roofs all shining gray in the gray dawn. They passed through the pitmens village, all shutup and silent now, and through the turnpike; andthen they were out in the real country, and ploddingalong the black dusty road, between black slag walls,with no sound but the groaning and thumping of… … I A FAIRY TALE FOR A LAND-BABY 9 they heard the skylark saying his matins high up inthe air, and the pit-bird warbling in the sedges, as hehad warbled all night long. All else was silent. For old Mrs. Eartli was stillfast asleep ; and, like many pretty people, she lookedstill prettier asleep than…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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