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"Well, thank heavens you're safe," said Mother. WELL THANK HEAVENS YOU'RE SAFE SAID MOTHER
e matter?" It was a strange sight which met him inside. Dad, in his gray pajamas, was waving a revolver and making fierce noises. Mother, looking frightened, had a shoe in one hand. Aunt Amy, with her hair in rags, was also well-armed--with a big cast-iron frying pan. Beckie was howling upstairs. "David!" Mother cried. "Are you all right? Where have you been? Did he hurt you?" "Who?" said David. "I'm all right. What's the matter?" "The burglar!" said Mother excitedly. "He put his head in the window and said '_pssssst!_'" "I tell you, burglars don't say _pssssst_!" Dad said. "They try to make as little noise as possible. Just let me catch him doing it again!" he added, waving his pistol. "Running around on that mountain at all hours of the night," Aunt Amy grumbled, "with burglars and I don't know what-all loose in town!" "And then we found that you were gone, and we thought he had stolen you," Mother went on. "Where have you been?" "I couldn't sleep," said David. "So I went for a walk. THOUGHT THEY'VE FOUND OUT I'VE GONE HERE I AM HE SHOUTED OPEN THE DOOR WHAT'S THE MATTER IT WAS A STRANGE SIGHT WHICH MET HIM INSIDE DAD IN HIS GREY PYJAMAS WAS WAVING A REVOLVER AND MAKING FIERCE NOISES MOTHER LOOKING FRIGHTENED HAD A SHOE IN ONE HAND AUNT AMY WITH HER HAIR IN RAGS WAS ALSO WELL ARMED WITH A BIG CAST IRON FRYING PAN BECKY WAS HOWLING UPSTAIRS DAVID MOTHER CRIED ARE YOU ALL RIGHT WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN DID HE HURT YOU WHO SAID DAVID I'M ALL RIGHT WHAT'S THE MATTER THE BURGLARS SAID MOTHER EXCITEDLY HE PUT HIS HEAD IN THE WINDOW AND SAID PIST I TELL YOU BURGLARS DON'T SAY PIST DAD SAID THEY TRIED TO MAKE AS LITTLE NOISE AS POSSIBLE JUST LET ME CATCH HIM DOING IT AGAIN HE ADDED WAVING HIS PISTOL RUNNING AROUND ON THAT MOUNTAIN AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT AUNT AMY GRUMBLED WITH BURGLARS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL LOOSE IN TOWN AND THEN WE FOUND THAT YOU WERE GONE AND WE THOUGHT HE HAD STOLEN YOU MOTHER WENT ON WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN I COULDN'T SLEEP SAID DAVID SO I WENT FOR A WALK
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