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The cries of the foul birds awoke the two sleepers who stared about them in bewilderment. THE CRIES OF THE FOUL BIRDS AWOKE THE TWO SLEEPERS WHO STARED ABOUT THEM IN BEWILDERMENT
ng him they were affected in the same way by the sight which met their eyes. 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 sullenly away. MENT AND ON JOINING HIM THEY WERE AFFECTED IN THE SAME WAY BY THE SIGHT WHICH MET THEIR EYES 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
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