Water baby Tom (12) [Water baby Tom]
Water baby Tom (12)
And now he began to get a little hungry, and very thirsty ; but he could see nothing to eat anywhere, and still less to drink.
To his right rose moor after moor, hill after hill, till they faded away, blue into blue sky.
But between him and those moors, and really at his very feet, lay something, to which, as soon as Tom saw it, he determined to go, for that was the place for him.
A deep, deep green and rocky valley, very narrow, and filled with wood ; but through the wood, hundreds of feet below him, he could see a clear stream glance.
Oh, if he could but get down to that stream !
Then, by the stream he saw the roof of a little cottage, and a little garden, set out in squares and beds.
And there was a tiny little red thing moving in the garden, no bigger than a fly.
As Tom looked down, he saw that it was a woman in a red petticoat !
Ah ! perhaps she would gave him something to eat ; and he could get down there in five minutes.
But Tom was wrong about getting down in five minute, for the cottage was more than a mile off, and a good thousand feet below.
However, down he went, though he was very footsore, and tired, and hungry, and thirsty, and all the while he never saw the Irishwoman going down behind him.
(12/16)
And now he began to get a little hungry, and very thirsty ; but he could see nothing to eat anywhere, and still less to drink.
To his right rose moor after moor, hill after hill, till they faded away, blue into blue sky.
But between him and those moors, and really at his very feet, lay something, to which, as soon as Tom saw it, he determined to go, for that was the place for him.
A deep, deep green and rocky valley, very narrow, and filled with wood ; but through the wood, hundreds of feet below him, he could see a clear stream glance.
Oh, if he could but get down to that stream !
Then, by the stream he saw the roof of a little cottage, and a little garden, set out in squares and beds.
And there was a tiny little red thing moving in the garden, no bigger than a fly.
As Tom looked down, he saw that it was a woman in a red petticoat !
Ah ! perhaps she would gave him something to eat ; and he could get down there in five minutes.
But Tom was wrong about getting down in five minute, for the cottage was more than a mile off, and a good thousand feet below.
However, down he went, though he was very footsore, and tired, and hungry, and thirsty, and all the while he never saw the Irishwoman going down behind him.
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2014-03-31 18:00
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