Page 49 - Adventures in shadow-land

the two children, after their sleep,

e to see the moon rise to her sta­

in the sky, they were not surprised
to find that her fair, round proportions were al­

ready changed. But when Eva turned to Aster,
she saw that he, too, was smaller than when they

had lain down to rest; and she knew at once,
almost as if she had been told, that the Moon-

Prince would in future wax and wane as did the
orb from which he had been banished; that this

was part of his punishment; and now she under­
stood why it was that Aster had said she would

have to take care of him. But as she stood, think­
ing of this, Aster suddenly touched her hand, and

directly over the mossy bed on which they had