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HE voices were telling Valentine and John Ball that in the Wood of Daylight-Gone there would be never a change; the voices were telling them that those who had come there would be ever the same; the voices were telling them that the children who followed the Piper would be children always. Then John Ball and Valentine said, "Will we be children always and ever?"

The voices that Faunus spoke with said: "Unless you go out of the Wood of Daylight-Gone you will be children always."

A great sadness came over Valentine and over