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THE CHILDREN

the howl of a Satyr. And while he lamented the Satyrs came and stood around him. John Ball dashed away from the place, and he found somewhere to hide at the edge of the Dark Forest. His lair was the great hollow of a tree, and there he lived, eating roots and honey, and keeping himself from the band of Satyrs. And so it was with John Ball for the whole of a year.

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