Woodsy neighbours of Tan and Teckle . THE WALKING STONE *3Sfei IT looked like a weather-worn, roundedstone about the size of a butter dish,covered with dust and dirt, lying in thegrass. In colour it was a dusty brown,blotched here and there with dull orangeyellow, as if lichen had tried to grow there,but found the soil too poor, and, dying, hadturned yellow. And, like a stone that hasbeen used to mark a boundary, it had carvedon it some letters and figures. But can a stone move? Surely this objectdid. True, it lay on a hillside, and you mighthave thought that something had started itto rolling
Woodsy neighbours of Tan and Teckle . THE WALKING STONE *3Sfei IT looked like a weather-worn, roundedstone about the size of a butter dish,covered with dust and dirt, lying in thegrass. In colour it was a dusty brown,blotched here and there with dull orangeyellow, as if lichen had tried to grow there,but found the soil too poor, and, dying, hadturned yellow. And, like a stone that hasbeen used to mark a boundary, it had carvedon it some letters and figures. But can a stone move? Surely this objectdid. True, it lay on a hillside, and you mighthave thought that something had started itto rolling. But the hillside was not than that, the stone did not roll—it moved along on the same side on which it 185 186 WOODSY NEIGHBOURS lay, just as if it were dragged along with astring. The meadow lark that had alightedclose beside it, and was wagging his tail beforebeginning a song, looked again to be sure thathis eyes had not deceived him, and with aterrified Sprake ! Sprake ! fled wildly tothe other side of the meadow. S
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