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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!" 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
y up to him. Ackronnion ceased not for the sake of his panic, but still sang on. He sang of the malignity of time. Two tears welled large in the eyes of the Gladsome Beast. Ackronnion moved the agate bowl to a suitable spot with his foot. He sang of autumn and of passing away. Then the beast wept as the frore hills weep in the thaw, and the tears splashed big into the agate 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. THE GLADSOME BEAST CAME MOURNFULLY UP TO HIM ACRONIAN CEASED NOT FOR THE SAKE OF HIS PANIC BUT STILL SANG ON HE SANG OF THE MALIGNITY OF TIME TWO TEARS WELLED LARGE IN THE EYES OF THE GLADSOME BEAST ACRONIAN MOVED THE AGATE BALL TO A SUITABLE SPOT WITH HIS FOOT HE SANG OF AUTUMN AND OF PASSING AWAY THEN THE BEAST WEPT AS THE FLOOR HILLS WEEP IN THE THAW AND THE 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
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