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"Curse it!" cried the leader. "The air's full of it up there. If it keeps on at this pace long, it will stop us altogether." CURSE IT CRIED THE LEADER THE AIR'S FULL OF IT UP THERE IF IT KEEPS ON AT THIS PACE LONG IT WILL STOP US ALTOGETHER
ut at the sight of them the restlessness of the horses increased. Then presently he saw that more of these drifting globes—and then soon very many more—were hurrying towards him down the valley. They became aware of a squealing. Athwart the path a huge boar rushed, turning his head but for one instant to glance at them, and then hurling on down the valley again. And at that, all three stopped and sat in their saddles, staring into the thickening haze that was coming upon them. “If it were not for this thistle-down—” began the leader. But now a big globe came drifting past within a score of yards of them. It was really not an even sphere at all, but a vast, soft, ragged, filmy thing, a sheet gathered by the corners, an aerial jelly-fish, as it were, but rolling over and over as it advanced, and trailing long, cobwebby threads and streamers that floated in its wake. “It isn't thistle-down,” said the little man. “I don't like the stuff,” said the gaunt man. And they looked at one another. A MOMENT AND HURRIED ON AND PASSED BUT AT THE SIGHT OF THEM THE RESTLESSNESS OF THE HORSES INCREASED THEN PRESENTLY HE SAW THAT MORE OF THESE DRIFTING GLOBES AND THEN SOON VERY MANY MORE WERE HURRYING TOWARDS HIM DOWN THE VALLEY THEY BECAME AWARE OF A SQUEALING ATHWART THE PATH A HUGE BOAR RUSHED TURNING HIS HEAD BUT FOR ONE INSTANT TO GLANCE AT THEM AND THEN HURLING ON DOWN THE VALLEY AGAIN AND AT THAT ALL THREE STOPPED AND SAT IN THEIR SADDLES STARING INTO THE THICKENING HAZE THAT WAS COMING UPON THEM IF IT WERE NOT FOR THIS THISTLE DOWN BEGAN THE LEADER BUT NOW A BIG GLOBE CAME DRIFTING PAST WITHIN A SCORE OF YARDS OF THEM IT WAS REALLY NOT AN EVEN SPHERE AT ALL BUT A VAST SOFT RAGGED FILMY THING A SHEET GATHERED BY THE CORNERS AN AERIAL JELLYFISH AS IT WERE BUT ROLLING OVER AND OVER AS IT ADVANCED AND TRAILING LONG COBWEBBY THREADS AND STREAMERS THAT FLOATED IN ITS WAKE IT ISN'T THISTLEDOWN SAID THE LITTLE MAN I DON'T LIKE THE STUFF SAID THE GAUNT MAN AND THEY LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER
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