said Ellie , `` I wish I might ; but the worst of it is , that the fairy says that you must go alone if you go at all . Now do n't poke that poor crab about , Tom '' -LRB- for he was feeling very naughty and mischievous -RRB- , `` or the fairy will have to punish you . '' Tom was very nearly saying , `` I do n't care if she does ; '' but he stopped himself in time . `` I know what she wants me to do , '' he said , whining most dolefully . `` She wants me to go after that horrid old Grimes . I do n't like him , that 's certain . And if I find him , he will turn me into a chimney-sweep again , I know . That 's what I have been afraid of all along . '' `` No , he wo n't -- I know as much as that . Nobody can turn water - babies into sweeps , or hurt them at all , as long as they are good . '' `` Ah , '' said naughty Tom , `` I see what you want ; you are persuading me all along to go , because you are tired of me , and want to get rid of me . '' Little Ellie opened her eyes very wide at that , and they were all brimming over with tears . `` Oh , Tom , Tom ! '' she said , very mournfully -- and then she cried , `` Oh , Tom ! where are you ? '' And Tom cried , `` Oh , Ellie , where are you ? '' For neither of them could see each other -- not the least . Little Ellie vanished quite away , and Tom heard her voice calling him , and growing smaller and smaller , and fainter and fainter , till all was silent . Who was frightened then but Tom ? He swam up and down among the rocks , into all the halls and chambers , faster than ever he swam before , but could not find her .
He shouted after her , but she did not answer ; he asked all the other children , but they had not seen her ; and at last he went up to the top of the water and began crying and screaming for Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid -- which perhaps was the best thing to do -- for she came XXXXX a moment .
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