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"Then down the village street there is the sound of hurrying horses' feet, and in a twinkling a gayly painted chariot comes into view, and in it are sitting the Queen Mother and the Crown Prince and Princess of the House of Carey. They alight; Peter meets them at the gate, a pot of gold in each hand. THEN DOWN THE VILLAGE STREET THERE IS THE SOUND OF HURRYING HORSES FEET AND IN A TWINKLING A GAILY PAINTED CHARIOT COMES INTO VIEW AND IN IT ARE SITTING THE QUEEN MOTHER AND THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF THE HOUSE OF CAREY THEY ALIGHT PETER MEETS THEM AT THE GATE A POT OF GOLD IN EACH HAND
ter, goes on rapidly: "And so the Knight summons Younger Brother Peter to come, and he flies in a great air ship from Charlestown to Beulah. And when he arrives the Knight asks him to dig for the buried treasure." (Peter here turns up his sleeves to his dimpled elbows and seizes an imaginary implement.) "Peter goes to the back of the castle, and there is a beautiful garden filled with corn and beans and peas and lettuce and potatoes and beets and onions and turnips and carrots and parsnips and tomatoes and cabbages. He takes his magic spade and it leads him to the cabbages. He digs and digs, and in a moment the spade strikes metal! "'He has found the gold!' cries the Knight, and Peter speedily lifts from the ground pots and pots of ducats and florins, and gulden and doubloons." (Peter nods his head at the mention of each precious coin and then claps his hands, and hugs himself with joy, and rocks himself to and fro on the hassock, in his ecstasy at being the little god in the machine.) HAT MOMENT NANCY STIFLING HER LAUGHTER GOES ON RAPIDLY AND SO THE KNIGHT SUMMONS YOUNGER BROTHER PETER TO COME AND HE FLIES IN A GREAT AIRSHIP FROM CHARLESTON TO BEULAH AND WHEN HE ARRIVES THE KNIGHT ASKS HIM TO DIG FOR THE BURIED TREASURE PETER HERE TURNS UP HIS SLEEVES TO HIS DIMPLED ELBOWS AND SEIZES AN IMAGINARY IMPLEMENT PETER GOES TO THE BACK OF THE CASTLE AND THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN FILLED WITH CORNS AND BEANS AND PEAS AND LETTUCE AND POTATOES AND BEETS AND ONIONS AND CARROPS AND TURNIPS AND PARSNIPS AND TOMATOES AND CABBAGES HE TAKES HIS MAGIC SPADE AND IT LEADS HIM TO THE CABBAGES HE DIGS AND DIGS AND IN A MOMENT THE SPADE DRIKES METAL HE HAS FOUND THE GOLD CRIES THE KNIGHT AND PETER SPEEDILY LIFTS FROM THE GROUND POTS AND POTS OF DUCATS AND FLORINS AND GILDING INTO BLOOMS PETER NODS HIS HEAD AT THE MENTION OF EACH PRECIOUS COIN AND THEN CLAPS HIS HANDS AND HUGS HIMSELF WITH JOY AND ROCKS HIMSELF TO AND FRO ON THE HASAK IN HIS ECSTASY AT BEING THE LITTLE GOD IN THE MACHINE
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