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There was neither sun, nor moon, nor stars, yet everything was lit up with a strange light, which seemed to Tommy Smith like the red glow of the fire, though he couldn't see the fire any more. It had gone with the kitchen. "Where am I?" he cried. THERE WAS NEITHER SUN NOR MOON NOR STARS YET EVERYTHING WAS LIT UP WITH A STRANGE LIGHT WHICH SEEMED TO TOMMY SMITH LIKE THE RED GLOW OF A FIRE THOUGH HE COULDN'T SEE THE FIRE ANY MORE IT HAD GONE WITH THE KITCHEN WHERE AM I HE CRIED
aling.” “Perhaps I should,” Tommy Smith answered; “and, besides, I feel very sleepy, and should like to go upstairs to bed again.” As he said this, he yawned, and looked straight into the fire; but, dear me, what _was_ happening there? The coals in it seemed to be getting larger and larger, till they looked like the sides of great red mountains, and the spaces between them were like great caves, so deep that Tommy Smith could not see to the bottom of them. In and out of these caves, and all down the sides of the red mountains, hundreds of rats were running, and they all met each other in the centre of—what? Not of the fireplace. Of course not, for they would have been burnt. Nor of the kitchen either. There was no kitchen now. It had all disappeared. It was in the centre of a great hall, or amphitheatre, that Tommy Smith stood now; and when he looked round him, he saw only those great rugged mountains, which seemed to make its walls on every side. He looked up but he could see nothing. YOU WOULD MAKE SOME OTHER RUDE REMARK ABOUT STEALING PERHAPS I SHOULD TOMMY SMITH ANSWERED AND BESIDES I FEEL VERY SLEEPY AND SHOULD LIKE TO GO UPSTAIRS TO BED AGAIN AS HE SAID THIS HE YAWNED AND HE LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO THE FIRE BUT DEAR ME WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE THE COALS IN IT SEEMED TO BE GETTING LARGER AND LARGER TILL THEY LOOKED LIKE THE SIDES OF GREAT RED MOUNTAINS AND THE SPACES BETWEEN THEM WERE LIKE GREAT CAVES SO DEEP THAT TOMMY SMITH COULD NOT SEE TO THE BOTTOM OF THEM IN AND OUT OF THESE CAVES AND ALL DOWN THE SIDES OF THE RED MOUNTAIN HUNDREDS OF RATS WERE RUNNING AND THEY ALL MET EACH OTHER IN THE CENTER OF WHAT NOT THE FIREPLACE COURSE NOT FOR THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BURNT NOR THE KITCHEN EITHER THERE WAS NO KITCHEN NOW IT HAD ALL DISAPPEARED IT WAS IN THE CENTRE OF A GREAT HALL OR AMPHITHEATRE THAT TOMMY SMITH STOOD NOW AND WHEN HE LOOKED AROUND HIM HE SAW ONLY THOSE GREAT RUGGED MOUNTAINS WHICH SEEMED TO MAKE ITS WALLS ON EVERY SIDE HE LOOKED UP BUT HE COULD SEE NOTHING
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