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This gave them a little upward motion 

 and greatly broke the shock of the long 

 swift slide from the top of one tree to the 

 bottom of the next. 



Each time they struck I could hear the 

 pat of their feet. It was for all the world 

 like sliding down hill, and a great deal 

 easier it seemed to me. The tree was the 

 hill which they climbed each time they 

 coasted. 



I watched them going from tree to 

 tree until they were out of sight, and 

 then heaved a deep sigh. They were 

 gone, the deep woods would claim them, 

 and I should see them no more. It was 

 too bad. 



But this time I was mistaken, for the 

 graycoats cared more for their friends in 

 the farm-house than I had thought. 

 They were gone for two or three days, 

 but you can imagine my astonishment 



