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TheDropofWater一滴水Ofcourseyoumustknowwhatamicroscopeisthatroundmagnifyingglasswhichmakeseverythinglookhundredsoftimeslargerthanitreallyis.Ifyoutakeitandholditclosetoyoureyeandlookatasingledropofditchwateryou,11seethousandsofstrangelittlecreaturessuchasyoucouldn,timaginelivinginadropofwater.Buttheyarereallythere.Theylookalmostlikeaplatefulofshrimpalljumpingandcrowdingagainsteachotherandtheyaresoferocioustheytearoffeachother,sarmandlegs;yetintheirownwaytheyarehappyandmerry.NowoncetherewasanoldmanwhomhisneighborscalledKrible-Krableforthatwashisname.Healwaystriedtomakethebestofeverythingandifhecouldn,tdoitanyotherwayhewouldtrymagic.Onedayhesatwithhiseyegluedtohismicroscopepeeringatadropofwatertakenfromapuddleintheditch.My!Howitcrawledandsquirmed!Allthosethousandsoflittleimpsleapingandspringingaboutdevouringeachotherorpullingeachothertopieces.“Thisistoohideousforwords!/zsaidtheoldKrible-Krable.Theremustbesomewaytomakethemliveinpeaceandquietandeachmindhisownbusiness.Butthoughhethoughtandthoughthecouldn,tfindtheanswer.Sohedecidedtousemagic.〃AtleastIcangivethemacolor〃hesaid〃soIcanseethembetter.〃Andthenheletfallintothewateratinydropofsomethingthatlookedlikeredwinebutwasreallywitches,bloodtheveryfinestkindandworthtwopennies.Instantlythestrangelittlecreaturesbecameredalloverandthedropofwaternowlookedlikeawholetownfullofnakedwildmen.“Whathaveyougotthere”askedanotheroldmagicianwhohadnonameatallwhichmadehimverydistinguished.〃Ifyoucanguesswhatitis〃repliedKrible-Krable〃I11giveittoyou.Butitsnotveryeasytofindoutifonedoesn,tknow.〃Sothenamelessmagicianpeereddownthroughthemicroscope.Thescenebeforehiseyesreallyresembledatownwherealltheinhabitantsranaboutwithoutclothing.Whataterriblesightitwas!Butitwasstillmorehorribletoseethemkickandcuffandstruggleandfightandpullandbiteateachother.Allthoseonthebottomwerestrugglingtogettothetopandthoseonthetopwerebeingpushedtothebottom.Look!Look!”thecreaturesseemedtobecrying.〃Hislegislongerthanmine!Bah!Offwithit!Andheresonewithalittlelumpbehindhisear!Aninnocentlittlelumpbutithurtshimandit11hurthimmore!”Andtheyhackedatitandtoreathimanddevouredhimallbecauseofthelittlelump.Butonesatveryquietandstillallbyitselflikeamodestmaidenwishingfornothingbutpeaceandquiet.Buttheotherscouldn,tstandforthat-theypulledheroutbeathercutherandateher.Thisisextremelyamusing!z/saidthemagician.〃Yesbutwhatdoyouthinkitis〃askedKrible-Krable.Canyoufindout”“Whythatseasytosee〃answeredthemagician.〃0fcourseitisCopenhagenorsomeotherlargecity.Icanttellwhichfortheyalllookalike.Butitscertainlysomelargecity.〃〃Itsadropofditchwater!saidKrible-Krable.。