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"My lamb!" she said; "my dear, foolish, brave lamb!" Dickie was pulling himself together. MY LAMB SHE SAID MY DEAR FOOLISH BRAVE LAMB DICKIE WAS PULLING HIMSELF TOGETHER
imself, "and then I shall know it's all only a dream, a silly dream." But he never reached the ground. He had not fallen a couple of yards before he was caught by something soft as heaped feathers or drifted snow; it moved and shifted under him, took shape; it was a chair--no, a carriage. And there were reins in his hand--white reins. And a horse? No--a swan with wide, white wings. He grasped the reins and guided the strange steed to a low swoop that should bring him near the flare of torches in the street, outside the great front door. And as the swan laid its long neck low in downward flight he saw his cousins in a carriage like his own rise into the sky and sail away towards the south. Quite without meaning to do it he pulled on the reins; the swan rose. He pulled again and the carriage stopped at the landing window. Hands dragged him in. The old nurse's hands. The swan glided away between snow and stars, and on the landing inside the open window the nurse held him fast in her arms. ACH THE GROUND DICKIE TOLD HIMSELF AND THEN I SHALL KNOW IT'S ONLY A DREAM A SILLY DREAM BUT HE NEVER REACHED THE GROUND HE HAD NOT FALLEN A COUPLE OF YARDS BEFORE HE WAS CAUGHT BY SOMETHING SOFT AS HEAPED FEATHERS OR DRIFTED SNOW IT MOVED AND SHIFTED UNDER HIM TOOK SHAPE IT WAS A CHAIR NO A CARRIAGE AND THERE WERE REINS IN HIS HAND WHITE REINS AND A HORSE NO A SWAN WITH WIDE WHITE WINGS HE GRASPED THE REINS AND GUIDED THE STRANGE STEED TO A LOW SWOOP THAT SHOULD BRING HIM NEAR THE FLARE OF TORCHES IN THE STREET OUTSIDE THE GREAT FRONT DOOR AND AS THE SWAN LAID ITS LONG NECK LOW IN DOWNWARD FLIGHT HE SAW HIS COUSINS IN A CARRIAGE LIKE HIS OWN RISE INTO THE SKY AND SAIL AWAY TOWARDS THE SOUTH QUITE WITHOUT MEANING TO DO IT HE PULLED ON THE REINS THE SWAN ROSE HE PULLED AGAIN AND THE CARRIAGE STOPPED AT THE LANDING WINDOW HANDS DRAGGED HIM IN THE OLD NURSE'S HANDS THE SWAN GLIDED AWAY BETWEEN THE SNOW AND STARS AND ON THE LANDING INSIDE THE OPEN WINDOW THE NURSE HELD HIM FAST IN HER ARMS
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