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And then he took them out through his back door, for the front door had no pathway nor even a step  from it the old man used to empty his slops sheer on to the Southern Cross  and so they came to the garden wherein his cabbages were, and those flowers that only blow in Fairyland, turning their faces always towards the comet, and he pointed them out the way to the place he called Underneath, where the Gladsome Beast had his lair. AND THEN HE TOOK THEM OUT THROUGH HIS BACK DOOR FOR THE FRONT DOOR HAD NO PATHWAY NOR EVEN A STEP FROM IT THE OLD MAN USED TO EMPTY HIS SLOPS SHEER ON TO THE SOUTHERN CROSS AND SO THEY CAME TO THE GARDEN WHEREIN HIS CABBAGES WERE AND THOSE FLOWERS THAT ONLY BLOW IN FAIRYLAND TURNING THEIR FACES ALWAYS TOWARDS THE COMET AND HE POINTED THEM OUT THE WAY TO THE PLACE HE CALLED UNDERNEATH WHERE THE GLADSOME BEAST HAD HIS LAIR
t out therefore a humble knightly man who cared not for the beauty of Sylvia, Queen of the Woods, but had found a woodland maiden of his own once long ago in summer. And the man's name was Arrath, a subject of Ackronnion, a knight-at-arms of the spear-guard: and together they set out through the fields of fable until they came to Fairyland, a kingdom sunning itself (as all men know) for leagues along the edges of the world. And by a strange old pathway they came to the land they sought, through a wind blowing up the pathway sheer from space with a kind of metallic taste from the roving stars. Even so they came to the windy house of thatch where dwells the Old Man Who Looks After Fairyland sitting by parlour windows that look away from the world. He made them welcome in his star-ward parlour, telling them tales of Space, and when they named to him their perilous quest he said it would be a charity to kill the Gladsome Beast; for he was clearly one of those that liked not its happy ways.  TEARS OF JOY HE SOUGHT OUT THEREFORE A HUMBLE KNIGHTLY MAN WHO CARED NOT FOR THE BEAUTY OF SYLVIA QUEEN OF THE WOODS BUT HAD FOUND A WOODLAND MAIDEN OF HIS OWN ONCE LONG AGO IN SUMMER AND THE MAN'S NAME WAS ERETH A SUBJECT OF ACRONIAN A KNIGHT AT ARMS OF THE SPEAR GUARD AND TOGETHER THEY SET OUT THROUGH THE FIELDS OF FABLE UNTIL THEY CAME TO FAIRYLAND A KINGDOM SUNNING ITSELF AS ALL MEN KNOW FOR LEAGUES ALONG THE EDGES OF THE WORLD AND BY A STRANGE OLD PATHWAY THEY CAME TO THE LAND THEY SOUGHT THROUGH A WIND BLOWING UP THE PATHWAY SHEER FROM SPACE WITH A KIND OF METALLIC TASTE FROM THE ROVING STARS EVEN SO THEY CAME TO THE WINDY HOUSE OF THATCH WHERE DWELLS THE OLD MAN WHO LOOKS AFTER FAIRYLAND SITTING BY PARLOUR WINDOWS THAT LOOK AWAY FROM THE WORLD HE MADE THEM WELCOME IN HIS STARWARD PARLOUR TELLING THEM TALES OF SPACE AND WHEN THEY NAMED TO HIM THEIR PERILOUS QUEST HE SAID IT WOULD BE A CHARITY TO KILL THE GLADSOME BEAST FOR HE WAS CLEARLY ONE OF THESE THAT LIKE NOT ITS HAPPY WAYS
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