End of Day the Twenty-Fifth
"Cut them all down!"
Old Man Willow: 6 votes
Farmer Giles of Ham: 2 votes
Smith of Wootton Major: 1 vote
Master Cook Rider: 1 vote
And so, the willow was chopped down and fed the flames of a roaring bonfire.
Day the Twenty-Sixth finds 19 remaining contestants:
The Major Minor Works
Ægidius Ahenobarbus Julius Agricola de Hammo (Farmer Giles of Ham)
Gram, his dog
Chrysophylax Dives
The Parson
Master Cook Rider
Alf the Prentice, King of Faerie
Smith of Wootton Major
Nell
Queen of Faerie
Niggle
The More Minor Minor Works
Goldberry
Badger
Goodman Maggott
Fíriel
The Wizard Artaxerxes
Moon-dog
Mr. Day
Teddy
Bruno
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All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.
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