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Though inquiries were made on every road, in every village, and at all the fairs and markets in the neighborhood, two whole years passed by, without a trace of the boy. THOUGH INQUIRIES WERE MADE ON EVERY ROAD IN EVERY VILLAGE AND AT THE FAIRS AND MARKETS IN THE NEIGHBOROD TWO WHOLE YEARS PASSED BY WITHOUT TRACE OF THE BOY
ces, each worth a dollar. These had "head and tail," beside letters on them and the boy supposed they were real. But when he showed these to his mother, she saw at once from their lightness, and because they were so easily bent, that they were only paper, and not silver. She asked her boy where he had got them. He told her what a nice time he had enjoyed. Then she knew that these, his playmates, were fairy children. Fearing that some evil might come of this, she charged him, her only son, never to go out again alone, on the mountain. She mistrusted that no good would come of making such strange children his companions. But the lad was so fond of play, that one day, tired of seeing nothing but byre and garden, while his sisters liked to play girls' games more than those which boys cared most for, and the hills seeming to beckon him to come to them, he disobeyed, and slipped out and off to the mountains. He was soon missed and search was made for him. Yet nobody had seen or heard of him. S OR FIVE SHILLING PIECES EACH WORTH A DOLLAR THESE HAD HEAD AND TAIL BESIDES LETTERS ON THEM AND THE BOY SUPPOSED THEY WERE REAL BUT WHEN HE SHOWED THESE TO HIS MOTHER SHE SAW AT ONCE FROM THEIR LIGHTNESS AND BECAUSE THEY WERE SO EASILY BENT THAT THEY WERE ONLY PAPER AND NOT SILVER SHE ASKED HER BOY WHERE HE HAD GOT THEM HE TOLD HER WHAT A NICE TIME HE HAD ENJOYED THEN SHE KNEW THAT THESE HIS PLAYMATES WERE FAIRY CHILDREN FEARING THAT SOME EVIL MIGHT COME OF THIS SHE CHARGED HIM HER ONLY SON NEVER TO GO OUT AGAIN ALONE ON THE MOUNTAIN SHE MISTRUSTED THAT NO GOOD WOULD COME OF THE MAKING OF SUCH STRANGE CHILDREN HIS COMPANION BUT THE LAD WAS SO FOND OF PLAY THAT ONE DAY TIRED OF SEEING NOTHING BUT BYRE AND GARDEN WHILE HIS SISTERS LIKED TO PLAY GIRLS GAMES MORE THAN THOSE WHICH BOYS CARED MOST FOR AND THE HILLS SEEMING TO BECKON TO HIM TO COME TO THEM HE DISOBEYED AND SLEPT OUT AND OFF TO THE MOUNTAINS HE WAS SOON MISSED AND A SEARCH WAS MADE FOR HIM YET NO ONE HAD SEEN OR HEARD OF HIM
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