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"Stick o' gum, lad?" said the Leprechaun to David, holding out a pack. "Why, yes, thank you," said David. He took the stick of gum from the pack, and was immediately sorry for it. The stick was made of wood and had a small wire spring, like a mouse trap, which snapped down on his finger and made him yelp with pain. STICK A GUM LAD SAID THE LEPROKON TO DAVID HOLDING OUT A PACK WHY YES THANK YOU SAID DAVID HE TOOK THE STICK OF GUM FROM THE PACK AND WAS IMMEDIATELY SORRY FOR IT THE STICK WAS MADE OF WOOD AND HAD A SMALL WIRE SPRING LIKE A MOUSE TRAP WHICH SNAPPED DOWN ON HIS FINGER AND MADE HIM YELP WITH PAIN
landed in a little meadow. One side of the meadow ran down to a bog filled with reeds, and on the other side was a gloomy wood. Everything was dark and indistinct, but David thought he could tell why the Phoenix had called this the Emerald Isle. The grass beneath their feet was the thickest he had ever felt. He touched a boulder and found it furry with moss. With the wood and the reed-choked bog, the whole place would be rich with various greens in the daylight. Just then they saw a little man approaching them from the wood. He was three feet tall, dressed all in green, and had a long white beard. When he reached them he raised his cap politely and said, "Good evenin' to you." "A fine evening to you, my good Leprechaun," said the Phoenix. "Could you kindly tell us--" "Will you have a cigar?" the Leprechaun interrupted. With a surprised "Thank you very much," the Phoenix took the cigar, bit off the end, and popped it into its beak. The Leprechaun lighted it, and the Phoenix puffed away.  TO SLANT DOWN TOWARD IT AND PRESENTLY THEY LANDED IN A LITTLE MEADOW ONE SIDE OF THE MEADOW RAN DOWN TO A BOG FILLED WITH REEDS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS A GLOOMY WOOD EVERYTHING WAS DARK AND INDISTINCT BUT DAVID THOUGHT HE COULD TELL WHY THE PHOENIX HAD CALLED THIS THE EMERALD ISLE THE GRASS BENEATH THEIR FEET WAS THE THICKEST HE HAD EVER FELT HE TOUCHED A BOULDER AND FOUND IT FURRY WITH MOSS WITH THE WOOD AND THE REED CHOKED BOG THE WHOLE PLACE WOULD BE RICH WITH VARIOUS GREENS IN THE DAYLIGHT JUST THEN THEY SAW A LITTLE MAN APPROACHING THEM FROM THE WOOD HE WAS THREE FEET TALL DRESSED ALL IN GREEN AND HAD A LONG WHITE BEARD WHEN HE REACHED THEM HE RAISED HIS CAP POLITELY AND SAID GOOD EVENING TO YOU A FINE EVENING TO YOU MY GOOD LEPRIKON SAID THE PHOENIX COULD YOU KINDLY TELL US WILL YOU HAVE A CIGAR THE LEPROCON INTERRUPTED WITH A SURPRISED THANK YOU VERY MUCH THE PHOENIX TOOK THE CIGAR BIT OFF THE END AND POPPED IT INTO ITS BEAK THE LEPRICON LIGHTED IT AND THE PHOENIX PUFFED AWAY
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