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With a shriek the children darted from the spot and fled through the cottage, and out at the back door into the forest beyond. All night long they stayed in the darkness and the cold, and all the next day and the next, and all through the cold, dreary days and the long dark nights that followed. WITH A SHRIEK THE CHILDREN DARTED FROM THE SPOT AND FLED THROUGH THE COTTAGE AND OUT AT THE BACK DOOR INTO THE FOREST BEYOND ALL NIGHT LONG THEY STAYED IN THE DARKNESS AND THE COLD AND ALL THE NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT AND ALL THROUGH THE COLD DREARY DAYS AND THE LONG DARK NIGHTS THAT FOLLOWED
glass eyes. She crept up to Blue-Eyes. " It is it is it is !" she whispered, her voice shaking with fear, "it is the new mother ! She has come, and brought her luggage in a black leather bag that is hanging on her arm !" " Oh, what shall we do ? " wept Blue-Eyes ; and again there was the terrible knocking. " Come and put your back against the door too, Turkey," cried Blue-Eyes ; " I am afraid it will break." So together they stood with their two little backs against the door. There was a long pause. They thought perhaps the new mother had made up her mind that there was no one at home to let her in, and would go away, but presently the two children heard through the thin wooden door the new mother move a little, and then say to herself " I must break open the door with my tail." 46 ANYHOW STORIES. [STORY For one terrible moment all was still, but in it the children could almost hear her lift up her tail, and then, with a fearful blow, the little painted door was cracked and splintered. EYES PUT HER BACK AGAINST THE DOOR AND THE TURKEY WENT TO THE WINDOW SHE COULD JUST SEE A BLACK SATIN POKE BONNET WITH A FRILL ROUND THE EDGE AND A LONG BONY ARM CARRYING A BLACK LEATHER BAG FROM BENEATH THE BONNET THERE FLASHED A STRANGE BRIGHT LIGHT AND TURKEY'S HEART SANK AND HER CHEEKS TURNED PALE FOR SHE KNEW IT WAS THE FLASHING OF TWO GLASS EYES SHE CREPT UP TO BLUE EYES IT IS IT IS IT IS SHE WHISPERED HER VOICE SHAKING WITH FEAR IT IS THE NEW MOTHER TOGETHER THEY STOOD WITH THE TWO LITTLE BACKS AGAINST THE DOOR THERE WAS A LONG PAUSE THEY THOUGHT PERHAPS THE NEW MOTHER HAD MADE UP HER MIND THAT THERE WAS NO ONE AT HOME TO LET HER IN AND WOULD GO AWAY BUT PRESENTLY THE TWO CHILDREN HEARD THROUGH THE THIN WOODEN DOOR THE NEW MOTHER MOVE A LITTLE AND THEN SAY TO HERSELF I MUST BREAK THE DOOR OPEN WITH MY TAIL FOR ONE TERRIBLE MOMENT ALL WAS STILL BUT IN IT THE CHILDREN COULD ALMOST HEAR HER LIFT UP HER TAIL AND THEN WITH A FEARFUL BLOW THE LITTLE PAINTED DOOR CRACKED AND SPLINTERED
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