ADVENTURES BY THE WAY 37

still sounded in different tones, but all calling
out the same word, ‘ Hurly-Burly,’ till the
boy began to be almost frightened. Then
he bethought him all at once of his toad,
which might as well be of use to him now
as atany other time. So, without more ado,
he took out the creature, moss and all, gently
squeezed it as he had been told, and, holding
it in his right hand, said to it in a friendly
voice, ‘Please, Toad, tell me what this
means and what I ought to do?’ To his
great surprise, no sooner had he asked the
question than there came from the toad
a sound exactly like that which proceeds
from a musical box. The squeeze seemed to
have had the same effect as the winding
up of the key of such an instrument, and
the only difference was that the toad’s notes
seemed to shape themselves into words, so
that the boy could perfectly well under-
stand what was said; and this was what he
heard :

‘The voices are meant to deceive and delude,
They come from bad creatures, the children of
night,
Don't listen or stop, but with courage endued
Press manfully forward, and Keep to the Right!’