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With this she hobbled into her room, bearing the steaming kettle with her, and Tip heard her close and lock the door. The boy did not go to bed, as he had been commanded to do, but still sat glaring at the embers of the dying fire. WITH THIS SHE HOBBLED INTO HER ROOM BEARING THE STEAMING KETTLE WITH HER AND TIP HEARD HER CLOSE AND LOCKED THE DOOR THE BOY DID NOT GO TO BED AS HE HAD BEEN COMMANDED TO DO BUT STILL SAT GLARING AT THE EMBERS OF THE DYING FIRE
“You can’t do anything with a marble statue.” “Oh, yes, I can,” returned Mombi. “I’m going to plant a flower garden, next Spring, and I’ll put you in the middle of it, for an ornament. I wonder I haven’t thought of that before; you’ve been a bother to me for years.” At this terrible speech Tip felt the beads of perspiration starting all over his body, but he sat still and shivered and looked anxiously at the kettle. “Perhaps it won’t work,” he mutttered, in a voice that sounded weak and discouraged. “Oh, I think it will,” answered Mombi, cheerfully. “I seldom make a mistake.” Again there was a period of silence a silence so long and gloomy that when Mombi finally lifted the kettle from the fire it was close to midnight. “You cannot drink it until it has become quite cold,” announced the old witch for in spite of the law she had acknowledged practising witchcraft. “We must both go to bed now, and at daybreak I will call you and at once complete your transformation into a marble statue.” NTO A GOAT OR A CHICKEN HE ASKED ANXIOUSLY YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH A MARBLE STATUE OH YES I CAN RETURNED MOMBY I'M GOING TO PLANT A FLOWER GARDEN NEXT SPRING AND I'LL PUT YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF IT FOR AN ORNAMENT I WONDER I HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE YOU'VE BEEN A BOTHER TO ME FOR YEARS AT THIS TERRIBLE SPEECH TIP FELT THE BEADS OF PERSPIRATION STARTING ALL OVER HIS BODY BUT HE SAT STILL AND SHIVERED AND LOOKED ANXIOUSLY AT THE KETTLE PERHAPS IT WON'T WORK HE MUTTERED IN A VOICE THAT SOUNDED WEAK AND DISCOURAGED OH I THINK IT WILL ANSWERED MOMBY CHEERFULLY I SELDOM MAKE A MISTAKE AGAIN THERE WAS A PERIOD OF SILENCE A SILENCE SO LONG AND GLOOMY THAT WHEN MOMBY FINALLY LIFTED THE KETTLE FROM THE FIRE IT WAS CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT YOU CANNOT DRINK IT UNTIL IT HAS BECOME QUITE COLD ANNOUNCED THE OLD WITCH FOR IN SPITE OF THE LAW SHE HAD ACKNOWLEDGED PRACTISING WITCHCRAFT WE MUST BOTH GO TO BED NOW AND AT DAYBREAK I WILL CALL YOU AND AT ONCE COMPLETE YOUR TRANSFORMATION INTO A MARBLE STATUE
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