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Into this wood stepped Nuth and Tommy Tonker. They had no firearms. Tonker had asked for a pistol, but Nuth replied that the sound of a shot "would bring everything down on us," and no more was said about it. INTO THIS WOOD STEPPED NUTH AND TOMMY TONKER THEY HAD NO FIREARMS TONKER HAD ASKED FOR A PISTOL BUT NUTH REPLIED THAT THE SOUND OF A SHOT WOULD BRING EVERYTHING DOWN ON US AND NO MORE WAS SAID ABOUT IT
 to possess in the narrow, lofty house wherein they have dwelt from of old. They decided to steal two emeralds and to carry them between them on a cloak; but if they should be too heavy one must be dropped at once. Nuth warned young Tonker against greed, and explained that the emeralds were worth less than cheese until they were safe away from the dreadful wood. Everything had been planned, and they walked now in silence. No track led up to the sinister gloom of the trees, either of men or cattle; not even a poacher had been there snaring elves for over a hundred years. You did not trespass twice in the dells of the gnoles. And, apart from the things that were done there, the trees themselves were a warning, and did not wear the wholesome look of those that we plant ourselves. The nearest village was some miles away with the backs of all its houses turned to the wood, and without one window at all facing in that direction. They did not speak of it there, and elsewhere it is unheard of.  GNOLES ARE BELIEVED TO POSSESS IN THE NARROW LOFTY HOUSE WHEREIN THEY HAVE DWELT FROM OF OLD THEY DECIDED TO STEAL TWO EMERALDS AND TO CARRY THEM BETWEEN THEM ON A CLOAK BUT IF THEY SHOULD BE TOO HEAVY ONE MUST BE DROPPED AT ONCE NUTH WARNED YOUNG TONKER AGAINST GREED AND EXPLAINED THAT THE EMERALDS WERE WORTH LESS THAN CHEESE UNTIL THEY WERE SAFE AWAY FROM THE DREADFUL WOOD EVERYTHING HAD BEEN PLANNED AND THEY WALKED NOW IN SILENCE NO TRACK LED UP TO THE SINISTER GLOOM OF THE TREES EITHER OF MEN OR CATTLE NOT EVEN A POACHER HAD BEEN THERE SNARING ELVES FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS YOU DID NOT TRESPASS TWICE IN THE DELLS OF THE GNOLES AND APART FROM THE THINGS THAT WERE DONE THERE THE TREES THEMSELVES WERE A WARNING AND DID NOT WEAR THE WHOLESOME LOOK OF THOSE THAT WE PLANT OURSELVES THE NEAREST VILLAGE WAS SOME MILES AWAY WITH THE BACKS OF ALL ITS HOUSES TURNED TO THE WOOD AND WITHOUT ONE WINDOW AT ALL FACING IN THAT DIRECTION THEY DID NOT SPEAK OF IT THERE AND ELSEWHERE IT IS UNHEARD OF
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