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 Rh childer ahl th' au'd ta'ales, an tow't 'em to b'leeeve 'em an' to think a deal on th' bogles an' boggarts 'n th' green co'ated Stra'angers. An' slowly, slowly, tha tiddy people gi'n oop ther fractiousness, an' tha took oop agean wi' th' fo'ak, 'n took off th' mischance as 'd laid on 'em; an' slowly, slowly, th' har'sts bettered an' th' be'asts fatted, an' th' childer he'd oop ther he'ads, but t'worn't natheless ahl 's it us'ter bin. Tha men 'd took to th' gin an' th' wimmen to th' op'um; tha favers shuk 'em allers, an' th' brats wor yaller 'n illgrowed, an' thoff th' toimes bettered, an' th' fo'ak thruv, an' th' Stra'angers wor no'on onfriendly, still t'worn't none so ga'ay 's afore th' evil da'ays, whan tha hadn't knowd what 'twor to hunger 'n thu'st, an' afore th' kirkgarth wor so full wi' th' tiddy graves, an' th' cradles to ho'am so teem 's to than. Ah! 'n ahl that coom o' to'nin' fro' th' au'd wa'ays. an' a reckon 't's best to kep to 'm, lest mischance 'd be sent i' pa'ayment fur mismanners.

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