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"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 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
me of this, she charged him, her only son, never to go out again alone, on the mountain. She mistrusted that no good would come of making such strange children his companions. But the lad was so fond of play, that one day, tired of seeing nothing but byre and garden, while his sisters liked to play girls' 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. ARING THAT SOME EVIL MIGHT COME OF THIS SHE CHARGED HIM HER ONLY SON NEVER TO GO OUT AGAIN ALONE ON THE MOUNTAIN SHE MISTRUSTED THAT NO GOOD WOULD COME OF THE MAKING OF SUCH STRANGE CHILDREN HIS COMPANION BUT THE LAD WAS SO FOND OF PLAY THAT ONE DAY TIRED OF SEEING NOTHING BUT BYRE AND GARDEN 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
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