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The lowlands and the rivers, in which the tide rose and fell daily, were especially attractive. THE LOWLANDS AND RIVERS IN WHICH THE TIDE ROSE AND FELL DAILY WERE ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE
egan to cut down the trees, to build towns, and to have fields and gardens. Soon they made the landscape smile with pleasant homes, rich farms and playing children. They trained vines and made flowers grow. The young folks made pets of the wild animals' cubs, which their fathers and big brothers brought home from hunting. Old men took rushes and reeds and wove them into cages for song birds to live in. While they were draining the swamps and bogs, they drove out the monsters, that had made their lair in these wet places. These terrible creatures liked to poison people with their bad breath, and even ate up very little boys and girls, when they strayed away from home. So all the face of the open country between the forests became very pretty to look at. The whole of Cymric land, which then extended from the northern Grampian Hills to Cornwall, and from the Irish Sea, past their big fort, afterward called London, even to the edge of the German Ocean, became a delightful place to live in. ALL INTO THEIR NEW LAND THEY BEGAN TO CUT DOWN TREES TO BUILD FARMS AND TO HAVE FIELDS AND GARDENS SOON THEY MADE THE LANDSCAPE SMILE WITH PLEASANT HOMES RICH FARMS AND PLAYING CHILDREN THEY TRAINED VINES AND MADE FLOWERS GROW THE YOUNG FOLKS MADE PETS OF WILD ANIMALS CUBS WHICH THEIR FATHERS AND BIG BROTHERS BROUGHT HOME FROM HUNTING OLD MEN TOOK RUSHES AND REEDS AND WOVE THEM INTO CAGES FOR SONG BIRDS TO LIVE IN WHILE THEY WERE DRAINING THE SWAMPS AND BOGS THEY DROVE OUT THE MONSTERS THAT HAD MADE THEIR LAIR IN THESE WET PLACES THESE TERRIBLE CREATURES LIKED THE POISON PEOPLE WITH THEIR BAD BREATH AND EVEN ATE UP VERY LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WHEN THEY STRAYED AWAY FROM HOME SO ALL THE FACE OF THE OPEN COUNTRY BETWEEN THE FORESTS BECAME VERY PRETTY TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE THE CUMBRIC LAND WHICH THEN EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHERN GRAMPIAN HILLS TO CORNWALL AND FROM THE IRISH SEA PAST THAT BIG FORT AFTERWARD CALLED LONDON EVEN TO THE EDGE OF THE GERMAN OCEAN BECAME A DELIGHTFUL PLACE TO LIVE IN
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