. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . id athird. It is just as I suspected, observed a ought to be some one out on the frontier toinform visitors; they get all confused before theyrein the land. Im glad we called him in, and helooked about at the others as if he thought they oughtto thank him for his thoughtfulness. My dear little boy, said one of the imps, thereis nothing strange about Tockerlore, but the Earth,where you come from, is a queer place. Consequently,when you come here things appear strange when theyreally are not so. Scarcely a week passes but s
. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . id athird. It is just as I suspected, observed a ought to be some one out on the frontier toinform visitors; they get all confused before theyrein the land. Im glad we called him in, and helooked about at the others as if he thought they oughtto thank him for his thoughtfulness. My dear little boy, said one of the imps, thereis nothing strange about Tockerlore, but the Earth,where you come from, is a queer place. Consequently,when you come here things appear strange when theyreally are not so. Scarcely a week passes but somevisitor goes by here - - invited, I suppose, by a friendlyhour - - and we always notice how surprised he seemsto be. Now if you will just let me pin this flower onyour blouse, it will set you right until you get to Ticker-leen, where you wont need it. They have so much fragrance there from thepipes that you wont needany flower, but Min-utel has no muni-cipal supply, andonly gets what fra-grance the free airsupplies, and thatisnt much. Now run along -59. KING TIME you came up through the Snooze Valley from the frontier,didnt you ? Yes, was that the Snooze Valley ? said thechild. That was the Snooze Valley. Good-bye. Good-bye, said the little boy, and I thank you —I really thank you very much if it wrill make me seethings right. The imps all nodded as he ran away, and as he andhis friend proceeded along the road, he turned andsaw that they were all at work again, fanning withall their might and main. He explained to the Impwhat they had done, and the Imp seemed to think itwas a good idea. I only hope it will work, said he, for you arethe strangest child I ever knew.
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