`` Oh , dear me ! '' said Tom ; `` sooner than that , and be all over slime , I 'll go this minute , if it is to the world 's end . '' CHAPTER VII `` And Nature , the old Nurse , took The child upon her knee , Saying , ` Here is a story book Thy father hath written for thee . '' ` Come wander with me , ' she said , ` Into regions yet untrod , And read what is still unread In the Manuscripts of God . ' `` And he wandered away and away With Nature , the dear old Nurse , Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe . '' LONGFELLOW . `` Now , '' said Tom , `` I am ready be off , if it 's to the world 's end . '' `` Ah ! '' said the fairy , `` that is a brave , good boy . But you must go farther than the world 's end , if you want to find Mr. Grimes ; for he is at the Other-end-of-Nowhere . You must go to Shiny Wall , and through the white gate that never was opened ; and then you will come to Peacepool , and Mother Carey 's Haven , where the good whales go when they die . And there Mother Carey will tell you the way to the Other-end-of-Nowhere , and there you will find Mr. Grimes . '' `` Oh , dear ! '' said Tom . `` But I do not know my way to Shiny Wall , or where it is at all . '' `` Little boys must take the trouble to find out things for themselves , or they will never grow to be men ; so that you must ask all the beasts in the sea and the birds in the air , and if you have been good to them , some of them will tell you the way to Shiny Wall . '' `` Well , '' said Tom , `` it will be a long journey , so I had better start at once . Good-bye , Miss Ellie ; you know I am getting a big boy , and I must go out and see the world . '' `` I know you must , '' said Ellie ; `` but you will not forget me , Tom . I shall wait here till you come . ''
And she shook hands XXXXX him , and bade him good-bye .
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