. Scottish fairy and folk tales. said he. Im perfectly satisfied, said Gille Macdonald,and he put his foot on the beetle, and squish, sqrunch!there was nothing but a black patch seen on the floor. Well, thats over, and Gille Macdonald sankwith a sigh of relief into the giants chair. But with a bang all the five doors of the fivepresses opened, and before he could say with yourleave or by your leave, Gille Macdonald found him-self surrounded by iive maidens in seagreen-colouredattire, who clasped him round the neck and arms,kissing, tickling, and nearly throttling him, all thetime laughing and
. Scottish fairy and folk tales. said he. Im perfectly satisfied, said Gille Macdonald,and he put his foot on the beetle, and squish, sqrunch!there was nothing but a black patch seen on the floor. Well, thats over, and Gille Macdonald sankwith a sigh of relief into the giants chair. But with a bang all the five doors of the fivepresses opened, and before he could say with yourleave or by your leave, Gille Macdonald found him-self surrounded by iive maidens in seagreen-colouredattire, who clasped him round the neck and arms,kissing, tickling, and nearly throttling him, all thetime laughing and giggling like wild lunatics. Have done! be off! Away with you, saucywenches! Get off, I say! choked Gille Macdonald,struggling to be free; but the more he pushed andkicked the closer they hung round about him andembraced him. What would have been the end of itI dont know, if he had not, with a violent effort, gotclear, and, flying to the corner of the hall, he stood atbay with the giants footstool held out before him Have done! be off! Away with you! Get off, I say! choked GiUeMftcdonald, as the maidens hung round about him and embraced 262. Scottish Fairy Tales. THE BRAZEN BROGUES. 263 Keep your distance, cried he. ^^ Ill give thefirst one who comes within a foot of me a nasty smack,I vow I will! and he whirled the footstool roundand round in a circle in front of him. And there were the five maidens dancing, laughing,kissing their hands to him, and kicking up their legsin a manner he had never seen before. Come out of the corner, you coward you! criedthey. You call yourself a man, and go on in thatway ? Bah ! ugh ! And oh ! what faces they madewhen they said ^ Ugh ! ^^ Ill not come out or put the stool down, saidGille Macdonald, ^^ till you promise to behave—thatsflat. What is your business? tell me, go about it,and let me go about mine. Thats just where it is; your business is aurs,said they, ^^ and whatever you have to go about, wemust go about too. Yo
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