om sawa new sight—all the bottom of the stream alive withGreat eels, turning and twisting along, all down stream O * O O O and away. They had been hiding for weeks past in thecracks of the rocks, and in burrows in the mud; andTom had hardly ever seen them, except now and thenat night: but now they… … run. What a jolly thunderstorm ! Down to thesea, down to the sea ! in A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 113 Arid then the otter came by with all her brood,twining and sweeping along as fast as the eels them-selves ; and she spied Tom as she came by, and said: Now is your time, eft, if yon want to see…
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