noon
Alas ! '' wailed the good farmer , `` you will all become grasshoppers and June-bugs -- every one of you ! '' But none of the party seemed to fear that , and having passed the night comfortably with the farmer they left his house and journeyed on into the Kingdom of Auriel . Before noon they came upon the edge of a forest , where a poor man was chopping logs into firewood . Seeing Prince Marvel 's party approach , this man ran toward them waving his hands and shouting excitedly : `` Take the other path ! Take the other path ! '' `` And why should we take the other path ? ''