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"If two were quarrelling about a marble, or a ball, I had only to go behind a tree where I was concealed and look at them leisurely. Then the scene changed, and it was no longer a green meadow with boys playing, but a spot which I did not recognise, and forms that made me shudder, or smile. IF TWO WERE QUARRELLING ABOUT A MARBLE OR A BALL I HAD ONLY TO GO BEHIND A TREE WHERE I WAS CONCEALED AND LOOK AT THEM LEISURELY THEN THE SCENE CHANGED AND IT WAS NO LONGER A GREEN MEADOW WITH BOYS PLAYING BUT A SPOT WHICH I DID NOT RECOGNIZE AND FORMS THAT MADE ME SHUDDER OR SMILE
linquished. My parents were both dead, and my grandmother had entire charge of me. But from the moment that I received the gift of the spectacles, I could not resist their fascination, and I withdrew into myself, and became a solitary boy. There were not many companions for me of my own age, and they gradually left me, or, at least, had not a hearty sympathy with me; for, if they teased me, I pulled out my spectacles and surveyed them so seriously that they acquired a kind of awe of me, and evidently regarded my grandfather's gift as a concealed magical weapon which might be dangerously drawn upon them at any moment. Whenever, in our games, there were quarrels and high words, and I began to feel about my dress and to wear a grave look, they all took the alarm, and shouted, 'Look out for Titbottom's spectacles,' and scattered like a flock of scared sheep. "Nor could I wonder at it. For, at first, before they took the alarm, I saw strange sights when I looked at them through the glasses. D WAS GONE THE GREAT HOUSE WAS RELINQUISHED MY PARENTS WERE BOTH DEAD AND MY GRANDMOTHER HAD ENTIRE CHARGE OF ME BUT FROM THE MOMENT THAT I RECEIVED THE GIFT OF THE SPECTACLES I COULD NOT RESIST THEIR FASCINATION AND I WITHDREW INTO MYSELF AND BECAME A SOLITARY BOY THERE WERE NOT MANY COMPANIONS FOR ME OF MY OWN AGE AND THEY GRADUALLY LEFT ME OR AT LEAST HAD NOT A HEARTY SYMPATHY WITH ME FOR IF THEY TEASED ME I PULLED OUT MY SPECTACLES AND SURVEYED THEM SO SERIOUSLY THAT THEY ACQUIRED A KIND OF AWE OF ME AND EVIDENTLY REGARDED MY GRANDFATHER'S GIFT AS A CONCEALED MAGICAL WEAPON WHICH MIGHT BE DANGEROUSLY DRAWN UPON THEM AT ANY MOMENT WHENEVER IN OUR GAMES THERE WERE QUARRELS AND HIGH WORDS AND I BEGAN TO FEEL ABOUT MY DRESS AND TO WEAR A GRAVE LOOK THEY ALL TOOK THE ALARM AND SHOUTED LOOK OUT FOR TIT BOTTOM SPECTACLES AND SCATTERED LIKE A FLOCK OF SCARED SHEEP NOR COULD I WONDER AT IT FOR AT FIRST BEFORE THEY TOOK THE ALARM I SAW STRANGE SIGHTS WHEN I LOOKED AT THEM THROUGH THE GLASSES
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