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The door in the cliff was open. They passed without a murmur down the cold steps, Slith leading them all the way. A glance of longing, no more, each gave to the beautiful berries. THE DOOR IN THE CLIFF WAS OPEN THEY PASSED WITHOUT A MURMUR DOWN THE COLD STEPS SLITH LEADING THEM ALL THE WAY A GLANCE OF LONGING NO MORE EACH GAVE TO THE BEAUTIFUL BERRIES
ide them was the crack in the world and the bridge from Bad to Worse, and that underneath them stood the rocky house of Owner of the Box. This was their simple plan: to slip into the corridor in the upper cliff; to run softly down it (of course with naked feet) under the warning to travellers that is graven upon stone, which interpreters take to be "It Is Better Not"; not to touch the berries that are there for a purpose, on the right side going down; and so to come to the guardian on his pedestal who had slept for a thousand years and should be sleeping still; and go in through the open window. One man was to wait outside by the crack in the World until the others came out with the golden box, and, should they cry for help, he was to threaten at once to unfasten the iron clamp that kept the crack together. When the box was secured they were to travel all night and all the following day, until the cloud-banks that wrapped the slopes of Mluna were well between them and Owner of the Box. NEW THAT BESIDE THEM WAS THE CRACK IN THE WORLD AND THE BRIDGE FROM BAD TO WORSE AND THAT UNDERNEATH THEM STOOD THE ROCKY HOUSE OF THE OWNER OF THE BOX THIS WAS THEIR SIMPLE PLAN TO SLIP INTO THE CORRIDOR IN THE UPPER CLIFF TO RUN SOFTLY DOWN IT OF COURSE WITH NAKED FEET UNDER THE WARNING TO TRAVELLERS THAT IS GRAVEN UPON STONE WHICH INTERPRETERS TAKE TO BE IT IS BETTER NOT NOT TO TOUCH THE BERRIES THAT ARE THERE FOR A PURPOSE ON THE RIGHT SIDE GOING DOWN AND SO TO COME TO THE GUARDIAN ON HIS PEDESTAL WHO HAD SLEPT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND SHOULD BE SLEEPING STILL AND GO IN THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW ONE MAN WAS TO WAIT OUTSIDE BY THE CRACK IN THE WORLD UNTIL THE OTHERS CAME OUT WITH THE GOLDEN BOX AND SHOULD THEY CRY FOR HELP HE WAS TO THREATEN AT ONCE TO UNFASTEN THE IRON CLAMP THAT KEPT THE CRACK TOGETHER WHEN THE BOX WAS SECURED THEY WERE TO TRAVEL ALL NIGHT AND ALL THE FOLLOWING DAY UNTIL THE CLOUD BANKS THAT WRAPPED THE SLOPES OF MLUNA WERE WELL BETWEEN THEM AND THE OWNER OF THE BOX
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