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The Story of the Amulet

CHAPTER 11
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Wouldn't you like to see some magic?
We're not too proud to do it for you.

Wouldn't you like to see it ?' 'I don't mind if I do,' said the guard.
'Well then, you get us that monkey of ours that was taken away, and we'll show you.' 'How do I know you're not making game of me ?' asked the soldier.
'Shouldn't wonder if you only wanted to get the creature so as to set it on me.

I daresay its teeth and claws are poisonous.' 'Well, look here,' said Robert.

'You see we've got nothing with us?
You just shut the door, and open it again in five minutes, and we'll have got a magic--oh, I don't know--a magic flower in a pot for you.' 'If you can do that you can do anything,' said the soldier, and he went out and barred the door.
Then, of course, they held up the Amulet.

They found the East by holding it up, and turning slowly till the Amulet began to grow big, walked home through it, and came back with a geranium in full scarlet flower from the staircase window of the Fitzroy Street house.
'Well!' said the soldier when he came in.


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