. St. Nicholas [serial] . ry one of those idiots who are queer creature on the steeple, but no one could say where it came fromor what it was; they werenaturally much puzzled. The next day wasbright with sunshine; so,early in the forenoon,Bud and Fluff had theroyal cook fill their bas-kets with good things toeat, and set out to picnicon the bank of the riverthat separated Nolandfrom the kingdom of rode ponies, to reachthe river sooner than bywalking; and their onlycompanions were Tally-dab, the lord high steward,and his talking dog, Ruf-fles. It was after this picnicparty had passed ov
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ry one of those idiots who are queer creature on the steeple, but no one could say where it came fromor what it was; they werenaturally much puzzled. The next day wasbright with sunshine; so,early in the forenoon,Bud and Fluff had theroyal cook fill their bas-kets with good things toeat, and set out to picnicon the bank of the riverthat separated Nolandfrom the kingdom of rode ponies, to reachthe river sooner than bywalking; and their onlycompanions were Tally-dab, the lord high steward,and his talking dog, Ruf-fles. It was after this picnicparty had passed overthe mountain, and weresecurely hidden from anyone in the city of Nole,that the ruler of the Roly-Rogues and his thousandsof followers hurled them-selves down from theirland above the clouds andbegan bounding towardthe plain below. The people first heard THE GREAT BALL STRUCK THE FIELD NEAR THEM. .1 j j 1, a roar that sounded likelaughing at me down there ! said the creature, distant thunder ; and when they looked toward. its eyes flashing wickedly. Then you d best stay where you are, re-turned old Rivette, who flew back to earthagain to tell Bud what the Roly-Rogue hadsaid. I believe that is the best place for him,said Bud; so we 11 let him stay where he is. the North Mountains they saw the air blackwith tiny bouncing balls that seemed to dropfrom the drifting clouds which always had ob-scured the highest peak. But, although appearing small when first seen,these balls grew rapidly larger as they camenearer; and then, with sharp reports like pistol- He s not very ornamental, I must say, but he s shots, they began dropping upon the plain byvery safe up there on top of the steeple. dozens and hundreds and then thousands. 788 QUEEN ZIXI OF IX; [July, As soon as they touched the ground theybounded upward again, like rubber balls thechildren throw upon the floor; but each boundwas less violent than the one preceding it, untilfinally within the streets of the city and uponall the fi
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