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Then they manoeuvred. Ackronnion was to go by the way of the steps with his harp and an agate bowl, while Arrath went round by a crag on the other side. THEN THEY MANEUVERED ACRONIAN WAS TO GO BY THE WAY OF THE STEPS WITH HIS HARP AND AN AGATE BOWL WHILE EARRATH WENT ROUND BY A CRAG ON THE OTHER SIDE
y 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. 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. F 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 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
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