13/14 I saw it such a long way off before me, and there you were behind me. It's so odd, you know." "It must look very odd to you, Diamond: I see that. But it is no more odd to me than to break an old pine in two." "Well, that's odd enough," remarked Diamond. Well, none of these things are odder to me than it is to you to eat bread and butter." "Well, that's odd too, when I think of it," persisted Diamond. "I should just like a slice of bread and butter! I'm afraid to say how long it is--how long it seems to me, that is--since I had anything to eat." "Come then," said North Wind, stooping and holding out her arms. |