MOTHER ON OPENING THE DOOR FOUND HIM SITTING ON THE STEPS WITH A BUNDLE UNDER HIS ARM BUT DRESSED IN THE SAME CLOTHES AND NOT LOOKING A DAY OLDER OR IN ANY WAY DIFFERENT FROM THE VERY HOUR HE DISAPPEARED WHY MY DEAR BOY WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THESE MONTHS WHICH HAVE NOW RUN INTO THE THIRD YEAR SO LONG A TIME THAT THEY HAVE SEEMED TO ME LIKE THE AGES WHY MOTHER DEAR HOW STRANGE YOU TALK I LEFT HERE YESTERDAY TO GO OUT AND TO PLAY WITH THE CHILDREN ON THE HILLS AND WE HAVE HAD A LOVELY TIME
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