You 've broken the Hills -- you 've broken the Hills ! It has n't happened in a thousand years . ' ` We -- we did n't mean to , ' said Una . ` Of course you did n't ! That 's just why you did it . Unluckily the Hills are empty now , and all the People of the Hills are gone . I 'm the only one left . I 'm Puck , the oldest Old Thing in England , very much at your service if -- if you care to have anything to do with me . If you do n't , of course you 've only to say so , and I 'll go . ' He looked at the children , and the children looked at him for quite half a minute . His eyes did not twinkle any more . They were very kind , and there was the beginning of a good smile on his lips . Una put out her hand . ` Do n't go , ' she said . ` We like you . ' ` Have a Bath Oliver , ' said Dan , and he passed over the squashy envelope with the eggs . ` By Oak , Ash and Thorn , ' cried Puck , taking off his blue cap , ' I like you too . Sprinkle a plenty salt on the biscuit , Dan , and I 'll eat it with you . That 'll show you the sort of person I am . Some of us ' -- he went on , with his mouth full -- ` could n't abide Salt , or Horse-shoes over a door , or Mountain-ash berries , or Running Water , or Cold Iron , or the sound of Church Bells .
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