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Chapter XI. How Diamond Got Home Again

           Andthetigerflewoverthesnowinastraightlineforthesouth,growinglessandlesstoDiamond’seyestillitwasonlyablackspeckuponthewhiteness;andthenitvanishedaltogether.AndnowDiamondfeltthathewouldrathernotrunanyfarther,andthattheicehadgotveryrough.Besides,hewasneartheprecipicesthatboundedthesea,soheslackenedhispacetoawalk,sayingaloudtohimself:

           “WhenNorthWindhaspunishedmeenoughformakinggameofher,shewillcomebacktome;Iknowshewill,forIcan’tgomuchfartherwithouther.”

           “Youdearboy!Itwasonlyinfun.HereIam!”saidNorthWind’svoicebehindhim.

           Diamondturned,andsawherashelikedbesttoseeher,standingbesidehim,atalllady.

           “Where’sthetiger?”heasked,forheknewallthecreaturesfromapicturebookthatMissColemanhadgivenhim.“But,ofcourse,”headded,“youwerethetiger.Iwaspuzzledandforgot.Isawitsuchalongwayoffbeforeme,andthereyouwerebehindme.It’ssoodd,youknow.”

           “Itmustlookveryoddtoyou,Diamond:Iseethat.Butitisnomoreoddtomethantobreakanoldpineintwo.”

           “Well,that’soddenough,”remarkedDiamond.

           “Soitis!Iforgot.Well,noneofthesethingsareoddertomethanitistoyoutoeatbreadandbutter.”

           “Well,that’soddtoo,whenIthinkofit,”persistedDiamond.“Ishouldjustlikeasliceofbreadandbutter!I’mafraidtosayhowlongitis—howlongitseemstome,thatis—sinceIhadanythingtoeat.”

           “Comethen,”saidNorthWind,stoopingandholdingoutherarms

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