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They spat at the boy and shouted, "traitor," "rascal," "thief," "false mortal," "fox," "rat," "wolf," and other bad names. Then they turned and sped away. THEY SPAT AT THE BOY AND SHOUTED TRAITOR RASCAL THIEF FALSE MORTAL FOX RAT WOLF AND OTHER BAD NAMES THEY TURNED AND SPED AWAY
 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. 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. It stopped at the feet of his mother, whose eyes opened wide at the sight of the ball of shining gold. As he lay sprawling on the floor, and before he could pick himself up, one of the little men leaped over him, rushed into the room, and, from under his mother's petticoats, picked up the ball.  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 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 IT STOPPED AT THE FEET OF HIS MOTHER WHOSE EYES OPENED WIDE AT THE SIGHT OF A BALL OF SHINING GOLD AS HE LAY SPRAWLING ON THE FLOOR AND BEFORE HE COULD PICK HIMSELF UP ONE OF THE LITTLE MEN LEAPED OVER HIM RUSHED INTO THE ROOM AND FROM UNDER HIS MOTHER'S PETTICOATS PICKED UP THE BALL
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