He scarce had uttered the words when a voice from a deep upright churn

cried out. _"Aye, aye, Georgey, we're flittin ye see!"_

"Ods, alive!" cried the farmer, "if I'd known thou would flit too, I'd

not have stirred a peg!"

And with that, he turned about to his wife, and told her they might as

well stay in the old house, as be bothered by the Boggart in a new one.

So stay they did.

THE END

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 33: From _Fairy-Gold_, a book of old English Fairy Tales.

Chosen by Ernest Rhys.]

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