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SHIANA
floor shook, and the house shook, and the mountain shook all round the place. When Shiana saw the change, and when he heard the sound and the power of that roar, swelling and rising, the house whirled about him, a cloud came before his eyes, and he fell like a dead lump on the floor, unconscious and speechless.
Sheila.—Oh, Peg! I see him, I see him! oh! oh! oh!
Peg.—Hush, hush, Sheila dear! What do you see?
Sheila.—Oh, the man with the horns! The man with the horns! What shall I do? What shall I do? Oh!
Kate.—The neighbours will hear her. Hush, Sheila, my darling.
Abbie.—Your mother is coming up the field, Peg.
Peg.—Come over, Sheila, and sit here on my lap.
Sheila.—Oh! oh! What shall I do? What shall I do? Oh! oh!
Mary (mother of Peg and Sheila).—What's this you are going on with here? What made you cry, Sheila, my lamb?
Sheila.—Oh, I don't know, mother. It is just that I got frightened, and I thought I saw the man with the horns.
Mary.—The man with the horns! Why, who is he?
Sheila.—The man with the tail, I meant to say.
Mary.—The man with the tail?
Sheila.—The man with the tail that had a claw in it.
Mary.—Well, indeed now, Peg, 'tis a great shame for you. You have spoilt all the youngsters of the place. I don't know in the world how you
