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6o Eva's Adventures in Shadow-Land.

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they would not be safe until after the moon was

gone, and so they went on. At every mossy
stone, every fair duster of flowers, Aster would

insist upon stopping, but Eva would not listen to
him, for she always heard, at these places, a

friendly voice which said, “ Go on, go o n ;” and
so they went on.

But at last Aster, who did nothing but complain
of weariness, told Eva that he could and would go

no farther. Seeing a great, velvety, green mush'
room growing in the path, he ran and sat down

upon it, saying that it was a seat which had been
made and put there for him, and that Eva should

not share it.
He had scarcely said this, had scarcely seated

himself, when the mushroom changed into a great
green frog, which, with Aster seated astride upon

its back, began to hop nimbly away in the direc­
tion of the forest- But Eva, whose eyes had never

for a moment left the boy, sprang forward, and
before Aster—pleased at the motion of the frog—

could say a word, she had dragged him off Ms
strange steed, which turned and snapped at her,

but, instead of touching her, caught the skirt of