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hand upon it, Eva saw that it was not a hand, but
only a sharp black claw.

*f Take me in 1" he repeated.
Eva peeped at the trout over the side of the

boat before she answered him, but they were
taking no notice of the dwarf, and were swim­

ming along as quietly as ever*
“ Take me in \n he squeaked again.

“ N o,” Eva said; “ the boat is too small to
hold us both,"

“ Then give me one of those peacock feathers

to fan myself with.11
“ I must refuse you,'1 Eva went 011; “ but

perhaps the jackdaw, who was here not long since,
might supply you, as he did m e."

“ You are very unkind,’ 1 the dwarf said*
tf Come, now, I will give you such a pretty flower

if you will only let me go a little way with you; a
star-flower. Aster means— a star*’ 1

Eva shook her head. “ I cannot.”
*• W hy?1’

“ Because I think I saw you in the forest."

And just as Eva said these words, a change
came over the dwarf; he was the same, yet not

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