They felt they could not be afraid of him any more than of their particular friend old Hobden the hedger . He did not bother them with grown-up questions , or laugh at the donkey 's head , but lay and smiled to himself in the most sensible way . ` Have you a knife on you ? ' he said at last . Dan handed over his big one-bladed outdoor knife , and Puck began to carve out a piece of turf from the centre of the Ring . ` What 's that for -- Magic ? ' said Una , as he pressed up the square of chocolate loam that cut like so much cheese . ` One of my little magics , ' he answered , and cut another . ` You see , I ca n't let you into the Hills because the People of the Hills have gone ; but if you care to take seizin from me , I may be able to show you something out of the common here on Human Earth . You certainly deserve it . ' ` What 's taking seizin ? ' said Dan , cautiously . ` It 's an old custom the people had when they bought and sold land . They used to cut out a clod and hand it over to the buyer , and you were n't lawfully seized of your land -- it did n't really belong to you -- till the other fellow had actually given you a piece of it -- like this . ' He held out the turves . ` But it 's our own meadow , ' said Dan , drawing back . ` Are you going to magic it away ? ' Puck laughed . ' I know it 's your meadow , but there 's a great deal more in it than you or your father ever guessed . Try ! '
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