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And not long after Ackronnion sang again in the sylvan palace of the Queen of the Woods, having first drunk all the tears in his agate bowl. And it was a gala night, and all the court were there and ambassadors from the lands of legend and myth, and even some from Terra Cognita. AND NOT LONG AFTER A CRONIAN SANG AGAIN IN THE SYLVAN PALACE OF THE QUEEN OF THE WOODS HAVING FIRST DRUNK ALL THE TEARS IN HIS AGATE BOWL AND IT WAS A GALLANT NIGHT AND ALL THE COURT WERE THERE AND AMBASSADORS FROM THE LANDS OF LEGEND AND MYTH AND EVEN SOME FROM TERRA COGNITA
gate bowl. Ackronnion desperately chaunted on; he told of the glad unnoticed things men see and do not see again, of sunlight beheld unheeded on faces now withered away. The bowl was full. Ackronnion was desperate: the Beast was so close. Once he thought that its mouth was watering!--but it was only the tears that had run on the lips of the Beast. He felt as a morsel! The Beast was ceasing to weep! He sang of worlds that had disappointed the gods. And all of a sudden, crash! and the staunch spear of Arrath went home behind the shoulder, and the tears and the joyful ways of the Gladsome Beast were ended and over for ever. And carefully they carried the bowl of tears away, leaving the body of the Gladsome Beast as a change of diet for the ominous crow; and going by the windy house of thatch they said farewell to the Old Man Who Looks After Fairyland, who when he heard of the deed rubbed his hands together and mumbled again and again, "And a very good thing, too. My cabbages! My cabbages!  TEARS SPLASHED BIG INTO THE AGATE BOWL ACRONIAN DESPERATELY CHAUNTED ON HE TOLD OF THE GLAD UNNOTICED THINGS MEN SEE AND DO NOT SEE AGAIN OF SUNLIGHT BEHELD UNHEEDED ON FACES NOW WITHERED AWAY THE BOWL WAS FULL ACARNIAN WAS DESPERATE THE BEAST WAS SO CLOSE ONCE HE THOUGHT THAT ITS MOUTH WAS WATERING BUT IT WAS ONLY THE TEARS THAT HAD RUN ON THE LIPS OF THE BEAST HE FELT AS A MORSEL THE BEAST WAS CEASING TO WEEP HE SANG OF WORLDS THAT HAD DISAPPOINTED THE GODS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CRASH AND THE STAUNCH SPEAR OF ERITH WENT HOME BEHIND THE SHOULDER AND THE TEARS AND THE JOYFUL WAYS OF THE GLADSOME BEASTS WERE ENDED AND OVER FOR EVER AND CAREFULLY THEY CARRIED THE BOWL OF TEARS AWAY LEAVING THE BODY OF THE GLADSOME BEAST AS A CHANGE OF DIET FOR THE OMINOUS CROW AND GOING BY THE WINDY HOUSE OF THATCH THEY SAID FAREWELL TO THE OLD MAN WHO LOOKS AFTER FAIRYLAND WHO WHEN HE HEARD OF THE DEED RUBBED HIS HANDS TOGETHER AND MUMBLED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND A VERY GOOD THING TOO MY CABBAGES MY CABBAGES
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