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Be this as it may, they edged away from the mipt, and came almost at once to the wizened tree, the goal post of their adventure, and knew 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 Owner of the Box. BE THIS AS IT MAY THEY EDGED AWAY FROM THE MIT AND CAME ALMOST AT ONCE TO THE WISENED TREE THE GULPOST OF THEIR ADVENTURE AND KNEW 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
brought their doom to the three adventurers there or then. And so it was that they came to Rumbly Heath, in the heart of the Dubious Land, whose stormy hillocks were the ground-swell and the after-wash of the earthquake lulled for a while. Something so huge that it seemed unfair to man that it should move so softly stalked splendidly by them, and only so barely did they escape its notice that one word rang and echoed through their three imaginations--"If--if--if." And when this danger was at last gone by they moved cautiously on again and presently saw the little harmless mipt, half fairy and half gnome, giving shrill, contented squeaks on the edge of the world. And they edged away unseen, for they said that the inquisitiveness of the mipt had become fabulous, and that, harmless as he was, he had a bad way with secrets; yet they probably loathed the way that he nuzzles dead white bones, and would not admit their loathing; for it does not become adventurers to care who eats their bones. CAL GOD OF THAT OMINOUS PLACE BROUGHT THEIR DOOM TO THE THREE ADVENTURERS THERE OR THEN AND SO IT WAS THAT THEY CAME TO RUMBLY HEATH IN THE HEART OF THE DUBIOUS LAND WHOSE STORMY HILLOCKS WHERE THE GROUND SWELL AND THE AFTERWASH OF THE EARTHQUAKE LULLED FOR A WHILE SOMETHING SO HUGE THAT IT SEEMED UNFAIR TO MAN THAT IT SHOULD MOVE SO SOFTLY STOP SPLENDIDLY BY THEM AND ONLY SO BARELY DID THEY ESCAPE ITS NOTICE THAT ONE WORD RAN AND ECHOED THROUGH THEIR THREE IMAGINATIONS IF IF AND WHEN THIS DANGER WAS AT LAST GONE BY THEY MOVED CAUTIOUSLY ON AGAIN AND PRESENTLY SAW THE LITTLE HARMLESS MIPT HALF FAIRY AND HALF GNOME GIVING SHRILL CONTENTED SQUEAKS ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD AND THEY EDGED AWAY UNSEEN FOR THEY SAID THAT THE INQUISITIVENESS OF THE MIPT HAD BECOME FABULOUS AND THAT HARMLESS AS HE WAS HE HAD A BAD WAY WITH SECRETS YET THEY PROBABLY LOATHED THE WAY THAT HE NUSTLES DEAD WHITE BONES AND WOULD NOT ADMIT THEIR LOATHING FOR IT DOES NOT BECOME ADVENTURERS TO CARE WHO EATS THEIR BONES
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