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Chapter II. The Lawn

           ButitwasanespecialdisappointmenttoDiamond,forhislittlehearthadbeenbeatingwithjoy:thefaceoftheNorthWindwassogrand!Tohavealadylikethatforafriend—withsuchlonghair,too!Why,itwaslongerthantwentyDiamonds’tails!Shewasgone.Andtherehestood,withhisbarefeetonthestonesofthepavedyard.

           Itwasaclearnightoverhead,andthestarswereshining.Orioninparticularwasmakingthemostofhisbrightbeltandgoldensword.Butthemoonwasonlyapoorthincrescent.Therewasjustonegreat,jagged,blackandgraycloudinthesky,withasteepsidetoitlikeaprecipice;andthemoonwasagainstthisside,andlookedasifshehadtumbledoffthetopofthecloud-hill,andbrokenherselfinrollingdowntheprecipice.Shedidnotseemcomfortable,forshewaslookingdownintothedeeppitwaitingforher.AtleastthatwaswhatDiamondthoughtashestoodforamomentstaringather.Buthewasquitewrong,forthemoonwasnotafraid,andtherewasnopitshewasgoingdowninto,fortherewerenosidestoit,andapitwithoutsidestoitisnotapitatall.Diamond,however,hadnotbeenoutsolatebeforeinallhislife,andthingslookedsostrangeabouthim!—justasifhehadgotintoFairyland,ofwhichheknewquiteasmuchasanybody;forhismotherhadnomoneytobuybookstosethimwrongonthesubject.Ihaveseenthisworld—onlysometimes,justnowandthen,youknow—lookasstrangeaseverIsawFairyland.ButIconfessthatIhavenotyetseenFairylandatitsbest.Iamalwaysgoingtoseeitsosometime.

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