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English[en]
At his side Pippin lay dreaming pleasantly; but a change came over his dreams and he turned and groaned. Suddenly he woke, or thought he had waked, and yet still heard in the darkness the sound that had disturbed his dream: tip-tap, squeak: the noise was like branches fretting in the wind, twig-fingers scraping wall and window: creak, creak, creak. He wondered if there were willow-trees close to the house; and then suddenly he had a dreadful feeling that he was not in an ordinary house at all, but inside the willow and listening to that horrible dry creaking voice laughing at him again. He sat up, and felt the soft pillows yield to his hands, and he lay down again relieved. He seemed to hear the echo of words in his ears: ‘Fear nothing! Have peace until the morning! Heed no nightly noises!’ Then he went to sleep again.
Cornish[kw]
Nes dhodho, Pypyn a worwedhas ow hunrosa yn teg; mes chanj a dheuth dh’y hunros hag ev a dreylyas ha kyni. A-dhesempis ev a dhifunas, po ev a dybis yndella, mes hwath ev a glywas y’n tewlder an son a ankressa y hunros: typ-tap, mik: an tros o haval dhe varrennow ow fysla a-barth gwyns dibowes, bysyes barrek ow kravas orth fos ha fenester: gwigh, gwigh, gwigh. Ev a ombybis mars esa helyk nes dhe’n chi; ena distowgh, ev a veu synsis gans omglywans euthek nag usi ev yn chi vytholl, yth esa ev a-ji dhe’n helygenn, ow koslowes orth an lev euthek sygh gwighek na, ow hwartha orto arta. Ev a esedhas ha klywes an bluvek vedhel yn-dann y dhewdhorn, hag ev a worwedhas arta yn unn difresya. Dell hevelis dhodho, ev a glywas dasson a eryow yn y dhiwskovarn: ‘Na borth own a dravyth! Bydh kosel bys yn myttinweyth! Na goelewgh orth trosow nosweyth!’ Ev a goedhas yn kosk arta.