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James Stephens - The Turn of the Road
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I was playing with my hoop along the road
Just where the bushes are, when, suddenly, 
There came a shout, -- I ran away and stowed
Myself beneath a bush, and watched to see 
What made the noise, and then, around the bend,
I saw a woman running. She was old 
And wrinkle-faced, and had big teeth. -- The end
Of her red shawl caught on a bush and rolled 
Right off her, and her hair fell down. Her face
Was awful white, and both her eyes looked sick, 
And she was talking queer. `O God of Grace!`
Said she, `where is the child?` and flew back quick            
The way she came, and screamed, and shook her hands;      . . . Maybe she was a witch from foreign lands.
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