. St. Nicholas [serial] . n the next windy night we have, youmay perhaps see some of the cloud ships at thewharves loading up with cheese. During this talk, they werewalking along toward thecenter of the moon, and Elfie,who kept her eyes open, sawthat there was a very highmountain, resembling a fantas-tically shaped castle, rising outof the middle of the plain. There s the home of theMan in the Moon, said herguide. Of course, as thatpart of the moon gets eaten up,he has to move over towardthe edge; but he always buildshimself a castle where he can rest comfortablyafter the hard work of making
. St. Nicholas [serial] . n the next windy night we have, youmay perhaps see some of the cloud ships at thewharves loading up with cheese. During this talk, they werewalking along toward thecenter of the moon, and Elfie,who kept her eyes open, sawthat there was a very highmountain, resembling a fantas-tically shaped castle, rising outof the middle of the plain. There s the home of theMan in the Moon, said herguide. Of course, as thatpart of the moon gets eaten up,he has to move over towardthe edge; but he always buildshimself a castle where he can rest comfortablyafter the hard work of making the new they came near, she saw in front of a largehole in the side of the mountain, shaped like adoor, an enormous man. Elfie thought he mustbe at least fifty feet high. He was dressed ina long, brown coat, which reached to his knees;on his legs were long blue stockings, and pur-ple trunks; his shoes were ornamented withbuckles, his cap was blue and cut to a point infront, while a long amber-colored feather which. THE CLOUD SHIPS ON A WINDY NIGHT. 468 ELFIE S VISIT TO CLOUDLAND AND THE MOON. [April, floated up from it showed that he was a littlebit vain of his personal appearance. His headwas very, very large, forming at least one-thirdof his whole height. The face was round andfull and very jolly-looking, a slight droop tothe left eyelid giving his eyes such a quaint, slylook that nobody who looked at him couldpossibly help laughing. He was sitting down on a great heap ofcheese, having his dinner; and (to showyou what a very extraordinary man hewas) he was eating the frontof his own house ! Hullo ! he shouted,when he saw our littletraveler, hullo ! What bringsyou here ? It is nt often thatI have the pleasure of speak-ing to any here and let me shakehands with you. He stooped down and tookElfies hand in his mighty fistand shook it warmly. Sit down, sit down, littleone; here is a nice seat. Ofcourse you wish to ask ques-tions. I never knew an Earth-c
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