Page 112 - Adventures in shadow-land

as Eva thought, they must have travelled for days.
Sometimes she would sleep, and the boat went on

just the same; when she was hungry, she would
dip her hand into the water, and the trout would

bring tier a basket filled with the fruit which grew
in the Valley of Rest. But Eva began to be very

tired of the long journey through the cavern \ and
she was wondering to herself how much farther

they would have to go, when all of a sudden the
little blue flames burning in the lUy-cups flickered

for a moment, and then, seemingly gathering
themselves together, shot up to the roof of the

cavern and disappeared, leaving everything again
in total darkness ; and Eva was just going to ask

the trout what this meant, When she saw, far away
in the distance before her, what looked to her

like a tiny, yet beautiful blue star shining.
This little star, which was yet far away, seemed

so fair and lovely that Eva said, without intend-
ing to speak, “ O little boat, if only you would
sail faster, and go near the pretty star I” And,

just as if the boat had heard and understood the

words, it began to move faster,-^or was it the star
which grew larger and larger, and came to meet