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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Excerpt: .be seen. What if I should fasten a light to it, though? That would make it show. I'll try it this very night. 4. As soon as it was dark, without saying a word to anybody, he took his kite and lantern, and went to a large, open lot, about a quarter of a mile from his home. Well, thought he, this is queer. How lonely and still it seems without any other boys around But I am going to fly my kite, anyway. 5. So he tied the lantern, which was made of tin punched full of small holes, to the tail of his kite. Then he pitched the kite, and, THIRD READER. 109 after several attempts, succeeded in making it rise. Up it went, higher and higher, as Ray let out the string. When the string was all unwound, he tied it to a fence; and then he stood and gazed at his kite as it floated high up in the air. 6. While Ray was enjoying his sport, some people who were out on the street in the village, saw a strange light in the sky. They gathered in groups to watch it. Now it was still for a few seconds, then it seemed to be jumping up and down; then it made long sweeps back and forth through the air. 7. What can it be? said one person. How strange said another. It can not be a comet; for comets have tails, said a third. Perhaps it's a big firefly, said another. 8. At last some of the men determined to find out what this strange light was-whether it was a hobgoblin dancing in the air, or something dropped from the sky. So off they started to get as near it as they could. 9. While this was taking place, Ray, who had got tired of standing, was seated in a fence corner, behind a tree. He could see 110 ECLECTIC SERIES. the men as they approached; but they did not see him. 10. When they were directly under the light, and saw what it was, they looked at each other, laughing, and said, This is some boy's trick; and it has fooled us nicely. Let us keep the secret, and have our share of the joke. 11. Then they laughed again, and went back to the village; and some.…

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