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He was in the habit also of playing truant, or what one of the monks called "traveling to Bagdad." HE WAS IN THE HABIT ALSO OF PLAYING TRUANT OR WHAT ONE OF THE MONKS CALLED TRAVELLING TO BAGDAD
ell stories of the big fellow who abolished Giant Blubb's toll gate. Centuries afterward, when Christ's gospel came into the land, they restored Giant Tom's tomb and on it were chiseled these words: THE RESTORER OF PATHS TO DWELL IN. XIII A BOY THAT VISITED FAIRYLAND Many are the places in Wales where the ground is lumpy and humpy with tumuli, or little artificial mounds. Among these the sheep graze, the donkeys bray, and the cows chew the cud. Here the ground is strewn with the ruins of cromlechs, or Cymric strongholds, of old Roman camps, of chapels and monasteries, showing that many different races of men have come and gone, while the birds still fly and the flowers bloom. Centuries ago, the good monks of St. David had a school where lads were taught Latin and good manners. One of their pupils was a boy named Elidyr. He was such a poor scholar and he so hated books and loved play, that in his case spankings and whippings were almost of daily occurrence. Still he made no improvement. E'S FAIRY TALES THIS IS THE LEAPER VOX RECOURTING ALL LEAP OF VAUX ACCORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LEIP OF OX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JAMES LEPINE WOLFE FAIRY TALES BY WILLIAM ELIOT GRIFFITH CHAPTER THIRTEEN A BOY THAT VISITED FAIRYLAND MANY ARE THE PLACES IN WALES WHERE THE GROUND IS LUMPY AND HUMPY WITH TUMULI OR LITTLE ARTIFICIAL MOUNDS AMONG THESE THE SHEEP GRAZE THE DONKEYS BRAY AND THE COWS CHEW THE CUD HERE THE GROUND IS STREWN WITH THE RUINS OF CROMLECHS OR CARIC STRONGHOLDS OF OLD ROMAN CAMPS OF CHAPELS AND MONASTERIES SHOWING THAT DIFFERENT RACES OF MEN HAVE COME AND GONE WHILE THE BIRDS STILL FLY AND THE FLOWERS BLOOM CENTURIES AGO THE GOOD MONKS OF SAINT DAVID HAD A SCHOOL WHERE LADS WERE TAUGHT LATIN AND GOOD MANNERS ONE OF THEIR PUPILS WAS A BOY NAMED ELDIR HE WAS SUCH A POOR SCHOLAR AND HE SO HATED BOOKS AND LOVED TO PLAY THAT IN HIS CASE SPANKINGS AND WHIPPINGS WERE ALMOST A DAILY OCCURRENCE STILL HE MADE NO IMPROVEMENT
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