Chapter II. The Lawn

           

           WHENDiamondgotroundthecornerofthehay,foramomenthehesitated.Thestairbywhichhewouldnaturallyhavegonedowntothedoorwasattheothersideoftheloft,andlookedveryblackindeed;foritwasfullofNorthWind’shair,asshedescendedbeforehim.Andjustbesidehimwastheladdergoingstraightdownintothestable,upwhichhisfatheralwayscametofetchthehayforDiamond’sdinner.Throughtheopeninginthefloorthefaintgleamofthe-stablelanternwasenticing,andDiamondthoughthewouldrundownthatway.

           Thestairwentclosepasttheloose-boxinwhichDiamondthehorselived.WhenDiamondtheboywashalf-waydown,herememberedthatitwasofnousetogothisway,forthestable-doorwaslocked.ButatthesamemomenttherewashorseDiamond’sgreatheadpokedoutofhisboxontotheladder,forheknewboyDiamondalthoughhewasinhisnight-gown,andwantedhimtopullhisearsforhim.ThisDiamonddidverygentlyforaminuteorso,andpattedandstrokedhisnecktoo,andkissedthebighorse,andhadbeguntotakethebitsofstrawandhayoutofhismane,whenallatonceherecollectedthattheLadyNorthWindwaswaitingforhimintheyard.

           “Goodnight,Diamond,”hesaid,anddarteduptheladder,acrosstheloft,anddownthestairtothedoor.Butwhenhegotoutintotheyard,therewasnolady.

           Nowitisalwaysadreadfulthingtothinkthereissomebodyandfindnobody.Childreninparticularhavenotmadeuptheirmindstoit;theygenerallycryatnobody,especiallywhentheywakeupatnight.

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