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The Reluctant Dragon

           

           Oneeveningtheshepherd,whoforsomenightspasthadbeendisturbedandpreoccupied,andoffhisusualmentalbalance,camehomeallofatremble,and,sittingdownatthetablewherehiswifeandsonwerepeacefullyemployed,shewithherseam,heinfollowingouttheadventuresoftheGiantwithnoHeartinhisBody,exclaimedwithmuchagitation:

           “It’sallupwithme,Maria!NevernomorecanIgouponthemthereDowns,wasiteverso!”

           “Nowdon’tyoutakeonlikethat,”saidhiswife,whowasaVERYsensiblewoman:“buttellusallaboutitfirst,whateveritisashasgivenyouthisshake-up,andthenmeandyouandthesonhere,betweenus,weoughttobeabletogettothebottomofit!”

           “Itbegansomenightsago,”saidtheshepherd.“Youknowthatcaveupthere—Ineverlikedit,somehow,andthesheepneverlikeditneither,andwhensheepdon’tlikeathingthere’sgenerallysomereasonforit.Well,forsometimepastthere’sbeenfaintnoisescomingfromthatcave—noiseslikeheavysighings,withgruntsmixedupinthem;andsometimesasnoring,farawaydown—REALsnoring,yetsomehownotHONESTsnoring,likeyouandmeo’nights,youknow!”

           “Iknow,”remarkedtheBoy,quietly.

           “OfcourseIwasterriblefrightened,”theshepherdwenton;“yetsomehowIcouldn’tkeepaway.Sothisveryevening,beforeIcomedown,Itookacastroundbythecave,quietly.Andthere—OLord!thereIsawhimatlast,asplainasIseeyou!”

           “SawWHO?”saidhiswife,beginningtoshareinherhusband’snervousterror.

           “WhyHIM,I’matellingyou!”saidtheshepherd.

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