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All around the walls were wooden boxes, stacked up to make shelves and cupboards. ALL AROUND THE WALLS WERE WOODEN BOXES STACKED UP TO MAKE SHELVES AND CUPBOARDS
prechaun's eyes. "She's a terror, she is. What'll you be wanting--" "None of your business!" roared the Phoenix. "Where is she?" The Leprechaun had begun to tremble. "Follow the path yonder through the wood until you reach the cave, Your Honor. You're not friends o' hers, are you? You'll not be telling on me? I'm real sorry for those jokes, Your Honor." The Leprechaun's fright was so genuine now that the Phoenix relented and let him go. The little creature dashed off like a rabbit into the bog. "Let that be a lesson to you, my boy," said the Phoenix. "Beware the Leprechaun bearing gifts. But I wonder why the thought of the Banshee frightened him so?" They followed the path until they came to the mouth of a cave under a heap of rocks. The Phoenix plunged in, and David nervously followed. The cave turned out to be a long passageway which led, after several turns, into a chamber. From the ceiling of this rocky vault hung an electric light bulb, which glared feebly through drifts of smoke. NEW LIGHT OF RESPECT AND FEAR CAME INTO THE LEPROKON'S EYES SHE'S A TERROR SHE IS WHAT'LL YOU'LL BE WANTING NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS ROARED THE PHOENIX WHERE IS SHE THE LEPRICON HAD BEGUN TO TREMBLE FOLLOW THE PATH YONDER THROUGH THE WOOD UNTIL YOU REACH THE CAVE YOUR HONOR YOU'RE NOT FRIENDS OF HERS ARE YOU YOU'LL NOT BE TELLING ON ME I'M REALLY SORRY FOR THOSE JOKES YOUR HONOUR THE LEPRICON'S FRIGHT WAS SO GENUINE NOW THAT THE PHOENIX RELENTED AND LET HIM GO THE LITTLE CREATURE DASHED OFF LIKE A RABBIT INTO THE BOG LET THAT BE A LESSON TO YOU MY BOY SAID THE PHOENIX BEWARE THE LEPRIKON BEARING GIFTS BUT I WONDER WHY THE THOUGHT OF THE BANSHEE FRIGHTENED HIM SO THEY FOLLOWED THE PATH UNTIL THEY CAME TO THE MOUTH OF A CAVE UNDER A HEAP OF ROCKS THE PHOENIX PLUNGED IN AND DAVID NERVOUSLY FOLLOWED THE CAVE TURNED OUT TO BE A LONG PASSAGEWAY THAT LED AFTER SEVERAL TURNS INTO A CHAMBER FROM THE CEILING OF THIS ROCKY VAULT HUNG AN ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB WHICH GLARED FEEBLY THROUGH DRIFTS OF SMOKE
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