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THE SPRIG OF HOLLY.
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"Why—what do you mean by that?" stammered Colin.
"I mean," said the dwarf, "that for one year you are to belong to me, and do everything I tell you to do."
"THIS IS THE LAST SPRIG IN THE WHOLE FOREST."
"I won't agree to that," said Colin, who had now recovered his spirits. "It's too much to ask."