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where. The Wishing Well was on the top of
a hill between Yarrow and Tweed. So they
took off their shoes, and waded the Tweed at
the shallowest part, and then they walked up
the green grassy bank on the other side, till

 

they came to the burn of Peel. Here they
passed the old square tower of Peel, and the
shepherd dogs came out and barked at them.
Randal threw a.stone at.them, and they ran
away with their-tails between their legs.
“Don’t you think we had better go into Peel,
and get some bannocks to eat on the way,
Randal?” said Jean. ,
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