. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . Vi^—ieii*-. «t ^^ n^^-v XXIX PETERKIN BRINGS JOY IM not sure what the old villainthought of the scheme of flyingto the Valley of the Blind—but hedared not disobey. ForPeterkins grip was firmupon his shoulders—andPeterkins breath was hotagainst his cheek. So over the mountainsthey flew, into the tumble-down, joyless valley of darkness—the valley where thetoothless villain had stricken each innocent one with blind-ness. There, across the neglected road, at the edge of the wildgrown heath, they found the sorrowful family of those who first had told the tale of


. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . Vi^—ieii*-. «t ^^ n^^-v XXIX PETERKIN BRINGS JOY IM not sure what the old villainthought of the scheme of flyingto the Valley of the Blind—but hedared not disobey. ForPeterkins grip was firmupon his shoulders—andPeterkins breath was hotagainst his cheek. So over the mountainsthey flew, into the tumble-down, joyless valley of darkness—the valley where thetoothless villain had stricken each innocent one with blind-ness. There, across the neglected road, at the edge of the wildgrown heath, they found the sorrowful family of those who first had told the tale of woe to Peterkin. Their clothes 130. PETERKIN BRINGS JOY 131 were more wretched than ever; their house was crumblingto the point of falHng apart. And they wept bitterly whenthey heard Peterkins voice again.


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