Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DIAMOND AND THE NORTH WIND Diamond's father was a coachman, who lived with his wife and little son in a few rooms over the coach house. Diamond slept in the loft over the horses' stalls. One very windy night the little boy had crept out of bed many times to stuff paper into a wide chink between the boards near his bed. Suddenly he felt sure he heard a voice close to his ear. He felt about with his hand and found a corner of the paper loosened from the chink. He put his ear to the opening, and then he heard the voice distinctly. SCENE I I North Wind Diamond Diamond's Mother North Wind. What do you mean, little boy — closing up my window? Diamond. What window ? North Wind. You stuffed hay into it three times last night. I had to blow it out three times. Diamond. You can't mean this little hole! It isn't a window; it's a hole in the wall over my bed. North Wind. I did not mean to say it was a window; I said it was my window. Diamond. But it can't be a window, because windows are holes to see out of. North Wind. Well, that's just what I made this window for. Diamond. But you are outside; you can't want a window. North Wind. You are quite mistaken. Windows are to see out of, you say. Well, I'm in my house, and I want windows to see out of it. Diamond. But you've made a window into my bed. North Wind. Well, your mother has got three windows into my dancing room, and you have three into my garret. Diamond. But I heard father say, when my mother wanted him to make a window through the wall, that it was against the law, for it would look into Mr. Dyves' garden. North Wind (laughing). The law would have some trouble to catch me ! Diamond. But it's not right, you know; that's no matter. You shouldn't do it. North Wind. I am so tall I am...