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"It will teach you the secrets the eagles know

Of the tempests' and whirlwinds' birth;

And the magical weaving of rain and snow

As they fall from the sky to the earth.

But an Easterly wind

Is for ever unkind;

It will torture and twist you

And never assist you,

But will drive you with might

To the verge of the night.

So, beware of the Wind of the East, my child,

Fly not with the Wind of the East."

"The West Wind is really a very nice and jolly wind in itself," she went on, "but it's dangerous for a special reason: it will carry you out to sea. The Empty House is only a few miles from the coast, and a strong West Wind would take you there almost before you had time to get down to earth again. And there's no use struggling against a really steady West Wind, for it's simply tireless. Luckily, it rarely blows at night, but goes down with the sun. Often, too, it blows hard to the coast, and then drops suddenly, leaving you among the fogs and mists of the sea."

"Rather a nice, exciting sort of wind though," remarked Jimbo, waiting for the rhyme.