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In his little hut by the great river
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which a heavy rain had swollen to overflowing
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lay the ancient Ferryman, asleep,
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wearied by the toil of the day.
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In the middle of the night
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loud voices awoke him;
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he heard that it was travellers wishing to be carried over.
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Stepping out, he saw two large Will-o'-wisps,
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hovering to and fro on his boat, which lay moored
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they were in violent haste, and should have been already on the other side.
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The old Ferryman made no loitering
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pushed off, and steered with his usual skill obliquely through the stream
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while the two strangers whiffled and hissed together,
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in an unknown very rapid tongue
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and every now and then broke out in loud laughter
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hopping about, at one time on the gunwale and the seats, at another on the bottom of the boat.
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"The boat is keeling!" cried the old man; "if you don't be quiet, it'll overset
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be seated, gentlemen of the wisp!"
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At this advice they burst into a fit of laughter, mocked the old man, and were more unquiet than ever. He bore their mischief with silence, and soon reached the farther shore.
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"Here is for your labour!" cried the travellers; and as they shook themselves, a heap of glittering gold-pieces jingled down into the wet boat.
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"For Heaven's sake, what are you about?" cried the old man; "you will ruin me forever!
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here, take back your gold."
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"We can take nothing back, which we have once shaken from us," said the Lights.
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Hand made#let me do#Manufacture des Gobelins#the manufacture of carpets was added to that of tapestry
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The Lights had leaped from the boat, but the old man cried: "Stay; where is my fare?"
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"If you take no gold, you may work for nothing," cried the Will-o'-wisps
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"You must know that I am only to be paid with fruits of the earth.
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"Fruits of the earth? we despise them, and have never tasted them."
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And yet I cannot let you go, till you have promised that you will deliver me three Cabbages, three Artichokes, and three large Onions.
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The Lights were making-off with jests; but they felt themselves, in some inexplicable manner, fastened to the ground
