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The man staggered to his feet and looked down upon the plain which had been so desolate when sleep had overtaken him, and which was now traversed by this enormous body of men and of beasts. His face assumed an expression of incredulity as he gazed, and he passed his boney hand over his eyes. THE MAN STAGGERED TO HIS FEET AND LOOKED DOWN UPON THE PLAIN WHICH HAD BEEN SO DESOLATE WHEN SLEEP HAD OVERTAKEN HIM AND WHICH WAS NOW TRAVERSED BY THIS ENORMOUS BODY OF MEN AND BEASTS HIS FACE ASSUMED AN EXPRESSION OF INCREDULITY AS HE GAZED AND HE PASSED HIS BONY HAND OVER HIS EYES
 plateau which crowned the barren hill there stood a single giant boulder, and against this boulder there lay a tall man, long-bearded and hard-featured, but of an excessive thinness. His placid face and regular breathing showed that he was fast asleep. Beside him lay a little child, with her round white arms encircling his brown sinewy neck, and her golden haired head resting upon the breast of his velveteen tunic. Her rosy lips were parted, showing the regular line of snow-white teeth within, and a playful smile played over her infantile features. Her plump little white legs terminating in white socks and neat shoes with shining buckles, offered a strange contrast to the long shrivelled members of her companion. On the ledge of rock above this strange couple there stood three solemn buzzards, who, at the sight of the new comers uttered raucous screams of disappointment and flapped sullenly away. The cries of the foul birds awoke the two sleepers who stared about them in bewilderment. YES ON THE LITTLE PLATEAU WHICH CROWNED THE BARREN HILL THERE STOOD A SINGLE GIANT BOULDER AND AGAINST THIS BOULDER THERE LAY A TALL MAN LONG BEARDED AND HARD FEATURED BUT OF AN EXCESSIVE THINNESS HIS PLACID FACE AND REGULAR BREATHING SHOWED THAT HE WAS FAST ASLEEP BESIDE HIM LAY A LITTLE CHILD WITH HER ROUND WHITE ARMS ENCIRCLING HIS BROWN SINEWY NECK AND HER GOLDEN HAIRED HEAD RESTING UPON THE BREAST OF HIS VELVETEEN TUNIC HER ROSY LIPS WERE PARTED SHOWING THE REGULAR LINE OF SNOW WHITE TEETH WITHIN AND A PLAYFUL SMILE PLAYED OVER HER INFANTILE FEATURES HER PLUMP LITTLE WHITE LEGS TERMINATING IN WHITE SOCKS AND NEAT SHOES WITH SHINING BUCKLES OFFERED A STRANGE CONTRAST TO THE LONG SHRIVELLED MEMBERS OF HER COMPANION ON THE LEDGE OF ROCK ABOVE THIS STRANGE COUPLE THERE STOOD THREE SOLEMN BUZZARDS WHO AT THE SIGHT OF THE NEW COMERS UTTERED RAUCOUS SCREAMS OF DISAPPOINTMENT AND FLAPPED SUDDENLY AWAY THE CRIES OF THE FOUL BIRDS AWOKE THE TWO SLEEPERS WHO STARED ABOUT THEM IN BEWILDERMENT
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