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see at once that he took a serious view of life.
“Good morning,Guests,”he said. “Though when I say good I don’t mean it won’t probably turn to rain or it might he snow,or fog,or thunder. You didn’t get any sleep,I dare say.
“Yes we did,though,”said Jill. “We had a lovely night.”
“Ah,”said the Marsh-wiggle,shaking his head. “I see you’re making the best of a bad job. That’s right. You’ve been well brought up,you have. You’ve learned to put a good face on things.”
“Please,we don’t know your name,”said Scrubb.
“Puddleglum’s my name. But it doesn’t matter if you forget it. I can always tell you again.”
The children sat down on each side of him. They now saw that he had very long legs and arms,so that although his body was not much bigger than a dwarf’s,he would be taller than most men when he stood up. The fingers of his hands were webbed like a frog’s,and so were his bare feet which dangled in the muddy water. He was dressed in earthcoloured clot