when he was awakened by the sound of a clock in a distan

l were on one side of him, sleeping deeply. Hansel was ev

emained near him, but she was nowhere to

t on the road nearby. And there was something about the sound ... you could tell that i

l running as if she were in great peril. And as she drew nearer Everychild felt quite sure he knew who the girl

out at all knowing what he intended to do, he sprang to his feet and dashed down the road after her. It

thought: "That's the kind of a girl you would

e her. After all, it was rather uncomfortable, pursuing her in the dark. His

ad and went sailing down the avenues of the forest. A rabbit, sitting on a little hummock, dropped it

r now: a mere blur in the shadows far ahead of him. He could no lon

e hidden behind a tree

frighten her. If he could only speak to her once

immediately that she had not hidden. At this point a path turned a

h beneath his feet. And it seemed to him that he was now all surrounded by living, hidden creat

ted. And then he stopped suddenly, not knowing whether he should continue on his way, or return to his companions by the side of the road. He

then he continued on his way, in t