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Under the shelter of the pedestal, so near to the guardian that they could feel his warmth, which paradoxically had the effect of chilling the blood of the boldest of them, they smashed the emerald hasp and opened the golden box; and there they read by the light of ingenious sparks which Slith knew how to contrive, and even this poor light they hid with their bodies. UNDER THE SHELTER OF THE PEDESTAL SO NEAR TO THE GUARDIAN THAT THEY COULD FEEL HIS WARMTH WHICH PARADOXICALLY HAD THE EFFECT OF CHILLING THE BLOOD OF THE BOLDEST OF THEM THEY SMASHED THE EMERALD HASP AND OPENED THE GOLDEN BOX AND THERE THEY READ BY THE LIGHT OF INGENIOUS SPARKS WHICH SLITH KNEW HOW TO CONTRIVE AND EVEN THIS POOR LIGHT THEY HID WITH THEIR BODIES
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. 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 guardian upon his pedestal was still asleep. Slorg climbed by a ladder, that Slith knew where to find, to the iron clamp across the crack in the World, and waited beside it with a chisel in his hand, listening closely for anything untoward, while his friends slipped into the house; and no sound came. And presently Slith and Sippy found the golden box: everything seemed happening as they had planned, it only remained to see if it was the right one and to escape with it from that dreadful place. E 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 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 GUARDIAN UPON HIS PEDESTAL WAS STILL ASLEEP SLORG CLIMBED BY A LADDER THAT SLITH KNEW WHERE TO FIND TO THE IRON CLAMP ACROSS THE CRACK IN THE WORLD AND WAITED BESIDE IT WITH THE CHISEL IN HIS HAND LISTENING CLOSELY FOR ANYTHING UNTOWARD WHILE HIS FRIEND SLIPPED INTO THE HOUSE AND NO SOUND CAME AND PRESENTLY SLITH AND SIPPI FOUND THE GOLDEN BOX EVERYTHING SEEMED HAPPENING AS THEY HAD PLANNED IT ONLY REMAINED TO SEE IF IT WAS THE RIGHT ONE AND TO ESCAPE WITH IT FROM THAT DREADFUL PLACE
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