The Piper by Josephine Preston Peabody
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But here's no game for Jan.--Stay! Something else.--
[He runs to a wooden coffer, rear, and takes out a long crystal on the end of a string, with a glance at the shaft of sunlight from the roof. The Children watch. Be quiet, now.--Chase not your tails too far, Till I come home again. CHILDREN Come home--come home! PIPER And you shall see my-- CHILDREN Something Beautiful! Oh, oh, what is it?--Oh, and will it play? Will it play music? PIPER Yes. [He hangs the crystal in the sun. A Rainbow strikes the wall. --The best of all! CHEAT-THE-DEVIL, JAN, CHILDREN Oh, oh, how beautiful,--how beautiful! PIPER And hear it pipe and call, and dance, and sing. Heja!--And hark you all. You have to mind-- |
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