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Woe came upon the sharp-taloned Goblins when the thorns of the Ryls
reached their savage hearts and let their life-blood sprinkle all the plain. And
afterward from every drop a thistle grew.
The Dragons paused astonished before the Fairy wands, from whence rushed
a power that caused their fiery breaths to flow back on themselves so that
they shriveled away and died.
As for the Awgwas, they had scant time to realize how they were destroyed, for
the ash switches of the Nymphs bore a charm unknown to any Awgwa, and
turned their foes into clods of earth at the slightest touch!
When Ak leaned upon his gleaming ax and turned to look over the field of
battle he saw the few Giants who were able to run disappearing over the
distant hills on their return to Tatary. The Goblins had perished every one, as
had the terrible Dragons, while all that remained of the wicked Awgwas was a
great number of earthen hillocks dotting the plain.
And now the immortals melted from the Valley like dew at sunrise, to resume
their duties in the Forest, while Ak walked slowly and thoughtfully to the
house of Claus and entered.
"
You have many toys ready for the children," said the Woodsman, "and now
you may carry them across the plain to the dwellings and the villages without
fear."
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Will not the Awgwas harm me?" asked Claus, eagerly.
The Awgwas," said Ak, "have perished!"
Now I will gladly have done with wicked spirits and with fighting and
bloodshed. It was not from choice that I told of the Awgwas and their allies,
and of their great battle with the immortals. They were part of this history,
and could not be avoided.
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