The Scarecrow would
not be there now; he had always in his heart fancied it there, and he
would not change that picture that he had of it. But now the light
flashed at him. As he stared at it he knew that to-day he had completed
that adventure that had begun for him many years ago, on that Christmas
Eve when he had met Mr. Pidgen.
They were whispering in his ear, "We've had a lovely day. It was the
most beautiful nursery.... Two other children came too. They wore
_their_ things...."
"What, after all," said his Friend's voice, "does it mean but that if
you love enough we are with you everywhere--for ever?"
And then the children's voices again:
"She thought they'd come back, but they'd never gone away--really, you
know."
He gazed once more at the point of light, and then turned round and
faced the dark room....
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