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Goodie watched him for some time, with her head on one side. Then she said, 'I see. What is your name, young man?'
'Mort,' sniffed shooed him out into the snow and followed behind him, pulling the door shut and locking it with a heavy iron key which she hung on a nail by the door.
The frost had tightened its grip on the forest, squeezing it until the roots creaked. The moon was setting, but the sky was full of hard white stars that made the winter seem colder still. Goodie Hamstring shivered.Mort. 'Short for Mortimer.''Well, Mort, I expect you've got an hourglass somewhere about your person,'Mort nodded vaguely. He reached down to his belt and produced the glass. The witch inspected it critically.'Still a minute or so,' she said. 'We don't have much time to lose. Just give me a moment to lock p.''But you don't understand!' Mort wailed. 'I'll mess it all up! I've never done this before!'She patted his hand. 'Neither have I,' she said. 'We can learn together. Now pick up the scythe and try to act your age, there's a good boy.'Against his protestations she
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