have to take care of himself; while as for running, he 32 THE WATER-BABIES CHAl. could keep up for a couple of miles with any stage-coach, if there was the chance of a copper or a cigar-end, and turn coach-wheels on his hands and feet tentimes following, which is more than you can do. Where-fore… … to know that he might hide in a bush, or swarm up atree, and, altogether, had more chance there than inthe open. If he had not known that, he would havebeen foolisher than a mouse or a minnow. But when he got into the wood, he found it a verydifferent sort of place from what he had fancied.…
Fairy tales · Chimney sweeps
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