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He now thought himself safe, but pushing open the door, he stumbled over the copper threshold, and the ball rolled out of his hand, across the floor of hardened clay, even to the nearly white washed border, which ran about the edges of the room. HE NOW THOUGHT HIMSELF SAFE BUT PUSHING OPEN THE DOOR HE STUMBLED OVER THE COPPER THRESHOLD AND THE BALL ROLLED OUT OF HIS HAND ACROSS THE FLOOR OF HARDENED CLAY EVEN TO THE NEARLY WHITEWASHED BORDER WHICH RAN ABOUT THE EDGE OF THE ROOM
ich the coins called sovereigns, and worth five dollars apiece, were made. So she begged him to bring one of them back to her. This, Elidyr thought, would not be right; but after much argument, his parents being poor, and she telling him that, out of hundreds in the King's palace, one single ball would not be missed, he decided to please her. So one day, when he supposed no one was looking, he picked up one of the yellow balls and started off through the narrow dark passageway homeward. But no sooner was he back on the earth, and in the sunlight again, than he heard footsteps behind him. Then he knew that he had been discovered. He glanced over his shoulder and there were the two little men, who had led him first and had formerly been his guards. They scowled at him as if they were mad enough to bite off the heads of tenpenny nails. Then they rushed after him, and there began a race to the cottage. But the boy had legs twice as long as the little men, and got to the cottage door first. AT IT WAS PRECIOUS METAL OF WHICH THESE COINS CALLED SOVEREIGNS AND WORTH FIVE DOLLARS APIECE WERE MADE SO SHE BEGGED HIM TO BRING ONE OF THEM HOME TO HER THIS ELIDIR THOUGHT WOULD NOT BE RIGHT BUT AFTER MUCH ARGUMENT HIS PARENTS BEING POOR AND SHE TELLING HIM THAT OUT OF HUNDREDS IN THE KING'S PALACE ONE SINGLE BALL WOULD NOT BE MISSED HE DECIDED TO PLEASE HER SO ONE DAY WHEN HE SUPPOSED NO ONE WAS LOOKING HE PICKED UP ONE OF THE YELLOW BALLS AND STARTED OFF THROUGH THE NARROW DARK PASSAGEWAY HOME BUT NO SOONER WHEN HE WAS BACK ON THE EARTH AND IN THE SUNLIGHT AGAIN THAN HE HEARD FOOTSTEPS BEHIND HIM THEN HE KNEW THAT HE HAD BEEN DISCOVERED HE GLANCED OVER HIS SHOULDER AND THERE WERE TWO LITTLE MEN WHO HAD LED HIM FIRST AND HAD FORMERLY BEEN HIS GUARDS THEY SCALDED HIM AS THOUGH THEY WERE MAD ENOUGH TO BITE OFF THE HEADS OF TEN PENNY NAILS THEN THEY RUSHED AFTER HIM AND THERE BEGAN A RACE TO THE COTTAGE THE BOY HAD LEGS TWICE AS LONG AS THE LITTLE MEN AND GOT TO THE COTTAGE DOOR FIRST
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