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When daylight came, the question in his mind was still, whether to stay and starve, or to go home and get two thrashings  one from his daddy, and another from the monks. WHEN DAYLIGHT CAME THE QUESTION IN HIS MIND WAS STILL WHETHER TO STAY AND STARVE OR GO HOME AND GET TWO THRASHINGS ONE FROM HIS DADDY AND ANOTHER FROM THE MONKS
 got, the happier he felt--at least for one day. At night, tired out, he crept into a cave. When he woke up, in the morning, he thought it was glorious to be as free as the wild asses. So like them, he quenched his thirst at the brook. But when, towards noon, he could find nothing to eat, and his inside cavity seemed to enlarge with very emptiness, his hunger grew every minute. Then he thought that a bit of oat cake, a leek, or a bowl of oat meal, whether porridge or flummery, might suit a king. He dared not go out far and pick berries, for, by this time, he saw that people were out searching for him. He did not feel yet, like going back to books, rods and scoldings, but the day seemed as long as a week. Meanwhile, he discovered that he had a stomach, which seemed to grow more and more into an aching void. He was glad when the sunset and darkness came. His bed was no softer in the cave, as he lay down with a stone for his pillow. Yet he had no dreams like those of Jacob and the angels. ARTED ON A LONG RUN INTO THE COUNTRY THE FURTHER HE GOT THE HAPPER HE FELT AT LEAST FOR ONE DAY AT NIGHT TIRED OUT HE CREPT INTO A CAVE WHEN HE WOKE IN THE MORNING HE THOUGHT IT WAS GLORIOUS TO BE FREE AS A WILD ASS'S SO LIKE THEM HE QUENCHED HIS THIRST AT THE BROOK BUT WHEN TOWARDS NOON HE COULD FIND NOTHING TO EAT AND HIS INSIDE CAVITY SEEMED TO ENLARGE WITH VERY EMPTINESS HIS HUNGER GREW EVERY MINUTE THEN HE THOUGHT OF A BIT OF OAK CAKE A LEAK OR A BOWL OF OATMEAL WHETHER PORRIDGE OR FLUMMERY MIGHT SUIT A KING HE DARED NOT GO OUT FAR AND PICK BERRIES FOR BY THIS TIME HE SAW THAT PEOPLE WERE OUT SEARCHING FOR HIM HE DID NOT FEEL YET LIKE GOING BACK TO BOOKS RODS AND SCOLDINGS BUT THE DAY SEEMED LONG AS A WEEK MEANWHILE HE DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD A STOMACH WHICH SEEMED TO GROW MORE AND MORE INTO AN ACHING VOID HE WAS GLAD WHEN THE SUNSET AND DARKNESS CAME HIS BED WAS NO SOFTER IN THE CAVE AS HE LAY DOWN WITH A STONE FOR HIS PILLOW YET HE HAD NO DREAMS LIKE THOSE OF JACOB AND THE ANGELS
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