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So he left the house and locked the door and put the key in his pocket, for he was uncertain how long he should be gone and then he went to the edge of the moon and began to search for a good strong moonbeam.Īt last he found one that seemed rather substantial and reached right down to a pleasant-looking spot on the earth and so he swung himself over the edge of the moon, and put both arms tight around the moonbeam and started to slide down. Well, he sat by his ice-cool fire and thought about his journey to the earth, and finally he decided the only way he could get there was to slide down a moonbeam. Likewise, when he became chilly he took off his hat and coat, and even his shoes, and so became warm and in the hot days of summer he put on his overcoat to cool off.Īll of which seems very queer to you, no doubt but it was n't at all queer to the Man in the Moon, for he was accustomed to it. You see, everything went by contraries in the Moon, and when the Man wished to keep warm he knocked off a few chunks of ice and put them in his stove and he cooled his drinking water by throwing red-hot coals of fire into the pitcher.
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The words of the alderman made him more anxious than ever to visit the earth, and so he walked thoughtfully home, and put a few lumps of ice in the stove to keep him warm, and sat down to think how he should manage the trip. "Oh, Norwich is a mighty fine place," returned the alderman, "and it 's famous for its pease porridge " and then he sailed out of sight and left the Man in the Moon to reflect upon what he had said. "What 's a good place to visit down there?" enquired the Man in the Moon. "Everything is lovely," replied the alderman, "and I would n't leave it if I was not obliged to." This alderman was being translated (instead of being transported, owing to a misprint in the law) and as he came near the Man in the Moon called to him and said,
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One day he looked down and saw an alderman sailing up through the air towards him. The Man in the Moon was rather lonesome, and often he peeked over the edge of the moon and looked down upon the earth and envied all the people who lived together, for he thought it must be vastly more pleasant to have companions to talk to than to be shut up in a big planet all by himself, where he had to whistle to keep himself company. What! Have you never heard the story of the Man in the Moon? Then I must surely tell it, for it is very amusing, and there is not a word of truth in it. The Man in the Moon came tumbling down, And enquired the way to Norwich He went by the south and burned his mouth With eating cold pease porridge! Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe.The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett.The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane.The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne.