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Show (the SANDMAN I ! STORIES THE BLUE BROWNIES rKT ii. The rhanejtd lirowale waved goodbye to hla mat i a. and up through lha roof of Ih cove I'etro eaw him diaopprar from eight, and lhn the door of hla Pflaon waa opnd and lha lllur Krowalea all gathered around him. rhant Ing ; Itv th powrra of magic aklll .ou uur hrothrra plac ahall fill And then, rlimbtna up, oa nia a.ioul. drr. tha Irnrlf r llron ni rubbed thr bran on vtroa forlia4. Jnt aa ha bad 4..ne on th Hlu Hrownle he had hanal to a ral wn Whllt 1'nro waa arrowing emallar h kpt hla r fid ort lhlilua bran and anw juat w hrr thr Hrowme put M. for he knv that waa th one rhaocr h hail of n-nalnma hla form. ".No you ur on of ua" aald lh I lairr. a b ook4 at retro, who waa , now aa a mull and brown aa ih othrra j an4 drBrd In lb name aull of blu I ' And now you muat hrar our atory I and promlaa to oby our ordrra ' I Will out oalting for I'etro to prom la i 1b llrowm bra-iii to tell their airana atitry. n- nlaht.'1 he beaan, a band of in Mrownl ral Itrowniea. mean r thn jumped Inlo a hoi In thr ground whr w were froli- ikln- and t urn bird don n into th undrrg round 1 rav of lb old Hlu Wltrh. ha haa loat the key which unlocka hr treaaur t av wnrr ail of hrr ' .money and jrwrl ar kept, and whr! alao ia krpt ih ai-ret powilrr that will change her Into any aha pa ..-w ..-w tnh-a to take when oho ia tired of beina a witch. 'bh told ua If w would find' the kv whlrh la In th forest above t)it caatl ah would glvo ua Ih power of W..- ,i-iirz JlT"".; T Thav wer dancing nn Ih Ion of the water nnd ach one hld a torch and B'me way I'stm man-vged to drop bis and trtn up tb leader Hrownle, who tumbled hsd-flr-l 1no tb Ink. Quirlt a a wink ftro picked him nn. and as he did ao. h allprd nns hand Into his pocket and took th blue bean, which b not Into bis own pn-k si. and th wild danr. went nn arsiu. When tbv wr all dancing and not j wstch'ng Petro a all h dnrd to ' tb dg of ths lak and tumbled over on the ground; then h ro'led over and nvr until he wti far ennuvh from tbe Isk not lo be seen, at"d taking th bean nut o' his pocket, he ruhhed It over his forehead and changed back tn b' own Shape Hut Vetrn rit tb been awar care-full", care-full", fo- h thoughl h might nsd ll again If h fourd th lost key that belonged be-longed to th Hlu Witch. (f'nnvrtaM. iaj. by tb yn.ir Vewo- nacr Hyndlrat. New York ritv.l nsving an or our wishes granted (if course we do not hurrv aliout finding the key. for then we will have to re. turn to our brothers, the real Itrowniea and go to work again, so each night that tb moon Is shining w go up to tb lop of th Isks and hava a wild dance and when we come hsck w just tell the witch we rouki not find (he key. "Hh thinke w ar afraid of hr and w mak her think we are. but of course, she cannot harm us becsuse we will run away when we get tired of halna a good time Petro did not think this waa a very honorable thing to do but he did not aav so. Instead lie followed Ihs H'" Hrownle out of th cave, and with them went to th top of th lake where he had first seen them and Joined In their Old dance, wondering If ihev v alert, and If h was ever to have anv. thing to est again. Hut he did not long think annul this for h was v-v busy watching bis rhance to get th blue been, from the Itlue Hrownt who had it and so while be danced he kept doee to this particular par-ticular little creature. |